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CONTENTS / July 23-30 4 I PHILLYNOW XPoNential Music Festival; Shakespeare in Clark Park; Philadelphia Dance Day; This is Hardcore; and more!
12 I FEATURE Can we please keep the swordsplay in Star Wars, not in the local news?
14 I FOOD Petruce et al. is a new Walnut Street force to be reckoned with.
16 I ARTS & CULTURE Music: Philly filly Christina Perri’s got real love for the town that helped shape her— and her music. Stage: Kash Goins is presenting his second all-black staging of an American theater masterwork. Screen: Richard Linklater’s marvelous 12year labor of love is a film that gazes back at its viewer, with illuminating results.
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Shakespeare in Clark Park
William Shakespeare’s iconic, world-renowned classics—flush with robust characters, intense situations, intrigue, death and comedy, set to infectious iambic pentameter—have earned adoration from both common fans and dedicated scholars since even before his death nearly 400 years ago. And while many people consider Shakespeare’s works a mite stodgy and difficult to understand, since 2005, Philly’s own Shakespeare in Clark Park has made his plays incredibly accessible. Utilizing the natural splendor of West Philly’s best outdoor greenspace as the venue, SICP continues to draw audiences from all over the city, as well as its loyal contingent of neighborhood die-hards, and this summer, they’re being treated to a massive production of Henry IV: Your Prince and Mine. Based on Henry IV: Part I and Part II, this is a complicated tale that captures the complexities of loyalty to family versus forging one’s own path. The story focuses on the rebellious princes Harry “Hotspur” Percy, outraged by the king’s refusal to pay a family debt, and Hal, who would rather spend time in a pub with his friend Falstaff than listen to his monarch father. In addition to the intrigue of a feuding royal family, this particular staging of Henry IV boasts an amazingly elaborate scene: Act Five’s Battle of Shrewsbury features 100 additional participants, enabling park audiences to witness a realistic depiction of war’s inhumanity. After each show, attendees are encouraged to stop by the Conversation Station at Clark Park to participate in a dialogue regarding the inner workings of such a production, as well as meet the dozens of volunteers that made it possible. As always, SICP is free to the general public, inviting local stage lovers to bring their whole families—with blankets, chairs and dinner for everyone—to enjoy the Bard’s timeless works of theatrical art under the stars. What better way to spend a summer evening: with kin and community. // KENNEDY ALLEN Wed., July 30 through Sun., Aug. 3, 7pm. Free. Clark Park 4398 Chester Ave. 215.764.5345. shakespeareinclarkpark.org
Wednesday, July 23 MUSIC
The John Byrne Band
Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Pastorius Park concert series features the John Byrne Band for its second to last performance of the summer. Led by Dublin native John Byrne, the band plays traditional Celtic folk music, along with more modern arrangements. 7:30pm. Free. Pastorius Park, Abington Ave. and Lincoln Dr. 215.248.8810. chestnuthill.org DANCE
Come Together Dance Festival
The Koresh Dance Company is celebrating the art of dance with a weeklong festival of performances. Pooling 24 acclaimed Philly companies from a range of disciplines—street, tap, jazz, contemporary, world and ballet—Come Together will expose diversified techniques to the city’s dance enthusiasts and make it easy for them to get it all at once. 7:30pm. $35. Through July 27. Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. koreshdance.org
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This is Hardcore
Through Sun., July 27, various times. $35-$125. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215.627.1332. thisishardcorefest.com
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The Magnificent Seven: Part VI
Hosted by 2013 WitOut Award Winner for best standup Aaron Hertzog and 2013 Philebrity Comedian of the Year nominee Alison Zeidman, the stand-up showcase by Free for
Spruce Street Harbor Park
The city’s most beautiful corner this summer, which already provides an urban beach, lily pad gardens and floating barges, has another treat in store for Philadelphians. Tonight, local bands Purling Hiss and Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band will perform on the central stage, accompanied by video projections and 3-D artwork from the Vox Populi Gallery. 7:30pm. Free. Spruce Street Harbor Park, Columbus Blvd. and Spruce St. delawareriverwaterfront.com
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Raphael Xavier W.O.R.X. Meets Bobby Zankel & The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound This fusion act’s concept for this project is based on the idea that there are constant, fundamental elements of African American culture that transcend discipline, time period, style, and place of origin.
Avalon String Band The Avalon String Band, a member of the Philadelphia Mummers String Band Association, has a custom sound with deep roots in traditional American sing-along music, popular music from the early to mid 1900s, swing, and big band.
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What rhymes with Amelia Earhart? Lovers of spoken word can start brainstorming; the famous lady pilot is honored at the Painted Bride Quarterly’s poetry slam tonight. The event is hosted by PW alum and Philly Mag staff writer Steve Volk. 7:30pm. Free. Pen & Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer St. 215.731.9909. drexel.edu
All Comedy returns for even more laughs. 8pm. $7. Boot and Saddle Bar, 1131 S. Broad St. 267.639.4528. bootandsaddlephilly.com
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Joe Hardcore, the czar of the Philadelphia scene he’s adopted as a moniker, has once again put together a staggering, cross-generational lineup of over 60 bands. Entering its ninth year, This is Hardcore has a well-earned reputation as one of the preeminent weekends of hardcore music in the nation. Since moving from the Starlight Ballroom at 9th and Spring Garden to the Electric Factory in 2012, TIH hasn’t looked back. And it’s been host to some of the biggest reunions and most memorable sets in the last decade of American hardcore. For the older heads, there’s BL’AST!, Bold, CIV, Crowbar, Dropdead and Fury of Five. Phillyphiles will be well represented as always, with a set from hardcore luminaries Blacklisted, as well as Rock Bottom, Wrong Answer and Wilkes Barre’s finest, Cold World and Title Fight. NYHC legends Madball celebrate the 20th anniversary of Set It Off, their debut LP, and help close out the weekend on Sunday. Joining them at the end of the bill for a rare appearance is local outfit Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza (above). Fronted by Jason Goldberg, who now owns the Olde City Tattoo shop, Bad Luck 13 boasts a notorious history of highly destructive crowd responses—See Hellfest 2004 and various unlucky Jersey venues in 1998. This one TIH finale you’ll be pissed if you missed. // DANIEL GELB
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T BE IN PHILLY STAGE
Didn’t Your Father Have This Talk With You?
After 12 years of teaching both sex ed and religion to Catholic school boys, Tony Braithwaite has endless stories to share in this hilarious one-man-show. Braithwaite shares tales about his father teaching him about the birds and the bees and talks about his failed Hollywood career, during which he auditioned to play Chandler on Friends. July 24-Aug. 3. $25. Act II Playhouse. 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler. 215.654.0200. act2.org FOOD & DRINK
AC Food and Wine Festival
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XPoNential Music Festival There’s something for everyone at XPoNential, the 21st consecutive outdoor summer music festival from the radio mothership, WXPN. Well, maybe not hip-hop or anything for metalheads, but for easy, breezy indie rock aficionados, this is a damn buffet. Let’s start with the headliners: Saturday boasts Dawes, Jenny Lewis and Ryan Adams, and Sunday’ll feature the Districts, Band of Horses and Beck. Those six are at the Susquehanna Bank Center, but Wiggins Park, from noon until nighttime, is almost its own world, and that’s where you’ll get access to the wonderful up-and-comers and slightly smaller acts that may, in fact, yield more joy and pleasure than the big guns. Friday’s Wiggins-only night will be boss: Lucius is an outstanding girl-led avant rock five-piece, but it’s the finale of Rodrigo y Gabriela that will send you back home over the river smiling from the hangover of their delicious Flamenco and salsa sounds. On Saturday, don’t miss Dave Bielanko’s long-love country and garage-flavored rock band Marah, Tim Showalter’s triumphant dark folk achievement achieved via his buzzworthy Strands of Oak or Ingrid Michaelson’s softly sweet romanticism. But I, for one, am absolutely pumped for Lake Street Dive, who hit the stage at 4:30pm Sunday. Also that day? The Lawsuits, Philly’s humbly lovely American Diamond Recordings, the Texan alt-country beauty of Old 97s, and Man Man, our fair city’s champions of weird rock. // BILL CHENEVERT Through Sun., July 27, various times. $30-$125. Wiggins Park and Susquehanna Bank Center on the Camden, NJ waterfront. 215.222.1400. xpn.org
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Sunrise at Hyde Park
Andrew Peter Crowley, Heidi Hayes and Ezra Berkley Nepon are just a few of the names starring in this new production about the alleged love affair between First Lady Elanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickock. The show includes words and music by Tom Wilson Weinberg. 8pm. $10-$20. William Way Center, 1315 Spruce St. 215.732.2220. waygay.org MUSIC
Kidchella
Smith Memorial Playground hosts this
family-friendly version of California’s famous music festival. Slated to perform are Walter Martin of the Walkmen, Grammy nominee Brandy Rymer and Seattle pop-rockers the Not-Its! 6pm. $10. Smith Memorial Playground, 3500 Reservoir Dr. 215.765.4325. smithplayground.org SC R EEN
Film al Fresco
The fourth program in Moore College’s Film al Fresco series focuses on short films—the longest of which is just shy of 13 minutes—that utilize live-action, animation and other interesting media.
Participating filmmakers include Tyler Kline, Naomi Levine and Kevin Nguyen. 8pm. Free. Aviator Park, Logan Sq. West. 215.965.4027. moore.edu M U SIC
Philadelphia Orchestra: Pixar in Concert
Relive the memorable moments of all 14 Pixar movies—from the original Toy Story to Monsters University—with a little help from the Philadelphia Orchestra, who will perform the famous scores set to clips of the films. 7pm. $35-$100. Kimmel Center, 1500 Walnut St. 215.893.1999. kimmelcenter.org
This four-day food and spirits festival features wine seminars, tasting events, cooking classes and much more. Learn proper grilling techniques with Chef Robert Irvine, find out Martha Stewart’s best burger secrets, and sample mouth-watering food at a tasting village in the Grand Market. July 25-28. AC Boardwalk at Caesars, 2100 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City, N.J. 609.343.4077. caesars.com SPORTS
Quarterback Scramble
Whether you run or walk for Ron Jaworski’s football-themed 5K run, 1-mile walk, or Kids Touchdown Dash, it is one step in the right direction toward tackling childhood obesity. The day will be filled with fun activities focused on staying active, happy and healthy. Sun., July 27, 8am. $25-$40. 82nd Street Park, Stone Harbor, N.J. racemine.com STAGE
Steel Magnolias
In 1985, Robert Harling’s sister passed away due to diabetes. It was this event that moved Harling to write a comedy drama about six women who gather in a beauty parlor to laugh, even during times of stress and grief. New Jersey’s Dante Hall Theater Productions and Atlantic City Theater Company collaborate to present the hilarious yet moving story. Sat., July 26, 8pm. $18. Dante Hall Theater, 14 Mississippi Ave., Atlantic City, N.J. intraweb.stockton.edu COMEDY
George Lopez
Whether it’s through television sitcoms, film, late-night hosting or books, George Lopez has found numerous ways to entertain the masses. Tonight, he brings his standup comedy to Atlantic City for another hysterical performance. Sat., July 26, 8pm. $55. Borgata, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J. 609.317.1000. theborgata.com
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Philadelphia Dance Day In 2010, our city’s copious array of dance companies—spanning a multitude of techniques— began setting aside one day out of the summer to bring communities together and encourage the otherwise uninitiated masses to get off their asses and try something new. Whether you’re a veteran milonguero or a mere misanthrope who brandishes a ready-made excuse whenever someone extends an invite to the club, the kind folks participating in Philadelphia Dance Day will welcome you with open arms, showing how having a little rhythm never hurt anyone—as long as you stretch beforehand. Kicking off bright and early at 9am, the celebration will make its way across Center City, with more than 30 distinct workshops offered at eight different studios. And don’t expect any halfbaked lessons, because instructors will be pulling styles from just about every corner of the world, several of which entail a little more discipline than simply moving in circles. But if you prefer to absorb the experience one baby-step at a time, there’s always your standard jazz, ballet, tap and other rudimentary classes for all ages and skill levels. As tempting as it is to just rent a beginner’s DVD or check out a video-on-demand lesson, this opportunity only comes once a year, and with more than 450 people expected to show up around town, chances are you won’t be the only nervous party around. After all, nothing beats hands-on practice. // JAKE ABBATE Various times and locations. Free. philadelphiadanceday.com
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Verbal Connections Conversation Party
This monthly “new age social gathering” aims to help people ease into relationships of all sorts without any of the awkwardness that follows. Each guest must bring one question written down on a piece of paper, which will be put into a box and then drawn to be read out loud in front of the group. 7pm. $12. International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.387.5125. ihousephilly.org PO E TRY
Still We Rise
Maya Angelou’s passing earlier this summer closed a major chapter in American literature, and the Human Rights Coalition plans to honor her contributions with an evening of live poetry and music. DJ Brotha Onaci, LC the Poet and Luvjoi will be among those paying tribute. 5pm. Free. Malcolm X Park, 52nd and Pine St. hrcoalition.org F O OD
Paella Cooking Class Series
Bar Ferdinand will host an outdoor tutorial on how to
prepare the best-tasting Spanish paella dish, as instructed by Chef David Ansill. The class also offers a wide array of appetizers, including the restaurant’s signature plate, Paella Valenciana. 7pm. $40. Bar Ferdinand’s, 1030 N. Second St. 215.923.1313. barferdinand.com MIN D & B O DY
Awakening the Heart: Introduction to Meditation
Learn the basic principles of meditation and the Buddhist method of achieving relaxation with this entry-level course open to practitioners of every skill level. 1pm. $20. Amitayus Kadampa Buddhist Center, 1102 Pine St. 267.702.3817. meditationinphiladelphia.org DAN CE
Ragas and Airs
The latest choreography from Usiloquy Dance Designs, inspired by the Indian Bharatanatyam tradition, weaves threads between the music and folklore of Indian as well as Celtic societies. The piece features six dancers and also contains an interactive portion for the audience to learn
new dance techniques. 4pm. Free. The Irish Memorial, 100 S. Front St. 267.324.5917. usiloquydance.org SHO PPING
Ladies Night Pop-Up Shop Event
Live out your innermost Sex in the City fantasy with cocktails, shopping and plenty of door prizes at this girls-only mixer brought to you by the folks at YOakleyPR. 5pm. $10$20. The Personal Chef Restaurant, 6388 Germantown Ave. 215.432.9867. yoakleypr.com P E R FORMANCE
Dr. Never’s Lectures and the Bearded Ladies
As the country’s leading expert on Andy Warhol, Dr. Peter P. Never will lead a “musical lecture” on the importance of Warhol’s art in modern times. The lecture represents Stage 2 of The Bearded Ladies Cabaret’s Andy: A Popera, and will also feature the opening of a time capsule left by Warhol. 7:30pm. $10-$25. The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. 215.893.9456. wilmatheater.org
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Back in the spring of 1998, a little Silicon Prairie band called Braid unleashed Frame and Canvas, its third full-length LP, and indie music devotees soon realized this album was nothing short of a tour de force that dwarfed their first two. Pairing abrasively intricate guitar patterns against the dueling high-versus-low vocal harmonies of Bob Nanna and Chris Broach, they crafted a record that distilled the sound and imagery of the Midwest into a 12-song snapshot of working-class love and loss. Jump ahead 16 years, and Frame and Canvas’ influence is still tangible, inspiring a new scene of early twentysomethings looking to prove that the spirit of the ‘90s is alive and kicking. It also helps that Braid has a new album out, No Coast, and while they’ve been mostly absent for over a decade, the emo OGs—as everyone seems to be calling them nowadays— haven’t strayed too far from their roots. Produced by Will Yip—if you’re a fan of Philly music, and you haven’t heard of him by now, it’s probably too late to ask—No Coast puts less focus on spastic time signature fluctuations and instead opts for textured melodic hooks that signify equal parts growth and rebirth. Despite its members pushing 40, there’s a constant youthful energy in Braid songs. Come bear witness, as they’ve not one, but two gigs at Boot & Saddle—an all-ages matinee with a 3:30pm showtime, followed by a 21-and-over encore later in the evening. // J.A. 3:30 and 8:30pm. $20. With A Great Big Pile Of Leaves + Marietta. The Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St. 267.639.4528. bootandsaddlephilly.com
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The upcoming yearly summer ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City aims to top last year’s 1,700 riders. As they’ve been doing since 1988, the Irish Pub Children’s Foundation is gearing up to peddle toward more fundraising for this year’s charitable beneficiary, Preston’s March for Energy, a nonprofit that helps disabled children get active with custom-made bikes. 7am. St. Irish Pub, 2007 Walnut St. 215.568.5603. irishpub.donordrive.com
Start your engines in time for this familyfriendly festival, where the most eye-catching vehicles will be recognized in categories from antique to muscle. Eight bands and circus performers will entertain you as you shop at the Bang! Boom! CRAFT! show for eclectic local finds. A wide selection of food and drink will keep attendees satisfied as they revel in American motor ingenuity. Noon-5pm. Free. East Passyunk Ave., Broad and Dickinson sts. visiteastpassyunk.com
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Russian Romances Concert
This is Not a Test Book Signing
Musicians from the Russian Opera Workshop perform a variety of songs in the original language of the Russian Romances concert, which will precede the showing of Tchaikovsky’s opera, Eugene Onegin. A forward by composer Daren Hagen will accompany the special musical addition. 7:30pm. Free. Academy of Vocal Fine Arts, Helen Corning Warden Theater, 1920 Spruce St. 215.735.1685. avaopera.com
José Luis Vilson, a Manhattan-based math teacher, celebrates the release of his first book, a collection of essays on the subjects of race, gentrification and the education system based on his experiences as a BlackLatino educator. Chris Lehmann, founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, co-hosts the interactive discussion and signing event. 7pm. Free. Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St. woodenshoebooks.com
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We Are Bandits
Having received multiple awards for his debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park, Skyhorse returns with Take This Man, a memoir that recalls his upbringing with five stepfathers and how his mother was willing to create a new identity in order to escape the truth of his birth father. 7:30pm. Free. Central Library, 1901 Vine St. 215.567.4341. freelibrary.org
Taking inspiration from the feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot, Applied Mechanics’ new show explores the political movement through an interactive theater performance that encourages every audience member to take part. To go along with the theme of “radical democracy,” the group has made the show free for everyone. 8pm. Free. Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St.
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Field of Dreams
The National Museum of American Jewish History’s baseball-themed summer film series continues with the heartwarming classic Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster and Amy Madigan. 7pm. $5. National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 Independence Mall E. 215.923.3811. nmajh.org
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Beer Camp Across America
In anticipation of the mid-Atlantic edition of the cross-country craft beer festival, Victory Beer Hall is holding a preview event a few days before the actual festivities. A ticket will get you 4 oz. samples of the 12 specially crafted beers for the event, food buffet, live music and more. 6pm. $25. XFINITY Live!,1100 Pattison Ave. xfinitylive.com
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As someone who often finds his twin identities as a lifelong Muslim and a lifelong pop-culture geek juxtaposed against each other in a variety of sometimes curious ways, I was struck this Sunday when two news stories crossed my social media feeds in rapid succession that involved eerily similar imagery—but with wildly different overtones. First up, let’s start with the good stuff: Devin Faraci over at the film website BadAssDigest.com dropped a bit of bombshell news of what he claims is the planned storyline for next year’s impending revival of the Star Wars franchise. If Faraci’s supposed scoop is legit and not just another geek rumor, Episode VII of the new trilogy will feature as a key plot point the severed hand of a familiar character clutching a lightsaber. While I don’t know that what he has to say is particularly spoilerific—and, again, it’s not even confirmed at this point—I’ll abstain from posting details here just to preserve the surprise for those who want it. But honestly, if you’re anything like me, just hearing that tantalizing bit of teasing was enough to get the follicles on the back of your neck bolting upright by providing just one more piece of confirmation that we are indeed barrelling towards yet another visit to that galaxy far, far away. So, yeah. That story got me excited. But then came the very next story in my news feed. And that one wasn’t so cool. Apparently, one leader of a West Philadelphia mosque is currently under arrest, and a second has a warrant out for his arrest, after
they accused one of their congregants of stealing donation money from the organization and—here comes that synchronicity I alluded to earlier—they attempted to chop off his hand as penance. Without the benefit of a lightsaber, they instead used a dull machete blade, with predictably messy results: According to police, they “swung at his wrist, cut through his skin, and cut his tendons, but didn’t make it all the way.” Luckily, the victim got away; reportedly, reconstructive surgery is indicated. Beyond the general “ick” factor that such a story naturally stirs in anyone with a heart and/or a conscience, there’s also the unprompted “Here we go again” that I end up uttering. And while I don’t have any special knowledge of the individuals in question (nor do I particularly want any), and this news marks the first time I’ve ever heard of them (nor do I particularly want to read more), I’d wager the same applies for most of the people who’ll come across this news: “Here we go again.” Just more confirmation of their deepest fears about what Islam represents. What being Muslim represents. For many who have prefigured images in their minds of honor killings happening half a world away, even as the nebulous concept of “Shariah law!” continues to worm its way through the American psyche—well, heck, this kind of thing happening practically down the street very neatly fits in right on that same continuum. But for me, as someone who does
his level best to represent the American-Muslim experience in as positive a manner possible, whenever a story like this inevitably gains traction in the media, I can’t help but blanch. Not at the media for covering it, mind you. After all, stories about severed hands, whether they come about via a beloved sci-fi franchise or two nutbars brandishing a dull blade, do tend to garner eyeballs. No, I blanch because it should be their nutbar-ness that’s used to classify them, as opposed to their Muslim-ness, but if history is our guide, that probably won’t end up being the case. As such, the actions of these two will just end up making it that much harder for run-of-themill American Muslims to live their American dream—which doesn’t involve anybody’s severed body parts, attempted or otherwise. Just to be absolutely clear here: There’s no justification for what these guys did. None. Not even a little bit. First of all, the applicability of such a barbaric punishment under these circumstances would be questionable even in a primarily Islamic country, but given that these guys live in America, they’re bound by American laws, and as far as I know, “Off with his hands!” has never been one of the punishments doled out by Judge Judy. Naturally, that hasn’t stopped the usual chorus of voices from the “Fear Islam!” crowd from chiming in on comments sections across the web. Was this an example of Sharia law? Perhaps some kind of stealth jihad? No, to both.
As far as I know, there’s no groundswell in American congregations to extract a literal pound of flesh for perceived transgressions. We’re Americans. We have lawsuits for that. This terrible story is simply about two guys armed with a superiority complex—and, unfortunately, a machete—who went way too viciously far in confusing brutality for justice. The fact is, human history—recent and otherwise—is rife with examples of horrible people finding ways to force-fit religion, race, nationality, education or economic class into justifications for their essential horribleness. Because the “dark side of the Force” we heard so much about in Star Wars is something universal, not religion-specific. That understanding speaks to something fundamental inside of us—which helps explain why Star Wars is one of the most popular mythologies of our time. We all have the capacity to fall from grace, but we also all have the ability to rise above our worse natures. Sometimes all we need is a hand up. n Zaki Hasan is a professor of communication and media studies in the San Francisco Bay Area and cofounder of Mr. Boy Productions, an L.A.-based film and video company. A lifelong pop-culture buff, he is cohost of the MovieFilm Podcast, co-author of Quirk Books’ Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture, and his work has been featured at Q-News, Illume and The Huffington Post. He has appeared as a panelist on Al Jazeera America’s The Stream and is a contributing editor at Altmuslimah. com. Find him at zakiscorner.com.
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you with TV clips while you sit in the backseat. The Philadelphia Cab Association weighed in publicly on the proposed camera regs this spring, and found the cost of installing a camera system in a cab would be “no more than $400 or $500.” But more recent estimates from the IRRC put the installation of the VerifEye or 24/7 systems at more than double that: $1,200. “Several taxi medallion owners are trying to consolidate the industry regarding leasing to drivers, dispatching, insurance, credit card processing, and now security cameras,” wrote Ron Blount, head of the Philadelphia Taxi Alliance, in a letter to the IRRC on April 25. Blount says he believes a camera system should be left up to the driver to choose—or, at least, any mandated citywide system should put up for a bid, not just handed to a current vendor. “What we want to do is allow drivers or owners to go out and buy cameras and install them in cabs,” he says. “They could let [the PPA mandate] certain specifications for quality. But the Parking Authority is forcing the camera to go through the meter system. It’s controlled by Verifone, just like the credit card system. So the monopoly continues.” David Alperstein, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Taxi Association says his group (which represents medallion owners) are more concerned with requiring partitions between drivers and customers. “The partition is really where we think the preventative measure is. Of course, the safety of the drivers are of the utmost concern, so if cameras somehow help them, that’s great, too,” he says. A spokesperson for the PPA did not respond by press time. Blount is a supporter of new technologies like those used by the car service Uber, which he believes give more freedom to cab drivers themselves rather than the very few cab-owning dispatch companies, whose economic stranglehold over their drivers was examined in a PW series earlier this year. If drivers and companies were allowed to shop around for cameras, he notes, many drivers—to whom the companies would likely push the cost— still wouldn’t have the cash to pay for installation up front. He foresees, therefore, a situation in which the dispatch companies and other medallion owners would pay for the camera, then add a $35-$40 weekly increase in the medallion lease that cabbies pay in order to drive. (This would not be official, of course; but many drivers allege they are forced to pay more for their medallion rentals each week than the PPA allows, and some worry cameras would up that already-bloated cost.) While the IRRC holds the authority to approve or disapprove new regulations for state bureaucracies like the PPA, the commission doesn’t get any say in how that bureaucracy goes about implementing the regulations. Which means, once the IRRC gives cameras the official thumbs up, the details of how that’ll play out are all in the PPA’s hands.
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he last time Hafiz Sarfaraz’s cab would ever be flagged down was around 12:30am on May 8, 2013 in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia. According to police reports, as the taxi driver pulled over, a pedestrian he thought was a potential customer proceeded to pull out a gun and try to rob him. Sarfaraz attempted to flee, but the suspect opened fire, hitting him five times before he crashed into a wall at 63rd and Walnut. His murder was never solved. The former Upper Darby resident’s death elicited an outburst from taxi drivers all over the city, many of whom expressed fears they could suffer the same fate, and demanded more safety precautions. Since that time, the PPA, which oversees Philly’s taxis, and drivers have come to a compromise: They plan to install cameras in cabs. If people know they’re being monitored, the logic goes, they’ll be less likely to use violence against drivers. Because right now, given the tens of thousands of private and public cameras all over the city, inside a cab is one of the increasingly rare places you can go in Philadelphia where you’re not on film. “The levels of violence against taxicab drivers in Philadelphia is egregious,” wrote State Rep. Nick Miccarelli in an April 2014 letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission, the state bureaucracy that holds the authority to change regulations directly overseen by state authorities. “If installing safety cameras helps to alleviate the hazards of this dangerous occupation, then I see no reason as to why cameras should not be installed.” Similar camera systems have been installed in cabs in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. While some initial blowback over privacy concerns is likely, it’s worth noting that in Seattle, crimes against drivers actually dropped by 23 percent after all cabs were required to get cameras. Most of the hurdles to put cameras into cabs have been met. The FOP favors the move as being helpful to the safety of first responders in taxibased emergencies. On Thursday, July 24, the IRRC will meet to review—and likely rubber-stamp— the use of those PPA-approved cameras. “If approved, this regulation will affect 3,700 taxi drivers and 700 medallion owners—all of whom will be required to comply with this regulation in terms of the system,” says John Mizner, the commission’s chairman. But not everyone’s happy with this outcome. Some industry professionals believe the way the PPA is handling the camera issue could strengthen the entrenched advantages local cab companies have over independent drivers and next-generation car services. See, the new regulation will allow the PPA to specify what approved camera systems cab owners may install. The two systems they’re backing— VerifEye, and 24/7 Security—both are compatible with the Verifone system that’s already installed in cabs throughout Philly; that’s the computer that routes your fare from the meter to the credit card reader, processes your payment and bombards
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hy, I wondered after my first bite of lasagna at Petruce et al., had I never forked one like this before? That was my first thought. The second, just as it began taking shape in my conscious mind, devolved just as suddenly into an unreadable fog of endorphins and dopamine: This lasagna—tomatoes caramelized and sweet, béchamel perfumed with nutmeg—had apparently ventured north instead of south after I swallowed it, and headed directly for the pleasure center of my brain, which proceeded to light up like a cougar at a Ryan Gosling movie. It had been finished in a cast-iron dish, bathed in the heat of what is fast becoming one of the most famous wood ovens in region, and the resulting smoky-sweet miracle, created as it was at the intersection of fire and metal, caused a deeply primal sense of satisfaction. That happens a lot at Petruce et al., the much-awaited and buzzed-about restaurant from the insanely talented Justin and Jonathan Petruce and Tim Kweeder, a beverage savant who is best known for his work with natural wines but whose range and depth of knowledge stretch far beyond that. Indeed, the hardest part of a meal here is likely to be narrowing down what you want to eat and drink: Even at first glance, it all looks pretty damn tasty. Arrive early and start off with one of standout bar-manager George Costa’s excellent cocktails: They have the ability to subtly re-cast the familiar, as with the Man Man-Hattan and its Laphroiglent smokiness underpinning the more familiar sweet spice of Rittenhouse Rye and Carpano Antica. Other cocktails simply surprise and charm, as with the Donnie Brusco, in which Blue Coat Gin is twisted up with a strawberry-Lambrusco shrub, those perfectly calibrated vinegary notes making it all too easy to swig down an entire one with abandon. Then take your seat and play the food version of that game you once did as a kid, the one where you spin the globe, close your eyes, and announce that, wherever your finger lands, that’s where you will end up visiting one day. If you’re lucky, you’ll hit the roasted carrots, some smoked and others pickled, tangled up with wax beans, parts of which will be blistered and pruned from the flame. All of it swirls with the floral-funkiness of bagna cauda, essentially an emulsification of all that’s
good in the world: Olive oil, salt-packed anchovies, garlic, lemon juice, butter, cream—if you’re a fan of the savory, then this is your new drug of choice. Octopus, borne upon a pedestal of congee, arrives cocooned in char from the grill after a leisurely poaching in a bath of olive, lemon, sambal and more. This causes the flesh inside to grow decadently tender and sweet, amazing against that swirling heat. It’s an unexpected, brilliant item and a phenomenal bar snack: That and a beer is a perfect solo dinner. But I’d personally stick with wine. Because Kweeder’s list, which relies on bottlings that have been crafted with natural, lowintervention methods, are perfect for this style of food. Indeed, despite the diversity of dishes on offer, the theme of fire tying them together is absolutely perfect for pairing with wines that are, on balance, less about the ultra-ripe fruit flavors and alcohol many of us are accustomed to, and more bright fruit-, mineral- and earth-driven. Our bottle of Grange Tiphaine “Rosa, Rosé, Rosam” Pet’Nat—a gently sparkling wine whose fizz is imparted via an all-too-rarely seen process that doesn’t involve secondary fermentation within bottle or a tank as, say, Champagne or Prosecco do—was both a wine-geek’s thrill and a hedonist’s treat. There is a lot like that on this list if you’re open to it. Ask Kweeder, and ye shall receive. And in practical terms, that pink sparkler was wildly versatile, remarkable with the black bass, itself all decadent and rich against acid-bright peppers and soft-scrambled eggs made even more airy when sent on a jaunt through a whipped-cream charger. It also was just as delicious with the chicken, a roasted Lancaster beauty replete with nearly blackened skin and flesh as tender as a ballad by Richard Marx. (I imagine its feathers combed into a perfect mullet.) The grits accompanying it, all buttery and toothy; the grilled broccoli rabe lending an anchor of bitterness; the pancetta raising the richness ante even more: Those taut bubbles of the wine danced with it all with ease, setting up those other flavors on the pedestal they deserved. Following fireworks like this cannot be easy, but the desserts made quick work of that potential speed bump. Chocolate torta, all crisp and dense, is a Petruce riff on an ice cream sandwich, minus the need for freezing. Mochi proved to be a perfect homage to
It’ll grab hold of you: Octopus at Petruce et al. (Photo by J.R. Blackwell)
the all-too-short blueberry season that we’re right now luxuriating in. From vegetarian lasagna and phenomenal bagna cauda all the way to chicken with grits and the Japanese influence of mochi: That such a broad range is all done with this elevated a level of balance and exuberance makes it even more remarkable than it clearly already is on its own merits. The cumulative effect of it all, however, is far simpler: A deep sense of pleasure. Which is all we can ever really ask for, especially from a restaurant this early in what I imagine will be a very long run indeed. I cannot wait to follow it over the years.
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The Golden (Home)Girl Philly filly Christina Perri’s got real love for the town that helped shape her—and her music. By Ed Condran // feedback@philadelphiaweekly.com
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ou never would guess that Christina Perri had a stomach bug when she stepped onto the Electric Factory stage three months ago. “I’m home,” she sang into the microphone to the capacity crowd of 2,800. Her fans shrieked and nearly blew the roof off the venue as Perri marveled at the scene with aw-shucks bemusement: “I’m just a girl from Bensalem.” Now back in her current everyday home in L.A., Perri recalls the show with fondness. “It was incredible,” she says. “It wasn’t just that I was playing a hometown show; it was all about playing the Electric Factory. I saw all of my favorite bands there. I remember seeing the Strokes, Coldplay and my brother’s band at the Electric Factory. (Her brother, Nick Perri, played with Silvertide.) I remember they played there around Halloween, and my mother dressed up as my brother. That was unforgettable. Nothing could stop me from playing the Electric Factory”—not even the virus that had left her miserably sick on her parents’ couch earlier that day. “I was uplifted by the crowd’s response,” she says. “I didn’t feel anything but good.” Now the Archbishop Ryan alum is getting ready for homecoming show 2.0 Friday at Revel’s Ovation Hall in Atlantic City. “I may have grown up outside of Philadelphia, but in many ways, I also felt like I grew up at the Jersey shore,” Perri says. “We vacationed in Ocean City, and we have an aunt in Brigantine. When I turned 21, I would go to the Borgata with my brother, and we had some fun nights there. Atlantic City is close enough for my friends and family. I don’t know if I’ll have 150 guests like I did at the Electric Factory, which was so magical, but I know I’ll have fun. This has been quite a journey.” It wasn’t that long ago that Perri, 27, was working as a waitress at the Eddington House in Bensalem and, prior to that, at Montesano Bros. in Pottstown. “I loved working in both places,” she says. “I was surrounded by such great people. I remember my last night at the Eddington House, they had a party for me, and the waitresses pooled all their tips together and gave me thousands of dollars since I was leaving.” Perri left for the West Coast to further her career on her 21st birthday. “I took my little guitar and my big fat dream to Los Angeles,” she says. It wasn’t easy initially for the sensitive singersongwriter: “I cried myself to sleep every night for three months. Los Angeles is so different than the East Coast. Everyone out here is so beautiful.” She grinded it out as a waitress for three years ‘til a friend slipped a copy of her ballad “Jar of Hearts” to a choreographer from the Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. The producers fell for the love song, and that TV spotlight set the ball rolling. More than 100,000 fans downloaded the agreeable pop tune— enabling the unknown Perri to crack the Billboard Top 40 two weeks after her song aired on the show. “It’s a crazy story,” Perri says. “It’s such a unique tale. I got really lucky. I felt like Cinderella. On June 29, 2010, I was a waitress. The following night, the song was on [TV], and everything exploded. All of a sudden, I had 6,000 Facebook friend requests. I quit my job the next day. Every major label approached me about signing with them.” Within two weeks, Perri inked a deal with Atlantic Records— and she had yet to make her live debut. That changed a week later, when she debuted on The Early Show on CBS. Within a year, the amiable singer-songwriter had released an EP, The Ocean Way Sessions, and her debut album, Lovestrong, which features “Jar of Hearts.” “It was great to have my single embraced, and then there was the album,” Perri says. “It was a nice start. I owe so much to ‘Jar of
In her comfort zone: Christina Perri, who plays in Atlantic City on Friday, now feels at home on stage.
Hearts.’ Before the song took off, I wasn’t the most comfortable in front of an audience, but that obviously changed.” It’s hard to believe Perri, who’s showcasing cuts from her latest album, Head or Heart, ever had issues performing in front of a crowd. During her performance at the Electric Factory, she constantly engaged the audience, joking and dropping anecdotes, despite her stomach bug. “I’m incredibly comfortable now onstage,” she says. “All of my fear is gone. I have no problem playing any city. It’s an adventure, and it’s interesting playing Philadelphia or places close to it, because Philadelphians either really love you or hate you. They let you know how they feel. I remember going to Phillies games and how fans reacted to certain players. It’s the same with music: If they love you, they embrace you. I love that about Philly. It’s a great place to live. It’s a great place to see anyone perform. I remember the first concert I ever experienced. It was Kris Kross at the Spectrum after a Sixers game. I’ll never forget running down the steps with my pants on backwards. I’m glad that trend ended. But it was a fun night.” The gritty city has helped shape Perri, who returns home whenever she can, as a songwriter. Head or Heart is full of passionate, introspective and earnest ballads. “I waited until I was inspired,” she says. “It took three weeks for inspiration to hit. The songs come from my life, my way of thinking. But I also think the songs reflect my roots. They’re based on reality, much like Philadelphia, which is a wear-it-on-your-sleeve kind of city. I’m like Philadelphia: I’m rough around the edges. And I won’t take any shit from anybody.” Fri., July 25, 9pm. $29.50-$49.50. Revel Ovation Hall, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. 855.348.0500. revelresorts.com
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Man on a mission: Kash Goins plans to produce and star in a wide variety of plays. Stay tuned. (Photo by J.R. Blackwell)
What’s your advice for young people of color aspiring to begin a career in theater? Study and learn! And don’t allow yourself to be lured into this ridiculous idea that you are doing this to be rich and famous. Do it to get better, and be fulfilled doing it. Do it to offer that thing that burns inside of you to the world. Do it because you love it and could not see your life without doing it. If, by some odd reason that God decides to grant you riches and fame for doing so, count that as the absolute blessing that it is. But to enter into theater with that as a goal is incredibly counterproductive and perverts what the thing really is. Generally speaking, is there any way you feel African American theater can improve? I think we should practice a little bit of delayed gratification. Just because you have a good idea, and 10 people at your church told you that you are the next Tyler Perry, that does not mean you should run out and produce a show. Wait until you understand the industry enough to hire a real director with a degree and a legitimate understanding of theatre. Hire a professional set designer, and bring on a professional design team for your website and promo, a professional stage manager to raise the bar of your rehearsal process and the way your show is run, a professional lighting team, a professional sound designer, a dramaturg, an assistant stage manager and run crew, a prop master, a costume designer, a production manager. These are all of the necessary elements that go into creating professional-level quality that compels those who would support an institution like the Arden to take a chance on your work, and then ultimately build the confidence and experience base to support your work for years and years. But it’s earned. And if the sole focus is on going out and making as much profit as you can as quickly as you can, you cannot build that degree of credibility. Wed., July 30 through Sun., Aug. 17th, various times. $27.50-$35. Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St. playsandplayers.org
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Boyhood Boyhood is a movie about time, a theme made literal—director Richard Linklater filmed the story of a family over the course of 12 years. It’s certainly an audacious cinematic experiment. In lesser hands, that might be all it is. But instead, Boyhood is a quiet marvel that follows its characters with a fondness that builds and a necessary distance that aches in its verisimilitude. Though filled with rich performances—Ethan Hawke as the overcompensating part-time dad, Patricia Arquette as a beleaguered mother, Ellar Coltrane as Mason and Lorelei Linklater as Samantha—time is the constant concern at the film’s center. (The movie even opens with Mason observing clouds passing by, an image so encapsulating, it became the poster.) But the sort of observant quiet that becomes a defining trait in Mason—a narrative affinity established with the viewer that’s highlighted by loose camerawork and occasionally-impressionistic editing—loses none of its narrative heft. For every dreamlike summer day and sly callback to a long-ago moment, there’s a family dinner loaded so heavily with potential violence that time seems to stop. But just as often, the film’s conceit means that the structure is ever-present, every minute preying on our minds by design. As Arquette drives her children from one home to another, we’re meant to wonder how Coltrane felt about leaving those people behind in his own life, as well as of people who have vanished from ours. This vast and risky artistic achievement, executed with a careful but sharply effective low-key style and chronicled with endless compassion, is a reminder of why naturalistic film can be so powerful. Boyhood is a concentrated reflection of life that drifts quietly to few conclusions and quietly crosses over from labor of love to masterpiece. (Genevieve Valentine) REVIEW
I Origins If I Origins was a satire about the modern creep of hipster condescension into every faux-thoughtful, appropriated cinematic aphorism it could find, it would be a masterwork. If you can read it that way, the movie’s still a pretty amazing bingo card: just enough mysticism to self-justify a little stalking, just enough handwavey science to self-justify the laughable drop in acumen later and just enough rising-music revelations to self-justify a little cultural tourism. Unfortunately, I Origins is stone serious. Dr. Ian Grey (Michael Pitt, striving) hopes to uncover the origins of the eye as proof of evolution—a promising-enough premise, even if the title makes things feel a little on the nose. This quest leads him to a manic pixie dream girl (Astrid Berges-Frisbey, ethereal) with eyes he can’t forget. Luckily, she’s a model, so it doesn’t take much stalking before he’s found her. When their relationship’s cut short by tragedy, he turns to his lab assistant (Brit Marling, squandered) for comfort, only to discover work and life will challenge his assumptions about the metaphysical universe in a way no one could ever expect—unless you’ve seen any of the trailers, in which case you will absolutely be expecting it. It’s a disappointing sophomore outing for writer-director Mike Cahill, whose Another Earth was an interesting, resonant thought experiment that handled its metaphors far more nimbly. Here, the wonder of scientific discovery exists largely as a platform for eyebrow-raising quasi-spiritual shenanigans which often seem to be positioned just to make Grey feel better, an impression the many limpid close-ups don’t do much to shake. Unfortunately, an attempt to force deeper meaning through excess of style and a rousing score doesn’t get enough return on investment. Instead, I Origins quietly sinks under the weight of its own intentions. (G.V.)
12 years a kid: Boyhood star Ellar Coltrane looks skyward in a scene from Richard Linklater’s latest film.
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anting to spoil everything isn’t always simple. Occasionally, it’s a chance to talk about a movie that might have slipped past regular coverage: I opted not to talk about halfhearted steampunk flick The Adventurer, which needed a Tim Curry part and had the greatness of mind to cast Lena Headey in it, but know that it was a close call. I’m often surprised how well the movies in a given week form a double feature, conversing enough that to see both is more illuminating than seeing just one. Occasionally, though, this column hits a crossroads, where I have to decide if I’m going to talk about the movie I loved or the one I hated, and there’s just not enough time for both. The movie I hated was I Origins, which was kind enough to put out an onslaught of trailers that gave away huge chunks of the third act, so that everyone could experience the extreme awkwardness of a white American man scoping out a young Indian girl. Oddly, the context doesn’t help anything; he hopes she’s the reincarnation of his ex-fiancee so he can get closure because of all the condescending things he told her just before the tragic loft-apartment elevator accident that claimed her life. (If this movie had just gone an inch toward satire, it would’ve been a beautiful thing.) There’s plenty more to say about I Origins—its treatment of women being markedly similar to its treatment of India, just a different sort of tourism— but this week, love wins. Boyhood is the painstaking labor of love by Richard Linklater and the cast and crew who worked together a few weeks a year for 12 years in order to bring you a movie of an unremarkable childhood that slowly turns into a remarkable meditation. Interestingly, Linklater deliberately kept relationships as natural as possible through careful construction, which is less of an oxymoron than it sounds. In an interview with Indiewire, Patricia Arquette, who plays
mother Olivia, spoke about how she spent a full weekend with the kids before filming started to establish a family rhythm and reveals that she never knew the content of the scenes the child actors shared with Ethan Hawke, who plays her first husband; Linklater withheld them from her script in order to preserve the sense of separate lives for the children. But one of the most striking things about Boyhood is not the quietly gripping story it tells, but the ways in which the conceit becomes an essential part of that storytelling. Watch it once to become swept away by the leaps in which childhood disappears and to watch a study of the long-suffering fondness on which families are built—a reminder how the context of a life can never quite be visible to outsiders, no matter how hard anyone tries. But then come back to it, and watch it again, thinking about the ways in which time informed this film so explicitly about time’s power. While watching Olivia’s second marriage to a professor (Marco Perella) who slowly becomes bad news, I started to wonder how Arquette and the child actors felt about coming back over several years to a situation escalating slowly into violence. The cast universally delivers great performances, so there’s no reason to think the necessary tension would otherwise have been missing, but it sounds likely that Arquette knew only how that little span of time was going to go, and then there was just suspense—a situation that strikes a chord in anyone who’s been trapped in a pressure cooker. To watch Boyhood a second time is to be thinking both about the artifice of the film and about the ways in which that artifice reflects in real life. It’s an unexpected, creeping awareness, not altogether pleasant, but maybe more lingering because of it. Linklater’s crafted a movie that looks back at the viewer, and that’s worth seeing more than once.
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The News Cycle’s Revenge Fantasies In response to a tragic story about child molestation, the Internet wished it could commit more violence.
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just walked in and found a grown man molesting [my 11-year-old son],” the father said to the 911 operator. “I didn’t proceed to ask him any questions,” the father continued. “He is nice and knocked out on the floor for you. I dragged him into the living room.” These are the words of a Florida father who, police say, came upon his 11-year-old son being molested by 18-year-old Raymond Frolander last week. When asked by authorities whether any weapons were involved in the beating, the father responded that he only used his fists and his foot to subdue the suspect. “Send him an ambulance,” the father matter-of-factly concluded. “He’s gonna need one.” Later, after they took Frolander into custody, his face bloodied and grotesquely swollen, police say Frolander confessed to sexually abusing the younger boy. The Daytona Beach police don’t intend on charging the father with any crime. “Dad was acting like a dad,” said police chief Mike Chitwood. “I don’t see anything we should charge the dad with.” Police say the 11-year-old victim indicated to them that the abuse had been going on for three years. If that’s true, that means that Frolander was 15 years old when he first started molesting the boy, who was then 8. It’s unclear whether the teen was a neighbor, a family member or some other relation. Whatever the case’s heinous details might entail, it’s no stretch to say that Frolander has a dark future ahead. And, obviously, the boy he allegedly abused likely faces a rough road, given the torturous echo that often reverberates throughout the lives of sexual abuse survivors. Setting aside the complexities of this particular case study in human misery, though, there’s another striking component to the story. The Internet has had many words to say about the tragedy—and the hue of the colorful anonymous comments online tends to change dramatically depending on which news source is publishing the story. On liberal activist news site Daily Kos, commenters held a generally substantive discussion about whether or not this constituted a case of vigilante justice. One commenter brought up a point of order before the liberals could begin wringing their hands too much: The father “caught the perp in the act of sexually assaulting his son, and proceeded to use lawful force
in defense of his child.” As such, this wasn’t vigilantism, the commenter argued, because it was a parent actively protecting his child. On Gawker, the general consensus seemed to be collective shuddering and consternation. A few armchair vigilantes suggested flatly that the father should have simply killed Frolander even after subduing him. Many of the comments, though, were more nuanced and serious. “As fucked up as what the 18-year-old did [is],” wrote one Gawker commenter, “I hope he gets counseling too.” Another agreed: “Only 18 and has been abusing the younger boy for years? I hope they find HIS abuser too. The odds are strong that someone was/is abusing Frolander too.” That particular commenter might be onto something. After all, while most survivors of child sexual abuse do not become offenders themselves, many child sexual abusers are, in fact, survivors. One British study found male perpetrators of child sexual abuse were three times more likely to have been survivors of child sexual abuse themselves than were nonabusers. Either way, it was interesting to see the grownups actually having a grownup discussion on the Internet about a serious, complicated thing. That stood in contrast to what unfolded on some conservative news sites such as Breitbart—where the Internet tough-guy mindset was unleashed with furious anger, often taking note of Frolander’s mugshot, which clearly indicates he’s of mixed race. “Could’ve been Obama’s son,” one Breitbart reader commented. “Need to play the race card immediately.” Another piled more partisan sniping onto this story completely unrelated to American politics: “Hey, the pic looks like Obama.” A third rhetorically wondered: “After a rough day on the golf course?” This isn’t particularly surprising, considering the seething rage many angry white conservatives seem to have against all people who are different; after all, the Frolander case gives them a launchpad to cast appalling aspersions onto President Obama. Who cares about cheapening the victim’s trauma? There’s old-fashioned American posse fantasies to roleplay online! Most interesting of all, though, were the perverse, detailed vigilante fantasies playing out on all the sites, even the liberal ones. One Gawker commenter suggested giving the father a baseball bat while the American public looked away for a few seconds.
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“Fear messaging gets our attention,” Rutledge explains, and we find scapegoats to “blame when necessary,” including panaceastyle rationales like “crime, drugs, outsourcing, video games, television, [or] illegal immigrants.” Unfortunately, when unfamiliar things that scare us aren’t addressed spontaneously by the laws of physics or God or whatever, “that leaves us in a permanent state of craving for someone to blame and someone ... who promises to restore order by making them pay.” In her piece, Rutledge specifically refers to fictional TV vigilante serial killer Dexter, who, in order to deal with his own antisocial disorder, tortures and kills child molesters and murderers as a form of perverse justice. What’s important to understand is the fact that Dexter’s popularity on the Showtime cable network means millions of Americans are fantasizing along with this fictional character, vicariously living through the trauma he inflicts upon the ostensibly deserving, in the guise of catharsis. It’s obvious, though, that even when karmic justice is actually exacted, as in the case of Frolander’s beating, it’s still not enough for some folks. Some people need to make it personal— to perversely fantasize about exacting justice themselves on someone completely strange to them. Why else would people flock to the Internet to obsess about taking a baseball bat to someone thousands of miles away? Why would American conservatives think it’s OK to spew racism on a story about child molestation—to try to link President Obama to pedophilia? It seems to me that a decades worth of terrifying fear-based messaging following 9/11 is beginning to reach a critical mass in American society—among all of us, but particularly among conservatives. As with most awful things, the nasty, violence-obsessed mindset in America is likely to get worse before it gets better, too. The biggest blind spot that violence-obsessed Internet commenters seem to have is not noticing that Frolander’s punisher showed extraordinary restraint. He neutralized the situation and immediately called civil authorities, requesting both Frolander’s arrest and his medical treatment. The father’s cheerleaders, on the other hand—safe in their easy chairs far away from the tragic complexity of real life—would like to believe that there’s never enough pain to be had by anyone. To a few Internet tough guys, eternal torture in the next life or violent death in this one would have been neat, simple and karmically balanced. Life, however, isn’t neat, simple or karmically balanced. After all, the father who beat Frolander within an inch of his life was himself tortured by the situation. Prior to the moment he discovered the abuse, the dad apparently considered his son’s abuser family. “I loved him,” the father lamented tersely to the 911 operator, “up until fifteen minutes ago.” n
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On Breitbart, one user with a picture of a winking cat as his avatar opened the vigilante violence fantasy volley with: “If it had been my son, he would have ‘disappeared.’” The Internet tough guys began to pile on. “A discreet, little walk in the desert might be appropriate without any cellphone or tracking device,” wrote one commenter under the moniker “Therealpatriot.” You could almost hear the lipsmacking as posters offered up a string of extrajudicialpunishment-for-sex-offenders, violence-laden fantasies. Then, the comments started taking an even more unsettling tone. “Any special interest group that wants to either find the father guilty,” opined one fellow, “or get some recompense for the perp deserves” to be beaten as Frolander was beaten. (Whether or not that hypothetical scenario was meant to include, say, Frolander’s counsel is unclear.) The conservative-specific vitriol got nastier from there. Some folks obsessed about Frolander’s race—one thoughtful commenter posting as “LibLoather” suggested Frolander looked like “one of Obama’s illegal Mexicans”—while others seemed to blame liberals for child molestation outright. Many of them spun prison rape fantasies, not seeming to find any soul-crushing irony in imagining vengeful rape in response to a story about a child being raped. Interestingly enough, there’s a psychological basis for this type of perverse fantasy. These elaborate, creative vigilante fantasies often find a home in the minds of very frightened people. “Humans are order-seeking creatures,” writes Dr. Pamela Rutledge for Psychology Today. “If what we see or hear doesn’t fit with how things are supposed to be, we get scared. When we get scared, we seek order more than ever. We will do almost anything to get it.” This explains our human obsession with karma—with fantasizing tit-for-tat scenarios in response to horror. After all, if the universe itself isn’t going to spontaneously engulf child molesters in flames, then something or someone must be called upon to punish the offender. You can’t really blame human beings for obsessing over fear-based fantasies: We’re conditioned to focus on bad things thanks to evolution, says Rutledge. We perceive danger, and follow through on how to respond to that danger, in our minds. The real problem comes from the fact that, unlike any other species on earth, human beings do not always withdraw from pain or fear. Instead, we obsess over it, cycling resentfully through our fears, reliving our trauma over and over again. Sometimes, we dream of vanquishing our enemies, of destroying the people who harmed us. Other times, deep down inside, we’re frightened of the changes around us and make connections that otherwise seem nonsensical. This, of course, is why we end up with manic, over-the-top sensationalism dominating the discourse in our news and politics.
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I am a gay man and have been in a relationship for more than three years. We are in our early 20s and have a good sex life. I just discovered that he has been engaging in what can only be described as cyber infidelity. He had a secret email account, posted on Craigslist M4M and also had an Adam4Adam account. About once a week, he would exchange photos and engage in conversations with other men. He claims he never met with any of them and it was just to exchange photos. He let me look at his secret email account, and there was nothing that pointed to any physical meetups. I asked him to delete his accounts, and he did. I am completely shocked, as we have an intimate and loving relationship. He is ashamed and understands that his behavior is wrong. I understand if he wants to look at porn on his own time (I certainly do), but the quantity and secrecy of his actions is obviously not healthy. Where do I go from here, and what steps should I take to make sure it stops? Stressing Over Cyber Infidelity It isn’t true that your boyfriend’s actions can “only be described as cyber infidelity.” They could be described as “harmless online flirtations.” But you’ve chosen to slap the “infidelity” label on his actions, SOCI, and now you feel compelled to have a fullblown my-boyfriend-cheated-on-me meltdown. Try looking at it this way: If your boyfriend regularly stopped at a bar to have a cocktail, and people flirted with him, and he flirted back—and that’s all he did—would that constitute an “appletini infidelity?” If some guys looked him up and down in the locker room, and he looked those guys up and down back, would that constitute a “cardio infidelity?” No and no—and a boyfriend who flipped out about those sorts of interactions would be regarded as jealous, insecure and controlling. So what difference does it make that your boyfriend did a little online flirting? Is it that your boyfriend jacked off thinking about these other guys? You jack off thinking about other guys when you watch porn. Is it that he jacked off thinking about and interacting with guys he could actually have IRL? Lots of guys in monogamous relationships—gay, straight or bi—jack off about people they flirted with in bars and gyms, i.e., guys they interacted with and could have IRL. Here’s what you should do, SOCI: Ask your boyfriend to knock this shit off because it goobs you out. But don’t round this “online flirtation” up to “cyber infidelity” unless you want to make yourself miserable, and don’t police your boyfriend’s online activities—snooping is the only way to “make sure it stops”—unless you want to get dumped. I’m in my mid-40s. About two years ago, I had a one-night stand with a 19-year-old college student who placed an ad on Craigslist looking to meet older guys for no-strings-attached fun. We had a good time. He was charming, intelligent and fun. I was surprised to learn during our conversation that he hoped to pursue a career in my profession. I gave him some advice, and we went our separate ways. Flash forward two years. We are looking for some temporary summer intern-type help, and we got a resume from a qualified person looking for a summer job. We brought the candidate in for an interview, which my supervisor and I conducted. To my surprise, the applicant was the one-night stand. We obviously did not discuss our prior meeting dur-
ing the interview, but by the brief, mild look of surprise on his face, my guess was that he was as surprised as I was. He handled himself well in the interview. My supervisor intends to hire him. I would be his direct supervisor. There would be no way around this if he was brought in for the job, but our contact would be almost exclusively via email. My instinct is that our prior one-night stand shouldn’t disqualify him from the job. He’s qualified, and my colleague wants to hire him ASAP. What are your thoughts? Any red flags? Should I broach the subject with him? Nervous Supervisor Anxious Lots of red flags—I could spin out a few Worst Case Scenarios—but the kid is qualified, he handled himself (and only himself) well during the interview, and your supervisor, who tops you in your company’s organogram (and only there), plans to hire him. Under the circumstances, NSA, I don’t see how you can avoid supervising this guy for the summer. What would you say to your supervisor? “Hey, look—I sometimes cruise Craigslist looking for young-butlegal ass, and I fucked this kid a couple of years ago, so ... let’s interview a few more candidates, and hopefully I won’t have fucked any of them.” And I agree that the kid shouldn’t be penalized for having a consensual one-night stand with an adult who was a stranger to him at the time. So have a quick face-to-face word with your new hire on his first day. Acknowledge the awkwardness privately and verbally (put nothing in writing), tell him the hiring decision wasn’t yours and he got the gig on his merits, and close with something like this: “Things between us will be strictly professional from now on, of course—and, hey, crazy coincidence, huh?” Then stick to emails for the duration of his internship. Grain of salt: I’ve never worked in a place that used organograms—I’ve never had a corporate job in my life—so my advice could be total crap. Just FYI. I’m a gay man who is about to turn 35. Somehow, 30 didn’t bother me, but being halfway to 70 is freaking me out. The gay world is obsessed with youth and beauty, and once you’re not young and hot anymore, your life may as well be over. If you don’t have a tight ass and ripped abs and a hot cock, you have no value and nothing to contribute. Why is the gay world so shallow? One Very Enraged Romantic Ed Murray was 58 years old when he became the mayor of Seattle. Larry Kramer was 52 when he inspired the founding of ACT UP. Bayard Rustin was 51 when he organized the historic 1963 March on Washington. Harvey Milk was 47 years old when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Barney Frank was 41 when he was first elected to Congress in 1981 and 73 when he retired last year. Neil Patrick Harris was 41 when he won a Tony Award for starring in the Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jonathan Capehart was 40 when he became a member of the Washington Post’s editorial board in 2007. Tony Kushner was 37 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for Angels in America. George Takei (77), RuPaul (53), Andrew Sullivan (50), Andy Cohen (46), Jared Polis (39)—I could go on. If you don’t think gay men over 35—or 50 or 60 or 70—have anything to contribute, OVER, then it’s not the “gay world” that’s shallow; it’s you.
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SOCIETY HILL $750-1100 Lombard & 23rd 1 &2Bd, bi-level, A/C SPRUCE & 4TH W/W, ALL NEW $1000 Chestnut &Great 20th1BR, Ultra modLaundry. 1Bd's, C/A, great location $875-1000 QUEEN VILLAGE Lombard & 19th Newly renov, mod studio, 1 & 2Bd's $875-1700 $770-995 BAINBRIDGE & 5TH Newly renovated, w/Deck, C/A, WD $1345-$1675 Walnut & 23rd 1 &1BR 2Bd's, hardwood, laundry $800-850 C/A,laundry, heat incl. $575-1000 Locust 21st1Bd's, Studios & 1Bd's, heat incl. CHRISTIAN Broad & 5TH & Spruce Modern&Mod 1BR’s, W/WW/D, $895 $850-950 Pine & 21st 1Bd's, hardwood, heat incl., yard $850-995 Lombard & 9th 1Bd & 2Bd, w/d, hardwood, laundry CHRISTIAN & 3RD Fab 2BR Trinity, HW floors, C/A $1200 $700-1000 Pine & 22nd 1 & 2Bd, hardwood, heat incl. $995-1100 CHRISTIAN Pine & 2ND& 9thLombard Sunny & 1BR, HW floors $790-$925 2Bd's,Studio’s h/w floors, W/D $750-1100 & 23rd 1 &2Bd, bi-level, A/C MONROE & Spruce 2ND Lg. 1BR, W/W, C/A $950 $995 & 12th 2Bd, 1-1/2 bath,mod bi-level, laundry $875-1000 Chestnut & 20th Ultra 1Bd's, C/A, great location ART MUSEUM $875-1700 Lombard & 19th Newly renov, mod studio, 1 & 2Bd's $995-1350 Spruce & 16th Old World, 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood $800-850 Broad & Spruce Mod 1Bd's, W/D, C/A, heat incl. POPLAR & 28TH Great Lg 2BR Bi-level $1100 $950-1750 Art Area Ultra 1 Spacious, & 3Bd's, Deck, Parkinglaundry $850-995 Lombard & 9th 1Bd &W/D, 2Bd,W/D. w/d, hardwood, Mod Mod 1BR’s, C/A, In Courtyard $1050-$1200 BROWN & 27TH $995-1100 Pine & 9th 2Bd's, h/w floors, W/D $825-1375 Old City Fab ultra mod 1 & 2Bd's, deck BROWN & 24TH Cute Studio w/Yard $750-$775 $995 Spruce & 12th 2Bd, 1-1/2 bath, bi-level, laundry $1950 City 3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated PARRISH & University 23RD Studio & $850-$1275 $995-1350 Spruce & 1BR, 16th HW Old floors World, 1 & 2Bd's, hardwood GREEN & 21ST Newly Renovated $825 $700 Spring Garden Collonade-Extremely NiceDeck, Studio $950-1750 Art Area Ultra Mod 1Studio & 3Bd's, W/D, Parking $825-1375 FAIRMOUNTQ.V. & 20TH Lg. 2City BR’s, From$600-675 $1300 FabW/D, ultra1Yard mod 1 & 2Bd's, deck 3rd &Old Bambridge & 2Bd's, W/W, C/A $1950 University City 3Bd, 2 bath, totally renovated WALLACE & 20TH 2BR, EIK, Deck. $1400 $375 Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heat incl. $700 Garden Collonade-Extremely Nice Studio SPRING GARDEN & 19TH Spring Studio’s, HW floors, Laundry From $800 $600-675 Q.V. 3rd & Bambridge 1 & 2Bd's, W/W, C/A $625 Fairmount & 18th ModOLD 1Bd,CITY C/A, W/D $375 Spring Garden & 19th Studio, hardwood, Heat incl. $600 & 21st Gret1BR Studio, Laundry ARCH & 3RDMt. VernonFairmount New, Ultra mod Flats1Bd, &Yard, Bi-levels, WD, Gym!! $1750-$2150 $625 & 18th Mod C/A, W/D $700 $600 Wallace &Mt. 20th 1Bd,&MANAYUNK parquet floors, Vernon 21st Gret Studio,yard Yard, Laundry $700 Wallace & 20th 1Bd, parquet floors, yard BAKER ST (OFF MAIN) Great 1 & 2BR, W/W, Parking Incl. $695-$950 $600 Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry Aspen & 26th 1Bd, W/W, laundry
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STUDIO
325 Spruce (2R) Society Hill Studio , full bath, wood floors , sep. kit, heat inc. $750
ONE BEDROOM
315 New St. Old City (Bridgeview Condo) 1 Bedroom, 1 Bth., c/a, w&d, garage parking inc. Abbotts Sq. 2nd & Lombard Upgraded 1 Br., 1 Bth, elevator bldg., c/a, w&d, door person 1712 Pine St 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, hardwood flrs., Heat Included, a/c, w&d in the building 1425 Jackson St 1 Bedroom., 1 Bath, gas & water included
TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS
11904 Christian St All New Beautiful 2 Br., 1 Bath, c/a, w&d,, g/d,d/w 761 S. 4th St 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, w/w carpet, c/a, w&d 2055 Fitzwater 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, central air, washer & dryer avail. Sept 6th 738 S. 8th St Large 2 Brs., 2 Baths, deck,granite kith. d/w,g/d,w&d, 9-5-14
TOWNHOUSES
1727 Monument St (Temple University) 5 Brs., 3 Baths, w&d, yard basement 238 ‘B’ Delancey St 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath,trinity, wood floors, w&d, 1010 S. 7th (Bella Vista) 2 Bedrooms .or 1 Bedroom & Den, wood flrs, w&d, 208 N. Clarion St (Hahnemann Hospital) 2 Br., 1 Bth,, wood flrs, w&d, yard, bst. 236 Spruce (Society Hill) 2 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bths, wood flrs, w&d, garden, deck, basement 816 S. Hancock (Queen Village) 1 Bedroom, Den, Bath, trinity, wood flrs. 1615 S. Lawrence St (Dickinson Sq.) 3 BNrs, 1 Bath, wood floors, w&d, basement 1525 S. 12th St 4 Bedrooms,2.5 Baths ,hrd. flrs.& w/w carpet , w&d, yard
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OPEN HOUSES SALES THURSDAY 07/24/14 5:30-7:00pm Queen Village 311 Queen St. $755,000 BHHS Fox & Roach SUNDAY 7/27/14 11:30-1:00pm Avenue of the Arts 1420 Locust St. #19N $459,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred Art Museum 822 N. Newkirk St. $459,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred 12:00-1:00pm Society Hill 10 Saint James St. $575,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Art Museum Area 859 N. 27th St. $475,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
12:00-1:00pm Bella Vista 801 South St. E $549,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 116 Queen St. $549,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 114 Kenilworth St. $699,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 132 Kenilworth St. $529,500 BHHS Fox & Roach Bella Vista 714 Bainbridge St. $419,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Fishtown 1217 N. Howard St. $259,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
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Graduate Hospital 2204 Kimball St. $339,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 12:00-1:30pm Pennsport 1230 E. Moyamensing St. $329,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 12:00-2:00pm Graduate Hospital 1021 S. 18th St. Unit A $369,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred Graduate Hospital 1023 S. 18th St. Unit B $269,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred Graduate Hospital 1023 S. 18th St. Unit C $424,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred Society Hill 520 S. 2ND St. #528 $269,000 Plumer & Associates
Fishtown 2553 E. Lehigh Ave. $239,900 Coldwell Banker Preferred Francisville 1519 Swain St. $355,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred 1:00-3:00pm Wynnewood 1011 Hampstead Rd. $409,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred Washington Square 232 S. Quince St. $492,000 Elfant Wissahickon Germantown 504 W. Harvey St. $239,900 Elfant Wissahickon West Mt. Airy 426 W. Upsal St. $475,000 Elfant Wissahickon
1:00-3:00pm Queen Village 116 Queen St. $549,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 114 Kenilworth St. $699,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 132 Kenilworth St. $529,500 BHHS Fox & Roach Bella Vista 714 Bainbridge St. $419,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 1:30-2:30pm Art Museum Area 841 N. Uber St. $740,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 2104 Carpenter St. $595,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 201 Queen St. #8 $835,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
1:30-2:30pm Washington Square West 422 S. Hutchinson St. $499,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 311 Queen St. $755,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 836 S. Front St. $699,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Point Breeze 1924 Manton St $344,900 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 759 S. 4th St. $599,900 BHHS Fox & Roach 2:00-3:00pm Fitler Square 2429 Locust St. #318 $319,000 Coldwell Banker Preferred
2:00-3:30pm Washington Square West 919 Spruce St. $895,000 BHHS Fox & Roach 2:30–3:30PM Grad Hospital 800 S. 19TH ST. $994,900 Plumer & Associates 3:00-4:00pm Northern Liberties 406 Brown St. $405,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 2520 Kimball St. $430,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Graduate Hospital 927 S. 18th St. $410,000 BHHS Fox & Roach Queen Village 932 S. 2nd St. $310,000 BHHS Fox & Roach
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The Old Quaker Building At the heart of University City, the Old Quaker was once a Quaker meetinghouse and always a home for knowledge. Today, distinctive studios and 1-bedrooms show off her historic character and offer every modern convenience for urban living.
3514 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104 215.222.2233 Leasing Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6 Sat 10-5 • Sun Noon-5
21st & LOCUST Contemporary Studios, HW floors, High ceilings, Laundry, Rittenhouse Square area. AVAILABLE NOW! ALL UTILS INCL. – EXCEPT ELECTRIC FROM $895
21st & KATER Modern Two Bedroom Townhome, W/W, C/A, W/D, Yard & Basement, Dog Friendly. AVAILABLE AUGUST! $1,835
16th & RODMAN Bright Two Bedroom townhome, HW floors, C/A, W/D, Yard & Basement, $1,385 Dogs are welcomed! AVAILABLE AUGUST!
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Beautiful Bi-Level One Bedroom, HW floors, A/C, 1.5Baths, Steps away from Rittenhouse Square Park. AVAILABLE AUGUST! ALL UTILS INCL. EXCEPT ELECTRIC
$1,385
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12th & WALNUT
5th & LOMBARD Beautiful Contemporary Three Bedroom Townhome, 2.5 Baths, HW floors, $2,485 W/D, C/A, Garage parking, Private courtyard. AVAILABLE NOW!
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(215) 586-4123 633 W Rittenhouse St. Philadelphia, PA 19144 www.rittenhousehill.com
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Contemporary One Bedroom in elevator bldg, HW floors, Bright & Cheery, C/A, Laundry on premise. AVAILABLE AUGUST! $1,185
Sunny Studio w/View of Kahn Park, New kitchen, Elevator bldg, Laundry on premise. AVAILABLE AUGUST!ALL UTILS INCL. – EXCEPT ELECTRIC $835
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Parc rittenhouse 225 S. 18th Street
· 24 hour doorman · State-of-the-art fitness center · Media room, resident lounge, conference room · Beautifully landscaped deck with seasonal in-ground pool, hot tub, and skyline views
· Pet friendly · All apartments have washers and dryers Studio with balcony overlooking the building’s landscaped courtyard, wood floors, marble bath, 403 sf $1,575 Junior one bedroom with wood floors, an open contemporary kitchen with breakfast bar, marble bathroom, $1,900 528 sf 2 bedroom, 2 bath with all rooms facing south, wood floors, marble baths, open high-end kitchen, W/D, 1008sf $3,350 1 bedroom plus den (can be used as a 2nd bedroom), 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, open contemporary kitchen, 2 Juliet balconies overlooking a landscaped courtyard, 1473 sf $4,100 Washington square 604-36 S. WASHINGTON SQ. Efficiency with wood floors, an open kitchen and large bathroom, $1,125
415 sf
Studio with an alcove overlooking Washington Square with great $1,375
closet space, 600 sf 1119 PINe STreeT
2 bedroom plus loft, 2.5 baths with an open and updated kitchen, hardwood floors throughout, W/D and one parking $3,000
space, 2000 sf
indePendence Place 233 SOUTH 6TH STreeT 1 bedroom in excellent condition with an open kitchen, large bathroom, treetop views and great $1,600
closet space, 897 sf
2 bedroom, 2 bath, balcony, open
j u ly 2 3 - 3 0 2 0 1 4
updated kitchen, designer baths, $3,300 wood floors, 1173 sf society hill/old city
temporary kitchen and bath, and
YOrk SQUAre 319 VINe STreeT Modern 1 bedroom with lots of natural light, wood floors, con1 parking spaces included, 800 sf
Wanamaker house
2020 WaLnut Street · 24 hour doorman · One block from Rittenhouse Square · State-of-the-Art fitness center · Seasoonal rooftop pool
Studio with a large bay window, city views, an open kitchen and great closet space, 548 sf $1,425 1 bedroom on a high floor with two bay windows, dramatic city views and an open kitchen, 700 sf $1,695 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, bay $2,750 windows providing city views, 1200 sf Tri-level Wanamaker House townhome with 3 bedrooms plus a family room and 2.5 bathrooms, large bay windows, great closet space and a washer/dryer, 1900 sf $3,900
society hill toWers 200-220 LOcUST STreeT
hoPkinson house
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$1,950
Studio with treetop city views, large closet, open space with floor-to-ceiling windows, 540 sf $1,195 1 bedroom on a high floor with dramatic views of the Delaware River, floor-to-ceiling windows and lots of natural light, 700 sf $1,625 Completely renovated corner 1 bedroom with wood floors, an open chef’s kitchen, designer bathroom and city views, 775 sf $2,000 avenue of the arts academy house 1420 locust street Junior 1 bedroom on a high floor with stunning west views, a spacious kitchen and great closet space, 624 sf $1,475 Completely renovated 1 bedroom on a high floor with panoramic south views, a Juliet balcony, W/D, 724 sf $1,795 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, open floor plan, lots of natural light, large bedrooms, W/D, 1019 sf $1,800 center city one 1326 sPruce street 2 bedroom, 2 baths, balcony, city skyline views, great closet space, new bathroom vanities, W/D in unit, 1209 sf $2,275
131 SOUTH 13TH STreeT Brand new 1 bedroom in a walkup in the heart of Midtown Village with hardwood floors, designer kitchen and bath and washer/ dryer, 501 sf $1,475 rittenhouse square the rittenhouse 210 W. rittenhouse sq. Furnished Studio with panoramic western city views, a large bathroom appointed in marble, a separate kitchen and washer/dryer, 583 sf $1,595 the Wellington 135 s. 19th street East facing studio, new carpet, separate kitchen, large bathroom, 394 sf $1,195 1 bedroom, western city views, large windows, generous floor plan, great closet space, 672 sf $1,600 Corner 3 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom with 270 degree views including a direct Rittenhouse Square vista featuring a large kitchen with butler’s pantry, formal living room, formal dining room, bonus den and luxurious master suite, 2872 sf $8,500 the dorchester 226 W. rittenhouse sq. Studio with partial Rittenhouse Square view, oversized windows and lots of open space, 573 sf $1,395
the carlyle
2031 LocuSt Street · 24 hour doorman · State-of-the-art fitness center · Many apartments have recently been updated with brand new kitchens and hardwood floors · Pet friendly · Washers and dryers in many of the apartments · All utilities included except for electric Large Corner 1 bedroom with lots of natural light, a separate dining room and brand new berber carpet, 826 sf $1,595 1 bedroom with sunset city views to the west, new carpets, a separate dining room, great closet space and W/D, 934 sf $1,750 Corner 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with 270 degree city views, a separate dining room, lots of natural light and a W/D, 1079 sf $2,475
South facing 1 bedroom with an open and updated kitchen, completely renovated bathroom, wood floors and private balcony, 595 sf $2,000 Deluxe 1 bedroom with a new kitchen, new carpet, lots of natural light, balcony with Rittenhouse Square and city skyline views, 848 sf $2,250 313 SOUTH 18TH STreeT 1 bedroom with lots of natural light, a beautifully appointed new kitchen and bathroom, wood floors, one block from Rittenhouse Square, 720 sf $1,595 126 SOUTH 16TH STreeT Brand new studio with wood floors and a modern kitchen and bathroom, half a block from Rittenhouse Row, W/D, 308 sf $1,290 1714 rittenhouse square Recently renovated 2 bedroom
Furnished Junior 1 Bedroom, with an open kitchen, marble bath and great closet space, 531 sf $1,925 1 bedroom penthouse with lots of natural light, a beautifully appointed kitchen, marble bathroom and wood floors, W/D, 593 sf $1,995 Corner 2 bedroom, 2 bath with wood floors, an open kitchen, marble bathrooms and wonderful north and west city views, 1199 sf $3,250 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 270 degree city views, open kitchen, marble baths, hardwood floors, high-end finishes throughout,
plus family room, 2.5 bath, 3 story single family home less than one block from Rittenhouse Square with beautiful historical details and modern updates $5,500 throughout, 2496 sf
the Barclay
the WarWick 1701 locust street Studio on a high floor with an open kitchen, wood floors and marble appointed bathroom, 404 sf $1,495
1978 sf
258 SOUTH 18TH STreeT Magnificently appointed 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom in a boutique walk-up less than one block from Rittenhouse Square with hardwood floors and a designer kitchen and baths, 1000 sf $2,500
237 S. 18TH STreeT
3 bedroom, 3 bath overlooking Rittenhouse Square with an updated kitchen, lots of natural light and magnificently restored original building details, 2338 sf $7,500 art museum the PhiladelPhian 2401 PeNNSYLVANIA AVe Studio with a balcony, Fairmount views and large brand new kitchen and bathroom 603 sf $1,250
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2601 PARKWAY CONDOMINIUMS
3 Bedroom 3 Bath w/ Breath taking City views. 2,400 SqFt. Huge new kitchen. Plenty of Storage. Pet friendly. Parking. Asking $638,000 BARANDON & HOLLINGER R.E. 215-663-0200
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ART MUSEUM/FAIRMOUNT 1615 BROWN ST.
AUGUST 13TH: DJ Lisa Love Katie Frank and the Pheromones Divers
FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AUGUST 13TH & 20TH 6:00-9:00 PM
AUGUST 20TH: DJ Cash Money Worldtown Sound System Pablo Batista and the Mambo Syndicate
4 Apartments, Renovated. Fully Leased. $579,000.
APR 4.179%* RATE 4.125%
NORTHERN LIBERTIES 225 GREEN ST.
3 Apartments Fully Leased. Next to New Homes. $685,000.
1136 N. 4TH ST.
Duplex. 2 Bi- Level Apts. Fully Leased. $469,000.
WAREHOUSE 1634 N. RANDOLPH ST.
20 x 100. High Ceilings. $129,000.
1613-1627 GERMANTOWN AVE.
Aprox. 9,500 Sq. Ft. On One Floor. $600,000.
REDUCED PRICE-GRADUATE HOSPITAL AREA 1606 WEBSTER ST.
Renovated, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Finished Basement. $364,000.
Contact us at (215) 755-1500
NEWBOLD-NEWLY REDUCED PRICE 1143 S. DORRANCE ST.
PW’s Concerts in the Park series returns this August to Rittenhouse Square Park, the heart of Center City Philadelphia, for its triumphant 24TH year showcasing acclaimed and emerging artists on today’s breaking music scene.
*APR=Annual Percent Rate. Rates subject to change without notice (Rates as of March, 2014). Subject to credit approval. Subject to income and monthly debt restrictions. Maximum LTV 95%. LTV Loans over 80% subject to additional PMI guidelines. Philadelphia and Delaware counties only. Property insurance required. Based on $150,000.00 loan at 4.125% the monthly Principal & Interest payment would be $726.97. This does not include real estate taxes or homeowner’s insurance. ** In order to obtain the maximum $7000.00 credit, the loan must meet all FHLB and Prudential Savings Bank guidelines. Loan must be open for 5 years. Prudential Savings Bank NMLS #518005 MEMBER FDIC
3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Finished Basement. 9th & Ellsworth Vic. $209,000.
EAST PASSYUNK VICINITY 405 WATKINS ST. 3 Floors, 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bathrooms. $118,000.
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$329,000
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$324,500
Classic Colonial Philadelphia townhouse in prime Society Hill locale features handsome details, rich wood floors and lovely natural light. Enjoy 3 bedrooms, study, two bathrooms, inviting living room with custom built-in shelves, charming dining room and kitchen, private patio garden and beautifully finished media room in basement. Nearby rental parking may be transferred.
Over 3000 square feet of classic Philadelphia architecture divided into 2 units: the 1st and 2nd floor owner’s unit is accessed through a private front entrance, and offers a lovely open floor-plan with hardwood floors, fireplaces, 2 generously sized bedrooms and 1.5 baths. The upper unit also has a private entrance, open floor-plan and 2 bedroom layout. Beautiful 2 –Bedroom Portico-Row Condominium! This apartment features wood floors throughout, tall windows providing great natural light, fireplace with mantle, open kitchen, dining and living plan, good sized closets and a large storage unit in basement. Oh, and dogs allowed too!
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Parking 24Hr HrSecurity Security 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. •• Parking •••24 24 Maintenance 24 Hr Hr Maintenance 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Rittenhouse Square • Rooftop 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 24 Hr Maintenance 110 Montgomery Ave. Bala Cynwyd Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Studios to$150,000 $150,000 Studios Pool $115,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. $525,000 •$115,000 Fitness to Center • Valet 1830 $525,000 NewBa; construction Carriage homes 3 Bd/2 Ba;Arch RenovatedTownhome, 1 Bedrooms $175,000 to$225,000 $225,000 1$525,000 Bedrooms $175,000 to 1027-31 St. #602, Chinatown 34 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, • 24 to Hr Security • 1830 Addison St. starting $689,000 Sq. $115,000 2Studios BedroomsParking $250,000 to $400,000 $525,000 2 Bedrooms $250,000 to$150,000 $400,000 1830 Addison St.atRittenhouse $525,000 2 Bed/2 Bath; 1,300 ft loft $350,000Sq. 1830 Addison St.sqRittenhouse Rittenhouse Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Addison24 St.Hr Rittenhouse Sq. 31830 Bedrooms $400,000 to Maintenance 4 beds/3.1 baths; 2 car garage; Bedrooms $400,000 to $500,000 $500,000 Addison St. Rittenhouse 31830 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 2718 folsom Street, Art Museum Sq. $175,000 to $225,000 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 13Bedrooms 31830 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Open Floor plan with 3000 Sq ft Includes real estate tax • No transfer tax Includes real estate tax • No transfer tax 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 33 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, PARKING, front garden, corner/air light double G $525,000 IN 2 Bedrooms $250,000 to $400,000 D $525,000 N Rittenhouse $525,000 $525,000 $525,000 1830 Addison St. MAIN LINE SuBuRBS PE Studios $115,000 to $150,000 Open Sun 11-4pm | Mon 12-6pm property 2 bed + den/1.1 bath, 1288 sq ftSq. $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bedrooms $525,000 130 Henley Road, Wynnewood $400,000 to12-3pm $500,000 606 fairview Road, Penn Valley Sq. 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Includes real estate tax • No transfer tax 1438 Snyder Ave. 2nd flr, South Phila. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 2 Bedrooms 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830605 Addison St.Road, Rittenhouse Sq. 2427 Carpenter Street, Graduate Hospital $525,000 3$525,000 Bd/2 New Gulph Bryn $525,000 $250,000 toMawr $400,000 onRenovatedTownhome, 0.69 Acres $2,450,000 49 Ba; Cornell Rd., Bala Cynwyd $525,000 2 Bed/1Bath for rent $1,000/month. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, bed/4.1 bath; 4416 sq ft Colonial $999,999 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3 6Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 8 WSt. ParkRittenhouse Road 1830 AddisonTownhouse St. Rittenhouse Sq. $525,000 3 Bedrooms $400,000 to $500,000 1830 Addison Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3BD/1.1BA; $329K Open Sun 11-4pm | Mon 12-6pm 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 604-36 Washington Square #615 Sq. 3,314 Sq. Colonial Sq. 1830 Addison St.forRittenhouse $525,000 35BD/2.2Ba Bed/1.1 Bath twin rentFt. $1,650/month 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1111Ba; Penshurst Lane, Penn Valley $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, 1 Bed/1 Bath; 778sq CondoSquare $275,000West 1830 St.ftWash Rittenhouse Sq. Includes real estate tax •0.69 Noacres transfer tax 9-6pm |onSat 12-3pm 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 6 Tues-Fri bed/4.1 bath; 4,399 sq ft cape $1,199,000 1045 Lane, Bala Finished, Walk-out LL Cynwyd $549K Sq. 510 S.Addison 11th Street, 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; Lindy RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 318 Saint James Place, Society Hill 4 bed/4.1 bath; 4,267 sq ft Townhouse $949,500. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 31407 Bd/2 Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1212 Weybridge Lane, Wayne12-6pm 1830 St. Rittenhouse Sq. $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bed/2.1 Bath; 3,482 sq ft townhouse $1,599,950 County Line Rd., Bryn Mawr 3BD/2BA; 3-Story Twnhome C/A $339K Open Sun 11-4pm | Mon 1310 fenimore Lane, Gladwyne 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3707 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3Bed/3.1bath; 3,580 sq ftRd., 2 story colonial $525,000 Conshohocken State Bala Cynwyd 5 Bed/4.3 Bath; 7,320 sqRittenhouse ft Colonial $2,495,000 1830 4316Addison fleming StSt. 2ndRittenhouse fLR, Manayunk Sq. $525,000 Tues-Fri 9-6pm | Sat 12-3pm 1830 Addison St. $525,000 $525,000 5BD/3BA; Renovated Colonial Sq. in desirable Denbigh. $799,000 15191 Bed,1 Swain Street, Art Museum Area 17 St. Paul’s Road, Ardmore Bath ForSt. Rent $850/month 1830 4BD/2BA; Colonial in college Park 31830 Bd/2Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Sq. 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Ft Townhouse 3 Ba; 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; Bd/2Sq.Ft; Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 200RenovatedTownhome, Simpson Road, Ardmore 1-Car Garage$598,000 $349K 531,598 Bed/2.3 Baths; 3795 Attached sq ft Contemporary $525,000 3 Bed/2 Bath For Rent $1,250/month $525,000 $525,000 Commercial (office & 2 apartments) $525,000 Renovated, Central Air; Finished LL $399K $525,000 $525,000 147 old Gulph Road, Wynnewood 1245 Hollow Rd., Penn ValleySq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse $449,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 2945 Poplar Street, Art Museum Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. sq ft Tudor Manor 190 5Bed/4.2Bath; Presidential4,955 #301 - The Corinthian 431 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station 3 Bd/2 Ba;Bath; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bed/1.1 1,150 sq ft Townhouse 1830 Addison St. Sq.l 4BD/4.1Ba Contemporary 1727 Fitzwater St., #ARittenhouse - Graduate Hospita 2.2 acres $1,295,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba;onRenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 6 Bed/4.2 Bath; 5500 sq ft Colonial $1,075,000 Rent forTownhouse $1,600/month 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3BD/3.1BA, 2700 Sq.Ft w/ Balcony 1025 Barr Lane, Gladwyne 5,620 Sq.Ft. $1,500,000 2BD/1.1BA $350K 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 759 Conestoga Road, Berwyn 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 4bd/3.1Ba 2625 Sq. 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Duplex Addison Separate $499K 1440 Rock Penn$879K Valley Sq. 5 Bed/4.2 1,280 FtRittenhouse $199,900 1830 Addison St.Road, Rittenhouse 6755 sqSq. ftSt. French Estate w/pool, $1,875,000 2-3 Carflat Garage; 1830Bath; Addison Sq. 3 sty 1880w/ sqParking; ft duplex; 1-1Utilities bed/1 bath; unit 5 Bed/4.1 Bath Colonial.89 forAcres rent $5,500/month 3 Bd/22-4 Ba;Bed/1bath RenovatedTownhome, $250,000 139-Ebenezer Avenue, Bala Cynwyd 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, OAK HILL PENN VALLEY -1811 Brooks Road, West Chester 1501 S. 12th Street Passyunk Square 3 Bed/3 Bath, 1329sq ft Colonial $269,000 $525,000 4 Bed/2.1 bath; 2829 sq ft colonial on $525,000 2351 N. orianna St. Temple university $525,000 336 David Drive, Havertown 264 W. Montgomery Ave. #101, Haverford 2.0 acres. $560,000
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SOCIETy HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 635 Addison St This Gem of a property is situated on a quiet tree lined cobblestone St in Historic Society Hill 1101 Locust St 5BC 4BR or 3BR+Den Private terrace Parking high End Kitchen
$679,000 $1,850,000
QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 2022 Christian St Unit B Converted 2BR into Large 1 BR with Great walk in closet $179,900 1014 W Oregon Ave Fresh Renovated 3BR/1BA, Large 16x20 Concrete Patio $179,000 2251 League St Amazing 3BR updated home HW Floors CA and SS Appliances $219,000 Also for rent for $1775.00 Per Month 723 Hall St 3BR/1BA Bella Vista home close to Italian Market and Passyunk Square! $229,900 228-30 Catharine St #2 Lovely Queen Village trinity style home, Courtyard 2BR/1BA in Unit laundry C/A $235,000 2433 S Bancroft St Completely remodeled home with fine attention to detail HW Floors C/A All new appliances $239,900 920 League St Well Cared for 3 Story home in the heart of the Italian Market eat in Kitchen, Modern Bath, New windows $260,000 1023 S 18th St Unit B 1BR/1BA Brand New Construction A must See! OPEN HOUSE JULy 27TH FROM 12-2:00 $269,900 1023 S 18th St Unit C 2BR/2BA Brand New Construction OPEN HOUSE JULy 27TH FROM 12-2:00 412 Bainbridge St D Unique 2BR home with HW Floors, Custom roof deck and a modern BR $280,000 135 S Monroe St Renovated 2BR/1BA with Exp Brick, Refinished HW Flooring, SS appl finished basement! $359,900 1021 S 18th St Unit A Large Bi-Level 2BR/2BA condo with Family room and rear garden Low Fees OPEN HOUSE JULy 27TH FROM 12-2:00 $369,900 $424,900 1021 S 18th St Unit C 19146 2051 Catharine St Large Victorian 3BR/2BA with Garden and Bi-Level Roof Deck $424,900 721 S 3rd St 19147 3BR/2.5 A renovated Meredith catchment area home w/ private patio $479,000 520 Fitzwater St Magnificent 3BR/2BA home with Parking and outdoor space located in the Meredith Catchment $549,000 1534 Christian St Beautiful Home, Open Floor Plan HW Floors SS Appl, Rear Deck and More $569,900 1810 Christian St Better than New Construction in Quincy Court 3BR with Garage parking $695,000 520 Delancey St PRICE JUST REDUCED!!! Beautiful Colonial Mansion in cherished block of Society Hill
$1,1124,000
NORTHERN LIBERTIES / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 813-17 N 5th St #301 Spacious Loft Style 2BR/1BA Condo in Prime location Private deck with bridge views 1524 N Hancock St #202 Bi-Level Unit open loft space HW Floors, Large Windows, 14 FT Ceilings, Open kitchen W/ Granite 901 N Penn St #F1102 Luxury Living 1BR/2BA condo open floor plan 9ft ceilings HW floors Gourmet kitchen 414 Olive St One of a kind extra wide Carriage House with large yard and Garage! 2BR with Office/Den
$269,900 $329,000 $399,900 $435,000
UNIVERSITy CITy / WEST PHILADELPHIA 330 N Sloan St 2BR/1BA 670 Sq Ft W Powelton charmer, huge Yard CA , smart use of space throughout 4629 Hazel Ave 6BR/2BA Large Sunny rooms with beautiful millwork & c.1910 details and coveted Catchment block 4623 Cedr Ave 6BR/3BA Catchment area home with in law suite, Stunning orig details in pristine condition
$189,900 $515,000 $539,900
North Phila – 2430 N 25th St Mixed Use Property in Features storefront, private full bath and large 5BR home with garage $62,900 Southwest – 6201-6205 Harley Ave Clean Vacant Land waiting to be built on, New Consruction going on everywhere Make an Offer! $69,800 Greys Ferry – 1604 S Newkirk St Great Investment opportunity for an investor looking for turnkey rental income or a new home buyer $69,900 Southwest – 6201-6205 Harley Ave Clean Vacant Land waiting to be built on, New Consruction going on everywhere Make an Offer! $68,800 $95,000 Juniata – 1650 E Lycoming Ave Really Nice 2 BR home great condition with spacious master, lots of storage, Off St parking $98,000 Briarcliff – 209 Westbridge Glenholden 3BR/1.5BA Central Air Garage $99,900 Northeast Phila – 2117 E Tioga St 3BR Home with Hardwood Floors Basement Best home on the block Point Breeze – 1501 S Newkirk St Corner Commercial with income producing apt above perfect for an investment or new business $104,000 Germantown – 241 E Armat St Great Investment Opp! Duplex plus 2 Large garages u unit -4BR/2BA 2nd Unit 2BR/1BA $114,000 2046 E Susquehanna Investment Opportunity in prime are! $129,900 Upper Olney – 6130 N Franklin St Beautiful home recently renovated in mint condition 3BR/1.5BA garage full finished basement $159,000 $164,900 Temple University – 2039 Gratz St Investment Opportunity close to Temple Univ. Recently rehabbed South Phila - 343 Gladstone St Meticulously maintained 3BR/1BA home easy access to shopping, restaurants highways and center city $169,900 $178,900 Point Breeze – 2238 Titan St Stunning 2BR home, New Everything C/A, Granite, SS Appliances HW Floors Must See! $180,000 Mt Airy – 6455 Sparague St Well kept move in ready home on a a lovely peaceful block! Temple – 1619 Bouvier St Investment Prop Potential $2,300 Rent roll 6BR/2BA 2009 Renovation W/D Yard 10Yr Roof warranty $189,900 West – 3508-10 W Allegheny Ave This Beautiful well maintained home located on the out skirts of East Falls , Won’t Last long $209,999 Fishtown – 1800 Memphis St 3BR/1BA with Characer modern updates lots of ligt and utdoor space at a totally doable price $219,900 Fishtown – REDUCED 2553 E Lehigh Ave Corner renovation 2BR/2BA and 2 outdoor spaces Exp Brick wood Fl ultra Kitch New Baths OPEN HOUSE JULy 27TH FROM 1-2:30 $239,900 $229,900 Glenside – 2371 Mt Carmel Ave 4BR Colonial home, HW Floors freshly painted, Great Location Old Kensington – 146 W Palmer St Great Corner Location Commercial Space with a 2 BR Apt above being sold In AS IS Condition $239,900 Girard Estate – 2601 S 18th St Well maintained mixed use property 1st fl tailor shop 2nd fl 3BR Apt, being rented for $900.00 per month $255,000 Elkins Park – 8231 Forrest Ave 3BR/1.5BA Dutch Colonial, yard Screened in porch, HW Floors, Fireplace, C/A , SS Appl $249,000 $265,000 1615 Reed St This a fabulous value in Pont Breeze Fully renovated 2 BR/2BA 202 Jackson St 3BR/1.5BA Hardwood floors throughout, Updated Kitchen New washer dryer Finished basement and yard $269,900 $280,000 Old Kensington – 2400-4 N 9th St Multi Unit Property Currently generating good cash flow East Falls - 4433 Driftwood Unit 107 Newer townhome at Hilltop at Falls Ridge 2BR/2BA, Garage tons of upgrades throughout $285,000 Fishtown – 1301 N Front St #C Condo with parking 2BR/2BA Den HW Floors Open floor plan exposed beams, double skylights $285,000 $285,000 Pennsport – 227 Mountain 3BR/1.5BA Full Renovated, Lots of closets HW Flrs C/A Beautiful block near Dickinson Sq New Construction $289,900 Fishtown – 2226 Martha St 2BR/2.5BA 3 Story New Construction Fishtown – 2013 E Susquhanna 2nd floor 2BR/BA brand new condo open floor plan, Parking, Storage, Low condo fees and great finishes $299,000 Chinatown – 1100 Vine St P201 2BR Penthouse unit with HW Floors and a modern kitchen Pet Friendly $325,000 East Passyunk 2031 S 10th St Join us for a tour of this beautifully Renovated S Philly Home near Passyunk Sq $325,000 Port Richmond – 3007 Richmond St Newly renovated duplex 1st unit 2BR/1.5BA, 2nd Unit 3BR/2.5BA C/A HW Floors, Yard $329,900 Fishtown – 2336 E Cumberland St 4BR/2BA HW Floors custom woodwork newer windows deck kitchen renovated a few years ago
$344,900 $350,000 Fishtown – 813 E Girard Ave Great 4BR/1.5BA Stylish Home with Lots of Character 2201-3 N Front St Apt#3 Great Investment opportunity! Corner Property inc (3) 1 BR Apts, Catering Hall, New Roof $350,000 New boiler All utilities separate Frankford – 4441-49 Frankford Ave Opportunity to own a supermarket with gross receipts between $40K-60K a Month in Phila $385,000 OPEN HOUSE JULy 27TH FROM 1-3:00 $409,000 Wynnewood – 1011 Hampstead Rd 3BR/2BA Corner Property in Wynnewood $415,000 3805 Lauriston Brand New Luxury twin homes 3BR/3BA decks Gardens Garage 10 Yr Tax Abatement 3805-3807 Lauriston Brand New Luxury twin homes 3BR/3BA decks Gardens Garags 10 Yr Tax Abatement $425,000 Fishtown – 988 Randolph St 3BR/2.5BA New Heating, Electrical and plumbing Custom Kitchen Open Layout HW Throughout, New Deck $489,900 $529,000 Mt Airy – 520 E Durham Spacious and stunning 4BR/3,5BA detached home in an excellent neighborhood Gladwyne – 1147 Conshohocken State Rd Updated 3BR/3BA home on almost an acre, Two Car garage, Fenced in Yard $638,900 Old Kensington – 1954-58 & 1960 N 2nd St Commercial Investment opportunity! 3 Story Warehouse plus bar and garage $1,000,000 Frankford – 1101-3 Frankford Ave Ready for investors, 22.000 + Sq Ft Property is approx for 1 Commercial unit, 15 res Units W 1-1 Parking $1,800,000 Grays Ferry- 2501 Oakford St. Vacant WH with lots of potential for residential conversion, commercial use, warehouse or office space! $1,950,000
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CENTER CITY LUXURY SALES
Avenue of the Arts
AcAdemy House 1420 Locust street
2 bedroom, 1.5 bath on a high floor with north and east city views, large great room and a W/D in the unit, 1019 sf $359,900
WHite Building 105 s. 12th street
1 bedroom loft with 18’ exposed brick
barrel ceilings, exposed brick walls and ductwork, an open chef’s kitchen, high-end bathroom and wood floors, 898 sf $399,900
center city one 1326 spruce street
1 bedroom on a high floor with pan-
oramic southern views, lots of natural light, great closet space, an open kitchen, balcony and W/D, 873 sf $285,000
Society Hill towerS
1183 sf $469,900 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely updated
rittenhouse Square
Art Museum
Society Hill
tHe pHilAdelpHiAn 2401 pennsyLvania avenue
Multi-level townhouse condo with soar-
1 bedroom overlooking the Art Museum with a large kitchen, spacious great room and excellent closet space throughout, 1262 sf $199,900 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated kitchen, intimate northeast city views, excellent $299,900 closet space, 1538 sf 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with a large terrace, magnificent city views, an open floor plan and $425,000 eat-in kitchen, 1640 sf 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom with Art Museum and city views, a large terrace and open floor $699,900 plan, 2120 sf
tHe BArclAy
2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, wood floors, lots of natural light,updated eat-in kitchen, marble bath, beautiful original building details, 1136 sf $639,900
tHe BArclAy 237 s. 18th street original building details including high ceilings and oversized windows as well as high-end modern features such as an open chef’s kitchen, there are custom stained glass windows throughout and lots of natural light, 1900 sf $1,249,900
tHe WArWick 1701 Locust street One-of-a-kind bi-level penthouse with
2 bedrooms and 2 baths, lots of natural light, high ceilings, wood floors, and a balcony overlooking the landscaped courtyard, 1602 sf
OPEN HOUSE 7/27 2:00-2:30 $499,900
society Hill toWers 200-220 Locust street
1 bedroom, excellent closet space, floor-to-floor ceiling windows, panoramic southern views, 712 sf $259,900
pArc rittenHouse 225 s. 18th street
Junior 1 bedroom with north city
views, an open contemporary kitchen, wood floors, custom California closet, marble appointed bathroom, W/D, 499 sf
$344,950
1 bedroom, wood floors, balcony, marble bath, excellent closet space, 765 sf
$389,900 1 bedroom plus den (can be used
as 2nd bedroom), 2 bathroom with 2 balconies overlooking the building’s landscaped courtyard, large modern kitchen, marble baths, hardwood $729,900 floors, 1422 sf 1 bedroom plus den (can be used as a 2nd bedroom), 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, open contemporary kitchen, 2 Juliet balconies overlooking a landscaped $825,000 courtyard, 1473 sf 2 bedroom home converted to a custom 1 bedroom plus den, 2 baths, furnished, designer finishes and features, open floor plan, luxurious master suite, $885,000 southern views, 1079 sf
pier 3 - 3 n. coLumbus bLvd. Updated 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with a large balcony providing city, marina and bridge views; wood floors; an open and updated kitchen; and $339,900 lots of natural light; 1300 sf
penn’s lAnding squAre 313 s. 2nd st. #3b
1 bedroom, 1.5 bath with direct street access, one parking spot included, wood floors, an open updated kitchen, lots of natural light, 915 sf
OPEN HOUSE 7/27 12:30-1:00 $369,900
PArc rittenHouSe 2080 sf $1,075,000 2 bedrooms + study, 2 baths, generous entertaining space
1173 sf $499,900 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, balcony, updated throughout
1900 sf $1,249,900 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, original building details and modern updates
with 270 degree city views, hardwood floors, an open floor plan with chef’s kitchen and luxurious master suite, 1978 $1,250,000 sf
WAterfront
Spacious 2 bedroom plus home office, 2 bathroom with an open chef’s
washington Square
kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, formal dining room, lavish master suite, marble bathrooms, excellent closet space and two private balconies overlooking the building’s landscaped courtyard, 2080 sf
2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with a view
$1,075,000 Custom penthouse, with 270 degree city views, a large balcony, open floor plan with chef’s kitchen and generous entertaining space, luxurious master suite, 1853 sf $2,000,000
tHe dorcHester
Junior 1 bedroom with lots of natural light, south-facing windows, balcony, wood floors and great closet space, 623 sf $350,000 Spectacular 2 bedroom, 2 bath with south-facing treetop views from all rooms, an open designer kitchen, beautifully appointed bathrooms, custom finishes throughout, 1281 sf $699,900 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom showplace with Rittenhouse Square and South Philadelphia views, a designer kitchen, luxurious master suite and custom updates throughout, 1826 sf $1,325,000
700 locust street
of Washington Square, wood floors, an updated kitchen and bath, and one car $650,000 parking, 1160 sf
independence plAce 241 south 6th street
South-facing 1 bedroom, wood floors throughout, completely renovated chef’s kitchen, private balcony, great closet $339,900 space, W/D, 928 sf 1 bedroom plus alcove, 1.5 baths, balcony providing Washington Square and city skyline views, large bedroom with ensuite bath and walk-in closet, 1118 sf $399,900 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with balcony and treetop city views, wood floors, open updated kitchen, renovated baths, 1173 sf $499,900
620 pine street
Three story Washington Square townhome with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, parking, an open kitchen, private patio and $850,000 basement, 2740 sf
stricklAnd roW 1014 spruce street
Sun-soaked bi-level with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, wood floors and a recently $289,900 renovated kitchen, 857 sf
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2 0 1 4 I P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY 3 5
$1,200,000
Multi-level townhouse condo with
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spectacular southern views and amazing natural light, marble bathrooms, a large kitchen appointed with high end finishes and appliances, 1565 sf $899,900 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom with 270 degree city views, hardwood floors, an open floor plan with chef’s kitchen, marble bathrooms, washer/dryer, 1978 sf
22 st. JAmes court
P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K L Y. C O M I
Corner 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom with
ing ceiling heights, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, renovated kitchen and baths, wood floors, $559,900 balcony, 1566
indePendence PlAce
3 bedroom, 3 bathroom on a high floor
1830 rittenHouse squAre
40 st. JAmes court
1 bedroom, wood floors, floor to ceiling windows with breathtaking river views, potential $269,900 investment opportunity, 700 sf 2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, north and west treetop city views, wood floors, floor-toceiling windows, great living/entertaining space, 1183 sf OPEN HOUSE 7/27 1:15-1:45 $469,900