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According to a new study, Chinatowns on the East Coast, including Philly’s, are becoming smaller and more gentrified. Forget it, Jake; it’s baby yoga.
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Philly police say an anonymous Instagram account called @rats215 has been identifying witnesses to violent crimes. And the Stop Snitchin’/Start Stitchin’ group on Pinterest isn’t helping.
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Officials say social-media reports that a horse died at Seventh and Sansom were incorrect and that Silver, the carriage horse, is fine. You can meet him, or a horse just like him, down at the carriage company barbecue. Free glue sticks for the kids.
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City Council approves a $33 million tax break to build a W and Element hotel complex in Center City, but competing hoteliers say the city can’t support that many rooms. Then someone mentions that it will be a union job and everybody agrees that the project should — nay, must — carry on. Due to a clerical error and security lapses, a passenger checking in at the American Airlines counter at Philadelphia International Airport is told he’s already on the flight. Nine creative writing students and M. Night Shyamalan get an idea.
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Condoleezza Rice turns down an offer to become president of Penn State University. “Look, I know I helped lead us into two wars that killed thousands of U.S. soldiers, not to mention a couple million Iraqis and Afghans, according to some estimates, but, yeah, I can’t get embroiled in the Penn State quagmire. I have my legacy to think about.”
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Billionaire Steve Wynn withdraws from contention to open a casino in Philadelphia for the second time. And then, at 2 a.m., the city gets a text that’s, like, “U up?” and it’s, like, ugh, here we go again with this dude.
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LIVING IN LIMBO: Marisol Rivera and Roberto Cancel thought they were on the path to home ownership when they entered a rent-to-own agreement with Robert Coyle Sr. Four years later, they’re not sure if they’ll ever be made whole. NEAL SANTOS
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FIGHT OR BLIGHT The city passed on the chance to make some Landvest victims whole. Could a land bank give them a second chance? By Samantha Melamed n a lot of ways, the story of Kensington’s Marisol Rivera and Roberto Cancel is typical of the victims of the devastating Landvest real-estate scam. Like hundreds of other couples, they were lured in by the dream of home ownership peddled by Robert Coyle Sr., who offered rentto-own agreements for those willing to fix up dilapidated shells. Like the others, they poured everything they had into rehabbing a house only to learn that Coyle had, in 2008, defaulted on $15 million in mortgages on hundreds of properties, including theirs. And like many others, they’ve spent the last few years in real-estate limbo — perpetually staring down eviction, but in too deep to bail out. But in one way, the story of Rivera and Cancel is very different: The City of Philadelphia had an opportunity last year to take their house on Potter Street — for free, along with 50 other properties held by a debt receiver called MountainView Public Private Investment — clear the title, and let the family take ownership. According to documents obtained by City Paper, the city declined. “We are sympathetic to the plight of those citizens still occupy-
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ing the Properties; however, as you are aware, the City cannot take title to occupied properties,” reads a letter from then-Deputy Managing Director, now-Public Property Commissioner Bridget Collins Greenwald to the office of Councilwoman Maria QuiñonesSánchez, whose district saw the worst of the Landvest fallout. And, it added, “at this time, the City cannot acquire additional blighted vacant property with nominal market value to its inventory.” Instead, a few months later, the property went into the hands of a new investor: Red Brick Properties — run by Coyle’s son, Robert Coyle Jr. That the Landvest collapse happened can be blamed, at least in part, on the unregulated, reckless way mortgages were handed out during the pre-recession housing bubble. But that it’s taking this long to resolve — and that there’s no long-term plan for doing so — “speaks to exactly why we need to have an established land bank,” according to Sánchez. Sánchez has spent the past few years pushing legislation to create such an entity, which would have the power to acquire properties, help clear their titles and liens, and sell them for development or some other productive use. Now, there’s hope a bill could pass out of City Council this year, in time for the land bank to be funded in the next budget cycle. As Landvest properties continue to ricochet between investors and
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speculators, while residents continue to hang in the balance, the land bank might finally offer the chance to clean up this mess for good. ➤ MANY THINGS ABOUT the land bank aren’t yet known, like how
it will pay for maintaining properties it holds, or what the impact of councilmanic prerogative (the near-absolute power of the district City Council member) will be on the process. What is known is what happens without such an entity in place. As it stands today, vacant-property disposition by the city and its agencies is notoriously slow and bureaucratic; acquisition — even in cases like Landvest where it could be a critical step to clearing the title and making victims whole — has ground nearly to a halt under the administration of Mayor Nutter. Many Coyle properties carry extensive municipal liens that could, if the city chose, trigger tax sales — but the city doesn’t want to risk taking them into its own, tattered vacant-property portfolio. So, instead, residents are caught in purgatory, and whole blocks are mired in the ensuing blight. “The issue is who is going to be responsible for the portfolio,” says Sánchez. “We are. No matter what, we still have blight and we’re still dealing with it on the ground, even if it’s not directly.” Today, many Coyle properties remain packaged in large bundles, held by banks or passed around to various investors — raising concerns, as City Paper reported last year, of a continued real-estate “shell game.” The 50 that the city had the opportunity to buy, once mortgaged to Earthstar Bank, are still in the hands of Red Brick Properties. Coyle Jr. twice stopped by Rivera and Cancel’s house to try to col-
lect rent once last year, though the property is still $11,000 and 10 years in arrears on taxes. The couple narrowly saved it from tax sale in 2012. Coyle Jr. also acted as a sort of broker to transfer other properties to yet another investor, Manilal Mathai. In 2012, an additional 117 properties went into the hands of an entity called Kenpor, which quietly struck a deal with the city, buying it time to rehab or demolish the properties — while preventing L&I from enforcing code complaints against it and absolving Kenpor of responsibility for any further municipal liens and taxes, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by City Paper. Meanwhile, other properties are in still more tenuous situations. Residents living in the group of more than 60 former Coyle properties now held by GNE Properties received letters over the summer indicating that the portfolio could go to foreclosure sale at any time, says Community Legal Services lawyer Jennifer Schultz, who represents some of the residents. So far, that hasn’t happened. “They’ve been in a limbo state for a long time, and it’s still in limbo,” she says. “The implication is the foreclosure may be moving forward. But we don’t know that definitively.” Schultz says the city has helped in some cases, but there are no easy answers for most of her clients or, for that matter, for the banks they’re dealing with. “It’s a complicated situation, where all the parties at the table are coming to the table aggrieved. And the person who really caused the mess isn’t there.” Coyle Sr. was sentenced to six years in federal prison in May.
“All the parties came to the table aggrieved.”
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PUMPING IT OUT ➤ JOURNALISTS MAKE GREAT sources, and reporters at the Inquirer and Daily News tend to have plenty to say about the state of their parent company — currently, the troubled Interstate General Media (IGM). But since last April, when the two papers and Philly.com were purchased by a group of the Philadelphia area’s wealthiest and most powerful men, that trickle of low-level leaks has been overrun by the torrent being pumped out from on high. The spin machine has gone into overdrive ahead of this week’s court hearing on whether Inquirer editor Bill Marimow should be reinstated and the publisher who fired him, Bob Hall, be shown the door instead. The crux of the matter is this: The co-owners of IGM are in a civil war which has come to a head over Marimow’s firing. Leading Team Hall is South Jersey Democratic boss George Norcross; Team Marimow comprises two other co-owners, parking magnate Lewis Katz and philanthropist Gerry Lenfest. Parsing the warring parties’ fine points and shadow games is dizzying — like Kremlinology, or perhaps Talmudic scholarship, but even less interesting. Unfortunately, it is still important: One of the city’s greatest public trusts is at stake. Each side accuses the other of violating their mutual pledge not to interfere with the newsroom — a pledge made in response to the prior publisher’s censorship of Inquirer and Daily News reporting in early 2012 on the company’s finances and impending sale. This much is clear: While there is no evidence that any owner has killed or altered a story, both sides seem to have left their fingerprints all over editorial decision-making. Team Marimow’s argument opens with the evolution of Philly.com. The website obstensibly created to house the content of the two papers under IGM now has its own competing newsroom. It is part of a much-criticized online strategy that locks the two newspapers’ sites behind hard pay walls, but allows Philly.com to publish that same content for free. (Philly.com sources contend that the Inquirer is slow moving and oblivious to the Internet age, requiring Philly.com to take charge of breaking news.) Lexie Norcross, George Norcross’ 26-year-old daughter, is IGM’s vice president for digital operations and corporate services. It has long been reported that she is in charge of Philly.com, without contradiction or request for correction — though >>> continued on page 10
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“Everyone who is sitting at the table is trying to sort out how we apportion that loss,” Schultz says, “but everyone is a loser.” ➤ THAT LOSING PROPOSITION is apparently why Mountain View was willing to hand over its portfolio of properties to the city; the taxes and liens made the investment a liability. For Rivera and Cancel, that could have been the tidy resolution to their four-year nightmare. Rivera was optimistic when she bought the house; though it was little more than a shell, it would be her shell. “There was no kitchen, no door, no window, no floor, no bathroom. Nothing,” says Rivera, whose only income is her monthly Social Security Disability payment. She says Coyle Sr. told her the house was an as-is, rent-to-own deal: She paid $2,500 up front and $450 a month in rent. Cancel estimates the couple has spent $10,000 to make it livable. Rivera’s daughter, Jeymarie Santiago, doesn’t live there, but often brings her kids by. One has a scar from when he fell down the crumbling stairs into the basement after the railing came off in his hand. The other cut himself on a jagged edge in the kitchen. Still, the couple continues to set aside $300 or so every month to fix something in the house. They paid their rent faithfully until they learned in 2010 of the Landvest collapse, Rivera says. “Where’s the justice for people who got kids and put everything they can into the house?” says Santiago, translating from Spanish for Rivera, who is angry but also optimistic. “I want the house, and I’m ready for whatever comes my way. I’m not a rich person, but I do believe in God and I know God will back me up all the way.” Rivera and Cancel have gone through a lot. But their neighbors, at least, are lucky. After all, the couple has prevented this house from sliding into ruin like some other abandoned Coyle properties. Guillermina Santos, a resident of Clearfield Street in Kensington, has seen what can happen otherwise. She lives next to another of the properties the city had a chance to take from Mountain View. The house, she says, was a wreck. “People used to go in there and smoke [crack]. Then it caught on fire, and it was knocked down eventually.” As a vacant lot, it attracted even more drug users and short-dumpers. Santos has been asking for three years if she could buy the lot to use as a side yard. So far, that hasn’t gone anywhere. Land-bank advocates figure side-yard applications (which now sometimes get waylaid for five, 10 or even 20 years) would be far simpler under a new agency. Sánchez envisions a land bank staffed with people from various city departments who could work 8 | P H I L A D E L P H I A C I T Y PA P E R |
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together to troubleshoot cases, clear titles and quickly establish values for properties. Right now, says Sánchez, “There’s no mechanism by which we do that quickly. There’s several different departments that touch something like that. We have no one whose job it is to shepherd that through. That’s why those cases are so complicated. Nothing happens unless someone decides to be Superman and get it through.” There’s also apparently no one whose job it is to enforce agreements like the one between the city and Kenpor. And, Sánchez admits, there’s no long-term strategy in place for most of the ex-Landvest properties. “[That plan] will happen eventually, but it won’t happen as a matter of practice. It will happen, God forbid, when we have some
“Where’s the justice for people like us?” sort of incident on the properties, you’ll see us acting on that.” The land bank, she says, could engage residents, nonprofits or community-development corporations to take on blighted properties and get the city to forgive debt. And, maybe, it could even create a legitimate process for people like Rivera, who value homeownership and are willing to put in sweat equity on lowvalue properties — much like Coyle’s rent-to-own dream. After all, those nearly worthless Coyle properties are, to people like Rivera and Cancel, a place to call home. “If we had a quick mechanism for those Coyle properties,” says Sánchez, a way for low-income people to take them, fix them up and move in, “I bet people would say, ‘Give me a shot at it. I’m in.’” (samantha@citypaper.net)
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“We promised to keep our hands off of editorial.” the company now insists Lexie Norcross “does not control the editorial decisions of the website.” Yet it was she who publicly defended the site’s ill-fated plan to offer Gov. Tom Corbett a column. In leaked memos, Hall accuses Marimow of learning of the column “from executive meetings” and then giving “this information directly to the newsroom … and a story on it was written in an attempt to stop the process.” Team Marimow also blames Norcross for cutting the Inquirer’s editorial page in half, which Norcross denies. Indeed, a leaked September email from Katz to Norcross describes the decision as being made by Marimow. Katz wrote that Marimow said “he did it because he assumed Bob [presumably Hall] wanted it done as a cost cut in accord with the poll.” Team Marimow points out that the poll mentioned was conducted by a firm close to Norcross, and says that Norcross personally presented Marimow with the findings.A Norcross spokesperson confirms he selected the polling firm, but did so “in partnership with other owners and the senior management.” Team Hall insists Katz (with his longtime partner, journalist Nancy Phillips) persistently meddled on Marimow’s behalf, attempting to thwart Hall’s efforts to revamp local coverage. According to yet another leaked email, this one from Katz to Hall and copied to Norcross, the former prevented the latter from firing senior editors favored by Marimow.
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“I’m invoking my co-managing partnership agreement to block this attempt,” Katz wrote. “We promised to keep our hands off of editorial this seems to me to be getting closer to that line.” A Katz spokesperson declined to explain how blocking the firing of a middle manager was not meddling. But what Katz’s email really reflects, says Team Marimow lawyer Richard Sprague, is that Norcross used Hall as a proxy to interfere in the newsroom. Sprague called the leaked emails part of a “pattern of attempting to smear the good name and reputation of Bill Marimow” — who is praised by some staffers as an old-school investigative reporter, but criticized by others as a dinosaur who plays favorites. Yet, it’s worth noting that none of the leaks have benefited Team Marimow. That the fate of the city’s dailies now hinges on nasty recriminations and lawsuits is unfortunate. But it’s clear that distressed schools, feuding politicians and corrupt police need close scrutiny. For Philly, this media meltdown is simply bad news. ✚ Send tips to daniel.denvir@citypaper.net.
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2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 2 red onions, diced 2 large purple-top turnips, diced 2 medium carrots, diced 1/4 pound taleggio cheese, sliced 1/2 cup heavy cream 1 large sheet puff pastry Salt to taste
Directions Place sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and boil until just tender in salted water. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place onions in an ovenproof saucepan and saute on the stovetop until lightly caramelized. Add the turnips and carrots, place the uncovered saucepan in the oven and roast vegetables until tender, 25 to 35 minutes. Lower oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of a pie plate with the sweet potatoes, cover with taleggio slices and then the other vegetables. Pour in the heavy cream, then cover with the puff pastry sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. Yield: 4 to 6 servings. —ANDREW WOOD, Russet
FromRoottoShoot This time of year, marshmallow-topped casseroles and nutmeg-spiked pies have their place at the table. But the humble sweet potato has, oh, so much more to offer. Words by Caroline Russock | Photos by Neal Santos
BEFORE DIVING INTO our intercontinental tour of the many-splendored sweet potato, let’s take a minute to get to know Ipomoea batata. First, we need to get to the bottom of the difference between sweet potatoes and yams. While both tubers are flowering plants (i.e., angiosperms, for you aspiring horticulturists out there), yams are more closely related to the lily family, while sweet potatoes are members of the morning-glory clan. Then, of course, there’s the subject of mistaken sweet-potato identity. Yams, native to Africa, were a staple of the diets of Africans who were enslaved and brought to these shores. They called the native American sweet potatoes yams because of their similar taste and appearance. The USDA has further confused matters by requiring that all Ipomoea batatas be labeled yams, but the words “sweet potatoes” must be included somewhere on the sign or packaging, too. Confused yet? Well, here’s a quick
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and easy way to tell your yam from your sweet potato: The thin-skinned, rosy specimens found in most markets are sweet potatoes; the darker, thickerskinned spuds found mostly in international markets are yams. Now that we’ve gotten all of that out of the way, let’s get into the sweet potato. We’re all well acquainted with the pies and fries in which this tuber excels, but its versatility runs much, much deeper. We’ve taken it upon ourselves to delve into some of the sweet potato’s lesser-known, globe-trotting iterations available in our fair city. Candied yams are de rigueur this time of year, but in Mexico there’s another kind of candied sweet potato. At Variedades Veracruzana (918 Washington Ave., 215-271-2991), a selection of jewel-like fruits and vegetables are displayed alongside the checkout counter. Jasmine Garcia tells us that camote — slices of sweet potato and pumpkin slowly cooked in white sugar — are a popular treat available from October to December. The earthy, bright-orange, crystalized slices glitter,
retaining that unique sweet-potato creaminess with a bit of sugary crunch. It’s virtually impossible to find a Philly bar without at least one pumpkin beer on tap in the fall, but at Vault Brewing (10 S. Main St., Yardley, 267-573-4291, vaultbrewing.com) they’re doing seasonal brews a little differently. Co-owner James Cain explains why they’ve forgone pumpkin: “Sweet potatoes are much easier to work with and you can actually get flavor out of them,” he says. Taking advantage of the brewpub’s copperclad, wood-fired oven, each batch of Sweet Potato Pale Ale begins with 100 pounds of roasted sweet potatoes that are peeled, mashed and added to the brew along with vanilla, cinnamon, molasses and nutmeg. The result is a nitro-carbonated beer with a thick, creamy head that Cain likens to a dollop of whipped cream on a slice of sweet-potato pie. Other sippable sweet potatoes make their way to the bar by way of shochu, a Japanese distillate brewed with bar>>> continued on page 16
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ley, rice, buckwheat and (you guessed it) sweet potatoes. Christian Ruppert, bar manager at Old City’s Zento (132 Chestnut St., 215-925-9998, zentocontemporary.com), has put together one of the more comprehensive shochu lists in town, including Kaikouzu, a sweet-potato shochu from Japanese sake maker Ozeki. Served by the carafe, on the rocks or with a splash of water, Kaikouzu is a little higherproof than many shochus (due to the sugar content of the sweet potatoes, no doubt). “It’s mellow and fragrant with a rich flavor. You can definitely taste elements of sweet potato,” Ruppert says. The sweetness of the shochu makes it a natural match for spicy, tangy foods, particularly the V22, a spicy California roll topped with sea eel tempura and crunchy tobiko. Sweet potatoes make appearances all over Korean menus. Meals can begin with gogumasun namul, blanched sweet potato shoots salted and tossed with sesame oil and served chilled as part of a banchan (side dish) spread. Then there is jap chae, a Korean cooking-for-a-crowd staple made with dangmyeon — transparent cellophane noodles made from sweet-
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Delving into some of the sweet potato’s globe-trotting iterations available in our fair city. potato starch. At Sammy Chon’s K-Town BBQ (911 Race St., 215-5741778, ktownbbq.com), the delicate noodles are stir-fried with thinly sliced beef, onions, scallions, sesame oil, soy and sesame seeds for a warm starter. The yellow-and-green signage in front of Le Mandinque (6620 Woodland Ave., 215-726-0543) boasts a menu of African specialties like fufu, attiéké (grated, fermented cassava pulp) and sweet potato greens. At La Mandinque, $10 gets you a takeout container filled with longbraised sweet potato greens studded with chunks of bone-in chicken and beef and a serious portion of steamed
white rice. A cook at Le Mandinque explained that the greens get their distinct earthy spiciness from a blend of housemade hot sauce and Maggi bouillon seasoning cubes, a staple in West African cooking. In our search for more out-of-thepie-shell sweet-potato preparations, we came across a curious item in the vegetable section of the menu at the Chinatown Malaysian spot Penang (117 N. 10th St., 215-413-2531). Kang kung belacan is broken down to “sauteed convolus with spicy Malaysian shrimp-paste sauce.” Convol-what? As it turns out, convolus is a member of the morning-glory family, just like the sweet potato and its greens. At Penang, these sweet-potato greens cousins are flash-sauteed in a wok with chilis, soy and semi-stinky (but entirely delicious) dried shrimp paste, making for a vibrant side that retains all of the green goodness of the convolus along with a serious umami punch and bright red chili heat. So, there you have it: From brew and booze to noodles and greens, the humble sweet potato is certainly a multifaceted and unlikely workhorse of a tuber. (caroline@citypaper.net)
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Spicy Sweet Potatoes and Greens with Bacon and Goat Cheese
Ingredients + 6 ounces bacon, diced + 1 large (1 1/2 pound) sweet potato, skin on, cut into lardons + 3 tablespoons olive oil + 2 tablespoons butter + 1 Spanish onion, julienned + 8 cloves garlic, chopped + 1/2 bunch sweet potato greens, roughly chopped, leaves and stems separated + 1 tablespoon spicy chili crisp oil (available in Asian markets) + 6 ounces soft goat cheese, at room temperature + Salt
Directions Preheat oven to 550 degrees. Place bacon in a saucepan and fry on stovetop until crisp, reserving the fat. Place sweet potatoes in a shallow baking pan, toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and roast in the oven until soft and lightly browned. Add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter to another saucepan, and cook the onion and garlic until brown. Reheat the bacon fat in another saucepan, then add the sweet potato green stems, and cook until slightly tender. Add the spicy chili crisp oil. Add the leaves and bit of salt to the pan and wilt halfway. Add the onions, garlic, sweet potato and lardons, and adjust seasoning. Smear the goat cheese in individual serving bowls, pile the potatoes and greens on top and serve. Yield: 4 servings. —SCOTT SCHROEDER, South Philly Tap Room
LA FINQUITA FARMERS: Natania Schaumburg and Cliff Brown.
UndergroundArts An urban farm in Old Kensington is cultivating a crop of little-known tubers. Words by Carly Szkaradnik | Photos by Neal Santos
FLEXIBILITY IS A KEY quality to cultivate if you want to get into serious eating. You may intend to hunt down one food, but the landscape is strewn with more edible surprises and distractions than you could possibly imagine. Put another way, sometimes you go looking for sweet potatoes, and what you find instead is yacón. To the untrained eye, yacón can look an awful lot like a common ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), so its initial impact is somewhat blunted. But when you cut into it, you’ll discover something crisp and sweet that will make you shift your frame of reference to jicama. In fact, the yacón is more closely related to the sunchoke. And much like some hardy, leafy greens that you’d otherwise think have no place in the discussion, yacón’s sweetness and flavor improve after it has weathered a few frosts. Which is why Cliff Brown was out in the chilly November daybreak last
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week — well after most local dabblers conceded to autumn and yanked any shriveled plant remains from their beds — harvesting yacón at its peak from a plot at the corner of Master and Lawrence streets in Old Kensington. The spot may sound unlikely if you’re not from around there, but La Finquita (the “Little Farm”) has been a part of this landscape for more than 25 years. Over the past three of those years, Brown has been working with partners Natania Schaumburg and Zach Prazak to expand the potential of the small urban farm. Under their direction, the cultivated space has doubled, and they’ve won grants and recognition from groups like Philly Stake and the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s Growers Alliance. Brown says that about two-thirds of the space is devoted to “traditional community-garden plots” that are tended by neighbors who span several generations. Brown and a growing number of volunteers manage the final third. The produce pulled from the plots feeds the community and funds the
organization. In addition to providing the organizers, growers and volunteers with plenty of food to take home, the farm makes regular food-pantry donations. From May to the first week in November, La Finquita runs a farm stand on Sundays that’s open to the public. When the farm stand closes for the season, the land still has more to give. Crops like kale, sunchokes and, of course, yacón continue to thrive even after most people’s weekend plans shift away farmers-market jaunts. This year, Brown says he and his partners plan to sell some of their remaining fall produce to markets or restaurants. As with all of their sales, “the proceeds go back to Finquita and help with our operational expenses,” he explains. Wherever it finds its way onto local plates, yacón won’t enjoy quite the same familiarity as most other lateharvest local crops. This is Brown’s second year harvesting the tuber, and while he personally provided some cuttings to a grower who planted them in Lancaster, he doesn’t know of any >>> continued on page 20
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2 1/2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup sweet potatoes, pureed 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 teaspoon cardamom 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg 1/3 teaspooon cinnamon 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon gelatin
Directions Whisk the cream, sweet potato, vanilla, sugar and spices in a large saucepan to combine. Heat until the bubbles form around the edge and remove from heat. Allow to steep for 30 minutes. In another large saucepan, combine the milk and gelatin. Stir to combine. Add the sweet potato mixture to the milk mixture and heat again until bubbles form around the edges. Strain the mixture and let it cool for an hour before pouring into four 6-ounce ramekins. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. To remove, run a warm paring knife around the edges to loosen the pana cotta, invert on plates and serve. Yield: 4 servings. —JUSTIN SWAIN, Rex 1516
other Philly farms that grow it. Although the plant grows well here, it might test the patience: The yacón plants at La Finquita originated with Brown’s father, Nick, who grew them from seeds and didn’t get any tubers right away. After being transplanted to La Finquita’s plots, those plants produced a crop of tubers only in their second year. Once you have some tubers, Brown explains, things get easier. Though tricky to grow from seeds, cuttings from the root stock are usually more successful. The plants won’t survive a Philly winter left exposed, but Brown has had success placing his yacón “moms” in cold storage to be planted in the spring. If you don’t have the land or time to give it a shot yourself, it’s worth seeking out the tubers. Despite yacón’s visual and textual similarities to sweet potatose and other veggies, it’s got an appeal all its own. Asked how he describes the taste to the uninitiated, Brown called it “sweet and mildly astringent, with a watery and crunchy texture like a perfect apple, only with a finer grain.”
Despite yacón’s visual and textual similarities to other veggies, it’s got an appeal all its own.
toes, you won’t be called upon to exercise any flexibility — the old standards will be there. But as anyone who’s tried to nurture so much as a windowsill basil plant knows, there are no guarantees in nature. This year, La Finquita lost its entire crop of sweet potatoes. But if you approach the farm stand with an open mind, a new find like yacón makes for a killer consolation prize. (carly@citypaper.net)
He prefers it raw (either as a snack or in a salad), but says it’s also a good addition to a stir-fry — just add it toward the end to preserve its best qualities. The tuber also takes very well to pickling, and while La Finquita composts their yacón greens, the leaves can be used to make tea. (You can also find yacón tea and yacón syrup stocked at health-food stores, where they’ve found popularity with dieters and diabetics alike thanks to their naturally low-calorie sweetness and purported probiotic qualities.) Most years, if you visit the Little Farm stand looking for sweet pota-
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Marshmallow-Topped Sweet Potato Tarts Ingredients SWEET POTATO TART FILLING + 2 pounds sweet potatoes + 1/2 cup butter + 1 cup sugar + 1/2 cup milk + 2 eggs Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place the potatoes in a shallow pan and roast until cooked through and soft. Allow to cool, then peel and puree with the remaining ingredients, adding eggs last. Set aside. TART DOUGH + 6 1/2 ounces confectioners’ sugar + 8 ounces butter + 1 1/2 eggs + 17 ounces flour Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together sugar, butter and eggs in a medium bowl until smooth. Add flour. Roll out and line a pie pan or individual tart shells. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown. MARSHMALLOW BRÛLÉE TOPPING + 21 grams sheet gelatin + 170 grams glucose + 85 grams honey + 340 grams sugar + 20 grams cinnamon
InSeason:SweetPotatoes Words by Adam Erace | Photos by Neal Santos Each month, Adam Erace picks a crop that’s in season locally right this very minute and asks some of the city’s best chefs how they’re preparing it. This month, we’ve got a super-sized edition featuring sweet potatoes.
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Pour enough ice water into a heavy-bottomed pan to cover the gelatin; let sit for three to five minutes, then squeeze out the excess. Add the remaining ingredients and heat on top of the stove until dissolved. Pour the mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Transfer to a sheet pan dusted with confectioners’ sugar and chill. To assemble: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fill the tarts with the sweet-potato filling and bake until the custard is just set, 10 to 15 minutes. Scoop the marshmallow onto the tops of the tarts and brûlée with a torch or under the broiler until lightly toasted and serve. Yield: 12 tarts or one pie. —PAT SZOKE, Alla Spina
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column is dedicated to the strange, the exotic, the unusual produce that grows in the Delaware Valley; natural oddities like the tropical paw paw, husksheathed cape gooseberry and spiraling Romanesco. Never something as common as a sweet potato. Yet here we are, in the thick of a whole cover package dedicated to Ipomoea batatas. It might not be as sexy as a wineberry, as weird as scorzonera or as crazy as cardoons, but there’s no denying the appeal of this humble, delicious root — especially at this time of year. “Being a Southern restaurant, it’s almost required that we serve sweet potatoes,” says Rex 1516 chef Justin Swain, who turns the orange vegetable into fries, cookies and a bourbon-spiked, brown-sugar mash all year long. But it’s not until the weather chills that he breaks out his sweet-potato panna cotta topped with tart cranberry preserves
and cinnamon-cookie crumbles. “I special-ed it for New Year’s Eve last year and I loved it so much, I kept it filed away in the back of my head till fall.” Swain steeps his panna cotta base with pumpkin-pie spices, then folds in the sweet-potato puree. “People expect those spices in a fall dessert, and sweet potatoes make a great alternative to pumpkin, which I find to be an overused cliché. Plus, sometimes you need a little savory in your desserts.” Hence the soul-food staple sweetpotato pie, which former Industry chef Pat Szoke riffs on at his new Alla Spina post, with roasted-sweet-potato puree in a chef Marco Pierre White tart dough, topped with a tower of brûléed cinnamon marshmallow. “They add a natural sweetness that people don’t expect,” Szoke says. “And they’re good for ya.” Rich in fiber, beta-carotene, vitamins, manganese and potassium, sweet potatoes are nutritional powerhouses. “They also have … a gazillion percent of the daily recommended amount of vitamin A,” says Rachel Klein, whose Miss Rachel’s Pantry vegan catering clients go nuts for her sweet-potato lasagna. Sweet potatoes are staple crops in African and Asian countries, where the leaves as well as the tubers are eaten. At brand-new BYOB Laurel, Nick Elmi accents Jersey wolffish with fresh sweet-potato leaves, sweet-potato-leaf puree and grilled fingerling sweets.
“The greens taste like a stronger spinach,” says the Top Chef contestant, who started working with the vines after discovering them at Washington Avenue’s Huong Vuong supermarket. “I like taking one ingredient and highlighting it in a couple different ways.” “For me, sweet potatoes are a quintessential vegetable of fall,” says Russet’s Andrew Wood. “They are sweet and earthy, and pair very well with the rich, savory meats of autumn.” Or just with their underground buddies, as in the root-veggie pot pie chock full of sweets, turnips and carrots on Wood’s current menu. And they’ll only get better: “As the season goes on and the sugars from the rest of the plant are stored in the root to supply enough energy to survive the winter, the quality of potato improves. They bring to mind all the warm spices of winter, holidays and family.” While elaborate lasagnas and complex pot pies are impressive, sweet potatoes are just as satisfying solo. “They’re naturally sweet and approachable, and you don’t have to do a whole to them,” says Szoke. We’d never argue with that, but we’ll take the tart just the same. Fortunately, it’s not going anywhere: “It took me quite a few tries to get it right,” says Szoke, “so it will hopefully be around for the next couple months.” Wonder if he’ll take Thanksgiving orders. (adam.erace@citypaper.net)
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Bufad at Union Transfer | The edible offerings at our favorite Philly venue are getting a boost this week, courtesy of Eraserhood neighbors Bufad Pizza. At Union Transfer, they’re going to be offering four Roman-style pies by the slice, with seasonallyinspired toppings and plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. The kick-off menu is featuring a butternut squash pie; a margherita; and two vegan pies (a tomato and a puttanesca). Slices will be served during events. 1026 Spring Garden St., 215-2322100, utphilly.com. Quetzally | Former South Philly Tap Room sous Jorge Pinia has struck out on his own, opening a tiny taqueria in Bella Vista. Tacos are on the menu with chipotle-braised tinga, fried tilapia drizzled with crema and choriqueso, lamb-y barbacoa soup and weekend tamales. It’s cash only (at least until early next week) and BYO, so don’t forget to bring along a sixer of Modelos. Open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m., 1225 Fitzwater St., 215-735-2326. Osteria Moorestown | Marc Vetri and company are expanding to the ’burbs this week with a second location of Osteria opening up in the Moorestown Mall on Monday. Mike Deganis has left Alla Spina and is heading up the kitchen at Osteria 2.0. The kitchen crew has been dropping some major menu spoilers via Instagram, including spit-roasted suckling pig with creamy polenta, natural yeast-risen ciabatta and cannoli piped with torrone semifreddo. Due to the more relaxed liquor laws in Jersey, the all-Italian wine list at Osteria will be slightly less pricey than at the North Broad flagship. Open Sun.-Thu., 11 a.m.10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; 400 Rte. 38, Suite 1367, Moorestown, N.J., 856-316-4427. (caroline@citypaper.net) Got A Tip? Please send restaurant news to restaurants@ citypaper.net or call 215-588-2646. 26 | P H I L A D E L P H I A C I T Y PA P E R |
EDIBLE EDITORIAL: Joy Manning is heading up the newly released Edible Philly magazine. NEAL SANTOS
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AN EDIBLE ENDEAVOR At long last, Philadelphia is getting a magazine devoted to the celebration of local fare. By Caroline Russock ith reviews from a certain anonymous bell-giver, plenty of blog action and a few free weeklies covering the restaurant scene, Philadelphia is certainly not at a loss for food coverage. But if you’ve ever ventured to another city and picked up a copy of one of the truly beautiful (and free) Edible Communities magazines, you’ve probably wondered when the Philly version of Edible was going to hit the streets. Well, folks, after a fiveyear wait, Edible Philly is debuting next week. Back in 2008, when publisher Nancy BranMore on: nigan Painter bought the franchise, local food writer Joy Manning approached her about the editor position. With stints as dining editor for Philadelphia Style and restaurant critic for Philadelphia magazine under her belt, Manning was hardly a novice to the Philly food scene. But the magazine was put on hold because of setbacks from an unpredictable economy. When the project finally got rolling earlier this year, Manning was more than thrilled. “I’m excited to bring all of my experience — to
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bring everything that makes local food in Philadelphia interesting, delicious and exciting — to Edible Philly four times a year,” she said. Edible began in 2002 in Ojai, Calif., and has blossomed into a franchise that now boasts 81 publications. Independent magazines are published and tailored to suit the hyper-local communities they serve. “Every Edible has a high level of autonomy,” Manning says, adding that it’s that innovation that led to a James Beard award in 2011. Although the focus is local, Edible Philly’s regional coverage is going to be wide-ranging, she says. “Edible Communities publications has a mission to celebrate local food, and that can take on a lot of different meanings. Every single thing that we cover in the magazine does not have to be grown within 100 miles. It covers local food personalities, restaurants. Even if every single thing they serve isn’t grown right here in Southeastern Pennsylvania, it’s still of interest to us under the umbrelMORE FOOD AND la of local food,” Manning says. DRINK COVERAGE And when it came to choosing writers to AT C I T Y P A P E R . N E T / contribute to the premiere issue, the obviM E A LT I C K E T. ous choices were equally local. Manning has long been an avid reader of everything food-related that is published in town. “I’ve made it my business to get to know the people whose work I really like. Over the years, I’ve become friendly and colleagues with people like Marisa McClellen [author and canner extraordinaire behind the Food In Jars blog], Adam [Erace, City Paper food critic] and Drew [Lazor, former City Paper food editor] >>> continued on page 28
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talk about three people whose lives improved Philadelphia’s A&E landscape, and whose deaths have affected everyone they touched. Kathleen P. Field was one of Philly’s original multi-hyphenates. Known first as a couture fashion model in the ’60s, then as an interior designer with her own firm in the disco ’70s, Field made her biggest mark in the ’80s and beyond as a pastel painter whose work wowed critics. Larry Berk was a real character, a successful real-estate lawyer who turned his nightlife expertise into a second business of property ownership and partnerships with the Happy Rooster and Bar Noir, among others. C. Natale Peditto, co-founder of the Open Mouth poetry series in the early ’80s, was one of Philly’s most original live jazz poets. His work appeared in the Painted Bride Quarterly and in various publications of Heat Press, the imprint he started once he moved out to Los Angeles. These three made this city a better place. ➤ Blurr is one of those odd, questionable-for-no-particular-reason nightclubs that pop up seemingly out of nowhere as a hangout for no one you’ve ever known. Still, this Old City spot (formerly the Comedy Factory Outlet) has taken the brunt of the shuttered Shampoo’s DJ nights and club concepts since opening. This Thursday, Blurr’s towering two floors play host to a day of filming on Franny, the flick starring Richard Gere and Dakota Fanning. Get to know it. ➤ Having a microfestival is like having a microbrew: The more you take in, the drunker you get. From Nov. 15 to 17, Mascher Space Co-op (at 155 Cecil B. Moore) presents a Microfestival of Stubborn Occasions, with its membership unveiling dance and movement installations throughout the property. “Our artistic needs are stubborn, and spill out in a way in which it doesn’t serve to divide them equally like a tray of brownies,” says performer Christina Gesualdi, of the fest’s messy approach to staging. “There is a deep need for presenters in our city and all over to let go of models of efficiency and commodity and instead to take a risk — to put the art’s and the artists’ needs first, to embrace the idea that the ‘choreography’ of presenting an event or a festival of events is sometimes messy and sometimes inefficient. I think we’re asking: What if choreography exists within and between occasions and performances, instead of living solely on the body?” For more on the Microfestival see Agenda starting on p. 36. ➤ More risky business at citypaper.net/nakedcity. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)
MASTER OF HIS DOMAIN: The city plans to turn James Dupree’s 8,000square-foot studio into a supermarket parking lot. MARIELLE MONDON
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PAVE PARADISE? Artist James Dupree spent nine years building a studio and art center in Mantua. Now, the city’s set to knock it down. By Marielle Mondon hen James E. Dupree bought the building that now houses his Mantua studio in 2005, it was a dilapidated garage, fit for condemnation. But the 63-year-old artist — whose paintings of vibrant, abstract loops and whorls have hung in 10 national institutions, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art — spent years pouring money into the 8,000-square-foot structure at 3617 Haverford Avenue. He now uses it to host art classes, workshops, an extensive collection of his own artwork and an Airbnb accommodation. After years of rehab, the place is now equal parts work and living space, with a Jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom and new appliances in three kitchens. “I built this studio from my designs,” he says. “The roof alone was $68,000.” Now, he’s about to lose it all. That’s because last December — as it has threatened to do in the past — the City of Philadelphia seized the deed to Dupree’s studio, condemning the block. The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) plans to raze the building to make way for a parking lot that will accompany a new supermarket complex at 36th and Haverford. In return, Dupree says, the city offered less than 30 percent of his
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property’s market value. Dupree, who also teaches painting at Fleisher Art Memorial, says that contradicts the city’s claim that it values its art community. “For them to say that the work isn’t worth anything, my sweat equity isn’t worth anything and my business is not worth anything, that just threw me off the deep end, big-time,” Dupree says. “I went to court six years ago and thought it went away.” When Dupree heard new rumblings about the redevelopment plan, he got in touch with a real-estate agent, who estimated his studio’s market value at $2.2 million. Dupree declined to disclose the exact amount the city offered him. A PRA spokesperson says the agency does not comment on cases that are being formally contested. “They [proceed] to devalue the land through blight,” Dupree says, “then file an eminent domain and say it’s fair market value after they give you an appraisal in a drive-by.” Dupree says the PRA later offered to throw in an additional $40,000 for the contents of the building — including most of Dupree’s work since the early ’70s, when he was first featured in a major museum. “I have about 5,000 pieces of artwork in here,” he says. He estimates that having the work professionally moved could cost a quarter of a million dollars. Dupree says he didn’t speak out earlier because he was hoping he could come to an agreement with the city. But on Nov. 1, his family
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started a petition on Change.org to demand that his deed be restored. More than 1,000 of Dupree’s students and colleagues signed within a week, and supporters are planning to hold protests at City Hall. City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, who sponsored the eminent-domain legislation and in whose district the block in question falls, did not respond to requests for comment this week. At a City Council Rules Committee hearing last November on the plan, no objections were raised. City officials described the supermarket as a longtime “dream of this community and of Councilwoman Blackwell.” “This has been a long time coming,” Blackwell said in the hearing. “We wanted a whole extra block for the supermarket. But we fought long and hard, and even the people involved in the condemnation are saying, ‘When’s it going to happen?’” Dupree’s supporters see it differently. Alyce Bernstein, who, like Dupree, is an instructor at Fleisher, calls the condemnation “looting.” “It’s clear that our government has contempt for its hardworking people,” Bernstein wrote in an email. Dupree, however, draws a distinction between
the type of manufactured gentrification that the planned supermarket would offer and the type that he has wrought through years of hard work. “I moved to West Philadelphia in 1955 on Lancaster Avenue. … I’m back to revitalize the community. I’m the gentrification,” he says. “They want to take it away from me, meaning: They want it. They want to know what this is going to be worth in five years when Drexel comes in.” Dupree says the city didn’t count on an educated, well-connected artist being directly in the path of those plans. “All I could think of was how do you seize a person’s free and clear deed? How do you condemn a building that’s not condemnable?” he says. “The answer is they made a big mistake. … They weren’t expecting a guy like me to be here.” (editorial@citypaper.net)
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➤ LEGENDS ACROSS CULTURES speak of works of art that become real. A Chinese folk tale tells of Ma Liang, a boy with a magic ink brush whose drawings come off the page to help the poor; in Japan, a young seminary student’s obsessive doodles of cats come to life to defend him. Greek mythology has Pygmalion, a sculptor who falls in love with his masterwork, Galatea, and with divine help turns the marble figure into a real woman. Today, selfhelp books like The Secret, which stress “visualization” of goals, draw on the same deep-rooted idea: That imagination can affect reality. Sarah McEneaney’s current exhibition at Locks Gallery, “Trestletown,” could be seen as an exercise in trying to think an idea into existence. Of her 14 paintings, the six or so that deal with the abandoned Reading Viaduct — both as it is now and how it could look if the much-discussed plans to turn it into a public green space a la New York’s High Line come to fruition — are the most memorable. McEneany has been working with neighborhood groups for a decade to turn these legs of elevated train tracks, stretching from Vine and 12th, to Eighth and Fairmount, to Broad and Noble, into the Reading Viaduct Rail Park. She’s lived and worked in the neighborhood (alternately known as Trestletown, Callowhill, North Chinatown, Spring Garden and the Eraserhood) for 34 years — taking the train that ran on the viaduct until it closed in 1984, walking along the rails afterward, watching as nature slowly reclaimed the elevated strip. Now with the nonprofit group Friends of the Rail Park, McEneaney’s vision is slowly converging with real life, with the group declaring a tentative groundbreaking for the project sometime next year. If realized, the Rail Park will be open to all, but McEneaney’s artistic visions are mostly solitary. She is often the lone human in her work, though usually accompanied by her dog, Trixie, if outdoors and her cats, Angel and Cole, if indoors. As the neighborhood she paints is largely post-industrial, McEneany’s solitary wanderings can seem a little post-apocalyptic. There is even some temporal dis-
placement: In Carlton and Wood, McEneaney and Trixie are depicted twice in the same landscape, just at different places on the timeline. The paintings in “Trestletown” are evenly divided between representations of the artist in her studio and depictions of walking the neighborhood with past, present and future trestles, with a baseball game thrown in for good measure. The overall feeling is of a sort of happy loneliness, a person in her own head space who lives a structured working life — painting, walks and community engagement. By all rights, none of this should be very interesting. It is therefore surprising that paintings like Animal Thirst, in which McEneaney is shown drinking a glass of water as her two cats look on, are quietly enthralling. Equally arresting is the glimpse into her work space in Studio 2013, where the artist is shown standing with Angel and Trixie, surrounded by many of the paintings on view in “Trestletown.” This mise en abyme effect causes an almost dreamlike displacement in the viewer. McEneaney’s work is narrative, but the story is definitely nonlinear: Standing in a gallery, looking at a painting of a painting in that gallery as it is being painted, creates a mental time machine of sorts. In the stories, Ma Liang utilizes his magic brush to do good deeds and outwit the evil rich man who imprisons him, the young man is rescued from a rat demon by his cat doodles, and Pygmalion marries Galatea. In real-life Philadelphia, though, McEneaney’s vision of Trestletown looks like it will cross the line into reality sooner rather than later. (annette.monnier@citypaper.net) ✚ Through Nov. 23, Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Square South, 215-6291000, locksgallery.com. C I T Y PA P E R . N E T | N O V E M B E R 1 4 - N O V E M B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 3 | P H I L A D E L P H I A C I T Y PA P E R |
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TRANS EUROPE SUCCESS ➤ DOUG WRIGHT’S I Am My Own Wife receives the right produc-
tion at Theatre Horizon. It’s also very good, but “right” matters. Philadelphia theatergoers may know the play from the Wilma Theater’s 2005 production, which took what proved the decidedly wrong approach of using two men to perform the one-man play. Here, Charlie DelMarcelle alone plays German transgender woman Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, along with 34 other characters. That’s important: A central aspect of Wright’s play, which won nearly every theater award imaginable in 2004, including a Tony for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize, is the schizophrenic overlap of roles. Born Lothar Berfelde, Charlotte (1928-2002) survived World War II and the Cold War in Berlin, saving precious German Empire-era furniture and a gay bar from the chaos, turning her family mansion into the Gründerzeit Museum and relocating the bar to her basement. But the core character is not Charlotte, though she opens the play and takes visual precedence, as DelMarcelle is costumed throughout in her black peasant dress, heavy shoes and head scarf, designed by Katherine Fritz. Rather, the core is the playwright himself. The character of Doug Wright admits struggling to dramatize Charlotte’s story until a director observed that Wright was really an authority on only one subject: His own “ongoing obsession with a remarkable character.” To do the play justice, a production must tell Wright’s journey of
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discovery, and, through that, share Charlotte’s life — all while distinguishing dozens of other characters over decades and continents. It’s easy to imagine this making more sense with two actors, but produced as written, it’s an opportunity for a tour-de-force solo performance. DelMarcelle proves he’s the man for the job. His Charlotte — charming, genuine, complex, surprisingly tough — has the soft voice of aged wisdom and a musing “mmm” expression that speaks volumes without exaggeration. He’s so convincing as Charlotte that his transformations into other characters, sans costume change, are even more impressive. There’s Wright, who interviewed Charlotte in Germany many times, as well as his Texan friend and translator, then there are personalities from his interviewee’s past: Her abusive father, the lesbian aunt who recognized Charlotte’s nature (“Nature played a joke on us,” she says) and sheltered her, a menacing member of the Stasi, and friend Alfred Kirschner, who goes to prison to protect Charlotte — or was he betrayed by her? DelMarcelle further shows off his blazing range of accents in a rat-a-tat “phantasmagoria” of international media speculation that makes a provocative case against Charlotte. The question of Charlotte’s possible collaboration with the oppressive Stasi looms large over the second act, when Wright’s perspective shifts from awe at Charlotte’s survival to doubts about the veracity of her stories. Did Charlotte really kill her abusive father? Did she exaggerate her postwar heroics and hide the less heroic details of her history? And that’s where the drama actually Charlie DelMarcelle
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climaxes: Wright’s realization of who and what Charlotte is. “I need to believe her stories as much as she does,” he confesses. But is faith enough? I Am My Own Wife not only reveals Charlotte’s fascinating life and personality, but also Wright’s journey as a writer and gay man wrestling with the thorny issues of “truth.” Director Kathryn MacMillan’s production supports DelMarcelle’s riveting performance with understated loveliness; Maura Roche’s small white stage, surrounded by pristine white rubble, is keenly lit by David Todaro, and Larry Fowler’s sound design conjures Charlotte’s fascination with antique music recordings. Anthony Giruzzi’s props deserve praise, too, as Charlotte reveals her passion for furniture through a box of precious, pristine miniature pieces. Appropriate: DelMarcelle’s performance feels like an exquisite jewel in a beautiful setting — done well, and done right. (m_cofta@citypaper.net) ✚ Through Nov. 24, $22-$35, Theatre Horizon, 401 DeKalb St., Norristown, 610-283-2230, theatrehorizon.org.
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✚ NEW THE BOOK THIEF | BConsidering that Markus Zusak’s World War II-era bestseller is narrated by Death, it seems almost too demanding to hope for subtlety in Brian Percival’s adaptation, with its yearning Masterpiece Theatre stares and tear-duct-attacking John Williams score. But as much as hard as this version tries, its individual performances save the ship from a schmaltzy demise. Death, here voiced by British character actor Roger Allam (of course Death is British!), takes a particular shine to young Liesel (Sophie Nélisse), the daughter of a Communist on the run in Nazi Germany. Taken in by blue-collar foster parents Hans and Rosa (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson), she proves to be mischievous and academically curious, her appetite for words encouraged by Hans, the mayor’s lonely wife (Barbara Auer) and Max (Ben Schnetzer), the Jew concealed in Liesel’s basement. As war and violence touch each character in varying degrees, Liesel becomes more and more dependent on reading and writing, though here the language-arts focus is underplayed in comparison to the source material. It’s Nélisse, in her first major role, who distracts from such cinematic shortcuts. More likable than pitiable, she raises the game of veterans like Rush and Watson, who understand how to craft a brand of love complicated by time and circumstance. —Drew Lazor (Ritz Five)
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flect the couple’s freewheeling courtship, but end up providing a release valve when their daughter is diagnosed with cancer. Director Felix van Groeningen (adapting a play co-written by Heldenbergh) constantly skips back and forth in time, a tactic that at first sheds light on the couple’s unhappy maturation but feels increasingly simplistic as the film proceeds and the familiarity of its story becomes evident. Breakdown lacks the heartrending insight of Valérie Donizelli’s similarly themed Declaration of War, and its stirring songs are gradually overrun by religion-versus-biology screeds as Didier’s fantasy America of cowboys and banjo-pickers is soured by George W. Bush’s fundamentalist policies. As shown in his last film, The Misfortunates, Groeningen has a fondness for scruffy misfits and their cobbled-together clans, and this film would benefit from a greater emphasis on the extended community of bluegrass musicians in Belgium, rather than focus on wringing sentiment from one couple’s tragedy. Instead, their passions become ornaments for a more conventional and didactic story, less a lively solo-filled breakdown than a listless cover. —Shaun Brady (Ritz at the Bourse)
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB | B+ In the most miraculous career resurrection not precipitated by Quentin Tarantino, Matthew McConaughey has abruptly transformed himself from half-forgotten shirtless rom-com himbo to an expertly sleazy, electrifying screen presence. I’m not sure how it happened, either, but if you look at his remarkable two-year run — The Lincoln Lawyer, Bernie, Magic Mike, Killer Joe, The Paperboy, Mud and now Dallas Buyers Club — what comes through strongest is that Matthew McConaughey now really loves being Matthew McConaughey. These days, he’s exuding an infec-
tiously naughty sense of self-delight, one that serves him well in director Jean-Marc Vallee’s somewhat schematic, tad-too-crowd-pleasing take on the early days of the AIDS crisis. McConaughey, starved to an alarming fraction of his body weight, stars as Ron Woodruff, a hard-partying, goodole-boy rodeo fixture diagnosed with HIV and given 30 days to live. Never one to follow protocol, Ron starts out buying stolen AZT from crooked hospital orderlies in parking lots, and eventually ends up smuggling unapproved drugs across all sorts of borders in a variety of silly costumes as part of a rather ingenious entrepreneurial gambit. Scamming his way around the FDA, turning a quick buck and staying alive in the process, Woodruff gamed a broken system for as long as he could. Yes, this subject was covered in much greater depth in last year’s essential documentary How to Survive a Plague — and of course, when Hollywood told the story, they had to pick the time it happened to a straight guy — but Dallas Buyers Club still knows how to work a crowd. Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack’s screenplay follows the template of every Bill Murray slobsvs.-snobs comedy from the ’80s, except this time people are dying. More nuanced is McConaughey’s business partnership with a drag queen named Rayon (Jared Leto, yep — Jordan Catalano in a dress). Ron’s redneck homophobe prejudices gradually melt away for expediency’s sake, but nobody ever makes a big deal out of that. Dallas Buyers Club is sometimes terribly overwritten, yet always admirably underplayed. And McConaughey is just heroic. —Sean Burns (Ritz East)
✚ CONTINUING BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR | AFirst love’s seismic qualities have seldom been captured with such abandon as in Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme D’Or winner, a 179-minute sprawl of heartbreak that scarcely strays more than 6 inches from a young woman’s face. Adapted from Julie Maroh’s graphic novel (because even French art-house movies are based on comic books these days), Blue is the Warmest Color charts the ardent sexual awakening and eventual crushing despair of Adèle (Adèle Excarchopoulos). She’s a book-smart teenager who can already tell things aren’t clicking with her boyfriend when one day she’s gobsmacked by the sight of butch, blue-haired Emma (Léa Seydoux). What follows is a rapturous exploration of love, rendered in giddy, almost impossibly shallow-focus closeups that make the rest of the world go away, plus a few super-heroic sex scenes. Excarchopoulos’ performance is something of a miracle, with every raw, unfiltered feeling rippling across that yearning, endlessly expressive face. Kechiche’s camera never flinches, filming a fairly familiar coming-of-age tale as if through a microscope, the proximity pumping up emotions so everything feels like it’s happening for the very first time. —Sean Burns (Ritz Five)
KILL YOUR DARLINGS | BMomentous performances can’t trump momentum problems in first-time director John Krokidas’ exploration of the Beats as babies. Escaping a troubled home life by enrolling in Columbia, young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) falls in fast with charismatic classmate
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✚ REPERTORY FILM HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD 1507 Orthodox St., 215-743-6030, frankfordhistoricalsociety.org. Tribute to Christopher Morley: Secret Cinema celebrates the late Philadelphia writer by screening Kitty Foyle, the Academy Award-winning adaptation of his 1939 bestseller, along with a filmed quiz show appearance. Local author Ken Kalfus introduces the event. Fri., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $8.
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min.) Three friends from high school reunite for a night of debauchery. Thu., Nov. 14, 7 p.m., $8. Sci-Fi Horror Genre Shorts Program: Japanese memory sculptors; space travelers; dangerous hookups. Sat., Nov. 16, noon, free. Chink (2013, U.S., 88 min.): A self-loathing Asian-American fashions himself into a serial killer. Sat., Nov. 16, 9:30 p.m., $8. Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey (2013, U.S./Cambodia, 77 min.): Three decades after he was abducted by the Khmer Rouge at age 6, Sayon Soeun tracks down his family in Cambodia. Sun., Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m., $8.
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WHAT? I ALWAYS LAY DOWN LIKE THIS: Sleigh Bells play Union Transfer on Wednesday. (See p. 41.)
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characters whose lives were saved or ruined by love. Of course, men created most of those dance works. Now that Miller’s doing her own thing, she’s opted to put a feminist spin on those traditional archetypes in a new work, Forbidden Creature Virgin Whore. Created in collaboration with sci-fi illustrator Kristin Kest, the piece portrays characters from fairy tales and the dance canon in a contemporary context. The mashup of movement and fantastical artwork makes for an intriguing revisionist perspective, fueled by genuine grrrl power. —Deni Kasrel
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✚ HAGGARD If I say Kerrin Pantelakis sings like a Siren, are you gonna
think it’s just rock-crit speak for “She’s got a pretty voice”? Because that’s not quite it. Get out your Edith Hamiltons. I’m saying her soaring, searing vocal charms lure sailors gladly to their doom; her tempestuous moans splinter ships against the rocks. Yes, it’s pretty, but it’s also obsidian and opiate, and not just on the wailing bridges and choruses. Even in calmer moments, her voice is just a little bit terrifying — whether it’s solo, or with Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells, or her latest outfit, Haggard. A dark, garage-y, psych trio — at home on a playlist next to Nick Cave, Garbage and the Heartless Bastards — Haggard is ready to drop its debut record, The Various Stages of Ice. Sailors, take warning. —Patrick Rapa Thu., Nov. 14, 8 p.m., $10, with Saint Rich and Killer Bangs, Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 866-4687619, kungfunecktie.com.
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✚ 17 BORDER CROSSINGS FringeArts darling Thaddeus Phillips calls his new solo show a retrospective and culmination of his previous works, such as Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (2012), Whale Optics (2011), El Conquistador! (2010), Flamingo/Winnebago (2007) and Lost Soles (2005). Essentially outtakes from over 20 years of international travel during which Phillips researched material and toured shows, 17 Border Crossings is a series of short plays, each examining the sometimes complicated process of stepping from one country to another: Austria to Germany by chairlift, Italy to Croatia by ferry, Canada to Cuba by plane and more. Phillips’ inspirations include standup comedy, Emir Kusturica’s films, musicals about Austria, cheap magic, shadowplay, Amazon indig-
enous myths and the Havana Tropicana’s floor show. Applied Mechanics auteur Rebecca Wright directs. —Mark Cofta Through Nov. 17, $29, FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd., 215-413-1318, fringearts.ticketleap.com.
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✚ THE BROTHER/ SISTER PLAYS Fans of acclaimed young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s award-winning trilogy can see all three plays in a rotating two-part repertory by Temple Theaters. The 2013 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow’s In the Red and Brown Water, directed by MFA candidate Liz Carlson, will alternate with a double bill of The Brothers Size, directed by Lee Kenneth Richardson, and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, staged by MFA candidate David Girard. Richardson, a Temple professor and founding artistic
director of the Tony Awardwinning Crossroads Theatre Company, oversees the trilogy to ensure a unified theatrical experience. The three plays are intense, poetic, personal stories of “the distant present” in a fictional Louisiana town, combining contemporary issues with ancient Yoruban rituals and forgotten gods. —Mark Cofta Through Nov. 24, $20 (per play), $32 (trilogy), Randall Theatre, Temple University, 1301 W. Norris St., 215-2041122, templetheaters.ticketleap.com.
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✚ SKY FERREIRA Perhaps better than anybody
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else, Sky Ferreira epitomizes the category of confusion of the present pop/indie/mainstream landscape. After five years of collaborating with everyone from A-list chart doctors like Bloodshy & Avant and Ryan Tedder (yielding a couple of bright, shiny, go-nowhere electro-pop baubles) to arty indie impresario Dev Hynes (resulting in last year’s invitingly
Time, My Time (Capitol), which was produced by and co-written with 2013 golden boy Ariel Rechtshaid (his streak this year has also included helming LPs from Haim, Charli XCX and Vampire Weekend), finally, fully crystallizes Ferreira’s aesthetic — at least for the moment — in a single, magnificent electronic glam-punk smartbomb. The would-be it girl whose love of dirty rock fuzz, snarling crunch and bad decisions turns out to mesh perfectly with gorgeous, gleaming radio-pop hooks. —K. Ross Hoffman Fri., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $15, with Smith Westerns, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.
understated fluke quasi-hit “Everything Is Embarrassing”), she’s racked up plenty of one-off singles, a pair of genre-hopping EPs and a respectable slate of modeling and acting gigs, yet we still don’t actually know what she’s all about. But she’s finally ready for her close-up — or so the title of her long-delayed debut album would suggest. Night
[ theater/burlesque ]
✚ FREE. THINK. LOVE. FRANKENSTEIN. Annie A-Bomb — aka Anna Frangiosa, co-founder of the celebrated but now dissolved Cabaret Red Light — returns to live burlesque with a new troupe, The Cabaret Administration,
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and an original Gothic romance ballet based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. The costume designer/activist/performer teams up with choreographer Christine Fisler to combine stylized dance and theatrical storytelling in Frangiosa’s favorite genre: “sensual shows for adults inspired by classic stories.” Her script extends beyond Doctor Frankenstein and his homemade monster to portray Mary and Percy Shelley as romantics, radicals and revolutionaries, obsessed with the utopian idea that man should be free from God, king and law. “Truthfully, it’s a real ballet,” Frangiosa explains. “There are beautiful, scary, sexy and tragic dances. It’s for mature audiences because there is nudity — so burlesque fans will love it, ballet fans will love it and Frankenstein fans will love it.” To the purists, she points out that “the historical definition of burlesque is satire, so anything
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can be a burlesque.” —Mark Cofta Fri.-Sun., Nov. 15-17, $15-$20, Skybox at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., 215-715-9757, brownpapertickets.com/ event/456697.
[ dance ]
✚ A MICRO FESTIVAL OF STUBBORN OCCASIONS There’s big doings when Mascher Space Co-op hosts a micro festival of stubborn occasions, which offers a weekend of performances by artists-in-residence Christina Gesualdi, Gregory Holt and Marcel W. Foster. Each artist has an individual ap-
proach and aesthetic. Gesualdi’s piece is a duet set in a fire escape hallway that may test your endurance (it’s two hours long, but, hey, you can come and go as you please). Holt goes on a gestural journey that encompasses somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 sequential unrepeated movements, while Foster revives his drag-parody Jane Goodall character for a new work that celebrates the wonders of whiskey and chocolate. Come and get a taste by seeing just one, or get a festival pass and drink it all up. —Deni Kasrel Fri.-Sun., Nov. 15-17, $15 (per performance), $30 (festival pass), Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave., mascherdance.org.
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SUNDAY
11.17 [ metal ]
✚ ABSU The Dallas-based three-piece Absu has always categorized their music as “Mythological Occult Metal,” a label redolent of dusty, pentagram-covered tomes read by the light of
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spiderwebbed candelabras. In practice, it translates into sharp, visceral thrash with pummeling blast beats and harsh, stabbing riffery. The tag refers less to that sonic approach than to the band’s obsession with Celtic and Sumerian mythology, which results in lots of obscure allusions to magic and folklore in the spit-growl vocals of the trio’s longest-remaining member, drummer Proscriptor McGovern. (Yes, it’s also the kind of band whose members adopt monikers suitable for a Salem witch trial.)
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approach is pared down and deceptively direct, songs of yearning and loss set against stark guitar and melancholy cello (courtesy of Espers’ Helena Espvall). But the delicate prettiness of the opening tracks turns increasingly ominous and dark
—Shaun Brady Sun., Nov. 17, 8:30 p.m., $12, with Organ Donor and Plague Dogs, Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 267-6394528, bootandsaddlephilly.com.
[ folk/pop/rock ]
✚ SONDRA SUN-ODEON Part of the psych-folk quartet Silver Summit, Sondra SunOdeon casts a gauzy, dreamlike spell on her solo debut, the aptly-named Ætherea. Her
as the album progresses, introducing electric-guitar drones and churning drums, with Sun-Odeon’s voice echoing and distant in the sludgy tempest. —Shaun Brady Sun., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., $6-$8, with Fursaxa and Orion Rigel Dommisse, Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Ave., museumfire.com/events2.
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[ post-rock ]
✚ MONO While the phrase “post-rock” can still hit a lot of nerves, the argument that the guitar-centric instrumental genre stands as a modern interpretation of classical music isn’t without merit. Mono’s heavy-handed, tear-jerking compositions make that argument stand even taller, as the Tokyo quartet is more often than not accompanied by a full-blown orchestra. The Holy Ground Orchestra again appears on Mono’s latest release,
—Marc Snitzer Tue., Nov. 19, 9:15 p.m., $12-$13, with Majeure, Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.
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WEDNESDAY
11.20 [ pop/rock ]
a remixed ’90s pop hit. Still, be prepared for a few days’ worth of ear-ringing. —Julie Zeglen
✚ SLEIGH BELLS When Sleigh Bells played Starlight Ballroom in 2010, two things struck me: One, that I wish I’d brought earplugs. And two, that I’d never had more fun being screeched at by a woman in cosmic spandex. Bitter Rivals is a lot like the noise-pop band’s previous two albums — guitar-heavy, deafening, dance-y — but cleaner, and with more singing than screaming. “Young Legends,” for one, sounds like
Wed., Nov. 20, 10 p.m., $20-$22, with Doldrums, Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 215-232-2100, utphilly.com.
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merchandise market LIMESTONE Beautiful gray, 70+ tons. Negotiable. POPLAR WIDE BOARDS 9-20 foot lengths, air dried 4 years, Reasonable. BARN BEAMS, mantles. Call 215-499-5266
2106 EAST VENANGO ST. STORE EQUIPMENT SERVICES Commercial Restaurant Equipment. Tues 11/12. Starts @ 12p. Cash only. All merchandise needs to be taken at the end of the auction. ANTIQUE VICTORIAN BABY CARRIAGE, 1870, $499. Call 609-729-4918
EAGLES (2 tix) Sec 224, row 1. Cards, Lions, Bears. 215-872-9616 Retail Store Shelving, Almost new, approx 200 linear ft. w/ 18 in shelves. $50 per section. Call267.249.3170
Bed brand new Q pillowtop matt set $175; 5pc bdrm set $399 215-355-3878 Whirlpool refrigerator, 4 burner electric range and over range microwave, White. $600/all OBO. Call 215-820-2230
2 writing dsks w/ chrs. 2 chrrywd night stands, high chest, queen sized bed. maplewood rocking chair. (610)274-1592
Piano - 1934 Steinway 5/8th Baby Grand - Ebony, excellent condition, asking $12,000. Please Call 609.653.2805
everything pets pets/livestock Please be aware Possession of exotic/wild animals may be restricted in some areas.
English Mastiff, 7wks Female AKC,champ bloodline, 2 left! dewormed and shots. $800 (856) 299-1366
***215-200-0902***
LAB PUPS 100% GUAR. READY NOW MUST COME SEE!!! 215-768-4344
Labrador Retriever Pups, AKC, field trial bred, health guarantee. Ready for Xmas. Shots & Wormed 609.374.1055
Pekingese Puppies (1) 6mo, $249. (4) 8 wks $395. Gorgeous. Call 215-579-1922 SCHNAUZER MINIATURE AKC 8 wks old, Black, $500. 610-485-4631 ENGLISH BULLDOG, 7 WKS, Female AKC BULLDOG PUPS BRINDLE AND WHITE HOME RAISED $2,200.00 (610) 287-9680 jeanjabs@yahoo.com
Toy Yorkshire Terrier - 2F, purebred, papers, 12 Wks, $700, 215.917.6417
61xx Old York Rd. 1 & 2 BR $700+Utils 2nd floor, Sec. 8 ok. Call 215-924-0524 48xx N. 11th St. 2 & 3BR $700 Section 8 OK, 2nd Flr, 610.623.0497
70xx Greenway Ave. 2BR $800 2nd flr. Heat & water incl. 267-600-9569
51xx N. 11th 2BR $720 +Utils Meticulously renovated. 215.455.5843
Coins, Currency, Slot Cars, Trains Call Local Higher Buyer - 7 Days/Wk
Dr. Sonnheim 856-981-3397 I Buy Anything Old...Except People! Military, toys, dolls etc Al 215.698.0787 JUNK CARS WANTED We buy Junk Cars. Up to $300 215-888-8662
12xx N. 54th 2BR $650 +Water Nice Area, big kitchen, 215.219.5172
5121 Springfield Ave. 1 BR $565 2nd floor. Call 215-765-5008 WINE COLLECTION 1 Cs. each "Shafer Hillside Select" 2002 thru 2008 (7 cases) in original wooden case $10,000 (215) 3273232
jobs Caregiver looking for work assisting sick & elderly. Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & car. 267-970-8808 Plumber desires position/work Bath & Kitchen Cosmetics, 215-329-0138
apartment marketplace
5163 Funston 2BR/1BA, $875 Sngl Level 5163 Funston 2BR/1BA, $975 Bi -Level Sec 8 ok, 2+1, 267-800-6940
54XX MARKET 3BR APT. $725 Great loc. (215) 471-0100
55th and Wyalusing 2br/1ba $575 utils Very good cond. 215-836-2476 5622 Cherry St. 2BR $750 + utils. Completely renovated. 215-498-2891
5xx N. 57th St. 1BR $550 + Util 24xx S. 62nd St. 2BR $630 + Util 2+1, New reno, 215-483-4344
400 N 41st St., 2br/1ba, $1200 all utils incl, new bsmnt, 215.765.5008
1447 Sparks 2BR/1BA $750+utils Duplex, reno 215.416.2757/ 267.271.6601 200 blk of Furley St. 1BR $580 + 1st, last & sec. Call 267-249-9432 5846 N Marvine St 2BR/1BA $700 + sec. Utils not incl. 215-480-6460 600 Park Ave. 1BR/1BA $600 + sec. Utils not incl. 215-480-6460
13 W. Wyneva 1BR/LR $675+Utils 2+1. Call 610-454-0292
46XX Pulaski Ave 2br/2ba $900 + utils. split lvl, a/c, w/d, garbage disp, hdwd, nr trans, 215.313.4488 / 215.842.0814 5220 Wayne Ave Studio & 1BR on site lndry, 215-525-5800 Lic# 507568 601 E. Church Lane 1BR/2BR nr LaSalle Univ. 215.525.5800 lic#494336 6311 Gardenia St. 1BR/ 1BA Modern Apt. Call 215-432-0980 EAST GERMANTOWN 2BR/1BA $750 7321 Limekiln Pike, duplex apartment with ac, dishwasher, laundry, hot water, large yard. Call 215-651-2904
60xx Larchwood 1br apt $650 heat, hot water inc. 215-747-9429 W. Phila. Apts for 62 & older, brand new eff, 1 & 2BR units. Call 215.386.4791
AKITA Female Puppy, 8 wks old, s/w, AKC , Great Temp, 856-368-9123 MALTESE PUPS - ACA reg., adorable, 4m/1f. $600 215.850.7167, 267.314.4031
1227 So 17th Street 1BR/1BA $550.00 with lg kit/close to public transit (302) 750-7130 mcdorsey@gmail.com
33&45 RECORDS HIGHER $ Really Paid
German Shepherd Pups-AKC, OSA, DNA, Champ pedigree, lrg boned, sec quality Call 609.351.3205 Great Dane, Male , Fawn colored AKC Parents on site, $1,000, over 25 yrs exp. (302) 379-3423 neillentz1@yahoo.com
RAGDOLL KITTENS: Beautiful, melt in your arms, homeraised, 1st shots. Call 610.731.0907
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BRAZILIAN FLOORING 3/4", beautiful, $2.75 sf (215) 365-5826 DIABETIC TEST STRIPS NEEDED. Pay up to $30/box. Most brands. 610.453.2525
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apartment marketplace
Apartment Homes $650-$895 www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900
QUEEN VILLAGE 2br/1ba $1100 Recently Renovated, 215-574-9223
DOMINO LN 1 & 2BR $750-$895 Renov., parking, d/w, near shopping & dining, 1ST MONTH FREE! 215-500-7808
63xx Gardenia St., 1BR/1BA, $700+utils w/w, drug free, near trans, 215.266.1034 81xx Rugby St. 2BR/1BA. $775 + utils new reno, LR, KIT. Call 215-868-2751.
66TH ST VIC - STUDIOS, 1 & 2BR MANAGER SPECIAL! heat/wtr/gas inc! Sec8ok! 215-768-8243
67xx N 18th St., 1/BR/1BA, $650+utils new reno, must see! 215.548.4374 Broad Oaks 1BR & 2BR Lndry rm. Special Discount! 215-681-1723 xx Eastburn Ave. 1BR $600+util. Duplex. Ref. $1800 move in. 215.424.1363
4500 Frankfort Ave. Studio $500 2nd floor, private kitchen. 215-289-2973 4645 Penn St. Lg 1BR $650. gas/wtr inc. 215-781-8072 4733 Leaper St. Studio/1BR Spacious, Lic. # 585162 215.525.5800 4840 Oxford Ave Studio, 1BR, 2BR. Ldry, 24/7 cam lic#214340 215.525.5800
Frankford & Cheltenham 1BR $525+ Will not last! Call 267-226-9057
57xx Weymouth, 2br, $775 All Brand New! W/D. 215 327-1789
61xx Colgate St. 1BR $575 + utils 2nd floor, $35 credit chk. 215-498-1807
9911 Lorry Pl 2BR/1BA $850+Utils 1st Flr, Credit Check, 570-974-1858 Castor Gardens 1BR/1BA $635+Utils No pets. Call 267-872-7125 LAWNDALE 1BR/1BA $635 +utils, balcony, A/C. Call 609-408-9298 Redline/Knights Rd vicinity 2BR $850 Duplex, 1st flr, a/c, w/w, w/d, References. No pets. Call 215-824-3414
Broad & Allegheny 1BR $550 + util. Near trans. 3rd floor. 215-748-1383
700 N. 4th St. 1BR $800 Modern kitchen, dishwasher, garbage disposal, w/d, refrigerator, fireplace decor, courtyard. Call (856) 582-7482
ENGLISH BULL TERRIERS 6 months 1M, shots, papers. 215-518-0045
Yorkie Puppies AKC Ready now. Call 717-278-0932
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1, 2, 3, 4 BEDROOM FURNISHED APTS Laundry-Parking 215-223-7000
Johnson St. 1 & 2 BR $675-$845 Spacious, on site laundry, heat incl, PHA Vouchers Accepted, 215.966.9371 MT. AIRY 2BR/1BA $1250+ in restored mansion w/ fp, modern kit, c/a, w/d, off st. parking, 215-849-4343
Frankfort/Knights 1BR $800/mo 2nd flr, priv entr, A/C. 215-369-1242
Upper Darby 3BR/1BA 78xx Shelbourne, Sec 8 ok, 484.633.1655
apartment marketplace Wallingford 1BR $900+utils Luxury Crum Creek Valley condo, den, A/C, W/D, pool, tennis, no pets, sec. sys. credit check. 610.399.8491 YEADON- Nice 1BR in basement. $650 incl utilities. 3 mos req. 215.356.2256
11xx N. 55TH ST. BRAND NEW BLDG Single rms $400, double rms $600. Rms w/ba $500, Rms w/ba & kit $600. Fully furn w/ full size beds, fridge, & dresser. Couples welcome! SSI/SSD/VA, Payee services, Public assistance ok. Also S, W, N. 267.707.6129 22nd & Tioga priv ent paint use of kit ww $120wk $290move in 267-997-5212 2435 W. Jefferson St. Rooms: $350/mo. Move in fee: $525. Call 215-913-8659 26/Cecil B Moore lg, fridge micro $105/wk $225 move-in 215.416.6538 2764 N. Hemberger, Large Room $350/mo., 267-257-3610
S. Phila: 29th & Reed, 2 lrg rooms, $100 $125+dep, P.O.I., req’d. 267.973.8489 SW Rooms - Use of entire house, cable, phone & AC. Call 267-228-4538 West and SW Phila $125-$140 priv rm & ba, clean & new. 215-939-5854 WEST PHILA $130/WK. 2 wk sec dep. Call Greg 267-850-8674. WILLOW GROVE Med/Lrg furnished room, $400. NP/ND. Call 215-657-1497 W Phila & G-town: Newly ren, Spacious clean & peaceful, SSI ok, 267.255.8665 W. Phila Rooms for rent $125/wk or $450/mo. 267.997.1135 / 215.290.0779
homes for rent
53xx N. Broad St. furn, Room & Apt. fridge, 27" TV, AC. 480.822.7472 652 Brooklyn St. Furn, 3rd flr., no kitch., $125 wk; $375 move in. 215-892-7198 8th & Allegheny - 2 rooms, fully furnished, kitchen, SSI ok. 267-800-6940 Allegheny near L Train. Furn, fridge, quiet $90 week. $270 sec dep. 609.703.4266 Bridge/Pratt area neat clean rooms $135/wk Sec dep req 215-432-5637 Broad & Erie, $120/week + $300 sec. single, ideal for Seniors, 215-880-1799
Castor & Huntington Park Ave, West Philly, 25th & Clearfield, 52nd & Girard. Rooms for rent. Share kitch. & bath, $375 & up. SSI ok.Call 267-888-1754 Frankford, nice rm in apt, near bus & El, $300 sec, $90/wk & up. 215-526-1455 Germantown Area: NICE, cozy rooms. Private entry. No drugs. (267)988-5890
Germantown, furn., good loc. clean, quiet, near transp. 215.849.8994 12-8p
Germantown Rooms - $450-$500/mo Trans at door, utils incld, 215.908.7810
N. 57th St. - Rooms $125/wk. Very lrg, newly renov., furn. Call 267-581-1933 N. Phila. $75 & up. SSI & Vets + ok, drug free. Avail immed. 215-763-5565 Olney $105 & Up, furn. kit privs, coin-op, crpt. 516.527.0186 Philadelphia, Wynnefield, $75/wk $225 move in, 484.278.4025 Richmond $400/mo. kit privileges Seniors Welcome 215-634-1139 South Phila, Fully furn, new luxury rooms Bedding, refrig, microwave, ceiling fans, recessed lighting, bath in rooms, $100-$200/weekly. Call 267-304-1227
214 N Simpson, 3BR/1BA, $775+utils Credit Check, 215.464.9371 225 N Gross St. 3BR/1BA $895 www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900
12th & Lehigh 2BR House $600 + utils. Section 8 ok. 2 mo sec. 267-984-1080 16xx N. 30th 4BR/1BA $800+utils Lovely, large, fresh paint, open porch, yard & basement. Call 215.635.2687 23xx N. 18th St. Lrg 4br/1ba Updated, hardwood, ceramic tiles, ceiling fans. Section 8 ok. Please call 1-877-371-7368 6150 Charles St. 3BR/1BA $900/mo. 135 E. Lippincott 3BR/1BA $650/mo. 3353 Amber St. 3BR/1BA $750/mo. Section 8 Welcome. Call 516.361.5005
1xx W Logan Ave. 7BR Section 8 OK, 2 mo sec. 215.539.7866
63xx Wister St. 3BR/1BA $999 +Utils new reno & Appls, 1+1, 610-792-9962 39XX N.17th St., 61XX Walton Ave, 22XX W. Allegheny Ave, 5XX Natrona St., etc. 3BR/1.5BA $8001800 Multiple homes for rent/3/4 bedrms., newly renovated. SECTION 8 WELCOMED! (267) 240-1722
1500 S. Hollywood St. 3BR/1BR $800. New bath, hdwd floors, 215-370-1515 15xx S Bouvier 2BR $850+Utils W/D, Fridge, C/A, 2+1, 215-878-9309 4XX Fitzgerald St. 2BR/1BA $1100 Renovated, Cent.Air, New Kitchen, S/s Appl., Granite,Hardwood (267) 210-5810
Point Breeze-17XX S. TAYLOR ST. 3BR/1BA $895-Gorgeous rehabbed row on nice block w carpet, newer bath and appliances. Barbecue ready yard. $895 incl water max $100. Needs nothing. 2.5 months to move in. Pix on craigslist. Please call 215-279-1234 and leave MSG.
26xx S Holbrook 4BR $950+Utils W/D, C/A, Fridge, 2+1, 215-878-9309 53XX Glenmore 2BR $625+Utils Move in $2025, Sec 8 ok, 215-310-5762 60xx Trinity St. 3BR $725/month. $725 dep + $1450 move in. 215.740.0200 73xx Wheeler St., 3br/1ba, $850+utils 75xx Wheeler St., 2br/1ba, $850+utils finished basement. Call 610-960-0175 South West Phila 2BR /3BR "Modern." Elmwood Area. 215.726.8817 U of Phila 3BR/1BA $800 +utils. enclosed porch, backyard, all appls, section 8 welcome. 267-228-4538
Onley, 3br/1ba, $850/mo New Renovated, 267.249.3170
33xx Percy 3BR 1BA $650+Utils $1950 move in, 215-470-4918
13XX McFerran. 3BR/1BA $795+Utils 2+1, Sec 8 ok, no pets, 215-539-7866
2449 E. Ann St. 3BR/1.5BA $900+Utils Newly renov, central air & heat, credit check req’d. No pets. 267.767.3551 Port Richmond 2br/1ba $800 + util. New kitchen, W/D, fireplace, W/W. Call 215-632-7939
18XX Schiller 5BR/1BA $1100 +Utils 34XX Joyce 3BR/1BA $795 +Utils No pets. Section 8 ok. 215-539-7866 20xx Commissioner, 3BR, $795/mo New Renovations, W/D, yard, Section 8 welcome. Call 215-620-1135 8XX E.Westmoreland 4BR/1.5BA $800 Freshly painted, hardwood, new kitchen, close to everything (267) 210-5810
Kensington Large 3br/1ba $700 + utils. Eat in kitchen, yard. 215-836-1960.
5272 Glenloch 2BR $750+utils. LR, bsmnt, A/C, sec 8 ok. 267.808.8432 13xx N. 58th St. 4br/1ba Sec. 8 OK. Call (610) 734-0279 2BR 3BR Houses Sec. 8 Welcome Beautifully renovated Call (267)981-2718
5517 Chancellor, 3BR/1BA, $765 new renov. Sec 8 OK. 215.765.5008 61xx Girard 3BR $550+Utils Row, porch, yard, 215-701-7076
automotive Acura TL 2008, $16,425 Like new, black beauty, loaded, moon roof 59k, Call Chris - 215.680.2191 BMW 328i 2007 $10,500 Sports pkg., 4 dr sedan, sunroof, leather, 1 owner, 90K miles. 914-263-6299 Ford F250 2004 $13,700/obo Diesel, Ext. Cab, 92k, INSP, 610.585.0510
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