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don’t think I’ve had white people via social media is legit. Will this fight contreat me this nice in my entire life. tinue long after people put the impact George I mean, it’s everywhere. I get Floyd had on the movement in the back of smiles and hellos where they used to their brain? Is this just for the clout of siding not exist, my social feeds are full of with the cause on social media? Is it the guilt memes in support of upending the of feeling like they have to post or reach out to white patriarchy and in support of not look like they don’t care?

You probably just snickered at that last one, Black Lives Matter. Everyone is posting imagbut I’m telling you, it’s a thing. es of themselves protesting, others protesting “I just feel like if you don’t say anything my alongside just about every pro-Black quotable [Black and Brown] friends might think that known to man.

I don’t care,” says Sean Golden, a friend and It’s even happening on a national scale. former colleague of mine who lived in FairAunt Jemima and Uncle Ben are enjoying a mount before making a move to the rural, lilymuch-needed retirement from feeding Amerwhite confines of the Poconos. Sean icans pancakes and rice, same goes and I chat regularly and when we for the guy who urged you to buy caught up over text chatting about Cream of Wheat, a personal sadness this very subject this was his senfor your boy coming from Jamaican timent. “I don’t have the time to sit descent where if you didn’t have around and post memes and shit, porridge on the breakfast table at man. But that doesn’t mean I don’t least once a week, it would be tough care. But when people call me out to prove you’re really a descendant for not speaking out, I’m just like of the islands.

WTF? Why do I have to announce Even in my own profession, just my feeling about racial injustice on last week the Associated Press addsocial media?” ed “Black” with a capital “B” when It’s a great point. This movement referring to a person to its style is one of those actions that speak guide, which again if a writer needlouder than words type moments. ed to wait for the AP to give people There’s no need to show POC how of all colors a capitalizing referenlightened you’re getting in the ence... @SPRTSWTR aftermath of all of this. You want It’s clear the aftermath of the last to help? Vote with us in mind. Shop month or so has lit a fire under so many people who placed race relations in the with us in mind. Advocate beyond a cool quote from Maya Angelou on your Instagram story back of the brain, because, well as a white peror Facebook feed. son, it really didn’t affect them much. I perA few weeks back, I wrote that POC cursonally love that the struggle of a collective is on full display right now and so many white rently reside in a unique situation: for the first people are getting educated. I recently had a time people are listening and we’re seeing the friend I’ve known forever reach out a while action that’s occurring as a result. It’s imperback to personally apologize if he’s ever made ative we continue to share stories that shed me feel marginalized. I couldn’t think back to light on situations we’d otherwise brush off.

One example is an Instagram account I’ve a specific time, just those common overarching microaggressions, ones that have always been following called Black Main Line Speaks, been easier for so many POCs like myself to where students of color past and present are sharing stories of marginalization while rejust laugh off or change the subject.

I told him I appreciated the call before I ceiving a quality education.

It’s a really eye-opening page, one I encourflipped a microaggression I could recall from age you to give a follow. our childhood – reminding him even at my At the end of the day, many POC like myage, my blackness still does enable me to run faster and jump higher than he can – and then self just want you to listen to the shit they have to deal with and do your part with the I hung up.

What’s perhaps the weirdest about this cur- God-given privilege some now realize they rent state of newfound wokeness is as a POC truly have to help bring a bit more equality to it’s really hard to ascertain if all of this outcry the main stage.

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That’s how much early data from the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) suggests the city paid in overtime to police over the course of what has been a series of protests and demonstrations here in Philadelphia since the death of George Floyd. Mind you, this is being ponied up by a city languishing in what will amount to being a $749 million budget shortfall courtesy of an economic shutdown due to COVID-19.

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The hero we need Shoutout to Jean Gajary, a Mount Airy resident who was tired of seeing her pup, Tres, cowering in fear nightly due to the fireworks display that has seemingly appeared to affect just about every pocket in this city. Gajary, 54, has taken it upon herself to start Philadelphia’s first citizen-led Fireworks Task Force, aimed at getting consumer-grade fireworks banned in the City of Brotherly Love. Gajary’s efforts are part of a nationwide group of neighbors creating task forces like hers in other cities like Boston, Providence and Pittsburgh to end the nightly madness. We’re rooting for you, Jean. Go get em’.

$18 million The annual tradition of Center City workers taking an extended lunch break to head to Independence Mall for a free Shorti in celebration of the Independence Day is put on hold this year, as thanks to the dirty whore of a bastard mother that is COVID-19, the handout of free hoagies is a no go. However, over 900 Wawas along the Eastern Seaboard have volunteered to still make 50 massive hoagies to slice up and distribute to local food banks, first responders, health-care workers and more for a scheduled donation of close to 45,000 hoagies in one day. So while you won’t be able to just walk up and get one for the first time since the tradition started in 1992, someone who could really benefit from one right now will.

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She said it...

“I think it is the most insane activity during a pandemic that I can ever imagine. We have really needy people who are now the pawns of folks taking advantage of the political moment who don’t understand the harm that can come from this.”

– Marsha Cohen, executive director of the Homeless Advocacy Project in Center City, to the Inquirer in early June in reference to the No Police Zone encampment along a stretch of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Is enough, enough?

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For over three weeks, close to 100 people have set up shop along a stretch of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, near the Art Museum creating a “No Police Zone.” However, many feel the occupation has turned into less of a demonstration advocating for the end of police brutality and instead a full-on tent city. An onlooker present at the camp Sunday referred to it to a PW journalist as a “cesspool on the Parkway,” alleging that campers are using portions of the Parkway as a restroom. Also not helping the cause arrived the news of a 26-year-old man who was stabbed inside the encampment. This comes on the heels of aid workers from the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services having to be pulled out after one worker was accosted. By the time you read this, the city should have announced its plans to dispel the group that has been there for nearly three weeks straight in 90-degree-plus days.

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“I asked him why he took down the sign, and he said, ‘because All Lives Matter.’ So I said, ‘even Black ones?’ He just looked at me, rolled his eyes and shut the door; he didn’t say a word. And that’s how I realized my neighbor might be a racist.”

— Overheard Sunday outside of REX 1515 between a group of men all with pretty astonished looks on their faces. As the realization has hit that we are officially living in yet another round of the strange fucking times, more and more we’re realizing that our fair city isn’t removed from just how weird (and sad) it all truly is.

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Tagging the town ‘Cornbread’ has been doing his thing for decades

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Thousands of Darryl ‘Cornbread’ McCray’s murals can be seen across the city.

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“When I saw their names written on the hiladelphia is a city known for bewalls, I would write my name right next to ing the birthplace of many things.

It is the first planned city in North theirs real big,” reflected McCray. “They America. It is home to the first didn’t never say nothing about it because we were real cool like that.” public library, hospital, art museGangs have always used graffiti as a means um and mint, among a host of othto establish territories, but McCray simply er precedents. Hell, Ben Franklin writing his nickname was something new. discovered electricity here.

“Gang members wrote on the walls to idenHowever, there is Philly history that has tify their turf,” said McCray. “I wrote my been made that hasn’t made it into the textname on the walls for the sole purpose books. Graffiti has been around since of establishing a reputation.” ancient times, but would you believe Soon, Cornbread would cover the me if I told you that the origins of hipBY RYAN facility. “I wrote my name all over,” he hop and street art as we know them K. SMITH said. “The bathroom, the chapel, the today can be traced to Philly? To get cafeteria, the gym, the commissary, the that answer, you’d need to talk to none other than Darryl “Cornbread” McCray, the administration, the nurse’s station, the gym. I wrote my name everywhere.”

Godfather of Graffiti.

This practice would eventually land McMcCray hails from Brewerytown, but he made a name for himself by tagging walls all Cray in the hole after he refused an ultimatum to clean his writing off the walls. The over the city with his Cornbread moniker in counselors thought he had a mental problem, the mid-60s. He earned his name and started his practice while serving time as a youth and he was scheduled to see a psychiatrist. He remembers bucking the session and saying, in a local detention center. Dismayed by the “You ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait ‘til I get outta stale, white bread the inmates would be served here. I’m going to set the world on fire!” with their meals, McCray would pester the He kept true to his word when he got home head cook, Mr. Swanson, for days to prepare in 1967. His weapon of choice switched from some cornbread like his beloved grandmother a magic marker to a can of spray paint. He would make, to no avail. One day, Mr. Swanson got fed up and got physical. “He damn near started when he developed a crush on one of lifted me off the floor trying to manhandle his classmates named Cynthia in the eighth me,” remembered McCray. Mr. Swanson then grade at Strawberry Mansion Junior High. He threw McCray out into the chow hall in front successfully gained her affection by tagging “Cornbread Loves Cynthia” along the route of his counselors and peers saying, “Keep this they would take on their walk home.

Cornbread out my kitchen!”

From there, he would walk the bus routes From then on, people started teasing tagging Cornbread at all the stops.

McCray by calling him Cornbread, but he “I knew that if you walked the bus routes, thought the name had a ring to it. you had a whole bus full of people, and every “I didn’t mind them calling me Cornbread,” time it stops, you’ll read my name,” he said. he said. “I went back to my unit and printed “You couldn’t help but read my name because Cornbread on the back of my shirt.”

I was the only one doing it. The whole town beMcCray won favor with the gangs in the facility because, inspired by poetry books that longed to me. I demand your attention. I had to have it. You had no choice but to give me your his sister would send him and his older brothattention.” er’s written correspondences with love interHis tag would soon be added to the subway, ests that he would read, he would write love cabs, freight trains, mail trucks and police letters for them to send to their girlfriends. vehicles. Everywhere I went, I walked and I After a while, McCray started writing “Cornbread” on the facility walls next to their gang wrote. All over the city of Philadelphia,” he said. names.

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY McCray’s antics would soon gain the attention of publications in the city. He would go on to tag the Jackson Five’s airplane, a skyscraper and even a live elephant in the Philadelphia Zoo (decades before Banksy’s elephant). Many names would follow Cornbread on Philly’s walls such as Kool Klepto Kidd, Dr. Cool No. 1, Chewy, Tity, Bobby Cool and Cold Duck (to name a few), but McCray is always touted as the first.

“As far as who started first, I would say Cornbread because he was two years older,” said legendary Philly graffiti artist Cool Earl in the 2010 documentary “Sly Artistic City.”

At the time (the 1960s), there was a movement brewing in the city composed of scores of young, Black teenagers. They organized themselves into groups named after Black Greek fraternities. McCray belonged to Delta Phi Soul for example. These groups were for kids who didn’t want to be in gangs. In addition to graffiti writing, the groups would compete with each other to see who could be best dressed and who had the dopest dance moves before breakdancing was fashionable. They would also spit rhymes to each other without beats before rapping became popular.

“It was something like 150,000 strong teenagers all over the city. North, South, West, Germantown, Mt. Airy. The whole city was a movement,” he said. “It was a totally different mindset, a totally different way of life and we held true to that.” He added, “That was the first wave of the hip-hop revolution.”

How that revolution spread to New York City has never really been explained. It would make sense that New Yorkers got wind of this new phenomenon at an annual convention in Atlantic City called Omega By The Sea where the Philly youths would pile into hotel rooms and do their thing before the casinos were built. Nevertheless, NYC, with its glitz and glam, became known as the birthplace of hip-hop culture after DJ Kool Herc’s groundbreaking turntablism in the Bronx and icon Fab Five Freddy combined the elements of graffiti, DJing, rapping and breakdancing in the late 1970s.

“When that movement migrated, it migrated to New York, and the Bronx put a title on it.

They didn’t invent nothing, because when we were doing our thing, in New York, it was [the heroin epidemic like in] ‘American Gangster,’” he said. “The foundation was already established.”

New York graffiti artists took graffiti and expanded on it, adding street numbers, stylized lettering and eventually imagery (though McCray is credited with adding the crown to his tag first), which was gradually accepted into galleries and collections. McCray’s influence can be seen in the burgeoning street art scene with artists like the late Jean Michel-Basquiat and Keith Haring, as well as newer stars like Banksy and Shepard Fairey.

Though McCray’s work was word-based and theirs are more image-based, the tenets of street art (the secrecy, illegality, ephemeral-

ity, precision, shock value, etc.) are rooted in Cornbread being scrawled on walls in Philadelphia so many years ago.

McCray has been getting to his piece of the street art pie by selling his work in the form of canvases, signs, street maps, T-shirts and more tattooed with his name and slogans. As time has progressed and more information has become available, McCray’s name has started to ring across the globe. He is currently represented by Paradigm Gallery & Studio in Queen’s Village, where his tagged signs are selling.

“There’s a worldwide demand for his artwork. He has this international following knowing who he is,” said Paradigm co-founder and curator Sara McCorriston (who is also working to tell the story of Isaiah Zagar whose “uncommissioned” mosaic street art also appeared in Philadelphia in the 1960s). “As people start to build collections of graffiti and street art, I find them coming to us and saying, ‘How can I have this collection and not have something by Cornbread?’”

Locally, McCray’s legacy can be seen on the thousands of murals sprawling across the city by the illustrious Mural Arts Program, an extension of Mayor Wilson Goode’s Anti-Graffiti Network.

McCray has worked with both organizations (as well as the Graffiti Alternatives Program previously), which were started to clean up the city dubbed “The Graffiti Capital Of The World” by The New York Times in 1971 and transform the young vandals’ talents into marketable skills.

“The city of Philadelphia was so messed up, it looked like another world,” McCray said of the time when the graffiti got out of control.

“When I started writing on walls, it didn’t look like that. Something needed to be done. We had to clean our house. This is where we live.”

All-in-all, McCray’s wall writing served as a means for voiceless, Black kids in the ghetto to be heard. Though deemed destructive, his application of aerosol paint to brick walls made him somebody in a world that didn’t want to know he existed.

Every graffiti writer who followed wanted the same thing: to be realized. McCray’s experience pioneering and the Philly scene from his time is surely worthy of the silver screen. “At the end of the day, I’d like to be recognized fully for the culture that I gave birth to,” he said. “There was no hip-hop artist before me. There was no graffiti artist before me.

All roads lead back to me.”

Darryl “Cornbread” McCray can be followed on Instagram at @cornbreadthelegend.

To purchase his art email cornbread1philly@gmail.com or visit Paradigm Gallery & Studio.

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Darryl ‘Cornbread’ McCray has been a staple of the street art scene in Philly for decades. Image | Courtesy Darryl McCray

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Stop racial discrimination at the library After meeting with several Black employees of the Library to share our experiences and concerns, we have determined that racial discrimination and disregard for Black safety, success, prosperity, and life at the Free Library will no longer be tolerated.

At the library, Black staff routinely experience racial discrimination, harassment, microaggresions, and other forms of workplace bias.

Black staff at the library are largely relegated to non-professional positions, including custodians, municipal guards, and library assistants, and therefore earn $7,533 less than the mzedian salary, while white staff earn $12,012 more than the median salary.

Black Americans “experience the highest overall mortality rates and the most widespread occurrence of disproportionate deaths” due to COVID-19.

Our mortality rate is “2.3 times as high as the rate for whites and Asians, and 2.2 times as high as the Latino rate.”

Armed white vigilante groups patrol areas of Philadelphia where Black staff are asked to return to work.

Black staff at the Free Library of Philadelphia have serious concerns about our health and safety.

Our pre-COVID work was on the frontlines, serving Philadelphians in a manner that requires face-to-face activity that makes us most vulnerable to infection. Now is the time for the Free Library to be anti-racist.

We cannot return to business as usual and must find different and better ways to serve the public while keeping our staff and patrons safe.

We are calling for accountability and action regarding the Free Library’s plan to protect

Black workers as PA moves through the Yellow and Green phases.

We demand the following immediately, before any Black staff are required to report to any Free Library locations.

1. A commitment to protecting Black lives on staff.

2. A formal and transparent investigation of Black staff’s concerns regarding physically reporting to Free Library locations. Current decisions were made using a misleading survey.

3. A plan, developed with Black staff, to provide library services that take into account Black people’s increased COVID-19 infection and mortality rates.

4. Support and accommodations for Black staff whose Library work makes them susceptible to racial violence.

5. Provide Black staff the same opportunities to work from home that white staff have.

6. We demand that staff with librarian degrees who work in management, executive, and specialty positions are redeployed to cover the shortages in staff due to COVID-19 and the lay off of seasonal employees. Most of whom are Black.

In a public statement, the Free Library wrote that it must “confront structural racism, both inside our organization as well as in all of our public-facing and public-service efforts,” and that “the work to root out institutional racism must occur before we can realize the organizational changes and the necessary healing that the Free Library needs.”

Now is the time for Library leadership to listen to Black staff, root out institutional racism, and make good on your public statement that #BlackLivesMatter.

– Concerned Black Workers of The Free Library of Philadelphia

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Following the protests after George Floyd’s death, there have been calls to “defund the police.”

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Growing up in Rizzo’s Philly This is my story – the story of my childhood. It is also coincidentally a story about Frank Rizzo.

I was born in 1971, and my parents and I lived over the old Rexall Drug Store on Rising Sun Avenue in Lawndale. I was 7 weeks old when Francis Lazzaro Rizzo was elected mayor. My father was the leader of the 35th Ward, and together my parents worked to bring positive change.

At a ward meeting, Rizzo said he knew how to deal with it (the “black problem”) once and for all. He raised his foot in the air.

“I just kick them all in the balls so they can’t make any more ni**ers!” he shouted. My parents knew they had to do what they could to help stop this man.

Citizens could vote as they wished, but a ward leader’s endorsement and promotion of a candidate held weight. It was the 1971 primary season, and the time had come for the ward leaders to declare their allegiance.

The chairman introduced Rizzo as the candidate and went around the room as each gave their pro forma reply. When they reached the 35th Ward, my mother rose. “No” was all she said. Simply, clearly, unequivocally, no. Rizzo flew into a rage and leapt to his feet screaming “Who is this?? Who the #$@ does she think she is?” shaking his fists in the air. A few weeks later, one of his right-hand men pulled up alongside my father in a black sedan and offered him $15,000 cash to hand over the 35th Ward. He declined.

But it was the primary of his reelection campaign in 1975 when things got really lively. The climate was dramatically different by then. Rizzo’s endorsement of Nixon and failure of a polygraph had turned many against him. The New Democratic Coalition had been formed to clean up the corruption in the voting process, and my mother served as its chair – there were eyes on the elections now. Once again, the sacred ritual of the ward leaders was held. This time my father stood up and said “no.”

From that moment on we were marked.

Francis and his band of thugs sought to “persuade” my parents to change their mind.

Phone calls came every night in the wee hours – insults, obscenities, threats. Hand over the votes, or the kid gets it, they were told. They knew I went to school at Ravenhill – my mother sat outside my nursery classroom each day, terrified. Small bands of his supporters paced in front of our building, shouting insults and dirty names. When we ventured out, cops followed us, either on foot or driving slowly beside.

I remember returning from an excursion to Furlough’s 5 and 10, our uniformed blue shadow on the corner near us, casually leaning up against a lamppost, smirking. My mother’s hands shook so badly she couldn’t get the key in the lock. She began to cry. Just as he took steps toward us, the metal found its mark, and

she pulled me in the door as she collapsed to the floor. Committee members began walking us home, fearing for our safety. One day, another sedan sidled up to my father. This time no cash was proffered. Instead, they shoved a gun in his face and gave him a Hollywood-style “or else” ultimatum. My parents never gave in. But Rizzo retained the Democratic nomination, so I was given a reprieve.

In the fall, my parents did not vote Democratic for the first time in their lives, but for Charles Bowser, the black independent candidate.

When Rizzo’s brutish rule was finally done, we campaigned enthusiastically for my godfather, Bill Green, and wept with joy and relief when Francis was forced to hand over the reins to him in 1980.

In the late-90s, Terry Gross was interviewing one of Rizzo’s biographers, as I drove down 309. The repeated references to his saint-

ly status incensed me. I ranted at the radio, yanked my Mazda into the parking lot of the Yum Yum Donuts, and dialed the station number from the Superman-style phone booth. Within a minute, I was on the air. It was the first time I’d spoken of it in eons, but it was still too raw. I stumbled over my words. I shook so hard I kept dropping the receiver from my slick, sweaty hands.

That was the first time I realized how much trauma from that man still lay unprocessed in my bones. I grew up knowing that the policeman on the corner was not there to protect me but to possibly kill me – that those in power care nothing for the lives of their citizens. The monsters of my childhood did not live under the bed and vanish when I peeked. They were intensely real.

He instilled fear in the whole city – fear that some of us have spent a lifetime trying to rid ourselves of.

I have watched events in this nation unfold with shock and grief. But I found great hope at what it has sparked in my hometown. The mural that loomed over the Italian Market like Big Brother has been painted over.

The statue that made so many of us sick, is finally gone.

George Floyd’s death seems to have catalyzed the revolution of conscience that my parents and so many others tried hard to nurture almost 50 years ago – I pray this time it will take firmer root, flourish, and thrive. I cheered for the protestors trying to pull down the statue – saying no to him, once again – saying no to the bully now in the White House who bears so many striking resemblances to the monster of my childhood.

So often in the face of injustice we don’t know what to do, and we clearly all need to do much more. I know I do, anyway. But I look to my mother as a good place to start. Just that one word has so much power. No. No more. No to all of it and those who allow it. We will not permit you to twist and pervert our city, our country, our world. Just no.

Tara C. Trapani | Vermont

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Dear Philadelphians, We’d like to introduce ourselves as your new neighbor. Hilco Redevelopment Partners recently acquired the Philadelphia

Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery in Southwest Philly.

We are looking forward to collaborating with state, city and community leaders and organizations to create an

extraordinary new development that will result in an environmentally responsible and economically revitalized future.

For over 150 years the PES refinery stood at the doorstep of Philadelphia. Now, a fresh vision for the industrial site will

be realized, resulting in one of the largest and most strategically significant multi-modal logistics hubs in the country that

leverages the site’s unparalleled infrastructure and location.

As an economic hub, the project’s 1,300 acres, the total size of Philadelphia’s Central Business District, offers incredible

potential. Sitting within a six-hour drive of one-third of the American population, this multi-year project will generate jobs

and rely heavily on local unions and trades during the redevelopment phase. The companies that will eventually locate at

this new development will generate thousands of new permanent jobs according to initial economic studies.

We are committed to a long-term redevelopment of this important piece of Philadelphia history just as we have done in

other cities across America. In 2012 we conceived the initial vision to redevelop the 3300-acre bankrupt Bethlehem Steel

Mill site in Baltimore, Maryland, which closed after 125 years of operation. In its place today stands Tradepoint Atlantic,

a state-of-the-art tri-modal logistics complex that currently employs more than 8,500 people and helped to revitalize the

local economy. It is estimated that by 2025 it will account for as much as 1% of Maryland’s GDP.

Of course, this type of transformation is not easy. There will be shared challenges along the way. We are here for the long haul and we look forward to serving as a good corporate citizen and an active community member.

While this immense project is just beginning, we are honored to be a part of the great story of Philadelphia.

Sincerely, Roberto Perez

CEO, Hilco Redevelopment Partners

Jeffrey Hecktman

Founder & CEO, Hilco Global

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Kenney must go

It’s time for Philly’s Independence Day

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reen means “go” when it doning his party.

As I predicted long ago, Kenney, last comes to Monopoly and week, started gathering moss on an offiPhilly during this week’s cial Pennsylvania gubernatorial bid with potential push into emerald.

Let’s see after this weekend the start of an exploratory committee. if we get a fate such as Los Ugh. Perhaps that’s his reason for getting suddenly woke, to buddy up to Philly’s Angeles’ for kicking out the quarantine jams too soon NEXT Dem seat of power in Helen Gym, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Kendra and reviving stay-at-home orders.

Brooks and Nikil Saval – progressive fuOne person, however, getting the red ture of the City of Brotherly light is Jim Kenney. I’m not and Sisterly Love – and mainsure I always agree with Philly tain Philly as his seat of influmag’s Ernest Owens, even

BY A.D. ence. when I love how he says it.

AMOROSI Don’t be fooled again, said And, I am never one to hold brothers and sisters. Ask Kenthe cards to cancel culture or ney to resign (he won’t), or at the very the key to kangaroo courts as facts must be weighed before public opinion. Owens’ least not go forward to the state’s top seat. clarion call, before last weekend, for the Not to get all Bill Pullman on you, but should we win today, the 4th of July will mayor to resign due to the ratty backno longer be known as an American Presand-forth lies and lack of transparency ident holiday, but the day when (“Philly” when it comes to Tear Gas Gate rang here for effect) declared in one voice, “We clear, an emotion that one could second will not go quietly into the night. We will in a second. not vanish without a fight. We’re going to Only Vince Fumo said it better about live on. We’re going to survive. Today we the two-facedness of Jim Kenney when he called his one-time assistant out – in celebrate Philly’s Independence Day.” OK, do I get the part? far cattier terms than these – for aban-

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY Night-Shy’s next project Speaking of my close-up, is it possible Philly-based scary cinema auteur M. Night Shyamalan will shoot two new projects here, simultaneously, when we sail into green?

Night not only must re-start filming of his second season of his Apple+ series, “Servant,” started here before C-19’s quarantine. As of Friday, he completed casting for his yet-tobe-named upcoming feature with Abbey Lee (“The Neon Demon”), Nikki Amuka-Bird (“Avenue 5”) and Ken Leung (“The Hangover”) joining Eliza Scanlen (“Little Women”), Thomasin McKenzie (“Jojo Rabbit”), Aaron Pierre (“Krypton”), Alex Wolff (“Hereditary”) and Vicky Krieps (“The Girl in the Spider’s Web”).

Night-Shy is independently financing this for Universal Pictures – the first of a new two-picture deal – with a July 2021 release. M must get cracking. But, he’s got one headache to get past NOT C-19: a petition filed, hashtag #GetSplitOffNetflix, citing that Shyamalan’s “Split” be removed from its streaming home, Netflix, due to the film’s misrepresentation of people diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. One Tweet states, “Split is a movie that has caused many plural people & the plural community at large significant harm due to its misrepresentation of both DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) & Plurality in which it demonizes them & more.”

BLM donations The garage pop toast of Scranton, Dave Tomaine’s Cave People, just dropped a single (“Guilt”) from its duein-August new LP, “Looking.” Recorded with Philly session cats like bassist Spenser Spirit Hogans (Three Man Cannon) who passed away not long ago, Tomaine will donate vinyl and cassette proceeds from “Looking”’s first year sales to Black Lives Matter in the late bassist’s name. Donating to BLM in the more immediate, is Blanka Zizka’s Wilma Theatre who, along with directing, co-scripting and launching a claustrophobic iPhone-filmed drama “Code Blue” (it’s free: www.wilmatheater.org/code-blue), just donated $43,000 to BLM from the charity-focused run of its June streamer, a recording of 2018’s WIlma production of James Ijames‘ “Kill Move Paradise.”

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Masked Philly: Jerry Blavat For Icepack’s continuing saga of life behind the mask during C-19, the July 4th weekend has no better mouthpiece than birthday-boy Boss with the Hot Sauce, Jerry Blavat. My man, pots and pans, the eternal yon teen, turns 80 July 3, and as always, The Geator will celebrate the blessed event at his bar-club, Memories in Margate.

“I’m told we can open this weekend, 25 percent of our capacity,” he said with a snap regarding Jersey Shore’s hot spot. “We’ve been at Memories since Memorial Day weekend, drinks outside with food from Chickie’s & Pete’s, and, you’ll love this, there’s a sign on the door: ‘I hear you knocking, but you can’t come in.’ People see me doing the radio show live from Memories on Mixcloud, getting 40,000 hits from across the globe, watching me spin records to empty stools around the dancefloor. My message is that you’re with me now, HERE, and you will be with me, soon, INSIDE.” During C-19’s three months-plus of quarantine, Blavat has been able to play his music, on air and streaming (“that’s crucial, music is everything”), but is missing his personal appearances.

“Not since March 14,” he said, quietly. “That said, I ride my bike around town – difficult because you can’t find places open for coffee, then a donut, of course, you can’t do that inside – and look for places to stop for my morning ritual and read the newspaper.

Nor can I go to the gym, That really makes me crazy. I’m used to going every day. I can actually feel the difference in my body by not going to the gym, or dancing. I do work out at home, 20 minute abs, the ball, my inversion table where I go upside-down, but, it’s not like an hour and fifteen minutes at a gym.”

The most positive thing Blavat has done during quarantine is meet neighbors where he lives, the Society Hill Towers, and throw 6pm happy hours. “We go to the benches, we’re distanced six feet apart, I get pizzas from Stella, a couple of cases of wine from Moore Bros. and I share the wine and the pizza with my neighbors.”

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hen one starling Joe Ryan as the grooves of Brian Finuchanges direction cane and Tom Mellon solidly drive the band forward. or speed, each of Brother Starling released their debut the other birds in the flock responds LP, “The Weight of Change,” earlier this year. The album is a reflection on life, to the change, and death, wonder, and the volatile times we they do so nearly are living in. simultaProduced by Derek Chafin at neously regardless of the size of the flock.” - M.R. Subramanian

BY EUGENE BarnSound in Delaware CounThe same could be said for the ZENYATTA ty, Rusch said, “I’ve been in the studio before, but this recording musical explorations of the Philexperience was different – it was adelphia quintet Brother Starling. Each idea or note leads them in har- special. Derek really pushed us to collecmony to create their own unique brand tively capture the emotion, to go to that place and capture those feelings.” of dynamically emotive songs.

PW recently caught up with the band Drawing inspiration from rock and roll’s past and American roots music, to talk about the album and future plans.

Brother Starling takes you on a journey Below is an edited version. Visit www. philadelphiaweekly.com for the full inthrough Laurel Canyon with songs that terview. capture the essence of artists such as Your debut album, “The Weight of Neil Young, Wilco, Fleetwood Mac, The Change,” came out earlier this year.

Band and Dawes.

Talk a little about how it came togethGeremiah Giampa’s heartfelt vocals weave above the impassioned guitar and er. How have your fans reacted to it?

Geremiah: “The Weight of Change” keyboard interplay of Mike Rusch and

came together after about a year of playing and understanding who we were as a unit. I had some older songs that I could never really finish or some ideas that just weren’t really the right time for the band. As we played and gravitated to the Americana/Classic Rock sound, those older songs started to work, along with the new ones we were writing together.

During the recording, the country was (still is) going through some turmoil and I went through some personal tragedy.

These things really guided the theme of the lyrics and brought meaning to the album title. I think our fans have really enjoyed it and we are looking forward to getting it into as many ears as we can.

Tom: We found our chemistry quickly through playing a lot of great shows in 2018. We we’re excited about the band that we were quickly becoming and wanted to make sure it came across in the songs that we were writing. The pre-production sessions were very fluid and the songs were pretty much writing themselves.

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Philly band Brother Starling released their debut album earlier this year, ‘The Weight of Change.’

Image | Moonloop Photography So rather than put it off or overthink the songs, we peeled back from playing shows and turned our attention to recording. We were peaking creatively so we wanted to take advantage of it. Most of “The Weight of Change” was recorded over a long weekend with many of the scratch tracks remaining because of the vibe that we captured. It was the most organic project that I’ve ever been a part of. The feedback from the people that have listened or reviewed the record have reacted in a way where we know they understood our intention and musical landscape that we were trying to create. That’s the very definition of making a connection with the listener and we couldn’t ask for more. Well, except for the pandemic to be over so we can be socially non-distant and play live again.

You have played a lot of festivals and events in the past, and have a lot scheduled for 2020. How have the coronavirus and the shutdown affected those plans? How have you been spending your time in self-isolation?

Tom: For now, they’ve been either cancelled, postponed or rescheduled. As these dates roll by, it’s been sad to sit at home and know we could have been loading in or doing a sound check. Our rehearsals in the earlier part of the year were really gaining momentum. I just can’t wait to get back in our rehearsal space and tap into that energy. In the meantime, Bucks County Drum Company just made me a brand new oak kit so I’ve been spending this isolation time breaking it in. I’m

just hoping that Joe didn’t forget how much he likes to carry, set up, and pack my drum gear. (insert wink emoji here) Joe: It sucks. A lot. We released an album and then several weeks later it seems as though the entire music industry just shut down. We can’t think of this selfishly though.

All bands great or small are in the same position. We would love to be promoting and performing this album live and giving it the live exposure we feel it deserves, but we understand all of that is on a pause now and we’ll be back to it as soon as it’s safe. For now, we’ll focus on writing more and trying to do our best to record reimaginations of what we just recorded and have fun with it! I, personally, feel very fortunate to be in a position where I can enjoy time now with the family and still be playing music as much as ever at home. It’s much needed therapy!

How has being from Philadelphia influenced your music? Are there any local bands or musicians that inspired you?

Geremiah: When I really started playing out, I was in a music collective called Acoustic Philly. That whole group really gave me the confidence to follow my passion and to keep at it one show or song at a time. Most of the artists from that time stopped playing (at least publicly), except for Katie Barbato and Dani Mari (Primitive Heart). I have watched them both grow over the years as songwriters and their love of making music is what inspires me.

Tom: Philly music struck me from an early

age when my Uncle Jack started taking me to see The Hooters and Tommy Conwell. Watching and listening to David Uosikkinen play opened my eyes and ears to what a solid drummer looks and sounds like. Experiences like this, as a kid, made me want to find timing, accuracy and stamina in my playing. Being inspired by a local drummer, like David, definitely adds a bit of attitude and Philly pride when I crack the snare and hit the kick.

Brian: I’m from New York originally, and I can tell you that for me at least, the difference in the scenes is night and day. I always got the feeling that bands considered themselves adversaries there as opposed to friends all working together here in Philadelphia. Restarting my career here was the best move I’ve ever made. So many open-minded and cool musicians here that are willing to collaborate and throw shows together. I never felt that comradery in New York.

Social media has changed the way musicians interact with their fans. How important is social media for Brother Starling?

Do you enjoy posting updates and photos and interacting virtually with fans, or is it more of a chore?

Geremiah: I think social media is very important to connect with fans, but it takes a lot of time. It’s very difficult to cut through though because there are so many voices trying to get your attention on every platform.

My pipedream is that we just keep getting better at writing songs and they can become our social media. Whatever that means.

Mike: It’s a double edged sword – don’t get me wrong, it’s a great way to easily connect, upload content, get some recognition, etc.

However, I also think it can dilute the art form of writing songs, performing, paying your dues, and putting in the road work which I think builds the character of any band. That is what leads to longevity and that’s what we’re looking for.

Brian: Social media is both the best and worst thing to come about for artists. It gives your audience a direct link to you and makes it easy for them to turn their friends on to you.

The problem is that artists and musicians are often awkward social creatures, and the pressure to be deemed “cool” online can be anxiety-producing and ultimately hurt both the art and the artist. We’re in an age where musicians who are the best marketers, not necessarily the best songwriters, often get the most “buzz.” Ultimately, buzz is fleeting and good songs endure. So the true artists who are “lifers” have staying power.

What’s the best way for people to stay up-to-date with what Brother Starling is doing?

Tom: Go to www.brotherstarling.com and sign the mailing list. You’ll usually find a free download attached to the email. We add a lot of Instagram stories...check them out as well!

Joe: Our website is the best way for onestop shopping. And once things get back to normal, give us some hugs and sit down with us for a beer and we’ll tell you all about what we’re up to!

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Philly’s Antonio Paris tells the stories of today’s social, cultural issues

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Philadelphia’s Antonio Paris is not only a director and producer, he’s also a hip-hop pioneer.

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delphia’s history in the NCAA Tournament. hiladelphia resident Antonio Paris is also a hip-hop pioneer, also known Paris is a busy man. He’s a direcas MC Tony Tee. He was a youth in New York tor, editor, writer, producer and when hip-hop culture began. visual storyteller. He’s also nomDuring his career, Paris produced three inated for an Emmy Award this singles and was the opening act for the Def year in the Feature DocumentaJam 2 Tour in 1987. ries Sports category for “ResurParis also founded Coach Tone Training, gence of the BIG 5.” a nonprofit geared toward training and menParis is currently the director and productoring the youth in the community, er of “Democracy in Black.” The and is the owner of A.Paris Films, film is based around the social a production company that was conflict in America, police brutalBY EUGENE developed to produce compelling ity, LBGQT rights and racism.

ZENYATTA stories of discrimination, social Paris became a filmmaker after change and sports history.

18 years of coaching high school Four of his films were released on NBC in and college basketball. He served as a community service activist and was nominated May and June.

PW recently caught up with Paris to talk for the Community Service Award for his about his many programs and films. work with inner-city youth.

You became a filmmaker after years of His first film was on the economic collapse coaching high school and college basketof Camden, New Jersey. ball. What attracted you to the film indusThe story was based around the factories that made Camden great and the decline that try?

My older brother (Chappy) introduced me crippled the city.

Paris is a head coach for the ESPN/TBT to film at a young age. He frequently took me Basketball Tournament. This event is held to the movie theater in the ‘70s, and I have been fascinated ever since. I was able to reonce a year during the summer months nalate to the stories being told on screen with tionwide for $2 million. my own personal life. As I got older, I began With his knowledge of Sports, Paris produced and directed several films for NBC recording a variety of events from weddings, sports and home videos. Through the camera Sports Philadelphia, ESPN’s “30 for 30,” Comcast and Bounce TV, including “The BIG lens, I saw compelling stories of life, love and unity.

5,” which tells a compelling story of Phila-

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When you started making films, did you It’s based on a book written by Eddie Glaude, think you’d achieve as much as you have? Jr. an African American professor at Princeton University. I’ve known Eddie for a long Talk a little about your Emmy nomination time, and after reading the book in 2018, I this year and how you felt when you heard called him and said “I want to make this into the news you were up for the award.

I did not know what to expect when I began a movie.” It started out as a documentary and soon became a docu-series. This series also making films. I was more interested in telling addresses the Black Live Matter Movement, stories and hoping to share with the rest of LGBTQ+, police bruthe world. tality, Me Too MoveI was the program ment, racism and director for the Trumore. dy Haynes show for In addition to Bounce TV early in your coaching and my career. I worked filmmaking cawith Comcast and reers, you are the NBC Sports producfounder of Coach ing and directing docTone Training, a umentaries for the nonprofit program past 12 years. geared toward I am honored to training and mentobe considered for an ring the youth in the Emmy nomination. community. Can you It is an achievement, tell us what the proand I am greatly apgram is all about preciative for the recand why you decidognition of my work. ed to start it? What Although I accomkind of impact is it plished a lot over the making? years, I am looking I started Coach forward to capturing Tone training to more compelling stohelp disadvantaged ries to share with my youth in the comaudience through my munity. Throughout brand A.ParisFilms the years, I’ve been in the future. able to help many Where do you get student-athletes get your ideas for films? into high school and Growing up in college. The proHarlem during the gram has been very ‘60s through the ‘90s, helpful to a lot of the I saw a lot of injuskids who have suctice and inequality. I ceeded in pursuing share some of those their dreams. Some experiences through moved on to the prothe artwork in my fessional rankings films. My ideas for to play in the NBA films come from my and overseas. Others background in the Antonio Paris’ ‘Democracy in Black’ is based around have become coachmusic, sports and social conflict in America, police brutality, LBGQT es, teachers, doctors community involve- rights and racism. Image | Andrea Johnson and entrepreneurs. I ment. am very fond of what While coaching we’ve done for the youth in the community. college basketball, I started hearing a lot of What’s ahead for you? Do you have any stories about local heroes, and it encouraged me to go to film school. I studied Film Produc- projects you’re currently working on or issues you’d like to tackle in the future? tion at Philadelphia Institutions film schools My next project will be based on hip-hop Scribe and PhillyCam. Since then, I directed and produced 12 films culture. This project is important, being in the industry as an old school hip-hop artist myin the past 15 years.

One of your latest projects certainly self and having the knowledge of the business speaks to the issues of the day. You are the side.

I was a youth in New York in 1973 when hipdirector and producer of “Democracy in Black,” which is based around the social hop began in the Bronx. I started rhyming in conflict in America, police brutality, LB- 1975 and was part of two different rap groups.

GQT rights and racism. Can you tell us I recorded several singles in the ‘80s with my DJ, and we performed on the Def Jam 2 tour how that project came together and how in 1987. people will be able to see it?

I have a few more project ideas in the preDemocracy in Black is a powerful, educational, exciting and binge worthy docu-series. liminary stage right now.

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How we’re celebrating the 4th....

This year’s Wawa Welcome America Festival is going virtual, and there are no fireworks this year other than those unsanctioned activities in your neighborhood, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of great events. Here’s a look at some of the highlights. Visit welcomeamerica.com for the full lineup and details.

4th of July Concert

The festival celebrations culminate with a star-studded performance, featuring world-renowned Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning singer and actress Cynthia Erivo alongside the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, plus a high-energy set from American hitmaker, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, producer, actor and dancer, Jason Derulo. Produced in partnership with Live Nation Philadelphia, the performance will be broadcast live on NBC10 from the historic The Met Philadelphia on the Independence Blue Cross Stage without an in-person audience. Viewers will have a front-row seat from the comfort of home. Saturday, July 4 | 8pm

NRG Deck Out Your Door Contest

Share your photos on social media with #NRGDoorContest for a chance to win exciting prizes.

Photos must be shared by July 3 at 11:59pm to be considered a submission for the contest.

Philadelphia Orchestra Performance

The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform “Let Freedom Ring,” a musical celebration featuring patriotic pieces, including a special rendition of Elton John’s “Philadelphia Freedom,” Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell March” and a special video tribute to the City of Philadelphia. Let freedom ring and sing along with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Thursday, July 2 | 7pm

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POPS on Independence

For this uniquely American celebration, the POPS takes a musical look at tradition and patriotism. In his debut performance as music director and principal conductor, David Charles Abell has created an original show with Philadelphia native and Broadway star Allison Blackwell, renowned trumpeter and POPS Artistic Director for Jazz Terell Stafford, and POPS fan favorite Michael Cavanaugh. This virtual concert stream will also include a newly commissioned piece, “Fanfare for the Essential Workers,” dedicated to health-care workers who were first responders to the COVID-19 crisis. Friday, July 3 | 7pm

Pennsylvania Lottery Groove Stage

Grill and groove to the tunes of regional multicultural artists in this curated two-hour block of nonstop entertainment. Philadelphia’s eclectic and multigenerational music community unites to illustrate the diversity of our region through R&B, pop, soul, rock, jazz, swing, and Latin fusion. Tune in for performances from Zeek Burse, Swing That Cat, De Tierra Caliente, Christine Havrilla, Jada Fête, Laura Lizcano, and Max Swan, with a special performance

by QuentinThePoet, all hosted by Radio One’s Mina SayWhat of 100.3 RnB. Saturday, July 4 | Starting at 3pm

Chill Moody Music Stage

Handpicked by Philadelphia’s music ambassador, Chill Moody, this entertaining lineup features Lester London, LiMM, DioMara, Great Time and a special performance from Chill Moody & Hank McCoy and many more. Saturday, July 4 | Starting at 5pm

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This year’s Annual Disability Pride Celebration will take place virtually due to the COVID pandemic and kicked off June 27.

Daily events over 30 days will culminate in a celebration of the signing of the ADA 30 years ago, on Sunday, July 26 at 11am. Presented by the Disability Pride Philadelphia Committee, the month filled with events seeks to “Celebrate Our Differences/End Stigma.” Visit disabilitypridephiladelphia.org for all of the details.

Meanwhile here are some of the events we’re looking forward to.

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Gooch and The Motion

Gooch and The Motion deliver a unique blend of country, blues, and rock n’ roll straight out of South Jersey. Nine-time Grammy Award-winning producer Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo says, “they have a one of a kind sound that also makes you nostalgic of artists you’ve listened to in the past.” The band is in the process of recording its sophomore album, “Outside the Window” to be released later this year, in addition to a northeast tour to support it. The album showcases band leader Ryan “Gooch” Nelson’s growth in lyrics and musicality influenced by his life. The energy and connection in the band is truly at all-time high. Thursday, July 2 | 7- 8:30pm

How we’re attending Disability Pride Month....

Stutterpalooza

Stutterpalooza with Comedians with Disabilities Act & Black Cat Habitat is an evening of music with Black Cat Habitat, Nina G. and Rachel McCullough talking about their experiences with stuttering, and The Comedians with Disabilities Act with Mike Beers, Mean Dave, and Nina G. Friday, July 3 | 7- 8:30pm

Laugh with Charles Walden

Born in Philadelphia, this international comedian has toured Germany, Holland, Japan, China, London, England, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Canada. Challenged by cerebral palsy, he is hilarious telling real-life stories doing stand-up comedy most of his life.

Walden has performed on shows with Chris Tucker, Wanda Sykes, Joe Matarese, Kevin Hart, George Wallace, Sheryl Underwood, Dave Chappelle, Ray Lipowski, Dante Carter, Rich Vos, and many others. He has appeared on national TV, HBO, Comedy Central, BET Comic View, Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam, Martin Lawrence 1st Amendment, the Uptown Comedy Show on the new BOUNCE network, and the Apollo in NY. He frequents the Laff House in Philly and Sarcasm in New Jersey and has performed at the Borgata Comedy Club Hotel/Casino Atlantic City and the Flamingo Hotel/ Casino in Vegas. Tuesday, July 7 | 8-8:30pm

Shine the Light

Shine the Light with Seamus Kelleher is a show that combines comedy, story telling, virtuoso guitar playing and a wonderful collection of original and unique cover material. His shows are not for the faint of heart. He will keep you on the edge of your seat for hours, so fasten up and enjoy the ride. Sunday, July 5 | 7-8pm

Deafinitely Magic

Hailing from Southeastern PA, Sam Sandler has been mystifying and amazing audiences for more than two decades with his award-winning magic shows. Sam Sandler, America’s only full-time deaf illusionist, presents his fast-paced, high-energy show filled with hilarious comedy, magic, grand illusions, tons of audience interaction and participation, and a powerful inspirational message of overcoming all the challenges life throws at us. Not only was he named 2012 “Close-up Magician of the Year” by the Philadelphia region’s Society of American Magicians, he has also won multiple first-place awards for both stage and children’s magic. Saturday, July 18 | 5-6pm

Superfest

Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest-running disability film festival in the world. Since it first debuted in a small Los Angeles showcase in 1970, it has become an eagerly anticipated international event – hosted by Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State.

For more than 30 years, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens.

Superfest is one of the few festivals worldwide that is accessible to disabled filmgoers of all kinds.

Friday, July 10 | 7-9pm

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Before you go

Check with the local trail management organization to learn the status of trail facilities. Contact information is available when accessing individual trail records at TrailLink. com. Also, be prepared that some trails may have limited services, including closed facilities such as bathrooms, depots and visitor centers, and limited or no staff. And bring a cloth face covering to wear in situations when maintaining a safe distance between yourself and others is difficult.

Ever hear of Circuit Trails? It’s a network of hundreds of miles of multi-use trails right here in Philly and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

If you’re looking to get out and about, we recommend checking it out – in a safe way. Here are a few tips for staying safe on the trails.

Visit circuittrails.org for more information.

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Pay attention

With many trails hosting more visitors (including wildlife), being alert and attentive to your surroundings will help you be prepared for any surprises you encounter. Understanding when to yield is another important part of being alert; it generally follows that wheels yield to heels, and heels yield to hooves.

Slow down

This pertains to cyclists, unless you’re some kind of world-class sprinter. If a trail has a posted speed limit (on the ground or online), please regulate your speed accordingly. If not, the standard speed limit for many trails across the country is 15 mph. Above all, please prioritize safety and the comfort of others when moving along the trail.

Pull over

If you’re stopping to stretch or any other reason, allow space to maintain six feet of distance between yourself and others. In the case of a bridge or tunnel, circuittrails.org recommends taking that pause off to the side directly before or after passing through.

Stay in your lane

When using the trail, stick to the right-hand side unless you’re passing another user – which should always be done on the left and be led with a friendly “on your left!” call, bell ring or other notification. Trails have all sorts of traffic, making predictability and courtesy critical to ensure great experiences for all.

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Keep Spot on a short leash

When it comes to pets on the trail, some rules vary, but all ask for you to be mindful of others.

Always maintain control of your pet – as the CDC recommends that pets follow the same distancing guidance that humans do, a short leash works best – and clean up whatever their behinds leave behind.

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Post-Independence Day virtual happy hour

Don’t let the pandemic stop you from, first, drinking, and, second, drinking with friends.

Join IWIRC Greater Philadelphia for a Virtual Happy Hour. Show off your red, white or blue beverage of choice! Zoom links for this event will be sent to registered participants shortly before the event. | Free | Thursday, July 9 |5-6:30pm

Here are some of the virtual events we’re going to check out in July. Visit eventbrite.com for details, info and more events.

What we’re doing online....

Philadelphia Virtual Job Fair

Lose a job due to the pandemic? Looking to get a better job? This is for you. Meet with top employers hiring for sales, customer service, retail, financial services, management, To participate, visit https:// www.careertown.net/careertown/anonymous/ event/309 to create an account. Whether you are a seasoned executive-level professional, just beginning your career, or anywhere in between, our events can connect you with as many valuable employer contacts in one day as you would make in weeks of job searching on your own. July 13-15 | 10am-6pm

The Erotic Literary Salon

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Q: I have a question. I’m a gay man in a relaSo go find some hot Dom you wanna subtionship and we’re both really happy since we met a year ago. We’re “open” in the sense that mit to and let your boyfriend know you’re he wants the option to be intimate with somegonna get your kink on. If it turns out your one else if a connection happens and boyfriend was lying to you – if he’s in turn he said he would be supportone of those people who wants to ive of me being involved in my kinks. be free to play with others (which But I haven’t done anything yet is why he got your OK) but doesn’t out of fear. I’m not afraid of my want his partner playing with othkinks. I’m worried that if I ask to go ers (and the OK he gave you was do something kinky it will ruin our insincere) – it’s better to find that relationship. I don’t think he was out 12 short months into this relabluffing when he said it was OK for tionship than to find it out 10 years, me to explore my kinks with other a mortgage, one kid, and two dogs guys but it worries me. I tend to reinto this relationship. press the kink part of my sexuality, And what you describe about and I’m worried that him knowing I the void you feel is understandable want to act on it will cause issues. to anyone with kinks, GAYSUB, My boyfriend and I are so baland even vanilla people can unanced, but in the kink aspects of derstand if they think about it for @FAKEDANSAVAGE even a moment. (That vanilla stuff my life I’m a submissive and need to engage in power exchange with you enjoy, vanilla people? Imagine someone. I miss being able to express these never being able to do any of it. See?) Your things and it feels like there’s a void in my life. kinks are an intrinsic aspect of your sexualiThat might sound silly, but it’s true. I think ty and repressing them – not having any way repressing them is actually to explore or express them – taking a toll on my mental does take an emotional toll. health. Any advice?

It can also breed resentment – Guy’s Abandoned Yearnif your partner is the reason ings Subtly Undermining you can’t explore or express Bond them. Which means if your boyfriend wants you to be If your boyfriend is happy and wants you to be a bluffing, GAYSUB, you good boyfriend to him, then wanna know that sooner you need to have the freerather than later. dom to be who you are. For Your still-relatively newsome kinky people, porn is ish boyfriend gave you perenough of an outlet, GAYmission to act on your kinks SUB, but most kinky people at the same time he asked want actual experiences. your permission to fuck Often a vanilla partner is someone else. You gave him willing and able to meet a your OK and I assume you kinky partner’s needs and meant it, GAYSUB; you meant it when you that’s great. But sometimes a vanilla partner told him he could, if and when “a connection can’t do it or is incapable of faking it or does happens,” go ahead and fuck the dude. Seeing it poorly on purpose so they won’t be asked to as he took your “yes” for an answer where do it again. And for some kinksters the awarehis “connections” are concerned, GAYSUB, I ness you’re being indulged makes it impossithink you should take his “yes” for an answer ble for to get into the right subby headspace.

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If either is the case, you’ll have to outsource these desires to fill that void.

If your boyfriend gives you the OK and has a little breakdown after you get home – if it dredges up some unexpected feelings (and you should expect that it will dredge up some unexpected feelings, so expect those unexpected feelings) – and needs some reassurance, that’s fine. Answer any questions he has and let him know you’re not going anywhere; indeed, the fact that you don’t have to choose between him and your kinks makes you far less likely to end this relationship. (Sometimes people who weren’t even in the dungeon during the scene need a little aftercare too.)

But if you’re careful not to neglect your boyfriend sexually or emotionally and your kinky dates are just an occasional thing and your boyfriend keeps having great, anna sub- big, dramatic meltdowns, ow you’re GAYSUB, then that’s a bad s out your sign. If he punishes you u – if he’s with drama every time he wants to gives you his OK to play ers (which with someone else then ut doesn’t he’s hoping you’ll decide to with oth- stop seeking these experie you was ences out because the emofind that tional price is too great. this rela- You won’t be able to ret 10 years, main in this relationship if two dogs that’s what winds up happening, GAYSUB, so you’re ibe about going to wanna act on your rstandable kinks at least a half a dozGAYSUB, en times before you get a e can un- dog or a mortgage. bout it for nilla stuff Q: My new boyfriend ? Imagine just opened up to me about See?) Yourhis kinks. Nothing crazy: ur sexuali- just bondage and humilg any way iation. While he usualess them – ly meets and dates guys ional toll. off kinky dating sites we esentment met “the old fashioned he reason way” a few months before or express COVID-19 slammed us ns if your here in Chicago: at a potyou to be luck dinner party thrown by a mutual straight ou to be a lady friend. him, then Your name came up during the conversathe free- tion about his interests: he told me he was taku are. For ing your advice and “laying his kink cards on e, porn is the table” before I had made too much of an tlet, GAY- emotional commitment. What’s interesting to ky people me, Dan, is how often this happens. My boyences. friend is easily the fourth guy I’ve dated in the partner is last few years who laid down the exact same to meet a kink cards: wants to be tied up, wants to be needs and called names, wants to be hurt. I’m learning la partner to tie knots and getting better at calling him it or does names when we have sex and I actually really e asked toenjoying spanking him. But I was talking with the aware- a friend – our straight lady mutual (with the t impossi- boyfriend’s OK!) – and she told me she’s never headspace.

had a straight guy open up to her about wanting to be tied up abused. Are gay guys just kinkier?

– Talking Over Perversions I have a theory…

When we’re boys… before we’re ready to come out… we’re suddenly attracted to other boys. And that’s something we usually feel pretty panicked about. It would be nice that first same-sex crush was something a boy could experience without feelings of dread or terror, TOP, but that’s not how it works for most of us. We’re keenly aware that should the object of our desire realize it – if the boy we’re attracted realizes what we’re feeling, if we give ourselves away with a stray look – the odds of that boy reacting badly or even violently are high. Even if you think the boy might not react violently, even if you suspect the boy you’re crushing on might be gay himself, the stakes are too high to risk making any sort of move.

So we stew with feelings of lust and fear.

Sexual desire can make anyone feel fearful and powerless – we’re literally powerless to control these feelings (while we can and must control how we act on these feelings) – but desire and fear are stirred together for us gay boys to much greater degree than they are for straight boys. We fear being found out, we fear being called names, we fear being outed, we fear being physically hurt. And the person we fear most is the person we have a crush on.

A significant number of gay guys wind up imprinting on that heady and very confusing mix of desire and fear. The erotic imaginations of guys like your boyfriend seize on those fears and eroticize them. And then, in adulthood, your boyfriend wants to re-experience those feelings, that heady mix of desire and fear, with a loving partner he trusts. The gay boy who feared being hurt by the person he was attracted to becomes the gay man who wants to be hurt – in a limited, controlled, consensual and safe way – by the man he’s with.

“We’re keenly aware that should the object of our desire realize it – if the boy we’re attracted realizes what we’re feeling, if we give ourselves away with a stray look – the odds of that boy reacting badly or even violently are high.”

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                                                                             

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REGGIE Two-bedroom loft

$1325 / 2br - 1233ft2 - Two Bedroom Loft Apartment Washer Dryer in Unit. 2200 E. Venango Street. Stunning, Brand New Rehab in one of the hottest up and coming neighborhoods, the Frame Factory, located in Port Richmond, is bursting with character and every amenity you can imagine. The Frame Factory, is a former two-story factory that has been converted to 47 open floor plan and two-bedroom loft apartments with 12 feet high ceilings, hardwood floors, and nearly floor to ceiling windows. The ultra modern kitchens include stainless steel appliances and the latest cabinetry with soft-close doors and drawers. The bathrooms and showers are finished with beautiful ceramic tile. Each apartment has a full size washer and dryer and its own water heater. Central air conditioning and ceiling fans in the bedrooms and living room are provided for your comfort. All exterior doors at the Frame Factory Lofts are equipped with keyless entry and there is a telephone system at the front entrance to welcome your guests. There is a bicycle room directly off the lobby and a state-of-the-art package locker system. The building is pet friendly. The main entrance is through a tree and flower lined courtyard. There is gated off-street parking available for our residents. The rear of the property has a large patio area with tables, chairs, umbrellas, a gas grill, hammocks and corn-hole toss. There is a fenced-in dog park on premises. The Frame Factory Lofts are located in Port Richmond, a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, minutes from Fishtown and Northern Liberties. (215) 426-8130.

Heart of Northern Liberties

$2645 / 1br - 824ft2 - Live In The Heart Of #NoLibs Call Today To Reserve This 2 Bedroom! (1050 N Hancock St.) 1 Bedroom apartments available at the brand-new Palazzo at The Piazza in Northern Liberties! Close to restaurants, dry cleaners, gyms, grocery stores and so much more. Take a walk around our 5 min. neighborhood for all your essentials. Act now and call for more information before we’re sold out! Less than a 5 min. walk from: ACME. Liquor Store. DGX. Liberty Lands Park. Doggie Style. Liberties Walk Dry Cleaning. Philly Hair & Makeup Company. Dhyana Yoga. OrangeTheory Fitness NoLibs. Call now to see what Liberties Walk has to offer! (833) 282-0918.

Rittenhouse

$1825 / 1br - 675ft2 - #306 Pine Street Manor. Pine Street Manor is an intimate community situated in the sought-after Rittenhouse Square area. With an unbeatable location, Pine Street Manor is surrounded by the city’s best shopping/dining and is minutes from Center City, historical landmarks and public transportation. The building has a historic brownstone exterior, grandiose interior, common roof deck access with incredible city views and keyless entry into the building and unit. This 1 bedroom 1 bath is approximately 675 square feet with a spacious living/dining area, great bathroom and comfortable bedroom with a big closet! This home features crisp white cabinetry, washer/dryer in unit, individual controlled AC/Heat, gas cooking, dishwasher and a common area roof deck! pinestreetmanor.com.

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Luxury living

$2225 / 2br - 1100ft2 - 2Bed/2Bath Apt. w/parking. Broad Street near Wharton. Enjoy luxury living in the prestigious, newly constructed Armory Lofts building located in booming South Philadelphia. Armory Lofts has close proximity to public transit, Center City, historical landmarks, Passayunk Square and many great gyms and restaurants. Available for an August move in: #404 is a beautiful 2-bedroom unit with a unique layout. This home has 2 full bathrooms, laundry room with stacked washer/dryer, great closets and lots of windows! Enjoy the comfort of your own home with individual controlled Air/ Heat and in -unit Washer/Dryer and Top of the line kitchen, Stainless steel appliances including disposal and dishwasher!

Armoryloftsphilly.com. Armory Lofts Tenants enjoy these great amenities: Roof Deck with incredible views! Key-less Entry.

2 Large Elevators. On-site Parking. Pay Rent Online. Waived Enrollment Fees at a local gym

Spacious apartment

$2225 / 2br - 1050ft2 - Armory Lofts Unit #210. Spacious 2Bed/2Bath Apt for Rent in August! Available for a mid-late August move in: Unit #210: A spacious 2 Bedroom with 2 full size bathrooms. This unit features grand oversized windows, spacious living area, modern kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances, granite countertops & top quality wood cabinetry, central air/heat (w/ individual climate control), wood floors, spacious closets, washer/dryer in unit, overhead lighting/high ceilings throughout and lots of sunshine! http:// armoryloftsphilly.com.

Need room?

$2915 / 3br - 1340ft2 - big on SPACE? need ROOM? 1 Month Rent Free (780 S 52nd St - Baltimore Ave). At The Irvine, we are big on giving you the space you need. We know that you thrive on having a home that offers a place for you and your belongings and we thrive on providing you that and much more. Come on in to see how far we can stretch your dollar at The Irvine. (833) 563-3957.

Ready to move in

$1350 / 2br - 610ft2 - Proper design. Smartly priced. Ready to move-in. S. 49th Street near Locust/Spruce. Croydon Hall is the best kept secret in Walnut Hill! See what we have to offer. Apartment 412 is fully renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath with amazing views and tons of light, featuring granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, spacious layouts, environmentally friendly PVC and tile flooring, heating/AC, and a bathroom equipped with a rainfall shower head, tying everything together with sleek, modern finishes. Unique Features: Online Resident Portal. Package Concierge. Secure Entry. 24 Hour Front Desk Attendant. Enclosed Community Courtyard. Individual Climate Control. Playroom for the kiddies. Free Bicycle Storage and Free Air for bike tires. Within walking distance to Baltimore Ave., there are a number of cafes, restaurants, shops, co-ops, parks, community gardens, & even a tennis court in the neighborhood to enjoy! There are 2 bus stops within a block and a half (#42 & #21) and the MFL station is just a 10-15 minute stroll. Prefer to bike? We’ve got you covered with indoor bicycle racks, too! (215) 490-9595.

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$1050 / 3br - 1800ft2 - Wow! THIS IS AN RENOVATION OF A CLASSIC. (E Allegheny Ave.) Wow! This is an incredible renovation of a classic Philadelphia porch front house in Port Richmond right on Allegheny Avenue. Work isn’t finished yet, but we’re close enough for you to see the house in-person. The house will be available for leases starting as soon as August 1 and as late as September 1. There are so many unique aspects to this house: 1) A FRONT yard for plantings! TEXT: (215) 395-2535.

Rent to own

$1150 / 3br - 1320ft2 - Updated 2 bedroom townhome available-Rent To Own. This property features hardwood floors and newer windows throughout. Enter the first floor through the tiled vestibule to find the spacious living/dining room combo, a slate tiled kitchen with newer contemporary cabinets, butcher block countertops and a farmhouse sink.

Upstairs you’ll find 2 nice sized bedrooms with closet space and a large bathroom with skylight and linen pantry. The basement offers plenty of storage, an updated sewer line, freshly painted parged walls and laundry. Are you tired of throwing away your money month after month just renting?

Then you need our Rent to Own Program. Call us Now. Over the Years we come across way too many people that are not qualified to Rent To Own. So we created the Mortgage Ready Program. There are many properties available in this neighborhood. Under our Rent to Own program you can Customize Your House.....you tell us where you want to live, It will be fixed according to your liking. All of our clients own their house in a very short period of time. Most landlords use “Rent to Own” only as a way to charge you more rent and could care less if you buy the property. Some even prefer you don’t. Tenant Buyers must be looking for purchase, and will be required to work with a company that will help you qualify for a loan. This lovely Spacious house is an example of the type of house you could OWN! Call us to get started!

PHILADELPHIAHOUSE.COM. Call Now! 215-302-1134.

Great neighborhood

$1200 / 3br - 1562ft2 - Home boasts exposed brick walls and hardwood floors. Located in one of the best neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Enter the home into an open living room/ kitchen area. The kitchen has been recently refurbished and includes a new refrigerator and appliances. On the second floor you’ll find a full bathroom as well as an additional room that is perfect as a living room, office, or a guest room. Off the second floor you have a cute balcony. On the third floor is a large bedroom. This home is furnished and decorated in a way that maximizes the small space. PHILADELPHIAHOUSE.COM. Call Now! 215-302-1134.

Center City

$1800 / 1br - CENTER CITY - Great 1 Bedroom Available!

Located in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Washington Square West, The Lincoln at Twelve22 Locust Street, boasts a blend of upscale living with modern finishes. The Lincoln shares the vision of the city that gives it life! A historical renovation immersed amongst the charm of one of the country’s oldest cities, coupled with innovative development seen around the world – all at your doorstep! Chic and modern finishes mesh with the original character of the building to provide the perfect combination of sophistication and comfort. Twelve22 Locust offers the convenience of living in one of Philadelphia’s trendiest neighborhoods – from world class dining to shopping, it has it all! Hardwood floors, City views, W/D in unit, dishwasher, stainless steel appliances and communal roof deck. The Lincoln has an amazing location in easy walking distance of multiple modes of public transportation and tons of shops and restaurants. Call today for showing information, and ask about our virtual tours! (267) 519-3652.

Apex living

$2464 / 3br - 1364ft2 - Apex Manayunk in Philadelphia, 4601 Flat Rock Road. If you’re looking for a modern and hip space to call home, then look no further than Apex Manayunk. Located in Philadelphia, we feature modern 1, 2, and 3-bedroom loft style apartments and townhomes, many with dens. Our 2 and 3-bedroom townhomes have a fun and industrial feel. That’s because Apex Manayunk expertly blends three brand-new buildings with four historic textile mill structures to create one of the region’s most exciting luxury apartment communities. Pet-friendly living. Vivint Smart Home Features in all Apartments. 48-hour Maintenance Commitment. Front Desk attendant during mornings and evenings to greet you and assist you with anything and everything. Jogging trail right outside your door. Game Room with Billiards Table, Shuffleboard, and more. State-of-the-art fitness center overlooking the Manayunk canal. Huge walk-in closets with ample storage. Upgraded One, Two and Three Bedroom Loft Style Apartment Homes and Townhomes, many with dens.

Upgraded Gourmet Kitchens with Stainless Steel Appliances, Granite Countertops and Breakfast Bar Seating. (844) 876-7619.

Open floor plan

$1100 / 3br - 1900ft2 - This Rent To Own home features a gorgeous dark brick facade (N 4th St.) Enter into an open floor plan, solid hardwood floors throughout, space for dining and a huge open kitchen with quartz counters, shaker cabinetry, tile backsplash, stainless appliance package with French door refrigerator and a pull out freezer drawer. There are recessed lights throughout the home. The rear yard is spacious and accessible through the kitchen. Full finished basement with utility room. The 2nd floor includes hall laundry, stack front load washer and dryer, a stunning hall bath with vanity storage, soaking tub and designer inspired tile work. There are 2 large bedrooms both with enormous windows and ample closet space. PHILADELPHIAHOUSE.COM. Call Now! 215-302-1134.

Live in a landmark

$3730 / 3br - 1427ft2 - Lincoln Square Luxurious 3 Bedroom.

At the crossroads of Center City and South Philadelphia, Lincoln Square is in the heart of Philadelphia’s excitement.

Experience Philadelphia’s latest luxury rental units, featuring top-of-the-line finishes throughout and an abundance of natural light. These spacious apartments come complete with quartz counter tops, stainless steel appliances, movable kitchen islands, Mechoshade blinds, and Bosch washer/ dryer in unit. In addition to that the building offers a package locker system, pickup/drop off dry cleaning service, outdoor track and dog park for your four-legged friends and 24 hour concierge. This accessible location is a hub of retail and contemporary living that features best-in-class amenities, stunning panoramic skyline views and impressive apartments.

Located right above Target and Sprouts Organic Grocery Market. Whether you are shopping and dining right here in the square, or just steps down the road in Center City, everything you need is at your fingertips. 1000 South Broad is easily accessible by walking, car, or subway from anywhere in the city. With multiple floor plans to choose from, there is something for everyone so call to schedule your showing today! Call Tyrell @ (267) 442-8451.

$1630 / 1br - 670ft2 - Finally, the time has come to live in an iconic piece of Philadelphia (699 N Broad St #704). Finally, the time has come to live in an iconic piece of Philadelphia history. Originally built in 1894 as the Lorraine Apartments.

The revitalization of the century aged Divine Lorraine boasts a blend of upscale living with modern amenities. Residents will be able to unwind in the vibrant atmosphere reflecting the storied history of a Philly Landmark. Large, open floor plans allow you to maximize your living area while living just steps away from world-class dining and retail. Apartment finishes combine sleek industrial touches, while maintaining the vintage charm of the Divine Lorraine. The modern kitchens feature top of the line appliances and beautiful light granite countertops. Unit Amenities: Stainless Steel GE Appliances including Dishwasher and Microwave. LG Washer and Dryer in ALL units. Granite Countertops. Modern Plank Flooring. Vintage, industrial light fixtures. Plenty of Closet Space. Subway tiled showers. Ceramic tiled bathroom floors.

Premium shaker birch wood cabinets. Commercial/Fusion style kitchen faucets. Contemporary bathroom fixtures.

Building Features: Restaurants & Shops on main level. 24/7 doorman. On-site fitness center. Resident Lounge with amenities featuring a rooftop pool, gym and sundeck located at Lofts 640 just a block away available for residents’ use, restaurants and shops on the main level of the building, and more amazing world-renowned restaurants within walking distance, and all of the public transportation that Center City can offer, there is no better place in Philadelphia to make home than The Divine Lorraine. This is your opportunity to ‘Live in a Landmark.’ 215-647-0699.

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Easy experience

Lincoln Square

$1565 / 1br - 1607 Catharine St, Unit B- Spacious 1 BDRM w/ Updated Amenities! (Graduate Hospital). Catharine Street near 16th Street. Do not miss the opportunity to live in this state-of-the-art, luxury apartment complex in the former YWCA building at 1607 Catharine Street. In the heart of Graduate Hospital, you’ll be minutes from Broad Street and South Street. Located in the lower level, this 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit is spacious with its impressively tall ceilings and flooded with natural light. The open floor plan invites you into the living room and kitchen complete with stainless steel appliances that include a dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator and gas stove/oven. The full bathroom is a beautiful mix between modern and classic with the contemporary vanity sink with cabinet doors and drawers, and retro subway tiles and dark gray grout. Finally, the bedroom is spacious with tall ceilings and includes a walk in closet. You will also enjoy: 1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom. Elevator building. Secured entry. Trash room. Bike room. Fitness center. Wi-Fi enabled thermostat. Central air and gas heat. Comcast Cable and Verizon Fios ready. Front loaded washer/dryer in unit. Sorry, this unit is strictly no pets. (215) 735-7368.

$1360 / 2br - 880ft2 - 2 Bed 1 Bath. 801 Willopenn Drive. We do things differently to provide you with an easy experience from the second you start searching for your new apartment, with features such as a security deposit alternative, 30-day move-in guarantee, no-fee transfer and move-out flexibility options, no weight limits on pets, Airbnb friendly, 24/7 phone support, full quality move-in inspection, plus online applications, payments and service requests. Make your move to The Dorchester Apartments today. Security Deposit Alternative. Furniture Discount. Convenient Relocation. Full Quality Inspection. Online Leasing & Service Requests. 24/7 Phone Support. Home Purchase Freedom. 30-day Move-in Satisfaction. Airbnb Friendly. Call: 215-234-7769.

PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY | JULY 2 - 9, 2020

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