What Happened to Mayfair?

**lemko** · 10-03-2012, 10:08 AM

Such an atrocious act would've been unthinkable in the not so distant past!

Man found shot dead in car in NE Philadelphia

**Hospitalitygirl** · 10-03-2012, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by lemko

Such an atrocious act would've been unthinkable in the not so distant past!

Man found shot dead in car in NE Philadelphia

Odd that you would say "what happened..." since in the news report this morning, it was pointed out more than once, that this is the sort of block you don't even get reports of eggings much less a homicide. It's odd, and sometimes in these situations, people are targeted.

**thoth** · 10-03-2012, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by lemko

Such an atrocious act would've been unthinkable in the not so distant past!

Man found shot dead in car in NE Philadelphia

There have been 10 homicides in Mayfair over the last 24 years, four of which occurred between 1988 and 2000.

**clam** · 10-03-2012, 12:58 PM

How about we get more details before we all start making assumptions?

**thoth** · 10-03-2012, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by clam

How about we get more details before we all start making assumptions?

But it's so much easier to assume the sky is falling.

**Cya** · 10-03-2012, 01:37 PM

I think it was drugs. And I think we need more drug halfway houses and methadone clinics in all our neighborhoods in order to eradicate this senseless violence.

**NJbound** · 10-03-2012, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by thoth

There have been 10 homicides in Mayfair over the last 24 years, four of which occurred between 1988 and 2000.

more like 20 but who is counting ?

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/sp...1988_2011.html

**thoth** · 10-03-2012, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by NJbound

more like 20 but who is counting ?

Philadelphia Homicides 1988 - 2011 | Philadelphia Inquirer

That's where I got the data from. I'm only counting Sheffield to Robbins, Frankford to the Blvd. I know there are competing ideas of what's mayfair or not, so I figured I'd play it safe and not over-attribute murders to that neighborhood. My point is, the stuff has always happened to some degree. It just gets blown up now because people are afraid the dominoes will keep falling. It becomes like a self-fulfilling prophecy after a certain point. There are neighborhoods where you could drop 400k for a rowhome where people would roll their eyes at a story like this. Meanwhile in a nice place like Mayfair, it's the latest death knell.

**Mayfair** · 10-03-2012, 02:41 PM

Mayfair Civic Association: Shooting

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2012

Shooting

We were recently made aware of a shooting that happened last evening in our community; we can't stress enough how unfortunate this incident is but also that it does not define us. This appears to be a random act of violence, in the middle of the night, by strangers to our neighborhood. Nevertheless, we want to thank those ever vigilant neighbors in our community that immediately notified law enforcement. It is this type of civic activism that makes our community thrive. We hope that this one random, senseless act will not diminish all the great work we have accomplished over the last several years, including, but not limited to our brand new Farmers Market, our sparkling playground, our annual parade, egg hunt and tree lighting, etc. You have our word that we do our best to make the neighborhood a great place to live and work.

Mayfair Civic Association

**fstrthnthwrld** · 10-03-2012, 04:32 PM

Random act of violence?

From the (very few) details available, it sounds very much NOT random to me.

**Mayfair** · 10-03-2012, 05:03 PM

As opposed to being methodically planned out ... I think that's what he meant

**NJbound** · 10-03-2012, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by thoth

That's where I got the data from. I'm only counting Sheffield to Robbins, Frankford to the Blvd. I know there are competing ideas of what's mayfair or not, so I figured I'd play it safe and not over-attribute murders to that neighborhood. My point is, the stuff has always happened to some degree. It just gets blown up now because people are afraid the dominoes will keep falling. It becomes like a self-fulfilling prophecy after a certain point. There are neighborhoods where you could drop 400k for a rowhome where people would roll their eyes at a story like this. Meanwhile in a nice place like Mayfair, it's the latest death knell.

Yea maybe.. I guess the Mayfair borders are a little fogged for me then.

**Kukla65th** · 10-03-2012, 06:06 PM

It happened in 7500 block of Brous, right? Go take a walk there at night sometime and count the dog walkers and enjoy the silence. It's a good area. Someone was involved in something they shouldn't have been and unfortunately was shot. Luckily nothing led to anyone else being hurt.

It's up to the neighbors now to calm down and get on with life. The damage panic selling and rumors can do has hurt many a rowhome/twin area in short time.

For what it's worth, the location of the incident is right up against the Boulevard and is farther west than what I think of as Mayfair, but I guess since it was east of the Boulevard it is Mayfair. I still love Mayfair; only reason I didn't buy there was because rowhome prices there were really inflated prior to the 2008 crash and a little high for me. Now I could easily buy there. Fingers crossed the good parts of the NE take a deep breath and stand pat.

**Hospitalitygirl** · 10-03-2012, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Kukla65th

It happened in 7500 block of Brous, right? Go take a walk there at night sometime and count the dog walkers and enjoy the silence. It's a good area. Someone was involved in something they shouldn't have been and unfortunately was shot. Luckily nothing led to anyone else being hurt.

It's usually that way. It's really rare that it was something utterly random.

Originally Posted by Kukla65th

It's up to the neighbors now to calm down and get on with life. The damage panic selling and rumors can do has hurt many a rowhome/twin area in short time.

For what it's worth, the location of the incident is right up against the Boulevard and is farther west than what I think of as Mayfair, but I guess since it was east of the Boulevard it is Mayfair. I still love Mayfair; only reason I didn't buy there was because rowhome prices there were really inflated prior to the 2008 crash and a little high for me. Now I could easily buy there. Fingers crossed the good parts of the NE take a deep breath and stand pat.

Yes.

**NJbound** · 10-04-2012, 06:19 AM

I agree.. Thats a really nice part of Mayfair..

Originally Posted by Kukla65th

It happened in 7500 block of Brous, right? Go take a walk there at night sometime and count the dog walkers and enjoy the silence. It's a good area. Someone was involved in something they shouldn't have been and unfortunately was shot. Luckily nothing led to anyone else being hurt.

It's up to the neighbors now to calm down and get on with life. The damage panic selling and rumors can do has hurt many a rowhome/twin area in short time.

For what it's worth, the location of the incident is right up against the Boulevard and is farther west than what I think of as Mayfair, but I guess since it was east of the Boulevard it is Mayfair. I still love Mayfair; only reason I didn't buy there was because rowhome prices there were really inflated prior to the 2008 crash and a little high for me. Now I could easily buy there. Fingers crossed the good parts of the NE take a deep breath and stand pat.

**lemko** · 10-04-2012, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by NJbound

I agree.. Thats a really nice part of Mayfair..

Likewise, I agree this is a very nice part of Mayfair! These thugs and lowlifes need to take themselves and their nonsense back to the ghetto. We won't stand for it here!

**Joeolney** · 10-04-2012, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by Mayfair

As opposed to being methodically planned out ... I think that's what he meant

I would hope that it was a targeted, planned out incident. That type of event being random would be quite terrifying.

**clam** · 10-05-2012, 01:17 PM

Please tell me that loveisnoise has been finally banned from here??!

**Jaysmom** · 10-05-2012, 02:02 PM

Mayfair is still a great place to live. It's definitely not what it was when I was a kid, but let's face it, the whole world isn't. Mayfair still has great events that are family oriented, The Thanksgiving parade, the new farmer's market, the newer annual Easter Egg hunt, etc. While there are things about Mayfair that make me sad, for the most par it is still a great place to live and raise a family.