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Edgar Pagan, 18: “President Obama, I ask you to please, nationwide, at the very least, start putting an emphasis on the urban public school system in America ... ”

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our people in 18-year-old Edgar Pagan’s life had been shot to death on the streets of Philadelphia by the time he graduated high school last week. While reflecting on his time at Girard College—a 1-12 boarding school for kids with high grades who come from families with low bank accounts—Pagan realized he wanted to write his thoughts on his life and these deaths and the wheel of fortune, the roulette wheel really, that separated them. He just wasn’t sure where to share those thoughts.

A while ago, NewsWorks and PlanPhilly journalist Amy Quinn visited the school. Pagan, assigned to be her student guide, mentioned his interest in writing the story. Knowing I report on urban violence, Quinn told me about Pagan. A few weeks later, I was chatting with photographer Zoe Strauss when

she mentioned that she’d just scored an invitation to the White House’s LGBT Pride Month Reception.

Strauss said that if she was going to get to meet President Obama, she wanted to bring other voices from Philadelphia along with her, and asked me if I knew anyone who would like to write a letter to Obama. Remembering Pagan, I said yes.

A few phone calls, emails and a trip running across campus later, Pagan was found in the chapel getting ready to walk down the aisle for graduation. Afterward, he wrote down all the thoughts that had been swimming through his head as he prepares to head to Rutgers in the fall. Last Friday, Zoe Strauss personally delivered that letter to the president.

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Philadelphia was once known for its brotherly love and Independence Mall.

Now, it is more known for its violent people and poor elementary education. The people of Philadelphia have been plagued by high crime and the murder rate and the failing schools stretching citywide.

I was one of the lucky ones.

I attended Webster Elementary School until fourth grade, when my mother realized how unfulfilling and unsuccessful the Philadelphia public school system was, and still is. I was moved to Ascension of Our Lord School, where I received the education the youth of this city needs, although it was still a very poor school. Once I graduated with honors, I attended Girard College. I graduated with a 3.5 GPA on June 7, 2012. I cannot stress how much Girard College has influenced and turned my life completely around. It has shaped me into a better young man than I would have ever been. I realized this during my freshman year.

On Oct. 11, 2008, I was at home on Jasper Street in Kensington standing near my room waiting to use the bathroom, when my mother told me that my cousin Polla has been shot. Then my grandmother called me and told me that the shots were fatal, and that he drew his last breath near A Street on the north side of Philadelphia.

As it turns out, he was shot for placing a beer bottle on the neighbor’s steps, not knowing the fatal consequences he would have to face later on. He was about 34. His birthday was only a few days away. The suspect was just a kid like me, about 18-21 years old. His mother lived in the house where the bottle was placed.

Now, people who read this might say that I am just another person complaining about the school system. But no one can deny that if that kid received a quality education and found a passion for learning, like so many whose parents pull them out of the public school system, he would not have been in and out of a jail cell since he was 15 and the life of my cousin Polla would have been spared.

But even the loss of my own blood could not match the loss I faced, and more importantly, the loss the whole Hispanic community of North Philadelphia faced, during my senior year at Girard College.

I remember Jan. 11, 2012, as if it was yesterday. I was in my dorm room on my laptop when I began to see Facebook status updates saying, “R.I.P. Javy, Donti, and Fatty.” There were too many status updates to count. The names sounded familiar, so I looked up the news story and that’s when I saw their faces: They were three good friends and three young boys. Sixteen-year-old Javier Orlandi and 14-year-old Joshua Soto, the one I was closest to, were pronounced dead at the scene. Dante Lugo, 14, fought for his life in St. Christopher’s Hospital. Facebook pages

to support their family were set up, such as “Pray For Donti.” Everyone in the neighborhood gathered outside the hospital in support, but he eventually drew his last breath in that hospital bed and was taken off life support.

Memorial services were set up throughout all of North Philadelphia. One in particular caught everyone’s attention. A memorial was set up near the crime scene in Juniata Park. People came to pray, to remember, to weep, to place candles and teddy bears, even to shoot music videos in honor and to remember the boys. I attempted to attend the memorial service that Friday but, like everyone else, I was crying and mourning way too much to go anywhere. I drove by and broke down into tears.

I cannot fully blame the boys or the alleged murderer, Axel Barreto. The boys were looking for a fight with Barreto’s stepsons over an argument that began on Facebook—and yes, I do understand that if a group of boys wanted to fight your sons, any father or mother would seek to protect his or her own. But what I do not approve of is that now people are too quick to pick up a gun and begin opening fire to resolve their problems. They were only kids. There is no way to justify that murder, whatsoever, at least in my opinion.

Think of the education both sides had. If the boys were well-educated and raised in a neighborhood other than the Badlands, they may have not been so quick to resort to violence during an altercation. They would have had better problem-solving skills. If Barreto received a better education, he might have known that violence is not the way. The Philadelphia School District does not know what effect it has when they have to make cuts on budgets or teachers. These are the long-term effects.

Violence, murder, stupidity.

Mayor Nutter, in response to the boys’ deaths, had a speech saying he will make a crackdown on the curfew for minors and on gun violence. I have seen neither. If he is reading this, I urge him to crack down harder and soon, before another entire community loses their young.

President Obama, I ask you to please, nationwide, at the very least, start putting an emphasis on the urban public school system in America to better themselves, to promote schools such as Girard College, and to provide more help to schools such as Girard so that kids, such as the ones stated above, can avoid being on the streets. Also, I ask you to urge the mayor to truly crack down on the curfew and the parents of kids so that tragedies such as this one can be avoided. Please and thank you, sir.

Sincerely, Edgar Javier Pagan The Breakdown is a new weekly column by Staff Writer Tara Murtha, who regularly reports on urban violence, gender issues, animal welfare and any other social-justice issues we can think of.

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The two men’s business is recycling, more specifically electronics recycling, and business is good.

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On this morning, Nygard and Harper are set up next to the Lower Moyamensing Flea Market along Broad Street, and they’re happy to see people driving up with trunkloads of obsolete electronics rather than just dumping them on city curbs.

“I think people are really starting to get the message that this is something they need to do,” says Nygard.

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As eForce’s managing director, Nygard oversees all aspects of the operation. But he’s hardly averse to pulling on gloves and helping hoist TVs and computer monitors into the back of the truck. “This business is a real passion of mine,” he says.

Both men say they’ve been amazed at some of the Philly e-waste that’s come their way, including television sets from, well, the dawn of television, and rare, vintage stereo components. “Some of it looks like it’s been sitting in somebody’s basement for 60, 70 years,” says Harper.

At the end of the day, the truckload of e-waste goes to eForce’s 100,000-square-foot headquarters to be “demanufactured.” Per regulations, computers are wiped clean of their data. Toxic materials are carefully removed. Plastic, steel and other components are broken down and

sorted by hand instead of industrystandard shredders because, as Nygard explains, shredding creates a large amount of unrecyclable “fluff” as well as airborne particles that could threaten employees’ respiratory health.

Nygard notes that eForce is one of only seven e-waste recycling companies in the nation certified by both Responsible Recycling (R2) and e-Stewards—the two independent e-waste accreditation programs endorsed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that establish strict standards for processing e-waste, disposing of hazardous substances and re-selling materials.

“We have to account for the material not only when we get it but when we give it to somebody and they give it to somebody, all down the chain, so we’re doing the environmentally responsible thing,” says Nygard.

Once the e-waste is fully processed, eForce sells the materials to companies that grind it down into feed stock for raw materials. And they try to keep it all local. “There are markets outside of Philly where we can get more money for our materials, but we’re a Philadelphia company so we want to make sure everything we do stays in the city,” says Nygard.

“Nobody’s getting rich with this, but we can help create a lot of green jobs in Philly, and we’re doing something that matters.” n Workin’ It is a weekly column by Staff Writer Michael Alan Goldberg, who peeks into the working lives of Philadelphians.

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Their new book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, is a tour through five distinct American communities that used to be vibrant and vital—but today stand as broken monuments to post-industrial decay, violence and sickness.

These are places the authors have dubbed “sacrifice zones”: areas across the country “that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement.” Welch, W. Va., where both the land and the people have been ripped apart by the mining industry. Pine Ridge, S.D., where the Native American population has been devastated by generations of government malfeasance. Immokalee, Fla., where migrant workers are subject to sweatshop conditions.

And our own urban neighbor, Camden, frequently named among the poorest and most dangerous cities in the United States.

Each chapter of the book pairs Hedges’ moody, intense, in-depth reporting from those locales with Sacco’s illustrations and cartoons depicting the first-person life stories of the people who live there. The tales therein—both the intimate personal ones and the big sociopolitical ones—are as unsettling as they are impossible to put down.

This week, PW offers an exclusive excerpt from Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt—a six-page illustrated sequence telling the story of Camden resident Lolly Davis—along with a one-on-one interview with co-author Chris Hedges, who’ll be appearing at the Free Library on Thursday, June 21, to discuss the book.

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PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY: Why did you choose to pair your reporting with Joe Sacco’s illustrations and comics?

CHRIS HEDGES: Because you can physically see it. You can do things photographs can’t. One, it can actually create a moving film-like series of actions. It can go back into the past. It can give you a visual panorama of change—of how people have undergone change.

[Joe and I] had worked together before, on shorter projects. Once you throw those illustrations in, it gives this kind of punch that simple prose doesn’t have … He’s quite well-known in Europe. Better known in France and Belgium than he is in the States because they have a longer history of the graphic novel as an art form.

You covered cities in New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, New York, South Dakota. How did you come up with these places—and were there other places you considered profiling in the beginning?

We really did it statistically. We went to the poorest pockets of the country. So I would have liked to have balanced out the undocumented workers by going to California, but the labor laws are far worse in Florida. There’s less protection.

For instance, collective bargaining is legal in Florida, but firing a worker for attempting to organize is not illegal. In California, you’re technically protected from that. So, we really just went right to the bottom. Wherever that was, that’s where we went.

What have people not read about that is so surprising about that?

Well, how vast it is. If you haven’t read about it at all, it’s pretty appalling. It’s just about turning hundreds of thousands of acres into a wasteland, a polluted wasteland that will never be reclaimed. But I think most people who haven’t been [to Appalachia] don’t understand how massive the destruction is—and the consequences of it are just terrifying. Because it’s not coming back, ever.

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This is stuff you’ve been reporting on, in various publications, for a while. Was there anything you found while researching the book that surprised you?

Yeah—how widespread [American decline] is. Because these people are invisible. I think both Joe and I were really thrown by what’s happening to the Appalachian Mountains. When you fly over it, it is really horrifying. And you can’t get a sense of it unless you fly over it. We are destroying the oldest mountain range in the United States.

It’s the watershed of the eastern seaboard, it’s the lungs, it’s just insane. I mean, I’d read about it. But I was not prepared for the scale of it.

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The general theme of the book seems to be, if not in these exact words, the decline of the United States.

I would say the general thesis is built around the destructive force of unregulated and unfettered capitalism—corporate capitalism that is destroying the country, in the same way it’s destroying the ecosystem of the planet.

So, what do you think for the average American, the most prominent, out-in-the-open, visible examples of this happening?

It’s all around us. How many schools have been closed in Philadelphia? Sixty-four?

Well, that’s the plan.

Yeah, well—everywhere we look. I mean, what does North Philly look like? What does Camden look like? All the physical signs of decay and decline are there. Firehouses being closed, libraries being closed, hundreds of thousands of people just lost their unemployment benefits. It’s all there. It’s just usually not part of a broader narrative. We note the phenomenon that 64 schools are closing in Philly.

But we don’t put it in a political or economic context, and that’s what [Joe and I] tried to do. Everybody knows Camden is a bleak wasteland—and, you know, we spent a lot of time on the streets of Camden—but [our goal was] really to investigate the forces, including [New Jersey insurance executive and political boss] George Norcross III, that have [allegedly] orchestrated this.

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So, what do you believe that Philadelphia should know about Norcross, who’s part of the group that just acquired ownership of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News? In the book, you quote from some tapes of Norcross that were made during a lawenforcement investigation in 2001—hours’ worth of recordings from which only 90 minutes have ever been made public.

We have this brief little snapshot… of how power works internally. Norcross is the perfect poster child of the new corporate overlord. It used to be thugs, you know—the Mafia or Al Capone—but now it’s different. Now it’s money.

Vast sums of money. And, you know, there are a few people that still play by the rules—and that money is used to crush them. It’s not just George Norcross—he’s just close by. This is how it works, by and large, across the whole country.

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In the first chapter, you mention that, almost since the founding of America, there’s been a pattern of protecting corporate interests. Do you believe the American reality, right from the get-go, made what’s happening now inevitable?

The people who founded this country were the wealthy, and they created a political system that excluded women, African Americans, Native Americans, anyone who didn’t own property, indentured servants. The electoral college, the creation of the Senate—because senators used to be appointed—it was all designed to keep out the rabble.

And, as Howard Zinn, I think, quite effectively illustrates in A People’s History of the United States, the struggle for democracy has been the struggle by marginalized groups to open the system up. And we opened it up pretty well—until these corporate forces fought back. And almost all the gains, including the New Deal legislation, it’s all been wiped out. And these people have reasserted themselves, with one crucial difference: The robber barons worked within the confines of the nation state. The new corporate overlords have no loyalty to the nation. They have destroyed the manufacturing base in this country so they can pay sweatshop workers in Bangladesh 22 cents an hour. They have parked their profits overseas so they don’t pay taxes. I mean, it’s just obscene. Corporations like General Electric or Bank of America pay no income tax [some years]. I pay more income tax than both of those two corporations put together. And in this sense, we talk about sacrifice zones, places that have been sacrificed, destroyed.

Well, left unchecked, these corporations will turn the whole damn country into a sacrifice zone, so what happened in Camden is just going to happen to the rest of us. It already is happening to the rest of us.

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Do you see these urban sacrifice zones expanding to the rest of the country within— Sure, the difference between Philly and Camden is that you have some parts of Philly that are still functional. In Camden, everything went. It’s an extreme example. The situation’s not getting better in Philly—it’s getting worse.

And not just Philly. It’s getting worse everywhere.

Where do you see the United States being in, say, the next 10 to 15 years?

It will resemble a third-world country. You’ll have your little pockets where the oligarchic, elite exist. And two thirds of the country will struggle.

All right. (Nervous laughter.)

Well, look at journalism. What’s happened to journalism over the trajectory of my career is terrifying. It’s been destroyed. And there’s no place for these people to go.

They all write for the Internet for free, but they can’t make a living at it. And that’s just within my own profession.

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You spend a good deal of time talking about the Occupy movement, as well. What significance do you think that has within this general decline?

It’s seriously important. Because, first of all, it articulates the grievances and injustices that are not articulated by good corporate or commercial media. It, in essence, told people they weren’t alone. It created a movement whereby people could feel empowered, and I think that it’s certainly suffered some severe body blows and that’s exactly what the state intended to do. But it’s not going away.

Because the engine of mass movements are a ruling class that fails to respond. And the longer things deteriorate, the more it becomes inevitable that there is a backlash; there’s some kind of mass response. What it will look like, whether it will even be called Occupy, I don’t know. I’ve covered movements as a reporter, no one knows. But it’s not dead. And because the power elite, or the ruling class, has not responded rationally; a rational response would have meant a massive jobs program targeted especially at the young, a moratorium on foreclosures and bank repossessions, a forgiveness of the $1 trillion in student debt—I mean, that would be a rational response, a New Deal kind of response. But the only response the state has offered is one of force. And for that reason, a clash is inevitable, but no one knows when.

It seems like within this idea of the Occupy movement being a revolt, it’s been hard for a lot of the things you mentioned to get done due to the gridlock in Washington. Do you think there’s any hope of a movement like that affecting what’s going to happen in Washington, given the circumstances these days?

That’s not the goal of the movement. Nobody’s sitting around talking about what’s going on in Washington.

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Sure—but since we’re talking about a New Deal-type situation being a rational response to the movement, wouldn’t you say that— Well, I’m saying that because the government doesn’t do that, it cannot dissipate the movement. I mean, when Conrad Black wrote his biography on Roosevelt, he said that Roosevelt’s greatest achievement was that he saved capitalism. And that’s right. But we don’t have a Roosevelt.

We have a [JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO] Jamie Dimon, [Goldman Sachs CEO] Lloyd Blankfein. We don’t have any vision at all other than quarterly profit. And they’re running the show.

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And we have a president who, despite all the rhetoric that’s thrown at him being a socialist and what have you, still seems to believe that the businessman is what can save America.

I don’t even know what he believes. It’s sort of irrelevant.

And I’m not interested in what he says. I’ve covered politicians for a long time. I’m interested in what he does, and he’s completely captive to corporate power. And, you know I sued the guy in federal court and I won. He has been complicit in stripping us of our civil liberties, including due process, which is the case I raised against him. He’s used the Espionage [Act] six times to shut down whistleblowers and leakers, including leaks to The New York Times about war crimes. I mean, he’s just destroyed investigative journalism in this country because no one wants to talk, they’re terrified of going to prison. This is all a Democratic administration.

In addition to that, something you talk about in the book is the militarization of the police force.

You do a night raid in North Philly, what’s the difference in how they look at the weapons they’re carrying from a night raid in Fallujah? None. They even dress the same: in black.

And it seems like you say in the book that the less control the state has over the people, the more they go toward this militarization of the police force.

Yeah, because they know what’s coming. And that’s why they’re gutting the legal system, so we don’t have any protection. That’s why they’re criminalizing dissent. And that’s why they’re creating, essentially, paramilitarized police units. They know, you know, you sit down with an analyst in the [National Security Agency], they’re not going to tell you anything different than what I’m telling you.

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So what, if anything, do you hope to accomplish with the publication of Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt?

I want people to see what’s happening to this country. And I want people to begin to viscerally feel, from those we write about, what these corporate forces have done to us.

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U.S. Air Guitar Championships

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et ready to have your face melted off ... or at least act like it’s melting. The U.S. Air Guitar Championships is holding one of its regional contests in Philly this week. Now in its 10th year, the competition lets people show off their air-playing skills and compete to be crowned Air Guitar Champion. Everyone in Philadelphia is encouraged to sign up and compete, or just come

by Johnny Brenda’s and show your support. After two rounds, the winner (and the winners from 11 other cities) will be flown to Denver to compete in the nationals. There, the U.S. champion will be crowned and sent to Finland to compete in the world championships. Worth a shot? Yes! The event is hosted by Bjorn Turoque, star of the 2006 documentary Air Guitar Nation, and will be judged by the 2008 U.S. and World Air Guitar Champion, Hot Lixx Hulahan. BRENDA HILLEGAS

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The Hives

Best of the Chefs

No one rocks out in top hats and tails like Sweden’s Hives. Footage at Coachella shows a sun-bleached, half naked crowd, the 107-degree heat shimmering in hazy late afternoon light. Even so, Pelle Almqvist and crew, decked out like extras in a Jeeves and Wooster episode, make no concession to weather, strutting, lunging, leaping and high kicking. Their show is an explosive amalgam of unadulterated rockers like mid-1960s Stones, first-album Stooges and the MC5, as well as conceptual riffers like the White Stripes and Devo. The Hives’ albums—from 1997’s Barely Legal to this year’s Lex Hives— may sound the same, but the show is equal parts theater and rock show, and in every way a good time. JENNIFER KELLY 8pm. $25-28. With Fidlar and Flesh Lights.

The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215.627.1332. electricfactory.info

You sit through the telethons, the fund-drives and the PSAs from all your favorite public media outlets, but we’re willing to bet it takes a lot more than that to get you to open your wallet and donate. Well, wannabe-do-gooder, this event is for you: you can support WHYY television, radio and community programs by eating exquisite food and drinking in a garden. At Best of the Chefs, you’ll sample cuisine from a slew of local eateries and vote on which dish you think is the award-winning bite. There will also be raffles, live music, beer gardens and specialty cocktails. If this isn’t philanthropy, we don’t know what is. ABIGAIL BRULEY

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Wed., June 20, 8pm. $10. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. usairguitar.com

The Country MIRIAM DOAN

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After two years, Tiny Dynamite finally pokes its head out of a bar and decides to go for a pastoral outing with its new production of Martin Crimp’s deliriously spooky The Country. Since 2010, Emma Gibson’s enterprising company has developed legions of fans with its smashingly successful pub drama series, A Play, a Pie, a Pint—in which audiences were offered a beer and a bite while enjoying a tasty one-act play served up in a Philly bar. The Country, however, will be staged without suds in the tiny Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5.

A compelling psychological drama, Crimp’s play concerns a doctor who moves his family from the big city to an idyllic country hamlet in search of rural bliss. All seems well at first, but then the doctor discovers an unconscious woman along a road and takes her back to his house. Disproving the old adage that no good deed goes unrewarded, the doctor’s heroism turns into a nightmare as Crimp’s spare, surgically precise language turns the tale into one of the tensest and most unusually provocative thrillers on the modern stage. J. COOPER ROBB

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8pm. $15-$20. Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. 800.838.3006. brownpapertickets.com/event/217386

7-9pm. $35-$55. WHYY, 150 N. Sixth St. 215.351.0511. whyy.org

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Savage in Limbo While knocking back a few local brews in one of Philly’s most intimate Irish pubs (Fergie’s!), DysFUNctional Theater invites patrons to eavesdrop on a group of five losers as they desperately search for meaning in their hilariously tragic lives. Though set in the ’80s inside a seedy Bronx bar, this play— by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck)— tackles something that modern audiences can easily relate to: the feeling that our lives are stuck in neutral. Founded by Ruchama Bilenky, bass player for the local psychoceltic/glam-blues group Sylvia Platypus, DysFUNctional Theater has been working to bring mostly obscure, female-oriented works to the Philly stage since 2001. Past productions include Fefu and Her Friends, The White Whore and Le Mirage/Dead City Philly. NICOLE FINKBINER 7pm. $8-$10. Through June 30. Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom St. 215.928.8118. fergies.com

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Walk the Moon You really didn’t think that Walk the Moon could get any cuter, did you? The ’80s hairdos, synchronized aeroberdancing and face-painted hippies of their debut “Anna Sun” video ... it’s all enough to curl you into a ball. But then they went ahead and visited the elementary school superchoir P.S. 22, the adorable kiddies who make a habit of singing along with rock stars. Watching a few dozen youngsters belt out the uplifting lyric “I can lift a car up all by myself”—in tune!—is enough to melt even the coldest heart. The vids caught fire on the Internet, just as the dance routine on their original “Anna Sun” video did. It’s all a pretty ideal setup for this week’s release of

their major-label debut, a pristine paean to indie pop, for which they actually painted 600 unique album covers. With tennis balls and paint guns. Adorable. JEFFREY BARG 7pm. $12-$16. With Find Vienna + Vacationer.

Theater of the Living Arts, 334 South St. livenation.com

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22 Turning Violet Violet Turning Violet Violet has mastered the art of masking heavy lyrics with upbeat pop tunes.

The band performs with a ferocious honesty not often seen in the indie scene. The song “Take Away” exemplifies touching, heartfelt lyrics covered by lighter tunes, where lead singer Sarah Gulish croons about the passing of her grandmother. This six-piece lighten things up with melodic guitars and swelling vocals and we wouldn’t be surprised to find a sound bite from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory thrown in, a nod to the origin of the band’s namesake. GABRIELLE CHEPURNY 8pm. $10. With the Deer Tracks and Nouela.

Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

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Zombie Beach Party With face-eaters in Miami and heart-andbrain-munchers in Maryland, it’s just a matter of time before the zombie apocalypse overtakes Philadelphia (and we’re not talking about the walking dead that is this season’s Phillies squad). So you might as well embrace the inevitable and head over to tonight’s Zombie Beach Party at the Troc and get zombified, because it’s much better to be the eater than the eaten. We think. Makeup artists will be on hand to transform the willing into fleshchomping ghouls, and sets from surf-rockers the Sharkskins and the Slotcars will probably keep you dancing instead of looking for the human smorgasbord. Here’s a bonus joke to help you break the ice with the undead lass or lad of your dreams: What does a vegan zombie eat? Graaaaaaiins!! MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG 8pm. $10-$15. Trocadero, 1003 Arch St. 215.922.6888. thetroc.com

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40th Street Summer Series Venture west this evening for eclectic musical shenanigans in one of West Philly’s picturesque open green spaces. Gypsy accordion meets funk meets Balkan brass in the kickoff event featuring Slavic Soul Party. This Brooklyn, N.Y.-based band is taking time out of their travels—which have spanned Europe, Africa and New York City’s competitive club scene—for a fusion jam session here in Philly.

This is only the first of the summer’s monthly concerts that will bring a new cohesive community to 40th and Walnut, where Penn’s unbuttoned summer crowd will mingle with the further West Philly beat, to the tune of renowned musical acts. The early birds will also score free Rita’s Water Ice. So head over early, pack a picnic and rhythmically linger to gospel/reggae/dub/Balkan grooves. If you can’t imagine it, you should probably check it out. aLLyn gaesteL 6pm. Free. 40th and Walnut Streets. universitycity.org/40th-street-summer-series

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7:30pm. $22. Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

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deemed “The Funniest Man Under 30” by Rolling Stone and one of the “Top 10 Comedians of the Decade” by Paste. In addition to hosting the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, he’s also starred in a slew of hit comedies including 30 Minutes or Less, I Love You, Man, Observe & Report and Funny People. n.F. 7pm. $45-$53. Kimmel Center, 250 S. Broad St. kimmelcenter.org

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More importantly: Check out this super-classy event Xfinity Live! is hosting—a celebrity pingpong event to benefit the distressed children of the Moyer foundation. Founded by All-Star pitcher Jamie Moyer and his wife, the foundation is dedicated to empowering children by providing them with education and support.

Participants can play a game of table tennis with their favorite players from the Phillies, the Union and more, or participate in a silent auction offering exclusive sports, travel and leisure items. a.B. 5:30pm. $100-$250. Xfinity Live! Center, 1100 Pattison Ave. 267.687.7724. xfinitylive.com

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Manayunk Arts Festival The Manayunk Arts Festival celebrates its 23rd anniversary with an outdoor event featuring more than 300 vendors selling glass work, ceramics and artwork. The Arts Festival is the largest outdoor, juried gathering in the region; more than 60 jewelers alone will be on hand (check out local designer Zoe Einbinder, who will be selling her funky and fruity earrings, necklaces and rings). Local restaurants and shops will have extended hours, so take in the sights and then stay for a bite. KateLynn Hartman Sat., June 23-Sun., June 24. 11am. Free. Main Street. manayunk.com

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25 Hazard County Set in rural Kentucky, Hazard County focuses on a would-be TV producer who thinks he’s found a hot story in the saga of Ruth, a widow unable to access the trust fund her murdered husband established for their kids. A story about racism and Southern stereotypes, the play’s central story is interspersed with monologues from fans of the fabulously awful TV show The Dukes of Hazzard. Hazard is the inaugural production for Azuka Theatre’s New Professionals program which showcases recent college graduates. With the exception of director Allison Heishman, all the artists involved in the production recently graduated from a local college or university. This is a unique opportunity to catch some of Philly’s most promising young actors in their professional debuts. J.C.r.

Through July 1. $15-$27. Off-Broad Street Theater, First Baptist Church, 1636 Sansom St. azukatheatre.org

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Sun., June 24, 7:30pm. $53.50-$63.50.

With Eric Benet. Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. 215.572.7650. keswicktheatre.com

Exitmusic The crooning tunes of Exitmusic leave goose bumps on the skin and send chills down the spine. Whether that’s from the achingly beautiful voice of Aleksa Palladino or the sometimes guttural tones of the accompanying band, we’re not quite sure. The experience of Exitmusic’s live performance brings out the best and the worse in us, where sweeping melodies and drawn out vocals spur memories we swore were long forgotten. Not unfamiliar to the area but different from everyone else, this onequarter Canadian four-piece brings the frost of Northern weather to the American East Coast like nothing we’ve ever seen before. g.C. 8pm. $10. With Stagnant Pools + Nothing.

Milkboy Philly, 1100 Chestnut St. 215.925.6455. milkboyphilly.com

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This young comedian first won over TV audiences and critics as Tom Haverford, the desperately debonair government official on NBC’s Emmy-nominated series Parks and Recreation.

And as hilarious as the character might be, few would have suspected that Ansari would become one of the most prolific and lauded comedic talents on the scene, having been

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When you’re basically living on the road, it takes a while to commit songs to record.

But Dan Bern takes this maxim—like most things—to the extreme. A couple of the best tunes on his brand-new Drifter—“Party by Myself,” “The Golden Voice of Vin Scully”— have been kicking around his live setlists for more than a decade. But a new album doesn’t necessarily mean a predictable setlist for Bern anyway: His shows have always been freewheeling hootenanny affairs, enjoyably whipsawing from ancient unreleased gem to just-wrote-it-last-night tune with the switch of a harmonica. And speaking of unpredictable: Not only did he just drop Drifter five minutes ago, but he’s releasing Doubleheader—an album of all sports-related songs—next freaking month. This show might be a preview of these two stellar new discs, but you should probably bank more on just being surprised. And entertained. J.B.

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emember those good ol’ days when R&B music was performed by grown-ass women? You know, those mature, adult, seen-it-all sistas who didn’t so much sing songs as belt out melodic life lessons. Back in the day, it seemed like R&B music was full of them: Aretha, Gladys, Patti, Anita. Sure, you can lump full-fledged pop divas Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige in with these legendary ladies.

(We’ll just leave that excessively gyrating Rihanna outta this, thank you very much.) But, if you want an old-school R&B songstress who talks directly to the grown and sexy, you can’t go wrong with Ledisi. With a name that literally means “to bring forth” in the West African language of Yoruba, the New Orleans-bred, multiple Grammy-nominated Ledisi is a soul performer who has been known to vocally come with it, whether onstage or on one of her albums, like last year’s Pieces of Me. Before she heads back to the Big Easy to perform at the Essence Music Festival in July, catch her in concert this week, where she’ll most likely be in full, grown-ass force. Craig D. LinDsey

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Building the Perfect Drink The behind-the-scenes story of Chinatown’s long-anticipated new craft cocktail bar, Hop Sing Laundromat.

By Brian Freedman bfreedman@philadelphiaweekly.com

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êe sits at the bar in a tailored polo and his signature fork-tine glasses, a newsboy cap and several boxes of cigarettes scattered in front of him. Shakers and glasses and straws, too. He doesn’t drink all that much anymore—no more than a glass of wine with dinner, really— and it’s remarkable how little he sips each of the sample concoctions his bartenders are mixing up.

This is Hop Sing Laundromat: the new craft cocktail bar Lêe has finally opened in Chinatown after months of teasing the press with tantalizing hints. Today, they’re all working on what will be Hop Sing’s signature take on the Ramos Gin Fizz, and each iteration grows more complex, more refreshing. Lêe takes a sip from the glass, or from a straw employed as a pipette, stares at the liquid for a second, and seems to instantly know what’s missing, how the proportions should be adjusted. After two or three or more attempts, he is happy with this one—a rum-based Ramos—and he’s ready to move on to other spirits. As a rule, a cocktail will not make Lêe’s signature list if it’s not balanced enough to succeed with every major category of spirit.

And none of them, as a matter of strict policy, utilizes syrup or bitters. (“When you have the most expensive well liquor in America, why would you want to cover it up?” he says. “You want sweet? I’ll give you [a sweeter] liquor. You want bitter? I’ll give you Fernet or something else.”)

Research and development like this— including Lêe’s well-chronicled obsession with getting every last detail in line with his exacting vision—has made him into one of the most unusual local celebrities this city has seen in some time. Indeed, he represents a whole new breed of boldfaced names in Philadelphia media, shying away from photographers yet seemingly everywhere all the time, providing a constant enough drip of information to local writers to maintain what was, for months, a perpetual sense of fascination about the soon-to-open lounge—yet precious little of the information was about him directly.

(It’s been noted numerous times that he prefers to go by only a single name.)The story, as he dictated it, was about Hop Sing Laundromat, not the man behind it. And yet, the result of this refusal to open up about his background, or even to be photographed, led to an even greater spotlight on him personally. (And this is just the first of three planned projects, the second of which is already under way.)

It’s also led to the sort of drama that generates attention. One competitor publicly bet another, on Twitter, that Hop

Sing would fail within a year. Stories about delayed openings and staffing snafus abounded. The usual food-scene haters came out of the woodwork, spewing their bile all over the blogosphere.

So what I didn’t expect when Lêe and I sat down recently to taste through a selection of cocktails, and conduct our interview for this article, was any sort of insight into who he is or how he got here.

It turns out, Lêe is full of surprises.

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If you look at the names of Hop Sing’s signature cocktails, the majority of them pay homage, in one way or another, to America. The “Montana Payback” is named after the Battle of Little Bighorn. “A Failed Entertainment” was the working title of Infinite Jest. “Nevermore” is in honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Even the “Esta tierra es tuya”—which the menu urges guests to order “by its given name,” in Spanish—is Lêe’s acknowledgement of America’s roots as a melting-pot society, and a finger in the eye of xenophobes who insist that America is for English-speakers only.

Turns out that this fascination with America, this love affair, goes to the heart of who Lêe is—and, perhaps, to what motivates him.

In South Vietnam during the war, he says, his family fell victim to all the horrors of the era. When he was 10 years old, Lêe and his siblings were separated from their parents when they all were caught trying to escape. Three months in jail followed, in a room packed with more than 200 people, and no information about, or contact with, his mother or father. The family ultimately found their way out, but the experience still colors his outlook.

(Asked about those Philly foodies who seem to relish a knee-jerk hatred of him after the past year’s worth of breathless blogger pieces, he says, simply, “There’s nothing they can do to me that the Vietcong hasn’t already.”)

Before he began conceiving Hop Sing Laundromat in 2009, Lêe spent nearly three months bouncing around all 48 continental United States in an Audi TT, exploring the country and absorbing the food and drink cultures he came across along the way. That experience isn’t just apparent in the names of his signature drinks, but also in the very framework of the bar itself.

He noticed, for example, that decent well liquors were difficult to come by. And that too many craft cocktail bars took too long making a drink. And that the pretension that so many arm-gartered and handlebarmustached mixologists served alongside

The drinks of Hop Sing: The “Failed Entertainment.”

their drinks didn’t do much to welcome guests. So when he set about creating Hop Sing, he kept all this in mind.

And Philadelphia was the perfect place to do it. “If I was going to do this in New York,” Lêe says, “I could not give the people the well liquor that we’re giving them. Because the rent would be $30,000, 10 times what we’re paying here. So what we did, we passed on the savings. In order for me to open this bar in Manhattan [where he worked for some time], I can’t charge the prices I’m charging. If I was in Manhattan, using the liquor that we use, it’s going to be a $20 drink in order for me to make a profit.”

Of course, there were more than just financial reasons for creating Hop Sing

here. For Lêe, this is a project about passion and belief as much as anything.

“We’ve set out to build a bar for the city of Philadelphia,” he says. “A place that the city can be proud of. I never for a minute wavered from that belief, because this city is my home now.

“It’s not about profit,” he adds. “Because if it was about the money, than it would have been finished long ago. If Hop Sing Laundromat fails, then I want the people of this city to know that we’ve given everything we’ve got and more. In our lifetime, cocktail bars here in the States and around the world will be using better liquor in the wells, and this city is the first to do so. As long as the earth still spins around the sun, nobody from

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The “Montana Payback.”

anywhere can take that away from Philadelphia.”

So far, it doesn’t seem as if that will happen. Business has been exceptionally strong, and even the muchreported-upon rules of conduct—the dress code, the no-phone-photo policy—haven’t been met with much resistance. And all the details that Lêe fussed over in the long lead-up to opening on May 25 have proven to be successful, from the generous distance between tables (privacy is paramount at Hop Sing) to the music, which runs the gamut from Van Morrison and Solomon Burke to more contemporary artists.

As for the drinks themselves—I’ve tasted maybe a dozen and a half of them, both as part of our interview as well as as a customer—Hop Sing’s are remarkably well-balanced and complex, and often succeed in unexpected, or at least too-rarelyseen, ways. With his sixth sense for flavor and balance, and with senior bartender Robert Fuentevilla on the team, the reality of Hop Sing hasn’t just met the pre-opening buzz—it has well exceeded it.

gin and allowing the more subtly sweet and spiced essences to come to the fore. The “Montana Payback” features a menacing-sounding muddled whole Thai chili pepper, but its heat is attenuated by a densely frothed layer of cream on top, whose fat coats the tongue and allows the more fruity and floral aspects of the pepper to come out. Combined with Laird’s AppleJack, El Dorado De Luxe Silver rum, Velvet Falernum, a muddled strawberry for color, and dried rose petals as a garnish, the reality of the drink is as delicate and elegant as it appears menacing on paper.

Instead of Red Bull and vodka as a drink-time pick-me-up, Lêe created the “Nevermore,” built on a base of seriously caffeinated Vietnamese coffee set against Smooth Ambler gin from West Virginia, Patrón Citrónge, and cream. “Gimme Shelter” is “basically deconstructed Baileys,” Lêe explained, with Rittenhouse bonded rye, Bärenjäger, cream and a dusting of nutmeg.

The “Boston Healer” is an iced-coffee with peppermint that leans on the sweetness of Johnny Drum bourbon, Bärenjäger and Licor 43, and would be perfect on a long Sunday afternoon.

The list goes on, and is in a regular state of flux and tweaking.

Then there is Lêe’s most personal cocktail, “Le Vent Nous Portera,” which translates from the French as “The wind will take us.” It’s an homage to his father, who, during their final attempt at escaping from

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The standard Manhattan here is made with Rittenhouse Rye, Carpano Antica, and just enough Angostura bitters to bring out a whiff of exotic cardamom perfume. A screwdriver looks standard on paper, but the fact that the orange juice is only squeezed after the drink is ordered lends it a level of freshness that stands out.

Then there are those signature cocktails, which take full advantage of the more than 1,000 bottles lining the shelves behind the bar and in the well. The “4:31pm”—named for the exact hour that Prohibition was signed out of existence—combines Beefeater and Plymouth gins with two types of vermouth and yellow Chartreuse. They’re all allowed to sit with slowly melting ice for a minute or so, mellowing out the heat of the

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Eventually, they made it off the boat and into the relative safety of Indonesia. The wind, the universe, whatever you call it, had rescued the family.

Lêe hopes to bring his parents to the United States this coming autumn. They know nothing about Hop Sing Laundromat, and they won’t until they walk through the gate on Race Street.

“All my whole entire life, I’ve never lived up to [my parents’] expectations,” he says. “I never did. And the last time I worked in New York in this business, I almost killed myself. I got burned out ... So I quit. I said I can’t do this anymore. And I think my family were happy when they heard that. So that’s the reason why I’m hiding it from them, because I think they’re going to be fucking nervous about it. And rightly so—for any parent, you see your child get hurt once, and you say, ‘Why would you do that again?’

“I am a miserable son of a bitch,” he confesses. “I never am happy with what I do, because I don’t believe that what I do is all that fucking great. So I’m continually trying to find something wrong with it.”

I look around the room, at the beautifully curated books and signs and mirrors, the assortment of Americana and other memorabilia of this country’s past, the tables in their white tablecloths, the finely carved chairs, the custom ironwork, and ask Lêe if there was any aspect of the bar that he was pleased with. It looks, to me, like the embodiment of the American dream. He pauses, and finally says, “Nope. Not until my old man and my old lady get here. I think they get the final say of how this turned out.” n

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he Arden Theatre Company concludes its season with the world premiere of Michael Ogborn’s fascinating but flawed Tulipomania: The Musical.

The show’s roots go all the way back to 2005, when it became the first musical commissioned by the Arden. After seven years of readings, rewrites and revisions, Tulipomania is still not fully grown.

Set in an Amsterdam hash bar that serves exotic reefer and bold espresso, Tulipomania attempts to tell two stories at once. The first is a present situation in which the shop’s friendly owner (Jeff Coon) and waiter (the flamboyant Billy Bustamante) are entertaining four customers. The two women (Joliet F. Harris and Alex Keiper) are American tourists in town for a conference. Also present are two regulars, a middle-aged businessman (Adam Heller) and an artist (Ben Dibble), who are leaving that night on the train for Belgium. As they enjoy their weed, the owner regales them with “a tale of insatiable greed and gardening.” It’s the story of the Dutch tulip craze of 1636. The first recorded financial bubble in history, the main character in the owner’s cautionary tale is a tulip dealer who “had everything he needed but none of what he wanted.”

Although the original inspiration for Tulipomania was the dot-com bubble, the parallels between the 17th-century tulip craze and the recent subprime mortgage

crisis are forcefully conveyed in director Terrence J. Nolen’s staged production.

Featuring an abundance of theatrical flair, the owner, waiter and eventually the customers use a variety of found objects in the bar (paper towels, chalkboards, etc.) to re-enact the tragic story of a man who risks everything to attain the rare and wondrous tulip Semper Augustus.

Scenic designer James Kronzer’s cozy, two-story establishment provides a setting that is both functional and charmingly atmospheric, yet Tulipomania is repeatedly plagued by a weak book and a score that is pleasant but unmemorable.

Ogborn adroitly draws parallels comparisons between Holland’s tulip bubble and the current subprime mortgage crisis.

However, while the ideas in Tulipomania have relevance, we struggle to make a connection with the poorly defined characters. Compounding the problem is that the cast’s most gifted vocalist, Harris, is limited to one song. The majority of the songs are performed by Coon (who is excellent) and Heller, who is a fine actor, but an average singer. n

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“I was amazed when he said he was a fan of my work,” says Kilpatrick. “I was also amazed he pinpointed that I’d love to draw images for blues and jazz albums.”

Still, Kilpatrick’s biggest (and most serendipitous) connection in the music biz is to veteran rocker Tom Waits. “When the Internet was new, a friend found a P.O. box for him from an online autograph seeker site,” he explains. “Back then, I think he was a little less busy and more accessible.”

After Kilpatrick sent him some copies of his work, the two established a brief correspondence. He was even lucky enough to score himself a jar of Waits’ homemade spaghetti sauce one Christmas.

“I guess I’m kind of a star-fucker,” Kilpatrick jokes. “But not for any reason except trying to get my work affiliated with musicians who feed into my work and inspire me.”

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is first and foremost a tribute to the place where Kilpatrick’s love of both music and cartoons first sprouted roots: his childhood home on Norris Street in Fishtown.

“My dad always had records on when I was a kid,” explains Kilpatrick, 36, who is one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society and a teacher at University of the Arts. “And my grandpop had this extensive record collection of old jazz, country and big band music.”

As for his lifelong fascination with monsters and beasts, Kilpatrick says it all started pretty much the moment he picked up a copy of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are and when he tuned into an episode of The Muppets.

Although MixTape may be his first collection of strictly music-inspired artwork, over the years Kilpatrick has actually had a great deal of success combining the two passions, having created posters and fliers for several local clubs and groups including Nate Wiley & the Crowd Pleasers, Black Landlord and Ween.

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For local cartoonist and illustrator Jeffro Kilpatrick, however, music is and has always been creative fuel.

“From Merle Haggard to Rakim to Billie Holiday … they keep me company when I draw,” he says. “It’s like music works hand in hand with my line. It pushes my hand across the page.”

This process has certainly served Kilpatrick, one of Philly’s most prolific and sought-after illustrators, well. Now on display at Masthead Print Studio in Northern Liberties, Kilpatrick’s latest solo exhibition, Norris Street MixTape, serves as a tribute to the songs that have so heavily influenced him as an artist.

Whether referencing a specific lyric or just a feeling the song evokes, each of the 30 or so featured illustrations focus on one of Kilpatrick’s favorite pieces of music, a collection that spans the musical spectrum—from rock and country to jazz and classical.

Needless to say, this yields an interesting array of imagery.

In one piece, a downtrodden, furry brown creature with big teeth and horns captures the essence of English singer/songwriter Nick Lowe’s 1994 cover of Johnny Cash’s “The Beast In Me.” In another, a crocodile dances to the tunes of Little River Band’s ’80s hit “Lady.”

Due to the inherit whimsy of Kilpatrick’s colorful cartoon characters, most of the illustrations force you to see the songs in a different light, offering a visual element that you may never have conjured up on your own.

But the most telling illustration in the bunch is one with no creatures at all. Rather, it’s of a young, frecklefaced boy lying on floor next to a stereo, doodling away with headphones on his ears and a smile on his face.

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Steve Carell heads up a comic take on the recent global-apocalypse genre.

The Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger divides his time between fiction and nonfiction, but the sights captured in his documentaries can be more horrific than any dreamed up by the most nihilistic fantasist.

The most memorable section of Workingman’s Death, which drops in on some of the planet’s shittiest jobs, wanders around an open-air abbatoir in Nigeria, a Boschian hellscape where gloomy skies oversee graphic mutilations and rivers of blood. Whores’ Glory, the most recent product of Glawogger’s love for globetrotting, isn’t quite so unsightly. Even the climactic inclusion of an actual sex scene is dominated by the calm professionalism of the sex worker, who coldly cuts off her client the second their time is up. As with the rest of the film, the tone is nonjudgmental but not un-horrified.

A triptych that takes us to Bangkok, Bangladesh and a cut-off, motel-strewn section of Mexico called “The Zone,” Whores’ Glory gets viewers acclimated to how each sex system works. Thai hookers pose behind glass for men who complain that their wives are “cold fish” in bed. “Mothers” in Bangladesh keep watch over a limited number of young employees, who have to feed the unlimited sexual appetites of their crowded district’s hugely horny men. (“When I get a break I go the bazaar and fuck,” says one. “It’s all I think about.”)

Early on Glawogger includes a gratuitous shot of dogs fucking—intended, surely, as a suggestion that this is a view of man at his most animalistic.

But the moment is an anomaly. The commentary in Glawogger’s films is strictly implied—he doesn’t use narration, and only occasionally converses with his subjects—and here, he strikes a balance between exposing the dire situations that forced these women into the Oldest Profession and maintaining a respect for their professionalism and resolve. He doesn’t judge as one worker briefly stops a monologue to the camera to loudly offer an off-screen passer-by oral sex, but he does keep in a part where a Thai hooker talks about how she doesn’t do Africans. He reveals that some Bangkok sex workers pour their earnings into hiring male escorts of their own—the profession eating itself like an ouroboros.

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ep, the end of the world again.

Only this time it’s cuddly.

I don’t know if we should blame the economy or the death of projected film, but a lot of filmmakers seem to be awfully obsessed with the apocalypse at the moment. The recent spate of onscreen armageddon kicked off with Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, but since then we’ve also endured Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter and Abel Ferrara’s 4:44 Last Day on Earth Now we’ve even got a chintzy romantic comedy about the end of days.

Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World borrows its title from a Chris Cornell lyric from a solo album every Soundgarden fan bought and listened to exactly once.

It also borrows (some might even say steals) a screenplay from Don McKellar’s Last Night, a 1998 Canadian indie focusing on an unlikely love story taking place amid the chaos of a planet hours away from destruction. I looked in vain to find McKellar’s name somewhere in the credits here, as Scafaria lifts entire scenes and plotlines from his picture, but there doesn’t seem to be any acknowledgment. I can only hope he received an envelope full of cash for his trouble.

Steve Carell stars as Dodge, who, like all his roles nowadays, is a downtrodden man who’s wasted his life in middle-class purgatory. A gifted clown, Carell’s too often called upon to be forlorn, what with those giant eyes and a vaguely haunted air about him.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World kicks off with Dodge listening to a radio broadcast announcing that NASA’s efforts to destroy a 70-milelong asteroid on a collision course with Earth have failed (I guess Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck didn’t come through this time), and that we’re all going to be extinct in a matter of weeks. Hearing the news, Dodge’s wife promptly leaves him. Talk about a shit day.

So it goes. The end is nigh, but our hero still attempts to sell insurance for a living, scoring queasy laughs off a cleaning lady who doesn’t speak much English and obviously didn’t get the news. There are riots in the streets, but the movie doesn’t have enough of a budget to show them.

Soft focus: Keira Knightley and Steve Carell spend the apocalypse being oddly normal.

There’s also a party attended by a gaggle of folks played mainly by L.A. stand-ups, who get down in an atmosphere suddenly devoid of consequence. Rob Corddry and Connie Britton make brief appearances, each hinting at the possibilities of a more interesting film as their marriage disintegrates under the duress of impending doom. There are a few scene-stealing one-liners from the great Patton Oswalt, explaining how women no longer worry about STDs, pregnancy, or even if you’re related.

His character is also psyched to try heroin because it was always on his bucket list.

But Dodge sits out the party, moping in the bathtub. Sadly, the movie sticks with him and foists an encounter with Keira Knightley’s flighty British transplant. Her Penny is a girl who wears black nail polish and listens to vinyl, which becomes pretty much the sum total of her characterization. She’s erratic, sleeps for days and is the kind of screenwriter’s device who exists to shake up the world of buttoned-down protagonists like Dodge.

Scafaria is trying something interesting here by positioning stock formula beats in a pre-apocalyptic landscape. There’s something almost quaint about the film’s devotion to musical montages and predictable revelations in the midst of such chaos.

But the scope narrows as the film goes

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Grade: CDirector: Lorene Scafaria Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Rob Corddry, Connie Britton, Patton Oswalt along. Perhaps for budgetary reasons, the supporting players melt away, and we’re stuck with an increasingly claustrophobic road trip with Carell and Knightley. By the one-hour mark, it’s just another opposites-attract romcom, and Scafaria delves into some fairly absurd machinations to keep these two apart before the climactic scene when they’re finally allowed to get together.

So many questions are better left unasked, particularly regarding [surprise cameo redacted], who somehow is able to fly a single-engine propeller plane from the U.S. to England, all for the sake of a plot point. (I want to see an alternate cut of them running out of fuel and plummeting into the ocean.)

Huge portions of Seeking a Friend’s third act are devoted to Dodge sitting around his apartment alone, listening to records. There’s an entire world out there that’s just about to be destroyed, and this movie zooms in on the two least interesting people in it. n

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The Independent, by contrast, is huge: Now in its fifth and most ambitious year, it boasts more than 90 films (granted, many of them shorts) over several venues.

And where the International leans hard on bringing in investors and distributors, the Independent imagines itself as more of a place for hobnobbing and connections.

Of the many ways in which “independent cinema” can be defined, there is, of course, American independent narrative cinema. That includes David Spaltro’s Things I Don’t Understand, a perspicacious dramedy with (mostly) sharp (or at least snarky) banter. Molly Ryman plays a deathobsessed Brooklyn grad student doting over a sarcastic young cancer patient, while juggling wacky roommates and potential romance with a studly, mysterious bartender.

As our sour lead, Ryman is just shy of obnoxious, though her game performance carries us through the requisite second-half tonal shift as well as the over-length. Still, fun (and funny), at least while it’s fun.

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trust this isn’t confusing: There’s the Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market and the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. Both have similar names, both feature low-budget festival fare from around the world and both happen, mostly, at the same time, namely over the forthcoming weekend.

For the record, the International is smaller, older (in its 35th year) and, unlike the Independent, features nods to film history, complete with tributes to luminaries like Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Cooper and Sidney Lumet. The bulk of the fest, which runs through the 23rd, is new socially conscious cinema, either narratives or documentaries.

It’s become a regular habit of activist documentaries to spoil everyday Western pleasures by exposing the unimaginable acts that bring them to fruition. Which is to say that The Dark Side of Chocolate (Sat., 4:05pm, African American Museum) ruins chocolate. Equipped with both a troublemaking host (albeit a relatively meek one) and a booming, portentous narrator, this Danish production journeys to Ghana and the Ivory Coast to prove, with hidden cameras, that children are among those laboring on cocoa plantations. When confronted with the evidence, execs at the top chocolate factories first offer half-assed horror, then later issue a statement that technically they have no control over the plantations that fuel their product.

The Harvest/La Cosecha (Sat., 5:15pm, African American Museum), meanwhile, ruins produce, which is largely picked by migrant workers and, often, their teenage children. Director U. Roberto Romano spends about a year with three teens and their families, watching as schooling gets interrupted by sudden moves around the U.S., the families forever on the search for work a la Steinbeck’s Joad Family. Vague hope emerges with the revelation that some have grown up to be NASA astronauts and politicians. But most of The Harvest is clear-eyed and grounded, and therefore bleak, painting a claustrophobic portrait

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Then Iris, who’s in love with Jack, shows up.

Also, Hannah, who wants a baby, may have knowingly foisted a faulty condom onto Jack’s Malcolm Gladwell.

This is all resolved anticlimactically, and via a lazy montage set to sensitive guitar doodling to boot. But no matter: Shelton’s interest lies not in plot but in relationships, between the characters and the actors.

The heart of Sister is the sisters. Blunt was a last-minute replacement for Rachel Weisz, and by “last minute” we mean a couple days before shooting. Perhaps it’s merely a testament to Blunt and DeWitt’s acting chops, but

they come off like people who’ve known one another their whole lives, not for only a large handful of hours. At one point, shortly after her arrival, Iris spikes butter into Hannah’s mashed potatoes. Hannah is quite loudly vegan, and is understandably irked by Iris’ dick move. But not that irked: the moment quickly deflates and the siblings quickly return to their mutually adoring relationship.

It’s a scene you don’t see in movies: an exchange that exists only between two people so comfortable with each other that they feel the need to occasionally fuck with one another, just to test the bond. Despite her gift for high-concept narratives, Shelton’s real interest is in behavior, and her methods—leading her actors but stopping short of literally putting words in their mouths— encourage them toward unusually focused (and believable) improv. It’s no wonder Blunt and DeWitt were able to instantly click: They had a great guide. n

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Tonight’s goal: To perfect the bridge for the song “For Concern” from their self-titled debut album in preparation for Saturday night’s record release show at Johnny Brenda’s.

We walk through the practice room—a labyrinth of cords, instruments and amps—and into the guts of Uniform Recording, the studio Zeigler runs. This is where he has worked on albums by Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs, Lantern and countless other bands. When he’s not touring—as he just was with Vile—or doing live sound at local venues, he’s here. He clocks in about 10 hours every day, twisting knobs to make sure bands go home with top-notch records.

It smells like Nag Champa incense. Zeigler says he burns it to hide the food trash stink that inevitably follows an especially intense session. “You may see a rat run by carrying a burrito,” he says, definitely joking because there’s no visible mess in the control room.

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We all laugh. Then back to business.

Everyone listens closely to “For Concern.” Edwards wrote it a few years ago, but the band has never played it live. “It’s that one song we’re gonna mess up,” she says. It’s quite complicated. The bridge tempo shifts significantly, morphing from a massive, Mogwai-esque section to a dreamy groove, and there’s a manic climax.

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They try a few more times. Better, but not perfect. Mild frustration is brewing. “Let’s try it from the top,” says Zeigler.

After the ultra-melodic intro and the blissful second verse, the bridge approaches. Everyone’s tense. Will they fuck up again? Edwards hits her part, and Ricchini’s hammering the cymbals. Trying hard not to laugh, Ricchini winks at Meakim. The rhythm section locks in.

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Can’t you see what your boyfriend has already done to you? He’s trained you to “ignore [your] own sexual urges”—he’s trained you not to initiate, not to make any demands on him at all—and now you’re only sexual when he wants you to be sexual. It doesn’t sound like your boyfriend wants a girlfriend, SPANK, it sounds like he wants a Fleshlight that pays half the rent.

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21XX S. BROAD ST. 2nd flr. Large LV R m . / B D R . N e w l y r e n o v. E- I Kitchen,full Bath. $600 + utilities.

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Lic #219789.

17TH & PINE Great Studio, Newly ren. Laundry & more. $960+. PMG, 215-545-7007 x303 9TH AND PINE: Charming Studio in Brownstone, Hi Ceilings, HW Flrs, Sep Kitch, Intercom Entry, Onsite Laundry. $785/Mo. Avail Sept. 215735-8030. Lic # 216245

C.C. PINE ST, SML/eff. KITCHENETTE, SEP/ba, HEAT/elc WD/bldg. $595$625+elc (215)735-8414 THE IMPERIAL (BROAD & JUNIPER/ S P RU C E STS. ) Sunny Studio w/ Great City view, HW fls, AC, Lndry in bldg. AVAIL JULY! GAS INCL. $735.

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THE VICTORY BUILDING, Center City Large 900 sqft 1 bedroom 1 bath 4th floor corner apartment in grand building. 16 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, new ceiling fans, lots of giant windows. Doorman security, laundry room on each floor, elevator, gym. Close to restaurants, subway, reading terminal market, hospital, garage next door. $1600/ mo. ahlippincott@gmail.com

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1352 SOUTH ST, Unit 214 - Fabulous 1BR 1200 sq.ft condo, HW flrs, floor to ceiling windows, central air & washer/dryer. $1800. CONWAY T E A M . P R U, FOX & R O A C H , 215.627.6005/215.440.8190 1500 BROWN ST, B+C - $825/mo/ each 1BD/1BA and 1BD/1.5BA units with nice eat in kitchen, c/a, high ceilings, CALL RYAN MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-558-2118 9TH & SPRING GARDEN. MOD.2ND FLR. A/C,HDWD FLRS., GREAT LOC. $1100/ MO+UTILS. 610-304-0087, 10TH & RITNER 1st flr., apt. C/A, Hdwd Flrs., $750/mo.+. Call 215651-9190.

15TH & SPRUCE: Large 1BD in sought after location. Beautiful art-deco details, Front Desk Attendant, HW floors, Onsite Laundry, New Kitchens Avail, Wonderful City Views. From $1170/mo. Avail July. 215-735-8030.

Lic #219789.

15TH and SPRUCE: 1BR in Charming Brownstone across from Kimmel Cntr, Lrg Rms, Ceiling Fans, Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry. $995/Mo. Avail Sept. 215-735-8030. #220402 BROAD & MOORE VIC Lovely 1BR w/ Pvt Ent, W/W, C.Fans. Conv to trans. $695/mo Incl heat. 215-389-6877 (call after 1pm) O L D C I T Y ( 1 0 4 C h e s t n u t/2 n d Fl) Lg. 1 Bedrm, 1 Bath, Approx.

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Lic #216850 THE CHATHAM (20TH/WALNUT) Spacious Studios/1BR’s in Highrise, Doorman bldg w/Magnificent Western & Southern exposure, View of Ritt Sq, HW flrs, Laundry on site, High flr. Prof managed. AVAIL NOW! ALL UTILS INCL. FROM $1,275. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com THE ROOSEVELT (2220 Walnut Street) - Beautifully renovated apts. in the RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AREA of Philadelphia. STUDIO’S starting at only $765/mo. and ONE BEDROOMS starting at only $965/mo. Call 215-640-8880 for an appointment.

17TH & GIRARD- St.Joe’s Hospital Lg 2BR, HW flrs t/o, C/A/H, DW. WD in bldg. $975/mo+. Avail Immediately.

215-651-4653 19Th & CALLOWHILL Fab 2BR w/All amens. Deck, Garage. $1650+. PMG, 215-545-7007x303 2235 S CLARION ST - $1,050/mo 2BD/1BA, outdoor space, lots of light, c/a, CALL JIM ONESTI PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2052 318 BAINBRIDGE ST, 1st Floor- Beautiful restored brownstone, 2BR+ sitting rm, 2BA, central air, washer/dryer & beautiful landscaped garden. $2500.

CONWAY TEAM. PRU, FOX & ROACH, 215.627.6005/215.440.8190 OLD CITY (6 S.Front St.) 2BR or Office combo. Overlooks BF Bridge & Del River. High ceiling, WD, DW, GD, CA, Gas heat, Tiled bath & Kit. $1150/mo+. 215-627-4414 OLD CITY: SPACIOUS, BRIGHT 2BA, BI-LV CAC, HRWD, HI/CLGS UPDATED KIT/ BA, WD/apt. June $1595+ 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com OLD CITY: Sunny 2BR, 2BA. CA, Elev Bldg, BK cases, HW flrs, Wkng FP, Bg closets, WD, Open kit, DW, GD, Balcony. $1750/mo. 215-923-6485

4TH & LOMBARD 3BR Townhome on quaint street, HW flrs, CA, DW, WD, 2BA, Outdoor patio, Bsmnt, Dog friendly. AVAIL JULY! $1965.

MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com 12TH & RITNER AREA Rent to Buy. 3Bedrms., New appliances, Stove/ Ref/Washer/Dryer. Must See! 267228-7853, 215-468-6735.

B E L L A V I STA A R E A ( 2 ) H O U S ES 4Bedrms.,2bath, C/A,Hdwd.flr. Loaded with everything. $2300/mo & $2400/ MO. 215-651-9190.

S O . P H I L LY 5 2 8 P O R T E R S T 3bedrms.,Newly rehabbed. Hdwd. flr. thru-out. W/D,Refrig,G/D. $1,050/ mo. 267-307-0371.

ITALIAN MARKET 9XX LEAGUE ST 2bedr. ultra mod. TOTALLY NEW! Call Villa Realty 215-271-0600

room for rent 124 LOMBARD the HEART OF CENTER CITY, SOCIETY HILL, HEAD HOUSE SQ. “TOKIO B&B” STUDIOS. WALK to HISTORIC LOCATIONS, RESTAURANTS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. TOURIST are WELCOME! Reasonable daily rates ($55-$100) wkly rates ($300-$500) TOURIST ARE WELCOME! WE also OFFER SPECIAL monthly rates. Website http:// sushi.madamesaito.com MADAME SAITO 215-922-2515 13TH & SPRUCE- Parker Hotel CC. Fully Furn’d Rms, no sec. deposit. Utils & housekeeping incld. WK: $165-$203; Day: $40-$56. 215-735-2300.

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OLD CITY 2BR, 2.5BA, 1500SF, WD, CA, GD, WW. Roof top deck, Par t Furn. Avail 7/1. No Pets. $775/each+.

267-231-8020

three + bedrooms

business ProPerty

10TH & SNYDER APARTMENT, 4BDRS,2ND FLR.,Lg.Tile BATH,CARPET, $1200/ MO.+. 610-304-0087.

CORNER 9TH & SPRING GARDEN Office/Store,1100-1200/sq.ft.Great Locat!$1500mo+ 610-304-0087

2616 MANTON ST - $1,295/mo 3BD/1BA, newly renovated, stainless & granite kitchen, hardwood floors, c/a, CALL JIM ONESTI PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2052 2814 POPLAR ST, 3- $1,700/mo 3BD/1BA bi-level, hardwood floors, spacious bedrooms, lovely location, CALL MELANIE MCCONNELL PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1533 318 Bainbridge St. 3rd Flr - Beautiful restored brownstown, 1700 sq.ft, 3BR, 2BA, HW flrs, central air, washer/ dryer & private balcony. $2700.

CONWAY TEAM. PRU, FOX & ROACH, 215.627.6005/215.440.8190

summer rentals B R I G A N T I N E P e t s O K . 6 / 24 -7/ 1 $1350; 7/1-7/8 $1375, July $1350/ wk; 9/2-9/9 $1025. www.BrigB.com 856-217-0025

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16th & RODMAN 2BR Trinity Homes, HW flrs, C/A, Basement w/WD, Communal Courtyard. AVAIL AUGUST! $1325/mo.

MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com

ADVERTISING & MARKETING SALES INTERN: We’re seeking energetic, self-motivated and out-going individuals to help our Sales and Marketing Depts. Candidate must be able to work at least 15 hours a week; multitask; work well with others; have good verbal and communication skills; be proficient with Microsoft Word & Excel; also be proficient in Web & Social media applications.

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STUDIO

2224 S. Broad St Studios and 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, w/w carpet/tile $600-$675 Hopkinson House (6th & Locust) Studio, c/a, hrd.flrs., dressing area, includes utilities & cable $975.00

TWO BEDROOMS

715 N 6th St. (Northern Liberties) Very large 2 Brs.,1.5 Bths.c/a,hrd. Flrs.,w&d,d/w, no pets 524 S. 3rd St 2nd flr. 2 Bedrooms 1 Bath, w/w carpets, c/a, w&d avail. July 15th

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189,900 104 Market Street #401-Studio on top flr,Brazilian cherry flrs,Granite counters,SS appliances.

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834 N Lawrence Street-Uniquely designed 4 Br/3.1 Ba,2Car Parking,hw flrs,wet bar,rooftop dk, 33 N 3rd Street ##3-Unique 2 Br/2 Ba Old City Flat,high ceils,den/study,wd flrs,gas fpl.

609 Poplar Street-N/C-4 Br/3.5 Ba,2 dens, GARAGE,elevator,3 blcny’s,rf-top deck,SS appln.

113 Bread St ##3B2-3 Br/2 Ba,hw flrs,Granite counters,Juliet blcny,GARAGE PARKING + Tax Abat.

627 N 10th Street-Beautiful 3br, 2.5b 4yr old new construction home 1 deeded parking

NEW CONSTRUCTION

2001 Catharine Street-Corner property 3 Br + den.2.5 Spa Ba,fpl,cherry flrs,dk,grdn + fin bsmt.

1808 Christian-Stunning 3 Br/2.2 Ba crtyd home w/mstr suite,high ceilings,gas fpl,blcny,dk 1523 Rodman Street-Charming 2 Br/1.5 Ba home w/private grdn,gourmet kit,SS applns,exp brk,fpl.

752 S 19th Street #3B-3 BR/2 Ba flat w/private deck off LR,hw flr’s,kit w/SS & Granite,hi ceils.

2349 Saint Albans Street-Beautiful 4BR/2+BA townhome. Wet bar, high ceilings. Nicely planned space.

1807 Carpenter Street-Impressive 4BR/2+BA townhome with deluxe flourishes. Security system.

2126 Pemberton Street-Deluxe 3-bedroom townhome that’s utterly exciting. Security system.

1903 Kimball Street-3 Br/3 Ba ,3 Sty home w/fin bsmt,hw flrs,Granite/SS kitchen & rooftop dk.

1905 Kimball Street-3 Br/3 Ba,finished bsmt,rooftop dk,hrwd flrs,SS/Granite kit.

2012 Kimball Street-3 Br/2.5 Ba,featuring mstr br suite,finished bsmt,SS/Granite kit,hw flrs 1814 Christian Street #1-Exquisite 2 Br/2.5 Ba condo, den,SS applns,hw flrs in BR,hi ceils,patio,W/D

300 Salter Street-New Construction in Queen Village - 3Br 2.5b w/ den & GARAGE, Tax Abated

QUEEN VILLAGE AND BELLA VISTA 830 S 2nd - #Unit A-4 Br/3.5 Spa Ba’s,hw flrs,2 fp’s,grdn,fab roof deck,10 yrs old,3,072 sq ft.

733 S Jessup Street-3 Br/2.5 Ba corner hm w/finished garage,rooftop dk,hw flrs,SS & Granite kit 848 S Swanson Street-3 Br/3.5 Spa Ba,hw flrs,gas fpl,upgraded kit,fin bsmt,roof deck & GARAGE. 201 Queen Street #2-Bi-level unit 1st flr & lower lev w/2 full suites,3 full Ba,deeded PARKING. 1 Christian Street #15-3 Br/2.5 Ba,LR,Lrg den/fam rm,open kit w/island,deck off Br,paved garden 913 S 10th Street-4 Br/2.5 marble Ba,cook’s kit,granite ctrs,SS,Fp,hw flrs t/o,zoned Heat/C/A 1 Christian Street #49-Old Swedes’Court-3 Br/2.5 Ba,Lr,Dr,gas fpl.hi ceils,hw flrs t/o,1 C PARKING 714 Bainbridge Street #2-2 Bedroom/2 bath ,hrwd flrs t/o,1322 sq ft,great light & space.

813 Ellsworth Street-Double-wide property in the italian Market, Passyunk Square area 720 S Front Street-2 Br + den,dressing rm,spa Ba,hrwd flrs,Eik,roof garden w/river views.

924 S 2nd Street-Historically certified 4 sty hm,5 Br/1.5 Ba,bsmt,attic,nice yd,needs rehab.

725 Kimball-Terrific 3 Br/1 Ba home w/new kit,roof,hw flrs,4 yr old HVAC system.

229 Fulton Street #C-Lovely 2 Br/2 Ba home,hw flrs t/o,3 fps,grdn,Eik,SS,built-ins,new deck 812 S Howard Street-Total rehab,2 Br/lrg Ba,grt Eik,hrwd flrs t/o,bsmt & garden.

710 S Leithgow Street-Townhouse on tree-lined Queen Village Street,excellent condition,roof deck.

702 Manton Street-24’ extra-wide townhome w/2br + den w/new kit big lr h/w flrs & deck

2210 Delancey Place-Art Deco,currently 2 homes easily to combined to 1,garden & deck on grt blk 1,550,000 1710 Delancey Street-2 houses, 4bedrooms, 4.5 baths, garage, garden, roof deck 1,450,000 1922 Rittenhouse Square-Gorgeous 3BR/2+BA townhome. Cozy fireplace. Double ovens, breakfast room 990,000 1935 Panama Street 3 beds + den, 3.5 baths, garden 775,000 1740 Naudain Street-Contemp TH w/grge, 3BR+Den 2.5B, entertain space w/Deck Master Ste w/Deck 689,900 348 S Smedley Street-2 bedrooms, 2 baths, garden, new kitchen + finished basement 599,000 1901 Walnut Street #13C-2 Br/2.5 Ba co-op @ Rittenhouse Pl,formal LR/DR,modernkit,hw flrs t/o.

539,900 2103 Naudain Street-Deluxe 3-bedroom townhome. Security system. High ceilings, whirlpool tub.

439,000 1624 Spruce Street #3R-1 Br condo in premier Rittenhouse Location,SS applns,lrg Br,Hw flrs,C/A 284,900 838 Lombard Street-5 Br/4.5 Ba home w/rf-top terrace,elevator,Garage,granite/SS kit,patio/grdn 37 S 20th Street #8B-Penthouse condo 1Br/1Ba,hw flrs,SS applns,Granite ctrs,tx abat.

249,000 1626 Spruce Street #4-1 Br/1 Ba condo,this is a corner unit,kit opened up to LR,W/D in unit.

245,000 1112 Spruce Street #5-3 Br/2.5 Ba,soaring ceils,hrwd flrs,fpl,cstm kit w/granite ctrs,SS applns.

411 S Carlisle Street #4-Tr-level 1 Br/1.5 Ba condo w/red brk yard & wood fence,SS kit,wd flrs t/o 239,900 900 Pine Street #1R-1 Br/1 Ba home w/open/airy flr plan,fab kitchen,lower level den,lrg windows

799,000 725,000 639,000 550,000 549,900 484,900 475,000 459,900 439,000 349,900 329,900 325,000 324,900 289,000 280,000 259,900

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724,900 375,000 339,000 319,000 259,900 229,900 220,000 129,000

2144 Verona Drive-Villas @ Packer Park,4 years young,2 Br/2.5 Ba,granite/SS kit + GARAGE. 322 Reed Street #1F-Bi-level 2 Br/2 Ba,hw flrs,high ceilings,2007 renovations,outdoor space.

6432 Tulip Street-3 Br/1.5 Ba home completely re-done,SS applns,new carpet, patio & more.

125 Tasker St-1BR+den, exposed brick, finished basement, C/A, pine plank floors, garden.

1135 S Divinity Street-Gorg new reno 3br/1.5b wd fl FP C/A new HVAC windows & e-i-kit rec lighting 6102 Charles Street-3 Bedroom airlite home just off of Harbison Ave 4908 Lancaster Avenue-Multi-unit building with store front 3600 Conshohocken Avenue #1803-2BR/2b w/vuw, pkg, pool, gym, bus service. Condo fee includes ALL 475,000 7721 Buist Avenue-This property is a 3 bedroom home on a quiet street 395,000

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2222 Brown Street-Exceptional 4BR/2+BA townhome. Security system. High ceilings, skylight.

1501 Green Street #3-2nd Floor corner unit w/1 yr prepaid prkng,SS & Granite kit,hw flrs,fp,grdn 1702 W Girard Avenue-New List! Reno Multi-unit w/2br/2b, 1br & studio sep utils hw fl rear yard 1911 Green Street #3-1 Br in Victorian mansion,random width hwf’s/C/A,12’ceil,kit w/Granite & SS 852 N Taney Street-1 Br/1 Ba loft w/pergo wd flring,granite/stainless, tile kit,mstr Br suite 1708 Wallace ##301-Lovely 1 Br/1 Ba w/open layout,SS & Granite kit,hw flrs,wd-burning fp,deck.

2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #1154-Stylish 1 Br condo w/skyline views,granite kit,updated Ba,24 hr security.

889,000 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #651-Upgraded Studio, Newer Kitchen, Newer Bath, Doorman, Gym, FHA 799,000 650,000 399,900 518 S 45th Street-This townhome has 5 bedrooms, 2 and 1/2 baths. High ceilings.

349,999 431 S 43rd Street-High-end crnr home w/PRKG. 2BR+den/2.5bths. In Penn Alexa Catch

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5008 Erringer Place

2Bd/1.1Ba; updated townhouse $224,900

Near Germantown Cricket Club. 4 Bedroom.

Deck. Garage. Hardwoods. $149,000.

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2401 pennsylvania Ave #2C50 Large completely renovated 1 bedroom condo in the popular, amenity rich philadelphian $199,000 2937 W Harper St Reduced! Renovated 2 Bedroom with Hardwood floors, Exp Brick and Roof Deck OpEN HOUSE $210,000 895 N Stillman St Well maintained, Recently Renovated End of Row 2BR/1.5BA with Ultra Modern Kitch, HW floors, exp Brick, Finished Basement $270,000 2301 Cherry St Unit #11C One bedroom Logan Sq condo adjacent to Schuykill River park, Close to the 30th St Station $299,000 2301 Cherry St #4C Sunny Spacious Multi Level 1BR/1.5BA with Balcony, parking and renovated kitchen $309,000 2813 parrish St 3BR/2BA Spacious LR, Fireplace, Gourmet Kitchen, hardwood floors and More! $389,900

642 N 8th St New Construction in Northern Liberties offering 2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Modern kitchen and 2 Car parking in $269,900 1514 Christian St Unit B Large 2BR/2BA home in Graduate Hospital OpEN HOUSE $299,000 2115 Carpenter St Unit A New Construction! Bi-Level 2BR/2BA townhouse style with private rear deck $325,000 1217 Mount Vernon St #2 Stunning, contemporary 3BR/3BA with parking in Camac Court OpEN HOUSE $380,000 1007 S Fairhill St Brand New Construction 3BR/2.5BA Home in Queen Village, HW Floors, Deluxe Kitchen OpEN HOUSE $400,000 525 Fitzwater St Only 4 left, 2BR/1.5BA in gated community – Beautiful details and ready to move in!

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 2101 Chestnut St #210 River West Condominium near Rittenhouse Square makes a great investment or place to live $175,000 2220 Manning St Beautiful home located on prettiest block in CC in the Rittenhouse/Fitler Sq area OpEN HOUSE $359,000 1608 Addison St 2BR/2BA Charming 3 Story townhouse with Hardwood Floors, private Garden, Impressive Kitchen $420,000 440 S Broad St OpEN FRI SAT,SUN 12-5pM or by Appointment Only One 1BR left and a select few of 2BR’s and 2BR’s with Den. 95% Sold.

From $499,900-900,000 251 S 25th Street Diamond Residence – Elegant Modern Home on the park – All New Construction – 215-582-7909 OpEN HOUSE $1,795,000 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN 309-13 Arch St #402 1br/1ba 2 LOFTED SpACES IN pOpULAR Hoopskirt lofts, Low fees and abatement thru 2017 $274,900 6-10 S Strawberry St #4 Awesome 2BR/2BA condo in historic old city visit http://www.6-10sstrawberry.com for pictures and details $379,900 112 Elfreths Aly Historic one of a kind home on cobble St, 3BR/2BA, yard, Fireplace $629,900 $1,350,000 108 Arch St #901 3BR/3.5BA, Very High End finishes, parking, terrace and sweeping river and bridge views in a doorman building

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 6011-13 Market St DBL Wide Commercial Reduced 3370 Collins St Large warehouse space featuring 2 bay doors, several small offices, 2.5 Baths and outdoor area 1246-56 S 17th St Over 17,000 SF of prime Real Estate Ripe for Development 305 Cherry St Rare Commercial opportunity in Old City

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SURROUNDING AREAS West phila – 1330 N Hobart Investment Opportunity $25,000 Fishtown – 2231 Coral St Vacant Lot $26,000 West phila – 5709 Malcolm St Investment Opportunity and short Sale Reduced $30,000 point Breeze – 2220 Manton St Lot on excellent block in the point Breeze neighborhood, Skyline View! $34,900 West phila – 926 N Fallon St 4BR/1BA Not a Short Sale, Not Bank-Owned – A nice home in move in condition $37,900 Kensington – 2810 D St Investment Opportunity! Huge 3 Story Commercial property for Sale $39,000 Olney – 5252 N 10th St Investment Opportunity $40,000 West phila – 5228 pentridge Investment-Short Sale $45,000 Olney – 423 W Roosevelt Blvd Recently renovated, Great for first time buyer or rental unit $50,000 Germantown – 5239 McKean Ave Spacious 5BR2BA home with 2 Car garage in need of your finishing touches $59,000 West phila – 6049 Irving 3BR/1BA meticulously maintained home, recently updated throughout, A Must See! $55,900 West phila- 231 N 52nd St Large house, spacious kitchen, separate dining room, high ceilings $60,000 North phila – 1826 W Thompson St Opportunity to develop on nice size lot $65,000 West phila – 1455 N Edgewood St 3BR/1BA, completely move-in ready home. Stop paying your Landlord’s Mortgage! $65,000 Southwest phila – 2644 S 67th St Great Sized 2BR/1BA home on quiet block $66,000 Fishtown – 2517 Emerald St Solid Fishtown home is a perfect starter home or for investor $75,000 Wissinoming – 2122 Carver St 3BR/1BA house in Wissinoming $75,000 point Breeze – 1227 S 17th St REDUCED! point Breeze Duplex, Great Investment opportunity $79,000 Delaware Co – 216 Mulberry St DBL Wide Corner property with parking $89,000 West phila – 1045 S Ithan St 3BR/1BA, Brand new everything, roof, windows, elec, & plumbing, C/A, Exp Brick, S/S and Maple kitchen $99,000 South Brook park – 2630 McKean St 3BR/1BA C/A, Garage, hi Ceilings, Basement, Deck and Open Kitchen OpEN HOUSE $134,500 Wynnefield Heights – Charming home near Fairmount park, Bala Golf course and St Joes, parking Included $149,999 Fishtown – 3138 Unruh Ave 3BR/1.5BA home with Garage and drive parking OpEN HOUSE $156,000 Holmesburg – 8026 Montague St Newer Construction, 3BR/1.5BA Beautiful back yard with patio, Garage and tax abatement $179,000 Fishtown – 2462 Emerald St New, Totally Renovated 2BR/1BA Certified Energy Efficient Home $184,900 point Breeze – 1443 S Bancroft Totally renovated 2BR/1BA Home OpEN HOUSE $189,900 Abington – 2833 Miriam Ave Four Bedroom home in great Roslyn neighborhood, Needs TLC but priced to sell $190,000 Cobbs Creek – 6230 Carpenter St A Fabulous, Spacious home in the Cobbs Creek area $219,000 Roxborough – 331 paoli Ave Huge twin on a quiet St with 3BR/2.5BA, 2 Car driveway and large deck $219,900 Manayunk – 4653 Smick St Large 3BR/1Ba house featuring hardwood floors, granite countertops, S/S appliance and yard $224,900 Mt Airy – 6360 Sherman St Beautiful Brick twin with centra air, 4BR,LR,DR, Updated Kitchen, New Bath, yard $225,900 $249,000 Manayunk – 440 Leverington Great investor Opportunity! Large Quadplex building offers 4 one bedrooms units and a 3 car garage Fishtown – 1301 N Front St D 2BR/2BA at Thompson St Lofts, Orig Ireonwork, Wxp Brick & beams, fireplace, Spa-like baths $259,000 West Mount Airy – 12 W Gowen St 3BR/2.5BA renovated home on a beautiful block known for its unique Architecture and gardens OpEN HOUSE $269,000 penns Landing – 3 N Columbus Blvd#TD442 2BR/2BA South facing condo with amazing river views and parking at amenity rich pier 3 $269,000 Manayunk – 357 Shurs Lane Fabulous Contemporary 2BR/1.5BA townhome with 1 Car garage and amazing bi- level deck OpEN HOUSE $279,900 Chestnut Hill – 15 W Abington Well priced in Chestnut Hill $289,900 Fishtown – 1247-51 E Columbia St #8 Leed Certified, 2yr old 2BR/1.5BA condo with parking roof deck and balcony $375,000 West Mt Airy – 401 Wellesley Rd Gorgeous Custom 3BR home in Mt Airy with Garage and Man Cave $314,900 Elkins park – 804 W Valley Rd Four things to love about this home: Spacious, Elegant, Bright, and Beautiful $399,900 Abington – 341 Forrest Ave Rare newer house with builder’s warranty, Beautiful Amenities, Adjacent Alverthorp park $429,000 Gwynmere – 125 Runnymede Drive Beautiful, private 4BR/2.5BA home in Lansdale, Full finished basement, large back Deck $375,000 Manayunk/Roxborough 411-13 Green Lane Grand 3 Story 5BR home full of charm and character on a double lot with 3 car driveway $412,500 Oak Ridge – 2155 Terwood Rd Great Opportunity to get this 5BR/3.5BA, 3+ acre gorgeous property in Huntingdon Valley cheap! $495,000 West Mt Airy – 612 W Cliveden St 7BR/4B Move-In Condition, Garage, porch, Garden Fireplace $569,000 Gulph Mills (King of prussia) 305 Hughes Rd 4BR/2BA split level, Garden, parking, Aserene 3 acre wooded setting $625,000 Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St pub with 3 apts, up to 20 Car parking lot $895,000 philadelphia Weekly – June 20, 2012

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1219 Randolph St 1F Updated 2BR/2BA condo with Hardwood floors, C/A, finished basement & Flagstone patio OpEN HOUSE $209,900 800 N Lawrence St #D Beautiful, Updated, 1BR/1BA + Den with low condo fees! pet friendly OpEN HOUSE $215,000 206-8 Brown St #4 Fantastic Condo in the Heart of Northern Liberties $225,000 930 Randolph St 3BR/4BA C/A, S/S Kitchen, Green Outdoor Space, New paint & Carpet OpEN HOUSE $339,900 916 New Market B 3BR/3BA Open Living Space, Roof top private GREEN Garden, offers stunning Skyline Views, Modern living in a Leed H Gold certified energy efficient building OpEN HOUSE $479,900 UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST pHILADELpHIA 542 S 48th St B 3BR/2BA on lovely shared Courtyard, Quiet rear unit with private deck, fireplace, CA and more $290,000 4300 pine St #C106 1BR+ Den condo Designer Kitchen , HW floors, walk-in closet, Tax abatement $320,000 4200 pine St #402 2BR/2BA with parking, tax Abatement and top of the line finishes in historic Trumbauer Mansion $363,000 4702 Springfield Ave Beautiful Queen Anne Victorian , Center hall Much original detail, C/A, Garden $438,500 4231 Regent Sq Attractive Updated 4BR/2BA House on “Best Block” C/A. “cook’s Kitchen” in penn Alexander OpEN HOUSE $424,900 527 S 41st St Catchment Area, 5BR/2.5BA, 2 Car parking, Historically Certified, Fully Updated $525,000 518 S 46th St 5BR/3.5BA pristine twin w/in law suite on corner of Catchment Area two most blocks $539,900 1432 Catharine St 4BR/4.5B Newer Construction, 2 Car parking, Roof deck, amazing master suite and more $584,000

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A&B This Wonderful House has it all! 1700 Sq ing Space? WELL SOMEFabulous huge multi unit building Ft - LocationSt- Meredith School District - A Lovely 246 Catharine with 3 units.

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318 Fitzwater Street “The Dragon House”

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228 West Washington Square

New York Upper East Side lifestyle at Philadelphia prices. Cosmopolitan, Classic Townhouse directly on Society Hills Wash. Square Park. 4 bdrms, + family rm + library, 6 bths, elevator, garden, deck and parking.

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4000 + Sq Ft 4/3.5 Elevator Deck 2 Car Garage & TA $2,000,000

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848 S. Swanson Street 5 year old fabulous home. 3 bdrms + family rm, 3.5 bths, fp, hrdwd flrs, deck & garage. $639,000

600-02 N American N/C 3/2.5, Bsmt Garden, Garage, & TA From $650,000

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133 Salter Street Fab. N/C

3550 Sq Ft 3 + Den/4.5 3 BalconiesDeck Garden + Garage TA $979,000

Concordia Place - Lovely pristine hm w/ 2 bdrms, 2 bths, hrdwd flrs, fp, deck & lovely private garden. $324,900

1923-1925-2021-2023 Parrish N/C 3 to 4 BR TA From $469,000

111 Federal Street - Beautiful home, 2800 sq ft, 3 bdrms + den, 2.5 bths, garden, deck, garage & basement, tax abatement. $525,000

Large, extra wide 20x77 corner property, Builders home, 3/2.5, hrdwd flrs, 2 fp’s, media rm, terrace, deck, garden & garage $414,999

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502 Delancey 4+Off/3 F & 3/2 Deck + 2 1/2 BA + Deck 3 Car + Parking RED $499,000 Prng $1,350,000

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512-16 S. Front St. Investment Opportunity - Commercial - 7820 Sq. Ft., River Views, Terrific Space & Location. $1,900,000

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213 Wolf Street - Rarely offered completely rehabbed hm, 3 bdrms, library/den, high ceilings, decorative 215.440 FP & hrdwd.8190 flrs. $289,900T h e

132 Manton Street - Lovely 3 story hm w/ 2 bdrms + den, 1.5 bths,

208 Watkins Street Beautiful large open & spacious

2417 Delancey Street-Custom Designer home! Pristine, attention to details,

large yard. 294,900

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Beautiful restored Brownstone, 1700 sq. ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bths, hrdwd flrs, CA, Washer/Dryer,

1321 S. 2nd Street

426 Federal Street 3 story, 4 bdrm home on nice block, large eat-in kitchen, laundry room & side yard. Needs some TLC. $199,900

2001 Catharine St.

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Incredibly well kept 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth hm w/ semi-finished basement, side and rear yard. $279,900

2236 S. 3rd Street Very nice extra lrg 3 bdrm hm, back room that could be used as den/office, hrdwd flrs, great light & nice yard. $189,900

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732 S. 3rd St - Meredith School District, 3 great outdoor spaces, 2 fp’s, hrdwd flrs t/o, 3 bdrms + den/family rm, great kitchen &2.5 bths, lovely garden courtyard & 2 fab. decks. $575,000

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216 Christian Street F- Beautiful like new Courtyard hm w/ 2 cr prkg, 3 full suites, Office, 3.5 bths, hrdwd flrs t/o, fab. LR w/ fp & 13’ceilings, 2800 sq. ft, lovely grdn & large deck. $699,000

Terrific 3 BR/1BA home w/hrdwd flrs & central air. REDUCED $325,000

1210 S. 3rd Street Beautiful 4 bdrm, 2 bth hm with high ceilings, hrdwd flrs, tile, granite and outdoor space. REDUCED $324,900

830 S. 2nd Street 3100 sq. ft. gated crtyd hm w/prkg, 4 bdrms, den & family rm, hrdwd flrs, 2 fp’s, 2 juliet balconies, garden & roof top patio. $799,900

725 Kimball Street

Society Hill Office 530 W a ln ut St. Sui te # 26 0 Phi la de lp hi a, P A 19 10 6

Beautiful 3 bdrm, 2.5 Great commercial Space, 800 sq. ft, approved for indoor/outdoor seating  Carestio Adele Gerngross & Mike rehabbed last yr. Currently a coffee shop with $1200. hr. conceirge. bath.

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427 views, Queen2/2 St-+Beautiful story, 2 bedroom, 1 bath trinity, & garden. $1400 parking, 4bdrms, 3.5H/W, bths,EIK garden, 2.5 bths, hrdwd flrs, deck & garage. windows surround, wood burning stove & $445,000 details, details $749,000 $499,000 225 Catharine St - Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA,details, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500 $599,900 tons of storage.

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1,200 sf

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1,198 sf

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778 sf

throughout. open sunday 6/24 3:00-3:30 pm

843 sf

inDepenDence pLace

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$269,900

415 sf

$199,900

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The WarWick

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$309,900

$1,050,000

condo Fees $495

$725,000

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condo Fees $974

Taxes: $400

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1231 sf

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$1,050,000

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$995,000

socieTy hiLL ToWers

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$1,100,000

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$1,150,000

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