Word: frankford
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...different kind of savings institution emerged with the founding of the Oxford-Provident Building Association in Frankford, Pa. This forerunner of the modern savings and loan was created to give loans for home building. Over the years, the two types of thrift institutions -- savings banks and savings and loan associations -- became very similar, and both pursued the same primary goals: catering to small depositors and granting home mortgages. Commercial banks concentrated on business lending and had the legal power to make a broader range of investments, from oil ventures to foreign loans...
...America? An abandoned Air Force radar installation station on an acre at Cottonwood, Idaho, could be just the ticket. Prefer something in the East? The 105 acres adjacent to the Saint Albans Air Force Station in northwest Vermont might be worth a look. Feeling urban? The Frankford Arsenal, an 87.7-acre complex of 167 buildings, sheds and loading docks in Philadelphia, has all kinds of possibilities. The sale will offer property in every state but Alaska. Real estate dealers with a bankroll and real estate dreamers without one are sure to be enthusiastic over the choicer parcels. Some enticing examples...