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The Fires of 1700 Block Walnut Street

By David S. Traub Contributing Writer

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remember well New Year’s Eve, 1989. I had been overseas until that afternoon, but in the evening, I was invited to a celebration at Susannah Foo’s restaurant, then on the 1500 block of Walnut Street. On the way, my wife and I walked through Rittenhouse Square, crossed

18th Street, turned onto the 1700 Block of Walnut. There immediately confronting us was the blocked sidewalk and the scattered debris left from a devastating fire at 1712 Walnut Street that took place days before on December 27th.

Ice caked the charred remains of the buildings and the fallen rubble beneath. Suddenly, I too, was frozen with shock, particularly having a

strong identity with the block, as my architectural office had been located just down the street at 1704 since 1976. My colleague, architect Richard Conway Meyer, a tenant at 1712, returned to the site to find his exquisite drawings burned in the fire. Not only was a building lost, but a life’s work up to then, incinerated.

Richard loved the character and scale of the block, decided

to stay, and moved into my building at 1704.

Fast forward to the night of May 30, 2020 when demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set fire to 1706, 1708, and 1710 Walnut, all immediately adjacent to 1712, the site of the earlier fire.

As reported by Inga Saffron of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections recently has determined that the still standing three facades

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Philadelphia Celebrates Pivotal Role in 2020 Election Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

Marchons, marchons!

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hiladelphia erupted in song, dance, and pure elation Saturday as the news finally broke – after more than three days of counting ballots – that the city had delivered Joe Biden a victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

Biden’s victory was projected late Saturday morning by most major news outlets, including NBC News, Fox News, CNN, and the Associat-

Young woman hoisting Philly’s Rocky victory salute, “YO Adrian!” Photo: C.D.

ed Press. The projection came just after the release of new vote tallies from Philadelphia, which led networks to call the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania for Biden – yielding him the needed majority in the Electoral College to become president-elect.

Philadelphians who oppose Trump were quick to recognize their role in history. Thousands in neighborhoods across the city spontaneously gathered to celebrate the president’s defeat and mark the impending end of the Trump era. By the afternoon, streets from Independence Hall to Clark Park were lined with jubilant Philadelphians dancing, singing,

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Part II: Hilco Executive VP Jeremy Grey discusses Hilco’s Master Plan jobs during and after the cleanup was high on the list of neighborhood residents’ issues, as was Discussing the Hilco repeatedly demanded by Philly Master Plan Thrive, a grassroots non-profit In the first part of this report, agency speaking for neighborhood which was published here last residents. week, residents of the Point Breeze Harris Steinberg, executive and Gray’s Ferry neighborhoods director of the Lindy Institute in South Philadelphia and other at Drexel University, revealed stakeholders in the outcome of the details of a study “Visioning the PES Refinery’ proposed repurFuture of The PES Refinery Composing commented on the issues plex.” In this study, researchers associated with the acquisition by urged stakeholders to consider the Hilco Redevelopment Partners. potential benefit to Philadelphia Gray’s Ferry and Point Breeze that would accrue upon cleanup, residents expressed concern about repurposing, and integration of clean up at the site, pollution dur- the site into the city’s infrastrucing the cleanup, soil contaminature. Mr. Steinberg cautioned tion, and demanded “a seat at the that the Lindy study was not a table” in any discussions and ac- blueprint for repurposing the site; tions to determine the future use instead, it was a call to initiate of the 1300-acre site. Access to and excite discussion among the

By Marc Holmes III Community Writer

various stakeholders. Moreover, Mr. Steinberg reflected on the difficulty in accomplishing this in the absence of a Master plan from Hilco. Note Hilco disputes this and asserts, “Hilco’s masterplan has been submitted to the City and other agencies and discussed several times in public/ community meetings.” The Lindy study was positive in stressing the “PES refinery represents the single most important development site in the city.”

Clean Air Council executive director and chief counsel Joseph Minott outlined problems related Hilco Executive VP Jeremy Grey to pollution and environmental degradation at the site and the need for remediation before repur- expressing positive notes about the potential deriving from the posing. Mr. Minott also warned repurposing proposed by Hilco. against anticipating a quick and trouble-free cleanup while also continued on page 8

should be demolished. According to Jonathan Farnham, executive director of the Historical Commission, L & I seeks demolition to provide for public safety. This ruling

by L & I will still have to be brought before the Historical Commission for formal approval since the three are within the Rittenhouse-Fitler Historical District established to protect just such buildings.

Farnham further stated that if the building were demolished, the preservation ordinance (governing historic districts) requires that the building owners reconstruct their properties to their original appearance, within a year.

The three structures are part of a string of eight low-scale historic buildings on the south side of the 1700 block, bookended by high-rise buildings at either corner. They are remnants of the time when the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood was filled with the residences of prominent and wealthy Philadelphians.

The building at 1708 was designed by the famous architectural firm of Furness & Hewitt as a residence for the Hugh W. Catherwood family. Later it became the Jacques Ferber Fur Salon and evidently was remodeled to provide for retail.

The façade is distinguished by a two- part storefront rendered handsomely in burnished bronze. The lower part has large plate glass display windows. The upper serves effectively as a multi-paned clerestory bringing light into to the high-ceiled show room.

On the secondXfloor are three ...elegantly proportioned tall windows reaching to the floor and fronted with French balconies. Along the way to the third floor intricate figurations decorate the stone façade. The cornice is much elaborated architecturally extending down x windows to the thirdPage floor which are capped X by characteristically “Furnessian” hood... like lintels.

The two damaged buildings to either side of the Furness building are much plainer in design, but with their punched, double-hung windows, modillion supported continued on page 4

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and reveling in the moment that many had been waiting for since Trump’s election in 2016.

Many carried homemade signs that mocked the president, cherished American democracy, and bragged about Philadelphia’s characteristic grit – with some alluding to Rocky and others to the 2018 Eagles Super Bowl win. And of course, there were plenty of references to Gritty, with at least one person in West Philadelphia dressing as the renowned Flyers mascot.

There was even a fullsize float of an eagle parading in front of City Hall, seeming to symbolize the city’s leading role in another seismic moment for the nation.

“It’s an exciting time, we’re sort of making history right now,” said Andy Revell, who was holding a sign that read “Thank you Philly.”

“I don’t know how many times in life you can be living in the city that ends the presidency of the worst president in our country’s history,” said Yohan, a local Philadelphia who declined to give his last name. “I’m out here to celebrate this, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event.”

Adding to the excitement in the crowd was the historic nature of the vice president-elect.

Biden’s running mate, California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, is the first Black American and first Indian American to be elected vice president, as well as the first woman to be on a winning presidential ticket.

“Kamala Harris, my god, first woman of color

to be vice president, madame vice president,” said Rachel, a University of Delaware alumna who also declined to give her last name. “I’m over the moon the excited, there’s nothing that could be better on a day like today.”

“Go Hens!” Rachel added, noting that the University of Delaware was Biden’s alma mater.

Seeing how the crowds had continued to swell throughout the day, Golan Perry, who was holding a sign that told the president to call for a U-Haul moving van, praised city residents for showing solidarity with one another.

“I’ve never seen this much unity in Philadelphia,” Perry said. “The Eagles winning is different, this is the presidency and people are coming together like this.”

London, a member of another celebratory crowd who declined to give his last name, said he thought that this cohesion empowered antiTrump Philadelphians to put up a unified front against the president’s reelection effort.

“Philly ended up winning the state over and got Donald Trump out of here, and that’s what we needed for our community as a whole, everyone came together as one,” London said. “We’re all one, we’re all the same, we’re all equal, there’s love out here.”

Hannah Spece, who was carrying a sign that read “We the People Trust the Process,” – in reference to the U.S. Constitution and the 76ers rally cry – contrasted Saturday’s joyous community atmosphere with the heavily Democratic city’s grim reaction to Trump’s victory in 2016.

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“Four years ago, this city was silent after the election,” Spece said.

“And for everyone to be out dancing in celebration, it’s the end of so much division.”

“It’s time to heal,” she added, coincidentally foreshadowing the Bible verses that Biden would recite in his Saturday night victory speech.

Unlike rallies earlier in the week, where proTrump Philadelphians stood opposite antiTrump counter demonstrators, support for the president was near nonexistent Saturday.

Among the anti-Trump crowds that materialized, face masks were prevalent, but many disregarded the six-foot social distancing guidelines meant to help control the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – which was one of the defining issues of the 2020 presidential race. There have been more than 10 million recorded cases of COVID-19 nationwide, according to John Hopkins University, and at press time, 238,251 Americans had reportedly died of the disease. The current daily rate of reported COVID-19 infections in Pennsylvania is now the highest on record.

Philadelphia public health officials recommended Monday that anyone who attended post-election celebrations or protests over the weekend should quarantine for 14 days. Officials also recommended that attendees be tested for COVID-19 seven days after their latest exposure to a large crowd.

Despite the pandemic, crowds that took to the streets Saturday only grew more exuberant and raucous over time.

People began dancing around marching drum lines; and by nightfall, like during the Eagles 2018 Super Bowl run, people began climbing up traffic poles – with one person in a Joe Biden mask leading cheers from atop a poll on Broad Street outside City Hall.

The joy and unity of the crowd was precipitated by a deep and widespread acrimony towards Trump. In front of City Hall, people circled around a punching bag bearing Trump’s face, and attacked the presi-

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PA Senate GOP leaders call for resignation of top elecconstantly changtion official ing“The guidance she has

By Christen Smith The Center Square

delivered to counties not only directly contradicts the Election Code lanenate Republiguage she is sworn to can leaders said uphold, but also conflicts Tuesday night her own litigation stateSecretary of State Kathy ments and decisions of Boockvar should resign both the Pennsylvania after giving contradicSupreme Court and the tory guidance to counties United States Supreme about processing absen- Court,” Majority Leader tee ballots received after Jake Corman, R-Centre, Nov. 3.

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Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar (center) speak Oct. 27, 2020, during a news conference in Harrisburg as Gov. Tom Wolf (left) looks on.

Image courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services

32BJ Seiu essential workers show up in record numbers, help deliver Biden-Harris victory

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fter running one of the largest programs in this election cycle to engage and turn out infrequent voters, 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) formally congratulated Presidentelect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their decisive victory. Today, the union representing 175,000 service workers up and down the east coast, celebrated a Biden/Harris ticket following a wave of support by voters of color, many of whom have been essential workers during the pandemic.

“I really believe in democracy, and watching those numbers go up this morning I felt like this is OUR victory. We did this, here in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection! I just want to say how proud I am

to have played a role in this historic election with my union. Together we turned out our members and their communities like never before and it’s so rewarding to see all these phone calls and volunteer hours pay off,” said Audra Traynham, a Philadelphia office cleaner and 32BJ SEIU. 32BJ members played an essential role in electing Biden, Harris and progressive candidates in PA and VA, and raising the wage to $15 in FL. 32BJ members who have been essential workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, organized their communities and showed up in record numbers to cast their ballots for new leadership who will reform our democracy, rebuild our country and fundamentally transform our economy. continued on page 9

Pennsylvania state GOP won’t overrule popular vote

By Christen Smith The Center Square

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epublican leaders in the General Assembly confirmed Friday that a certified popular vote victory for Joe Biden will stand, despite rumors to the contrary still circulating on social media.

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, and House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, told reporters that legislators care only that the state follows election law, no matter the outcome.

“Our role is to provide oversight,” Corman said. “Certainly we want to stay with that tradition that the popular vote gets the electorate.”

“We have a member who won by one vote,” Cutler added. “We’ve had the majority in the House hinge on less than 30 votes. The process we had in place previously worked, we just wish it was followed this time.”

Cutler’s comments reference the Supreme Court ruling that allowed county election officials to tabulate ballots postmarked Tuesday and received through 5 p.m. Friday.

The leaders also remain critical of Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar for releasing contradictory guidance on the eve of the election that encouraged some counties to reach out to voters with invalid ballots to come fill out provisional ones instead. Corman called for Boockvar’s resignation just after the polls closed Tuesday, noting that the guidance isn’t supported by state law.

Cutler also asked for

Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (left) and House Speaker Mike Turzai, speaks Feb. 5, 2019, in response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget address. Image courtesy of Pennsylvania Cable Network

a full audit of the 2020 general election, just as he did for the primary conducted back in June.

“What we will do is we will follow the law,” Corman said. “That’s what we’ve asked for in this process all along.

Corman first addressed the rumors that the GOP-controlled Legislature would use their power to redirect Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes to President Donald Trump in the summer. He penned an op-ed with House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff in the Centre Daily Times, saying “the Pennsylvania General Assembly does not and will not have a hand in choosing the state’s presidential electors or in deciding the outcome of the presidential election.”

The question comes amid allegations of voter fraud from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. As of Friday at 4 p.m., Biden leads Trump by fewer than 15,000 votes after closing a 15-point gap that opened up early Wednesday.

Corman said 100,000 provisional and overseas ballots have yet to be processed. The Department of State website indicates about 112,000 ballots left un-

counted.

Trump cannot win reelection without Pennsylvania’s electoral votes – or those still outstanding in North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada, the latter two of which Biden also holds a narrow lead.

Christen Smith Staff Reporter Christen Smith follows Pennsylvania’s General Assembly for The Center Square. She is an award-winning reporter with more than a decade of experience covering state and national policy issues for niche publications and local newsrooms alike.

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City Safari: Getting into the fray

cannot stomach a diversity of opinions.

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That’s when I encoun- is to present an opinion tered a post aimed at lo- that you may disagree cal writer Christine Flow- with. Conversely, there ers. Flowers, of course, is are conservatives with a conservative columnist narrow minds who canand immigration lawyer not tolerate a diversity of opinions when it comes who once wrote for The to liberal views. These Philadelphia Inquirer but who is now happily em- people are just as bad as the liberal thought mafia. ployed by The Delaware Both extremes deserve County Times. Flowers’ our hearty condemnacolumns sometimes irtion. ritate people—liberals According to this Facewith narrow minds who

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book post, Flowers sent a Tweet or an Instagram message calling attention to 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ weight as well as the gap between her two front teeth. Flowers’ Tweet was posted on FB with the header that perhaps she needed to be fired from The Delaware County Times because she seemed to be making fun of Abrams’ weight and that gap between her two front teeth.

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cornices, and dormers, they fit the familiar Philadelphia vernacular. With the other five, small-scale buildings, a valuable, traditional streetscape remains, evoking for us the past in a part of the city that has changed so much.

The building at 1712 Walnut damaged by fire in 1989 was eventually rebuilt as a low three-story structure matching the height of its neighbors.

The fire took place before the enactment of the Historic District, so the owners were not required to meticulously replicate the original. Though not exemplary architecture, it serves to maintain the scale of the streetscape.

An interesting note is that the architects in their design of the high-rise Rittenhouse Claridge apartment, at the corner of 18th and Walnut, stepped the building down on the Walnut Street frontage to fit the scale of the row of residential-like, historic structures stretching to the east. This was an act of sensitive, enlightened urbanism.

Looking ahead, there is the possibility that the owners will resist having to reconstruct the facades as they were. Also is a possibility that a developer will want to acquire the properties, consolidate the lots and build there a high rise or a single low-rise building. If this occurs, these matters

Fire Damaged Furness Designed Building. Photo: David S. Traub

would again be brought before the Historical Commission. A preservation battle looms…

The corner of the city in recent years has lost much of its small-scale historic fabric. In the year 2000 the entire stretch of charming, little buildings on the 1600 block of Sansom Street in the National East Center City Commercial Historic District was demolished, nine structures in total.

In 2004, four building on 18th Street, Rindelaub’s Row, in the RittenhouseFitler Historic were demolished. In 2017, the handsome Oliver Bair Funeral Home, one of a low-scale trinity, that the courts had formerly ruled must be saved, was torn down.

But now twenty years later, after the obliteration of historic properties on the 1600 block of Sansom in 2000, Philadelphia’s preservation community is populated with younger, more diverse, motivated, and alert members. Had these people been active in past years, this new, energized, preservation cadre might have prevented the string of unfortunate demolitions. Let’s hope now they will come forward to prevent another such catastrophe on the 1700 block of Walnut, one of Philadelphia premier shopping streetscapes.

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Christmas Village in Philadelphia returns to Love Park and City Hall with a socially distanced layout, thorough safety protocols and separated food and shopping areas

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hristmas Village in Philadelphia, the authentic open-air German-style Christmas Market at LOVE Park and City Hall, is excited to announce its return from Thanksgiving Day, November 26 through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020 with a considerably modified layout and extensive safety precautions in response to COVID-19. In its 13th season, the outdoor market will once again host a Preview Weekend on Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22.

In accordance with all city and statewide guidelines, Christmas Village in Philadelphia will be set up in a socially distanced and safe way featuring only half the amount of vendors. This year, visitors can still dine on and enjoy their favorite European dishes including Bratwurst, Raclette Cheese and Schnitzel in a fencedoff and crowd-controlled outdoor food court with spacing between tables.

This year’s outdoor shopping area will be set up with a one-way system around the outer limits of LOVE Park for a linear and spaced walking concept allowing proper social distancing. All vendors will be ten feet apart

VID-19, Christmas Village in Philadelphia will meet and exceed all local and state guidelines in terms of health and safety protocols. Organizers have the well-being of all guest, vendors and staff members at the top of their mind, the German Christmas market will run at 50 percent of exhibitors but still with more than 60 vendors offering seasonal decorations and unique Close-up of Holiday Carousel. Photo- submitted by Christmas Village gifts for the holidays. from each other at miniof normalcy in 2020.”

Crowd-favorite Kathe mum. Vendors around the Bauer added, “With Wohlfahrt, will offer Gerouter permitter will also the changes this year, and man Christmas decoraall face outward toward with safety as our top pri- tions and ornaments in a the street. Waiting areas ority, we strongly encour- well-ventilated tent, alfor access to the food court age weekday visits this lowing a limited number and shopping will all be year. With many people of guests a time. socially distanced. working from home and Food and drink lov“After a very challeng- having flexible schedules, ers can look forward to ing year, we are excited to we want to remind every- traditional and popular bring back a safe and soone that we are open sev- European dishes such as cially distanced version of en days a week and there Bratwurst, Schnitzel, RaChristmas Village in Phil- are less crowds Mondays clette Cheese, Kasespatzle adelphia without losing to Thursdays. We are also (European style Mac and the charm of a traditional open during the day time Cheese) and Tarte Flambé European Christmas hours during the week, as well seasonal drinks market,” says Christmas and Christmas Village is including hot chocolate, Village President Thomas a great spot to visit for mulled wine by ChaddsBauer. “We are extremely lunch as well! No matter ford Winery and local thankful to the City of when you visit, we want craft beers courtesy of Bar Philadelphia, Philadelphia to remind everyone to Hygge/Brewery Techne.

Parks & Recreation and wear their masks and stay In addition to LOVE the Philadelphia Health at least ‘one Christmas Park, Christmas Village Department for their sup- tree length’ (six feet) away in Philadelphia will also port and guidance to give from all other guests! San- take over the North Apron Philadelphians something ta will indeed be watchof City Hall and the City positive to look forward to ing – and the rules will be Hall Courtyard to bring during the holiday season enforced.” back additional vendors and to bring back a piece In response to COand the beloved Holiday Carousel in a socially distanced way. Stay tuned for details!

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while they consume their food and drinks. Moreover, guests are advised to keep at least one Christmas tree length apart – at minimum of six feet in distance - in all directions to fellow shoppers and vendors and to sanitize their hands frequently at one of the installed sanitizing stations throughout the park. Many vendors offer contactless ways to shop and check-out. Extensive signage will guide visitors in the right directions and remind them to follow all rules. Guests

that feel sick or have been in contact with a sick person are required to stay home.

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millimeters. It can develop between any teeth.

Treatment is not usually necessary for medical reasons. But if a person dislikes the appearance of their diastema, it is possible to close or narrow the gap.”

The Flowers post drew a lot of comments, mostly from people on the other side of the political spectrum who had always put the conservative columnist on their enemies list. The comments, typically, were unflattering and reminded me of the comments from liberals directed at other conservative commentators. Many expressed shock that Flowers could say such things and then went on to call her a racist. Ideally, of course, commenting on a person’s personal appearance is never good

and should be avoided but when it happens reaction should be kept in perspective.

Criticizing a person because they have a gap between their front teeth has about as much to do with racism as a fish riding a bicycle.

Many overweight people embrace the word ‘fat’ and say it with pride, and yet judging from the severity of the comments you might have thought that Flowers had flipped her lid and done something truly disastrous like blow up a public building or looted some stores on Rittenhouse Square. Her offense, if indeed it can even be called that, was merely a speck of dust on the wide map of real city offenses that have been committed of late, and for that reason not worthy of any outrage at all.

I felt sorry for Flowers.

Indeed, as a writer and columnist myself, I’ve

been on the receiving end of harassment and bullying. When it happens to you for the first time it is always a shock.

You feel persecuted and harassed but then you realize that this is something that comes with the territory. People on social media love to gang up on people who express views they don’t agree with. They love to bully and intimidate. These bullying social media gangs go out of their way to get friends and friends of friends to write comments and letters and make it look as if the whole world is crashing down in outrage on the “offender’s” head.

It’s all a sham and a game of smoke and mirrors because “the outrage” is made to look much larger than it really is.

Conservative commentator and global UK gadabout Katie Hopkins glories in being the

most hated woman in all of Britain. Hopkins has learned to love the controversy. Bring it on, she says. All newspaper columnists need to adopt the Hopkins attitude.

As for Flowers being called an abhorrent scandalous “racist,” I was curious to see how she replied to the mob on that Facebook post.

Writers who have been through this know that there’s a choice: Do you engage with the mob when you are being attacked, or do you take the high road, step aside and say nothing and just let them attack you? Engaging has its risks. You risk being drawn into an endless squabble from which there is no escape.

You are certainly not going to change anyone’s mind.

Flowers did respond to the Facebook attacks.

It was in reply to someone who promised to do all they could to get her fired from that Delco newspaper. Flowers’ response was a mere, “I’m quivering in my boots.”

Her response, of course, enraged the mob even more.

I’ve been on Flowers’ radio show when she had a show, and she once came to a lecture of mine at the Library Company, so we are sort of friends but not real friends. It’s more of a writerly association with occasional

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dent in effigy. People also frequently shouted the chorus of the song “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” and chanted “F— Donald Trump.”

Yohan said he believed that Trump was so reviled because he was “the most un-American president,” accusing him of “not protecting our democracy,” and subverting democratic norms.

“Trump is the most un-American president we’ve had by far,” Yohan said. “Those who are against Trump need to take that word back, ‘America.’”

Trump, in a break with historical precedent, has yet to concede the race to President-elect Biden. He instead is alleging that the vote tallies of cities in several battleground states have fallen victim

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how-do-you-do’s exchanged on social media.

But when I saw that she was being attacked on Facebook, I jumped into fray, lasso in the air and my mental pen on fire.

I know how important it is to have people rush in to speak up for you at moments like this.

So, I spoke up. And my speaking up led to my hearing the other side of the story.

Online bullying is not the province of the Left but can just as easily happen on the Right. So, I got the story of how the Right, or Flowers’ fans,

bullied the poster of this FB thread that called into question Flowers’ competence as a columnist. I was informed that Flowers’ fans swamped the anti-Flowers poster’s FB page with just as much snake venom as was directed at Flowers herself.

This person then gave me a few examples of what was said, some of it not very nice but, in the end, mostly just sticks and stones, words meant to hurt and insult but ultimately just words.

A big fat exchange of insulting words… with the accent on ‘fat’ of

to large-scale voter fraud, singling out Philadelphia as a place where “bad things happen.” Trump has not produced evidence to support these claims, and his allegations of widespread voter fraud remain unsubstantiated.

Carol Jenkins, a Democratic ward leader in University City and retired political science professor from Temple University, said she was “hoping our institutions are strong enough,” to facilitate an orderly and peaceful transfer of power in the event Trump never concedes.

“He doesn’t have to legally concede, that has nothing to do with the official vote,” Jenkins said. “It’s just going to be another contentious behavior of his.”

“And who’s surprised by this?” Jenkins added.

“It’s been his entire method of governing

since the day he took office.”

Trump and the Pennsylvania Republican Party have turned to federal courts to disqualify mailin ballots that arrived at local election boards after 8 p.m. on Election Day, which were allowed to be counted under a deadline extension authorized by the Democraticcontrolled state Supreme Court. It is exceedingly unlikely, however, for the disqualification of these ballots to overturn Biden’s victory in the commonwealth, where he has now amassed a lead of over 45,000 votes according to the Associated Press.

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893-1999.  FringeArts is on Zoom on Nov. 13 in a 90-minute program featuring the Get Pegged Cabaret with John Jarboe and the Bearded Ladies plus Tareke Ortiz, Veronica Chapman-Smith and Emyne, a Pay What You Can event. Access and details at 215-413-1318.  Network for New Music’s Virtual 30-minute concert on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. offers music by Gregory T. S. Walker and Emma O’Halloran with Hirono Oka and Julia Li, violins, and Matthew Levy, saxophone and electronics. 215-848-7647 for details.  Astral Artists’ digital Nova Series highlights Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Emily Levin on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., an exploration of visual art and music, with beloved harp masterpieces and the works of painter Gustav Klimt.

Information at 215-7356999.  The Academy of Vocal Arts has two events on Nov. 14, a virtual concert when the new resident artists of this unique training academy perform their first recital program as a virtual event, plus participating in WRTI’s 90.1 “Opera Day” from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. Details on the live evening program, timing and other information at 215-735-1685 or www. avaopera.org  Another rarity from Amici Opera on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m., the almost unknown “I Promessi Sposi” based on the great classic Italian novel, music by Ponchielli, and then on Nov. 15, Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” at 3 p.m., repeated on Nov. 21 at 4 p.m.

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Wolfe said that Trump’s success in Philcontinued from page 6 adelphia stemmed from the violent unrest that somewhat improved. at times accompanied According to an analythe racial justice protests sis by The Philadelphia that have gripped the Inquirer, Trump slightly city and country since increased his vote share June. in the city from 2016 to The National Guard, 2020. He also won one illustrating Wolfe’s more city ward and sev- theory, was stationed eral more electoral divi- throughout Philadelphia sions than he did when during the celebration running against Hillary Saturday. Pennsylvania Clinton.

Gov. Tom Wolf deployed Republicans also did guardsmen to the city in well in down-ballot, response to the unrest statewide races, while that stemmed from the GOP legislators mount- Oct. 26 death of Walter ed a successful defense Wallace Jr. – a Black man of their majorities in who was shot and killed both chambers of the

by Philadelphia police in state General Assembly. Cobbs Creek.

Matt Wolfe, a GOP The need to stop ward leader in Univerdeaths like Wallace’s sity City and a former and to achieve racial state deputy attorney equality also weighed general, said he believed on celebrators’ minds the relative success of Saturday. down-ballot RepubliDealva Osselton was cans was the result of a at City Hall holding a strong state Republican sign that commemorated Party organization. He Breonna Taylor, a Black also cited the recent woman who in March removal of the straight- was killed by police in ticket button, which Kentucky, and whose allows people to vote death worked to inspire for all a political party’s the year’s racial justice nominees at once, as a protests. Osselton said reason for the GOP’s that while the election of success.

Biden over Trump was a

sign of progress, people must continue to work for racial equality and equality for the LGBTQ community.

“The reason I’m out here tonight is that even though we’ve won, we still have a large fight ahead of us,” Osselton said.

Onetha McKnight, who campaigned for the Biden-Harris ticket, likewise said that she believed the defeat of Donald Trump was a step towards creating a more just society in the long run.

“I’m doing this for my children and my grandchildren,” McKnight said. “This isn’t all about me, it’s for our future.”

Hannah Spece, who was holding the sign referencing the U.S. Constitution and the 76ers, said that Saturday signified what can be achieved in the city and across the country through the system of American democracy.

“We’re in Philadelphia, the home of the Constitution and the Declaration [of Independence],” Spece said. “So, we the people trust the process.”

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HILCO

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Minott opined, “Philadelphia has a once in a generation opportunity to rethink the long-term future of this important site to ensure it protects our environment, health, and safety while spurring economic development and high-paying union jobs.”

Brian Abernathy, Philadelphia’s managing director and co-chair of Mayor Kenny’s Refinery Advisory Group, in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, had praise for Hilco. “I think they can be really strong partners. Not that everything’s gonna be hunkydory all the time, because nothing’s ever easy with development projects of this size...I think Hilco’s approach and their ability to communicate with the city is leaps and bounds above where we were.”

By acquiring a property with a troubled background and a history of being Philadelphia’s “largest industrial source of harmful air pollutants and climate pollution,” Hilco Redevelopment Partners overnight becomes a significant force in the economic future of the nation’s sixth-largest city. Headquartered in Chicago, Hilco has experience developing and repurposing industrial sites notably, in Boston, New Jersey, and Baltimore. As a guide for future use of the PES refinery site, Mayor Kenny’s Refinery Advisory Group offered five guiding values reflecting a consensus of stakeholder concerns. These are Public Safety; positive impact on public health and the environment, the longterm economic benefit to Philadelphia and its residents; provide direct community investment, and engage meaningfully with surrounding communities, and finally, provide for diverse uses/ activities on the 1300-acre site.

In an interview with Mr. Jeremy Grey, Hilco, Executive vice-president for development, he discussed their plans to meet these guiding values as repurposing efforts proceed. Mr. Grey emphasized Hilco’s considerable experience with repurposing contaminated ground field sites that once saw usage as complex industrial sites

such as power plants, steel mills, and the like.

Hilco accomplishes repurposing in phases, and as Mr. Grey explains, “We look at these sites very holistically. We fully align the demolition, the decommissioning, the remediation, and the development to have a successful outcome.”

Stakeholders’ expectations of a successful outcome (which now include Hilco as the site owner) would be to return the refinery to commercial use, albeit as something other than a refinery.

Mr. Grey says the period between the PES declaration of bankruptcy and the sale closing, Hilco was able to use that time for “due diligence,” which enabled the environmental experts at Hilco to study and assess the best approach to remediate the contamination and environmental degradation.

A soil management plan was created and coordinated with EPA, Pennsylvania DEP, and other relevant agencies.

Hilco intends to use this plan as a roadmap for the removal/remediation of contaminated soil. Mr. Grey describes the process this way. “We will characterize the soil, and we will have active management of the soil during the redevelopment and soils that don’t meet certain criteria those will be disposed of offsite.”

Specific details for redeveloping the refinery site may be contingent upon environmental remediation.

What to do with contaminated soil does not seem to generate unanimous support for a single approach. Of increasing concern as expressed by neighborhood residents and representatives from some of the organizations involved in the just ended struggle to close the refinery is a plan proposed by Hilco that would cap contaminated soil and build over the cap. Mr. Grey explains this would only occur under certain conditions. “There’s extensive cleanup of the subsurface soils. That will continue, and then the soils will be tested to determine if an engineered barrier can go on top of them. But they have to meet certain requirements to do that.”

An additional compli-

cating problem relates to potential flooding. Mr. Grey explains the fix for this problem. “One of the main drivers is to make sure that the site is able to be brought out of the flood plain...We’re going to be bringing the site out [by] raising the ground surface elevations higher than what’s required by current statutes and regulations to make sure we have resiliency in mind as we masquerade the property.”

When the PES refinery was in operation, neighborhood residents regularly complained of noxious and toxic fumes permeating the air causing respiratory illnesses, especially among young children and older adults. Mr. Grey says Hilco will address air pollution problems consistent with relevant government agencies’ standards on the federal, state, and local levels. Since oil refining operations have ceased and will no longer occur on the site, noxious and irritating fumes are not an issue. Additionally, Mr. Grey assures that no pollution will develop as a result of cleanup operations. “We’re also going to be assessing any potential for vapor intrusion into new buildings, which may require vapor mitigation systems.

To hear Mr. Grey describe the former refinery site when the conversion elements are in place is to listen to a level of unbridled excitement.

“The end development we are incorporating significant sustainable initiatives. That will include roofs that can accommodate solar panels, infrastructure for electric vehicles, and extensive landscape plans that will include thousands and thousands of trees, energy-efficient building envelopes, and energyefficient water fixtures, just to name a few.”

For Hilco, the end goal is to have, in Mr. Grey’s words, “an extremely sustainable development” that meet or come close to meeting the five guiding values enunciated by Mayor Jim Kenney’s Refinery Advisory Group. Critical to Philadelphia residents is the need to connect the repurposed site to the city’s whole or center, allowing easy access and a two-way traffic flow.

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cies. It is a multi-billiondollar project, took a decade to craft, and Mr. Grey says it is subject to change.

“At the end of the day, the master plan is really envisioning transforming the site into an environmentally conscious state of the art multi-modal facility.” Multi-modal translates into access to the adjacent interstate highway system, two railroads (Conrail and CSX), marine operations, proximity to the airport, and Philadelphia’s port, all providing multiple transportation modes.

According to Mr. Grey, Mayor Kenney’s Refinery Advisory Group guiding values to “provide direct community investment and engage meaningfully with surrounding communities, and additionally provide for diverse uses/activities on the 1300-acre site are critical elements in the master plan.

“The plan includes

about thirteen to fifteen million square feet of product, and that can accommodate several different uses. It can be e-commerce, light manufacturing; we’re looking at life science, research and development, and then also warehouse and distribution.”

As these elements of the master plan materialize, Mr. Grey says employment opportunities grow, and the need for ancillary amenities for support becomes necessary. Restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, banks, and various other commercial entities will emerge from direct community investment.

Although cleanup activity on the PES site has already begun, it appears the jobs resulting are unionized. Representatives of Philly Thrive, a community non-profit advocating for employment opportunities, indicates no one from Hilco has approached

them to discuss employment possibilities. Mr. Grey advises that Hilco plans to hold a virtual job fair within the next few weeks. Moreover, he says Hilco has committed to an economic opportunity plan to meet “certain diverse hiring goals” using best efforts to meet those goals. During the construction phase, anticipated to be a decade’s long project, jobs will be union. Mr. Grey says a recent economic impact study of the repurposing indicates somewhere in the neighborhood of nineteen thousand permanent jobs of varying types will result when fully operational.

Mr. Grey says where once a single company operated an oil refinery on the site, Hilco now anticipates that twenty companies and possibly more will be active participants in the repurposing effort. And this will have a positive impact on the city of Philadelphia.

leaders said.

Also on Monday, the continued from page 3 state told county election officials to reach out to and President Pro Temp voters with defective or Joe Scarnati said. invalid absentee ballots The leaders’ comto alert them to come plaints reference direccast provisional ballots, tives from the state isinstead. Some counties sued over the weekend followed the guidance that counties should while others did not, the segregate ballots received leaders said. after Tuesday as litiga“This scattershot aption pends before the proach to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court of the elections is wholly inapUnited States about how propriate and a direct those votes should be breach of the positions counted. Then, Boockvar she is on record of supencouraged local officials porting in litigation – a to canvass all ballots, position that [state Sumeaning that votes repreme Court] Justice ceived by Election Day [Max] Baer specifically would be “commingled” said is best left to the legwith late-arriving ballots, islative branch of Pennthe leaders said. sylvania’s government,” “In some counties, it Scarnati and Corman is not possible to both said. “As leaders, we segregate and canvass simply cannot stand by ballots as directed,” the and allow Kathy Boock-

var’s blatant disregard for the legislative process and the law to continue.”

Boockvar said the leaders’ news release mischaracterizes the guidance her office has given and risked disenfranchising voters. She countered that the leaders should resign over their failure to broker a deal with Gov. Tom Wolf that would have allowed ballot pre-canvassing ahed of Election Day, as exists in 46 other states, instead of the day-of process that will leave the entire nation on edge as they await results.

“I have no intent to resign and I disagree with everything they said their release,” Boockvar said late Tuesday. “They don’t like the late counting of ballots because they don’t like anything

that allows more voters to be enfranchised, so let’s be clear about that.”

About 64 percent of the nearly 3 million returned absentee ballots came from Democrats and only about 23 percent Republican, with the rest coming from smaller parties and independent voters, The Center Square reported earlier today. About 6 million residents voted in the 2016 election, meaning the half of the state’s voters potentially cast their ballots ahead of Election Day this year.

The record turnout means county election officials will spend the next few days tabulating results as the nation waits to see where Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes will land.

SEIU

edented moment and to respect, protect and pay us what we deserve.”

SEIU, one of the most diverse unions in America, has run one of the largest programs this election cycle to engage and turn out infrequent voters in battleground states. SEIU’s political engagement strategy centered around making sure that people who are too frequently left out or not engaged in the process -- particularly infre-

quent voters of color -felt the stakes and turned up at the polls.

Essential workers and their communities voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for a better future – and now the work to secure that future begins.

With over 175,000 members in eleven states and Washington, D.C., 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country.

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Hilco proposes improvements to the transportation infrastructure to address this need. “We have alternative modes of transportation that we’re going to continue to operate. For example, there are two rail yards on the site, and there’s also a dock operation adjacent to the Schuylkill River, which will allow alternative modes of transportation.” Hilco is currently engaged in discussions with SEPTA to obtain improved bus service to and from the site to increase neighborhood residents’ job opportunities.

Mr. Grey advises the Hilco master plan for repurposing the PES site received wide circulation among the stakeholders and discussion in various public forums, community meetings, sent to city officials, and shared with federal and state agen-

RESIGNATION

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Crime Incidents as reported by the Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org. Feedback and inquiries can be sent to Dorian@Pressreview. net. This crime report does not cover the entire boundaries of each police district. It reflects only incidents in or near our circulation areas.

The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, October 30th, and Thursday, November 5th.

3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call 215-686-3030. Reporting 3rd District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St.: Assault: 1200 E Moyamensing Av (2 Incidents), 1000 Lombard St, 0 Mifflin St (2 Incidents), 700 Mountain St, S 2nd St & Washington Av (2 Incidents), 900 S 4th St, 1400 S 4th St, 900 S 5th St (2 Incidents), 800 S 7th St, 700 S 10th St, S 10th St & Lombard St, 700 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 1300 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 700 S Warnock St (2 Incidents), 200 South St, 300 South St. Robbery: 1200 Washington Av. Theft: 200 Catharine St, 1500 E Moyamensing Av, 1000 Fitzwater St (2 Incidents), 700 Lombard St, 0 Mifflin St (3 Incidents), 200 Pierce St, 300 Queen St, 900 S 2nd St, 700 S 3rd St (2 Incidents), 1700 S 8th St, 800 S 9th St (3 Incidents), 1200 S 13th St, 1200 S Broad St, 1600 S Broad St, 0 Washington Av, 800 Wilder St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1200 Fitzwater St (6 Incidents), 500 Gerritt St (2 Incidents), 100 Queen St, 900 S 4th St, 1500 S 7th St (2 Incidents), 1600 S 7th St (2 Incidents), 500 S 12th St (2 Incidents), 700 S Juniper St (2 Incidents), 500 Washington Av (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1200 Christian St (2 Incidents), 700 Mc Clellan St (2 Incidents), 200 Moore St (2 Incidents), 700 Mountain St, 500 Randolph Ct, 900 S 4th St, 700 S Warnock St (2 Incidents), 1100 Washington Av (2 Incidents).

6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-686-3060.Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to Lombard St. and Front St. to Broad St.: Assault: 1200 Filbert St, 1200 Locust St (5 Incidents), 400 Market St (2 Incidents), 1100 Market St, S 10th St & Pine St (2 Incidents), 0 N 12th St, S 13th St & Spruce St (2 Incidents), 200 S Broad St, Spring Garden St & Ridge Av, 1300 Spruce St. Burglary: 0 S 8th St, 200 S 10th St. Robbery: 200 S Broad St. Theft: 200 Chestnut St, 1000 Chestnut St, 1200 Chestnut St, 900 Filbert St, 400 Marginal Rd, 900 Market St, 1000 Market St (2 Incidents), 1100 Market St (3 Incidents), 1300 Market St, 300 N 5th St, 400 N 5th St, 400 N Front St, 300 N Orianna St, 300 N Randolph St, 300 Race St (2 Incidents), 1000 Race St (2 Incidents), 1200 Race St, 1000 Ridge Av, 400 S 2nd St (4 Incidents), 0 S 12th St, 300 S 13th St, 0 S Broad St, 200 Saint James Pl (2 Incidents), 200 Spruce St, 200 W Washington Sq (4 Incidents), 1200 Walnut St, 200 Wood St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 100 Bread St (2 Incidents), 300 N Orianna St (2 Incidents), 100 Pine St (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1300 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1000 Cherry St, 200 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 800 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 900 Hamilton St (3 Incidents), 1100 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 700 Market St, 200 N 11th St (2 Incidents), 1300 Spruce St, 200 Vine St (2 Incidents), 1300 Walnut St. 9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090. Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Rape: 1500 Fairmount Av. Assault: 2000 Hamilton St (2 Incidents), 1500 Locust St (2 Incidents), 1900 Market St, 1900 Mount Vernon St (2 Incidents), 300 S 17th St (2 Incidents), 2000 Walnut St (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 2000 Spruce St. Robbery: 1800 Market St, 400 N Broad St, 2000 North St. Theft: 1800 Arch St, 1900 Arch St, 1800 Brandywine St, 2100 Cherry St, 1700 Chestnut St, 1800 Chestnut St, 1900 Chestnut St, 1700 Delancey Pl, 1400 Fairmount Av, 2400 Fairmount Av (2 Incidents), 1600 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 Locust St (2 Incidents), 1900 Market St (3 Incidents), 600 N 16th St, 400 N Broad St, 1700 Race St, 0 S 15th St, 100 S 15th St (2 Incidents), S 21st St & Spruce St (2 Incidents), 200 S 22nd St, 300 S 24th St, 200 S 25th St, 2300 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 1700 Spruce St, 1500 Vine St (2 Incidents),

1700 Vine St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1800 Brandywine St (2 Incidents), 1500 Market St (2 Incidents), 400 N 21st St (2 Incidents), 400 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 100 S 23rd St (2 Incidents), 1500 Wallace St (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 300 Alexander Ct (2 Incidents), 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd (2 Incidents), 1900 John F Kennedy Blvd (2 Incidents), 1700 Moravian St (2 Incidents), 2400 Pennsylvania Av, 2000 Pine St, 2000 Rittenhouse Sq (2 Incidents), 200 S 24th St (2 Incidents), 400 S Broad St (4 Incidents).

12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320. Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by Baltimore at 49th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St.: Assault: 5100 Chester Av, 5400 Chester Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Chester Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Chester Av, 1000 Cobbs Creek Pkwy (2 Incidents), 1200 S 57th St (2 Incidents), 1600 S 57th St (2 Incidents), 1800 S 57th St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 58th St (2 Incidents), 1600 S Conestoga St (4 Incidents), 1600 S Frazier St (2 Incidents), 1900 S Redfield St (2 Incidents), 1300 S Ruby St (2 Incidents), 1200 S Saint Bernard St (2 Incidents), 1400 S Vogdes St, 5500 Saybrook Av (2 Incidents), 5700 Springfield Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Woodland Av. Burglary: 5700 Baltimore Av. Robbery: 5500 Linmore Av, 2400 S 54th St (2 Incidents), S 54th St & Chester Av, 1600 S 56th St, 5400 Willows Av. Theft: 5700 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Beaumont St (2 Incidents), 4900 Chester Av, 1100 Cobbs Creek Pkwy (2 Incidents), 5600 Florence Av, S 54th St & Thomas Av, 1900 S Cecil St, 5500 Willows Av, 5400 Windsor St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5500 Beaumont St (2 Incidents), 5100 Chester Av (4 Incidents), 1000 S 54th St (2 Incidents), 1400 S Vogdes St, 5500 Saybrook Av (2 Incidents), 5000 Woodland Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Woodland Av, 5700 Woodland Av (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5900 Greenway Av (2 Incidents), 1300 S 52nd St (4 Incidents), 1800 S 58th St (2 Incidents), 1400 S Vogdes St (2 Incidents), 5800 Trinity St (2 Incidents), 5500 Willows Av (2 Incidents), 5700 Woodland Av (2 Incidents).

16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-686-3160. Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd St.: Arson: 0 N 40th St. Assault: 3000 Market St, N 33rd St & Baring St (2 Incidents), N 34th St & Race St(2 Incidents), 1100 N 41st St (2 Incidents), 800 N 42nd St, 900 N 46th St, 100 N 49th St (2 Incidents), N 50th St & Parrish St (2 Incidents), 300 N 52nd St (4 Incidents), 900 N Fallon St, 700 N Markoe St, 700 N Preston St (4 Incidents), 5000 Parrish St (2 Incidents), 4300 Westminster Av (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 3700 Melon St (2 Incidents), 0 N 52nd St, 300 N 52nd St. Robbery: 0 N 49th St, N 36th St & Fairmount Av. Theft: 400 Budd St, 3900 Lancaster Av, 2900 Market St, 3600 Mount Vernon St, 600 N 32nd St (3 Incidents), 700 N 36th St (2 Incidents), 700 N 38th St, 800 N 42nd St, 700 N 48th St, 200 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 900 N Holly St (2 Incidents), N Holly St & Pennsgrove St(2 Incidents), 4200 W Girard Av (2 Incidents), 4900 Westminster Av, 3900 Wyalusing Av (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5100 Arch St (2 Incidents), 5100 Hoopes St (2 Incidents), 3700 Melon St (2 Incidents), 600 N 38th St (2 Incidents), 900 N 45th St, 800 N 48th St (2 Incidents), 800 N Markoe St (2 Incidents), 4800 Wyalusing Av (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4400 Aspen St (2 Incidents), 1000 Belmont Av (2 Incidents), 400 Busti St (2 Incidents), 400 Dearborn St (2 Incidents), 4000 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 2900 Market St (6 Incidents), 3600 Melon St (2 Incidents), 800 N 42nd St (2 Incidents), 100 N 50th St (2 Incidents), 0 N 52nd St, 800 N Holly St, 300 N Preston St (2 Incidents), 4100 Parrish St (2 Incidents), 800 Union St (2 In-

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17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th District, please call 215-686-3170. Reporting 17th District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Rape: 1500 Lombard St. Assault: 1900 Dickinson St (2 Incidents), 1600 Latona St, 1800 Lombard St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 17th St (2 Incidents), 1600 S Chadwick St, 1500 S Etting St, 1400 S Marston St (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 2400 Oakford St (2 Incidents), 600 S 19th St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 27th St, 2200 South St. Robbery: 1400 S 21st St, 2300 Wharton St. Theft: 1400 Christian St, 1500 Dorrance St, 2400 Ellsworth St, 1800 Kater St, 1600 Montrose St, 1500 Morris St, 700 S 16th St, 1500 S 20th St, 800 S Broad St, 1000 S Broad St (8 Incidents), 1700 S Newkirk St, 1300 S Opal St (2 Incidents), 2000 Tasker St (2 Incidents), 1700 Washington Av, 1900 Watkins St, 2600 Wilder St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1700 Carpenter St (2 Incidents), 2100 Dickinson St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 20th St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 26th St (2 Incidents), 1400 S 28th St (2 Incidents), 1300 S 30th St (2 Incidents), S 34th St & Grays Ferry Av, 1200 S Carlisle St (2 Incidents), 3000 Titan St (2 Incidents), 1400 Wharton St (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1800 Bainbridge St, 1800 Dickinson St (2 Incidents), 2700 Dickinson St (2 Incidents), 2500 Ellsworth St (2 Incidents), 2300 Federal St (2 Incidents), 2200 Kater St (2 Incidents), 3000 Mifflin St, 2700 Moore St, 800 S 19th St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 21st St (2 Incidents), 1400 S 27th St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 32nd St (2 Incidents), 1400 S Napa St (2 Incidents).

18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th District, please call 215-686-3180. Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek Pkwy.: Rape: 5500 Walnut St. Arson: 6100 Chestnut St (2 Incidents).

Assault: 5000 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 4900 Cedar Av (2 Incidents), 5700 Cedar Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Chancellor St (2 Incidents), 5400 Christian St, 6200 Hazel Av (2 Incidents), 5800 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 5500 Market St (2 Incidents), 5600 Montrose St (2 Incidents), N 56th St & Market St, 5300 Pine St, S 38th St & Chestnut St(2 Incidents), S 41st St & Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 46th St, S 49th St & Walnut St, 100 S 50th St, S 53rd St & Catharine St (2 Incidents), 800 S 60th St, S 60th St & Catharine St (2 Incidents), 5900 Sansom St, 4000 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 4800 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 5800 Walton Av, 6200 Walton Av. Burglary: 5900 Addison St, 4700 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Cedar Av, 4800 Kingsessing Av (2 Incidents), 4300 Locust St, 5800 Osage Av, 5800 Pemberton St (2 Incidents), 100 S 39th St, 0 S 52nd St, 600 S 52nd St, 900 S 58th St, 0 S 60th St (2 Incidents), 200 S 60th St, 4800 Woodland Av. Robbery: 4700 Chester Av, 4600 Chestnut St, 6200 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, 800 S 59th St, S 62nd St & Washington Av, 4800 Springfield Av, 6000 Spruce St. Theft: 132-134 S 56th St (2 Incidents), 5800 Cedar Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Chancellor St, 3600 Chestnut St, 4900 Chestnut St, 3900 Delancey St, 5000 Hazel Av, 5900 Irving St, 4300 Locust St (2 Incidents), 4500 Locust St (2 Incidents), 5900 Locust St, 3300 Market St (4 Incidents), N 43rd St & Market St, 4700 Osage Av, 4000 Pine St, 100 S 36th St, 100 S 39th St, S 43rd St & Locust St, 0 S 44th St, 100 S 47th St (2 Incidents), 500 S 52nd St, S 54th St & Catharine St, 0 S 57th St (4 Incidents), 200 S 60th St, 3400 Sansom St, 4700 Sansom St, 5400 Sansom St, 5500 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 4900 Springfield Av (2 Incidents), 3400 Walnut St, 3900 Walnut St, 4000 Walnut St (4 Incidents), 4200 Walnut St, 6000 Webster St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5700 Cedar Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Chestnut St, 3900 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), S 40th St & Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 400 S 42nd St, 500 S 45th St (2 Incidents), 700 S 51st St (2 Incidents), 0 S 52nd St, 600 S 54th St (2 Incidents), 900 S 59th St (2 Incidents), 800 S Allison St (2 Incidents).

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19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th District, please call 215-686-3190. Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St.: Rape: 1400 N Ithan St. Arson: 200 N 63rd St, 1600 N Felton St (2 Incidents).

Assault: 1700 Aberdeen St, 5700 Arch St (2 Incidents), 6100 Callowhill St (2 Incidents), 7400 Drexel Rd (2 Incidents), 5300 Haverford Av, 6500 Haverford Av, 5200 Jefferson St (2 Incidents), 5200 Kershaw St, 5200 Lancaster Av, 6200 Lansdowne Av (2 Incidents), 6700 Lansdowne Av (3 Incidents), 7300 Malvern Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Media St (4 Incidents), 400 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 300 N 54th St (2 Incidents), 1600 N 55th St, 0 N 56th St, 1200 N 56th St, 1500 N 57th St (4 Incidents), 0 N 58th St, 1500 N 59th St (2 Incidents), 800 N 63rd St, 200 N 64th St (2 Incidents), 1500 N Alden St (2 Incidents), 200 N Avondale St (2 Incidents), 100 N Dewey St (2 Incidents), 1500 N Edgewood St, 1600 N Felton St (2 Incidents), 100 N Redfield St (2 Incidents), 5700 Nassau Rd (2 Incidents), 6000 W Girard Av (2 Incidents), 6500 W Girard Av (2 Incidents), 5300 Wyalusing Av (2 Incidents), 5700 Wyndale Av (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 7500 Haverford Av, 5300 Jefferson St, 5600 Lancaster Av, 6100 Lancaster Av, 5800 Master St, 1200 N 52nd St, 1900 N 54th St, 0 N 58th St, 1600 N 61st St, 1100 N 63rd St, 5600 Vine St (2 Incidents).

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Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 6100 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1600 Ashurst Rd (2 Incidents), 5200 Kershaw St (2 Incidents), 6700 Lansdowne Av, 5200 Market St (2 Incidents), 1500 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 700 N 68th St (4 Incidents), 1200 N Allison St (2 Incidents), 0 N Frazier St (2 Incidents), 200 N Ruby St (2 Incidents), 5400 Pennsgrove St, 5300 Wyalusing Av (2 Incidents).

Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 7500 City Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Diamond St (2 Incidents), 5600 Diamond St (2 Incidents), 5500 Jefferson St (2 Incidents), 6200 Lansdowne Av (2 Incidents), 6100 Master St (2 Incidents), 5600 Media St (2 Incidents), 5900 Media St (2 Incidents), 1300 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 1300 N 53rd St (2 Incidents), 0 N 56th St (2 Incidents), 100 N 57th St (2 Incidents), 1300 N 57th St (2 Incidents), 300 N 61st St (2 Incidents), 1200 N Alden St (2 Incidents), 400 N Felton St (2 Incidents), 1600 N Felton St (2 Incidents), 100 N Lindenwood St (2 Incidents), 0 N Millick St (2 Incidents), 100 N Wanamaker St, 200 N Wanamaker St (2 Incidents), 5500 Quarry St (2 Incidents), 7500 Sherwood Rd (2 Incidents), 5200 W Berks St (2 Incidents), 5300 W Stiles St (2 Incidents), 7600 Woodbine Av (2 Incidents), 5400 Wyndale Av (2 Incidents).

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“Pennsylvania provides a variety of programs and benefits for veterans, but there are still areas that we do not have formal programs due to lack of funding,” Governor Tom Wolf said.

“PA VETConnect is our solution because it allows us to address these gaps through creative interagency coordination and community partnerships.

We owe it to our veterans to provide them with the help they need and have earned through their military service.”

“With the governor’s leadership, the DMVA staff has made PA VETConnect a priority project so that we can reach deeper into communities, establish a wider network of advocates, and provide the best possible programs and services to our veterans,” said Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general and head of the DMVA. “We realize that there is no way a program of this magnitude can be successful without the cooperation of our community partners. We are a more helpful agency to veterans because of these relationships.”

Two innovative features of PA VETConnect make the program unique in Pennsylvania, which has the fourth largest veteran population in the nation, when it comes to veteran advocacy.

The key to PA VETConnect is an Information and Referral (I&R) database that provides those who

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The DMVA has also committed a staff of Regional Program Outreach Coordinators (RPOC) to work with veteran advocates throughout Pennsylvania to build relationships and develop a network that connects Pennsylvania’s military heroes to the resources they need to live a healthy, quality life. The RPOCs are DMVAs fieldlevel individuals who live and work throughout the state. They not only discover new resources to assist veterans within their communities and across the commonwealth but serve as a liaison between veteran advocates and DMVA. “Thanks to this vast compilation of organizations, veterans will no longer be limited to the resources – or lack of resources – in their immediate area. By identifying thousands of organizations throughout the state, veterans can now be connected to where they will be best served, and that includes across county lines,” Gov. Wolf added.

PA VETConnect is part of the Governor’s Customer Service Transformation initiative that improves the overall experience of Pennsylvanians dealing with state government. PA VETConnect helps veterans and families with an array of issues, including homelessness, mental health, suicide, employment, financial challenges, legal, family crisis, and much more.

To learn more about PA VETConnect, visit www. dmva.pa.gov/VETConnect. Veterans who are in need of assistance and want to connect with a service through PA VETConnect can send an email request to RA-MVVET-CONNECT@pa.gov.

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