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The accountability plan…will it result in justice for all?

By Christopher Doyle Contributing Writer

A federal court, on June 2, ordered the city to launch a new pilot program in which fter a city memo opofficers would change how posing a civil rights they conduct police stops for lawsuit led to the po- “quality-of-life” crimes – such lice commissioner and city so- as carrying open liquor bottles, licitor issuing a public apology, public urination, trespassing the city has agreed to launch on closed public parks, and a pilot program to reform po- littering. The pilot will take lice stops and establish a new place in the 14th Police District, system that ensures officer ac- which includes the Germancountability. town and Chestnut Hill neigh-

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borhoods. The pilot will begin Aug. 1 and is set to run for three months.

The court also ordered the city to develop an “Accountability and Discipline Plan,” by which officers and police districts will have their records of police stops routinely examined. This plan will be subject to later expansions and adjustments by the court and must be finalized by Aug. 15.

The reforms are pursuant to the city’s consent decree in Bailey et al. v. the City of Philadelphia in which the city agreed to enact reforms to reduce racial bias in police stops and frisks.

U.S. District Judge John Padova said in the ruling that the court order reflected an agreement made between the city and the plaintiffs in the Bailey case, with the court deciding on relatively minor, specific

Center City Philadelphia's Community Newspaper June 16, 2021

City Safari: DA Larry Krasner’s misguided justice

By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

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confess that I played a part in enabling Larry Krasner to become Philadelphia’s District Attorney.

In the late 1970s and 1980s I wrote many columns against police brutality for several city publications. Police culture in Philadelphia was at its worst in the 1970s when I had my first unpleasant experience with the PPD. On two separate occasions while walking through Center City late at night I was appre- Milan Loncar was walking his dog near his home in Brewerytown, minding his own business when he was senselessly murdered by Josephus Davis. hended by the police.

The first abduction occurred when police were looking for This became apparent as soon and noticed that the ten guys as I was inside the police van crammed in like sardines a red-haired male suspect.

were all twenty-something redheads.

When we reached the Roundhouse, I was shocked to learn that we were going to be put in a lineup so that a woman victim of a crime (committed by a redhead) would be given a chance to identify her attacker. I’d seen police lineups on TV in various movies, but to actually be in a lineup is something else entirely. We were arranged across a stage and placed in front of identifying numbers, bright lights spotlighting our faces.

At that moment I was suddenly seized with the thought: what if the emotionallywrought crime victim picked

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Jefferson overlay would limit height of future development in the Wash West neighborhood

By Nathaniel Lee UC Review Correspondent

construction surrounding the hospitals helipad, that was the main focus of the meeting. embers of the Wash“With a lot of development ington Square West pressure, Jefferson was becomCivic Association ing increasingly concerned held a public meeting June 8th about potential impacts on to report on their activities and their helipad which, as you to reintroduce themselves to know, is located on 11th and the public.

Walnut,” said Tony Forte, ZonThe meeting was virtual, ing attorney for Jefferson Uniand members of the Washing- versity Hospital. ton Square West Board and “We brought those concerns committee members issued to the Planning Commission From the Zoom meeting about the Jefferson Overlay held on June 8th. Photo: Nathaniel Lee their respective committee and to Councilman Squilla and reports but it was the prothey have been very helpful posed ordinance authored by in putting together an overlay ate vicinity of the helipad,” he introduced his colleagues Rich said.

Webster, president of Thomas Thomas Jefferson University district which would impose Hugh Lavery, of Jefferson’s Jefferson University HospiHospital officials that would some height controls for new Office of Community Affairs limit the height of future construction in the immedicontinued on page 6

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matters over which the parties were still in dispute.

In a statement sent to The Philadelphia Free Press and University City Review, a city spokesperson emphasized that the city had agreed to much of the court order. She said that the city welcomed the reforms and was eager to make policing more equitable in Philadelphia.

“Under the supervision of the Court, we look forward to working further with Plaintiffs’ counsel to implement, but more importantly, analyze the results of the program,” said city spokesperson Deana Gamble. “We certainly hope that the pilot leads to better outcomes for the community, and, if not, we are committed to talking through changes to the program or other options.”

The pilot program changes the procedure by which the police can stop a person suspected of committing a quality-of-life offense. Rather than immediately conduct a police stop, as is the case now, officers must first conduct what the court calls a “mere encounter.” In these encounters, officers issue a warning, telling people to stop whatever behavior they are committing that may constitute a qualityof-life offense. They cannot ask for a person’s ID or conduct a background check during these encounters. If the warning issued during the mere encounter is ignored, then an officer can conduct a formal police stop.

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ing, Feinberg & Lin. The motion argues that Philadelphia police had continued to demonstrate racial bias in their police stops – especially when conducting on-sight quality-of-life stops. The plaintiffs maintain that on-sight enforcement quality-of-life crimes afford police too much discretion in selecting which offenders are stopped and which are informally warned – an arbitrary method of enforcement that, plaintiffs allege, results in quality-of-life stops being demonstrably biased against Black Philadelphians. Statistical regression analysis cited in the filing indicates that if a detention is the result of a quality-of-life stop, then all else equal, the probability that a detainee is Black increases by 72%. The plaintiffs petitioned the court to mandate a new procedure for quality-of-life stops to help reduce this alleged bias.

David Rudovsky, a civil rights lawyer who filed the plaintiffs’ motion and

v. Philadelphia over the course of the last decade, said he is satisfied with the ruling. Although he and his colleagues had requested that the pilot quality-of-life program be implemented in more than one district, Rudovsky said he expected to collect data and expand the program to other parts of the city.

“As the court noted, the [police] commissioner [Danielle Outlaw] really thought she would have enough information from a single district, and if that’s true, at that point we move for a greater expansion to other districts, and eventually, citywide,” Rudovsky said.

While the city seems ready to embrace the new reforms now, that did not appear to be the case several months ago.

In April, the Philadelphia Police Department and Law Department circulated a memo to community organizations asking for support in opposing the plaintiff’s proposed reforms to quality-of-life stops. The city asked that the organizations collect residents’ signatures for an affidavit to be submit-

ted in court as evidence that the community was opposed to the plaintiff’s proposed changes.

The memo, however, falsely characterized the proposed reforms as stopping the enforcement of quality-of-life laws outright – rather than instituting new first warning procedures. Residents were quick to condemn the misinformation as fear mongering, leading to the memo’s withdrawal after only a day, and a joint apology from Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and City Solicitor Diana Cortes.

Despite the outcry to the city’s memo, some community organizations and public officials did acknowledge that residents were anxious to see quality-of-life offenses enforced. When it reviews the pilot program in November, the court will review complaints that residents relay to the police department – whether they are about concerns over a lack of enforcement or concerns about unreasonable stops and racial bias.

The June 2 ruling is the latest iteration of

Bailey v. Philadelphia, which was filed by the ACLU and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin in 2010.

The plaintiffs alleged that Philadelphia police were conducting stops and frisks both without probable cause and with racial bias against Black Philadelphians – thus violating residents’ rights under the Fourth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The city entered into a consent decree with the plaintiffs in 2011, which made the city’s stop and frisk policies subject to certain restrictions and regular judicial review.

The city has made progress over the last decade in its court-mandated mission to reduce racial bias, particularly under the administration of Mayor Jim Kenney.

The city has gone from over 40% of its police stops being conducted without reasonable suspension in 2012, to only 16% in the second half of 2019, according to statistical analysis in an April 2020 court filing. And in 2020, the city for the first

time acknowledged that police stops were racially bias.

The plaintiffs nevertheless argue that stop and frisks in Philadelphia remain too arbitrary and discriminatory.

In the April 2020 court filing, plaintiffs noted that Black Philadelphians, comprising only 44% of the city population were the subject of 71% of police stops in the second half of 2019; while white Philadelphians, comprising 35% of the population were the subject of 22% of police stops. Statistical regression analysis conducted by city and plaintiff experts determined that the disparity could not be explained by other confounding, non-racial factors, such as crime rates and socio-economic conditions. Black Philadelphians, moreover, were about 50% more likely to be stopped by police without probable cause than white Philadelphians, and about 40% more likely of being frisked without reasonable suspicion.

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there have been doubts about whether the city and police are sincerely committed to upholding its obligations under Bailey. In addition to the consternation caused by the memo from April, there was further outrage sparked by a leaked memo from February.

In that earlier memo, a police captain directs officers to make motorvehicle stops, partly because “motor vehicle codes give officers probable cause for a stop which avoids the issues we have with the Bailey Agreement.” Civil rights activists condemned the department for this apparent attempt to circumvent Bailey restrictions.

Despite these misgivings, Rudovsky said he was optimistic that the new reforms would be faithfully implemented.

“They’ve agreed to it, they said they would look to operate in good faith, I take them at their word on that,” Rudovsky said of city officials. “If they don’t, then we will ask the court to proceed accordingly.”

Coriolanus: Nail The Conquering Hero

Tina Packer and Mary Lee Bednarek in Lantern Theater Company’s production of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, streaming on demand June 1 - 27, 2021. Tickets at lanterntheater.org.

By Richard Lord Contributing Writer

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hose lesserknown Shakespeare plays spin in and out of popularity depending on the relevance the times lend them. Coriolanus is certainly one of those plays, and it would seem that our current period is an especially ripe season for Coriolanus.

Coriolanus also happens to be one of the serious challenges in the Shakespeare trove.

Productions of this late tragedy tend to fall into one of two categories: disaster or triumph. The Lantern Theatre has now brought back a filmed version of their 2017 production for a sound reason: it clearly lands on the triumph side of Coriolanus productions.

The plot of Coriolanus is much simpler than most of the Bard’s late works. The title character is a celebrated Roman general during the early years of the Roman Republic. He’s a first-rate warrior, fierce and bold, and bears numerous scars to prove his readiness to take it to the enemy.

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What we learned from the May Review 18 Philadelphia Democratic Primary Elections (Part 1) UNIVERSITY

By Christopher Doyle Contributing Writer

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he recent Democratic primaries in Philadelphia drew national attention for its headline result – the landslide victory of progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner over veteran prosecutor Carlos Vega. Overlooked were the down-ballot judicial races, the work of local ward leaders, and the growth of progressive activist groups – things that are all making their own impressions on criminal justice and city politics.

The May 18 Philadelphia Democratic Primary Elections featured, in addition to the district attorney contest, races to nominate candidates for a total of 15 vacancies between two local courts and three statewide courts. (There was also a race to nominate a candidate for city controller, in which incumbent Rebecca Rhynhart was running unopposed.)

Primary candidates, especially those for local judicial races, rely on the support of the Philadelphia Democratic Party. That support can come from either the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee, the central governing body of the city party, or from a share of Philadelphia’s 66 wards – political subdivisions in which local, partisan ward committees can choose to issue their own endorsements, separate from that of the city committee. Republican primary candidates likewise depend on endorsements from the Republican City Committee and GOP ward committees.

Gregory Benjamin is the Democratic leader of the 51st Ward in Southwest Philadelphia and a minister at the Church of Christian Compassion on 61st and Cedar Avenue. Benjamin said that he worked to keep voters and ward committee people informed through canvassing and

Zoom meetings with the candidates – taking a more virtual approach than in years past due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that pivot towards online forums helped make information about the candidates more accessible to some residents.

“I’m one of those ward leaders that really believes in community engagement, my involvement with this process is not just prior to the primary or prior to the general, my involvement is year-round,” Benjamin said. “And so, I’m constantly trying to figure out ways to educate our people and get the information out.”

When reaching out to the community, Benjamin said he worked to convince residents of the importance of the 2021 primaries, emphasizing the impact that judges have on people’s everyday lives.

“This was the most important election of the four election cycles that takes place over a fouryear period,” Benjamin said. “This is about your judges, these are about the people who are local, who really have an impact.”

“President is important, don’t get me wrong,” Benjamin added. “But that judge that can make a decision over you, you got a better chance of seeing that judge than seeing that president.”

Carol Jenkins, the Democratic Leader of the 27th Ward in University City, said that her ward also held Zoom meetings with the candidates, due to the pandemic.

But with COVID-19 cases in the city receding due to the vaccination campaign, 27th Ward voters seemed eager to get out to the polls for the in-person election day experience.

“A lot of people were coming in and they had intended to vote by mail, because they were used to voting the last two cycles by

mail, but then when the pandemic started to be alleviated with the vaccinations, they changed their mind,” Jenkins said. “Some states have [all] mail in, and they love mail in, but I don’t think it’s ever going to be loved in Philadelphia.”

Overall, however, Jenkins did not find voters to be especially enthusiastic about the year’s races, outside of that for district attorney.

“They maybe got a little bit more enthused when it looked like Vega was getting some traction and they started to panic that Krasner might lose,” Jenkins said about voters in the ward. “But I don’t know if that translated into enthusiasm.”

Jenkins said she was pleased with the slate of candidates that the party had endorsed through the city committee. She noted that all the committee -endorsed candidates for the Common Pleas Court were either “recommended” or “highly recommended” by the Bar Association of Philadelphia – something that is required to receive an endorsement from the 27th Ward. Two of the three committeeendorsed candidates for Municipal Court were also Bar-recommended.

“I think there has been more media attention, I think social media attention has also increased knowledge about people being endorsed or not endorsed by the Bar,” Jenkins said. “I think it’s the voters’ change, that they are being made aware of Bar recommendations and highly recommended judges and I think that has influenced the results that we’re seeing, especially in this cycle.”

Benjamin said that he was also satisfied with the qualification of the committee’s slate of candidates. He added that he was encouraged to see the committee endorse a large number of Black candidates. (Five of the 11 candidates the committee endorsed for local

races were Black, as were three of the four candidates that the committee endorsed in statewide races.)

While the city committee and wards remain an important source of support for primary candidates, local, leftwing organizations have been playing a larger role in recent elections.

The last five years have been marked by the success of progressive candidates not backed by the city committee, including Democratic City Councilmember-at-large Helen Gym in 2015 and Councilmember-at-large Kendra Brooks – who is a member of the Working Families Party and in 2019 won one of council’s two at-large seats reserved for parties in the minority.

Reclaim Philadelphia, which was founded in 2016 by former staffers of the first presidential campaign of democraticsocialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), has been one of the more influential of the city’s left-wing groups. Over the past five years, Reclaim has supported a number of progressive candidates, including Brooks and Krasner. One Reclaim member, Rick Krajewski, even ousted longtime incumbent Jim Roebuck in the 2020 Democratic primary to represent part of West Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania state House. (Benjamin also ran in that primary, finishing in third.)

Sergio Cea, a member of Reclaim and a Democratic committee person in the 46th Ward, said that Reclaim members canvassed around the city and phone banked in support of their candidates, who are recommended by the Reclaim steering committee and voted on by Reclaim’s dues-paying members.

Cea said that Reclaim focused on building relationships with residents he said are left out of conventional city politics and said that the group’s reach was particularly

deep in West Philadelphia.

“We had a citywide approach to the election, but we did a lot of canvasing and phone banking throughout West Philadelphia and Southwest,” Cea said. “A lot of our membership base is really strong in these areas already, and that’s been growing ever since we first got involved with Larry Krasner, and then supported in the primary last year Rick Krajewski.”

“People kind of already know us in these areas, and people already kind of look to us when it comes to our endorsement, specifically when it comes to candidates like judges where people don’t have as much information,” Cea added.

Reclaim is part of the Judicial Accountability Table, or JAT – a coalition of political and civil rights groups focused on promoting progressive judicial candidates in Philadelphia and holding sitting judges accountable. Cea said he was excited to see the success of what he believed was a progressive slate of potential judges win nominations, and said the results forecasted future reform of the criminal justice system.

“People are looking for that when it comes to their judges,” Cea said.

“They know it’s not just on the district attorney, judges play a huge role when it comes to people who are impacted by the carceral state, and [considering] the freedoms that we can lose when we’re in front of a judge, we want [judges] to be more reflective of the community.”

“What I’m more invested in is getting people to pay more attention to these races every year and to start thinking more critically about these candidates,” Cea added.

Of the local judicial races, there were 16 Democratic candidates running for eight open seats on the Philadelphia

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Court of Common Pleas, which hears general criminal and civil trials; and four Democratic candidates running for three open seats on the Philadelphia Municipal Court, which hears landlord-tenant cases, small claims in civil cases no greater than $12,000, real-estate and tax cases where the amount in dispute is no greater than $15,000, and criminal cases in which charges carry a maximum prison sentence of no greater than five years. Philadelphians could vote for as many candidates in each race as there were open continued on page 9

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put before a judge and a galley of heckling speccontinued from page 1 tators who were there for entertainment purposes. me out for some reason? The judge mumbled something then disThere was no drum roll when the victim be- missed us with a smirk.

Philadelphia needed gan reviewing the linea Larry Krasner in the up. Happily, none of us was signaled out. When 1970s. In fact, if there the process was over, we had been a Krasner DA were told that we could at that time, I would not have had to write letgo. We were released ters about my police van without an apology for experience to the ACLU. having been inconvenienced. We also had to As it happened, I sent find our own way home. copies of those letters The rudeness of the pro- to The Inquirer (where they were published and cess was monumental. generated some action, Another time, police ordered me inside a van like a face-to-face with the police captain then to join a group of men they had scooped off the in charge of the Center streets at random while City District in question).

Individual ad hoc apdriving through Center City. The men had been peal processes like this, walking downtown after however, were still a crapshoot. a night out at the bars.

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ery opportunity to attack the politician that most represented the police: Frank Rizzo.

I attacked Rizzo in print in The Drummer newspaper and in columns in the Welcomat.

Years later, in the 1980s, I interviewed Rizzo when he was a radio talk show host. I was pleasantly surprised when the former mayor greeted me like an old friend, invited me to lunch, and repeatedly clutched my shoulder in a brotherly way while telling me to write about him “anyway I wanted to.”

“Call the shots as you see them,” he said.

Over time, I began to notice positive changes in the city when it came to the police. The process didn’t happen overnight but the change was so apparent in the late 1990s going into the 2000s, so that one rarely thought of the police as “the enemy” at all.

In 1993, then Mayor Wilson Goode issued an executive order regarding the formation of a Police Advisory Commission, which has grown over the years to achieve a budget of $668,700 in 2020.

But while the police were now doing their job in a much more humane manner, criminals were

slowly becoming bolder in their exploits.

DA Larry Krasner appeared on the scene just as crime was spiking in the City of Brotherly Love.

Born in 1961 in St. Louis, Krasner is the son of a writer father and a minister mother.

He spent his childhood years in both Philadelphia and St. Louis before getting degrees at the University of Chicago and Stanford Law School. As a young law student, Krasner was already working for homeless people, the urban poor, and for “indigenous” rights.

Those impulses were still strong in him when he returned to Philadelphia in 1987 to work as a public defender and civil rights attorney. In 1993, he opened his own law practice.

Krasner’s decision to run for district attorney in 2017 was greeted on all sides with derision. A 2018 New Yorker article quoted Philadelphia FOP president John McNesby calling the idea of a Krasner candidacy “hilarious.” Krasner’s own law firm was said to have broken out in laughter at the announcement of his candidacy.

If Krasner had a hard

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road at first, he soon found celebrity status thanks to a PBS eightpart documentary series, Philly DA. He has also become one of the faces of the national “progressive prosecutor” movement.

Yet Krasner was soon presiding over a crime wave that rendered him unpopular in many areas of the city. Since he took office, shootings and homicides soared. As of April 15, 2021, 145 homicides and 442 non-fatal shootings have been registered in the city, including 55 children shot. So far this year, homicides have increased 32 percent from this point in 2020, itself a year when the city experienced its second-highest homicide rate in 60 years. Many of the perpetrators have been found to be repeat offenders or men released on reduced bail due to decisions from the district attorney’s office. The unbelievable was happening. While Krasner was making some needed reforms, he was tipping the scales to the far left just as Frank Rizzo had gone to the far right when it came to the criminal justice issues.

Sentiment against Krasner began to build, especially in city neighborhoods such as Fishtown, Port Richmond, Bridesburg, and South Philadelphia, all traditionally Democratic areas.

Before the May 18th primary, a recent story in Billy Penn reported that a coalition of Democratic elected officials gathered at the statue of civil rights hero Octavius Catto in front of City Hall to deliver their

endorsement of Krasner.

“The next morning,” the story continued, “officials with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 parked a Mister Softee truck across the street from the DA’s office and gave out free soft-serve” to mock Krasner’s position on crime. “Soft on crime. Soft on sentencing,” tweeted FOP president John McNesby.

“Come enjoy a mister softee cone on the cops.”

Despite the vehement anti-Krasner sentiment throughout the city, the DA sailed to an easy victory in the May primary.

Carlos Vega, Krasner’s challenger, received 35 percent of the vote, a small piece of mince pie considering the intensity of the campaign to unseat Krasner. Vega put up a good fight but in the end the Philadelphia Democratic Machine and campaign money from George Soros and wealthy left-wing philanthropists proved far too powerful.

Krasner will now meet Republican challenger attorney Chuck Peruto in the fall. But no Republican ever gets elected in the City of Philadelphia.

As the journalist Lincoln Steffens wrote in “The Shame of the Cities,” All our municipal governments are more or less bad, and all our people are optimists. Philadelphia is simply the most corrupt and the most contented.

Krasner’s primary win all but guarantees his re-election in November.

Philadelphia can expect four more years of the DA’s social justice reform agenda.

We can also expect many more shootings and deaths.

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McGillin’s & Troegs Brewing Announce Partnership Brewery to create house beers for City’s Oldest Bar

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partnership is brewing between McGillin’s Olde Ale House, the oldest continuously operating tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the country, and Troegs Brewing, a local independent brewery started 25 years ago by two brothers. Troegs will now supply the historic bar with its three house beers -- McGillin’s Genuine Lager, McGillin’s Real Ale, and McGillin’s 1860 IPA, which was created for its 150th anniversary in 2010.

The new beers are now on tap and are expected to be served for the bar’s next 160 years.

The beers will be available for $5 per pint. A six-beer sampler, featuring the three new McGillin’s house beers, as well as O’Reilly’s Stout, Walt Wit by Pennsylvania Brewing Company and a seasonal beer of choice is available for $9.50.

McGillin’s is currently open Tuesdays from 4-11 p.m. and Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 12 noon to 11 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays from 12 noon to 2 a.m.

No reservations. First come/first served. Inside and out.

For the past 25 years, McGillin’s three house beers have been produced by Stoudt’s Brewing. McGillin’s served more Stoudt’s Beer on draft than any other tavern in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

With the Adamstown, PA brewer going out of business, the historic tavern needed to get a new brewery on tap.

“It’s with much gusto, many delicious brews, a heavy heart, and teary eyes that we toast to our friends Carol and Ed Stoudt, as they retire and close the brewery.

When they opened Stoudt’s Brewing in 1987, Carol was the first female brewmaster in

the United States since Prohibition and the first female sole proprietor of a brewery. They will surely be missed,” said Chris Mullins, Sr., who owns McGillin’s with his wife, Mary Ellen Mullins, and their son, Christopher Mullins, Jr. While the closure is bittersweet, the Mullins family is enthusiastic about working with Troegs, one McGillin’s best-selling beers, among the 30 that McGillin’s serves on tap and another familyowned business.

While the names of the house beers will stay the same, Troegs has put its own spin on the three house beers, rather than trying to replicate the existing flavors.

McGillin’s Genuine Lager - Can only be found at McGillin’s and Troegs Brewery. This golden Helles lager is smooth and satisfying with a clean malt character reminiscent of freshbaked bread. German hops add a hint of floral notes and subtle bitterness, while lager yeast lends a crisp, refreshing finish. 4.3% alcohol/21 IBU. McGillin’s 1860 IPA Brewed exclusively for McGillin’s and inspired

by Troegs Hop Knife.

This hop-forward IPA is fresh and aromatic with bold notes of citrus and tropical fruit courtesy of six different varieties of classic American

hops. 6.2% alcohol/87 IBU. McGillin’s Real Ale Brewed exclusively for McGillin’s and inspired

by Troeg’s HopBack Amber, which has been discontinued earlier this year. This deep ambercolored ale boasts flavors of grapefruit and pine balanced by a hint of spice and complex malty notes of caramel and toffee. The use of whole flower hops creates a bright, citrusy aroma. 6 % alcohol/55 IBU. BACKGROUND McGillin’s Olde Ale House is the oldest continuously operating tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the country. It opened in 1860, the year Lincoln was elected president.

The 161-year-old tavern has now survived two pandemics. The tavern opened around the time the Liberty Bell cracked and long before anyone ever tasted a cheesesteak. It’s known for having 30 local craft beers on tap, homemade comfort food and the camaraderie that has attracted not only young patrons but their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents before them.

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tal, Clayton Mitchell, senior vice-president of real estate facilities and construction and Kevin Kleinschmidt, who leads the Jeff Stat program, a medical transportation service owned and operated by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

“This discussion this evening is about the preservation and protection of our level one Trauma Center so we can continue to care for the community we serve, and we are hopeful that we can enlist your support in regard to this overlay ordinance,” said Lavery who has been with Jefferson for 33 years.

Throughout those years, Lavery said he has had a chance to work closely with such organizations as the Washington Square West Civic Association and appreciated the “work they do to improve the city and this neighborhood.”

“In two years, we’re going to be celebrating our 200th anniversary while Wash West of-

ficially started in 1935, this neighborhood has been around a lot longer than Jefferson from a historic point of view so we’re very faithful to this longstanding connection and the relationship we have with many of you,” he said.

Rich Webster, Jefferson’s president said that, as “a lifelong resident of Philadelphia”, he too appreciated the commitment of neighborhood associations “and the mission that you all have of protecting the quality of life of the neighborhood while trying to embrace the various businesses”.

“In my time I am very pleased to see the expansion that Jefferson has made in the immediate area around campus and also am really pleased to see the general revitalization of the area around Jefferson. When I think of 13th street and what that was like 15 years ago and when I think about Chestnut Street and the improvements that occurred there, it’s really great to see,” Webster said.

Webster went on to

express his pride in the services provided by Jefferson and to summarize some of those services for those attending the meeting.

“I am proud that we are the number one Trauma Center in the city of Philadelphia, we’re a comprehensive stroke center, we are a burn center, an NCI [National Cancer Institute] designated cancer center, home of the Rothman Institute for Orthopedics as well as a key partner with the worldrenowned Wills Eye and we obviously have numerous academic and research facilities on campus,” Webster said.

“We’re also one of the largest employers in the city of Philadelphia as most people are probably aware of and do bring significant economic impact to the community and neighborhood.”

With the closing of Hahnemann Hospital only several miles from where Jefferson now stands, Jefferson’s services to the community are even more necessary and valuable.

“We are two miles from Hahnemann, and we saw overnight such a huge significant increase in our trauma population as well as the number of ED [Emergency Department] visits that we had and the number of fire rescue ambulances that came to our department,” he said adding that the hospital worked closely with the city to expand loading and unloading for ambulances and fire rescue.

During the civil unrest following protests against police brutality, Jefferson’s services were again in high demand and Webster made it clear that the hospital’s services were essential to the well-being of the city and the helicopter transport services were of the utmost importance.

“It’s important that we are able to get patients here as quickly as possible. Right now, Jeff Stat, our helicopter program, has about 3,000 landings [annually] that occur at the main campus hospital and that happens 247. When we see the outcomes and understand the impact that we have saving lives, you really can’t necessarily measure that,” said Webster.

Bottom line: “So we are concerned with some of the heights that have been proposed for some of the developments and I really look forward to working with you and the Councilman [Mark Squilla] and other organizations to see what we can do to still provide

the services to the community. It really is lifesaving.”

Clayton Mitchell, senior vice president of real estate facilities and construction for Jefferson University hospital began by thanking the members of Wash West for informing the hospital about another development project whose original height was deemed a concern for the hospital as it would have possibly interfered with the path to the helipad.

The developers worked with Washington Square West and Jefferson officials to modify its original plans, but Jefferson had concerns that other development projects could subsequently present problems to its flight path in the future.

“We talked about the increasing amount of development around the city and particularly around the Jefferson campus said Mitchell.

“We actually encourage that because its good for services for our folks whether it’s homes, whether it’s retail or other amenities but the critical nature of the trauma unit, as you are aware, requires access to that helipad - both approach and departure,” he said.

Given this fact, Mitchell said it was necessary to take steps to protect it.

After considering the potential of future real estate development in the area and the impact such development could have on the operation of the helicopter’s abil-

ity to transport trauma patients, it became more and more essential for officials at Jefferson to propose an ordinance that would limit height of future developments in the area.

“That’s why we put together a very narrowly tailored ordinance. It was our intent not to infringe or impact on significant parts of this community and localize it to the extent possible to facilitate full operations of the trauma Center,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell expressed his belief that Jefferson has had support from Washington Square West and asked for its continued support as they pushed the ordinance that would impose height limitations on future development in the area surrounding the hospital’s helipad.

“This is the only trauma helipad in Center City so if we lose this capability and Center City loses a lot in terms of the academic medical capabilities and, more importantly, to all of those patients that are represented by the 3,000 patients that come into that site every year. It’s a 24-7, 365 days a year operation that is really vital to the core mission of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.”

Next week, the Philadelphia Free Press will share detailed plans of the proposed ordinance and get comments from official and residents of the area.

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Dancers from BalletX are shown in recent rehearsals for their June 24 - 26 series of four performances of three world premieres at the Mann Center, live in person and the performers will not be masked. A nice way to begin their summer season. Submitted by BalletX

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812 Productions, our city’s all comedy theatre company, has created an on demand comedy web series, “Set Model Theatre”, a creation by some 12 local theatre designers and technicians to find the humor in, of all places, Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, filmed to see the behindthe- scenes magic “that finds big laughs in some very unlikely places”.

Each half-hour episode will have a live watch party with 1812 team members on its release date and available on demand through July 11.

Episodes 1 and 2 are out now, episodes 3 and 4 begin on June 21, episode 5 on June 28. Details and tickets at 215-592-9560 or info@1812producdtions. org  Outdoor enthusiasts will be pleased to know that the popular Schuylkill River Trail, which has received $2.2 million in earlier grants, has now been handed an additional $710,978 which will be one immense step toward the completion of this offroad path from Center

City to Greys Ferry, all thanks to the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund Program.  A new virtual series of reading is now underway as part of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s annual Summer of Wonder which runs through Aug. 31 and urges students to continue reading and learning throughout the summer, even if only as little as 20 minutes daily.

Information is available at www.freelibrary.org/ locations and a full list of library events, hours and locations is offered at freelibrary.org/calendar and at 215-567-7710.  Flag Day was celebrated as always on June 14 but this year’s event will go on much longer at the Museum of the American Revolution where a special exhibition of more than 40 rare, historic American flags will be on view until Sept. 6 as part of the Museum’s Revolutionary Summer.

In addition, a display of documents includes rare printings of the Bill of Rights and the proposed

U.S. Constitution of 1787, 3rd and Chestnut. 215253-6731 or www.amrevmuseum.org  The arrival of warm outdoor weather adds to the exotic pleasures of Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center, West Fairmount Park’s hidden treasure that blooms with luxuriant foliage, fresh air and handsome cherry trees even when the gorgeous blossoms are gone. New for this season are one-way paths through the interiors, enhanced seating outdoors and extensive sanitation procedures.

The wealth of beauty in this handsome part of our city remains unblemished. Sponsored by the Japan American Society of Greater Phila.

267-237-3550 and www. japanphilly.org .  June 16 is Community Day at the Please Touch Museum, a free event to celebrate the end of the school year and offering free admission to second graders and their accompanying adults.

On line reservations are a must.4231 Ave. of the Republic in Fairmount Park. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org  June 16 is Bloomsday as all fans of novelist James Joyce know and that is the day when the Rosenbacvh Museum and Library puts the finishing touches on their weeks-long “Ulysses” festival of virtual and in person events paying tribute to Leopold Bloom’s epic bar crawling exploits in Dublin. he handsome Rosenbach mansion will be open along with its old world garden with social distancing and other current requirements. Check it all out at www.rosenbach.org or call 215-7321600.  The Month of Moderns 2021 presented by the Annenberg Center with the Grammy-award winning local choir The Crossing present their final current in person performances on June 18 and 19 Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.

On the program: the world premiere of “At Which Point” by Wang Lue set to poetry of Forrest Gander; “Shift” by Ayanna Woods; and the U.S. premiere of David Lang’s “the sense of senses”, all set in am outdoor picnic atmosphere, the audience seated in

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Rome. Not quite the campaign slogan a candidate continued from page 2 can ride to victory.

Nevertheless, when helped vanquish is the Coriolanus’ highly ambiVolscians, a powerful tious mother Volumnia tribe whose domain lay urges him to pursue the just south of Rome. Reconsulship, his reluctance turning to Rome a hero, melts and he declares he’s expected to follow himself a candidate. the career path of most Backed by a sitting consuccessful generals in sul and a respected senathose days and become tor, the general quickly a consul. (Consul was secures the support of the highest government the patrician-packed Senoffice in the Roman Reate and then sets out to public.) win over the plebians.

But this hero is reAt first, it looks like luctant about seeking a he’s succeeded, but consulship because he his smooth run to the would have to campaign consulship hits a nasty for that office, and that speed bump in the form would mean appealing of the two tribunes. to the plebians, the lower (The tribunes were the classes, for their support. elected representatives The problem is that Cai- of the plebians.) The pair us Marcius Coriolanus despise Coriolanus and is a proud patrician and conspire to scuttle his views the plebians with campaign. When it looks dire disdain. The disdain like the plebians are is mutual; most plebians about to reject his candiblame Caius Marcius dacy, Coriolanus gives for the loss of their grain full vent to his patrician subsidy during a nearcontempt for popular famine. That charge car- rule. ries a certain measure His high-blooded arof truth: the patrician rogance not only dooms warrior declares that he his candidacy, but also … doesn’t feel the plebians ahh, now we’re getting deserve that grain subinto the realm of spoilsidy because they have ers. I decline the role of never fought in battle for spoiler but let me just

assure you that this is when things get really interesting.

As mentioned above, the Lantern Theatre’s rendition of this play is a triumph. This is a highoctane production that rarely takes the foot off the pedal. I must admit that I took a number of short breaks during my first viewing of the show as it was so intense. For that reason, I was glad that this was a filmed version of the original live show.

Director Charles McMahon and his team have rejigged the play as a quasi-modern parable that peels away most of the ancient Roman trappings to get to the heart of Shakespeare’s tragic tale. There’s not a single toga anywhere in sight, and jackboots, not sandals, are the preferred footwear for both males and females. Some of the men’s clothing looks like late Victorian borrowings, while the warriors look like they just stepped off the set of a war movie. (And the war in that movie could be from 200 B.C.E. or a very recent conflict.)

words have rarely been heard lately but BalletX is there for four performances only, June 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m., June 26 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. offering three world premieres by applauded choreographers Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan and

Dwight Rhoden. The multi-awarded BalletX thanks a recent grant from the Alphadyne Foundation for their help in these performances.

5201 Parkside Ave. Tickets at www.balletX.org or call 800-982-2787.

distanced pods(bring chairs and blankets).

Tickets and information on address and timings at www.annebergcenter. org or call215-898-3900.  Amici Opera closes its in person run of Mancinelli’s “Paolo e Francesco” on June 19 at 4 p.m. and opens Verdi’s opera “I Vespri Siciliani” on June 24 at 3 p.m., repeated on June 26 at 4 p.m., young operatic voices singing in Italian with piano accompaniment. Social distancing is guaranteed, hand sanitizer is available, bring your own masks. Redeemer UMC, 1128 Cottman Ave. 215-224-0257.  Trinity Center for Urban Life and the Philadelphia Senior Center present a free vocal recital honoring the beloved music of Harold Arlen performed by bass baritone Ronald Campbell with pianist Everett P. Williams, Jr. This event is live on Zoom and Facebook on June 22nd at 1 p.m.

Details at 215-732-2515 or http://trinitycenterphiladelphila.org  Live at the Mann Center! These magical

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Pennsylvania’s ‘do or die’ election reform teed up for legislative action

By Christen Smith The Center Square

Rights Protection Act, features a handful of reforms with bipartisan t’s “do or die” time support, including profor an extensive visions that allow early election reform bill in-person voting beginpending in the Pennsyl- ning in 2025, monitored vania Legislature, the drop boxes, standardproposal’s chief architect ized ballot curing rules, said Monday. curbside voting and Without action this pre-canvassing for poll month, House State workers up to five days Government Committee before an election.

Chairman Seth Grove, But the bill biggest R-York, said the momen- change – expanding the tum for reform – and state’s voter identificathe appropriate time to tion law – could be its implement the changes – undoing and, so far, it’s may dissolve. unclear if Grove is will“It’s really do or die ing to drop the controright now,” he said versial provision to preduring a briefing with serve the rest of the bill. reporters. “There’s a lot “If Gov. Wolf’s admingoing on right now. The istration wants to come best thing that can hap- to a compromise … we pen is for the governor are more than willing to actually engage in to discuss things with election code changes so them, but they need A voter steps from the voting booth after casting a ballot in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. we can actually get this to actually pick up the done. If he’s not willing phone and call,” he said. Wolf’s staff since the end hensive approach to the proposal that addresses than happy to engage to do it, that’s on him.”

Grove maintains he fix in Pennsylvania’s of April about collaboall of those concerns in a with the Wolf adminisGrove’s House Bill hasn’t heard from the election system,” Grove reasonable and rational tration [about the prorating on a reform bill.

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Spending plan for Pennsylvania’s emissions auction proceeds unveiled

By Christen Smith The Center Square

and Rep. Dianne Herrin, would devote the proceeds to environmental ov. Tom Wolf justice programs, workstood shoulder force development for to shoulder with displaced fossil fuel emlegislative Democrats on ployees and projects that Monday to reveal their further reduce greenproposed spending plan house gas emissions for an anticipated $300 and improve energy efmillion in revenue from ficiency. the state’s participation But it won’t be an easy in the Regional Greensell in the Republicanhouse Gas Initiative. controlled General AsThe RGGI Investsembly, where thwarting ments Act, sponsored the state’s entry into the

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“We are in the middle of a climate crisis,” Wolf said. “It is one of the most challenging and pressing problems we face. … The shortsighted proposals in the General Assembly that seek to halt RGGI are ignoring the science of climate change and not making this transition as seamless as it can possibly be.”

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The DEP said the annual carbon dioxide allowance budget in the 2022 RGGI auction – the first in which Pennsylvania could participate – will total 78 million metric tons. By 2030, this allowance will shrink 25% to 58 million metric tons.

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on Monday the agency is “happy to work with the administration and the legislature to enact common sense election reforms that will further expand voter participation, allow counties to begin canvassing mail ballots before Election Day and improve election administration with the use of electronic poll books.”

“We believe that voters and our dedicated election officials would welcome these changes,” she said. “We hope the legislative priorities will focus on these common sense changes and not on creating barriers to voting for eligible Pennsylvanians.”

Wolf said last week he’s against voter I.D. expansion and will block any policy that increases barriers to access. Under current law, first time voters at a polling place must provide identification. HB 1300 would implement the ID requirement each and every time a resident casts a ballot in-person.

Lyndsay Kensinger, a Wolf spokesperson, said the governor has been engaged in election reform with the General Assembly for the last year and wants to continue the conversation about expanding convenient voting options.

“At the same time, the governor has been clear, both privately and publicly, that he is always willing to have a conversation on election reform, but a proposal aimed at disenfranchising voters – by implementing unconstitutional voter ID and restricting existing voting options – is a complete nonstarter,” she said.

Rep. Jeff Wheeland, RWilliamsport, sponsored a constitutional amendment last week that pivots the voter I.D. question to voters instead. Grove said, “It’s an interesting concept,” but prefers getting the policy into statute.

“We think it won’t disenfranchise any individual the way we have it [written],” he said. “We are trying our best to meet my colleagues halfway on a really good proposal.

We’ll see. Hopefully the governor has actually read the bill, reviewed the bill, sees all the great stuff we are trying to do to help citizens vote and rebuild trust in the election process.”

The administration, however, believes the proposal has nothing to do with protecting voters’ rights or increasing access.

“It is an extremist proposal fueled by disproven conspiracy theories which will undermine confidence in our election system by doubling down on misinformation,” Kensinger said. “They don’t like the outcome of the November election and now they are retaliating against the voters, as their counterparts in other states have done, by pushing a proposal disguised as ‘election integrity.’”

“The governor will always defend our democracy and the right to vote for every Pennsylvanian regardless of political party,” she added.

Grove said if a compromise can’t be reached by the end of the month – the same time frame during which the General Assembly will approve the state’s annual spending plan – the effort will move to the back burner as lawmakers address other priorities, like congressional redistricting.

“We may have to move off election issues if this doesn’t get signed now,” he said. “The fall is too close to the fall elections for counties to get these changes in.”

He added that lawmakers remain wary of implementing sweeping election code changes during the 2022 campaign cycle, which will feature open races for the U.S. Senate and the governor.

It’s a hard lesson learned from the decision to approve expanded mail-in voting in late 2019, just six months before the 2020 presidential primary election, Grove said.

“I’m not sure that we are going to put Pennsylvania in a position of changing major laws and the ensuing chaos that was seen with the 2020 election,” he said.

Grove’s committee scheduled a voting meeting for HB 1300 on Tuesday morning. He anticipates a floor vote on the House next week.

Christen Smith follows Pennsylvania’s General Assembly for The Center Square. She is an awardwinning 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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seats.The common-pleas candidates who received the eight highest vote totals won a Democratic nomination, as did the municipal-court candidates with the three highest vote totals. (No candidates ran for the GOP nomination for the common pleas or municipal court races.)

In the statewide judicial races, there were four Democratic candidates, including two from Philadelphia, running for two open seats on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which hears appeals from the common-pleas courts. There were three

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Other elements presented here are far from both ancient Rome and Jacobean England. In the opening moments, the angry plebians get stirred up by their leader, who wields a megaphone.

The rioters carry signs with slogans like “Bread, Peace and Land” (the slogan of the Bolshevik revolution.)

The battles are fought not with only swords, but with assault rifles spitting out lead in rapid fire. (And we’re treated to quite a few battle scenes.) The most contemporary element: the staging area is flanked by two large TV monitors that summarize the scene before us with “Breaking News” chyrons.

But all these elements would be nothing more than flashy distractions if they weren’t simply strong visual supports for the clutch of fine performances that make this production the success it is.

At the center of everything is Robert Lyons in the title role. Lyons punches out his performance in many of the scenes, but that’s entirely fitting for this character, a tragic hero whose tragic flaw is all too obvious.

The fierceness and obsessive dynamic of Coriolanus is rendered well

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Democratic candidates for one open seat on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, which hears appeals involving government entities or public regulation. Judge Maria McLaughlin, who currently sits on the Superior Court and is from Overbrook, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for a vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The winners of the Democratic nomination for the district attorney, city controller, and local judicial races are the de facto winners of the general election, owing to the heavy Democratic skew of Philadelphia – a city in which the ratio of registered Democrats to Republicans is about

7-to-1. The winners of the Democratic nominations for the statewide judicial races will face off against the GOP nominees in competitive races come November.

The Democratic City Committee saw 10 of its 11 endorsed candidates for local judicial races win their primaries, as well as two of its three endorsed candidates for statewide judicial races (excluding McLaughlin running unopposed).

The two candidates who lost despite the committee’s backing were Judge Mark Moore, who lost his bid for Common Pleas Court, to which he had been appointed on an interim basis by Gov. Tom Wolf last July; and Common Pleas Court

Judge Sierra Street, who lost her bid for a Democratic nomination to the Superior Court.

There were no judicial incumbents except for Moore, as nonappointed, incumbent judges and justices in Pennsylvania keep their seats through retention referenda rather than competitive elections – i.e., citizens directly vote “yes” or “no” on whether judges or justices should stay on the bench for another term, rather than vote on whether to reelect them over opposing candidates.

his element.

As Volumnia, the hero’s mother, Tina Packer proves a powerful force all the way through.

Packer is thoroughly convincing as the anchor of her son’s ambition – an anchor which later becomes a millstone around his neck. Her tragedy is the deep echo of her son’s tragedy.

Kirk Wendell Brown is solid as Cominius, the consul who ardently pushes the career of his protégé Coriolanus.

Brian McCann is quite strong as Menenius Agrippa, the dogged supporter of Coriolanus who seems to share his contempt for the lower orders. McCann manages to bring out all the aspects of this character who balances on the edge of obsequious but is capable of oozing out bile when squeezed too hard by his antagonists.

As Virgilia, the hero’s wife, Mary Lee Bednarek gives us a sympathetic portrait of a woman who remains loyal to her man even as she knows she can never compete with his greater love: the battlefield.

David Bardeen and Leonard C. Haas are fittingly despicable as the scheming tribunes who stage-manage the electoral defeat and subsequent fall from grace of Coriolanus. Charlie DelMarcelle delivers a potent performance as Tullus Aufidius, the Volscian general whose relationship with Coriolanus is … well, let’s say it’s complicated. (At one point,

Tullus tells us, “Would I find him, would I wash my fierce hands in his heart.” And that’s a compliment.)

All of the above performers except for Lyons and Packer also take on multiple roles in the ensemble. They and the other actors who fill out the various smaller roles in the show are a major part of the success of this production. Director Charles McMahon teamed with his talented cast to bring out intense personalities even in those smaller roles. It stands as one of the strongest ensemble performances in recent years.

More, the director and cast manage to overcome the restricted space of the St. Stephen’s Theater to

produce a powerful rendering of this work that usually requires a large stage for its sprawling battle scenes.

Directors McMahon and the actors even manage to squeeze a few laughs out of this sour and dour play. These occasional lighter moments arrive quite welcome in a production that captures the harrowing aspects of Shakespeare’s play so compellingly.

Coriolanus will be available via online streaming through June 27. Tickets are available on both the Lantern Theatre and Theatre Philadelphia websites.

Once you’ve purchased your ticket, you can view the production at any time for 48 hours after you first click on.

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Crime Blotter The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, June 4th and Thursday, June 10th.

Editor’s Note: A change in the PPD’s data reporting means that this week’s Crime Blotter is recording arrests from entire districts, rather than just the Papers’ circulation areas.

3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call 215-686-3030.

Rape: 1000 S 10th St. Arson: 1200 E Moyamensing Av. Assault: 600 Cross St (2 Incidents), 900 E Passyunk Av, 300 Reed St (2 Incidents), 1700 S 2nd St (2 Incidents), 2100 S 2nd St, 500 S 3rd St, 900 S 4th St (2 Incidents), 1800 S 4th St, 2300 S 6th St (2 Incidents), 2300 S 7th St, 2800 S 8th St, 600 S 9th St, 2000 S Broad St, 1100 S Front St, 2500 S Reese St (2 Incidents), 100 Snyder Av (2 Incidents), 200 Snyder Av (2 Incidents), 800 South St (2 Incidents), 400 Tasker St (2 Incidents), 500 Tree St (2 Incidents), 1100 Wolf St (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 1600 E Passyunk Av, 500 Fernon St, 2000 S 5th St, 2600 S Sheridan St, 1100 Tasker St (2 Incidents).

Robbery: 1000 Jackson St, 500 Lombard St, 300 Oregon Av, 800 S 2nd St, 900 S Delhi St (2 Incidents), 800 Shunk St. Theft: 600 Bainbridge St (2 Incidents), 1100 Bainbridge St, 900 Carpenter St, 100 Catharine St, 300 Dickinson St, 700 E Passyunk Av (4 Incidents), 400 Emily St, 600 Johnston St, 900 Johnston St, 700 Mercy St, 0 Mifflin St, 800 Montrose St, 300 Oregon Av, 900 Packer Av (2 Incidents), 500 Porter St, 800 Ritner St, 1300 S 2nd St, 1200 S 3rd St (2 Incidents), S 7th St & Moore St, 1800 S 9th St, 2300 S 9th St, 1400 S 10th St (2 Incidents), 2600 S 10th St (2 Incidents), 1800 S 11th St (2 Incidents), 2400 S 11th St (2 Incidents), 2600 S 11th St, S 11th St & Shunk St, 700 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 1400 S Broad St (2 Incidents), 700 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (3 Incidents), 1600 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (4 Incidents), 1800 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (3 Incidents), 1900 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (4 Incidents), 2100 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (3 Incidents), 2300 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (2 Incidents), 2700 S Darien St, 1300 S Front St, 1800 S Front St, 2800 S Randolph St, 2400 S Reese St (2 Incidents), 900 Snyder Av (2 Incidents), 1300 Snyder Av, 900 South St, 1000 South St, 700 Tree St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1300 Catharine St, 900 Ritner St, 1800 S 5th St (2 Incidents), 1800 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 1100 S Front St, 2700 S Front St (3 Incidents), S Front St & Morris St, 2800 S Warnock St, 2000 S Water St, 400 Watkins St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1000 Carpenter St, 500 Fernon St (2 Incidents), 500 Moore St, 1000 Oregon Av, 1300 Porter St, 1200 S 2nd St (3 Incidents), 1200 S 4th St, 1700 S 5th St, 2100 S 5th St, 2300 S 6th St, 1600 S 7th St, 1900 S 7th St (2 Incidents), 2500 S American St, 2400 S Sheridan St, 600 Winton St (2 Incidents), 700 Winton St. 6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-686-3060.

Arson: 1300 Spruce St (2 Incidents).

Assault: 500 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1300 Arch St (2 Incidents), 1200 Chestnut St, 1100 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 700 Market St, 800 Market St, 1300 Market St (3 Incidents), N 2nd St & Market St, 700 N 7th St, 400 N 8th St, 800 N 10th St, 300 N 12th St (2 Incidents), 800 N Warnock St (2 Incidents), 1100 Race St (2 Incidents), Race St & N Christopher Columbus Blvd (2 Incidents), S 7th St & Walnut St (2 Incidents), 200 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 700 Spruce St, 1200 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1300 Walnut St. Burglary: 1000 Callowhill St (2 Incidents), 200 S 3rd St, 900 Spruce St (2 Incidents).

Robbery: 1300 Locust St, 1000 Market St, 1100 Race St (2 Incidents), 0 S 2nd St, 200 S Broad St (2 Incidents).

Theft: 800 Arch St, 1200 Callowhill St, 1300 Chancellor St, 100 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1100 Chestnut St (5 Incidents), 1300 Chestnut St, 1300 Drury St (2 Inci-

dents), 400 Fairmount Av, 300 Florist St, 1100 Locust St (8 Incidents), 1300 Locust St, 200 Market St, 700 Market St (5 Incidents), 1100 Market St (4 Incidents), 1300 Market St, 1000 Melon St, 200 N 2nd St, N 2nd St & Callowhill St, 100 N 3rd St, 400 N 5th St, 0 N 12th St, 0 Noble St (2 Incidents), 1000 Race St, 1300 Race St (2 Incidents), 400 S 2nd St (2 Incidents), 400 S 10th St, 200 S 11th St, S 11th St & Locust St, 200 S 13th St (2 Incidents), 100 S Independence Mall E (2 Incidents), 1200 Saint James St (6 Incidents), 1000 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 1100 Sansom St, 400 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents), 500 Spring Garden St, 200 W Washington Sq, 1100 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1200 Walnut St (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 100 Chestnut St, Cjc @ 1301 Filbert St, 300 Market St (2 Incidents), 300 N 12th St, 300 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, 300 Race St, 1300 Race St (2 Incidents), 200 S 7th St, 1000 Vine St (2 Incidents), 1100 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1300 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 6th Dist @ 235 N 11th St, 1100 Arch St, 900 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 900 Hamilton St (2 Incidents), 200 Locust St (2 Incidents), 300 N 13th St, 600 N Front St, 1000 Nectarine St (2 Incidents), 1100 Pine St, 700 Race St, 1200 Race St (2 Incidents), 100 S 12th St, 1200 Vine St, 1300 Walnut St.

9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090.

Assault: 1600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1700 Edwin Walk (2 Incidents), 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1800 Locust St (2 Incidents), 1500 Market St, 2000 Mount Vernon St, 400 N 19th St (2 Incidents), 800 N Carlisle St, 1600 Poplar St (2 Incidents), 200 S 18th St (4 Incidents), 2000 Sansom St, 1600 Vine St, 1900 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 2000 Walnut St. Burglary: 700 N Broad St, 1700 Walnut St. Robbery: 2000 Market St (2 Incidents), N 15th St & John F Kennedy Blvd.

Theft: 1826-30 Chestnut St, 1900 Arch St (2 Incidents), Art Museum @ 2500 Spring Garden St, Art Museum Parking Garage @ 2500 Spring Garden St, 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy (2 Incidents), 1400 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1600 Chestnut St, 1700 Chestnut St (5 Incidents), 1800 Chestnut St, 1900 Chestnut St, 1900 Fairmount Av (3 Incidents), 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1600 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1800 John F Kennedy Blvd, 800 Judson St, 1100 Kelly Dr, 1700 Locust St, Love Park @ 1503 John F Kennedy Blvd, 600 N 16th St (2 Incidents), 400 N 20th St (2 Incidents), N 20th St & Pennsylvania Av (2 Incidents), 100 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 400 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 1500 North St, 1500 Ogden St, 2000 Pennsylvania Av (2 Incidents), 1800 Pine St, S 15th St & Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 0 S 16th St (4 Incidents), 100 S 16th St, S 17th St & Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 100 S 18th St, 200 S Broad St, 1500 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 1500 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents), 2500 Spring Garden St (3 Incidents), 1500 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 600 Water Works Dr (2 Incidents), 1800 Wylie St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 2300 Brown St, Kelly Dr & Brewery Hill Dr (2 Incidents), 800 N 16th St, N 19th St & Market St (2 Incidents), 100 N Broad St, 2600 Pennsylvania Av (2 Incidents), 2100 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 1400 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd (5 Incidents), 1900 John F Kennedy Blvd (2 Incidents), 1900 Market St (3 Incidents), 2000 Market St, 0 N 15th St (2 Incidents), 1900 Race St (2 Incidents), 1500 Ridge Av, 200 S 22nd St (2 Incidents), 2500 Spring Garden St (6 Incidents), 1500 Vine St (3 Incidents).

12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320.

Rape: S 56th St & Whitby Av, 2800 S 65th St. Assault: 2700 54th Dr, 6300 Allman St, 5800 Ashland Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Chester Av (3 Incidents), 5600 Chester Av (2

Incidents), 6200 Elmwood Av, 5200 Greenway Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Greenway Av (2 Incidents), 5100 Hadfield St, 5700 Hadfield St (2 Incidents), 5400 Harley Ter, 2900 Island Av (2 Incidents), 2700 Muhfeld St, 6100 Passyunk Av (2 Incidents), 6200 Reedland St, 6500 Reedland St, S 50th St & Woodland Av, 1300 S 51st St, 1200 S 58th St (2 Incidents), 2400 S 61st St (2 Incidents), 2100 S 64th St, 2300 S 64th St, 2900 S 70th St (2 Incidents), 2100 S Daggett St, 1300 S Wilton St (2 Incidents), 6300 Theodore St, 9000 Tinicum Blvd (2 Incidents), 5500 Wheeler St (2 Incidents), 7500 Wheeler St (2 Incidents), 5800 Willows Av, 5800 Woodland Av (2 Incidents), 6800 Woodland Av (2 Incidents), 6000 Yocum St (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 6100 Elmwood Av, 7700 Essington Av, 7300 W Passyunk Av. Robbery: 2000 Aikens St, 7900 Lindbergh Blvd, 8800 Tinicum Blvd.

Theft: 2000 Aikens St (2 Incidents), 5300 Baltimore Av, 5700 Baltimore Av, 8900 Bartram Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Beaumont St, 6800 Buist Av, 6900 Buist Av, 7000 Buist Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Elliott St, 6100 Elmwood Av, 7100 Elmwood Av, 6700 Essington Av, 6800 Essington Av (4 Incidents), 7700 Essington Av, 5500 Greenway Av, 6800 Greenway Av, 6900 Greenway Av (2 Incidents), 6400 Guyer Av, 6800 Guyer Av, 5700 Hadfield St (2 Incidents), 2500 Island Av, 4400 Island Av, Island Av & Lindbergh Blvd, 7100 Lindbergh Blvd, 5600 Malcolm St, S 51st St & Woodland Av, 1000 S 53rd St (2 Incidents), S 53rd St & Kingsessing Av (2 Incidents), 1700 S 58th St (2 Incidents), 2000 S 58th St, 2200 S 58th St (2 Incidents), 2300 S 58th St (2 Incidents), S 60th St & Kingsessing Av, S 61st St & Greenway Av, 2600 S 64th St, 2800 S 64th St, 1700 S 65th St (2 Incidents), 1900 S 65th St, 2100 S 67th St (2 Incidents), 2500 S 70th St, 2500 S 72nd St, 1800 S Cecil St, 1300 S Ruby St, 6100 W Passyunk Av, 5800 Woodland Av (2 Incidents), 6000 Woodland Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4900 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 6400 Garman St (2 Incidents), 5900 Kingsessing Av, 6900 Paschall Av (2 Incidents), Penrose Shop Plaza @ 3000 Island Av (2 Incidents), 1000 S 55th St (2 Incidents), 2600 S 68th St (2 Incidents), S 68th St & Woodland Av, 2500 S 72nd St (2 Incidents), 2100 S Simpson St (2 Incidents), 1100 S Wilton St (2 Incidents), 7000 Saybrook Av, 7300 Theodore St, 8800 Tinicum Blvd, 5400 Warrington Av (2 Incidents), 6100 Woodland Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2700 54th Dr (2 Incidents), 8900 Bartram Av, 2100 Cemetery Av, 5400 Chester Av (3 Incidents), 5500 Chester Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Chester Av (2 Incidents), 6300 Dicks Av, 5400 Eastwick Ter, 5700 Elmwood Av (2 Incidents), 6800 Essington Av, 8400 Executive Av, 6700 Harley Av, 4900 Kingsessing Av, 5500 Kingsessing Av, 6100 Kingsessing Av, 6500 Paschall Av, 6000 Regent St, 1300 S 52nd St, 1500 S 53rd St (2 Incidents), 1700 S 53rd St, 1200 S 55th St, 1000 S 56th St, 2000 S 57th St (2 Incidents), 1700 S 60th St, 1800 S 60th St (2 Incidents), 2100 S 60th St, 2600 S 60th St, 2300 S 62nd St (2 Incidents), 2000 S 65th St, 2300 S 65th St, S 65th St & Elmwood Av (2 Incidents), 2500 S 72nd St, 2500 S 76th St (2 Incidents), 1700 S Avondale St, 1800 S Conestoga St, 2200 S Felton St, 1300 S Paxon St, 1500 S Wilton St (2 Incidents), 2600 Shields St, 5900 Springfield Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Whitby Av (2 Incidents), 6100 Woodland Av. 16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-686-3160.

Homicide: 800 N 48th St. Arson: 4900 Fairmount Av (2 Incidents), 600 N 36th St. Assault: 1000 Belmont Av, 1900 Belmont Mansion Dr (2 Incidents), 3800 Brandywine St, 600 Brooklyn St (2 Incidents), 3900 Brown St, 600 Creighton St (2 Incidents), 100 Farson St (2 Incidents), 4000 Haverford Av, 4200 Mantua Av (2 Incidents), 3700 Melon St (2 Incidents), 800 Moss St (2 Incidents), 0 N 39th St, 800 N 39th St (2 Incidents), N 40th St & Brown St (2 Incidents), N 42nd St & W Girard Av (2 Incidents), 800 N 48th St, N 50th St &

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.

Parrish St (2 Incidents), 400 N Preston St, 4900 Ogden St, 4100 Powelton Av, 5100 Reno St (2 Incidents), 3800 Spring Garden St, 3700 W Girard Av, 4200 W Girard Av, 5100 Westminster Av, 4900 Wyalusing Av. Burglary: 3600 Haverford Av. Robbery: 5000 Ogden St, 3500 Spring Garden St. Theft: 1800 Belmont Mansion Dr, Belmont Plateau Lwr @ 4231 Montgomery Dr, 3600 Brandywine St (2 Incidents), 3800 Cambridge St, 3300 Fairmount Av, Falls Rd & Martin Luther King Dr, 3800 Folsom St, Greenland Dr & Chamounix Dr (2 Incidents), 4400 Holden St, Horticultural Dr & Lansdowne Dr (2 Incidents), 4000 Lancaster Av, 4300 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 4600 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 800 Lex St, 4300 Montgomery Dr (2 Incidents), 600 Moss St, 100 N 34th St (2 Incidents), 500 N 36th St (2 Incidents), 500 N 38th St (2 Incidents), 100 N 48th St (2 Incidents), 300 N Preston St (2 Incidents), 4300 Parrish St, 300 Saunders Av (2 Incidents), 3200 Spring Garden St, 4200 W Girard Av (4 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4100 Black Rd (2 Incidents), 5100 Brown St (2 Incidents), 4100 Lansdowne Dr (2 Incidents), 800 N 41st St, 800 N 45th St, 900 N 48th St, 100 N 52nd St, N 52nd St & Poplar St, 700 N Markoe St, 4200 Powelton Av, 3400 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents), 3800 Wyalusing Av (2 Incidents), 5100 Wyalusing Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 3800 Aspen St, 4800 Aspen St (2 Incidents), 3800 Cambridge St (4 Incidents), 400 Farson St, 3900 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 4300 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 2900 Market St, 2800 Martin Luther King Dr, 300 N 39th St (2 Incidents), 800 N 41st St, 100 N 48th St, 100 N Paxon St, 4100 Parkside Av (2 Incidents), 3800 Poplar St, 3500 Spring Garden St, 4300 Wallace St (2 Incidents).

17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th District, please call 215-686-3170.

Rape: 700 S 17th St. Assault: Dickinson St & S Cleveland St, 1700 Dorrance St (3 Incidents), 2000 Fitzwater St, 3200 Latona St (2 Incidents), 1900 Mountain St, 2100 Pierce St, 1500 S 18th St, S 21st St & Alter St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 22nd St, S 25th St & Federal St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 32nd St, S 1600 Lombard St, 1300 S Hicks St, 1500 S Marston St, 1500 S Taney St, 1600 Tasker St, 2500 Washington Av (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 2300 Cross St (2 Incidents), 1300 Dorrance St, 1500 Kater St, 1700 Manton St (2 Incidents), 1200 S 17th St (2 Incidents), 1300 S 18th St, 1500 S 24th St, 1400 S 25th St, 1700 S Chadwick St, 1600 S Taney St. Robbery: 2100 Dickinson St, 1500 S Corlies St. Theft: 2200 Catharine St, 1400 Fitzwater St, 2500 Morris St, 3000 Reed St, 1000 S 17th St, 1700 S 19th St, 1200 S 22nd St (2 Incidents), 1000 S 24th St (2 Incidents), 1000 S Broad St, 1200 S Broad St (2 Incidents), 1600 S Etting St (4 Incidents), 1400 S Hicks St (2 Incidents), 1700 S Natrona St (2 Incidents), 1600 S Rosewood St, 2100 South St (2 Incidents), 3100 Tasker St, 1400 Washington Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 2000 Reed St, 1200 S 24th St, 1200 S Dorrance St, 2200 South St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2900 Dickinson St (4 Incidents), 2900 Moore St, 1600 Morris St, 2200 Morris St (2 Incidents), 3000 Reed St, 1300 S 24th St, S 28th St & Wharton St, 1600 S 32nd St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 33rd St, 1400 S Etting St, 1700 Washington Av, 3500 Wharton St (2 Incidents).

18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th District, please call 215-686-3180.

Arson: 200 Farragut St (2 Incidents).

Assault: 4500 Baltimore Av, 5700 Catharine St, 5500 Chancellor St (2 Incidents), 4600 Chestnut St, 6200 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 3400 Civic Center Blvd, 5800 Delancey St, 5400 Irving St (2 Incidents),

N 52nd St & Market St, 4700 Pine St, 200 S 36th St, 500 S 42nd St (2 Incidents), 1300 S 46th St, 100 S 50th St (2 Incidents), 100 S 52nd St, 200 S 52nd St, 800 S 55th St, S 55th St & Norfolk St, 200 S 56th St (2 Incidents), 700 S 56th St, 800 S 57th St (2 Incidents), 200 S 58th St, 500 S 59th St, 200 S 60th St (3 Incidents), 600 S 60th St, 0 S 62nd St, 200 S Frazier St (3 Incidents), 100 S Peach St (2 Incidents), 4500 Spruce St, Spruce St & S 56th St (2 Incidents), 4900 Walnut St, 5600 Walnut St, 5600 Walton Av (2 Incidents), 5300 Webster St (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 200 Farragut St (2 Incidents), 100 S 52nd St. Robbery: 200 Farragut St (2 Incidents), N 63rd St & Market St, 400 S 62nd St (2 Incidents), 5000 Sansom St. Theft: 4400 Baltimore Av, 2900 Chestnut St, 4300 Chestnut St (5 Incidents), 5600 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 6100 Delancey St, 5800 Ellsworth St (2 Incidents), 100 Farragut St, 200 Farragut St, 6100 Irving St, 4100 Locust St, 3700 Locust Walk, 3900 Market St, 4500 Market St, 5100 Market St (2 Incidents), 4900 Osage Av (2 Incidents), 5200 Osage Av, 6000 Osage Av, 5800 Pemberton St (2 Incidents), 4700 Pine St (2 Incidents), 5400 Pine St, 5600 Rodman St, 100 S 42nd St, 300 S 48th St, 200 S 49th St (2 Incidents), S 51st St & Locust St, 100 S 54th St, S 56th St & Chestnut St, 0 S 57th St, 0 S Robinson St, 3500 Sansom St (2 Incidents), 4600 Sansom St, 3900 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 4000 Walnut St, 4200 Walnut St, 5000 Walnut St (2 Incidents).

Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5900 Addison St, 5400 Baltimore Av (3 Incidents), 5800 Ellsworth St (2 Incidents), 5500 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 6000 Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 4400 Market St (2 Incidents), 4500 Market St, 5500 Pine St, 5700 Pine St, 100 S 34th St, S 41st St & Pine St, 0 S 45th St (2 Incidents), 200 S 49th St, 0 S 56th St, 400 S 60th St (2 Incidents), 400 S 62nd St (2 Incidents), 300 S Allison St, 200 S Saint Bernard St (2 Incidents), 6000 Sansom St, 5300 Spruce St, 4900 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 18th Dist @ 5510 Pine St, 5900 Carpenter St (2 Incidents), 6100 Carpenter St, 6200 Catharine St, 5000 Cedar Av, 5600 Cedar Av, 5400 Chancellor St, 4600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 4700 Kingsessing Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Market St, 5500 Pemberton St (2 Incidents), 5500 Pine St, 100 S 42nd St, 200 S 45th St, 200 S 55th St, 100 S 56th St (2 Incidents), S 56th St & Catharine St (2 Incidents), 100 S 57th St, 0 S 59th St, S Salford St & Ludlow St (2 Incidents), 5000 Spruce St, 3900 Walnut St, 4100 Walnut St, 4600 Walnut St, 6100 Walnut St, 4600 Woodland Av. 19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th District, please call 215-686-3190.

Homicide: 5500 Market St, 0 N 53rd St. Arson: 3900 Conshohocken Av (2 Incidents).

Assault: 5300 Arlington St, 5400 Arlington St, City Av & Presidential Blvd (2 Incidents), 3700 Conshohocken Av (2 Incidents), Conshohocken Av & City Av

(2 Incidents), 3900 Ford Rd, 5300 Gainor Rd, 6600 Haddington St, 6000 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 5500 Hunter St, 5800 Lancaster Av, 5300 Lebanon Av, 5600 Lebanon Av, 5900 Market St, 6400 Morris Park Rd, 5300 Morse St, 0 N 52nd St, 1900 N 52nd St, 300 N 53rd St, 1200 N 53rd St (2 Incidents), 1300 N 53rd St (2 Incidents), N 53rd St & Wynnefield Av, 0 N 54th St (4 Incidents), 100 N 54th St (2 Incidents), 1800 N 54th St, 1700 N 56th St, 1700 N 62nd St, 700 N 64th St, 1100 N 66th St (2 Incidents), 0 N Conestoga St, 1500 N Conestoga St (2 Incidents), 100 N Edgewood St (2 Incidents), 1400 N Frazier St, 1300 N Hobart St, 1600 N Robinson St (3 Incidents), 0 N Yewdall St, 100 N Yewdall St, 4100 Presidential Blvd, 6400 Sherwood Rd (2 Incidents), 5600 Vine St (2 Incidents), 6100 Vine St (2 Incidents), 5300 W Girard Av, 5500 W Girard Av (3 Incidents), W Girard Av & N 54th St, 5400 Woodcrest Av, 7500 Woodcrest Av (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 6100 Lancaster Av, 0 N Millick St (2 Incidents), 100 N Redfield St, 1200 N Wilton St, 5700 W Girard Av. Robbery: 5200 Lancaster Av, 5800 Lancaster Av, 500 N 63rd St (2 Incidents).

Theft: 5200 Haverford Av, 7500 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 6300 Jefferson St (2 Incidents), 5100 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Lancaster Av, 6300 Lebanon Av (2 Incidents), 5800 Malvern Av (2 Incidents), 5200 Market St, 1500 N 50th St (2 Incidents), 1300 N 53rd St, 500 N 54th St, 1600 N 56th St, 100 N 63rd St, 700 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 1400 N Alden St (2 Incidents), 300 N Felton St (2 Incidents), 1400 N Felton St, 100 N Hobart St (2 Incidents), 500 N Hobart St, 2100 N Hobart St, 0 N Robinson St, 1300 N Robinson St (2 Incidents), 1700 N Wilton St (2 Incidents), 6300 Overbrook Av, 5200 Parkside Av (2 Incidents), 5200 Poplar St, 6100 W Girard Av, 7600 Woodcrest Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5300 Arlington St, 5400 Arlington St, 3900 Ellington Rd, 5600 Lancaster Av, 5900 Market St, 5500 Master St, 0 N 52nd St, 100 N 52nd St, 1500 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 1600 N 56th St, N 59th St & Upland Way, 100 N 62nd St, 400 N 66th St, 1100 N 66th St (2 Incidents), 1300 N Conestoga St, N Conestoga St & W Thompson St, 200 N Peach St, 1500 N Robinson St, 100 N Salford St (2 Incidents), 4100 Presidential Blvd, 5200 W Montgomery Av, 4900 W Stiles St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5600 Arch St, 1000 Flanders Rd, 6500 Harlan St, 5300 Lebanon Av, 6300 Malvern Av, 5200 Market St (2 Incidents), 200 N 52nd St, 2000 N 56th St, 1400 N 57th St (2 Incidents), 1700 N 59th St, 100 N 61st St, 1400 N 61st St, 100 N 62nd St, 700 N 63rd St, 1000 N 65th St, N 76th St & Woodbine Av, 0 N Hirst St, 1700 N Redfield St (2 Incidents), 100 N Robinson St, 100 N Salford St (2 Incidents), 300 N Simpson St, 5500 W Girard Av, 5400 Woodcrest Av. Crime Incidents as reported by the Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org. Feedback and inquiries can be sent to Dorian@Pressreview.net.

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