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Family Portrait: Nikki Harmon adds novelist to her resume PAGE 21

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Out Law: Non-biological parental rights PAGE 12

HONESTY • INTEGRITY • PROFESSIONALISM

“Maria by Callas” is music to our ears

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Second council ally not seeking reelection

Mariposa Food Co-op embracing diversity PAGE 5

Life sentence for defendant in trans-related case

By Lenny Cohen PGN Contributor

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor

Philadelphia Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee announced that he will not seek reelection, paving the way for another new City Council member.

“After giving it much thought, I have decided this will be my final year serving on City Council,” Greenlee said on Feb. 11. “It has been my honor to have served so long and to have worked with all its members, past and present.”

Greenlee, who was elected to Council in 2006 and reelected three times, added, “I greatly appreciate the support I have received from the cross-section of Philadelphians and fervently hope I have served them well.”

Greenlee has been a longtime LGBT ally. He told PGN his LGBTQ legislative legacy will be rewriting the Fair Practices Ordinance, along with administration.

Before the changes, it “didn’t really touch on LGBTQ issues” and after, the community was protected.

Greenlee is the second veteran member of Council to announce he’d be relinquishing his at-large seat. On Jan. 18, LGBTQ ally Blondell Reynolds Brown said she’d be giving up her at-large seat when her term ends.

Both openings leave more opportunities for LGBTQ candidates seeking at-large seats. Those candidates include Sherrie Cohen, lesbian daughter of the late Councilman David Cohen; Deja Lynn Alvarez, a trans woman; and openly gay man Adrian Rivera-Reyes.

Despite a large number of allies, no openly LGBTQ person has served on Philadelphia City Council, whose terms expire at the end of the calendar year.

The Council’s website about Greenlee’s retirement PAGE 12

More than two years after fatally shooting a man in the face during a home-invasion robbery of a trans woman in West Philadelphia, Matthew J. White was convicted of second-degree murder, attempted murder and robbery and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

White was called “a predator” by Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara A. McDermott, who handed down the sentence on Feb. 7.

“Members of the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs were present during the Matthew White trial to stand in solidarity with trans-women victims who directly experienced the mental and emotional impact of this devastating crime,” said MATTHEW WHITE Amber Hikes, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs. “While we are pleased that in this instance justice was served for the victims of these heinous crimes, let’s not forget that rates of violence toward transgender people, particularly trans women of color, are on the rise.

“Our office will continue to advocate for justice for the victims who were deeply affected by this crime, and for the many transgender women of color who are often targets of discrimination, harassment and violence,” Hikes said.

Prosecutors said White, 34, had a history of targeting and robbing trans-women sex workers and escorts prior to the incident on Jan. 9, 2017, when he broke into Vivian Royster’s home on the 5400 block of Girard Avenue in Kingsessing, attempted to rob her and murdered her boyfriend, Barry Jones.

White had perpetrated a home invasion the previous night on the 1300 block of North 52nd Street, according to court testimony. The victims of that invasion, Miayanna Brooks, Aly Damian and Saleem Singleton — three transPAGE 14

DINNER IS SERVED: GALAEI kicked off its 30th-year celebration with a series of dinners. The primary kick-off was held at GALAEI in North Philly and drew about 25 guests. Eight others were hosted by board members, in other locations around the city. The goal is to celebrate and raise awareness and money for the organization by holding a total of 30 dinners this year. For more information on the anniversary effort and GALAEI in general, go to galaei.org. Photo: Scott A. Drake

Seventh-grade students win big for ‘Gayborhood’ documentary

By Jeremy Rodriguez PGN Contributor Three student filmmakers last week presented their award-winning documentary at William Way LGBT Community Center. In the short film, entitled “The Gayborhood,” they illustrated Philadelphia’s LGBT-rights movement — from the Dewey’s Lunch Counter sit-in

to overall visibility in the neighborhood known as Washington Square West.

The film begins with a voiceover from Finn Giddings, noting the strides made in that neighborhood.

“People who were queer could be arrested and fired from their jobs or given a mental-illness label,” Giddings narrated.

“But fast-forward to 2018, it’s now called PAGE 15 the Gayborhood, a

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Resource listings Legal resources • ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215-592-1513; aclupa.org • AIDS Law Project of PA: 215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org • AIDS Law Project of South Jersey: 856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org/ • Equality PA: equalitypa. org; 215-731-1447

• Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — Rue Landau: 215-686-4670 • Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-7603686; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com • SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537

• Office of LGBT Affairs — Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov

Community centers • The Attic Youth Center; 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies.

• LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce

St.; 215-898-5044, center@dolphin.upenn.edu.

• Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center

Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.

• William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.

Health and HIV testing • Action Wellness: 1216 Arch St.; 215981-0088, actionwellness.org • AIDS Healthcare Foundation: 1211 Chestnut St. #405 215971-2804; HIVcare.org • AIDS Library: 1233 Locust St.; aidslibrary.org/ • AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800-6626080 • Bebashi-Transition to Hope: 1235

Spring Garden St.; 215769-3561; bebashi.org • COLOURS: coloursorganization.org, 215832-0100 • Congreso de Latinos Unidos; 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-7638870 • GALAEI: 149 W. Susquehanna Ave.; 267-457-3912, galaei. org. Spanish/English • Health Center No. 2: 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821

• Mazzoni Center: 1348 Bainbridge St.; 215-563-0652, mazzonicenter.org • Philadelphia FIGHT: 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448, fight.org • Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center: 1201 Locust St.; 215985-9206 • Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207

Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com

• LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK • PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 • Philly Pride Presents: 215-875-9288

Future uncertain for city’s safeinjection site

By Josh Middleton PGN Contributor Philadelphia was inching closer to becoming the first city in the United States to open a safe-injection site to address the city’s opioid crisis. But the project has hit a roadblock — the U.S. Department of Justice.

Pennsylvania’s top federal prosecutor last week announced he was suing the nonprofit facility called Safehouse — with timing that coincided with an executive director being named and the start of fundraising.

The lawsuit, initiated by U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain, would ask a federal judge to decide if a safe-injection site would violate The Federal Analogue Act, a section of the U.S. Controlled Substances Act passed in 1986, and therefore be illegal. Enacted during the height of the crack epidemic, the federal statute prohibits the opening of a facility for the purpose of making, distributing or using controlled substances.

“These deadly drug-injection sites undoubtedly do violate the law,” McSwain said during a news conference in Center City last Wednesday.

“It is the [Justice] Department’s job to promote and enforce the rule of law, not to look the other way. Normalizing the use of deadly drugs like heroin and fentanyl is not the answer to solving the opioid epidemic.

“If Safehouse wants to operate an injection site, it should work through the democratic process to try to change the law,” he added.

Those behind the effort to open Safehouse said McSwain’s interpretation of the legislation is skewed.

“We’ve looked at the law that the U.S. Attorney refers to and it’s very clear on its face that you may not maintain a premises for the purpose of using controlled substances — and we don’t have an intention of doing that,” said Ronda Goldfein, vice president and secretary of Safehouse and executive director of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. “We have an intention of maintaining a premise for the purpose of saving lives — and immediately saving lives.

And those are dramatically different kinds of situations.”

Goldfein explained that Safehouse — which likely would be located in Kensington, where the highest incidence of overdose deaths are occurring — would be a medically supervised facility that offers not just a safe injection space, but also an observation room with counseling services, medication-assisted treatment, healthcare referrals and First Aid to treat common user afflictions like injection-site wounds.

“It’s very similar to your basic public health clinic,” she said. “We’re going to create an environment where people feel safe and trusted and protected. The hope is that one of those days they come in, they’ll say, ‘Today’s the day that I’m gonna try to get treatment and reclaim my life.’”

Statistics for safe-injection sites in Europe and Canada make a strong case for Philadelphia. A study out of the University of

British Columbia and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS found that in the two years after the opening of a safe-injection site in Vancouver called Insite, overdose deaths were reduced by 35 percent in the surrounding neighborhood and 9 percent in other parts of the city. It has also increased access to drug treatment by sending 443 people to treatment in 2017, according to numbers released from the Insite.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health estimates that 1,100 people died from opioids in Philadelphia last year, earning the city the highest opioid-death rate of any major town in the United States.

Data from 2015 National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health shows that people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are three times more likely to develop an opioid-use disorder compared to heterosexual adults. Goldfein says that a center like Safehouse would provide users direct access to treatment. It would also help to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. “The site would be offering clean-injection equipment, which has been shown to work over the 26 years that Prevention Point has been in existence,” she said, referring to the local syringe-exchange program that’s also behind the Safehouse initiative. “In that time, HIV contraction related to intravenous-drug use went from 50 percent to less than 5 percent. So we know that making clean syringes available works.”

The lawsuit filed by McSwain — a President Trump appointee — is being pursued by prosecutors in Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Justice, making it the first time the federal government has intervened in a case regarding safe-injection sites.

McSwain said the suit is an amiable first warning of sorts to deter the opening of the site.

“We are not arresting anyone,” he said.

“We’re not trying to seize any property or do anything heavy-handed at all. We’re just asking the federal court to look at it.”

But Goldfein said the suit was an expected hurdle and that it won’t deter efforts to open Safehouse later this year as planned, with the support of Mayor Jim Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner and former Gov. Ed Rendell.

“We have had a longstanding disagreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office about the legality of safe-consumption sites. You can disagree with someone only for so long,” she said.

“Sometimes there has to be a move forward, and this is that move forward.”

The Safehouse organizers were given 30 days to respond to McSwain’s allegations.

From there, the case will be decided by U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh Jr., a West Philadelphia native who was appointed by President Obama.

“We are hopeful that we will have an opportunity to present our evidence and that it will be heard in a fair and impartial manner,” Goldfein said. “I’m optimistic that we will ultimately be permitted to save people’s lives.” n

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News Briefing Event to examine diversity of LGBTQ foster youth The Youth Advisory Board of Pennsylvania will host an event examining diversity of LGBTQ foster youth 2-3:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

The free event series “Voices of LGBTQ youth in care” will be held at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3501 Civic Center Blvd. The series will explore ways to engage with LGBTQ foster youth in a respectful way as well as working to address the different identities and challenges individuals face.

The series will also address the ability to gain a better understanding of the impact SOGIE (an abbreviation combining sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression) has on foster youth regarding safety, experiences in bullying, harassment and violence.

For more information, visit https://www. eventbrite.com/e/speaker-series-voice-oflgbtq-youth-in-care-tickets-54429141026.

Help the homeless by donating to Winter Pride Drive Our up-and-down temperatures and recent snow mean winter isn’t over yet, so the LGBT Equality Alliance of Chester County is holding a Winter Pride Drive to benefit local homeless shelters.

It’s asking for various donations through late March.

Those donations include items for babies, clothes for teens and adults, toiletries, household items, and gift cards to grocery, pharmacy, department stores and gas stations from $10-$25.

As for food, the drive organizers are asking for canned goods and snack bars with expiration dates no earlier than July.

There are also more than two dozen dropoff locations throughout Chester County.

You can go to the LGBT Equality Alliance’s Facebook page, lgbteachesco, for details, and email any questions to info@ lgbteachesco.org.

Apply now for Bread & Roses Community Fund grants The deadline to apply for some grants from the Bread & Roses Community Fund is approaching.

March 1 will be the final day to ask for money through its Racial & Economic Justice Fund. The Racial & Economic Justice Fund provides $10,000 grants to groups that use community organizing to promote racial and economic justice.

Also, March 1 will be the last day to apply for aFuture Fund grant of $5,000. The money will go to new or emerging groups, or organizations new to Bread & Roses, that are working on emerging issues or developing new approaches to social justice activism or community organizing.

For more information, go to https://breadrosesfund.org/.

Everybody invited to a Qunify get-together “No agenda but the gay agenda!”

That’s one of the first things you’ll see when you visit Qunify online. Qunify is one of Philadelphia’s newest LGBTQ social communities and inclusiveness is one of its most important values.

Upcoming events for Qunify include the Thrifty Disco with MANIK, DEL & Rana Ransom 10 p.m.-4 a.m. Feb. 16, at Philly AIDS Thrift, 710 S. 5th Street. There is a suggested donation of $10.

The Connect: An LGBTQ Hangout, a free event, is set for Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m. at Barcade, 1115 Frankford Ave. in Fishtown. The place is a combination bar and arcade, with a focus on classic arcade games and American craft beer.

Qunify tries to foster personal and group connections by holding events all around town “to create spaces representative of the people who live there.”

The group “purposefully hosts events that attempt to de-center alcohol” so all LGBTQ people feel welcome. The only things not welcome – physically or online – are homophobia, racism, transphobia, sexism and fatphobia.

Find details by visiting https://qunify.org/, looking up Qunify on Facebook, and @qunifyphl on Instagram.

Chili cook-off competition to benefit William Way Who has the best chili recipe?

It’ll be revealed at a new event March 3, 1-4 p.m. to benefit William Way LGBT Community Center. The cook-off will be at the center, 1315 Spruce St. Only 20 chili recipes will be accepted for entry. The contest will have two categories: traditional chili and meatless chili. The $15 fee includes chili samples, one vote for your favorite chili and one beverage, which includes beer or wine.

The chili receiving the most votes in each category will win the competition.

To sign-up for the competition, email ajcoia23@gmail.com.

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West Philly’s Mariposa Food Co-op sets the table for inclusiveness

LIQUE DALTON (LEFT) AND HAYLEY STORMON IN MARIPOSA Photo: Scott A. Drake

By Suzannah Cavanaugh PGN Contributor Founded on antidiscrimination ideals, cooperatives have a storied history as LGBTQ havens.

“It’s pretty ingrained in the culture.

[Co-ops] have been known as safe spaces for queer folks since probably the ’70s,” said Aj Hess, who’s worked in cooperatives since the early aughts.

Mariposa Food Co-op, the 48-year-old West Philadelphia staple, is no different.

Hess, the Co-op’s transitional general manager, estimates Mariposa’s staff is about 30-percent queer, themselves included.

“When we talk about diversity, that’s an area where this co-op has done well for a long time. Having a large percentage of the staff outwardly identifying as queer makes the space more comfortable for people to shop here and attracts more staff who identify as queer,” Hess said.

Hayley Stormon, a West Philly transplant who identifies as genderqueer and bisexual, heard about the job and its benefits from a Mariposa alum.

“I think a large part of the draw was the queer-friendly aspect. It’s kind of daunting to look for a new job and wonder how you’re going to be perceived,” Stormon said.

The same reputation attracted Lique Dalton, a trans man born and raised in West Philly.

“Basically my last job wasn’t too good with trans people,” Dalton said. “So when I heard that this one was super trans-friendly, I was like, this would probably be a perfect fit.”

But while Mariposa has proved to be an internally inclusive employer, critics have posited the co-op hasn’t done enough to welcome West Philadelphia’s established black

and brown communities.

In a Facebook post last month, the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative called for a “Time’s Up” for Mariposa, citing the organization as a cause of the rapid gentrification of West Philadelphia’s Baltimore Avenue, where the co-op operates a storefront.

“Over the years this institution has actively participated in the cultural displacement of West and Southwest Philly’s black and brown communities,” stated the Jan. 17 post.

“Mariposa Food Co-op is inaccessible to the most vulnerable community members.”

Abdul-Aliy Abdullah Muhammad, cofounder of BBWC and a former Mariposa employee and board member, said Mariposa acts as a gentrifier by drawing predominantly white, non-working-class area transplants.

“The truth is that black people who are actually from that neighborhood see Mariposa as a white space so they don’t engage with Mariposa at all,” Abdullah Muhammad said. “Most of the black and brown people who go to Mariposa are middle-class black and brown folks. Largely those people are not from the neighborhood.”

Dalton, a grocery stocker at Mariposa, who grew up and still lives blocks from the co-op, said he agreed with BBWC’s concerns. “[Mariposa] wasn’t presented for us like it was for white people. They’re just like, This is an organic food store, of course, it’s for me. But for black people, we don’t assume organic foodstuff is for us.”

For its part, Mariposa acknowledges how it’s perceived by West Philadelphia’s black and brown communities. It’s something Hess hopes to see addressed with the election of a new co-op board next month.

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Bleak forecast for LGBTQ elder housing

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor A portrait of the future for LGBTQ elder adults indicates that by 2030 there will be seven million LGBTQ senior citizens living in the United States, according to the results of a Feb. 12 Family Equality Council survey.

The survey also predicts that it is more than likely true that many elder LGBTQ folk will resist or avoid senior living/care homes facilities due to discrimination or concerns of abuse. That’s based on the statistic that 43 percent of LGBTQ elders at present have seen or experienced refusal of admittance due to sexual orientation, separation from a same-sex spouse or homophobic residents.

The United States offers several LGBTQ senior housing options, the pricey and plush Fountaingrove in California wine country, San Francisco’s Openhouse and Seashore Point in Provincetown, MA, are but three homes for gay/trans elders. Yet, with an entrance fee alone of $400,000, those types of facilities are not likely in most people’s budgets. Nationally, and in the state of Pennsylvania, there is a huge lack of affordable senior housing, and fewer answers.

“This is going to become an even bigger issue as the Baby Boomer generation continues to grow older and needs to rely more on senior housing,” said David Griffith, Director of Programs & Outreach for LGBT Elder Initiative (lgbtelderinitiative.org), an organization that fights for the rights and opportunities of LGBT elders in the Delaware Valley and beyond. “When the senior housing that does exist is inhospitable to LGBTQ older adults, members of our communities have to either deal with this negative treatment in their living environments or end up experiencing housing security in their elder years.”

Griffith stressed the importance of states such as Pennsylvania to draw up, then pass non-discrimination laws that protect people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and to vote vigorously for legislators who’ll wage that battle.

“We often think about non-discrimination laws protecting you from being fired from your job,” Griffith said. “But they are also necessary to ensure that you are not turned away from senior housing or long-term care facilities based on your identity. There also needs to be more training for people who provide services to older adults to become

better equipped to work with LGBTQ populations.”

Griffith also said there is a lot of misinformation and bias that exists among service providers. Cultural competence trainings, such as those provided by SAGE (the country’s largest, oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ elders), are a first step toward developing agencies that can effectively meet the needs of LGBTQ older adults.

The problems of LGBTQ elder care are not singular to the United States.

Things aren’t much better in Europe, with Berlin being a minor hub of LGBTQ senior housing (three locations) and other homes now building in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belgium Madrid and Manchester.

Matthieu Jost, founder and CEO of misterb&b — the largest travel and social networking website, across 135 countries, for LGBTQ lodging and short-term rentals — knows how pricey housing can be in his native France, let alone the globe. “Our aim is to have LGBTQ travelers go safe, and to be able to connect all over the world,” said Jost from his Paris offices.

With that experience, and to serve the ways and means of LGBTQ elders, he, is helping to develop the Rainbold Society, Paris’ first senior-citizen house. “We have been incubating this for some time, and the aim of the Rainbold Society project is to have a home for diversity, for LGBTQ seniors at the end of their lives, for them to continue to be vital to the community, and to never be lonely.”

Doing a project dedicated to elder housing has always been at the top of Jost’s mind, personally and professionally, for at the end of one’s life — to join in community and remain part of an active mindset - is necessary for one’s survival in every fashion.

“You must maintain value — to, and for yourself, and the world around you,” he said.

Part of that value, for many LGBTQ elders, can be had through Jost’s Rainbold Society and their role as guides to their home cities, and mentorship to younger LGBTQ travelers utilizing the misterb&b housing system.

“They are often alone and wish to open their homes to fellow travelers,” said Jost, referring to both literal and figurative senses of the phrase. “Anything to aid the elderly in staying connected — especially those in the countryside — to be able to socialize, is vital.” n

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Local LGBTQ health organizations get $40,000 in grants

By Lenny Cohen PGN Contributor Two Philadelphia organizations that help members of the LGBTQ community with needed healthcare have gotten financial boosts to help them fulfill their missions.

Mazzoni Center received $15,000 from Philly AIDS Thrift to support its community outreach program, The Trip Project.

Program coordinator Christiawn Wilson said The Trip Project will try to reach even more “priority individuals throughout Philadelphia.”

“This $15,000 grant from Philly AIDS Thrift will allow us to make a significant positive impact on men who have sex with men and trans-identified people of color in the ballroom scene, video-gamer community, collegiate/black fraternities and the performing arts,” Wilson said.

The Trip Project tries to reduce the impact of HIV by producing unique cultural events and activities that foster self-empowerment and promote affirming leadership.

Specifically, the money will go toward hiring an intern who will spend a year conducting targeted outreach and helping HIV-positive and high-risk individuals get care from staff, or link them to other local resources and services.

Philadelphia AIDS Thrift sells items donated to its stores and gives the profits to local organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Projects that target underserved, at-risk populations are what excites us most, and The Trip Project is exactly that,” said Michael Byrne, Philly AIDS Thrift board president and grant chair. MSM and trans-identified

people of color are grossly underserved and at a higher risk of contracting HIV. We are thrilled Mazzoni is doing the work and humbled that we can help.”

Mazzoni Center is Philadelphia’s largest health center, focused on providing comprehensive health and wellness services to the LGBTQ community.

The other grant beneficiary is Einstein Medical Center’s Pride Program, which is receiving $25,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation. The grant will help pay for behavioral health and wellness services for LGBTQIA+ identified individuals and their partners and families. The services include short- and long-term outpatient therapy, medication management and psychological assessments.

Einstein’s Pride Program has been growing over the past few years, both in the number of patients treated and scope of services offered. The program now includes a gender clinic, trans surgical services, patient navigation, family medicine and outreach, education and training.

The Philadelphia Foundation manages more than 900 charitable funds established by donors and distributes more than 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. The specific funds supporting the Einstein grant are Walter E. Hering Fund No. 2, to assist the sick and encourage homeopathic science, and William J. McCahan 3rd, to support general charitable purposes.

“There is an urgent need in the LGBTQIA+ community for behavioral-health services and this grant will help us reach and care for more people,” said Darius McLean, patient navigator for the Pride Program.” n

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It reached capacity within a month and a half. Responding to community demand, the co-op has since extended its 2019 budget to allow for unlimited sign-ups and made literature on FFA available at check-out and through its newsletter which has 5,000-plus recipients.

Still, Dalton said Mariposa’s outreach efforts have room for improvement.

“A lot of people still don’t know that Mariposa exists. The only reason I knew about this store is because my aunt lived down the street from it. But a bunch of people I know who’re black in the community, they don’t know where Mariposa is. That’s a problem.”

Dalton said he hopes that a refreshed board will bring greater accessibility and philanthropic output from the co-op.

“I want the store to actually be completely accessible to everybody in the community, every last single person,” he said. “I want them to know that this is your store because this is your city.

“And because we’re here taking up space, let’s give back. Let’s say thank you for letting us be here. Like actual hands-on communication with the community. That’s what I would really appreciate.” n

see more awareness of the changing in the neighborhood and our impact on that,” Hess said. “Mariposa is a gentrifier in the neighborhood. Folks want to see us address that and kind of talk about it and do something differently.”

At present, Mariposa does have several low-price grocery programs intended to increase economic accessibility for West Philadelphia’s lower-income communities.

For folks looking to become member-owners, there are subsidies.

The Mariposa Owner Fund allows new member-owners to join for half of the $200 sign-up cost, with nothing due for the first year. After their anniversary, owners can pay the remaining $100 due in $10 monthly installments.

“So that’s a way to make it a little bit more accessible. We’re trying not to have any financial barrier for folks to become owners of the cooperative,” said Hess.

There’s also Food For All, which offers 10-percent discounts to anyone receiving government assistance for food access, i.e., SNAP, WIC and SSI, etc.

Mariposa began the program in September as a pilot with a 100-person cap.

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CHECK, PLEASE!: LBGT-specific HIV agencies across the area were recently awarded thousands of dollars from two different contributors. Coca-Cola (left) presented Action Wellness PHL Executive Director Kevin Burns with a $25,000 check Feb. 7 at its Arch Street location. Later that day, Philly AIDS Thrift handed out 23 checks totaling $246,000 to organizations across the tristate area. As the 20th check was presented, there was a pause to announce that total PAT distributions since the organization’s inception hit the $2.5-million mark. More information on the nonprofits can be found at actionwellness.org and phillyaidsthrift.com.

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Creep of the Week

D’Anne Witkowski

James Greene Sr.

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Queer, there and everywhere In the last several weeks, LGBTQ people and issues have been spotlighted in many veins. Very often negatively as with the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender personnel in the military and the U.S. Supreme Court’s failure to immediately put a stop to it.

These last few weeks are not particularly special. But, even just in this week’s issue of PGN, articles and columns tell stories of all types of LGBTQ people being out, being proud and doing amazing things.

The 61st annual Grammy Awards were chock full of members of the LGBTQ community and its allies. As PGN’s article states there were lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer and trans nominees. There were performances that dripped with gayness.

In politics, there are an historic number of LGBTQ candidates right here in Philadelphia with at least a half-dozen members of the community running for City Council. There is an out lesbian running for the Pennsylvania State House.

LGBTQ people already hold office all around the country on school boards and in local and state legislatures. There are LGBTQ judges, governors, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. We even have our first openly gay man running for president of the United States in Pete Buttigieg, a young veteran who is mayor South Bend, Ind., but hopes to take on Trump or whoever the Republican candidate is in 2020.

There are states like New Jersey, passing laws requiring all public middle- and high-school teachers and boards of education to update curriculum to “accurately reflect the political, economic and social contributions” of gay, lesbian and transgender citizens. Within the next five years, all public-school students in New Jersey will learn about the contributions of LGBTQ pioneers as part of their regular social-studies curricula.

Middle school students right here in Philly, just won numerous awards for a short documentary film they created entitled, “The Gayborhood.” They partly chose an LGBTQ subject because they decided the topic was not sufficiently taught in school history books. “Not many people know about the LGBTQrights movement so we decided we would like to [focus our documentary on] that movement,” said one of the students.

So, even as the Trump Administration and its allies try to pass policy after policy after policy to keep us quiet and keep us down, an old Pride Parade chant comes to mind.

“We’re Here! We’re Queer! Get Used to It!” We are only growing, getting stronger, holding more positions of power and coming out in droves.

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By the time this column runs, Donald Trump’s State of the Union address will be over and done with. But as I’m writing this, there’s a good 24 hours before the SOTU. I can’t stomach the 24-hour breathless “news” coverage the event is already getting, as if behind the podium will be a legitimate president and not a racist and misogynist buffoon who has done nothing but lie to the American people.

Anyhoo, it’s totes possible that something Trump says during the SOTU address (which I would like to rename the STFU address so long as Trump is the president) will inspire me to write yet another Creep of the Week column about him.

But I’m tired of writing about that fool, so this week let’s focus on something lighter: an armed man showing up at a public library to protest Drag Queen Storytime and refusing to leave. You know, to protect the children.

Said man is James “Doc” Greene Sr. — a right-wing radio host who filmed himself being asked to leave a library in Houston.

Greene posted the video to YouTube titling it “Arrested for being a Christian.”

In the video multiple police officers have formed a perimeter around Greene and ask him, again and again, to leave.

The video is peak white privilege. As Greene is surrounded by police officers repeatedly, and politely, asking him to leave, and he refuses over and over again demanding to “see the law” he is breaking and asserting that he is “a taxpayer.” Did I mention he has a gun? Granted it’s a concealed weapon (which is totes legal to bring to a library in Texas). If you don’t think Greene’s treatment would have been radically and violently different if he was black instead of white, I have a bridge made of MAGA hats to sell you.

Now, you might be wondering, “Well, what was Greene doing wrong?

Doesn’t he have just as much right to be in the library as anyone?” Well, yes. But if you’re in the library making other people feel unsafe, they have a right to ask you to leave — which they’d already asked of him.

“He was previously banned for filming children at the library and has been known to cause disturbances,” Houston Police Department spokesperson Jodi Silva told “Out Smart” magazine.

So when Greene showed up at the library right before Drag Queen Storytime, they did not hesitate to tell him to scram.

Greene clearly thought this was unjust and so the library called the police.

In the background of Greene’s video, while the police officers have gotten him outside of the building but not off of the premises, the song “I Like to Move It” is playing. So as Greene argues with and disobeys the officers about leaving, the scene is punctuated by calls to “Move it!”

Greene asks, again, why he has to leave and an officer says something like, “You were filming in the library.” Greene responds, “You don’t realize they’re lying to you. You don’t realize they’re using you.

We have a bunch of homosexuals that are molesting children. They are doing it with your help.”

The police are astoundingly calm and polite as they escort him to his car, which he apparently refuses to get into and drive away. He is subsequently arrested and his gun is confiscated by the police. He complains of chest pains and they take him to the hospital.

News reports about the incident say there was no evidence that Greene planned to use the gun.

But here’s the thing: people who bring guns to libraries are the ones most likely to use guns in libraries. Now add in the fact that Greene, who sure has a lot in common with other right-wingers who became mass shooters, believes children are being harmed by people he sees as inhuman. According to “The Independent,” Greene later claimed in a Facebook video that he was “arrested for being a white Christian” and referred to a librarian as a “Satanist.” How much evidence do we need to believe that everyone at that library was in danger as long as he was there with a gun?

And, I know I said I wasn’t going to write about Trump this week, but it bears pointing out that Greene broadcasts his show in a MAGA hat in front of a cardboard cutout of Trump, a president who has more than any other in modern history emboldened right-wing radicals and encouraged violence.

The State of the Union is deplorable.

Greene, who sure has a lot in common with other right-wingers who became mass shooters, believes children are being harmed by people he sees as inhuman.

D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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Elections and whom to support Once upon a time, the LGBT commuically astute, and in some areas a powerful nity had no LGBT choices in politics, only political bloc, we also see LGBT candiLGBT-friendly candidates, who weren’t dates running against those we supported LGBT themselves, to endorse. in the past because they were And, once upon a time, there LGBT-friendly. There are also were no LGBT candidates for some LGBT candidates facing any elected political office in the off against each other in the land. In 1972, Nancy Wechsler same race. Like all communiand Jerry DeGrieck were the first ties, we need to be politically LGBT people to be elected to smart. We rely on Victory any office in the United States in Fund nationally to help us with Ann Arbor, Mich. choices and similar groups Then, visionary organizations locally who know the political such as The Victory Fund and landscape. similar groups locally began to But one rule holds true — groom and support LGBT candijust because you’re LGBT, dates. Today around the country, does not mean you are qualiwe have many LGBT people fied to receive LGBT commuin almost every type of elected nity support. You need to prove Mark Segal yourself to your community. office imaginable.

They are on school boards Are you OUT? What have you and city councils and in state houses. done in the past for your community? If There are judges, governors, U.S. repreyou’re running against one of those LGBTsentatives and a couple of U.S. senators. friendly candidates, can you deliver to our But as we become more and more politcommunity what they have done? Is your

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campaign professional and well funded?

Do you have the support of others in your area?

It gets more complex when there are multiple LGBT candidates running for the same office. Those issues of running a professional campaign and having financial backing still exist, but there’s an added point, respecting the other LGBT candidates. Being petty and making our community seem petty is a sure sign that your campaign is in trouble and has to resort to personal attacks that split our community.

We should take pride in having many candidates running for public office. It should be a unifying experience for us all. If you’re splitting your own base, that is not a formula for winning. It’s an experience for losing. It’s not my principal. It’s Politics 101. Never split your political base. n

Heroic in its normalcy portrtayal of Nomi Marks on Netflix’s Sense8, and a few others. This, of course, discounts trans people appearing in reality TV and other such venues.

Transgender people has been hard to come by in comics, at least as superheroes.

A lot of early examples are more “shape shifting” characters, including at least one in the Supergirl series in 1997, though one can find Kate Godwin/Coagula in 1993’s Doom Patrol and Masquerade in Blood Syndicate back in 1994, both from DC, and a handful of more modern examples Nevertheless, the casting of an actual transgender person to play a superhero on a weekly television show is still a big step forward, especially in an era dominated by superhero movies and television shows.

I want to contrast Nia Nal/Dreamer with so many other film and television portrayals of transgender characters. She comes away as authentically transgender in a way you see in other performances with a trans actor in a trans role -- and don’t see when Jared Leto portrays Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, Eddie Redmayne plays Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, or Jeffrey Tambor plays Maura Pfefferman on Transparent.

The difference, to me, is simple: each of the above characters are presented as an example of what non-transgender people think transgender people are: members of their birth sex who are acting out the gender role they have chosen. Meanwhile, actual transgender people like Maines and

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Supergirl, the television show based on the comic book character of the same name, is currently in its fourth season on The CW Television Network. It is part of the so-called “Arrowverse” of DC-comics based TV shows that began with 2012’s premier of Arrow, and includes it. The Flash, Vixen, Legends of Tomorrow, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray. The current season has centered its current arc on bigotry against extraterrestrials, of which -- for those who are not familiar at all with the comic book background of the characters -- Supergirl, also known as Kara, is one.

The new season has also introduced a new character to the story, that of Nia Nal. She too is a superhero, known as Dreamer, who possesses precognitive powers.

Unlike the comic book, this version of Nia/ Dreamer is transgender. What’s more, the character is portrayed by Nicole Maines who is, herself, transgender.

Supergirl not the first case where a transgender person has been cast in a transgender role: The first such that I know of was Jessica Crockett back in 2001, who played Louise in an episode of James Cameron’s Dark Angel series.

Since then, we’ve seen other such examples, with Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black and Doubt, Indya Moore, Mj Rodriguez, and more on FX’s Pose, Scott Turner Schofield on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2015, Jamie Clayton’s

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others are presenting the reality of the transgender experience.

The character of Nia Nal/Dreamer was been introduced into the series, as has her transgender nature has been in the forefront. This has not been a “Dumbledore is gay but I never actually show it in the books” J.K. Rowling-styled move.

I suppose it would be wise at this point to say that there are spoilers ahead.

She first came out to boss James Olsen on Supergirl, using her experiences as a trans woman to explain why the company should take a stand against anti-extraterrestrial sentiment, a plea that falls largely on deaf ears. It is, nevertheless, handled well in the story.

The next episode focuses on Nia Nal’s/ Dreamer’s backstory, as her and Kara/ Supergirl travel to Nal’s hometown.

Nia’s “coming out” to Kara on the way to Nia’s hometown was, well, pretty close to how I handle coming out. It was very matter of fact, just a part of the discussion between two close friends. It wasn’t treated as a big deal by Nia, nor did it include a lot of over the top backstory.

I think Kara was a bit patronizing at first when Nia came out, but I also think it was intentional to the story and some of what Kara herself was dealing with at the time.

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Non-biological parental rights When the U.S. Supreme Court passed and visitation. However, “parent” was not marriage equality in 2015, LGBTQ citizens statutorily defined, and the lower courts and their allies rejoiced. But it did not mean were defining parent as the two biological full equality in the eyes of the law. There contributors of the child’s conception. are still questions surrounding LGBTQ In deciding this case, the New York State civil rights, particularly around children.

Court of Appeals recognized that in 1991, These questions most often arise the effective year for Domestic when LGBTQ couples with chilRelations Law § 70, families dren dissolve their relationship were not as diverse as they or marriage and the court must are now. The Court ruled that make custody determinations. in cases where it is shown by Because children of LGBTQ clear and convincing evidence couples come about in a varithat both partners in a same-sex ety of ways — including IVF relationship have demonstrated (in vitro fertilization) and IUI parental responsibilities, it is (intrauterine insemination) in the best interests of the child treatments, surrogacy and to remain in contact with both adoption — there are legal parents. This was an important ramifications many couples do victory for same-sex couples not think about in advance. At who choose to raise children the dissolution of a marriage, Angela together. what rights do non-biological There are several other situGiampolo ations in which same-sex couparents have in terms of visitation and custody? In some ples face legal challenges in cases, the definition of “parent” plays a big obtaining and maintaining parental rights. role in determining the situation. If courts State laws vary, and many have not been don’t recognize non-biological parents updated since the Marriage Equality Act, as true parents, it could mean surrogates meaning same-sex parents or future parand sperm donors have more rights than a ents need to be aware of the laws of the non-biological parent who raised the child. state they move to. In 2018, Kansas and In 2016, the New York Court of Appeals Oklahoma passed laws allowing adoption held in Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth C.C. that agencies to reject couples seeking to adopt if a party shows by clear and convincing if the agency held religious or moral objecevidence that the parties involved agreed tions. Some states require non-biological to conceive and raise a child together, the parents seeking custody and visitation non-biological parent has standing to seek through divorce proceedings to adopt the visitation and custody. child. The couple doesn’t even have to be Brooke and Elizabeth began their reladivorcing for this to have an impact. If tionship in 2006 and became engaged a legally married couples decide to have a year later, prior to New York or the United child through IVF or surrogacy and they States legally recognizing marriage for also decide for the non-biological parent same-sex couples. Shortly after, Elizabeth to adopt that child to solidify that spouse’s underwent artificial insemination and their parental rights, an adoption agency in son was born in 2009. In 2010 the couple Kansas and Oklahoma, or another state split, and for two years both mothers conwith ambiguous laws not explicitly protinued to co-parent their son. By 2013, the tecting same-sex couples, could refuse co-parenting was no longer working and even with both partners in agreement.

Elizabeth terminated Brooke’s involveIn other cases, the sperm donor or surment in their son’s life, forcing Brooke to rogate has sued for parental rights. The seek a court ruling if she wanted to be part National Center for Lesbian Rights in of her child’s upbringing.

San Francisco represented a lesbian couThe lower courts relied on Domestic ple whose sperm donor sued for parental Relations Law § 70, which holds that rights, and the court granted the petitioneither parent of a child that is the product er-sperm donor rights as the child’s father.

Even in states with more friendly LGBTQ of their relationship may seek custody

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states, “Some of the highlights of Councilman Greenlee’s progressive legislation include: earned paid sick leave, wage equity and wage theft regulations; a measure to protect domestic violence victims and updates to the city’s anti-discrimination laws.”

In 2011, he introduced a measure to rewrite the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance, which

prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and the delivery of city services based on sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as several other characteristics. The ordinance had been amended but not vastly overhauled, since its inception 50 years earlier.

In about two months after its introduction, Council unanimously approved it and Mayor

parental rights laws, such as New York, there are still complications for same-sex parents. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an adoption in one state must be recognized by all states — a right that extends from the marriage equality ruling, as it has applied to opposite-sex couples — but LGBTQ rights advocates still advise samesex parents to solidify the non-biological parent’s rights through adoption or the strongest judicial decree available in their state.

This is because if something happens to the biological parent and their family members want custody, the non-biological parent may lose if she did not adopt. As well, if the couple travels internationally to a country that does not recognize same-sex marriage, a court order will protect the non-biological parent’s rights more than a marriage decree.

A separate issue post-marriage equality is that a lot of people think that because they are married and on a child’s birth certificate that they are automatically a “parent” in the eyes of the law. But just because both names appear on the birth certificate as “parents” does not constitute legal parentage. In other words, a birth certificate alone does not confer parental rights and therefore, relying on just a birth certificate leaves the child and the parents vulnerable in several areas and circumstances.

There is currently a proposed Pennsylvania Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act floating around in Harrisburg. But as of now, there is no statute governing parentage in Pennsylvania for children born through assisted reproductive technologies.

Until there is, nothing other than legally forming the “child-parent” relationship through a kinship adoption will confer a parent-child relationship between a non-biological parent and his or her child.

Without an adoption, the parent-child relationship is exposed. If for instance, in

Michael Nutter signed the bill.

Later that year, Greenlee cosponsored the bill requiring some city contractors to offer domestic-partner benefits for the same-sex partners of their employees. Nutter vetoed it, but Greenlee introduced it again in 2013, and an incarnation of the bill became law in 2015.

Greenlee, of the Fairmount section graduated from Temple University and had worked

the case of divorce, the non-birth parent’s rights to the child and custody visitation could be challenged. Moreover, in the case of death, the child’s rights to inheritance could be challenged. Through an adoption, however, the couple received an Adoption Decree, and that document and only that document, confers a legal parent-child relationship, which accompanies with it many rights and obligations such decision-making in medical situations, custody and child support and inheritance rights.

Presently, 10 percent of the LGBTQ population live in states that do not recognize de facto parents, recognition by a court that a person who assumes the dayto-day responsibilities of caring for and raising a child is a parent under the law, and only 7 percent do. The rest live somewhere in between; some states allowing limited recognition, and others requiring non-biological parents to provide evidence of their role in their children’s lives.

Raising a child can be both a stressful and rewarding experience, but the additional burden of protecting the parent-child relationship because both parents are not biological to the child creates layers of uncertainty for same-sex couples.

Couples in strong relationships who don’t foresee a split, too often have to plan for one because the judicial system moves slowly in protecting parental rights. These are not special rights, but the LGBTQ community continues to be required to fight for rights inherently granted to heterosexual spouses. n

Raising a child can be both a stressful and rewarding experience, but the additional burden of protecting the parent-child relationship because both parents are not biological to the child creates layers of uncertainty for same-sex couples.

Angela D. Giampolo, principal of Giampolo Law Group, maintains offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and specializes in LGBT law, family law, business law, real-estate law and civil rights. Her website is www.giampololaw.com, and she maintains a blog at www.phillygaylawyer.com. Reach out to Angela with your legal questions at 215-645-2415 or angela@giampololaw.com.

as a staff member for the late Councilman Cohen.

City Council consists of 17 members: 10 elected by district and seven at-large. In the May 21 primary for at-large seats, the top five candidates from each party will go on to the general election. Then, on Nov. 5, the top seven of those 10 will win the seats. That means at least two seats will go to the minority party, which has been

Republicans in Philadelphia for decades.

Terms are four years, and there are no term limits.

The registration deadline to vote in May 21’s primary is April 22. You can register to vote through the Pennsylvania Department of State’s online application at https://www. pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/ VoterRegistrationApplication. aspx. n

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Are dating apps helpful or hurtful?

By Gary L. Day PGN Contributor As social media has proliferated in recent years, more and more gay men are turning to dating apps like Grindr and Scruff for personal connections, be they casual sexual encounters or more serious romantic possibilities.

But is a reliance on these apps helpful or hurtful to gay men’s long-term sexual and emotional health? This subject was the topic for vigorous discussion at a community meeting held last Sunday, Feb. 10 at Mixxia, a prominent salon in the Gayborhood.

Organized by Bret J. Nielson, a local therapist who specializes in sexual and relationship issues for gay men, the meeting drew an overflow crowd of mostly younger gay men who made it clear that the issues and problems of dating apps— and by extension dating for the modern gay man—are complex and myriad.

The discussion began with the basic question: “Are hook-up apps good?” The answers depended very much on whether each individual’s experience has been positive or not.

One participant (names are being withheld to protect privacy) expressed the point that apps are necessary these days because other social outlets to meet people, particularly bars, are no longer conducive to meeting prospective partners. “Bars have changed. People don’t talk to each other in bars anymore. Everyone’s on their cell phones cruising Grindr.”

Another aspect of the good apps contribute to socialization is that of accessibility.

Said one man, “I consider [apps] to be an essential portal to my community. No matter when, I can reach out to members of my community, 24/7.”

But there is a flip side to that. “I think they contribute to disposable relationships,” another man countered. “You can be having an argument and you can pick up your phone and say ‘I don’t need this grief. I

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thing the story was about. It was a part of a larger whole, an element of an otherwise well-told story. She is a trans character, but her being trans isn’t the only thing she is.

It informs her choices, but she is more than a cardboard cutout standing in for a real backstory.

I would be remiss if I did not mention one scene in particular, where Nia’s sister fueled by anger at not getting the superpowers that are passed down between mothers and daughters, attacks Nia for not being a ‘real woman.” Which this too gets resolved, and maybe a bit quickly, it is handled well, without it being the sole defining characteristic of their relationship.

can find another boyfriend in no time, so why should I pick up my socks?’ So, rather than put in the effort to make a relationship work, someone can just walk out, get on Grindr and find the next one.”

Another issue that came up was the matter of addiction. Internet addiction has been a problem since the hoary days of AOL, but the advent of smart phones and the constant online presence they afford, particularly with the ubiquity social media, it has become an acute problem, especially among the young. There was general agreement when someone made the point “They don’t talk to people anymore. They’re so focused on their cell phones, their apps, their social media—all the time.”

Someone brought up the matter of safety, expressing a belief that cruising with apps was safer than picking up people in bars.

“It’s dangerous out there,” he said. “At least on an app you can find out what you might be getting into.”

However, the moderator, Bret Nielson, made a cautionary point. “There is always risk. No matter how you do it, when you connect with a stranger, you run the risk of not getting home.”

The wide-ranging discussion continued for two hours. While no conclusions were ultimately reached, it was clear that the group was enthusiastic about having the chance to voice their concerns and experiences in a safe and supportive environment.

Nielson feels that the response to the meeting and ensuing discussion makes clear that there is a need in the community for greater opportunities for gay men to connect and communicate, to hash out these complex and personal issues. “Gay men need these intimate connections,” Nielson said. “Not just sexual or romantic connections, but communicative. I hope that this meeting can lead to some regular format where gay men can connect in this way. We just need to talk.” n

As I said, Maines is not the first trans actress to play a trans character -- but what truly feels refreshing about her isn’t so much that she is transgender, but that her transgender nature isn’t treated as that big a deal. yes, it informs the issues of bigotry in the main storyline, but that bigotry isn’t necessarily aimed at her as a trans woman.

This is another contrast to the usual portrayal that tends to treat transgender people as someone to be either pitied or reviled -- and not the hero of the story, even when they may be the lead character.

Would that we see more of this to come.

Gwen Smith wants to see a trans person in the Marcel Cinematic Universe. You can find her at www. gwensmith.com.

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Making the house a home

By Jen Colletta PGN Contributor When Ashlee and I moved out of our first apartment into our first house three years ago, we were overjoyed that we finally had a kitchen we could cook in, let alone turn around in. Our first night in the house, our moving crew of friends deemed the kitchen the perpetual hangout spot in our house, christening it with a rousing beer-pong game. From date nights to holiday dinners to raucous parties, our kitchen has seen it all.

Now, the kitchen island that hosted many tequila shots and Cards-Against-Humanity tournaments is filled with formula containers, water jugs, bottles and a random assortment of fruits to make purees. The spot where we once had a late-night sing-along with old college friends is where the other night Ashlee and I foolishly danced and sang in front of Jen Jackson’s high chair in an attempt to get him to eat. The area where our then-new puppy tore open countless trash bags is where Jackson and I recently sat on the floor making a cake for Ashlee’s birthday.

Baby belongings are certainly commandeering space in each of the rooms of our house. And while Jackson made an immediate mark on our house as soon as he arrived in August, it wasn’t until more recently that we started to actively make changes to keep up with the reality of a home with a 6-month-old in it.

Ashlee’s nephew, who is 3 months older than Jackson, recently visited and gave us a crash course in what’s coming our way. After countless bumped heads, we decided our living room coffee table needed to go (it really only functioned as a footrest anyway). Plus, having more open space in the living room quickly became a must when we saw how mobile Jackson was becoming. The days of him sitting on one of our laps or laying next

to us on the couch while we enjoyed dinner were quickly fading. We found ourselves shoving our coffee table off to the side every night so he could have the run of the floor, rolling and rollicking to his heart’s content.

We mounted our television on the wall, knowing that, the second his little body is able to pull itself up, that TV was coming right over. We canned the furniture it was on in favor of a less attractive but much more functional storage-cube set and gleefully set about filling the eight fabric bins with his stuffed animals, teething toys and impressive other assortments of Christmas gifts.

A toy box was next because the number of light-up, noisy, vibrating objects a 6-month-old possesses is truly amazing. The more we rearranged to keep up with our new reality, the more we got bit by the Marie Kondo bug and started taking a harder at the rest of the house. Out Colletta look went a couch from the basement and piles of clothes from our closet. Clutter in the attic was put on the curb, to be replaced by boxes and boxes of clothes Jackson had outgrown already.

This de-cluttering even extended to our lifestyle: Rather idealistically, we used to

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women escorts who, like Royster, advertised on the website Backpage — testified against White.

Prosecutors have argued throughout court proceedings that White specifically preyed on trans-women escorts he targeted through ads on Backpage.

According to the witnesses of the incident the night before the murder, White had entered the home, held a gun to Singleton’s head and robbed the women of money and cellphones. He had previously been a client of Damian’s.

At trial, White’s attorney maintained her client was not the man who shot and killed Jones as he tried to defend Royster. But according to testimony, White had gotten into a fight with Jones, 34, and shot him. He then fired shots at both Royster and her aunt, who also lived at the home.

The prosecution argued that White had made an appointment for services with Royster with the express plan to rob her, bringing a gun with him. In March 2017, PGN reported Royster’s testimony at the preliminary hearing: Royster said White pulled out a black-and-silver gun in her bedroom and asked her, “You know what this is?”

think that, after the baby was born, we’d still keep up with our workout routines, perhaps alternating nights going to the gym.

That may have happened once in the last six months. So we cancelled our gym memberships and used that money instead to get a cheap elliptical for the house. Actually motivating ourselves to get on it when he’s napping is another story, but we’re getting there!

When Jackson first arrived, every aspect of our life seemed overwhelmed. We couldn’t find bibs.

There were constantly bottles crowding our counters waiting to be washed. We couldn’t predict when or where he would fall asleep. The dog kept eating all of his toys (still does). Our house was in chaos for quite some time, but the more we learned the ropes of this new reality, the more we learned to be predictive and proactive. We leave a bib out next to the couch for the next morn-

Royster said that Jones, who sensed a disturbance, entered the bedroom and tried to fight White. “[White] shot [Jones] twice in the face.”

During the weeklong trial, prosecutors showed the jury surveillance footage from across the street from Royster’s home, according to news reports. The video showed a man running and firing a gun.

The trans women who had previously testified to their own attack also testified at the trial. Among the other witnesses who testified were police officers who had responded to both incidents and a specially trained detective who gave expert testimony about cell phone records and data.

In the closing arguments on Feb. 4, White’s attorney, Ellen Hurley, claimed the trans victims had collaborated to frame White as the killer. “The entire investigation was bad from the beginning,” she said.

Assistant District Attorney Courtney Malloy said White was a calculated predator who targeted trans-women escorts, believing they wouldn’t go to police because they are transgender and because they are escorts.

White was wrong, according to Malloy, the women bravely

ing’s breakfast and make up several bottles the night before. We can spot the telltale signs that Jackson’s getting tired, which has helped establish structured naps. And, at night, we’ve gotten into a bath/bottle/book bedtime routine to keep things moving on schedule.

We’ve finally learned how to start slowing down, just as he’s speeding up, and the room we’ve made in our house is helping us make room for more memories. After we pick Jackson up from daycare, our beloved kitchen is now the spot where he’s learning how to eat solid foods, a hilarious endeavor that often ends with food on the walls and lots of laughs. Before starting his bedtime routine each night, we often lay out a blanket where our coffee table used to be and enjoy some playtime on the floor with Jackson. Watching him figure out how to grab for toys and roll over is both more entertaining and enriching than I ever would have imagined.

Getting our house and our routines in order has given us a front-row seat to the growth Jackson’s experiencing every day.

Our house looks quite different than it did six months ago, but the real changes aren’t in what these rooms look like, but rather the transformation of the memories we’re making in them — a process that is gradually helping us turn our house into a home for Jackson. n

sought justice.

“The first opportunity these women had to find the person who committed this horribly violent crime they did: They told the detectives, they worked with the detectives, and as the judge said, they were heard. The system heard them. This jury heard them,” Malloy told news outlets.

White was charged with more than a dozen offenses, including murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons offenses. The jury deliberated for three days before reaching the guilty verdict.

McDermott sentenced White to life in prison without parole, with decades more time added for the various other charges.

White reportedly cursed McDermott during the sentencing, to which she replied, “Thank you, Mr. White.”

At the March 2017 preliminary hearing, Brooks, one of the victims of the invasion the night before the murder, told PGN: “This is important especially for all of those who don’t come forward and who are in these types of situations. It’s important that this man goes away so that others will feel OK to come forward and say what they have to say.”

Hurley intends to appeal White’s sentence, claiming he did not fit the description the women gave of the assailant. n

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place where peace marches happen annually and queer people live their lives freely.”

Prior to the Feb. 4 screening at William Way, the documentary won two awards, and there is potential for future projects from the filmmakers — all before they start high school.

Seventh-grade students at Penn Alexander School in Philadelphia — Giddings, Tahsin Zaman and Colin Bowerman — put together “The Gayborhood” through the school’s WHYY Media Labs program. Through this initiative, students learn a variety of disciplines such as video production, STEM and research skills.

The students decided on the film’s topic after noting the shortcomings in school history books.

“Not many people know about the LGBTQ-rights movement so we decided we would like to [focus our documentary on] that movement,” said Bowerman, who wrote the script for the voiceover.

Initially, the students wanted to produce a documentary about the overall LGBT-rights movement but decided to reel in their focus.

“We noticed that almost all of the LGBTQ history documentaries were about Stonewall and because we have such a prevalent Gayborhood in Philadelphia, [we thought] it would be more interesting and more relevant to us,” Giddings said, adding that he’s passionate about the topic.

The students submitted the film last year to the Philadelphia chapter of National History Day in the Group Documentary category, where it received an honorable mention. Bowerman said the film they submitted was largely unfinished, running more than 10 minutes with no concrete conclusion.

While he appreciated the honorable mention from NHD, he said it ultimately inspired him to improve the film.

“It was just a reminder that I’m going to go into school tomorrow and I’m going to make this documentary better,” Bowerman said.

Those efforts paid off. The students took time to fine-tune the film to run at five minutes 36 seconds. They submitted the

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final project to the WHYY Youth Media Awards, which received more than 300 youth-created film submissions. At an awards presentation in November, the students received third place in the Middle School Documentary category.

Penn Alexander Principal Michael Farrell, who helped coordinate the presentation at William Way, said it was exciting to see both queer and non-queer students engage in this topic.

“Twenty years ago, this wouldn’t have been OK to talk about or unpack as a project at a

school level,” the openly gay principal said. “I was excited to see my middle-schoolers were diving into it.”

Farrell added that this project illustrated how, regardless of any school’s curriculum, “students are eager to learn and bring their own identity and other people’s identities into their learning.

“Our kids are teaching adults in so many powerful ways now about what equity and justice look like. This was a student-led project where I think the adults learned from them how to be courageous and how to bring the

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history of this city — of this marginalized group — to the surface.”

While producing this film gave Giddings an awareness of previous legislative actions — such as the legalization of same-sex marriage — and passionate LGBT protests, he said there is still quite a bit of work to be done.

While conducting research for “The Gayborhood,” Giddings learned the trans community did not feel as represented as other members of the LGBT community. This inspired the student to begin work on a separate documentary focusing on trans

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people and how they view the Gayborhood.

“I thought that was really interesting, seeing as a lot of the leaders of Stonewall were trans women,” Giddings said. “So it feels kind of weird and disheartening as a trans person myself to see that our history is being downgraded. So we’re going to talk a lot about how trans people have helped in the queer-rights movement.” n To view “The Gayborhood” in its entirety, go here: http://bit. ly/2RVHaJi.

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The women who would be president

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) stood outside in a blizzard on Feb. 10 and declared her candidacy for president of the United States, becoming the fourth woman senator to announce in the past few weeks.

Klobuchar joined fellow senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and bestselling author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson have also announced their candidacies.

The scorecard for Democratic hopefuls, crowded though it might be, suggests one of these women will be the the Democratic nominee by summer 2020. If past is prologue, as it so often is in American politics, several things augur well for a woman nominee. Hillary Clinton’s historic candidacy and questionable loss left millions feeling angry and cheated. How could Clinton have won more votes than anyone in U.S. history except Barack Obama in 2008 — three million more than Donald Trump — and not be in the White House?

Questions over Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election made most Americans aware of a flaw in the U.S. electoral system: In any other government, a new election with Clinton and Trump would have been held. In 2016 alone, four countries including Austria and Kenya, held new presidential elections when the original was deemed suspect. For those who see Trump’s presidency as illegitimate, the candidacies of women for 2020 have particular resonance.

When Harris announced her bid, a diverse crowd of over 20,000 stood cheering in Oakland, much like the similarly diverse and excited crowd that filled New York’s Roosevelt Island, the day Clinton formally announced her candidacy.

For woman and LGBTQ people, the candidacy of Clinton sent a powerful message. In her campaign video, Clinton had a gay male couple as well as a lesbian couple among the diverse group of women, people of color, immigrants and workers that provided the backdrop for her vision of an inclusive campaign and an equally inclusive America.

The four women senators running for president all have long, strong histories of fighting for the rights of women and LGBTQ people. All support the Equality Act with Gillibrand and Klobuchar being original co-sponsors of the act.

All support same-sex marriage at a time when the Republican platform continues to state marriage is between a man and a woman and GOP lawmakers in Tennessee are attempting to negate the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergfell v. Hodges legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States.

Each of the four women senators has strongly stated she supports equality under the law and would ban discrimination for sex-

ual orientation and gender identity.

All four have come out against President Trump’s ban on trans people in the military.

Gillibrand brought a trans man, Lt. Comdr.

Blake Dremann, to the State of the Union.

Gillibrand said, “President Trump’s decision to ban [trans people] from military service is cruel and undermines our military readiness.”

Gillibrand leads on trans issues. On Feb. 7, she introduced a bill in the Senate that would prohibit the Pentagon from discharging any currently serving member of the military solely on the basis of gender identity. It would also prohibit recruits from being denied entry into the military solely based on gender identity.

The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed all four women and each has a full 100 percent ranking based on their voting history on LGBTQ issues pre- and post-Trump.

All four women rank as progressives politically, but Gillibrand and Warren are the furthest left. According to the Congressional record, Gillibrand is the only member of the Senate to have voted against all of Trump’s nominees and she currently ranks as the most progressive member of the Senate, followed

by Warren. Harris also ranks in the top 10 and Klobuchar in the top 20.

The presence of all these strong women candidates in the race increases the likelihood that a woman can win the presidency in 2020. The Midterm elections were a strong statement about where Democratic voters stand. Newly elected congresswomen like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley each trounced longtime Democratic congressmen in their respective districts — 20-year veterans who bear a striking political resemblance to former vice president Joe Biden.

The writing seems to be on the wall as the women are climbing in the polls while Biden, Bernie Sanders and Beto O’Rourke — none of who has declared — continue to fall. The failure of Biden and Sanders specifically to gain any kind of strong support from leading Democratic voices, plus the introduction of women with strong left platforms that Sanders has championed, suggests that even if voters want the same message, they want new messengers.

Several of the latest polls have Harris leading, with Warren, Klobuchar and Gillibrand (in that order) continuing to rise.

It’s a full year until the first votes are cast in the primary and until then it is anyone’s game. There are also strong contenders in centrist senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH). But for now, these women senators are the four candidacies to watch and the ones getting the most traction in the news. Women are 51 percent of the American population and have never been represented by the presidency. The centenary of suffrage is the year of the woman. Will that woman be Harris, Gillibrand, Klobuchar or Warren? We shall see. n

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entertainment Out rocker shines on new album

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out alternative rocker Bob Mould is on the road with a new album, and a date in Philadelphia.

As an icon of alternative rock with bands like Hüsker Dü and Sugar to his credit, Mould said his latest release, “Sunshine Rock,” is an effort steer his sound and songwriting in a more positive direction than his prior albums.

“I wrote a song called ‘Sunshine Rock’ in the spring of 2017. It is drawn from a set of experiences that I had over the course of a couple of days in one of the other places that I have been living, Berlin, Germany,” he said. “It sort of became a tent pole for what I was hoping would be a more optimistic record. The two albums prior to ‘Sunshine Rock’ were both heavier, dealing with loss, in particular the loss of my parents.”

Mould said he didn’t want to go that route again if he could help it. “I had been writing for a few months, and when

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the song appeared, I thought, Here’s the moment. This is a good place to start in earnest toward writing this record.”

For the recording of the album, Mould did something he had never done before: He allowed a camera crew to document parts of the recording and creative process for the album. He shared some of these moments online for fans to enjoy.

Mould said that sharing the video was novel for him, even if most other musicians do this regularly now. And while he’s happy and comfortable giving fans these windows into his routine, he still prefers to maintain some level of mystique between fan and artist.

“I’m still a music fan, and there are a lot of bands that I love. And sometimes I just want to know about the music,” he said. “I’m not someone who obsesses about people on social media. So, I guess if I don’t do that, I’m not sure I’ve seen the need to share that much. I don’t do it, so I was think-

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ing, Why would somebody else do that?

It’s nice to have a private life.”

Mould said, h o w ever, that it w a s a l s o nice to include his fans in the creative process.

“We had a lot of fun in the studio. We grabbed some cameras and made a quick document of what we were doing and I think it turned out really well.”

In addition to his optimism on his new album, another big change for Mould was moving to Berlin. He moved to Germany two years ago, and spends time there when he isn’t in San Francisco or on the road.

Mould said a change of scenery that’s that dramatic always finds a way to make its presence felt in the creative process of any artist.

“The fact that I don’t speak the language made it a little difficult,” he

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said. “I had to learn to navigate through that and learn the bits that I needed to do transactions.”

Mould said he also spent time absorbing and copying what people were doing a n d figuring out the lay of the l a n d .

He called it similar to San Francisco, but also different because of those smaller cultural things.

“Those interactions and those routines of finding where do I go every day, all of those things seem small. But the sum total of throwing yourself in a new environment always shows up in the work a little bit.”

One thing that hasn’t changed for Mould is his ability to create out-loud, immediate, in-your-face, organic rock music. And while some critics are quick to declare rock music dead, Mould said he has no plans to dig any graves.

“Sorry to see you go, people who think rock is dead,” he said with a chuckle. “We’ll miss you. I hope you’re able to find it on a streaming service someday. I think for people to create a narrative that something is dead to elevate something else, that seems counterproductive and utterly American in a sense that ‘something has to be number one!’ Why can’t everything coexist?

Rock has been dead at least five or six times since I started making it. I don’t know how that is, but it’s funny stuff.

So, I doubled down on the title of the record. It should be clear.” n “Sunshine Rock” was released Feb. 8. Bob Mould performs 8:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. For more information or tickets, call 215-232-2100 or visit www.bobmould.com.

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The Queer Grammys Were Lit

By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor The annual Grammy Awards show is always too long and inevitably has moments of “wait– who just won?”

The 61st Grammys on Sunday night were no different. But what made this show so good, was the plethora of phenomenal women, queer performers and the hosting perfection of Alicia Keys.

There were lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer and trans nominees. Janelle Monae.

Brandi Carlile. St. Vincent. Dua Lipa. Lady Gaga. Cardi B. Sophie. The whole LGBTQ spectrum was represented fabulously.

It’s been a long time since there’s been an awards-show moment as queer as Madonna kissing Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003.

St. Vincent’s and Lipa’s hotter-than-hot alt rock tango at the Grammys — the kiss never materialized, but the slow build was spectacular — and it was as queer as could be. The heated mash up of “Masseduction” and “One Kiss” was the story of the night.

Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, began the duet with a languorous intro on a black guitar that matched her outfit. Dressed in strapless black leather body suit and fishnets — no skirt, no pants — her dark hair in a severe bob, she sang the risqué lyrics of her hit song — “…nuns in stress positions/smokin’ Marlboros.”

Soon, she was joined by Lipa wearing a slinky, black-and-white sleeveless dress with gold metal accents. The two women leaned into each other and the crowd was wild for it. There was a little bit of Aretha — the night had been filled with honors for the late icon — “Respect” rippled through the music as the song shifted to Lipa’s “One Kiss” and the two women teased each other and the audience.

In a Feb. 12 interview with Rolling Stone, Clark said, “Those songs are two sides of the same coin. They’re about seduction and sex and all those things. Then we wanted to give a little nod to the late, great Queen of Soul, so it was like, ‘What if we sing R-E-S-P-E-C-T as a sort of fucked up dom-sub thing, like sex.’ I don’t know if that song has ever been sung with that intonation before.”

No — no one has ever done “Respect” as a domination anthem, Clark is right about that.

Clark also told Rolling Stone, her song, “Masseduction” is “a f*cked-up sex song, but it’s also a lot of other things. I’m talking about the power of seduction on every level, whether it’s sexual seduction, political seduction, totalitarianism and this need to get your rocks off. It seemed like there was an unethical parallel between the duality of those things that I wanted to grab at. Seduction is exciting, but it’s also a transference of power; it’s an abdication or an acquisition of power, but then what does power look like?”

In many ways, the duet was emblematic of how this year’s Grammys highlighted women, their strength, their power and their purpose.

Monae was nominated for Album of the Year for her sex-tacular “Dirty Computer” album and her Grammys performance was another stunner.

The out pansexual channeled Prince with a rendition of her “Make Me Feel.” She, too, dressed in a body suit and stockings — hers black latex with a coy white collar. She played guitar as she sang “It’s like I’m powerful with a little bit of tender/An emotional, sexual bender/Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better.”

Monae had dancers wearing pink pants fashioned to look like vulvas and said, “Let the vagina have a monologue,” which got whistles from the crowd.

Keys gave Carlile a lot of love as she intro-

Eating Out Should Be Fun! BRANDI CARLISLE (LEFT) WITH CATHERINE SHEPHERD duced the gay country star. Carlile brought the house down with her Grammy-winning single “The Joke,” about a bullied boy and a woman refugee and everything we are fighting right now with the Trump presidency. The poignant lyrics were laser-scripted across the screen as she sang and hit the notes with her double-octave range. If you didn’t come away weeping as she finished the bravura performance, you were probably wearing a MAGA hat.

In her acceptance speech for winning the Best Americana Album Grammy, Carlile described Americana music — a crossover country genre — as “the island of misfit toys” and herself as a misfit.

“I came out of the closet at 15 years old, when I was in high school,” she said. “And I can assure you that I was never invited to any parties. I never got to attend a dance.

To be embraced by this enduring and loving community has been the dance of a lifetime.

Thank you for being my island.”

These queer and female moments were everything for an audience that has spent decades watching the mostly male, wholly straight Grammy Awards and wondering when the women and queers would break through.

It was a long night — well over three hours.

But the most scintillating highlights were all women, and some — days later headlines were still proclaiming Carlile the night’s winner for her performance and her speech — rocked the house in ways that rippled well after the show ended. n

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Suzi Nash

Nikki Harmon: On a lighter note…

On a winter night with temperatures dropping into the single digits, there’s nothing better than curling up in front of the fire with a good book. (I don’t exactly have a fireplace here in the city, but I found a great YouTube video of a crackling fireplace.

And with enough imagination, I could almost feel the warmth and smell the burning logs.) My book of choice: “When I Was Your Girlfriend” by Nikki Harmon.

I’ve known Harmon for a while, but as a filmmaker, not a novelist. She warned me that it was a light but enjoyable read. It did not disappoint.

Part of the fun of this book is recognizing all of the Philadelphia references, like when two of the main characters go to dinner and then head down to First Friday in Old City. Many references are to places we used to haunt: Sneakers, Zipperhead on South Street, Kelly Drive. I’m sure you’ll recognize old favorites too.

PGN: What’s your origin story?

NH: Both of my parents are from Philly, I grew up in West Mount Airy. I had a nice Middle-Class upbringing, lots of kids and friends who lived on the block. I was out of the house all of the time. I was never inside except for eating and sleeping. I have a brother and sister, but they were a little bit older so I kind of felt like an only child. They’d go off on their own. As a result, I spent a lot of time with my parents and other grownups. But it taught me a lot. I was quiet and enjoyed listening, so I would hear all the adult conversations. I gained a lot of wisdom and learned all the neighborhood gossip!

PGN: Were your grandparents nearby?

NH: Yeah. Both sets of grandparents lived in Philly. We’d visit and spend holidays with them. I mostly spent time with my maternal grandmother, who’s still alive.

If my parents wanted a break, I’d go to Ocean City with her and her friends.

PGN: Big family?

NH: Yes. My father was one of eight kids, and my mother is one of four. So I have a lot of extended family. We’re also very close and do big reunions. When we can’t get together, we’re all on Facebook! It’s great. You have a special relationship with cousins. You’ve known them all of your life, but you don’t have the same dynamics that you have with your immediate family.

I actually have a script on the back burner called “Cousins.” It’s about … cousins!

[Laughing]

thought that bringing babies into the world was pretty miraculous. I still do. Then I did some research and realized that midwives don’t make any money, so I wanted to be an obstetrician, run a birth clinic and have midwives work with me. I’d be the doctor on call. That was my plan until I got to college and then it changed completely.

PGN: When did you start dabbling in the arts?

NH: I always liked creative writing. In English class I wrote these dark, disturbing stories, which if it were this day and age, would have sent me to a counselor!

[Laughing] They would have been having meetings about me. The stories were full of talk about suicide and death, you know, teenage angst. I also took a class in photography and dance lessons. But it didn’t really click until I was finishing college.

That’s when I thought about having a creative life — my last semester of college, when it was too late to change majors. I graduated with a degree in religion.

PGN: Say what?

NH: I know! I did all this pre-med stuff in high school. I took anatomy classes. I did an internship. I was a candy-striper at Chestnut Hill Hospital. I volunteered at a nursing home. I was on a career path until I went to college. I went to Wesleyan and it was in the midst of the anti-apartheid movement. There were sit-ins and demonstrations at school because they had money invested in companies doing business there. I got involved. We were protesting day and night, having consensus meetings that went on forever. I just got caught up in it and decided I wasn’t into medicine anymore. The anatomy classes, with the cutting-into-people part, might have been a factor too.

PGN: When was your coming-out process in all of this?

NH: Oh, that was long and drawn-out.

It started in high school, where I messed around with a few girls, and then stopped when I got to college.

PGN: What did you want to be when you grew up?

NH: A midwife.

PGN: Most people wait until they get to college to come out.

NH: Yeaaaaaah … nope. I got to school and looked around at the girls who were out and none of them appealed to me.

It was the ’80s, and most people “in the life” were underground. And the ones who were out were not my style. [Laughing] I looked at who was available and did a risk-management assessment. It didn’t seem like the payoff was worth the risk.

So I waited until I finished college to be gay again!

PGN: Really? What prompted that?

NH: I don’t know! I was like, 12, and I just

PGN: That’s hysterical. So I probably met you not long after that. I just remember

that you were the fly girl all the women were after! Everybody loved Nikki!

NH: Oh yeah? Get out! I sure didn’t feel that. I mean when I first came back, I was dating men and women. I was open with everyone about it and they were all cool with it. That was fun for a while. And then I dated a guy pretty seriously until he pissed me off about something and I was like, “That’s it! I’m done with that side!”

Oh, and it probably didn’t help that I’d gone to D.C. that summer with a friend who was in the life and we went to D.C. clubs. If you remember, at that time they had those exotic dance groups like Onyx.

After seeing them I was like, Yeaaaah, I’m not going back!

PGN: Oh, how could I forget? There was one dancer named Ouzie, who would slide across the floor with her legs completely over her head! I would try to convince her that we’d be good together, Ouzie and Suzi!

NH: Did it work?

my thesis was a short film called, “A Little Fierce.”

PGN: OMG. I forgot about that. My best friend Tibet played the lead, Fierce. You had Gail Lloyd and a bunch of the gang involved.

NH: Yeah, that was fun. Then I produced a show called “The Wedding Story” that ran on TLC for a few years.

PGN: Any bridezillas?

NH: Not really. I went to 38 weddings and, for the most part, everyone loved having us there. The best thing for me was that I got to travel a lot, though after a while that wore thin. This was before laptops and Netflix, and there was only so much local news you could take on the hotel TV. But the good side was that I met people from all over the country, all different economic backgrounds, different races and religions. I learned that all over most people are decent and nice and kind. At least at wedding time!

PGN: That’s good to hear.

NH: Yup. So anyhoo, after that I met someone and settled down, we got married and had three kids.

I got into teaching so I would have something steady. I taught video production and media studies at Temple, Drexel and Arcadia … [talking into my recorder] and I’m still available to teach!

PGN: Good to know.

NH: It was great. But I realized that I was taking care of kids at home and then at school and I wasn’t doing anything creatively for myself. I was teaching colors at home and color correction at work. I was desperate to do something and I came across this thing called NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. They challenge you to write 50,000 words in one month. You get Photo: Conrad Louis-Charles PGN: No. But it was fun tryword counts that are due ing. daily. They give you email NH: Ha! We had some good times. That’s prompts and they have local meet-ups, what I wanted to recreate in my book. and support on how to move on if you get stuck. So I signed up. I was like, This PGN: You succeeded. What started your is great! I can ignore my children for a writing career? month and it’s legit. That was in November NH: When I came back, I got into film and 2009. You start the project on the first video. I worked at WYBE. I did a video and on the 30th you finish and go back to through Scribe, where I work now, and your life. And that’s what I did. I thought got a master’s in film and media arts at about it, what I wanted to draw from my Temple. I don’t know if you remember, but life to create a fictional PAGE 26

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An intimate and rare glimpse of a legendary opera singer

By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor The term “diva” is so dreadfully overused to characterize a woman who is considered petty or difficult that its true meaning has gotten lost.

In the film “Maria by Callas,” released briefly in theaters in November and due out this weekend on DVD and BluRay, director Tom Volf provides a love letter of never-before-seen footage and performances and paints the portrait of what a diva was and is, on stage and off: 20th-Century opera legend Maria Callas.

The film offers insight and intimacy into the life and career of the renowned singer through her own voice in vintage interviews, family photos, filmed stage vehicles (very often, grainy Super 8mm home movies), bits of unpublished memoir and letters written to friends such as Grace Kelly and Walter Annenberg. Narrated handsomely by opera singer Joyce DiDonato, the film gives audiences a rare, raw glimpse into a

tempestuous, nervous, sensual, exhausted, depressed and daring human working without a script or a net.

Who dares do that today, without it being a bigger plan toward publicity, Lady Gaga and Madonna?

From film’s start (a lengthy, black-andwhite British television interview between David Frost and a gorgeous, severe Callas) it’s is all her. Callas is speaking and singing for herself, without rude talking heads or additional critics and narrators.

Callas had quite enough of that — other people’s opinions — during her too brief life and career. (She died from a heart attack at age 53 in 1977).

A singer in her youth through the hard, cold auspices of a demanding mother, Callas was characterized as a diva almost from the start for her longtime, messy love affair with a married man when she too was married. That man was Greek ship-

ping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, whom she tenderly calls “Aristo” throughout the narration.

The reputation was also garnered due to her regular opera walkouts and her allaround hard-to-handle nature. “I don’t like being pushed around,” Callas announced at one point in the film. Yet in the next moment, she could be overcome by a nervous tremble and filled with weakness and pain.

“There are two people in me,” Callas stage-whispered to Frost during their interview. “I would like to be Maria, but there is the Callas I have to live up to.”

Her speaking and singing entirely for herself means that, on occasion, “Maria by Callas” and, by association, director Volk (currently finishing his third book on the legendary soprano) lose all aspects of dialogue, of perspective, of critical distance.

Even some of the facts of her life and easy biographical elements are muffled: that she was a heavy Brooklyn kid who moved to Greece to study and that she long had a rivalry with fellow opera singer Renata Tebaldi.

We witness the breakdown of her marriage, but we gather little from the archival newsreel footage other than a cool, workmanlike distance between partners, a body language that is the total opposite of the casual cool she shows when teamed with Onassis (who very nearly gets as much screen time as she does).

Yet, Volf’s up-close-and-personal, gentler look at Callas allows other, more deeply personal elements to pop through, as she complains on more than one occasion about wanting to have been a mother (the centerpiece of being a woman — such an old-fashioned statement, though claimed with self-deprecation), and how she sacrificed that goal to maintain her career.

It is this — her art and career — mythical performances of Bizet and Bellini brought blazingly and achingly to life, the gossipy talk of the missed 1958 performance of “Norma,” and most especially her nuanced and mountainous interpretation of the “La Mamma Morta” aria from “Andrea Chenier.” LGBTQ audiences know it from Tom Hanks’ Oscar-winner performance in 1993’s Philadelphia, that towers beyond all of the tempestuous personality quirks and torrid love affairs.

Brava. n

Theater & Arts American Girl Live The all-new musical about an exciting summer away from home, through Feb. 17 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

Arte Povera: Homage to Amalfi ’68 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a recreation of one artist’s reactionary exhibition against minimalism and pop art, through July, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Betrayal Lantern Theater Company presents a drama exploring love, sex, marriage and friendship, through Feb. 17 at St. Stephen’s Theater, 8923 Ludlow St.; 215829-0395.

Brahms and Central Europe The Philadelphia Orchestra performs selections from the Czech composer, Feb. 21-23 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

The Bridges of Madison County Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning play based on the bestselling novel, through March 3 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-9850420.

Dieter Rams: Principled Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition surveying the designer’s

THE ORIGINAL CLEAR HEELS: “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the classic fairy tale, is back to place a glass slipper of Philly’s foot, Feb. 22-24 at Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215893-1999.

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Equality — Pride in Our History Exhibit A new exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the decades of gay Pride, showcasing a collection of stories, photos and memorabilia contributed by LGBTQ individuals and their allies, through March 23, at Visit Bucks County, 3207 Street Road, Bensalem; www. newhopecelebrateshistory.org.

Jack Hanna The TV personality and wildlife expert brings the jungle to town, 3 p.m. Feb. 17 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-5727650.

Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors Walnut Street Theatre presents the comedy set in 1930s Paris, just

hours away from “The Concert of the Century,” through March 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.

Little Ladies: Victorian Fashion Dolls and the Feminine Ideal Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the influence of Miss Fanchon, the ultimate toy for privileged girls in the 1860s-’70s, through March 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst and special guests perform 11 a.m.2 p.m. Feb. 16 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.

New Chinese Galleries Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring 4,000 years of Chinese art, through the summer, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100.

Long Light Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition featuring the photography of David Lebe, through May 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.

Oleanna Walnut Street Theatre presents David Mamet’s explosive drama about gender politics, privilege and power, through Feb. 17 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Opera Philadelphia presents Shakespeare’s classic comedy, through Feb. 17 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Broadway Philadelphia presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the classic fairy tale, Feb. 22-24 at Academy

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Outta Town Switchblade Sisters The actions/ exploitation film is screened 9:45 p.m. Feb. 15 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.

ON A STEEL HORSE THEY RIDE: Cirque Mechanics makes their Philadelphia debut with a show that promises 42 feet of industrial circus thrills, laughs and excitement featuring acrobats and mechanical wonders to delight the whole family, 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-898-3900.

of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215893-1999.

Seth Meyers The comedian and TV personality performs, 7 and 10 p.m. Feb. 22 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650.

Shen Yun The classical Chinese dance troupe performs through March 3 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.

A Space Odyssey The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Richard Strauss’s “Zarathustra,” through Feb. 16 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999

Music Who’s Bad The Michael Jackson Tribute band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 15 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.; 215-572-7650.

Bob Mould Band The out rock singer performs 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100.

Disturbed The hard rock band performs 7:30 p.m.

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Philadelphia Funk Authority The dance/party band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.

Nightlife Mr. & Ms. Philadelphia Leather 2019 The annual leather contest returns, 8-10 p.m. Feb. 16 at The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St.; 215-627-1662.

Dark Side Burlesque: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boobs The lighter and the darker elements of Disney are explored in this burlesque show,

7-11 p.m. Feb. 17 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735.

SlayHer Philly’s only allmetal drag show will be presented 8 p.m. Feb. 20 at Tattooed Mom, 530 South St.; 215238-9880.

Strangelove The Depeche Mode tribute band performs 9 p.m. Feb. 22 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331.

Cathy Graham The jazz cabaret singer performs with Bob Egan, 8 p.m.

Feb. 16 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027.

Best Picture Marathon This year’s Oscar contenders are screened Feb. 1617 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.

The Jukebox Review A drag show featuring classic songs from the ’50s and ’60s, 8-10 p.m. Feb. 21 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215592-0656.

Toni Braxton and SWV The R&B star performs a makeup concert for the postponed Feb. 9 show at 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Event Center, 1 Borgata Way. For more information or tickets, call 609-317-1000.

Guys and Dolls A drag and boylesque variety show returns at its new location, 8-10 p.m. Feb. 22 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215592-0656.

Casablanca The movie classic is screened for free, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Sellersville Theater, 24 W. Temple Ave., Sellersville; 215257-5808. n

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Out pop singer tackles image and expectations in music and videos

By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out indie pop singer-songwriter morgxn is ready to make an impression on 2019 with a string of live shows and a stash of innovative singles and videos.

Born and raised in Nashville as Morgan Karr, morgxn moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting, then to Los Angeles for music.

Karr said that even though he’s more of an electronic pop, dance and R&B artist, the more organic and traditional styles of Nashville influenced his style and tastes as a musician.

“I think what I picked up from Nashville were real songs by real people about real things,” he said. “It was just always the sonics that never really stuck on me. Country never really got into my bloodstream.”

Karr said that while he was growing up, country music was for the most part all there was, though he also got involved in gospel music. The gospel influence was surprising, as he was a Jewish boy who just wanted to sing. Music was the only outlet that he could find.

“There were these big ol’ choirs for me to join and sing. I grew up around musicians. Some of the people I idolized the most weren’t the famous people that everyone was obsessed with, like celebrities and music stars. To me, the musicians that I loved were my parents’ friend who played piano at the bar and my mom’s friend who played flugelhorn at family events. I just fell in love with songs and musicians who really loved to look at the world and write about it.”

Also setting morgxn apart from the crowded flock of electro-pop singers are his eye-catching music videos, which often have thought-provoking messages and themes to go with the creative and stylized imagery.

“It’s no coincidence that when I started my first video for ‘Love You With the Lights On’ it was based off of a Robert Mapplethorpe photo,” he said. “Part of the reason I did that was because I knew I can be wrapped like a mummy the entire time and that would be all that I need to show.

To me, a music video as a medium is an incredible way to tell a story. Like the song ‘Translucent,’ what I wrote the song about was one thing, but as I was recording a stripped version of it, I discovered what I was talking about when I wrote it became something completely different.”

He explained that when he made the music video, he didn’t want to be the artist who gets stuck to one interpretation of his own music because he believes the songs evolve and grow with you.

“When I went to make the video for ‘Translucent,’ I wanted to talk about what

I felt in that moment, which was sort of the crossroads I felt as an artist. That somehow masculinity was something that people try to define for you and I’m trying to define masculinity for myself.”

Karr added that even though things are more open and accepting for queer music artists, there is still intense pressure for them to conform to the industry’s expectations as far as image and behavior.

“I try to spend less time worrying about what other standards people have for me and instead I try to analyze the standards I’ve built for myself over time that don’t hold up anymore,” he said. “We talk a lot about toxic masculinity, for sure. There’s definitely more to be talked about in that arena. But even within the community with queer people, we have this tendency to fight with ourselves and I don’t know what that is. I just speak for myself.”

As a Southerner, morgxn said he had a preconceived singular notion of what a man was supposed to be. Part of his journey as an artist is breaking down those walls and exploring it for himself.

“That’s an important journey for every person, whether you are queer or straight or whatever. You have to analyze the systems you are born into so you can break them down and take what works for you and is vital and leave what is not.”

For now, morgxn is readying himself to take his music on the road as the opening act for electro-pop singer-songwriter and DJ Robert DeLong.

“We will definitely have some surprises in store for sure,” Karr said. “I’ve been a fan of Robert’s for a while. He’s got a lot of cool electronic influences in what he does. I think our sounds are different, but match in a really cool kind of way.” n Singer morgxn performs with Robert DeLong 8 p.m.

Feb. 17 at The Foundry, 29 E. Allen St. For more information or tickets, call 215-309-0150 or visit www.facebook.com/morgxnofficial.

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story, and Nov. 1 I was like … [mimics typing furiously]. And I wrote, and I wrote and I wrote. When I was getting my oil changed, I brought my laptop and wrote. Between classes, I would write. After the kids went to bed — because at that point they still went to bed without fuss at 7 — anywhere and everywhere. I didn’t hit 50,000 words, but I got to 48,000 and then finished over the holidays. So then I had a book! Great. But I didn’t know what to do with it, so it sat in my computer for a few years.

PGN: This interview is becoming a suspense novel. What came next?

NH: There used to be a collective for brown and black women in the arts called ImageWeavers including me, Aishah Simmons, Roxana Walker-Canton, Nadine Patterson, Nadine Stanley and others. We had a reunion at my house and I mentioned that I’d written a book. One of the women, Yvonne, said, “You should publish it. I’ll help you.” And she did! I’d send her chapters and she’d edit them. Then when that was finished, she told me I needed hea shots. So I got head shots. Then, “You need a cover.” So we created a cover. She walked me through the entire process. And now it can be purchased

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PGN: The power of women helping women.

NH: Definitely. It probably would have still been sitting in my computer if she hadn’t jumped in, God bless her.

PGN: So tell me about the family now?

NH: I have three kids. My son is 13, which is still hard to believe! He didn’t start off that old. Then I had twin girls, who are both 10.

The journey to get pregnant and all that is fodder for another book and maybe a movie, but it’s great being a parent.

PGN: Did you have all three kids?

NH: I had all three kids. Kelly was not at all interested in being uncomfortable. So it was up to me, but I was always intrigued by the process and I wanted to have that experience.

I was not expecting twins, though; it wasn’t a medical fertility result. Twins run in my family. They’re fraternal twins and totally opposites, like one likes chili, the other one doesn’t. It’s annoying. But for real, it’s great that they have each other and all three of them get along well. They’re good kids. What’s cool is that when my son started school and later when the girls went, there were other

two-mommy families, so they were never the only ones and we haven’t had too many issues with it.

PGN: That’s great.

NH: I think the biggest problem is that the other kids are curious. They want to know if they were adopted and, if not, how does that work with two mommies. So we were forced by a bunch of curious kindergarteners on the bus to speed up our information process and talk about the birds and the bees along with the ABCs much sooner than we’d planned.

PGN: What does Kelly do?

NH: She’s a teacher in the school district.

Poor kids, having two teachers as parents.

When I was a professor, they would groan all the time. Academics are big in our house.

PGN: On the plus side, they have help just down the hall.

NH: Uh, not really. I’m a film professor. Do I want to relearn algebra? Noooo. That’s what peer tutors are for, because Mommy is done with all that.

PGN: Back to your book. Tell me a little of your thought process.

NH: I love to read, but so much of what’s out

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there for lesbians, especially women of color, is so traumatic and sad. I wanted to write something that was fun, not completely fluffy, but fun. No fancy language requiring a dictionary for every page. Something that was a quick read and had a good ending — a lesbian beach book.

PGN: Fun. NH: Yeah. In some ways it was the alternative life I could have had. The main character is a midwife and part of me thinks that, had I gone that route, I could have been that cool black midwife who delivered all the lesbians’ babies in Mount Airy.

PGN: And when did you come out to your parents?

NH: It was the ’80s. I’m a Cancer, and we tend to sidestep things. So I don’t know that I ever came out and said it.

It was more like, “Yeah, I saw this lesbian film, it was great! I think it’s my favorite movie!”

Do you remember “Desert Hearts,” Suzi?

PGN: For sure. [Laughing] I went with Tibet and during the love scene, she tore her napkin into little pieces, saying, “Oh no she didn’t, oh no she didn’t! Oh yes she did!” as the scene progressed.

NH: Yeah, I saw it at the Ritz with my girlfriend. It was awesome. So for me, I just dropped little hints like that and let [my mom] work it out for herself.

I’m married now, so she probably has a clue.

PGN: So what’s next on the literary front?

NH: I’m working on a book called, “Neither Here Nor There.” It’s about a young black lesbian nerd who’s studying at Temple to become an astrophysicist. One day she discovers she has certain powers, and while she’s trying to get a handle on her new ability, she finds herself entangled with a secret cohort of students who are counting on her to help them undo a vast conspiracy to reshape the world itself!

PGN: Is that all? So when will it be available?

NH: In a perfect world, it’ll be out in time for Pride month. But if I don’t make it, it’ll be ready before the summer is out, so you can take it to the beach! n For more information go to: http:// mtairygirlpress.weebly.com/mt-airy-girlpress.html.

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Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Jewell Williams

Overview of the Sheriff Sale Process There are two types of Sheriff Sales. The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sales and the Tax Sales. The Tax Sales include Tax Lien, Tax Collection, and Tax Delinquent Sales.

amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the stage. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered at the sale.

Tax Sales When the owner of a property located in the City of Philadelphia fails to make a payment arrangement on municipal debt levied on his/her property, that property may be sold at the Tax Sheriff Sale to allow the City to collect on that unpaid debt. These debts can include outstanding water and sewer bills, School District of Philadelphia taxes, and city property taxes. The sales also provide individuals the opportunity bid on and become the owner of tax delinquent properties, thereby acquiring lots, houses, or commercial and industrial buildings.

How do I learn which properties are to be sold?

All properties that are court ordered to be sold at Sheriff Sales are advertised in the Legal Intelligencer and on a rotating basis in a paper of general circulation. You can also view a list of properties to be sold at Sheriff Sale online by clicking here.

Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sale The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sherriff Sale is the process by which mortgage companies and other financial institutions seek to collect debts owed to them, particularly in instances where a homeowner defaults on his/her mortgage payments. As with Tax Sales, Foreclosure Sales allow individuals the opportunity to bid on properties and become homeowners.

How much will a property cost?

The lowest bid that can be offered is $600 and each successive bid must be made in $100 increments. The highest bidder will win the property and must be prepared to make a $600 or 10% deposit (whichever is highest) with a certified check or money order made out to the “Sheriff of Philadelphia.” The remaining balance must be paid within 30 days of the sale. An extension of time to pay the balance is rare but may be granted by the Sheriff upon written request.

The second bidder If you have been out-bid on a property, you can have your name recorded as the second bidder. If the highest bidder does not pay the balance in 30 days, the second bidder shall be granted the same 30 limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his/her second bid. The second bidder must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same

When and where do the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Sales take place?

The Judicial Foreclosure Sale is held on the first Tuesday of each month. There are also four different Tax Sales conducted each month and one on a quarterly basis. Click here for a list of all Sheriff Sales currently scheduled. All sales will take place at 9:00 AM at the First District AME Plaza located at 3801 Market Street on the 3rd Floor.

How are the properties identified before and during the sale?

Each property has an identification number called the writ number, which is listed in the newspaper and on our online listing before the property address. This number is used together with the property address when the property is offered for sale. The sale is conducted by an auctioneer who calls out each party by writ number and address.

IMPORTANT: Notice of owner’s Right of Redemption after a Tax Delinquent Sale Even if you win a bid on a Tax Sale property, within nine months of the acknowledgement of the deed, the owner of record can go to court and get permission to recover the property by paying all back taxes and the money paid by the winning bidder. This is called the Right of Redemption. Therefore, if purchase a property through Delinquent Tax Sheriff Sale and invest funds to improve the property in the first year, beware that those funds can be lost. The right of Redemption is only applicable if the property scheduled for Tax Sale is determined to be owner occupied 90 days prior to the sale. If the property is unoccupied or abandoned, there

is no Right of Redemption.

The Right of Redemption does not apply to any property sold at the Mortgage Foreclosure Sheriff Sale.

One way to protect yourself is to contact the City’s Department of Licenses and Inspections to determine what outstanding code violations, if any, exist in the property.

Any work done to correct these violations must be reimbursed to you if the original owner reclaims the property during the Right of Redemption period.

Therefore, make sure you get and keep detailed and accurate receipts for code related renovations.

What should you do before you bid?

Take a close look. It is strongly recommended that persons planning to bid at the sales make a site visit to the property prior to the sale. Many persons have bidded on vacant lots thinking that they were bidding on a property containing residential structures. The City is not authorized to permit or arrange for entry into properties listed for Sheriff Sales.

In order to buy a property from any tax sale, you must be tax compliant. Proof of compliance must be provided at the time of final settlement. You can print a certificate of compliance by visiting the website of the City Revenue Department. Once at the site, you will have to accept the terms of the website, then choose “Sheriff Sale” as the compliance type. You will then need to enter the name and tax id number of the person or entity purchasing the property. If the person or entity is tax compliant, you will have an opportunity to print out a compliance certificate. Print this certificate out and bring it with you when you pay final balance of sale.

Make sure you have a form of government issued identification. You will need to present this ID at the sale in order to bid.

Consider the rehab costs. While there are some bargains to be had at Sheriff Sales, potential bidders, especially those seeking residential properties, are cautioned that the condition of properties may vary widely.

City loans and grants for income eligible owner occupants are available for Sheriff Sale properties only after the Right of Redemption period has expired. The City has set this policy to ensure that its limited resources do not benefit original owners.

Did you know the Sheriff’s Office gives free seminars in English and Spanish on “How To Buy A Property at Sheriff’s Sale”?

Check out https://www.officeofphiladelphiasheriff.com/en/real-estate/upcoming-seminars for the schedule of upcoming seminars.

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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price.

Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit.

The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale.

The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia.

In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid.

The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly.

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accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County.

The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine.

The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale.

All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale.

Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila.gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website.

Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter.

The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions.

The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which

the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941.

223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ.

Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him.

Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia

1,068 Sq. Ft. BRT#351174000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Kenneth Arnold C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01870 $28,129.71 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1903-307 5739 N 17th St 19141 17th wd.

1,632 Sq. Ft. BRT#172188600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kenneth Dennis C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03386 $118,930.79 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1903-308 1225 W Erie Ave 19140 43rd wd. 2,598 Sq. Ft. OPA#432204800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis B. Stevens C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05197 $46,014.28 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-309 4417 Riverview Ln, #43 19129 38th wd. 1,977 Sq. Ft. OPA#888380147 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anita B. Cauthorn, a/k/a Anita Barnes Cauthorn; Lawrence L. Yancey C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04388 $338,294.42 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-310 1004 Van Kirk St 19149 35th wd. 1,132 Sq. Ft. BRT#352104200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mohammed Moukaouin, and Fatima Hussain in their capacities as Heirs of Shellie Moukaouim, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Shellie Moukaouim, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02358 $67,263.19 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-311 7734 Fayette St 19150 50th wd.

1,424 Sq. Ft. BRT#501021600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Chontea Kyli Scott a/k/a Chontea K. Scott C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02704 $109,361.45 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-312 4116 Pechin St 191283514 21st wd. 2,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#212159800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John Wright and Teresa Wright C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00481 $242,424.77 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-313 835 Longshore Ave 19111 53rd wd. 2,640 Sq. Ft. BRT#532179000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Derrick Jackson and Shrita N. Smith C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05012 $185,890.94 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-314 5205 Church Rd 19131 52nd wd. 708 Sq. Ft. BRT#521212900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Marie Wilkins Walker and Yvonne Martin C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 00096 $46,321.93 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-315 2434 N Reese St 19133 19th wd.

973 Sq. Ft. BRT#191339000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Betzaida Rosario C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02421 $38,568.75 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-316 3571 Stouton St 19134 45th wd.

824 Sq. Ft. BRT#452393300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE

Tracy Hua and Chi-Hung Mu C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00307 $116,648.86 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-317 2649 Massey St 19142 40th wd.

1,240 Sq. Ft. OPA#406118000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joanne Brooks, a/k/a Joanne A. Brooks C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 04343 $96,651.33 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-318 5022 D St 19120 42nd wd.

1,160 Sq. Ft. OPA#421461600 IMPROVEMENTS: 1472 SQ. FT. Ana L. Rigo; Felix Torres C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02072 $91,748.59 Robert Crawley 1903-319 1118 Marlyn Rd 19151 34th wd.

1,309 Sq. Ft. OPA#344286200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harold Adams C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02213 $137,781.54 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-320 5723 N Beechwood St 19138 17th wd. 888 Sq. Ft. OPA#172493900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Walter Malcolm, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04398 $69,239.79 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-321 3578 Grant Ave 19114 57th wd.

2,901 Sq. Ft. OPA#572182800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Matthew Alan Kobryn and Oles K. Kobryn C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01766 $179,994.07 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-322 3026 B St 19134 7th wd. 756 Sq. Ft. OPA#071397800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Reinaldo Rivas C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00646 $22,070.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-323 6308 Chester Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,168 Sq. Ft. OPA#401227900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alicia Lodge a/k/a Alicia Stern C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 00450 $34,346.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-324 2126 65th Ave 19138 17th wd.

1,277 Sq. Ft. BRT#171357100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gertrude Hamby C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01887 $105,132.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-325 6408 N 6th St 19126 61st wd.

4,488 Sq. Ft. BRT#611135700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Alexandra R. Ortiz and Carlos Ortiz C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03555 $357,880.19 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-326 1620 W Erie Ave 19140 13th wd.

2,595 Sq. Ft. BRT#131043400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Rasool Nasir, solely as Administrator of the Estate of Merrill Johnson a/k/a Merrill Albert Johnson a/k/a Merrill Nasir C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00283 $52,065.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-327 6217 Haverford Ave 191514115 34th wd. 1,680 Sq. Ft. OPA#342004600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joan A. Simpson Vann, in Her Capacity as CoAdministrator and Heir of The Estate of Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts; George Austin, in His Capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a

Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 03274 $41,924.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-328 5454 Diamond St 191313111 52nd wd. 1,510 Sq. Ft. OPA#522088000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela A. Johnson in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Willie E. Johnson, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Nafese CrawfordHickman, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00012 $101,975.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-329 608 Kingsley St 191282709 21st wd. 1,719 Sq. Ft. OPA#213094520 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen J. Matteo a/k/a Stephen Matteo; Karen Matteo a/k/a Karen Moran C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03126 $389,802.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-330 1735 E Hunting Park Ave 19124-4421 33rd wd. 1,241 Sq. Ft. OPA#332092400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francisco Velazquez, Jr a/k/a Francisco Velazquez; Ikea N. Ortiz C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01531 $114,727.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-331 10726 Philcrest Rd 191544031 66th wd. 1,386 Sq. Ft. OPA#662072267 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul W. Winter, Jr.; Rachel Winter C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03305 $100,034.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-332 715 Fisher St, a/k/a 715 W Fisher Ave 19120-2725 49th wd.

1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#492048300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cherita M. Brown C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01299 $87,642.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-333 240 W Abbottsford Ave 191444239 13th wd. 1,962 Sq. Ft. OPA#133036600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald Smith; Dante Smith C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00267 $80,088.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-334 8130 Lexington Ave 191523106 64th wd. (formerly 35th wd.) 1,025 Sq. Ft. OPA#641112000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Salvatore B. Costanzo a/k/a Salvatore Costanzo C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03565 $137,176.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-335 2324 S Croskey St 191453311 48th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#482226500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tiffany E. Randolph C.P. November Term,

2017 No. 00099 $62,777.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-336 2645 Parma Rd 191312708 52nd wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#521239600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William T. Smith C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02073 $85,157.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-337 1224 W Hazzard St 191331108 37th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#371404900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirley Smith a/k/a Shirley Smith Hill a/k/a Shirley Smith-Hill C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02480 $7,599.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-338 6725 N 7th St 19126-3024 61st wd. 2,205 Sq. Ft. OPA#611150100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Elsetinow; Lydia E. Elsetinow C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 02497 $188,486.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-339 2300 79th Ave 19150-1406 50th wd. 1,976 Sq. Ft. OPA#501449000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alicia R. Easley C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03951 $140,832.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-340 709 Daly St 19148-3247 39th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#393096600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Greggory Washington C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04320 $120,318.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-341 6506 Algard St 191352614 55th wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft. OPA#552349200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald D. Harvey, Jr C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03515 $128,699.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-342 6309 Tulip St 19135-3322 41st wd. 1,188 Sq. Ft. OPA#411445400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ethel Henry C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03219 $96,471.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-343 3045 Gilham St 191493121 55th wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#551074800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Florence Brzezinski C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00371 $31,042.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-344 2302 S 22nd St 191453304 48th wd. 1,166 Sq. Ft. OPA#482206800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David M. Berenato C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01925 $132,460.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-345 6642 Chew Ave 191192003 22nd wd. 1,108 Sq. Ft. OPA#221255900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Newton C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 00258 $56,366.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-346 1911 Penfield St 19138 10th wd.

1,099 Sq. Ft. OPA#101380700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lydia D. Kennedy a/k/a Lydia Kennedy C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01299 $125,279.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-347 2552 S Dewey St 19142 40th wd. 1,096 Sq. Ft.

OPA#402080900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen C. Ellis and Diediera H. Turpin C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00726 $55,826.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-348 635 W Olney Ave 19120 61st wd. 3,202 Sq. Ft. OPA#612009000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lolita Havlicek C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05111 $141,013.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-349 136 W Ritner St a/k/a 136 Ritner St 19148 39th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#391130100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Elena Grandelli C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01201 $152,384.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-350 1914 E Willard St 19134 45th wd. 1,049 Sq. Ft. OPA#452021800 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Cross Keys Investment LLC C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00903 $65,242.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-351 5943 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd.

Land: 1,233 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,118 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,233 Sq. Ft. OPA#BRT# 612389700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrena L. Dixon C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01553 $78,119.55 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1903-352 5133 Oxford Ave 191242521 62nd wd. 1,516 Sq. Ft. OPA#621310900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Jones C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01572 $132,570.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-353 2846 Hutchinson St a/k/a, 2846 N Hutchinson St 191331731 37th wd. 1,026 Sq. Ft. OPA#372177300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nadine Leon, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Jerry Leon, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Alexander Leon, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Daniel L. Leon, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05272 $40,319.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-354 1528 S 58th St 191434539 3rd wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#034125000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William F. Smith; Denise Smith C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03245 $74,167.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-355 5829 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. 1,498 Sq. Ft. OPA#522158500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thelma Jones C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02190 $137,405.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-356 3878 Kipling Pl 19154 66th wd.

2,918 Sq. Ft. of land; 1,332 Sq. Ft. improvements OPA#66-22880-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLEFAMILY DWELLING David Cleary and Patricia Cleary C.P.

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SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, March 5, 2019 1903-301 635 Dupont St #P 19128 21st wd. 640 Sq. Ft. BRT#213272335 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Robert H. Bodine a/k/a Robert H. Bodine, III C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 03520 $360,100.54 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-302 6709 Haverford Ave 19151 34th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. BRT#344006500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Edward Wallace a/k/a Edward L. Wallace and Valita T. Wallace C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02592 $100,812.61 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-303 4405 Comly St 19135 55th wd.

2,250 Sq. Ft. BRT#552006400 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/ DET 2 STY MASONRY Antonio Gonzalez C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02086 $149,307.91 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-304 3347 Kayford Cir 19114 58th wd. 1,756 Sq. Ft. OPA#661117900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John S. Connolly, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00749 $128,530.32 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1903-305 1813 N 21st St 19121 32nd wd.

864 Sq. Ft. OPA#322044200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anita L. Caraway and Mary Caraway C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03221 $27,473.44 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1903-306 852 Brill St 19124 35th wd.

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October Term, 2007 No. 03220 $152,759.31 with interest from 7/25/09 to 12/10/18 at $13.94 per day Edward J. Hayes, Esquire 1903-357 6249 N 4th St 19120 61st wd.

1,725 Sq. Ft. OPA#611063300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sanh N. Ha C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02951 $85,899.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-358 2904 Poplar St 19130 15th wd.

BRT#15-2343800 Anthony Pizzaro C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01784 $521,896.58 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1903-359 6030 N 12th St 19141 49th wd.

1,673 Sq. Ft. OPA#493148600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrew J. Grace C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00627 $141,989.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-360 6244 N 18th St 19141 17th wd.

1,215 Sq. Ft. OPA#172280000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erica A. Robinson and Earl M. Taylor a/k/a Earl M. Taylor Jr C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00939 $118,746.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-361 933 E. Gorgas Ln 19150 50th wd. BRT#502418900 Geraldine Dodd C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02526 $251,792.51 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1903-362 4210 Van Kirk St 19135 62nd wd. 1,595 Sq. Ft. OPA#622167000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Benjamin Romero C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01395 $133,192.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-363 342 N 52nd St 19139 44th wd.

2,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#441355600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Polosky C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 00306 $214,816.70 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-364 5905 Addison St 19143 46th wd.

905 Sq. Ft. OPA#032072300 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Claude N. Troupe C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01394 $54,737.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-365 434 E Cheltenham Ave 19120 35th wd. 3,017 Sq. Ft. OPA#351292900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Farzana Chughtai, a/k/a Farzana A. Chughtai; Mohammad Amir Chughtai, a/k/a Muhammad Amir Chughtai; The United States of America, Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00980 $132,507.14 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-366 6332 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#402212300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arcy Crute C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01889 $28,460.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-367 1508 N 57th St 19131 4th wd.

1,179 Sq. Ft. OPA#043285500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Roger L. Pierce, a/k/a Roger Lee Pierce C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 00387 $40,881.82 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-368 1925 Elston St 19138 10th wd.

1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#101337100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-

TIAL PROPERTY Melissa J. Paris C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02419 $81,155.89 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-369 812 Kendrick St 19111 63rd wd.

3,689 Sq. Ft. OPA#632019800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven McHugh C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04666 $225,600.65 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-370 1102 Rosalie St 19149 35th wd.

1,160 Sq. Ft. OPA#352032600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nagena Edmond, a/k/a Nagena PierreLouis C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 01893 $42,971.35 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-371 8814 Dewees St 19152 57th wd.

2,937 Sq. Ft. OPA#571255700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anna Kousharenko C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02895 $134,643.07 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-372 2250 Bonsall St a/k/a 2250 S Bonsall St 19145 48th wd.

1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#482289300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Trinh Tran C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05735 $30,919.35 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-373 2102 S 65th St 19142 40th wd.

1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#403011000 IMPROVEMENTS: NONE Lilly Ngoc Nguyen and Dawn Dao Medd C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00422 $42,712.94 Jonathan J. Sobel, Esquire 1903-374 4266 N Bodine St 19140 7th wd.

1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#072113100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Francis Henriquez Disla C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00883 $37,546.50 Jill M. Fein, Esquire 1903-375 7330 Montour St 19111 56th wd.

3,166 Sq. Ft. OPA#56-1052800 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Erin Trinity Lynch a/k/a Erin Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Thomas Lynch, in His Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Tara M. Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Colleen Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased and Unkown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01838 $19,213.84 Jennifer D. Gould, Esquire; Stark & Stark, PC 1903-376 4805 Rosalie St 19135 41st wd.

900 Sq. Ft. OPA#411087100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy E. Siler C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00040 $65,445.90 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-377 1533 Orland St 19126 10th wd.

960 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,082 Sq. Ft. OPA#101225800 Reginald C. Noble, Known Heir of Emma J. Noble; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Emma J. Noble C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00911 $92,793.56 Robert Crawley 1903-378 240 Chelten Ave 19120 61st wd.

1,065 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#611313300 Odalis Garcia Francisco C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01354 $79,408.98 Robert Crawley 1903-379 5430 Gainor Rd 19131 52nd wd. Land Area: 3,125 Sq. Ft.;

Improvement Area: 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#522101100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carrie B. Perry C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02218 $215,443.78 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-380 220 E Willard St 19134 7th wd. 917 Sq. Ft. (land area) OPA#073219700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY (1064 SQ. FT. IMPROVED) Jerry R Detres C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 02575 $59,932.54 Robert L. Saldutti, Esquire 1903-381 7048 N Broad St 19126 10th wd.

2,400 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,900 Sq. Ft. OPA#101005400 Betty Taylor a/k/a Betty Jean Taylor; United States of America, Department of The Treasury - Internal Revenue Service C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01247 $152,547.21 Robert Crawley 1903-382 1427 68th Ave 19126-0000 10th wd. 2,036 Sq. Ft. OPA#10-12550-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI-DETATCHED, 2.5 STORY MASONRY BUILDING Lewis Real Estate Development, LLC C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01645 $87,371.22 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-383 2649 Aramingo Ave 19125 31st wd. 942 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#312147000 Joseph R. Pettit C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01470 $101,404.50 Robert Crawley 1903-384 1601 Faunce St 19111 56th wd.

2,320 Sq. Ft. BRT#561405800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Magali Acurio C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02746 $139,048.92 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-385 5418 Pentridge St 19143 51st wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#513231800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joan Greene C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02581 $35,352.12 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-386 3400 Emerald St 19134 45th wd.

1,185 Sq. Ft. OPA#452336700 IMPROVEMENTS: APARTMENT/2 STORY MASONRY Jason Figuereo, Administrator of The Estate of Justo Figuereo, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07279 $89,582.25 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-387 244 W Wellens Ave 19120 42nd wd. 1,008 Sq. Ft. BRT#422227100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lenora Octavia Gowens a/k/a Lenora O. Gowens C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 00170 $96,510.45 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-388 4309 Griscom St 19124 23rd wd.

1,146 Sq. Ft. OPA#232444400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Albert Johnson, Deceased, David Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Eric Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Fritz Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Gabriel Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Rhoda Johnson, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Robert Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Stephanie Thomas, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson,

Deceased, Theresa Butler, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Yvnette Thomas, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Benny Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Gloria Thomas, Deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Mary Johnson, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02262 $21,320.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-389 1924 E Madison St 19134 45th wd. 1,453 Sq. Ft. OPA#452012600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tracy Hua and Chihung Mu C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00655 $84,940.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-390 3181 Aramingo Ave 19134 25th wd. 1,178 Sq. Ft. OPA#25-14665-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen Kane C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05193 $136,933.92 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-391 2803 Magee Ave 19149 18th wd. 1,555.12 Sq. Ft. BRT#551092500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tara O’Hare C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00368 $89,917.38 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-392 1631 W Lehigh Ave 19132 11th wd. Land Area: 1,163 Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area: 2,308 Sq. Ft. OPA#111004100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Blackson C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01625 $68,283.48 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-393 1226 W Lehigh Ave 19133 37th wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#371452300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bishop Henry Cobb C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01795 $42,997.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-394 3320 Kip St 19134 7th wd.

862 Sq. Ft. OPA#07-3-0862-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen N. Ortiz C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05110 $69,063.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-395 7617 Wheeler St 19153 49th wd.

2,455 Sq. Ft. BRT#404214500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 1 STY MASONRY Walter L. King, III C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01761 $161,533.29 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-396 3621 N 21st St 19140 13th wd. Land Area: 3,316; Improvement Area: 2,520 Sq. Ft. OPA#131293900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Keema M. Reed C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 00086 $62,680.09 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-397 324 Sparks St 19120 61st wd.

1,184 Sq. Ft. BRT#611248900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Lawrence Keeley and Susan Keeley C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05225 $20,595.50 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-398 9017 Eastview St 19152 57th wd. 4,225 Sq. Ft. BRT#571306800 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Abdoulave Diallo C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03249 $198,522.67 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-399 421 Carriage Ln 19103 24th wd.

1,598 Sq. Ft. BRT#241210228 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 3 STY MASONRY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or

associations claiming right, title or interest from or under William Stevens, Deceased, and William Stevens C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 00172 $313,495.26 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-400 5701 W Girard Ave 191314101 4th wd. 1,752 Sq. Ft. BRT#043028400 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASON S/D CONV J&P Developments, LLC C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 003426 $891,294.19 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1903-401 1516 N 62nd St 19151 34th wd.

Land Area: 1,842 Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area: 1,632 Sq. Ft. OPA#342311200 Alexis Molino C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02952 $68,268.41 Robert Crawley, Esquire 1903-402 4536 N 13th St 191401204 49th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#491508700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Peurifoy, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy and in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Last Will and Testament of Otis Peurifoy; Otto Peurifoy a/k/a Otto Barbour, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Korey Peurifoy a/k/a Korey Mcbride, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Otis Peurifoy, Jr, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Otis Peurifoy, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03548 $67,002.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-403 7823 Temple Rd 19150 50th wd.

938 Sq. Ft. BRT#501090600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE All Known and Unknonwn Heirs, Personal Representatives, and Devisees of the Estate of Richard E. Mack C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03658 $55,717.79 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-404 737 Ellsworth St 19147 2nd wd.

1,380 Sq. Ft. OPA#021181100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Patricia Porter C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 001347 $176,227.53 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1903-405 428 Tyson Ave 19111 35th wd.

2,083 Sq. Ft. OPA#353164900 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI DETACHED 2 STORY MASONRY Job Mixson and Deena R. Mixson C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 00057 $195,239.22 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-406 5118 Hazel Ave 19143 46th wd.

OPA#462028300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Lucille Davis, Deceased, Chester Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Christopher Davis in his capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased, Dorothy Davis Individually and in her capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased, George Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Gregory Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Jeanette L. Davis in her capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased and Richard W. Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03297 $199,198.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-407 1226 Atwood Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,331 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,256 Sq. Ft.

OPA#344340200 Rafhia R. Foster C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03534 $109,636.81 Robert Crawley 1903-408 1511 E Walnut Ln 19138 10th wd. Beginning Point: On the Northwest side of Walnut Lane, (sixty feet wide) at the distance of ninety eight feet ten inches Northeastward from the Northeast side of Hollis Street OPA#102156000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jacqueline T. Taylor C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01148 $37,108.17 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1903-409 1552 N Wanamaker St 19131 4th wd. 1,031 Sq. Ft. BRT#043304400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gloria Williams a/k/a Gloria WilliamsSummers a/k/a Gloria Summers and The Known and Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Leanora Williams a/k/a Leonora Williams a/k/a Leanora A. Williams C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00298 $49,432.73 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-410 6712 Blakemore St 19119 22nd wd. 1,365 Sq. Ft. OPA#222238900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teri L. Foster, Known Heir of Eugene D. Foster, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Eugene D. Foster, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04409 $115,326.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-411 2142 Brighton St 19149 35th wd. 1,801 Sq. Ft. BRT#542093500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lesia A. Richman C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02131 $113,627.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-412 278 E Queen Ln 19138 12th wd.

1,362 Sq. Ft. BRT#121125100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Any and All Known and Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Devisees of the Estate of Eldora Humbert, deceased C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 2962 $27,582.23 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-413 628 Catharine St 19147 2nd wd. OPA#02-2-0533-10 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Joseph P. Capocci C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00305 $461,015.27 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-414 5307 N 12th St 19141 49th wd.

2,105 Sq. Ft. BRT#493115500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Floyd Williams C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01122 $146,394.91 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-415 5946 Cedar Ave 19143 3rd wd.

1,755 Sq. Ft. BRT#032144800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Malika Jones C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04325 $149,579.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-416 3318 Tilden St 19129 38th wd.

16’x86’6” or 1,384 Sq. Ft. (lot); 936 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) OPA#382129600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS:

UNKNOWN The Estate of Berdine Whedon a/k/a Berdine Whedon-Smith by and through Hugh Smith, Executor C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03032 $187,603.91 Don S. Ginsburg/ Daniel H. Assaraf, The Ginsburg Law Firm 1903-417 1339 Weaver St, a/k/a E Weaver St 19150 50th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#502320500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerry L. Washington, a/k/a Jerry Washington C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02944 $102,433.72 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-418 5839 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19143-3035 3rd wd. (formerly 46th wd.) 1,664 Sq. Ft. OPA#033152300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline F. Capers C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01137 $50,458.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-419 3718 Conshohocken Ave, a/k/a 3718 Conshohocken State 19131-2823 52nd wd. 2,074 Sq. Ft. OPA#521440000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. Zergani; Mojgan Riahifard Zergani a/k/a Mojgan R. Zergani C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02367 $140,818.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-420 5852 Stockton Rd 191381902 59th wd. 1,210 Sq. Ft. OPA#591221000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samak Beamon; William J. Beamon a/k/a William Beamon C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00746 $45,996.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-421 3322 North Lee St 191341614 7th wd. 1,065 Sq. Ft. OPA#073015700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicolas R. Arce C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03537 $48,571.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-422 716 Byberry Rd 191162112 58th wd. 2,604 Sq. Ft. OPA#582360900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel Villafane; Elika L. Villafane C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00908 $187,605.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-423 6031 Bingham St 19111 35th wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#352313710 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW HOME W/ GAR, 2 STORY MASONRY Antonette Maisonet C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02760 $148,270.78 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-424 120 W Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 1,997 Sq. Ft. OPA#223037300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colin Bollers, Johan Bollers and Shamane J. Cave a/k/a Shamane Cave C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02887 $222,403.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-425 9164 Old Newtown Rd 191154937 56th wd. 2,300 Sq. Ft. OPA#562441820 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Myra Esterman; Barry Esterman; Jacqueline Miller C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01177 $356,990.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-426 5402 W Berks St 19131 52nd wd. 1,662 Sq. Ft. OPA#522038400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY Ernest T. Ligons, as Administrator of the Estate of Christine M. Ligons a/k/a Christine Ligons, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01245 $122,842.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-427 3147 Agate St 19134 25th wd.

694 Sq. Ft. OPA#252335800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Markeyes Anderson C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01811 $48,328.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-428 5413 Gainor Rd 191311329 52nd wd. 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#522105800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Bentley C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00597 $157,757.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-429 8000 Moro St 19136-2618 64th wd. (formerly 56th wd.) 1,010 Sq. Ft. OPA#642049500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John J. Rogers C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00389 $105,915.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-430 3911 Palmetto St 19124 33rd wd. 945 Sq. Ft. OPA#332196100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zelin Thompson C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01394 $44,462.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-431 443 W Roosevelt Blvd a/k/a 443 Roosevelt Blvd 19120 42nd wd.

854 Sq. Ft. OPA#422112100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jan Clayton Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased, Tassnee Jones Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton, Deceased, Delores Melendez, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Ruby Clayton Deceased and Giselle Sizer Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01383 $13,402.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-432 5762 Haddington St a/k/a 5762 Haddington Ln 19131 4th wd.

1,252 Sq. Ft. OPA#043225000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Betty Davis C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03168 $76,194.74 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-433 7151 N Uber St 19138 10th wd.

1,986 Sq. Ft. OPA#101146900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim A. James C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02781 $165,074.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-434 1356 Unity St 19124 23rd wd.

1,775 Sq. Ft. OPA#234038730 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. McDade, III C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02393 $50,680.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-435 3145 Tulip St 19134 25th wd.

772 Sq. Ft. OPA#252362200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John KeatorJones C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00359 $62,235.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-436 925 Granite St. 191241730 35th wd. 1104 Sq. Ft. OPA#351141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Mary Georges-Milord C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00207 $77,319.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-437 606 Anchor St 19120 35th wd.

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Li C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04627 $63,783.74 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-438 7901 Ditman St 19136 65th wd.

1,606 Sq. Ft. OPA#651249000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Venneri C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03133 $186,613.08 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-439 5839 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd.

1,294 Sq. Ft. OPA#612387100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonya Y. Winters and Eric Winters C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02169 $90,453.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-440 2204 Hoffnagle St 19152 56th wd. 3,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#562109400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Mary Shapley and Frederick Shapley a/k/a Fredrick Shapley C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02619 $321,651.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-441 1148 S 52nd St 19143 51st wd.

1,536 Sq. Ft. OPA#511199800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lionel Dunbar C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 03542 $138,422.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-442 253 E Upsal St 19119 22nd wd.

2,730 Sq. Ft. OPA#221094600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Anita D. Hannah, Deceased and Kia Edwards, known Heir of Anita D. Hannah, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01616 $122,674.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-443 3137 Willits Rd 19114 57th wd.

6,000 Sq. Ft. OPA#57-2-092500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marc A. Wagner C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04010 $236,942.45 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-444 4930 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1,932 Sq. Ft. BRT#491438600 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Gwendolyn Jones C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03595 $81,566.41 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-445 2308 W Cumberland St 19132 16th wd. 1,671 Sq. Ft. BRT#162285200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Janet D. Griswold, deceased and Randall T. Drain C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01966 $41,145.03 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-446 925 Granite St 191241730 35th wd. 1,104 Sq. Ft. OPA#351141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Mary Georges-Milord C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00207 $77,319.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-447 583 Alcott St 19120 35th wd.

1,028 Sq. Ft. OPA#352078300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angel L. Guzman and Natacha Rios C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02312 $91,221.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-448 5236 N Fairhill St 19120 49th wd. 1,383 Sq. Ft. OPA#492102800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tara Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Theresa Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Tif-

fany Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Tyshan Bryan Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Anthony Mansfield Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Antuan Mansfield Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Mary Bryan Deceased and David Thornton Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01490 $21,389.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-449 137 W 65th Ave 19120-1026 61st wd. (formerly 50th wd.)

1,328 Sq. Ft. OPA#611395600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Wimms, Sr C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00017 $118,585.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-450 1420 Locust St, Unit #R1B3 19102 8th wd. COM CONDO 1 STY MASONRY; 3,608 Sq. Ft. BRT#888080896 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 1420 Locust LLC C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 0645 $5,278.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-451 6215 N 13th St 19141 49th wd. S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON; 3,024 Sq. Ft. BRT#493207400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley Benedict C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0151 $6,514.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-452 316 W Seymour St 19144 59th wd. SEMI-DET 3 STY STONE; 6,525 Sq. Ft. BRT#133072600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley K. Benedict C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0152 $6,278.98 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-453 21 Good St 19119 22nd wd.

DET 2.5 STY FRAME; 2,420 Sq. Ft. BRT#223051100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lovell Crawford C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01347 $4,460.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-454 619 W Moyamensing Ave 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 880 Sq. Ft. BRT#393083200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Steven Dai C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0149 $3,925.25 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-455 2228 S. 13th St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,120 Sq. Ft. BRT#394437500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Khoa D. Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0148 $7,373.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-456 1612 S. 15th St 19145 36th wd. ROW CONV/APT 3 STY MASON; 1,088 Sq. Ft. BRT#365060000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victor Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0173 $7,220.84 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-457 2602 S. 10th St 19148 39th wd.

ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 742 Sq. Ft. BRT#393510600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victor Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0175 $6,895.03 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-458 4231 E. Thompson St 19137 45th wd. VACANT LAND RESIDE; 1,671 Sq. Ft.

BRT#453229800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Esemci 1 LLC C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0174 $7,690.59 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-459 1820 W. Juniata 19140 38th wd.

1,081 Sq. Ft. BRT#13-1-319100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lisa R. Springs C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00263 $62,926.77 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1903-460 6040 Webster St 19143 3rd wd.

1,638 Sq. Ft. BRT#033034100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Aliya A. Martinez C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04122 $128,820.90 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-461 3636 Canby Dr 19154 58th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,332 Sq. Ft. BRT#663387600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jeffrey J. Seider and Amber M. Seider C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04415 $168,260.45 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-462 119 Sigel St 19148 1st wd.

ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,070 Sq. Ft. BRT#011155700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Margaret T. Newman a/k/a Margaret Newman C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04960 $168,829.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-463 546 W Olney Ave 19120 61st wd. S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON; 1,728 Sq. Ft. BRT#612008600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Revella Bowser C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01164 $83,949.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-464 130-136 N. Bread St 19106 5th wd. Land: 0 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 703 Sq. Ft. BRT#888055704 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gerard R. Vitek C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02215 $209,777.81 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-465 231 W Albanus St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,120 Sq. Ft. BRT#422144000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raul Anthony Forde C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00541 $41,933.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-466 9315 Spicebush Ln 19115 63rd wd. (formerly part of 57th wd.)

BRT#632216400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Basem Hamad C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00605 $394,364.28 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-467 11044 Ferndale St 19116 58th wd. DET W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY�; 1296 sq. ft.

BRT#582475800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa M. Fanelli C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02392 $198,172.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-468 7158 N 19th St 19126 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#101122600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James Edwards, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02548 $105,774.83 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-469 2514 S. Darien St 19148 39th wd. Improvement Area: 860 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 672 Sq. Ft.

OPA#393404500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY John Dingler, in his capacity as sole known heir of the Estate of Bernadette Raggio, deceased & the Estate of Bernadette Raggio, deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05477 $150,922.27 Ryan A. Gower & Paul J. Fanelli 1903-470 2039 W Boston St 19132 16th wd. Improvement Area: 1,112 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 816 Sq. Ft. OPA#162271400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY The Estate of John Allen Haynes a/k/a John Haynes, deceased, and Unknown Heir(s) of the Estate of John Allen Haynes a/k/a John Haynes, deceased C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01591 $35,646.32 Ryan A. Gower & Paul J. Fanelli 1903-471 926 W Duncannon Ave 19141 49th wd. 2,081 Sq. Ft. BRT#492023500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bryant J. Hampton, in his capacity as Heir at Law of Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased and Helena Hampton, in her capacity as Heir at Law of Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased, Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01451 $67,730.99 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-472 933 N. Broad St 19123 14th wd. STR/OFFICE 2 STY MASONRY; 4,160 Sq. Ft. BRT#871401670 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Farzad Ahmad C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0180 $2,548.91 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-473 1511 68th Ave, a/k/a 1511 W 68th Ave 19126-2746 10th wd.

1,936 Sq. Ft. OPA#101255700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymonda J. Mormon a/k/a Raymonda J. Moran C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 00701 $72,454.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-474 1548 McKean St 19145 48th wd. BRT#481104900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL FinacaroMaglio, Inc C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0179 $4,567.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-475 1550 McKean St 19145 48th wd. BRT#882937275 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Finacaro-Maglio, Inc. C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0178 $410,199.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-476 519 Wilder St 19147 1st wd.

BRT#011251400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Ruben Handal C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0223 $2,484.17 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-477 230 S 45th St 19104 46th wd.

APTS 5-50 UNITS MASONRY; 2,400 Sq. Ft. BRT#881707600 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL HRVII, LLC C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0221 $21,412.25 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-478 4821 N Mascher St, a/k/a 4821 Mascher St 191204219 42nd wd. 1,350 Sq. Ft.

OPA#422356500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eneida L. Melendez, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Damaris Ortiz, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Sharon Emy MartinezOrtega, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Oscar J. Martinez, in His Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Eneida Ortega, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02772 $65,425.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-479 7948 Pickering St 19150 50th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#501225700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW HOME W/ GAR, 2 STORY MASONRY Joyce Henry a/k/a Joyce Justine Henry, in her capacity as Real Owner and Executrix of the Estate of Catherine L. Patterson, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00468 $90,773.12 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-480 3127 Richmond St 19134 25th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1,215 Sq. Ft. BRT#251158700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louis Lupo and Christine Lupo C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03229 $4,713.93 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-481 7811 Woolston Ave 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#502066500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louise Shearer, Robert L. Pressley, Aaron K. Shearer, Cary G. Shearer and George A. Shearer C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 0110 $4,732.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-482 5634 Thomas Ave 191434645 51st wd. 1,230 Sq. Ft. OPA#513092000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen P. Goodwyn a/k/a Colleen Goodwyn; Bernadette M. Goodwyn a/k/a Bernadette Goodwyn C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04066 $74,361.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-483 2218 S. Mildred St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 705 Sq. Ft. BRT#393372200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TPM Properties, Inc. C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 0114 $5,925.89 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-484 220 Locust St, Unit #26F 19106 5th wd. RES CONDO 5 STY MASONRY; 728 Sq. Ft. BRT#888051957 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Abraham Waksman and Judith Waksman C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 03497 $11,354.18 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-485 3216 N. Spangler St 19129 38th wd. ROW CONV/APT 2 STY MASONRY; 1,280 Sq. Ft. BRT#382194600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jonathan Watts C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0337 $5,138.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-486 4128 Markland St 191245343 33rd wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#332493700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria E. Delvalle a/k/a Maria Delvalle C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00015 $78,162.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP

1903-487 2903 S Carlisle St 19145 26th wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. BRT#261123800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frank Di Claudio a/k/a Frank Diclaudio a/k/a Frank Anthony DiClaudio a/k/a Francis Diclaudio deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02540 $200,002.34 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-488 1702 Webster St 19146 30th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 560 Sq. Ft. BRT#301157000 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Jerome Whack C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0059 $7,559.32 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-489 3925 Brandywine St 19104 24th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 624 Sq. Ft. BRT#242203300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kasim Wheeler C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0066 $2,510.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-490 6303 Crittenden St 19138 22nd wd. 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#221316500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melissa Carter C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02765 $139,359.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-491 153 Tree St 19148 39th wd.

Land: 752 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 960 Sq. Ft.; Total: 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#391082700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Rogers C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00882 $176,220.27 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1903-492 301 Byberry Rd, D8 19116 88th wd. (formerly 58th wd.)

1,074 Sq. Ft. OPA#888581978 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Chilin; Juliett Barzilayev C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03462 $147,774.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-493 10914 E Keswick Rd a/k/a, 10914 Keswick Rd 191544116 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#662100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeanette Hassell C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02523 $223,774.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-494 3901 Richmond St 19137 45th wd. 8,850 Sq. Ft. OPA#453314810 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marlene Davis, Known Heir to the Estate of Michael J. Maguire, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Michael J. Maguire, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04418 $91,351.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-495 942 Pratt St 19124-1738 35th wd.

1,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#351115400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marie D. Villarceau; Yveniel ST Luc C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00015 $146,269.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-496 2910 W. Turner St 19121 1st wd.

RESIDENTIAL ROW 2 STORY MASONRY BRT#324016100 IMPROVEMENTS: ERECTED THEREON Douglas Dixon C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00878 $94,701.97 Christina J. Pross, Esquire 1903-497 6139 W Columbia Ave 19151 34th wd. 3,411 Sq. Ft. BRT#342116700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Deborah R. Young C.P. August Term, 2018

No. 00946 $32,009.79 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-498 1427 Sellers St, a/k/a 1429 Sellers St, a/k/a 1427-29 Sellers St 19124-3629 23rd wd.

2,642 Sq. Ft. OPA#234052300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ellery Davis, in Her Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Anthony Laporta Burke, in His Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Angel Burke, in His Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associates Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03449 $85,524.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-499 9021 Ashton Rd 191361007 57th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#572192593 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gladys Caban a/k/a Gladys Cruz-Valezquez C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02061 $170,549.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-500 1600 Stenton Ave 191412004 17th wd. 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#171343400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tina L. Collins; Glendale E. Walker C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04191 $207,331.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-501 5358 Greenway Ave 19143 51st wd. 15 feet 6 inches by 106 feet 6 inches OPA#871577050 IMPROVEMENTS: TWO STORY MASON ROW DWELLING WITH OFFICE/STORE Valerie Cooper C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03121 $161,276.93 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1903-502 3303 Meridian St 191363508 64th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#642237800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Geraldine Lerner, in Her Capacity as Administrator of The Estate of Raymond E. Lerner, Jr a/k/a Raymond Edward Lerner, Jr; Minor Defendant #1, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Raymond E. Lerner, Jr a/k/a Raymond Edward Lerner, Jr; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Raymond E. Lerner, Jr, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 02314 $125,071.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-503 4606 Wayne Ave 19144-3624 13th wd. OPA#13-3-0904-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Pauline Bronner C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00931 $101,512.80 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-504 7506 Elmwood Ave 191531313 40th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#404237200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal K. Dailey a/k/a Crystal Dailey C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02083 $96,525.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-505 1827 E Pastorius St a/k/a 1827 Pastorius St 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,434 Sq. Ft. BRT#102182800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Blaney Jones, Known Surviving Heir of John H. Jones, Owen Jones, Known Surviving Heir of John H.

Jones and Unknown Surviving Heirs of John H. Jones C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05043 $103,373.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-506 5321 Walnut St 19139 60th wd.

1,483 Sq. Ft. OPA#603023700 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI DETACHED 2 STORY MASONRY Chinedum Udenze-Utah and Chukwuma Utah C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 02290 $58,472.41 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-507 1736-1764 N Mascher St 19122 18th wd. 19,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#884590410 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent 172026 Waterloo Street, LLC C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01950 $1,883,612.70 Daniel D. Haggerty, Esquire; King Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC 1903-508A 2511 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. Premises A: 1,373 Sq. Ft. BRT#381354500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raul Aquino C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02362 $109,475.98 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-508B 2513 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. Premises B: 1,425 Sq. Ft. BRT#381354610 IMPROVEMENTS: VACANT LAND Raul Aquino C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02362 $109,475.98 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-509A 5011 Saul St 19124 62nd wd.

2,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#S621459200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melvin Chappell Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04458 $136,193.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-509B 5014 R. Leiper St 19124 62nd wd. 2,493 Sq. Ft. OPA#621472200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melvin Chappell Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04458 $136,193.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-510 3424 N Palethorp St. 19140 7th wd. 845 Sq. Ft. (land area) OPA#072086300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY (897 SQ. FT. IMPROVED) Ashley Marie Arzon Garcia C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00361 $46,077.67 Robert L. Saldutti, Esquire

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