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6 I THE SURVIVORS PROJECT PW’s first book-length work of nonfiction collects the intimate, personal stories of sexual-abuse survivors across Philadelphia and the nation.

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PW's first book-length work collects the painful—yet hopeful— personal stories of sexual-abuse survivors and their loved ones.

y husband Joel outed himself seven months ago as a survivor of child sexual abuse. Very quickly, we discovered that the simple act of telling his story was a life-changing experience—and, both of us being journalists by training, we realized we were in a unique position to help other survivors speak out for themselves. So over the summer, I penned an editorial in PW inviting submissions of first-person stories from sexual-abuse survivors, their loved ones and advocates.

As word about the project spread to local and national organizations, we were eventually flooded with inquiries from male and female survivors of child sexual abuse, partner rape, incest and other forms of sexual violence. They were all ready to tell us—and the world—that they would no longer suffer in silence. They were all ready to share their stories of abuse—but more so, of healing, and what that process looked like.

What resulted was an anthology of more than 50 personal essays, written largely by non-professional writers and edited by journalists, all connected by pain and tragedy.

We have turned this collection of stories into an ebook, the Philadelphia Weekly’s first, titled The Survivors Project: Telling the Truth About Life After Sexual Abuse. What you are about to read in this week’s PW is a selection of eight of those stories that all capture, in their own way, the long and turbulent recovery people affected by sexual abuse must endure.

And it is long. I know because I have been down that path; the shadow of sexual abuse nearly destroyed my marriage. Joel struggled for years before he could face the reality of what had happened to him. I am thankful every single day that he had the courage to heal. So for us, The Survivors Project is more than just a public-service journalism project produced by an alternative-media company. We are connected in a very real way to the people who had the courage to tell you their stories.

Reading these essays won’t be easy; writing them certainly wasn’t. I know that putting my story* on paper required the retelling of events, feelings and specific moments in time that have altered me forever. I wrote most of my essay through tears, as I suddenly found myself back in that dark place—the place I had been when I thought Joel and I would never make it. Even after completing the essay, I fretted over whether he would be hurt by my words. I found myself feeling guilty all over again for expecting Joel to meet my needs as a spouse while also going through the most intense emotional upheaval of his life. But that is what healing looks like. It is hell. And it needs to happen if you want to be happy.

No doubt every single contributor to The Survivors Project has felt a range of emotions during this process. Dredging up memories from the past can be an emotionally taxing and painful experience. But for many of us, writing is all we have when we feel our voice isn’t strong enough—which is exactly why this project needed to happen.

The more we talk about the effects of sexual abuse, the more we can prevent it. This is both a public-health issue and a human-rights issue as serious and significant as any PW has rallied to address in the past.

Survivors need more opportunities to fight back against the culture of shame and secrecy that stole their voices. We can’t let it stop here. We have to seize this moment and make sure that no one has to suffer in silence anymore. —Nina Hoffmann Editor’s note: Please take great care in reading these stories, as many of them contain graphic descriptions and other passages that may trigger strong emotional responses. * Nina’s and Joel’s essays appear in The Survivors Project: Telling the Truth About Life After Sexual Abuse.

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partially—my dad. I have happy memories, too—funny things that still make me smile.

I have hated him, but there has always been love.

I think this is why it has been important for me to reconnect with him before he dies.

What is harder for me to grapple with is not the abuse, but my mother’s betrayal. To this day, she cannot talk about it. She cannot acknowledge it. And if I broach the subject, it’s like she has either completely forgotten about it or just really blocked it out to the point where she truly believes that it never happened.

And I know that that has not just affected me, it has affected her. Her weight has nearly doubled. Her thinking has become slurred and blurry due to years of smoking pot. There is never a moment when the TV is not on at full blast in her home, as if one second of quiet time would be unbearable. She even sleeps with the TV on.

It is a very sad thing to not be able to trust your own mother. For a long time, I didn’t think that we could ever have a normal relationship. It’s better than it was, but it will never be what I longed for as a little girl, as a young adult woman, or even now in my late 30s.

It took a long time for me to realize that my mom was not going to be able to acknowl-

edge what happened to me. It took a long time to know that I did not need her to. It took longer for me to accept my mother, with her faults, and see who she is as a person.

You cannot heal yourself until you come to terms with your parents’ lives as well. When you have children you begin to understand, a bit more, what their lives likely entailed. You begin to ask the questions you were numb to as a child.

My mother also suffered abuse. This contributed to her inability to fully parent me as a young woman. She has never healed. She still justifies her own abuse. Listening to her made me realize I needed to do something different.

I knew almost instantly the first time I became pregnant that I had a boy coming. I almost willed it that way. I was terrified to have a daughter. There was still so much left unhealed in me, and I was horrified at the idea of having a girl.

After years of therapy, I felt ready for a girl three years later. This time, I knew I was having a girl and smiled at the fact that the promise I had made to myself at the age of 20 was finally coming to pass. It was then I picked her name, after the first woman I met in my life who was completely happy and at ease with herself.

I thought I was ready for her arrival but

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t has taken half my life to be able to say that I was sexually abused as a teenager and not feel that there was shame in that.

There is still a remnant there that feels like it will always be there. But mostly I have come to believe that while this was a part of my story, it is only a small part.

I do not know where the story started. I am sure now that I was slowly groomed—probably as a young child.

I only remember being down in my bedroom around my 17th year, my stepdad starting with a massage under the guise of talking to me about my day. It would start innocently enough, but he would slowly edge toward my panties, eventually taking them off. (Perhaps this is why I never wear panties now.) Beyond that, I don’t remember much. I usually either pretended to be asleep or actually fell asleep.

I took to reading my Bible all the time, as if that would somehow protect me when he came into my room.

I remember the night when my mother knocked on the locked door and my stepdad told her to go away. And she did.

There was a brief glimpse of hope while she paused at the door, waiting for him to unlock it. Perhaps this will stop. But she walked away upon command and he went right back to what he was doing.

And I remember that later, when my sister told my mom, and she confronted me, she became unhinged in a way I thought she would never recover from. And I knew then that she blamed me and wanted me to make it better for her.

And so I told her, “Fine. It never happened.”

And then she became hysterical again.

“How could you say that about my husband?“ And I said nothing.

And to this day, all I can think is, Why do you suppose that door was locked, Mom? Is there ever a reason for an adult man to be in a locked bedroom with a teenage girl?

I think that one thing that made it easy for my stepdad to groom me was that my dad was never able to give me a compliment. I know he loved me and he was a very stable father. But he kept his feelings to himself, and I suppose I have some resentment about that as well. Most of the “compliments” I received were from my stepfather.

I did not talk to my stepdad for nearly eight years after completely telling him off in a way that I am sure he never recovered from. His health has steadily gone downhill since then.

He only recently met my children, and while I finally believe he is sorry, he will never be alone with them.

The hardest thing to come to terms with is that there is still a part of him that I love—and that I will always love. He was still—at least

“What is harder for me to grapple with is not the abuse, but my mother’s betrayal. To this day, she cannot talk about it. She cannot acknowledge it.

And if I broach the subject, it’s like she has ... blocked it out to the point where she truly believes that it never happened.”

near the end of my pregnancy, the rage at my mother re-emerged. I wrote her a letter, telling her off. It was nearly six months before we came to some sort of terms, and I allowed her to be around my children again.

This was my half-sister’s first awareness of what had happened to me. She was seven years younger and shielded from the initial drama. She was shocked, and had a really hard time with it. Our relationship has never fully recovered. I felt as though everyone was much more comfortable keeping it hidden so it would not hurt them so much. I felt like screaming, How do you think this has been for me?

My sister has a completely different relationship with her dad. He is fully her father.

She adores him. Half of her is made from him, and that makes it hard. If he is the monster I claim him to be, what does that make her?

I have also had guilt about the possibility of him molesting someone else. There is a large family available to him.

Somehow, I have felt that they would never believe me since I have always been an outsider. I would just be the wicked stepdaughter getting even. And then I wonder if I am only justifying myself.

Recently, an older mentor asked me how this has affected me sexually, and the floodgates opened. For a long time, I think it made me prude and embarrassed of my sexuality.

I come from a family that is full of sexual energy on one side, and completely repressed on the other.

Over the years, I have had many partners. I do not have regrets about that. I know there is a theory that victims of sexual abuse often become promiscuous. For me, it was a way of reclaiming my sexuality on my own terms.

What I have noticed is that I have often put up with more than I should in long-term relationships. This became dangerous for me. My children’s father was an alcoholic, and our relationship was tumultuous at best. My therapist reminded me I was used to chaos. I didn’t know what to do with “normal.”

Perhaps growing up with addicts has prohibited me from being able to see things as they are. I never learned to trust my own reality. I never knew I was even entitled to one. My deepest fear now is for my daughter. I want to listen to her. I want to protect her.

I realized several years ago just how deep that fear seeped into me. I received a photo of her on my phone while she was visiting her father and showed it to my then-boyfriend.

“Look at how pretty she is!” I said proudly. He smiled and replied, “She is beautiful! I think she’s even prettier than you!” And that’s when I lost it. I began to cry in a way he could not understand. Perplexed, he responded, “If I had a son and someone told me they were more handsome than me, I would be happy?”

After listening to him explaining himself for about half an hour, I realized it wasn’t about that. It had been a light-hearted comment. It was about the way my stepdad always put my mom down by declaring how beautiful I was,

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as if she were not. I was skinnier. I was younger. I was prettier. He had pitted us against each other in a way that made her blame me.

I still sleep with my daughter, and I think part of that is my fear that someone will come into her room at night. When I hold her close to me, her innocence and vulnerability strike me. She is just a little girl, like I had been.

It has been the birth of both of my children that has inspired me to heal my life. I do not want to bring the patterns I have suffered into their worlds. I cannot change my past. But I can vow to always listen to my daughter, and to commit to my own healing. I am not there yet—at least all the way—but I do believe the day will come.

For me, stopping the cycle of abuse is about becoming conscious. Going to therapy; writing. Getting back in touch with my body through yoga and meditation. And for this last little bit that still remains, I have decided I need to learn belly dancing. I need to reconnect with the body that became rigid when I was abused. Something in me has known I needed this dance for a long time. I tried it when I was 19, but I was so stiff, the teacher laughed about my inability to shake my hips.

Freer now and more in tune with my body, I have started some one-on-one lessons via Skype with a trusted friend. I envision myself now as I was meant to be. Less encumbered; finally happy and in love with a man who treats me well.

I have also finally learned that it is not my duty to the world to be “pretty.” I have more important things to accomplish with my life.

Pretty has often come at a high price.

We are the composite of what happens to us. But we are also strong, resilient and brave.

I no longer see myself as a victim or a survivor.

I am a person, no more and no less deserving of love and grace than anyone else.

Ari BenjAmin BAnk Gender: Male Age: 38 Age abuse occurred: 6 never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I always was. My parents had an inground pool in the backyard, big enough for laps, with a diving board and a deep end, a “real” deep end, and my dad, whose parents had a pool in the backyard, too, and who was also a good swimmer, taught me every stroke he knew: the crawl, the breaststroke, side and back stroke, elementary. He got me in that pool almost before I can remember, and the water felt good and cool. I learned something new each summer: how to cup my hands and kick my legs, how to turn and breathe, turn and breathe, how to tuck my head in and dive without even making a splash. Of course, he gave me good head starts in races and let me win most times, I think. The summer after my 6th birthday, I could swim stronger and faster than any kid twice my age and twice my size.

I didn’t want to, but I could, and I knew, even

“Sex wasn’t something I wanted to have.

A no-brainer. Why would I want to do something so vile with someone I liked and cared for? Best friends would begin to have healthy and long relationships, and I was left behind. I lived by myself for a decade.” then, watching my dad, and my mom, too, sometimes, looking back at me swim, that I was pleasing them, and that part I liked.

Still, I never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I was anyway, and in the summer, my parents sent me to a day camp that seemed so far away (though I had started going when I was just 4). The camp had tennis courts and soccer fields, arts and crafts and cookouts in the woods and, of course, swimming pools.

Early in the mornings, before recreational swim time, the kids from my beginners bunk would change into their bathing suits and then follow one of our counselors, marching off to the pool for their instructional swim, their tender feet getting wet from dew still on the grass. I would go to another pool with another counselor, the pool for the more advanced swimmers—most times anyway.

Sometimes that didn’t happen. Sometimes we stayed back after the bunk was empty.

Sometimes I started to change into my bathing suit but then he’d tell me to stop. It’s okay.

I took mine off too. Look, we both have one. You can touch it. Why don’t you touch it? There, that feels good. Now I’m going to touch yours, okay?

Doesn’t that feel good?

We’d sit together in that quiet, dark plywood shack, the one window and door closed, and I’d think about those other kids in my bunk, learning how to dunk their heads and make

bubbles, and I’d wonder why his got so long and hard when he told me to touch it that way, and I’d wonder why it hurt so much when he put it inside me, but I never cried or yelled because he said I was being good. I didn’t know why I didn’t have to go swim with the bigger and older kids those mornings, but I didn’t feel like I belonged with them, either, and he always told me I was different, and that it was really OK, and that no one else should know because we had a special shared secret. But even that part, I didn’t like.

I never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I knew I always would be. Each day, I’d come home from camp, and my mom would unpack and find two wet bathing suits scrunched up in clear plastic bags, one wet from recreational swim, and the other wet, too, though sometimes soaked from being held under a water fountain and put in my camp bag just before getting on the bus to go home. Home felt even further away somehow, and less recognizable when I walked back up the driveway. And the pool in my parents’ backyard, that too felt strange now, even with my dad’s voice calling to me from the backyard, inviting me to join him for a swim, just a quick dip before we barbecued hotdogs and hamburgers, asking me to maybe show him and my mom what I had learned that day.

Panic attacks began that summer. One on

camp picture day, when, after me and my brother had our photograph taken together, he grabbed my hand and we ran back to join our bunks. My bunk had instructional swim.

I stopped running. Fell to the ground crying and screaming. He didn’t know why. Sleepless nights started to build one on top of the other, nights before I had gym class, a basketball or baseball township league game, anything athletic. My dad would watch some TV with me and tell me I’d fall asleep soon.

But I wouldn’t. He didn’t know why. I became introverted. Shied away from the world. My mom would say that was always my nature, but there was much more to it. She didn’t know why. How could anyone? I never told.

Some years later, I made a choice to try to be average in every way, hoping no one would ever notice me. I aimed for C’s in school. That didn’t work. I started to shut down on the inside. I started getting in trouble. My parents sent me to a psychiatrist who told them I had a self-sabotaging personality, that I locked a ball and chain around my very own ankle.

But someone else locked that to my leg years ago.

Sex wasn’t something I wanted to have. A no-brainer. Why would I want to do something so vile with someone I liked and cared for? In my teenage years, I went on dates, had girlfriends, but we never did anything. Then, for some years, I did have sex, but only with women I didn’t really know or want to know.

Once, I tried to have a relationship, but I only loved her because she treated me horribly (I felt I deserved it). Best friends would begin to have healthy and long relationships, and I was left behind. I lived by myself for a decade.

My only company was an amazing cat, Boo, who, in a weird way, found me. I gave all of my heart’s love to that fuzzy little guy, and he loved me the same way. He was my companion and I knew that when he would die, I would have to die, too. I had a plan, but plans don’t always work out the way we think.

The cat lived long enough until I would find Kirsten, my wife. Maybe he brought me to her, and her to me; Kirsten is allergic to cats but was not allergic to Boo. She called him the “magic cat.” Kirsten is the most compassionate and empathetic person I know. While engaged, she stood by my side as I told my parents what had happened to me. We were at their house. It just came out. I grabbed a family photo album and showed them a camp photograph. “That one!” They knew. I didn’t feel ashamed like I thought I would. I felt relieved. Still, I would never be OK. Depression: check. Anxiety disorder, prone to sudden panic attacks: check. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: double check. Pharmacy techs at the Rite-Aid down the street used to call me the “high-roller,” the “heavy-hitter,” when paying for my meds. I take much fewer meds now at least. Found a wonderful psychiatrist. Listens. Understands. Took so much time. Finally. Just 100 milligrams of Zoloft every morning and a benzo for the times when I see a yellow bus pass by; when I catch a strong

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10 whiff of chlorine; when someone cracks a joke about fathers and choir boys in church; when a Sandusky story is on the news or a commercial for Toddlers & Tiaras in which children are being told to shake their butts and chests for the judges; when a sudden scene in a movie with a kid being molested appears on the screen; when I drive by a camp (the one I went to is still open.) I have a list of triggers, I guess, but the anxiety is manageable. Mostly now it’s just talk therapy. I need it. Helps. My doctor tells me it won’t really ever go away after I sheepishly ask her if I will ever be able to get past this. She does tell me that it does lessen, and my physical reactions and dips into depression don’t have to be like a rollercoaster ride anymore. She’s honest. I trust her.

I feel better. Still, there are questions. How did I take the extraordinary physical pain when it happened that summer? How do I take the emotional and physical pain ever since? In his book, The Noonday Demon, a work about depression, Andrew Solomon writes, “The human capacity to bear pain is shockingly strong.” I concur.

There is also a scene from Rocky that keeps me going from one day to the next. It’s the scene when Rocky lies in bed with Adrian, the night before the big fight, realizing that he just can’t win. More importantly, he doesn’t want to win. He says he just wants to “go the distance.” He knows he’s not even in the champ’s league, but, if he is still standing when that 15th bell rings, he’ll know he made it, that he is somebody, that he counts. I like that. I like that a whole lot. Life will always throw you punches, and some punches will knock you straight to the ground, but what’s important is that you can shake it off, get back up, and be ready for the next punch. If you can do that, then that’s all that matters. I tell my students this when they see me in my office and notice the miniature Rocky statue on my desk. Then they open up about all sorts of things: losing a loved one to gun violence; terribly abusive relationships; sleeping in cars or living in shelters while still going to school on financial aid: There’s a litany of problems that stretch for miles. I listen. I try to find them help. They are my children. I resolved, years ago, that I didn’t want to be a father. I think I’d be a good dad, but, because of what happened to me, I just can’t.

Then there’s that camp photograph. The one with the counselor who stole my childhood. In the picture, he is standing a few feet behind me, smiling. Surprising to most, I imagine, it’s actually still in one of my parents’ photo albums. I think I understand why it is still there. For them to take it out, to leave a white square on a page yellowed by time, would mean that they would have to face what happened to me, with no looking away.

That might be too hard to do. They are my mom and dad, I am their child, and they love me too much.

And when it comes to water, we have an unusual relationship. It feels strange just writing that I have a relationship with water, but

“It has taken me until adulthood to speak kindly, to look honestly at my father as a human being and not a monster. Today, I realize he suffered vastly in his personal, professional and social life and was unable to cope with the pressures of his large dreams that soon became deflated.” why wouldn’t I? (I’m an Aquarius after all.) It’s a love/hate relationship, I suppose. Sometimes the water feels good and cool again, and other times, I think of quick little responses when someone asks me to go in, but, I just can’t: “Oh, too chilly for me, but you go on ahead and I’ll watch our towels and chairs.” Sometimes the water in a swimming pool seems to be like an old friend who has been waiting for me for such a long time, waiting for me to jump back in without thought or care; other times, the water in a swimming pool looks like it is staring at me, reminding me: Better be careful, you know what this led to so long ago. I’ll never know what will happen, how I’ll react, if I’ll go in or not. I do know that this is a part of me, and I can live with that. I can live with a lot. I survived. I healed. I have scars, but I healed. I think we all can if we want to.

Diata*

* Not her real name

Gender: Wombyn Age: 25 Age abuse occurred: 5-12 y father was a revolutionary of sorts.

I can recall him preaching and praying passionately in some of Washington, D.C.’s most impoverished and neglected neigh-

borhoods. Ramshackle houses and project buildings long deserted by humanity were the areas targeted by our church for “street ministry.” Essentially, church was set up in the street, or in barren, abandoned parking lots. I was very young then, maybe 8 or 9. I can remember the green, broken glass and crumbs of concrete that somehow broke off from the curbs and sidewalks.

Loud speakers propelled the scratchy sounds of prophets screaming for redemption, and the band kicked a gospel beat for the people to move to. Ministers laid hands on the otherwise washed-up, hopeless and faithless ghetto masses. And there was my father, reaching out to these men, women and children. I have memories of pride as I sat in the metal folding chairs set up for the street congregation. I straightened the wrinkles in my pink dress and smiled as two white observers beamed about the efforts of my father. I beamed, too. I saw that my father had a genuine heart, a spark within him for his God and his people.

But somewhere along the way, things went awry for my father—a man who had honest hopes to be a successful and moral human being. Somehow, he fell short of the call. At some point, he fell and fell hard. He buckled under the pressures of the system that sought

to rob him of his manhood. He lost the battle to retain his self-worth as a man of color, struggling for meaning in a society that hated him. He understood that the upward mobility he desired was continually being flaunted in his face, and all the more vigorously kept from his reach. Eventually, the demons that haunted his past could no longer be ignored.

One day, he woke up, and God wasn’t enough to sustain him. He realized that his plan for a happy life of church and family wasn’t enough to erase the bitterness of his reality.

And somehow, this hatred for society translated to hatred for his life and his family. I am unsure of the process from trauma to abuse— victims becoming victimizers. What about my father’s consciousness allowed him to take a negative path instead of “fighting the good fight” for what he wanted? What about the struggles he had made him want to prove the destructive stereotypes about black men correct? Why did he turn on the only people who loved him—his children?

An unfortunate truth I hid and suppressed for what I thought would be forever is now at the forefront of my consciousness. For years, my father sexually abused me. The statistics for sexual abuse and rape are outlandishly high considering how “hush-hush” the topic still is. Victims are still stigmatized and shamed despite the efforts of social organizations and the media’s attention. Somehow, this disease continues to spread. My question is: Why? And how? How can someone feel entitled to take what does not belong to them?

It has taken me until adulthood to speak kindly, to look honestly at my father as a human being and not a monster. Today, I realize he suffered vastly in his personal, professional and social life and was unable to cope with the pressures of his large dreams that soon became deflated. I also suspect that he was sexually or physically abused in his youth.

In no way do I excuse his behavior. Nor do I tolerate his constant denial and dismissive attitude toward his role in my abuse. The mere thought of him still makes me angry; to hear his voice mirrors rusty nails on a chalk board.

But I understand that forgiving him is a part of my healing.

I used to feel nothing; I was numb to the experience. It is natural for the body to go into shock when pain and trauma are so great that it may threaten to take us out or to drive us insane. But later, I felt anger and hate so intense that nothing could parallel it. Today, more than anything, I pity him. I feel sorry for the shame, guilt, regret and disgust he must feel. He has never admitted the abuse took place, let alone apologized for his monstrous actions against his daughters. He may never admit it, but I know what he’s done haunts him in his dreams.

I will never be sure of the reason he did it.

I can only infer based on the research I have conducted through family members. Understanding that the abuse was his problem and not mine was a huge step in the process of my healing. The process is hard, treacherous and

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unfair. But there is a lesson and a reason for all experiences. It is up to you to find out the mystery. Above all, know that you are beautiful, powerful, complex and worthy of everything good. You can heal yourself today and move forward a little lighter and a bit more strong. We have to speak out to save our children, particularly our young girls, from suffering what plagued us.

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Gender: Female Age: 34 Age abuse occurred: 7 want to state for the record that I am very lucky, and while what happened to me was terrible, I think it was overall good that it occurred because it stopped a lifetime of abuse and hatred for others. Gaps in my memory have spared me many specifics of what happened, but the story as a whole will stay with me forever, and has influenced who I am today. As this is an account of my story, all names have been changed. I truly hope that with time, the other people involved are able to share their story enough to heal.

One typical day, I believe I was 7 years old, I walked down to my friend’s house. Shelly and I grew up in a low-income neighborhood surrounded by woods that led to hours of running around outside. I think there may be two pictures from my childhood in which there was not dirt smeared on my face. On this day however, Shelly asked if I wanted to play “Doctor.”

Shelly and I went upstairs to her brother’s bedroom, where her two brothers sat on one of the beds. Her younger brother seemed nice but I didn’t have much interaction with him. However, her other brother, Greg, was a year older and I just didn’t like him. There was nothing I could put my finger on, but he just seemed cruel. Again, it was just a gut reaction.

The bedroom was the “waiting room” that we would sit in until it was time to see Shelly’s 20-year-old brother, Tom, the “doctor.” I don’t remember if Shelly went in first or I did. And I remember her looking at me sadly, almost apologetically, but that may be how I want to remember her face.

When it was my turn, I walked into the “doctor’s office,” and both bedroom doors were closed behind me. Yet due to poor construction, the large gaps above the doors allowed you to see the ceiling of the “waiting room” from behind the closed door of the “doctor’s office.” During my examination, Tom asked me if I felt OK, and when I replied that I was fine, he said that he still needed to check me out. Tom pulled down my pants and examined me with his mouth. He kept asking me if it hurt, and I could say nothing. I do not remember much else other than continuing to see Greg’s head appear near the ceiling as he repeatedly jumped up to see through the gaps above the doors. When I walked out of

“I did not know that my father was also abused before reading his essay. Writing these pieces has opened up a dialogue between my parents and I that never would have occurred otherwise.” the doctor’s room, Greg sneered as he asked why I let it happen. Again, I said nothing.

That night, I must have been subdued because my parents wanted to know what was wrong. I couldn’t tell them, but eventually they threatened not to let me play with Shelly anymore if I didn’t tell them what happened.

The ensuing conversation is another piece of my story that I do not remember, but later that night, the police arrived and took my statement.

There was a little bit of time between that night and Tom confessing and going to jail.

In that time, I found out that Shelly had been abused by her brother for years. We could not remain friends after what happened, but stayed friendly. I heard that she went to counseling and her mother moved Shelly and her brothers out of the house and away from some of the more toxic members of the family. I pray that she is well.

This terrible episode happened and was mainly forgotten. My family moved over an hour away and things were over. Then, when I was in middle school, I accidentally found a letter addressed to my mother. It was from Tom. He was writing because he was getting out of jail and wanted to thank my mother for all of her counseling.

I would love to write that the letter floated out of my hand as I sank to the floor, tasting the salt as it ran into my mouth. It would be lovely imagery. Yet this is another painful moment that has been wiped from my memory.

I remember finding the letter in the wooden

desk where various pieces of mail and junk would be thrown. I couldn’t tell you why I took the letter out of the envelope or what I did after I read the letter.

It took several days before I could confront my mother. I learned that Tom had been abused by his father, and about the vicious cycle that often occurs when these horrible things happen, especially when they continue to happen to small children by those they should be able trust. I also learned that Mom regularly went to visit Tom before and after sentencing. She told me that regardless of how evil Tom’s act was, jail would not allow him to become mentally better. Therefore, she had petitioned the court to send him to counseling in an institution instead.

Unfortunately, his family’s dynamic was very unhealthy and not able to provide him with support and strength to recognize his problems and try to change them. So when he was sentenced to jail, Mom, a minister, took his treatment upon herself because Tom had no one else. All of these actions were decisions made by both my parents, because while my mother did most of the actions, she had my father’s support.

Some may not be able to comprehend my parents’ actions. What I cannot comprehend is how Mom found the forgiveness to go to this man who had so harmed her child and minister to him. He caused me so much pain.

But Mom, who thinks of others’ needs by nature, was able to go to Tom, listen to his story and try to help him to heal at the same time

she was trying to help me heal. And just so you know, he felt terrible about what he did to Shelly and me. He knew it was wrong, yet he continued to do it.

I don’t know if Mom was able to help Tom, but I do know that my parents love me very much, and I am the person I am because they are so kind-hearted that they could want to heal this man who made a victim of me, and was a victim himself.

Note: So you are aware, I did not know before now that my father was also abused (see below). My mother has thanked me for asking them to write about my abuse, as this is only the second time that he has ever discussed it, and the first time was the night of my abuse. I probably would never have known if it was not for PW’s request for stories. Obvious to say that she feels that sharing it has helped with some of his healing. Writing these pieces has opened up a dialogue between my parents and I that never would have occurred otherwise. While it is quite emotional, I feel strongly that it has been very helpful to understanding each other and fostering personal healing.

MicHael H. D. Gender: Male Age: 64 Relationship to survivor: Father/self his is about instances of sexual abuse at two different times and affecting two different lives. The first one is about what happened to me, but I now consider it of little consequence. The second concerns my daughter, and has caused me far greater anguish.

I was raised in a South Jersey suburb near Philadelphia. Our family might be seen as lower-middle class, as we had our share of financial struggles. My parents both worked, and believed that after high school you find a good company to work for, and live frugally while you save money for your own family.

I think I’ve driven many of the memories out of my mind, so I don’t remember some of the details that well, but I believe it was the summer of my freshman year. During that summer, I worked at a theater as part of the stage crew. What I do remember is that when it was over, I blamed my own naiveté for allowing myself to be placed in a room where one of the bit actors stayed during the dates the play ran.

It started with a conversation after one of the final shows between the actor and I. We talked about having a beer as we walked around town. Looking back, it’s hard to believe how gullible I must have been, but I ended up walking to the boarding house to meet him. In his room, we talked a little and he offered a small glass of gin and grapefruit juice (explaining he had forgotten the beer). He asked me what I thought of some pictures he had (men wrestling) and I made some com-

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ments but didn’t spend much time looking at them. We talked about how tall I might grow and he said he could tell by feeling my muscle tone. He was probably in his late 30s or 40s, so his age made him more credible to me.

I remember him massaging my legs and later being on top of me. Before he had finished, I managed to gather the courage, clench my fists and say “No.” At first, he told me it would be OK, but I was adamant and he got off me. As I pulled my clothes back on, he reminded me that when I had first arrived, I had promised not to tell anyone about being there. I thought the promise was about having a drink.

I walked home and changed and washed my clothes. I never told anyone, maybe because I had made the promise but more likely because I was too embarrassed. As time has moved on, I have forced myself not to think about it. There has never been a need of forgiveness or resolution because I mostly blamed myself. Eventually, I did tell my wife about the incident, but only after she and I found out that our 7-year-old daughter was sexually violated by the son of a neighboring family.

I didn’t want to believe it, but knew it couldn’t be avoided. I went down to his family’s house and told his parents I needed to talk with him. I had thought about taking a bat with me, but if I had, perhaps it would not have ended well for anyone. He denied everything, which probably angered me even more. I wanted to believe that nothing happened, but I knew inside that he had lied. My wife and I contacted the police and the county prosecutor’s office and issued a complaint. He was arrested and sent away as an offender. I never knew how to talk to my daughter about it, but thankfully, my wife did.

Eventually, the boy wrote a letter or two expressing how sorry he was. Still, I have never forgiven him, nor do I care to. I know in my mind that I couldn’t possibly be with my daughter every moment to protect her from things such as this, but part of me still wants to punish him for what he did.

I have always had the feeling that my daughter never wanted to talk to me about it, and so I have never broached the topic.

These are things that my wife is much better equipped to deal with. I know that I have rambled a bit, and yet writing down what I remember may have helped resolve some of my feelings. The most curious thing is that it was my daughter who sent us the announcement for this project, and now I find myself writing this only because of her.

Nicolas McMahoN Gender: Male Age: 29 Age abuse occurred: 4-6; 18 ral, throat and sinus cancer, freak accidents, amputations and burn inju-

“Approaching 30, and after losing nearly 200 pounds over three years, I am lucky. I got a second chance to create some kind of normal. To combat the damage of sexual abuse, one must yearn for a normal life despite our sentences and machinations.” ries are the worst diseases and circumstances that can disfigure the face and body. Missing jaws, trach tubes and deep scars are often irreversible. Scars can occasionally act like text, giving the viewer the ability to read what has injured a person in their lifetime. The face is a mirror into a person’s soul. This mirror can be changed in an instant.

Instead of fearing the possibility of a personal injury permanently changing our appearance, what if it were possible to look as we actually felt—our secrets and mental illnesses available for everyone to see? What if our depression and personal issues became that permanent reality, like an irreversible scar that cannot be removed?

Currently, I carry two life sentences. I was molested as a child by the husband of a babysitter over a period of two years. Later in life, at the age of 18, I was raped two months after arriving in Philadelphia for college. Simple sounds, touches and smells can bring me back in an instant. My outward appearance developed into how I felt. My life in Philadelphia continued on a strange autopilot while I battled addictions and eating disorders, which led to my eventual weight of nearly 400 pounds.

It was painful to walk as my legs constantly rubbed together, which created a weekly line of new boils and chafing. A normal-sized bottle of stain remover lasted me a mere two weeks to combat the blood and pus stains

from my pants at the laundry. My checklists for leaving the house were my keys, cigarettes, shoe laces and menstrual pads. The keys and cigarettes were for obvious reasons. The shoe laces for keeping my pants up by making a knot at the belt loops when the button or buckle would inevitably break from simple tasks such as bending down to tie my shoes. Finally, the menstrual pads for being more absorbent than Band-Aids and preventing the blood stains from showing on the inside of my pants from my legs rubbing together. On one occasion, while wearing shorts, a bloody pad fell out and landed next to my shoe to the horror and curiosity of the passengers on a crowded bus.

In 2009, I received my M.F.A. from Penn’s School of Design under a beautiful canopy.

Instead of being excited for my future, I was more worried about the chair breaking underneath me. Despite attending Penn for two years, I knew almost nothing about campus due to the difficulty of my walking anywhere, let alone the uphill slope of Locust Walk. I had a highly detailed knowledge of the entire SEPTA system to avoid walking a mere seven blocks.

Approaching 30, and after losing nearly 200 pounds over three years, I am lucky. My years of extreme obesity, pills and cigarettes never showed on my face. I got a second chance to create some kind of normal.

To combat the damage of sexual abuse, one

must yearn for a normal life despite our sentences and their machinations. The way we create this varies from person to person. One must learn to laugh and reach out to people.

Despite the dysfunction of my life due to my sexual abuse, I will forever laugh at the memory of the crowded bus and my bloody pad falling on the floor. I can only imagine what my fellow passengers were thinking.

Recovery can be a tedious process, with many instances of gained and lost ground. At my sickest, when my weight crept past 400 pounds, I knew at the age of 25 that I was dying. I realized that when my end came, I would regret everything and wish to live my life over again.

After my graduation, I withdrew and moved to be with family in the Florida Keys on a small island town with one red light. I have not left since. Instead of planning a career full of creativity and gallery shows in New York like many of my classmates, I am merely learning how to continue with a life full of missed opportunities and waste. After losing all of my weight, I look much younger than my age; I am often confused for a 19 or 20 year old. I am not ashamed to say that I usually do not correct people when, in fact, I am nearly 30 with a master’s degree and an entire past that I prayed I could relive. Sometimes I feel like an imposter.

Despite the fact that I got a second chance, I have to deal with the inevitable fact of aging despite all the years I have lost. The thought panics me as I feel as though I have too few years to fill with new memories. My newfound future is full of the excitement of discovering the joys of simple things that I was never able to enjoy due to my crushing weight. Despite the fact that it is sometimes easier to fall back into what I have known, looking forward to a new experience has kept me on my path.

The emotional aspects have been devastating. The substances that kept me numbed still call and it is still nearly impossible for me to eat in front of anyone. The simple act of a deli counterperson at the grocery store offering me the extra slice of cheese taken from the scale evokes panic attacks. My abusers have continued their lives without any repercussions while I suffered immensely. I am beginning to cast away my anger, as it will only hold me back. At times, I feel damaged, but with the continuation of my life and my example, I have not let them win. I look forward to the day it is emotionally possible to leave this island and return to Philadelphia to pick up where I left off at 18. Until then, I do the best that I can with each day and challenge. It is the best that I can do.

alice*

* Not her real name

Gender: Female Age: 44 Relationship to survivor: Daughter othing is lonelier than taking a taxi home from the hospital—especially

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if it’s a psychiatric hospital. It was early December, during the blizzard of 2009, and Philadelphia was already blanketed with the first of three feet of snow. The cab driver picked me up at the Belmont Center on City Line Avenue, eyeing me suspiciously. “You work here, right?”

“Yep, I’m a surgeon,” I replied, hoping he’d not noticed my hospital-grade paper booties.

I was about 40 years old that day. In a span of four months, I’d gone from earning a sixfigure income in the pharmaceutical industry and living in a stylish Society Hill apartment to being unemployed and emotionally dependent on a man who had “borrowed” $40,000 from me and promptly vanished, just as the SEC was closing in on him.

I look like the typical over-educated white woman living in Philadelphia. I live in a cute house with a pretty garden. I have friends, I wear good clothes and I have a decent job and nice teeth. But under the veneer is a woman with a sketchy history. Two suicide attempts, anorexia, bulimia, four psychiatric hospitalizations, a divorce, a stalled career, years and thousands of dollars seeing a therapist, less-than stellar grades, broken friendships and an addiction to unavailable or abusive men that spans 20 years. I have been on 30 different psychiatric medications and have conducted desperate visits to shamans, psychics, acupuncturists, herbalists, psychiatrists and healers of all flavors. I’ve spent more than $12,000 on a doctor who uses a magnetic device to electrically jump-start my brain out of depression. My friends and family are baffled and angry, and I am hopeless. Why do I keep screwing up my life, I ask myself, when I have so much to be grateful for?

My theory is that I am a second-hand victim of sexual abuse.

Our family made regular trips from the suburbs into the city to see my extended family.

My parents maintain that it was “car sickness” that made me throw up at each visit, but I never got sick in the car any other time. Looking back, it must have been a by-product of the anxiety these excursions caused.

You see, my mother could not bear to be around her family.

They’d all be there. My aunt, who’d reinvented herself from a poor Northeast Philly kid to a Main Line socialite. There’d be my two uncles and my grandmom. And the bottles.

Everywhere, empty beer bottles crowded the table and most of the floor. The cigarette smoke hung in the air and yellowed the insides of the windows. It was hard to take a breath. At the center of the alcohol, cigarettes and bawdy talk was one of my uncles. He was a stocky man, maybe 5-foot-7, with a blustery manner and flushed face. In my memory, his wife and kids aren’t even present, but they must have been. In my memory, his porkish figure eclipses all else.

This uncle, he stole my childhood.

This uncle raped my mother. Not once,

“Unfortunately, I’m the other result of the constant and savage incest my mother endured—another adult woman with a laundry list of psychiatric problems. My mother does not talk about her childhood; she seems to have healed somewhat with age. But me, my healing is just getting started.” not twice, but over and over again for several years, well into her teens—a period of time stretching between the end of World War II to the Korean War. Not only did he violate her while she pretended to sleep, as she compulsively recited the Hail Mary to distract herself until he was done, but he and a chum would regularly take her to an isolated baseball field dugout and molest her. The horrified neighborhood mothers of other little girls would come to my mother’s childhood home, screaming at the front door. It seems my uncle did not limit his predatory ways to family. And somehow my grandmother was able to ignore this.

The result of the constant and savage incest and trauma my mother endured was an adult woman with a laundry list of psychiatric problems. Close to 80 now, she suffered more than any kid or adult deserves to. Anorexia while pregnant with me; agoraphobia so severe she couldn’t leave the house when my sister was a toddler; locking us kids out of the house so she could privately scrub her arms with bleach until they bled. Suicide attempts, hospitalization, depressions, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, trust issues, bonding problems with her kids and explosive anger. Her fear of dirt so great that after a day of playing outside, the three of us kids were routinely forced to

strip down to nudity each night in the foyer of our split-level home and be carried to the tub for a group scrub. Her self-consciousness about sexuality was so deep that she’d put tape over her breasts underneath her clothes to hide her nipples from view. Her despair was so frustrating that my father often resorted to either hitting us with his belt or retreating to the basement to “pay bills.” She tried to be a good mother to us, but it’s hard to be a mom when your own childhood was the most dangerous place on earth.

Nobody stopped my mother’s abuse. Not one adult, sibling, parent or teacher stood up for her when it had to have been obvious that in that tiny Bustleton Avenue house, something was terribly wrong. The abuse only stopped when she, as a teenager, stopped it herself. Home alone one day, her brother turned up back from a stint in the Army. Wanting to pick up where he’d left off, he grabbed her. But she’d grown up a bit while he was at war, and she had a kitchen knife when he went after her. She stabbed him so badly he ended up not only in the hospital, but in a psychiatric unit for months. Now, my uncle is in a nursing home, his brain pulp.

Unfortunately, I’m the other result of the constant and savage incest my mother endured—another adult woman with a laundry

list of psychiatric problems.

These days, I spend a lot of time in church basements, with other addicts, and we talk about “working the program” and “a higher power,” nervously twitching in folding chairs and eyeing each other, wondering what monster lies beneath the 12-Step jargon. I feel like a ghost of myself. Someone who fits in nowhere. Maybe at some point I will feel a commonality with these folks. I hope so, since these meetings are my last-ditch effort at becoming a somewhat normal person, at having a calm and loving relationship with a man, at not wanting to die the moment I open my eyes every morning.

My mother, who has long since retired, does not talk about her childhood; she seems to have healed somewhat with age. But me, my healing is just getting started.

Jackie Block Goldstein, MsW, lsW Occupation: Associate director and child forensic interview specialist at Philadelphia Children’s Alliance eople ask me what I do all the time, and when I say that I’m a forensic interviewer, they are generally either morbidly curious (“Like on Law & Order: SVU?”) or totally turned off (“Cool, I like pizza”). Occasionally, I get people who actually ask what it means, and I try to come up with a digestible way to explain that I talk to children who have disclosed sexual abuse or assault after it has been reported to the police department or the Department of Human Services. I take their investigative statements in a neutral, non-traumatizing way that is not suggestive and meets the needs of investigators, so that kids don’t have to be interviewed multiple times by people who may not know how to talk to them in a developmentally appropriate manner. I know, it’s a mouthful. After all of that, I used to expect that people would remark about the intricacies of doing an investigative interview with a child or the complexity of navigating the competing needs of law enforcement and child welfare. But now I’m pretty much resigned to the routine response of, “Talking to kids about sexual abuse? That must be so depressing.”

Most of the time, I just shrug, partially because it’s too complicated to go into (and I’m not sure people really want an in-depth response) and partially because I don’t think that I’ve ever really allowed myself to reflect on the impact that 10 years of forensic interviews with thousands of sexually abused children has had on me. Maybe I’ve done that in part as a coping mechanism—hearing about abuse every day has to take its toll—and maybe it’s also because I don’t like the exposure, the vulnerability that comes with talking about my own experiences. How hypocritical is that? Sitting down with a 6-year-old who I have known for exactly 10 minutes, I fully ex-

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So in an effort to practice what I preach, here goes.

I think everyone is a pedophile. Most people meet someone and their initial impression has to do with what the person looks like, how firm her handshake is or what kind of a car he drives. But not me. I know this because while out with my mother, who struck up a conversation with the man standing next to us waiting for his latte, she remarked, “He seemed nice.” My response was, “He seemed like a child molester!” When my mother pointed out that my reaction was probably a bit extreme, I completely dismissed it and noted that if 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before they turn 18, probability is on my side. And this was not an isolated incident. In reflecting on it, it appears that my instinct is always to regard someone with suspicion versus giving them the benefit of the doubt—to assume the worst in everyone until proven otherwise. Before you contact me with a list of great therapists in the area, rest assured, my psychiatrist is aware of the problem. While talking about ways to relieve stress, she mentioned getting a babysitter to watch the kids and going out on a Saturday night. “Get a babysitter?” I asked, incredulous.

“How could I possibly relax and go out knowing that someone was in my house sexually abusing my children?” She pointed out that in all likelihood, the 16-year-old girl down the street was not going to sexually abuse my kids, but it was no use. I haven’t gone out on a Saturday night since.

I assume that all later-in-life issues are the direct result of a history of child sexual abuse.

At the start of every Biggest Loser: Weight Loss Edition, I make an internal bet with myself about how far into the show the disclosure of abuse will be revealed. The same is true for Hoarders, Intervention, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and 16 and Pregnant. OK, yes, I watch too much TV, and low-quality TV at that (don’t take it personally, Dr. Drew)—but that’s not the point. Last week on Today, they led into the commercial break with the teaser that Justin Bieber’s mom was going to come on next to talk about her book and all of the obstacles that she faced as a child. I literally said out loud to myself, “sex abuse,” and three minutes later, while the rest of the nation was probably shocked, my suspicions were confirmed as quickly as they had developed. I’m looking for it all the time, and I do believe that for kids who experience abuse and never get any help or support because they don’t have the opportunity to disclose in a safe place, that is often the final outcome. It’s a huge reason why I do what I do every day. That critical moment, where a child weighs the enormous risk of speaking out, is what tips the scale in the direction of health, happiness, safety and success instead of despair, fear, self-harm and failure. In that moment, I have the enormous responsibility of helping that child to see that people do care, that it can be safe to tell, that

“I think everyone is a pedophile. Most people meet someone and their initial impression has to do with what the person looks like, how firm her handshake is or what kind of a car he drives. But not me. Before you contact me with a list of great therapists in the area, rest assured, my psychiatrist is aware of the problem.” help is available, and that a positive life trajectory is within their reach. And what greater motivation could there be to go to work every day?

I wake up every morning at 4 a.m. with my heart racing. Scanning my room quickly and listening for the sound of footsteps, I wait a minute to make sure everything is as it should be before going back to bed. It’s gotten better over time; when I first interviewed Maya*, I woke up every hour on the hour with the same routine. Maya was a young girl who was sexually assaulted and abducted from her bedroom one night at 4 a.m. With no signs of forced entry and no offender identified, the entire investigative team, myself included, was desperate to figure out who did this. We all suspected a family member, and in some ways, I think that deep down, there was a part of me that wanted it to be true.

If it was her stepfather or her older brother and not a total stranger, I could rationalize that something like that could never happen to me or my loved ones, and then the world would make sense again. But if it was truly a family member, how would Maya ever recover after such a betrayal of trust? As I sat in my office before the interview, I agonized over how I could possibly make this child feel

safe enough to tell me what happened. How would I get through the interview at all without completely breaking down? How could I force myself to focus on the mechanics of the interview without allowing myself to truly take in the absolute horror that this child must have felt waking up in the middle of the night with a man standing over her bed before covering her head with a bag, taking her from her house and assaulting her repeatedly in an abandoned lot? I’m not sure how it happened, but somehow we both got through it, and no, I didn’t cry. If you’re curious, I have never cried during an interview (people ask me all the time)—but I have after the fact. I stayed busy for the rest of the work day and was fine—it wasn’t until later that night when I checked the front door of my house to find that my husband had left the keys in the lock that I completely lost it. Crying on the floor of my kitchen, I didn’t know how I would go back to my office. While contemplating the logistics behind quitting my job in favor of opening up a bakery in Vermont (which would have been a complete failure, by the way, since I can’t bake), I realized that as much as I was struggling to process what had happened, none of this was about me—it was about Maya. She was the one who would

have to somehow figure out a way to move on—to go back to sleeping, eating, going to school, putting one foot in front of the other, and do all of this when it seemed like every shred of trust that she had in the world had been taken from her. And that put everything into perspective.

So with that, I’m grateful. Doing what I do has made me grateful every day that my kids are safe and my family is healthy and that I have the amazing opportunity to gain strength through osmosis from the incredible kids and families that come to Philadelphia Children’s Alliance. At such tender ages, these children experience horrific, horrific abuse and somehow manage to move on with their lives to do incredible things. Occasionally, I have the privilege of seeing the kids that I have interviewed years later, and in the back of my mind, I expect them to look so broken.

Seeing their smiling faces, their growth, the wonderful people that they are becoming reminds me that they are not victims—they are survivors.

To the many children who have shared their stories with me over the years, and to the parents who trusted me with their most valuable possessions—who allowed their children to walk back with me into that room to talk about the things that keep them up at night—and to the countless victims out there who have not yet found their voices: I write this for you. I am eternally grateful for the lessons that you have taught me and for the grace that you show every day by overcoming adversity and fighting relentlessly to get back on the path to the beautiful life that every one of you deserves. You inspire me more than I could ever put into words. I am truly thankful. n

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CALENDAR // NOV. 14  20 are like the cowboys of the Wild West driving, unnoticed, but are the essential oil running the great machine that is New York City.” From his first fare on a cold January morning to the last, Dingman offers you a glimpse of the working class of New York City you won’t find on a subway map. Anyone from comedian Jon Stewart to drunken tourists could hop into Dingman’s backseat at any given time. No one day is the same in Dingman’s taxi cab, so buckle up! JESSICA FOLEY

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WAR HORSE

Adapted by Nick Stafford from Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel (which was recently adapted by Stephen Spielberg for the silver screen) War Horse concerns a young man intent on rescuing his beloved horse from the battlefields of World War I. Featuring a cast of 37 actors (all unknown), the show’s real stars are the amazing life-size puppets from Handspring Puppet Company that bring the horses to life with some of the most creative stagecrafts ever conceived. Even if you’ve seen Spielberg’s film, nothing will prepare you for the emotional power of the stage version which eloquently captures the unique relationship between human beings and the animals they love. J.C.R.

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Kicking off the third night of the city’s 5th annual Sketchfest tonight are local writers and stand-ups Chip Chantry and Carl Boccuti. The duo will be joined by a crew of local sketch and theater vets for the debut of their new, SNL-inspired sketch comedy show, The Specific Jawns, before it makes its official debut at the Off-Broad Street Theater.

The ladies of Philly’s “most fallopian tubed sketch group” ManiPedi will then dazzle the audience with their off-beat characters, slightly disturbing sketches and super adorable smiles, followed

by New York’s sketch sweethearts MacCloskey & Myers. Finally, rounding out the night is the cast of The Mask & Wig Club, UPenn’s all-male collegiate comedy group, which is actually the oldest one of its kind in the country. NICOLE FINKBINER 8pm. $10-$20. Through Nov. 17.

Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St. 267.441.4780. phlcomedy.com [FOOD]

TASTE OF PHILLY

Let your taste buds discover all that Philadelphia Weekly has to offer at its 6th annual Taste of Philly sampling event. For three hours at the Crystal Tea Room, you’ll be able to eat the offerings of Red Mango, Just Cookies, West Tavern, Tashan and many more. Not to worry—we wouldn’t leave your tongue without something to wash down your food: The beer garden will feature Doylestown Brewing Co, Barry’s Homebrew, House of Shandy and other locals. A portion of all ticket sales will benefit Philabundance and City of Hope.

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6-9pm. $35. The Crystal Tea Room,100 E. Penn Square. philadelphiaweekly.com/food/taste

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9:30pm. $13-$15. With Kate Faust. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. worldcafelive.com

7:30pm, $12-$15. Ortlieb’s Jazz Lounge, 847 N. Third St. 267.402.2055. firstpersonarts.org

7:30pm. $25. Through Dec. 2. Academy of Music, Broad and Locust sts. 215.893.1999. kimmelcenter.org

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Seventeen,” this homegrown favorite puts some funky new life into these old standbys. If you don’t know Res from her 2001 solo charting How I Do or her work with artists such as Talib Kweli and Gnarls Barkley, The Res Documentary, an upcoming feature, will highlight the talented singer’s struggles with the music business and the realities of being an independent artist. BRYAN BIERMAN

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SUM 41

Inheriting the mantle of punk and grunge from earlier groups, Sum 41 emerged from the wintry climes of Canada to become one of the alternative rock bands that dominated the ‘90s scene. On this tour, the group celebrates the 10th anniversary of their second LP, 2002’s Does This Look Infected?, and while front man Deryck Whibley and his crew have faltered commercially since then, they still have a loyal fanbase and more than 200,000 Twitter followers.

Reviews for this tour have been favorable, despite the disappointing performance of their last album, last year’s Screaming Bloody Murder. To fan boys and girls for whom Sum 41’s music gave a soundtrack to their adolescent issues, this outing couldn’t have come at a better time, as those folks are now adults who hold the band in nostalgic reverence. Expect to hear “Fat Lip,” their debut (and biggest) hit—even if it’s from the album preceding Infected, “Still Waiting,” “The Hell Song” and maybe even the once-retired riff “A.N.I.C.,” reportedly a reference to the late Anna Nicole Smith, who, depending on what you believe, the band either adored or abhored. TONYA PENDLETON 7pm. $15-$20. With IAMDYNAMITE. Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com [EVENT]

THE TAXI TAPES

Swarthmore college alum writer/actor/podcaster Sam Dingman won the Moth Story Slam earlier this month with an extract of his solo show The Taxi Tapes based on his experiences behind the wheel of a New York City taxi. Dingman brings his act to Philly as part of the 11th annual First Person Arts festival this week playing two shows at Ortlieb’s Jazz Lounge. “I wrote this show because I loved driving a taxi cab as much as I love performing in front of live audience,” says Dingman. “New York City cab drivers

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals make some of the sexiest music on the planet. They demonstrated this on their underappreciated 2010 self-titled release, and they are jazzing things up again with their latest, The Lion The Beast The Beat. “Runaway” perfectly illustrates the influence that danceable ‘70s rock and soul has on their sound, and the piano-led rhythms of “Keepsake” further augments this point. Potter sounds like a slightly raspier version of Stevie Nicks on tracks like “Stars,” and her subtly soulful performance on “Loneliest Soul” will give you goose bumps. The seductive wordplay on “Turntable” leaves little doubt what Potter is in the mood for and highlights her ability to create evocative imagery with her lyrics instead of just eliciting emotional responses. The Lion The Beast The Beat is a groovy album you will want to hear over and over again. BRIAN PALMER 8:30pm. $25-$28. With the Stepkids. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215.627.1332. electricfactory.info [DRINK]

BATHTUB BEER FEST

A benefit for Philly Beer Week 2013, this Prohibitionera beer-drinking party offers local boozehounds the unique opportunity to experience what life was like when beer was illegal. Sample an array of both old-fashioned and modern brews from 20 top craft breweries including Evil Genius, Neshaminy Creek, Flying Fish and Weyerbacher. In addition to a selection of special brews being served out of sixtels chilled in bathtubs filled with ice, an exclusive PBW 2013 “bathtub brew” will be made on-site using an open fermentation style, paying homage to Prohibition-era home brewing. Just in case that’s not enough to get you into the spirit, guests will receive free admission to the Constitution Center’s new exhibition American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition and are encouraged to come donning their best 1920s-1930s attire. N.F. 7pm. $40-$45. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. 215.409.6600. constitutioncenter.org [MUSIC]

RES

We can probably all agree that Fleetwood Mac is awesome. From their bluesy early days with Peter Green to the astoundingly-popular Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks era, it’s all full of great stuff. (“The Ledge” from 1978’s Tusk is seriously our favorite jam in the world right now.) But perhaps you’ve listened to Rumours a few too many times to fully appreciate “Dreams” or “The Chain” again?

Enter local R&B songstress Res and her upcoming EP, ReFried Mac. Featuring soulful covers of four Mac songs and Nicks’ solo classic “Edge of

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Much like those instantaneous decisions we make when considering a sexual encounter or pursuing a potential mate, this hour-long, choose-yourown-adventure style performance invites the audience to explore and liberate their own sexual creativity, using only their most primal instincts as a guide. Featuring a provocative and informative mix of storytelling, spoken word and erotica, it doesn’t matter how you choose to follow the progression of action as all roads lead to the same intensely intimate theater experience. This is the newest solo show by Boston-based playwright/ performer, sex activist and phone-sex operator Cameryn Moore, who’s been touring the North American Fringe Circuit the past three years with her first two critically-acclaimed solo productions, Phone Whore and slut (r)evolution. Joining Moore to open the show are local smut faves, Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque and several readers from the Erotic Literary Salon. N.F. 8pm. $15-$18. The PlayGround at the Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St. 215.568.8077. adriennelive.org

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MIKE AND MARGA

“We grew up being the punchline in jokes. Now we are owning the stage,” says lesbian comic Marga Gomez, who makes her first appearance in Philly in 20 years with the one-night-only performance of Mike Albo and Marga Gomez Make Queer Comedy. Two of the nation’s most popular comics, Gomez is a stand-up comedienne and playwright, while Albo is a witty writer/performer who specializes in sketch comedy featuring a host of original and memorable characters. Perhaps best known for his critiques on our consumer culture, Albo’s most memorable character is The Underminer, a sweet guy with an unfortunate habit of making others feel suicidal. Gomez says she’ll be commenting on the election and will “attempt in 10 minutes to re-enact characters from my nine solo shows, including my showgirl mom, my Cuban dad, the great actress Kathleen Turner, Venus De Milo and Queen Latifah being attacked by a jellyfish.” Following the performance, patrons can partake in Mix n’ Match, a networking and speed dating event that gives audience members a chance to expand their professional contacts or their date book. J. COOPER ROBB 8pm. $25-$30. Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. 215.925.9914. paintedbride.org

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SUNDAY SUPPERS

Hurricane Sandy left 3.3 million people living without electricity or heat, some in below freezing temperatures. It may be impossible to feed all those people, but Sunday Suppers founder Linda Samost believes you have to start somewhere.

“You can volunteer to serve one Sunday supper for approximately 40 people prepared from locally grown food for Philadelphia’s neediest families at the West Kensington Ministry,” says Samost.

Sign up at 2140 Hancock Street, then roll up your sleeves alongside chef John McGraph, and chop some peppers, dice tomatoes, bake a pumpkin, boil a beet, wash a dish, sweep the floor, plate the food, set the table, and serve a needy family a piping hot Sunday supper tonight. J.F. 10:30am-4:30pm. Free. Sunday Suppers, 2140 N. Hancock St. 215.589.3748. sundaysuppersphilly.org [MUSIC]

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8pm. $25-$28. Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. 215.627.1332. electricfactory.info

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Many survivors of sexual abuse struggle for years to recover from the assault while combating stigma and silence. Few are aware of the tremendous strength and resolve it takes to heal from the longlasting emotional scars left by such abuse. PW’s first ebook, The Survivors Project: Telling the Truth About Life After Sexual Abuse, explores this complex issue in more than 50 personal essays written by survivors, their loved ones and advocates. The essays are raw, emotional, starkly honest and, most importantly, full of hope. PW senior editor Nina Hoffmann and her husband, project co-editor Joel Hoffmann—who know the healing process first-hand—will discuss the book and read excerpts at a Free Library event tonight. The event will also feature speakers from Women Organized Against Rape and the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance.

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Despite hardcore and hip-hop both counting the East and West Coasts as crucial sites of development, the genres share only slivers of history, like the existence of New York City crossover act Biohazard or that time Chubb Rock sampled Bad Brains on “Daddy’s Home.” The unlikely camaraderie between miscreant youth rap crew Odd Future (from Los Angeles) and hardcore thrashers Trash Talk (from Sacramento) adds a rare new entry to the books. After OF signed TT to their Sony-owned imprint Odd Future Records in May, Trash Talk and MellowHype—the OF spin-off clique spotlighting Hodgy Beats and Left Brain—are touring together.

MellowHype’s product is murkier and leagues more laidback than Trash Talk’s take-no-prisoners cacophony, but that should do little to calm the show’s atmosphere. Expect corralled havoc, copious mosh pits and dozens of opportunities to “Tsk, tsk” over kids nowadays. REYAN ALI 7pm. $15. Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

After her sold-out event last year, renowned local pin-up photographer Celeste Giuliano will once again return to the Troc with her squad of classic bombshells to celebrate the release of the 2013 Pinups for Pitbulls calendar while also helping raise money for the Philly-based nonprofit.

Inspired by the cabarets of the ’30s and ’40s, this year’s event promises to be even more titillating than the last with retro cocktails, swinging jazz music from Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society, performances from Philly’s hottest burlesque acts and the cigarette girls from Bettie Page Clothing. Giuliano will also host the first Miss Pin-up Philadelphia Pageant, during which 10 finalists will try to impress and seduce a panel of judges—which include Jessica Lynn Gahring from TLC’s NY Ink. N.F.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord.org started out as a production company that used the Internet to collaborate with people—writers, musicians, photographers, editors, etc.—from all over the world.

These people could share their work, get feedback and have folks from thousands of miles away help them improve their craft. Gordon-Levitt has been taking his project on the road and showing off short videos, music and writing projects in a special collaborative evening of entertainment. In addition to hosting and presenting work, Gordon-Levitt will also direct, perform and interact with the audience in sketches, readings and musical moments. B.H. 9pm. $19.50-$35.50. Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St. hitrecord.org

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Touring to promote his just-pushed-back-again major label debut LongLiveA$AP, Rocky (and his A$AP Mob crew) will be performing songs from last year’s LiveLoveA$AP, the syrupy mixtape that exploded him onto the world. Fresh off this year’s Habits & Contradictions (not to mention the wild success of his Black Hippy counterparts Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock), ScHoolboy Q will support, hopefully by doing “Figg Get Da Money,” which has been stuck in my head for almost two years. And topping it off, Danny Brown—possibly the most interesting and addictive artist in music today—will rhyme about Adderall, cunnilingus and Molly Ringwald. And it will be good. B.B.

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By Brian Freedman // bfreedman@philadelphiaweekly.com t’s not often that a single dish so clearly embodies all of what a restaurant does right. But that’s exactly what the Hunan lamb accomplishes at Jane G’s, the dimly lit, sexy new spot at 19th and Chestnut. It arrives in a glistening mound, trailing contrails of aromatic spice. The meat itself is cooked perfectly, tender and delicate, and the levels of gaminess and tingling heat are exactly on par with one another. Sweet slices of red pepper and onion frame and provide respite from the more full-throated flavors. It’s a balletic rendition of a dish that’s often more of a mosh pit, and a fine indication of what this kitchen, under the leadership of Chef Michael Chan, can accomplish.

At its best, Jane G’s raises the bar of pan-Asian cuisine in this part of the city.

With a few exceptions, each and every one of the flavors seems to have been seriously considered in terms of the role it will play on the plate. The result of this is a procession of dishes that, in general, are familiar, yes, but somehow more interesting, more memorable.

Beef rendang was lifted up by its spice paste of remarkable complexity, the more perfumed aromatics tempered by the darker, deeper notes that developed over hours of cooking the rich cubes of meat in coconut milk and ultimately caramelizing it all. The flavors are both familiar and exotic, and it’s difficult to stop picking up additional pieces even after you’re full—the range here practically demands more attention, more bites. My only issue was with the soy-tossed ramen that accompanied it: Pleasant flavor was undermined by noodles that arrived clumped together, making it more difficult to eat than it should have been.

That, however, was a rare instance of a technical mishap. And even the preparations here that didn’t quite charm me were still buttressed by unimpeachable technique. Popcorn rock shrimp, a signature dish of sorts—our excellent waiter told us that it finds its way to most tables—was among the most well-fried I’ve had in some time.

The shrimp themselves, their diminutive size belying their bigger flavor, had been cooked to just the perfect side of doneness in a crispy carapace. (Though the plating fell a bit short for me: That fried crust was pleasantly bitter on its

Crispy crust: Jane G’s tiny popcorn shrimp packs in big flavor.

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own, and didn’t need the drizzle of wasabi aioli to amplify it. After popping a few bites, I found myself wanting something sweeter to drag them through.)

Dumplings, meanwhile, came impeccably crisped up in the pan, their sides an appealingly rich tone of caramel. Their fillings—a familiar chicken and a somewhat more interesting duck—called out for some hit of brightness to allow their focal flavors to come through; a teriyaki reduction came to the rescue.

Overall, the food here is rather successful, and, when it fully hits its intended target, it’s remarkably good.

The sesame soy Brussels sprouts were a beautiful demonstration of how a wellconsidered concept married to impeccable technique results in a dish that vastly outperforms expectations. These little demi-orbs, browned on their outsides, managed to soak up and seemingly distill all that nutty, savory flavor.

The result was a bowlful of densely flavored, perfectly autumn-evocative sprouts that achieved a level of richness that most need a quick stint with bacon fat to achieve. Washed down with a beer, they’re perfect. And roti canai, all delicately layered and addictive with a quick trip through the glistening curry sauce, will be on my rotation moving forward. Crispy Peking duck salad intelligently brought together fried pieces of duck shreds with fresh greens and a vinaigrette whose ginger-lemongrass

brightness served as a lovely foil.

Jane G’s is acquitting itself well right now, and has plenty of potential to continue improving. Note that the dessert situation is a concern right now: The pastry chef is no longer with them, and a recent evening’s dessert offering was a strawberry cheesecake, brought in from elsewhere—a perplexing choice, given the flavors that would have preceded it.

I decided to take a pass and save what little remained of my appetite, the better to have room to pick through that wonderful lamb I had boxed up to bring home. n

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n 1982, the Walnut Street Theatre was in dire straits. If something drastic wasn’t done, America’s longest continually running theater would potentially shut its doors for the first time since it opened on Feb. 2, 1809.

A transition board put out word the theater was searching for a new executive director, and as luck would have it, found its man in Bernard Havard. Now the Walnut’s president and producing artistic director, Havard—who is solely in charge of selecting each season’s shows—is celebrating his 30th year leading the venerable Philadelphia institution.

Havard was already a hot property in 1982.

In six short years at its helm, he’d turned Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre into the third largest subscription house in the country. An avid reader of theater biographies, Havard knew of the Walnut’s rich history, but he was only interested in the position if the board agreed to his idea to transform it into a not-for-profit, self-producing company.

Under his auspices, by 1985, the Walnut had begun to attract an audience, but was still running a deficit, so the British-born Havard made the difficult decision to drop Shakespeare from the theater’s schedule, a decision that was all about the numbers.

At the average Walnut show, he says, about 9 percent of the ticket buyers are no shows.

For Shakespeare productions, a whopping 26 percent of people who purchased tickets didn’t show up, leading to the Bard’s exile from the Walnut’s stage.

A study commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trust found that many of the Walnut’s audience members are first-time theatergoers, and Havard insists their first theater experience should be a pleasurable one. Instead of producing challenging or even disturbing dramas, Havard is committed to accessible, populist programming that can be enjoyed by a wide audience, a strategy that has worked spectacularly well. He recalls wondering “if my tenure was going to be short lived,” but by 1987, he knew the company was on solid footing, and for the 1992-93 season, the theater boasted an impressive 36,198 subscribers. In 2002, the number had jumped to 50,365, and last season, the roll swelled to 56,000 subscribers. In three decades, Havard has taken the Walnut Street Theatre from a struggling rental facility to the world’s biggest subscriber theater.

Mr. Wonderful: Walnut Street Theatre owes its current success to Bernard Havard.

Asked the secret to his success, Havard points to three things: programming, service and price. Although its ticket costs can reach as high as $90, the Walnut also offers an abundance of $10 tickets in an effort to make the shows affordable to as wide a range of people as possible. He takes an equally broad approach with the programming. Fine-tuned into a successful formula that includes two plays and three musicals, Havard says he plans each season around what he terms the “keystone piece,” which is the company’s allimportant holiday show. This year’s selection is Meredith Wilson’s 1957 classic The Music Man. At a typical Walnut show, 80 percent of the audience are subscribers, and the holiday show draws the youngest audience, as many subscribers bring their children—who, hopefully, will become future subscribers. “I think if you are going to grow a theater over the years, you have to bring young people into the theater,” says Havard. “Otherwise, you’ll grow old with your audience, and you might as well go off to Florida.”

Despite his 30 years of success, Havard doesn’t sound like he’s ready for Florida yet— at least not until he succeeds in realizing his dream of opening a theater-in-the-round to give the Walnut a fourth performance space.

After purchasing the lot next door in 2004, Havard says their developer was forced to abandon his plans when the recession hit.

However, in just a few weeks, Havard says he plans to hold “high level meetings” that may one day lead to a new Walnut stage. n

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Executive Director Gayle Isa is understandably excited about the AAI’s promise-filled future.

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s you walk along the desolate stretch of Vine Street just east of Broad, Asian Arts Initiative’s three-story headquarters is by far the most inviting building in sight. Greeting you the moment you enter is self-taught street artist Jeff Cylkowski’s vibrant, trippy mural, which covers every inch of wall space along the corridor. Turn to your left, and you’ve stumbled onto what appears to be a beach in Southeast Asia, littered with all sorts of beautiful curiosities—black-and-white family photographs, an old suitcase, the jaw of a mysterious sea creature—with a layer of sand blanketing the concrete floor.

In reality, this is AAI’s gallery space, and these curiosities are just a few of the many multimedia elements of their current exhibition, Illuminate Me, a collaboration between the Philly-based artist collective Las Gallas, local musician Alex Shaw and members of the city’s growing Latino and Asian-American communities.

Last spring, Shaw and the Las Gallas artists—Julia Lopez, Magda Martinez and Michelle Ortiz—held a series of community workshops in which participants shared their personal stories of immigration and migration through a variety of art-making activities. These stories can now be seen captured and illuminated on the sides of lanterns, strung from the gallery’s ceiling amidst several original two-and three-dimensional pieces from the collective. On the other end of the gallery, hallowed out gourds containing tiny speakers create an oral-history soundscape.

“It invites viewers to look at Chinatown as a neighborhood literally through a different lens,” says AAI Executive Director Gayle Isa. Illuminate Me is actually the kick-off of the center’s Neighborhood Spotlight Series, which will be bringing exhibits to unusual places throughout Asian-American communities in both Chinatown and South Philly.

Carried out by AAI’s new Social Practice Lab and its seven artists-in-residence, the series will continue over the course of the next year, just as the organization celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Much of AAI’s success can be attributed to the acquisition and expansion of their multitenant arts facility.

While AAI occupies the entire first floor, the second floor is a labyrinth of office and studio spaces, including that of Art in Motion

Making it happen: Gayle Isa is gearing up for AAI’s 20-year anniversary.

Latin dance studio and EgoPo Classic Theater.

Helping guide you down the dark hallways are the quirky collaged light-boxes that are part of local photographer and current AAI artist-in-residence Colette Fu’s “Photo Binge” series. Make a few turns, and you’ve hit yet another gallery space with even more cool artwork on display—a provocative mixedmedia group show titled Shut Your Trap!!

“We have been really excited and committed to serving as an anchor for what we hope can be positive development in this neighborhood,” Isa says. At the same time, with developers and young urbanites now flocking to the area, she adds that there’s “an increased need and desire to kind of claim this neighborhood as part of Chinatown as well.”

As for what AAI has in store leading up to their big milestone, next month, they’ll hold the annual Artist Exchange festival, featuring original and multi-disciplinary work from performers all over the country (Dec. 6-7).

The following week, the center will host the annual National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network Meeting, with a corresponding exhibit showcasing the works of two local and two national artists who are part of the Visual Artists Network (Dec. 13-17).

Let’s just hope they can clear out all the sand by then. ■ Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St. 215.557.0455. asianartsinitiative.org

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By Matt Prigge // mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Superman III (1983): Richard Lester’s second S-Man sequel is largely indefensible, yet peppered throughout are a handful of excellent scenes. Among the defendable moments include the Superman-Clark Kent junkyard fight and the part where jazz singer Annie Ross is turned into a robot.

Also entirely respectable is its opening, which forgoes the series’ traditional drawn-out-titles-in-space scrawls for an epic, complex slapstick melee—a reminder that at that point, the only people who could still direct that style of comedy were Lester and Blake Edwards.

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Mister Frost (1990): Here’s a great premise: Jeff Goldblum is the devil, probably. Here’s a great opening: Goldblum, at his Goldblumiest, offers lemon meringue pie, coffee and polite if skittish conversation to the detective who will soon find a corpse underneath a living room chair. It’s all downhill from there, turning into a more menacing version of K-Pax, but the start and Goldblum remain worth hunting down.

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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990): Many would go with the hellzapoppin’ long take that opens Brian De Palma’s otherwise dire Snake Eyes. But let’s not forget the fiveminute shot that kickstarts his goof on Tom Wolfe, which follows a soused Bruce Willis as he stumbles around the back corridors of a hotel—a trashier, manic version of the Goodfellas restaurant entrance.

Man in the Moon (1999): Milos Forman’s rote Andy Kaufman biopic is a real heartbreaker—and a tease. As it begins, Jim Carrey-as-Andy walks out, announces the movie is over, then stares at you as the final credits run in full. It’s the best tribute to Kaufman, followed immediately by the worst.

Dawn of the Dead (2004): George Romero had nothing to do with Zack Snyder’s remake of his mall-zombies masterpiece, and rightly so—except that it opens and closes spectacularly, with a frenzied suburban apocalypse and found-footage atrocities, respectively. Neither, coincidentally, were in the Romero original.

Flight (2012): I will argue that the Zemeckis-Denzel drunkass pilot movie is more interesting than the rote AA saga it becomes, very nearly admitting that what saved the plane was the fact that the man flying it was high off his tits. But no one need debate that doozy of a first half-hour. n

Being involved with someone suffering from mental illness isn’t as whimsical as this movie makes it seem.

By Sean Burns // sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com ouldn’t it be great if mental illness really was as adorable as it is in the movies?

Selling out his great talent to the (500) Days of Juno School of Middlebrow Quirk, writer-director David O. Russell has adapted Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel Silver Linings Playbook into a crassly calculated, feel-good romantic comedy that’s presumably destined for all sorts of box-office success and inevitable Oscar nominations. I can see why. It’s a goofy crowd pleaser with some pretty good performances and a carefully calibrated illusion of “edginess.” It’s also offensive.

Bradley Cooper stars as Pat Solitano, a bipolar manic depressive just out of an institution and remanded to his parents’ care by the court. It seems that some time ago, Pat walked in on his wife taking a shower with a co-worker, and since then, he can’t hear Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour”—their wedding song— without flying into a murderous rage.

Hell-bent on self-improvement, Pat refuses to take his medication and spends all his time either catching up on literary classics or jogging around his Philly neighborhood wearing a garbage bag, pining for a wife who wants nothing to do with him.

As far as caretakers go, Pat’s parents are fairly hopeless. Mom (played by Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver) is a ditzy enabler, while Dad—the shockingly present Robert De Niro—just lost his job and became a bookie. A frantic obsessive compulsive, he frets all day and night about the Eagles, superstitiously re-arranging the proper placement of remote controls and living room tchotchkes, as any deviation from routine will inevitably jinx the team.

Enter Jennifer Lawrence’s Tiffany, a depressive pixie dream girl still reeling from the death of her police officer husband.

Foul-mouthed and seemingly allergic to social skills, grief has turned her into a bit of a nymphomaniac because all serious problems in this movie must manifest themselves as cheap punchlines.

Pat and Tiffany hit it off immediately, trading inappropriate barbs and mocking the side effects of various antidepressants. A hackneyed rom-com for-

The game of love: Jennifer Lawrence (left) and Bradley Cooper co-star in David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, which is set in Philadelphia.

mula quickly presents itself: She’ll violate the restraining order and deliver letters to Pat’s estranged wife, just so long as he agrees to be her partner in an upcoming dance contest. Yes, a dance contest.

No points for guessing if these two fall in love during rehearsals, and I don’t want to give anything away, but there are a lot of stupid misunderstandings that could have been resolved with a single conversation. Yet Silver Linings Playbook isn’t content to milk just that stale formula; the movie also ropes De Niro’s gambling addiction and dire financial straits into a parlay bet involving the dance contest and the Eagles’ playoff chances.

So we’ve got both The Big Dance and The Big Game for maximum audience manipulation, while all real-life ramifications of psychological distress are either swept under the rug or played for laughs.

(The long-lost Chris Tucker re-emerges as Pat’s mental hospital sidekick who keeps escaping as a running gag. Yeah, hilarious.) Everybody’s magically cured by the end, which is just insulting.

Russell’s Three Kings was one of the most provocative films of the ‘90s, and I adored the dizzy screwball mania of his Flirting with Disaster and I Heart Huckabees. There’s usually nobody better than Russell at putting a bunch of characters in a room and letting them shout at each other, but everything about Silver Linings feels phony and contrived. The crummy

camerawork is more amateurish than energetic, and the movie’s incessant loudness becomes grating in a hurry.

It’s hard to take Cooper seriously because he has the smirk of an asshole stockbroker, but Lawrence somehow finds a cool, still center within this fantasyjoke of a role. (A late scene where she rattles off Philly sports statistics confirms she’s a writer’s device and not a character.) De Niro is kind of great, which is even more frustrating because after a decade and a half of phoned-in performances, he decides to come to work for this manufactured pap?

Silver Linings Playbook probably pushed all the wrong buttons with me because I spent a long, traumatic time in a relationship with somebody suffering from bipolar disorder, and believe me, it wasn’t nearly as fucking whimsical as this movie makes it seem. Russell conveniently left out all the screaming matches, suicide threats and disappearing acts.

Maybe she and I should have just entered a dance contest? Go Eagles. ■

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@ First Unitarian Church Ah, how we shall miss the Death Grips/Epic Records affair—a saga so torrid, so thrilling, so brief.

Back in February, the subversive Sacramento-based hip-hop trio signed to the major label, even though Grips had released a self-titled EP in March 2011 and a free mixtape, Exmilitary, exactly seven weeks later. In April of this year, Epic issued The Money Store, their debut LP, to praise and kisses from the music press. The record leaked a tad early, but everything was still gravy.

Then, on Oct. 1, Grips put NO LOVE DEEP WEB—their second album with Epic and numero dos overall—online for free, claiming that the label had given no plans to release it until 2013. “The label will be hearing the album for the first time with you,” the group noted on Twitter. Later that day, drummer Zach Hill said that Epic had taken the group’s site offline; Epic denied any involvement. On Oct. 31, Grips used their Facebook page to publish grittedteeth emails between the label and band management that indicated Epic was very unhappy with the group’s decision to leak NO LOVE. The band’s screenshot of the exchange was accompanied with a laugh and “FUCK OFF.” Come Nov. 1, and Epic was no longer in the Death Grips business, and angels wept in silence.

On some level, the union was doomed to perish. Death Grips pride themselves on being abrasive, provocative and doing nothing to appeal to outsiders. The perpetually shirtless Stefan Burnett (aka MC Ride) barks and rants about mortality, society and abstract concepts in a voice that’s intelligible maybe a quarter of the time, and the group’s drum/keyboard-driven chaos is just as sharp and hostile. Hill described their work as “future primitivism” and “accelerated,” which are especially apt descriptions if you imagine them in particularly polarizing, confrontational terms. Get these dudes to a fringe indie label stat. (Reyan Ali) Wed., Nov. 14, 8:30pm. $15. With Mykki Blanco. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St. r5productions.com

t’s no secret that Bob Dylan is a pretty weird guy. He’s legendary for creating a enigmatic air about him, mostly by telling fabricated stories to the media. (Do you think he really ran away to join the circus as a teenager?) Artistically, the man has taken so many left turns and reinvented himself so often that almost nothing he can do will surprise people—although, thankfully, he keeps trying; Tempest, his 35th album, hit streets in September. Remember his Christmas album, his Victoria’s Secret/will.i.am Pepsi commercials or his 2009 run-in with the N.J. police when he was stopped for peering through people’s houses in the rain? We kinda feel that on some level, Dylan’s just doing all this to screw with us, and god love him for it.

Shoot, he’s Bob Dylan—he can do whatever he wants.

In preparation for his show Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center, here’s a look at five of his most musically weird moments.

1. Kurtis Blow, “Street Rock.” One of rap’s first superstars, Kurtis Blow’s classic 1980 single, “The Breaks,” along with his self-titled debut LP, forever cemented his role in the history of the then-new artform. On his 1986 album Kingdom Blow, he asked Mr. D to join him on a track called “Street Rock.” Although Bob was no stranger to fast spoken lyrics himself (“Subterranean Homesick Blues” is basically a club banger), Blow consequently turned him onto rap, which he recounts in his excellent autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One. “These guys definitely weren’t standing around bullshitting. They were beating drums, tearing it up, hurling horses over cliffs. They were all poets and knew what was going on.” Dylan only has a short rhyme in the song, but still—it’s Bob Dylan rapping. He also didn’t write his own lyrics, but he shouldn’t feel bad. Dr. Dre doesn’t either.

2. “This Old Man.” Although it sounds like it would be a fake parody—something you might have found on the early days of Napster or on a terrible morning radio show—Dylan really did make a version of the traditional nursery rhyme, “This Old Man.” Recorded around the same time as Under the Red Sky, the song appeared on Disney’s For Our Chil-

dren, a 1991 charity album benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Never has “knick-knack paddywhack” sounded so weighty.

3. “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream.” Almost any song from Dylan’s mid-’60s period could be on this list, when his wordplay, prose and drug-influenced surrealism was changing songwriting forever. Some of it’s nonsense, some of it’s immaculate, but it’s always a fun ride. Bringing It All Back Home, his 1965 LP, is a classic example, while “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream,” a track on Home, is the silliest. Fittingly, it starts with Dylan breaking into laughter after the first line, as giggling producer Tom Wilson tells him to try it again. The song is a strange retelling of the discovery of America

by Bob and “Captain Arab,” although it seems the country is already up and running, as the two are arrested for “carrying harpoons.” Bob breaks out and attempts to make bail for his still incarcerated captain, but after surviving a crepe explosion, flashing a bank teller as “collateral,” a robbery at the hands of two French girls and a stray bowling ball (among other things), he’s ultimately forced to leave Arab in his cell. (He’s eventually released, only to get “stuck on a whale.”) The song ends with our protagonist running into Christopher Columbus as he heads to the new land, who he wishes the best of luck.

4. “Ugliest Girl In The World.” In the late ‘80s, Dylan spent a lot of time palling around with The Grateful Dead. Owing to the success of their surprise hit single “Touch of Grey,” in 1987, Jerry and the boys went on a stadium tour together with their fellow ‘60s icon, culminating in the live album Dylan & The Dead, which everyone regards as horrendous.

(They’d be correct.) The next year, on Bob’s Down In The Groove, he hooked up with the Dead’s lyricist Robert Hunter to pen “Ugliest Girl In The World,” about a girl who is, well, just that: “The woman that I love, she a got a prizefighter nose/Cauliflower ears and a run in her hose/She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop/I don’t know why I love her, but I just can’t stop.” The song is surprisingly punky and not completely awful, but why it took two

world-renowned songwriters to write a song like a 15-year-old boy, we’ll never know.

5. “Knockin’ On The Dragon’s Door.” In what was no doubt an incredible event, Dylan, members of The Band and Neil Young performed a one-off supergroup set in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. Appearing at legendary concert promoter Bill Graham’s benefit concert for S.N.A.C.K. (Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) after funding for school programs were cut due to city budget constraints, the crowd at the mini-fest didn’t know how incredibly lucky they were.

Although it’s only available on bootlegs, Dylan and Young’s set is thoroughly sloppy, but never uninteresting. The show’s highlight is a electric version of Young’s beautiful “Helpless,” which segues right into Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” only not quite. Instead, he sings a new set of lyrics to the tune, with the chorus becoming “knock, knock, knockin’ on the dragon’s door.” It’s not clear why the song was renovated or what the dragon’s significance is. Heroin? His wife, Sara? Whatever it is, the results are fascinating. ■ Mon., Nov. 19. 7:30pm. $45-$89.50.

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Music from Another Dimension (Columbia) Sounds like: The Bad Boys of Boston’s 15th studio album and first in eight years is a very mediocre but apt nod to all the styles they’ve fumbled over the years.

Free association: The last half drags, especially “Freedom Fighter.” C’mon, guys.

For fans of: Def Leppard/Cheap Trick/Bon Jovi x Kid Rock, American Idol, mic scarves. (Bill Chenevert)

The Abbey Road Sessions (Parlophone) Sounds like: A classy and subdued collection of Kylie classics reworked with the BBC to artfully span 25 years of pop perfection, Aussie charm and playful musicality.

Free association: She even makes “The Locomotion” sound almost unrecognizable.

For fans of: Madge x Robyn/Annie, Bananarama + Rick Astley, gay pop royalty. (B.C.)

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>> Ed Helms in The Office R.E.D. (Motown/PGD) Sounds like: The 30-year-old dancer/ producer/actor’s fifth LP is another record that has both slow jams and evidence that R&B’s got a crush on europop.

Free association: Usher did it better, and TSwift’s got the better Red record of the fall.

For fans of: Chico DeBarge/R. Kelly x Lionel Richie, Chris Brown, endless guest vocalists.

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Prince Rama

Top Ten Hits of the End Of The World (Paw Tracks) Sounds like: Weirdo sisters who’ve teamed up with Ariel Pink’s Tim Koh and their ousted, sometime-guitarist Scott Colburn for conceptual, creepy witch rock.

Free association: Every track “channels” a fictional pre-apocalypse band’s “hit.” Yup. For fans of: Avey Tare x Gang Gang Dance + Oneida, Ladytron on acid, BK witches. (B.C.)

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The Vermilion Border (Rough Trade) Sounds like: The 56-year-old Slits guitarist and ex of the Clash’s Mick Jones’ youthful but smart and sophisticated second solo LP of songwriter rock.

Free association: She’s come a long way from barely knowing how to play a guitar.

For fans of: Beth Orton/PJ Harvey/Tori Amos, St. Vincent, oddly well-preserved Brits. (B.C.)

Teen Daze

The Inner Mansions (Lefse Records) Sounds like: Vancouver, B.C.’s producer moniker, Jamison, makes records that are dreamy, synth-floaty, delicately beautiful and a relaxingly blissful listen.

Free association: Another contender in the Chillwave Battle of Bongrip Beach.

For fans of: Neon Indian x M83 + Delorean, Memory Tapes/Four Tet, headphone trips.

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Philadelphia Improv Festival

Wed., Nov. 7, Prince Music Theater Overall vibe: Pure, unadulterated fun. Serving as the unofficial kick-off for Philly Comedy Month, the first night of the eighth annual festival certainly set the right tone, with several solid sets of long-form improv comedy.

Most memorable moment: The hilariously awkward and totally unscripted first date as fabricated by the local Troika trio Chaperone.

Scene stealer: All nine members of the Philly Improv Theater’s rookie house team Davenger. From the moment they stepped on stage, they proceeded to blow minds with their collective energy and lightening speed wits. (Nicole Finkbiner)

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Thursdays, 9pm, NBC Captive audience: People who still think The Office is funny.

Moment of truth: When a friend of mine recently told me that he still watches The Office, even though he knows it’s not as good as it once was, I decided to check back in with the show, now in its ninth and final season. With the show ending, it appears it’s trying to get back to its trademark, awkwardly funny tone after last year’s awful, James Spader-filled episodes. But it all reeks of desperation, especially since Ed Helms is now doing a bad Steve Carell impression as resident big boss man Andy Bernard. So, when it comes to hilarious mockumentary sitcoms, I’m still sticking with Parks & Rec. Emmy or phlegmmy: Phlegmmy. (Craig D. Lindsey)

Catfish: The TV Show

Mondays, 11pm, MTV Captive audience: Those who saw Catfish (the movie), people who know not to get into heavy relationships on Facebook.

Moment of truth: The 2010 doc Catfish gets the reality-show treatment, with Nev Schulman (aka that schlub from the movie who fell for a hot Facebook pal, only to find out she was really a disturbed woman with a fake account) now going around the country, doing investigative work for guys and gals who want to pursue relationships with close-but-mysterious Facebook friends. Just like the movie, it shows the lengths insecure people will go to not be themselves online. Also, just like the movie, a lot of what goes down seems too convenient and suspect. All in all, it’s both intriguing and suspicious.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Phl-emmy? (C.D.L.)

The Baby Wait

Tuesdays, 10pm, Logo Captive audience: Childless couples, people who like to have a good cry with their reality shows.

Moment of truth: Reality TV doesn’t get more efficiently tearjerking than it does with this new show, which follows a different couple—gay or straight—each week as they try to adopt a newborn baby and hope that the birth mother doesn’t have second thoughts during the waiting period and decides to take the child back. The show doesn’t really examine what makes certain states invoke a waiting period for adoptive parents, as it mostly focuses on the relationships that form between the couples and the birth mothers—and the heavily emotional tolls they face once the baby arrives.

Emmy or phlegmmy: Emmy. But you’ll probably get phlegmmy from all the sniffles. (C.D.L.)

Fri., Nov. 9, Pennsylvania Convention Center Overall vibe: Craft overload. Now in its 36th year, the premiere annual American contemporary craft exhibition and sale was a neverending maze of tents showcasing a plethora of unique creations— from glass, jewelry and furniture to wood, leather and metal.

Most memorable moment: When parents tried to pry their kids away from Jeffrey Zachmann’s supercool kinetic sculptures. Even adults couldn’t help but be captivated by them.

Scene stealer: Featuring 195 craft artists from across the globe, it was really just a matter of personal preference. (N.F.)

The True Story, or Vicious and Multiple and Untrue After All

Fri., Nov. 9, Christ Church Neighborhood House. firstpersonarts.org Overall vibe: $5 beers poured out of kegs into plastic red cups charged the lobby of Christ Church Neighborhood House with the disarming pheromones of a frat house porch. The production is performed on a floor resembling a high school basketball court, the perfect setting for Amelia Longo’s tangled story of first love.

Most memorable moment: After Ilse Zoerb declares, “He brings Advil, water and reassurances, and this somehow leads to his confessing his love for me,” this seven-woman cast audibly inhales a collective breath, seven appendages of the same body amplifying Longo’s story like an ancient Greek chorus.

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Now here is what I want to say to straight people: Thank you.

I know so many straight people in Washington, where I live, who worked unbelievably hard on the campaign to win marriage equality for their gay and lesbian friends, family members and neighbors. I know straight people in all four states who voted, gave money, worked phone banks and knocked on doors—all in an effort to make it possible for same-sex couples to marry.

Gays and lesbians are a tiny percentage of the population. And while we laid the groundwork for the breakthroughs we saw last week in Maine, Maryland, Washington and Minnesota—we built this—we didn’t build it on our own. The majorities in the state legislatures in Maine, Maryland and Washington that voted to make same-sex marriage legal? Straight. The governors who signed laws making same-sex marriage legal? Straight.

The overwhelming majority of people who voted in favor of marriage equality in all three states after anti-gay bigots forced public votes on our civil rights? Straight. The majority that voted against writing anti-gay bigotry into Minnesota’s state constitution? Straight. And the president who took a huge political risk and came out for marriage equality before his re-election campaign? Straight.

It has gotten better for us—better, not perfect— but it hasn’t gotten better for us in a vacuum. It’s gotten better for us because straight people have gotten better about us.

Rights are rights. They shouldn’t be put up for a vote. And we shouldn’t have to say “thank you” when they’re recognized. The sad fact is that we have had to fight for our rights. But here’s the happy fact: We didn’t have to fight this one alone.

Thousands and thousands of straight people stood with us and fought for us. We had help. And that’s what we should thank the straight people for. Not for granting us our rights—rights are rights are rights—but for joining our fight.

Last week on my blog, I floated the idea of having a big party for all the straight people who came through for us in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. But all those straight people wouldn’t fit in a single ballroom. But we can fit them on a single Tumblr page. Queers? If you know a straight

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We saw a huge breakthrough in the struggle for LGBT equality last week. And it wouldn’t have happened without the help of so many righteous, kick-ass straight people. I’ll bet every queer person reading this knows a straight person who they should thank. I certainly do. Thank them in a public way: Go to straightupthanks.tumblr.com, click “submit a post,” share a photo, and thank a straight ally. Because we literally couldn’t have done it without them.

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THE TYLER SCHOOL OF ART educates, motivates and inspires individuals who enter society as artists, architects, art historians, designers and educators with the highest aspirations for achievement, producing innovative work that is publicly presented and critically considered. Founded upon the ideals of progressive education emphasizing exposure to a variety of experiences before selecting a major, attention to each student’s mastery of technique, and the shaping of a personal artistic vision within the framework of a research university to create an engaging and critical e nv i ro n m e n t. I n J a n u a r y 20 0 9, Tyler opened the doors on a new state-of-the-art facility. Designed by world-renowned architect Carlos Jimenez, this new building boasts t h e m o s t a d va n ce d v i s u a l a r t s facilities in the region and functions as a world-class exhibition space and educational tool. The building also includes spaces for innovative large-scale and installation pieces, a central media output center, shared computer labs, computer-integrated classroom spaces and comfortable and accessible cafes and lounges.

In each program, students work in small learning communities, while also benefitting from the facilities, curriculum, and activities of Temple University. A Tyler education is one that will distinguish students as well prepared for the unprecedented opportunities available today in the fields of art and design. www. temple.edu/tyler 215-777-9090

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GALLERY SPACE for Rent- very inexpensive. 3000sf for $250 for 4 days. 1 day set up, 2 day show, 1 day breakdown. Located at the Papermill in Kensington this gallery features vast amount of wall and floor space as well as 16ft high ceilings.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to federal, state and localfair housing laws, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discriminationbased on race; color; religion;sex; disability; familial; (presence of children);national origin; age (Pennsylvania and New Jersey); martial status or sexual orientation(Pennsylvania and New Jersey), or source of Income (Philadelphia only) in the sale, rentalor financing or insuring of housing.

This paper will not knowingly accept any advertisingfor real estate which violates these laws. The law requires that all dwellings advertised beavailable on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated againstin connection with the sale, rent, financing or insuring of housing or commercial property,call HUD at 1-888-799-2085 CONDOS FOR RENT 13XX LOCUST ST Studio condo, Newer Bath & Hw/flrs. C/A, 24hr Doorman. $855/mo 856-786-0436

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STUDIO/EFFICIENCY 9TH FITZWATER ST. 3RD FLR., BEDRM./KIT./BATH. W/D, STORAGE/ BSMT. DECK. 215-915-5347.

2013 WAVERLY- $995/mo Studio apartment, private entrance, wide open space, hardwood floors, C/A, CALL JIM ONESTI PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2052 HOPKINSON HOUSE L-shaped Studio w/Sep Kit & Dressing rm, Balcony.

Wash Sq view. $1035/mo, all utils/ cable incl. Avail immed. Call 215687-5843 T H E C H AT H A M - O P E N H O U S E SAT, 12n-4PM 135 S.20TH (20TH & WALNUT). Spacious Studios in High rise, Doorman bldg w/Mag Western/Southern exposure, view of Ritt Sq, HWF, Laundry on site, High floor. Prof Managed. AVAIL NOV! ALL UTILS INCL. FROM $1,325.

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

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com THE CLAREMONT (10TH & CLINTON)- Studio on beautiful tree lined street, Great loc. HWF, Laundry on prem. AVAIL DEC! All UTILS INCL. $745.

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

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com THE PHILADELPHIAN Large Studio, High fl, Dressing rm, Balcony, Lovely view. New sink/Cabinets, C-tops & island. $1035/mo, All utils, cable, pvt bus incl. Avail immed. Call 215687-5843 THE ROOSEVELT (2220 Walnut Street) - Beautifully renovated apts. in the RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AREA of Philadelphia. STUDIO’S starting at only $765/mo. and ONE BEDROOMS starting at only $965/mo. Call 215-640-8880 for an appointment.

ONE BEDROOM 1118 LOMBARD Comp renovated 1BR, 1st fl. Sec sys, WD, fridge, DW, GD, CA. A MUST SEE. $1075/mo+. Donna, 215-768-6415 1214-16 JUNIPER - STARTING AT $1,700/MO 3, 1-2BD rental units, roof deck, parking, wide plank hardwood floors, granite & stainless kitchen, c/a, CALL LAUREN ACKER PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2097 12TH & BAINBRIDGE 1BR, LR, $1050+ Water/Elec. 215-389-8063, or cell 215-760-8630 12TH & CHESTNUT- Brand new 1BR, Beautiful HWF, Great light, Nice kit, C/A. AVAIL NOW! $985. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com 12th LOMBARD: MODERN BI-LVL, HRWD & TILE, WLK-IN-CLOSET, DW, GD, MICRO WD/bldg. Avl Nov. $1175+elc. 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com

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HOUSE FOR RENT

15TH & SPRUCE: Lrg 1BD apt in sought after location! Beautiful art-deco details, Renov. Kitchen, HW Flrs, Front Desk Attendant, Onsite Laundr y, Wonderful City Views.

Short term lease avail. $1270/mo.

Avail Dec. 215-735-8030.

1 2 Q U E E N S T R E E T- M e r e d i t h School Dist. Pristine beautiful historic rehab, 4 bdrms, 2.5bths, 2 fp’s, hrdwd flrs t/o + deck. $3000.

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

20TH & LOCUST Lg 1BR w/HW flrs, Close to all. Includes heat. $995+.

PMG 215-545-7007x302 2601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, 1130$1,595/MO 1BD/1BA, fully furnished, wood parquet floors, large windows, stainless kitchen, in unit laundry, C/A, CALL MELANIE MCCONNELL PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-521-1533 BROAD & PINE Gorg 1BR w/Lg rooms, HWF, Incl heat. $1095+. PMG 215545-7007 x302 BROAD AND REED VIC 3rd fl rear, 1BR, WD in bsmt, $875/mo+. Call Joe, 609-217-1198 C.C. 19th CHESNUT, SMALL 1BDRM, WW, SEP/KIT Avail Jan. 2013 $750+utils (215)735-8414

TWO BEDROOM 18XX S.BROAD 1st.flr.,2bths, C/A, W/D,D/W. 1st/last/sec. Good Cred. $1,000/mo.+. 215-462-2338.

1215 S. BROAD - STARTING AT $1,800/ MO 3, 2BD rental units, parking, roof deck, fireplace mantles, high ceilings, moldings, stained glass windows, c/a, CALL LAUREN ACKER PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2097 13TH & SPRUCE: Fab 2BR bilevel w/ FP and so much more. Includes heat. $1595+. PMG 215-545-7007x110 171 GRAPE, #201- $1,595/MO 2BD/1BA, washer and dryer, great location, C/A, CALL RYAN MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-558-2118 20TH & CHERRY- Newly renovated 2BR w/HW floors, High ceilings, Laundry on premise. AVAIL NOW! $1350.

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

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com 312 GERRITT ST- Cute 1BR+ den home on a nice Pennsport block. $850.

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

THREE + BEDROOMS 1 QUEEN ST, #10- Gorgeous 3BR+ den, 2.5BA home w/HW flrs, FP, g a r d e n d e c k & g a ra g e . $ 28 0 0 .

CONWAY TEAM. PRU, FOX & ROACH, 215.627.6005/215.440.8190 23RD & CHRISTIAN Huge 3BR w/2BA, All amenities. $1375+. PMG 215-545-7007 x302

HOUSE FOR RENT 25XX S. WATTS 2bedrms., LR, DR. $900/ mo.+utils. Call 610-825-0644.

16TH & JACKSON VI. 2BEDRM., M O D. G / H , $ 9 0 0/ M O. + . c A L L 215-389-7944.

3RD & JACKSON ALL NEW TOWNHOUSE. C/A, HDWD FLRS., 2BEDS., 1BATH. $1050/MO. 215-292-2176.

1019 S.FAIRHILL (Queen Village) 3BR 2BA TH, WD, DW, CA. $1700+. mcolaizzo@comcast.net

1211 S.3RD ST: Great house. Large Federal Period home in Northern Pennsport. 5BRs, HW floors, high ceilings, great kitchen and bath. $2300.

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

1 3 3 2 S . H O WA R D S T N o r t h e r n Pennsport. A lovely home w/2BRs, HW floors, pretty garden. $1500.

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

1941 WAVERLY ST (RITTENHOUSE SQ) 2BR house w/Great yard. WD, DW. Must see. $1850. mcolaizzo@ comcast.net

703 S.3RD St: Great Location. 1st floor designer studio + fabulous owners unit, 3BRs, 2.5BAs, Roof deck. $3200.

CONWAY TEAM. PRU, FOX & ROACH, 215.627.6005/215.440.8190 BELLA VISTA- Great 3BR TH w/Large outdoor space. All amens. $1695+.

PMG 215-545-7007 x110

SO.PHILLY.19TH MIFFLIN, ALL NEW, MAGNIFICENT. 2BDRMS.,1BTH.$590/ MO.215-292-2176

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124 LOMBARD the HEART OF CENTER CITY, SOCIETY HILL, HEAD HOUSE SQ. “TOKIO B&B” STUDIOS. WALK to HISTORIC LOCATIONS, RESTAURANTS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. TOURIST are WELCOME! Reasonable daily rates ($55-$100) wkly rates ($300-$500) TOURIST ARE WELCOME! WE also OFFER SPECIAL monthly rates. Website http:// sushi.madamesaito.com MADAME SAITO 215-922-2515

13TH & SPRUCE- Parker Hotel CC. Fully Furn’d Rms, no sec. deposit. Utils & housekeeping incld. WK: $165-$203; Day: $40-$56. 215-735-2300.

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ARTISTS STUDIO SPACE

ARTIST STUDIOS FOR RENT- $65$325 for 100-500sf. Open & private studios in beautiful 5 story warehouse in Kensington. Exposed beams & bricks with lots of natural light.

Utilities & wifi included. Info at: www.papermillarts.com Contact Karyn 215.687.8391

PARKING SPACE 16TH and SPRUCE 1 parking spot available. $175/mo. 215-636-0100

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THE CHATHAM - OPEN HOUSE SATURDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00PM 135 S.20TH ST (20TH & WALNUT) – Spacious Studios in High rise, Doorman bldg w/ Magnificent Western & Southern exposure, view of Rittenhouse Square, HW floors, Laundry on site, High floor. Professionally Managed.

AVAILABLE NOW! ALL UTILITIES INCL. FROM $1,325

The Chocolate Works Once the heart of “Confectioner’s

231 North Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 215.351.1535

Row”- today at the heart of Old City the Chocolate Works is right in the vibe.

Bright 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with many multi-level designs.

23RD & PINE – Spacious Two Bedroom, Lots of light, High ceilings, HW floors, Laundry on premise.

AVAILABLE NOW!

Leasing Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6 Sat 10-5 • Sun Noon-5

HEAT/HOT WATER INCL. $1,750

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– Studio in Great location, High ceilings, HW floors, Laundry on premises.

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aBBOttS Sq. cONDO (2ND & lOMBaRD) 1 BR., 1 Bth, , BalcONy, c/a, w&D, BaSic caBlE iNc. 715 N. 6th St (2R) 1 BR., 1 Bth, haRD wOOD flRS., 11’ cEiliNgS, D/w,g/D,wiNDOw a/c,

$1,500.00 $875.00

4432 SaNSOM St. (1St. flR) uOfP 1 BR, 1 Bth, wOOD flRS,w&D, gRaNitE KitchEN, D/w,g/D, yaRD $750.00 1027-31a NORth 4th St (NORthERN liBERtiES) 1 BR., 1 Bath, gOuRMEt KitchEN,w&D,c.a

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StuDiO 2224 S. BROaD St twO laRgE StuDiOS availaBlE, 1 Bath, tilE & w/w caRPEt, tENaNt PayS ElEctRic $600.00

1165 S. 9th St (9th & waShiNgtON avE) Bi-lEvEl 2 BEDROOMS, 1 Bath, hRD.flRS., w&D, a/c

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Cool Carriage House in the heart of Northern Liberties. $895+

25th & whaRtON StS. g-2 waREhOuSES, gaRagES, OfficES, 800Sq. ft tO 16,000 Sq. ft availaBlE $7-$9 Sq.ft.+ 761 S. 4th St REtail StORE aPPROx 1100 Sq.ft. PluS BSt aND REaR yaRD c-2 cOMMERcial $1,200.00+ 616 S. 3RD St. 700 Sq.ft. REtail SPacE, Bath,PaRKiNg, high tRaffic aREa (SOuth St) avail. NOw $1,050.00+ 2223 SNyDER avE REtail/OfficE SPacE 800 Sq.ft PluS BaSEMENt.fORMER Day caRE cENtER $650.00+

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ALL UTILITIES INCL. $745

– Brand new One Bedroom, Beautiful HW floors, Great light,

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Very large 1BR apt, incl heat and MORE!

13th & Spruce

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Great 2BR apt w/Deck in Very cool building. $1395+

Very cool 2BR apt, HW flrs, CA and MORE!

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1 Bedroom, city views, spacious kitchen, excellent closet space, W/D in unit, 789 sf

$1,825

1 Bedroom, south views, wood floors, W/D, French balcony 789 sf

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Penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, magnificent river views, fireplace,

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stainless steel appliances, marble bath, 439 sf

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kitchen and baths, wood floors, custom built closets, 2527 sf

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Studio, overlooks the Art Museum, balcony, separate dressing area 704 sf

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$1,450

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$3,750

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7 N. COLUMbUS bOULEVARD $1,200

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716 S. 11th Street $499,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH PENNSPORT 111 Federal Street $515,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH BELLA VISTA 714 Bainbridge Rear (aka 710-12 S. 7th St) $499,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH QUEEN VILLAGE 302 Salter Street $439,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

SOCIETY HILL 507 Addison Court $899,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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12:00PM-1:00PM FISHTOWN 1121 Shackamaxon Street $449,900 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED WASH SQ WEST 330 S Clarion Street $345,000 PLUMER & ASSOCIATES SOUTH PHILADELPHIA 2318 S. 11th Street $209,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH QUEEN VILLAGE 812 S. Howard Street $289,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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QUEEN VILLAGE 525 Fitzwater St., #11 $236,500 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED QUEEN VILLAGE 525 Fitzwater St., #9 $250,000 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED WASHINGTON SQ WEST 420 S. 11th Street $865,000 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED ART MUSEUM 916 N. 30th Street $499,000 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED GRADUATE HOSPITAL 2232 Pemberton Street $307,500 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED WASHINGTON SQ WEST 420 S. 11th Street $865,000 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED WASHINGTON SQ WEST 250 S. 13th St., #11F $157,500 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED

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12:00PM-1:30PM QUEEN VILLAGE 1028-30 S. Randolph Street $418,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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GRADUATE HOSPITAL 1707 Carpenter St., B $287,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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GRADUATE HOSPITAL 1905 Webster Street $277,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

GRADUATE HOSPITAL 776 S. Harshaw Street $369,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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DOCKSIDE 717 S. Columbus Blvd, #712 $250,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

OLD CITY 20 S. Letitia St., D $369,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

DOCKSIDE 717 S. Columbus Blvd, #1217 $849,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

OLD CITY 20 S. Letitia St., F $419,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

BELLA VISTA 810-12 S. Delhi Street $319,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH SOCIETY HILL 32 Saint James $535,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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BELLA VISTA 730 Montrose St., B $435,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

QUEEN VILLAGE 848 S. Swanson Street $599,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

BELLA VISTA 730 Montrose St., D $469,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

BELLA VISTA 610 Catharine Street $325,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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FISHTOWN 2643 E. Norris Street $189,900 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH FISHTOWN 2645 E. Norris Street $285,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH ART MUSEUM AREA 2047 North Street $495,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH QUEEN VILLAGE 129 League St., #2 $375,000 PRUDENTIAL, FOX, & ROACH

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Beautifully renovated and bright 2BD/1BA condo with 2 fantastic outdoor spaces, dramatic balcony overlooking the main living space, and granite and stainless kitchen, featuring bamboo flooring and unbelievable lighting!

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$247,900

Newly renovated and value priced bi-level 3BD/1BA condo with private outdoor balcony, custom tiled bath, and amazing light throughout, all found in an incredible neighborhood.

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$599,900

This recently renovated triplex is complete with 3 condo units, also for sale separately. Unit A is a 2BD/1BA home with open kitchen and dramatic balcony overlooking the main living space; Unit B is an art studio with wide open deck and granite and stainless kitchen; Unit C is a bi-level 3BD/1BA home with private outdoor balcony and custom tiled bath.

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GRADUATE HOSPITAL 1905 Webster $277,000 Immaculate 2BD/1BA home with hardwood floors, granite & stainless kitchen, and wide open, fenced in cement yard, complete with many intricate details!

810-12 S. Delhi

BELLA VISTA

$319,900

Adorable 2.5 story, 2BD/1BA home with fantastic adjoining lot, original pine floors, and fire place mantle, also beautifully designed with granite and stainless kitchen and a stunning bedroom suite!

730 Montrose St B

$435,000

Fantastic bi-level, 3BD/3.5BA home with parking, wide open living area with hardwood flooring, and granite & stainless kitchen, also featuring a common hall, basement, and deck.

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LOGAN SQUARE

$469,900

Desirable 3BD/3BA condo with parking, common deck, and fireplace, beautifully designed with wood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, and an exquisite master bedroom!

$290,000

QUEEN VILLAGE 739 S. 5th St 3FL

GRADUATE HOSPITAL $308,900 Adorable and beautifully renovated 2BD/1BA home with fun yard, charming fireplace, and stainless kitchen, complete with hardwood floors, high ceilings, and recessed lighting!

326 Kater

QUEEN VILLAGE

$525,000

Funky and vibrant artist style 4BD/1.5BA home overflowing with opportunities and uses! Features include soaring ceilings, exposed brick, and several skylights!

315 New 307

OLD CITY

$340,000

Spacious and elegant 2BD/2BA condo unit with parking, granite and stainless kitchen, and high wood beam ceilings, also featuring tons of natural light as this is the largest unit in Bridge View Condominiums!

309-13 Arch 605

$245,000

Cozy and loving 1BD/1BA home in the Hoop Skirt Factory featuring wood floors, wood beams, and an exposed brick wall, with wide open space and unbelievable views of the bridge and water.

SOCIETY HILL 32 Saint James Ct

$325,000

Philly life and culture resides in this 2BD/1BA home with exquisite space, hardwood floors, and a wide open stainless tile kitchen, complete with beautiful baths and many lovely details throughout.

ART MUSEUM AREA $495,000 Newly renovated 3BD/2.5BA garage front home with 1-car garage, fireplace, roof terrace, and private patio, boasting tons of space, hardwood floors, and many luxurious amenities throughout!

New Listing 707 Mifflin Street

Just Renovated. 3 Bedrooms. 1 Full Bath. 2 half baths. Hardwoods. Granite. Stainless Steel Appliances. $149,500.

Educational and Meeting Center Sale or Rent 2501-2515 S. Marshall St. 15,000 sq. ft. Elevator. Auditorium, Classrooms.

Lunchroom. Cell Phone towers. $495,000 sale / $5500/Month Lease.

Graduate Hospital Vicinity - Corner 23rd and Ellsworth Street 3 Floors. Garage. $150,000.

Pennsport – Custom Home 10 Year Tax Abatement 1322 S. American Street

High Ceilings. Master Suite with large deck. Floating Stairs. French Doors. $449,000.

GRADUATE HOSPITAL $525,000 Contemporary new construction 3BD/2.5BA home with 2 Juliet balconies, finished basement, and a rooftop terrace with wet bar, complete with hardwood floors, custom granite and stainless kitchen, and a playful yard!

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE $569,900

$535,000

RITTENHOUSE SQUARE 411 S. Carlisle St 3 $225,000 Charismatic 1BD/1BA condo unit with high vaulted ceilings, bamboo flooring, and an impressive stainless and glass tile kitchen, all located just a stone’s throw from the Avenue of the Arts.

$1,600,000

Grand and handsome, 4BD/3 full + 3 half bath home in impeccable condition with parking, sun deck, roof deck, and finished basement, also featuring hardwood floors, ornate woodwork, and a security system!

OPEN HOUSE Sunday 11/18 11AM - 2PM NEW CONSTRUCTION 1018 S 22ND ST 3BR, 2.5BA,Ceramic Tile, Stainless Appliances Granite Counter Tops Jacuzzi in master suite w/ separate sitting room Hw/Flrs Throughout Fin Bsmt New Washer/Dryer

$387,400 215-342-1231

City Line and Belmont - Short Sale 4439 Sherwood Road

Three Bedrooms. Hardwoods. Garage. Garden Front. $157,500.

South Philadelphia 2038 S.22nd St.

Renovated. 2 Master Suites. Deck. Appliances. Hardwoods.

Floating Stairs. $164,000.

1945 Sigel St. Three bedrooms. $39,900

1815-17 S 6th Street

Large Corner. Double Property. 4500 sq. ft. $185,000.

1543 S 27th Street

Breathtaking 2BD/2BA condo unit with a wide open living/dining room and magnificent master bedroom suite, all thoughtfully designed with hardwood floors, large windows, and a stainless tile kitchen, also featuring a common courtyard.

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Duska Woods 215.582.7909

Miles & Generalis Real Estate 215.928.0221

$214,900

Cozy and bright 1BD/1BA condo unit with gorgeous hardwood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, designed with many large windows and many lovely details throughout!

OPEN HOUSE 1-3 PM Sunday

Extraordinary Opportunity | Large Ideal Live/Work Loft

Unbelievable 3BD/2.5BA home with office, finished basement, and bilevel deck with rooftop terrace and 1 year pre-paid parking, designed with hardwood ceilings, 9ft ceilings, and a charming yard!

SOCIETY HILL

$779,000

SOCIETY HILL

$850,000

Cozy and spacious 3BD/3BA home with a wonderful layout, large den, and a second kitchen, along with plenty of storage space and potential, all found in a fantastic location.

Absolutely stunning and spacious 3BD/2.5BA home with garage, cozy den, all new rooftop deck, and Juliet balcony, expertly designed with a fireplace, detailed wood molding, hardwood floors, 2-story dining area, and custom granite and stainless kitchen.

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Paver patio, fire pit, grill & pool w/waterfall & Jacuzzi. …...Realistically priced at $1,225,000

CHERRY HILL/ SIENA 4BR, 3 full, 2 half bath home w/2 car garage. 2 story FR w/newer carpet & gas FP. Eat-in Kitchen w/ center island, 42” cabinets, tile backsplash & sliding glass doors to deck/ backyard. 1st Floor Study w/newer carpet. Master Suite w/ tray ceiling, sitting area & gas FP. Master Bath w/jacuzzi & custom tile work. Large walk-in closet. Finished basement w/recreational area, powder room & lots of storage. 2 zone heat/AC. All stucco exterior on a professionally landscaped lot….Realistically priced at $599,999

VOORHEES/ ALLUVIUM WOODS Lovely stucco home on corner lot w/4BR, 3.5 baths & 3 car garage. 1st Floor Office w/marble floors. Large Kitchen w/granite counters & oversized center prep island & Breakfast Room. Master Suite w/ sitting area & all marble Master Bath. Finished lower level w/Media Room, Entertainment area, 2nd Office, Gym area & full bath. In-ground pool w/Jacuzzi. Prof landscaped corner lot. Newer roof, heat/AC, and some windows. …....Realistically priced at $619,000

CHERRY HILL/ SHORT HILLS Customized 4BR 3.5 bath contemporary w/ open design great for entertaining. 2 story foyer, large LR & DR both w/ HW floors & crown molding. Bright eat -in kitchen w/center island & bar seating, is open to the Family Room w/cathedral Ceiling and Hardwood Flooring.

3 Season room off kitchen with door to patio. 1st floor Study w/French doors. Finished Basement w/multiple rms.

Beautiful paver patio, pond & prof. landscaping finish off the fenced in rear yard...Realistically priced at $599,000

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1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. • Parking • 24 Hr Security 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Rittenhouse Square • Rooftop 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 24 Hr Maintenance Pool • Fitness Center • Valet $525,000 $525,000 • 24 to Hr $150,000 Security • Studios Parking $115,000 1830 Addison SUNDAY St. Rittenhouse Sq. NEW/OPEN 2PM 4PM 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1 Bedrooms 1830 Addison24 St.Hr Rittenhouse Sq. Maintenance 1150 Croton Rd., Wayne $175,000 to $225,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/24bd/4.2ba; Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3,886 Sq.Ft. Ranch 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 2 Bedrooms $250,000 to $400,000 $525,000 1.20 Acres; in-ground Pool $599,000 Studios $115,000 to $150,000 $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bedrooms $525,000 $400,000 to $500,000 OPEN SUNDAY 2PM - 4PM Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 1 Bedrooms $175,000 to $225,000 3 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, 608Ba; Braeburn Lane, Penn ValleySq. Includes real estate • Noto transfer 1830 St. Rittenhouse 1830 Addison St. tax Rittenhouse Sq.tax 3$525,000 Bd/2 Addison Ba;5BD/3.1BA; RenovatedTownhome, 2 Bedrooms $250,000 $400,000 3,368 Sq. Ft. 3 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, StoneBa; Colonial; 3-Car Garage $795,000 3 Bd/2Sun Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 3 Bedrooms $400,000 to 12-6pm $500,000 Open 11-4pm | Mon 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. OPEN SUNDAY 2PM - 4PM $525,000 $525,000 Includes real 9-6pm estate tax • No12-3pm transfer tax Tues-Fri | Sat 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 104 Lane, Haverford Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba;Green RenovatedTownhome, Haverford Reserve 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba;3BD/3.1BA; RenovatedTownhome, 3,850 Sq.Ft. 1409 Wesley’s Run, Gladwyne Open Sun 11-4pm | Mon 12-6pm 5BD/4.1BA French Colonial; 5,478 Sq.Ft. $525,000 1 year old Carriage House $935,000 Tues-Fri 9-6pm$1,150,000 | Sat 12-3pm 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. Northwoods OPEN SUNDAY 2PM - 4PM 191 Presidential Blvd R828, Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1110 Grandview Terrace, WayneSq. Bala Cynwyd Condo “191” 4BD/3.1BA Contemporary at “The Enclave” 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3 2BD/2BA; Bd/2 Ba;1,877 RenovatedTownhome, Sq.ft. Rent $2,250/month AND 4,249 Sq. Ft.; Updated $750,000 $525,000 $525,000 sale reduced $225K SUNDAY 2PM - 4PM Sq. 1830OPEN Addison St. Rittenhouse 1830264 Addison St. Rittenhouse Abrahams Lane, VillanovaSq. 617 Woodcrest Ave., Ardmore 4BD/3BA; Sq.Ft. Cape $3,400/month 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba;2,900 RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3Bed/1Bath Twin; Ardmore Park $193,700 -OAK HILL PENN VALLEY -3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 10814 Valley Forge Circle, KOP 1600 Hagys Ford Rd #5V 3BD/2BA; 1,510 Sq.Ft. Condo $ 190K $525,000 $525,000 “The Towers” 2BD/ 2.1BA, updated $215K 1830 Addison Rittenhouse 1830 Sq. 1348 BobarnSt. Drive, Penn ValleySq. 1750Addison Oakwood St. Ter Rittenhouse #8K - The Estates 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 5BD/4.1BA, 5588 Contemporary Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 2Bd/2BA; 1,247 Sq. Ft. $249K Sq. 2-3 Car Garage; .89 Acres REDUCED $799,000 “Oakhill” 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1407 County Line Rd., Bryn Mawr 1637 Oakwood Drive #S123 $525,000 $525,000 5BD/3BA; Renovated Colonial 2BD/2BA; Updated Corner Unit 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3/4 Acres; Walk to Train - REDUCED $710K 1,512 Sq.Ft. Rent $2,300/month or $249K 3 Bd/2 Ba;Hollow RenovatedTownhome, 3 Bd/2--Ba; RenovatedTownhome, CENTER CITY / PHILADELPHIA -1245 Rd., Penn Valley 4BD/4.1Ba Contemporary 3508 Hamilton Street - Powelton Village $525,000 $525,000

1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1830 Addison St.11:30AM Rittenhouse OPEN SUNDAY - 1PM Sq. 3 Bd/2 RenovatedTownhome, 507Ba; Addison Court, Society Hill 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $525,000 2BD/2.1BA; 3-Story Contemporary $525,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1,836 Sq.Ft; Renovated, “Smart Home” $899,000 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, OPEN SUNDAY 2PM - 4PM Sq. 1830 Addison Sq. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1727 Fitzwater St., St. #ARittenhouse - Graduate Hospitall $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 2BD/1.1BA Townhouse $340K $525,000 1830 Addison St.11:30AM Rittenhouse OPEN SUNDAY - 1PM Sq. $525,000 1830 Addison St.Ave, Rittenhouse 1615 Fairmount Art MuseumSq. 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 4BD/2.2BA; 2,476 Sq.Ft. Twnhse; 1-Car Garage 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, $550,000 (also for Rent) $3,200/month $525,000 OPEN SUNDAY 11:30AM 1PM 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 2 Leverington Ave., #39 1830 St. Rittenhouse Sq. 3 Bd/2Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, The Watermill 3$525,000 Bd/23BD/3BA; Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1,658 Sq. Ft. Condo $525,000 Updated w/ private Balcony $300K 1830 Addison St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1519 Swain Street, Art Museum Area 33BD/2.1BA Bd/2Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 St.Townhouse; Rittenhouse Sq. Renovated $399,000 519-21st Street, Phila, Rittenhouse Square 3$525,000 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Multi- Unit; Corner Property $1,000,000 $525,000 1333 South Street -St. Washington Square West 1830 Addison Rittenhouse Sq. Duplex w/ Parking; Separate Utilities $475K 3 Bd/2Addison Ba; RenovatedTownhome, 1830 St. Rittenhouse Sq. 1501 S. 12th Street - Passyunk Square $525,000 3 Bd/2 Ba; RenovatedTownhome, Commercial Space and 4 Apartments $525,000 REDUCED $499K 1830 Rittenhouse Sq. 2235Addison S. Garnet,St. South Philadelphia 3 Bd/2 Ba; 1,180 RenovatedTownhome, 3BD/1.1BA; Sq.Ft. Twnhse $169,500 2532 S. Watts, South Philadelphia $525,000

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2407 GORDON FISHTOWN NEW PRICE! $259,000

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2422 ASPEN ART MUSEUM $249,000

$179,900

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

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703 S 3rd Street

New 208 Queen Street - Great 5 yr. old rehab in Meredith School District, 2/2 hrdwd flrs, fp, fin. bsmnt, deck & balcony. $469,900

2107 Bainbridge

111 Federal Street - Beautiful home, 2800 sq ft, 3 bdrms + den, 2.5 bths, garden, deck, garage & basement, tax abatement. $515,000

776 S. 2nd St - Very nice 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Bi level apartment w/ CA + Lg Deck. $1350 810 S. 3rd St –Beautiful large 3 BR + Den home with hardwood floors t/o, yard + parking. $2500 pendInG 1119 E. Palmer St –N/C 3 BR + Media Rm, 3 BA, H/W t/o, Fp, Lg Garden + 3 car parking. $2500 400 Spring Garden-N.C Commercial Space Available-800 to 1600 Sq Ft. Call for Details

12 Queen Street - Meredith School District.

Pristine beautiful historic rehab, 4 bdrms, 2.5 bths, 2 fp’s, hrdwd flrs t/o + deck. $3000

From $549,900 2800 sq. ft (+), 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, media room, fireplace, finished basement, balconies, Garden, Parking & Tax Abatement

714-22 Bainbridge St -13 Condos with Garage Parking - 2/2- Gardens & Decks. FROM $379,900

220 Manton St & work from home848 S. Swanson Street 2 bedrooms +den,1.5 3rd & Bainbridge - Live in this fabulous space.

Baths, 812 S. Howard Street old fabulous home. 3 bdrms Great New Listing with Garage, space5onyear hardwood floors, Deck + Gallery 1st Fl. $3000 Q.V. great rehab, 2 bdrms, lrg + family1 bath rm, 3.5 bths, fp, hrdwd flrs, 3/2 FullQueen & 2 half Fp, Hrwd Flrs,2 bedroom, 427 St-Baths, Beautiful 3 story, trinity, H/W, EIK & garden.bth, $1400 fp hrdwd flrs t/o & garden deck & garage. $599,900 & Garden.

225Deck Catharine St -$389,000 Beautiful 3 BR + Den, 4 BA, H/W, Granite ktchn, grdn & 2 car parking. $3500 REDUCED $289,000

913 S. 10th Street Beautiful total rehab, 4 bdrms, 2.5 bths, FP, hrdwd flrs, full finished basement, The 215.440 deck & garden.8190 area. $445,000

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324 Monroe Street

1 Christian St #22

753-757 S. Marshall St 502 Delancey 4+Off/3 F & Incredible 3 + media/2.5 3/2 Deck + Between 6th & 7th off of 2 1/2 BA + Deck 3 Car Deck & Garden $749,000 + Parking RED $499,000 Fitzwater 3 Lots $350,000 Meredith School District. Beautiful Prng $1,350,000 New Rehab, 3 bdrms + den, 2 baths, New 710-12 Rear S. 7th Street (a.k.a. 714 on hardwood floors, fireplace, garden nt 1014 E. Moyamensing St. Wonderful 114 Carpenter Street ructi Bainbridge) - Brand me New. Fab 2 story business opportunity currently used as a & a terrific roof deck. lop(loft like) wide open st 2 Beautiful Rehab. 2 lovely bdrms, Carriage house e n v day care. Pristine condition, terrific location, o e C full baths, designer kitchen,hrdwd space w/garage prkg, 2/2.5, hrdwd flrs, 599,900 D 2300 sq. ft, handicap accessible, full lavatory w w& lrg garden space. $499,900 ebasement New e flrs t/o, fp, finished & 2 dcks N + powder room and nice outdoor space.

N pretty garden. $384,900 $450,000 128 Pemberton St 1 Christian #49 CoNstruCtioN 335 Christian 623 S 6th 3 Condos New Garage Rosa Court— the Best deal 3/2.5 Garden pendInG Multi 5/4 + Deck + 1 car 4 /3.5 2 Car Parking 1/1 + Deck, TA 3 /2 From $549,000 & Garden $649,900 Pkng $499,500 RED $549,900 From $299,000 1 SOLD

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UNIVERSITY CITY/ WEST PHILADELPHIA

3031 Cambridge St Reduced! Totally Rehabbed 3BR/1.5BA Home , Perfect for First time homebuyers!

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OPEN HOUSE $224,900

5839 Christian St 3BR/1BA Calling all Investors: Renovation Opportunity on a great Cobbs Creek Block

$23,750

5228 Pentridge Investment – REDUCED Short Sale

$22,500

Wi n n e r s

875 Taylor St Cute and Chic 2BR/1.5BA with Back yard A must See!

$279,900

936 N 30th St Large 3BR/2.5BA, Rehabbed, Large decked rear city Garden

OPEN HOUSE $350,000

747 N 26th St Beautiful Renovated Victorian Home over 3500 Sq Ft, 4Bf/2.5BA, C/A, Large yard, Steps to the Museum

$675,000

824 S 51st St 3 Units: Super-Solid, Income producing property on appreciating block just off Baltimore Ave

873 N 24th St Beautifully restored spacious 4BR/2.5BA, Lots of orig details, Built ins, Chef’s Kitchen, Patio, roof deck, Sound

418 N 41st St A Fantastic Triplex in University City

system throughout

4948 Hazel Ave 5BR/2.5BA—All new Elec, Plumbing, dual-zone HVAC, redesigned and renovated kitchen and more

$685,000 RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS

$280,000 $319,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION

2220 Manning St Beautiful home located on the prettiest block in Center City in the Rittenhouse/Fitler Sq Area

$345,000

212-24 S 24th St #2413 Gorgeous Townhome with a Brand new Cook’s kitchen 3BR/2.5BA with Roof Deck

$724,900

400-440 S Broad St #908 Symphony House Luxury 2BR/2BA condo with Lux. Resort amenities, 1 Year free condo dues purchased by 11/30/12

$189,000

4621 Pine St #G405 3BR/3BA Condo –space of a house & convenience of an amenity rich building, Lovely original details $269,000

OPEN HOUSE FRI-SUN 12-5:00PM $799,000

2041 Delancey St Gracious Delancey Mansion, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, 3 Fireplaces, Parking, 6BR/4BA

$2,900,000

1204 S 17th St Ultra Chic New Construction in Graduate Hospital, 3BR/2.5BA Open Floor plan with custom features, Private roof deck , fi n Basement and tax abatement $325,000 Fishtown – 2021 E Dauphin St 3BR/#BA Full Finished basement big fenced backyard, Gourmet kitchen with granite and SS appl $269,000 Bella Vista – 1233-35 Bainbridge St #D New Construction 2BR Condos in 12 Unit boutique building-Private Balconies OPEN HOUSE NOV 17TH AND 18TH 12-4:00 $339,000 426 Moyer St New Construction 3BR/2BA with Bamboo floors, Finished Basement, Roof Deck, Rear Yard $385,000 Fishtown – 1121 Shackamaxon St Nice 3BR/2.5BA home with Parking and a roof deck OPEN HOUSE $449,900 Graduate Hopsital – 1905 League St Kimberly Court – Newest Luxury development in Grad Hosp. Parking, Fab Floor plans, Upgrades Galore $489,000 Art Museum – New Construction - 916 N 30th St – 3BR – Art Museum Area! Garage!, Gourmet Kitchen, Rear Yard, Tax Abatement!

OPEN HOUSE $499,000 Bella Vista – 1233-35 Bainbridge St Penhouse in 12 unit Boutique Building – roof Deck Views!

OPEN HOUSE NOV 17TH AND 18TH FROM 12-4:00 $649,000

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114 Quarry St #2E 1BR/1BA loft style condo with soaring ceilings, Over sized windows, exp brick, beams

$250,000

429 N 13th St #2A Urban Industrial Open Plan, Spacious bi-level loft space with contemporary kitchen and bath

$240,000

141-45 N 2nd St #3E Fantastic Bi-Level Condo in the Heart of Old City!

$545,000

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 250 S 13th St #2G Large 2 Room 1 Bath condo with High ceilings, Huge walk-in closet and great light

OPEN HOUSE $165,000

250 S 13th St #4F REDUCED! 1BR/1BA condo with high ceiling, Hardwood floors, Large closet & great light

OPEN HOUSE $239,000

250 S 13th St #11D REDUCED! Spacious 2BR/2BA condo with LR, DR, Newly renovated Kitchen, lots of light, Hi ceilings OPEN HOUSE $390,000 1326-42 Spruce St #2601 2BR/2BA Condo Fantastic View Great Location

$449,900

1130-32 Chestnut St #200 Beautiful, Unique Unit in The White Building!

$689,000

$34,900 $399,900 $975,000

SURROUNDING AREAS

420 S 11th St 4BR/2.5BA Fully Renovated rowhome, All Modern Upgrades. Includes 1-Year parking, Must See!

OPEN HOUSE $865,000

105 Pine St Contemporary, Spacious Society Hill Townhome, Sumptious Master Suite with Garage/ 2 Car parking 520 Delancey St Society Hill Mansion Built in 1862 with 3BR/2BA and Garden

$949,000 $1,299,000

QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 1039 S Chadwick St Best Price North of Washington! Contemporary high end renovation on a lovely tree lined block

$239,900

525 Fitzwater St #9 2BR/1.5BA Gated Townhouse community

OPEN HOUSE $250,000

525 Fitzwater #11 3BR/2BA New Construction, Gated Entry, Gated Parking

OPEN HOUSE $236,500

2232 Pemberton St REDUCED! 2BR/1BA, Freshly painted, Open Kitchen, Lrg Backyard,

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COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT Kensington – 2810 D St Investment Opportunity! Huge 3 Story Commercial property for Sale!

Kensington – 2770-80 Jasper Huge Warehouse Northern Liberties – 614 N 2nd St Great Commercial Investment – 3 Units occupied, restaurant, 1BR/1BA with Deck, 2BR/2BA W Deck

more info at www.22332pembertonst.com

OPEN HOUSE $307,500

2410 Carpenter St Beautiful 2BR/2.5BA townhouse W HW Floors, Private Rear Yard and Foyler

OPEN HOUSE $324,900

810 S 19th St Unique 3BR/2BA row home with Large sunny garden Priced to sell quickly

$349,900

900 S Schell St 2BR/2BA, Finished Basement, Roof Deck

$350,000

1013 Carpenter St 3BR/2BA, City Living W/Neighborhood feel 3BR/2BA, Parking, Fin Basement, FP, Move In Ready

$405,000

2548 Montrose St Beautiful New Construction with 1 Car Garage!

$425,000

2229 Saint Albans Exquisite updated 3 story 4BR/2.5BA on a Wonderful block

$429,000

123-25 Monroe St Gorgeous Home 4BR/4.5BA double lot, 2 Car Garage, Rear yard, HW Flrs, Granite, Fireplace, Viking Appliances

$1,000,000

729-731 S Marshall St 4BRA, Superb Double Wide Home in Bella Vista with 2 Car Garage!

$1,100,000

NORTHERN LIBERTIES / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 1229 Day St 3BR/2BA Home in Quiet Convenient Location

$250,000

930 Randolph St JUST REDUCED! Great block 4BR/2.5BA Family Home, HW Floors, Exp brick

$314,900

414 Olive St Unique double carriage house 2BR, Den custom gourmet kit, wood fl , Garden, FP, exp Stone, brick beams

$459,000

1033 N 3rd St Beautiful Northern Liberties Townhome with Attached Garage

$475,000

Grays Ferry – 1307 S 32nd St 868 SQ Ft Lot in Gray’s Ferry (Near Wharton). Zoned for R10 (now RM1) $12,000 West Phila - 5842 Windsor Investment Property: REDUCED $22,500 Fishtown – 2231 Coral St Vacant Lot in Fishtown $26,000 West Phila – 711 N 42nd St 5BR/2BA – Fixer Upper, New Electric, Water, roof, Plumbing installed $29,900 Southwest Phila – 2125 S 71st St SHORT SALE $36,999 Kensington – 2124 E Somerset Huge 3BR/1.5 $69,900 Overbrook – 1660 N Felton St Well Maintained property in Overbrook with original details and Charm $80,000 Fishtown – 1832 Memphis St Attention investors Prime location $84,900 Northwood – 1517 Rosalie St 3BR/1BA rowhoome on small street in NE Phila $85,000 West Oak Lane – 1535 67th St Move right In! Bright 3BR/1.5BA, HW Flrs, Open Kitchen, Sep DR, Freshly Painted, New Carpets, Large basement, Close to public Trans $129,000 Mayfair – 3138 Unruh Ave REDUCED! 3BR/1.5BA with Garage and driveway Parking! $135,000 Fishtown – 2608 E York St Great Location in Fishtown TLC Needed $139,900 Morrell Park 10763 Helmer Dr Very Well Maintained home, Garage parking, Large rear outdoor space $184,900 Cobbs Creek – 6230 Carpenter St A Fab Spacious home in the Cobbs Creek Area $219,000 Point Breeze – 1737 Annin St Fantastic, Recently Rehabbed Townhome in Point Breeze $235,000 Fishtown – 2212 Tulip St New Rehab in prime location! 2BR/1BA, HW floors thru out Must See! $235,000 Fishtown – 1815 Memphis St 3BR2/BA, Master Suite and Upgraded Kichen $249,900 Fishtown – 1619 E Eyre St Elegance on Eyre St - Well Thought out floor plan with expansive rooms, Newly renovated with Style $289,900 Manayunk – 3835 Cresson St Artistic Charm, One of a Kind home in Manayunk $309,000 Fishtown – 2518 E Norris St 3BR/1.5BA, Sweet orig details & just the right of updates for modern living, An Awesome Renovation $319,000 Fishtown – 1125 E Columbia Ave 3 Chic Condo lofts just listed in Historic Candy Factory from $279,000-$329,900 Manayunk – 336 Leverington Ave New 3BR/2.5BA, Decks,Fin Basement, 2 Car Parking, SS Appl, 10 Yr Tax Abatement $339,000 Manayunk – 340 Leverington Ave New 3BR/2.5 BA, Decks, Garage, Full Automation System, 10 Yr Tax Abatement $349,900 West Mt Airy – 612 W Cliveden St 7BR/4BA, Garden & off street parking, Move In Condition $534,900 Fishtown – 2666-72 Coral St Pub for Sale, 3 Apartments, Up to 20 Car Parking Lot $749,000

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CENTER CITY LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS FOR SALE! Avenue of the Arts

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AcAdemy House

THe RiTTenHouse THe WARWick

1 BR, city views, newly renovated bathroom, new carpet, excellent condition throughout, W/d 875 sf

$269,900

studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view 583 sf Junior 1 bedroom, wood floors, marble bath , open kitchen, sunrise city view 531 sf

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Art MuseuM

2031 delAncey sTReeT

THe pHilAdelpHiAn

dramatic 5 story town home, completely renovated throughout, beautifully restored original details, garage, elevator, outdoor space

THe lAnesBoRougH

6160 sf

entire floor home with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, lavish master suite, custom finishes and features throughout 3,446 sf

THe RiTTenHouse

1,709sf 1,869 sf

$1,475,000 $1,350,000

3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 270 degree city views, wood floor, chef’s kitchen, marble baths 2000 sf

THe BARclAy

$1,750,000

2 bedrooms, 3 baths, gourmet kitchen, new bathrooms, magnificent hardwood floors, no detail has been left undone.

THe WARWick

4560sf

$610,000

doRcHesTeR

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, south view with lots of natural light, balcony, spacious living room area, 1281 sf

RiTTenHouse plAzA

1 bedroom plus den, 1.5 bathroom (can easily be converted to 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths), custom kitchen, wood and marble floors, generous living space

$550,000 $550,000

WAnAmAkeR House

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in kitchen, large bay windows with city views

RiTTenHouse sAvoy

2 bedrooms, 2 baths. penthouse floor, new bathrooms, updated kitchen, wood floors throughout open sundAy 11/18 • 12:45 - 1:15pm

1,198 sf 1,146 sf

$539,900 $489,900

220 W. RiTTenHouse sQuARe Completely Renovated , 1 bedroom, open chef’s kitchen, designer bathroom, partial view

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WAnAmAkeR House

of Rittenhouse square, no detail left undone 918 sf $450,000 1BR, 1BA, hardwood floors, marble BA, custom kitchen 712 sf $399,900 1 bedroom, corner unit with south and east views, hardwood floors, marble bathroom, galley kitchen 686 sf $389,900 1 bedroom, south views, spacious kitchen, hardwood floors, walk-in closet in master bedroom 651 sf $379,000 1 bedroom, high floor, panoramic city views, lots of natural light, open kitchen 704 sf

BAnk Building

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Raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence mall 3,068 sf $1,150,000 Brand new 2 BR + den, 2.5 BA home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer BA, services available from adjoining omni Hotel 2,025 sf $1,100,000 Brand new 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, furnished, all custom finishes, high barrel ceilings, exposed brick, 2101 sf $895,000 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, magnificent city and river views, lots of natural, open chef’s kitchen, brand new master bath 1515 sf $599,900 2 BR, 1 BA, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows 1,200 sf $399,000 corner 1 bedroom, totally furnished, renovated throughout with custom finishes and features, magnificent city views 803 sf $379,900 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, bi-level, great closet space, balcony, excellent condition 989 sf $289,900 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, balcony, large kitchen, separate dining area 842 sf $269,900 1BR, high floor, river view, investment opportunity 700 sf $269,900

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2 bedroom plus den, 3.5 bathroom home with views of Washington square, a designer kitchen, wonderful living/entertaining space and lavish master suite 3510 sf $3,500,000 220 W. WAsHingTon sQuARe entire floor 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home, Washington square views, custom finishes and features throughout 3,720sf sf $1,995,000 THe lippincoTT 3 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, treetop views of Washington square, open floor plan, gourmet kitchen, high end finishes throughout 2716 sf $1,750,000 independence plAce Bi-level penthouse, 2BR. 2.5BA, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf $1,800,000 sTRicklAnd RoW 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, bi-level, wood floors, open kitchen, 857 sf $299,900 independence plAce 1BR, 1BA, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and BA, custom closets, balcony 928 sf $269,900

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3 bedrooms, 3 baths, bridge and river views, updated kitchen, generous entertaining space, deck 2229 sf $325,000

$349,900

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THe pHilAdelpHiAn

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corner 1 bedroom, furnished, chef’s kitchen, designer bath, 803 sf

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, balcony, penthouse, updated throughout, center city skyline views, 2017 sf

2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths updated kitchen wood floors, balcony 1281 sf

$775,000

$550,000

condo fees: $1,393

condo fees: $807

TAxes: $710

TAxes: $418

monTHly AfTeR TAx cosT To oWn: $4,178

monTHly AfTeR TAx cosT To oWn: $2,642

$379,900 condo fees: $549 Taxes: $232 monthly cost After Tax to own: $1,846

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socieTy Hill ToWeRs $1,050,000

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, corner unit with lots of light, updated kitchen, beautiful hardwood floors throughout 1,050 sf

penthouse with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, magnificent city skyline views, renovated kitchen and master bathroom 2017 sf $775,000 2601 pARkWAy condominiums 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, Art museum and river views, wood floors throughout, washer/dryer in the unit 910 sf $204,900

BAnk Building

3 bedrooms, 3 baths, all rooms overlook Rittenhouse square, 2 sets of Juliet balconies, lavish master suite, brand new open sundAy 11/18 • 12:00 - 12:30pm

THe BARclAy

$1,975,000

5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, highly coveted block, formal living space, large master suite, outdoor space open sundAy 11/18 • 1:30 - 2:00pm

pARc RiTTenHouse

$2,575,000

Bi-level penthouse with dramatic sunset views of the city, lavish entire flat master suite, great entertaining space 4,455 sf

1828 delAncey sTReeT

$3,600,000

$319,900 $299,900