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HONESTY • INTEGRITY • PROFESSIONALISM “Marguerite” will be a long-remembered short
Dems move for LGBTinclusive language in tax code
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LEATHER SASHES: Ms. Philadelphia Leather 2019, Sara without an H (left), and Mr. Philadelphia Leather 2019, Jason Boyask are Philadelphia representatives in the leather community. Boyask is the first transman to hold the title of Mr. Philadelphia Leather. The Feb. 16 event at The Bike Stop was the 30th Mr. Philadelphia Leather and 18th Ms. Philadelphia Leather competition for the city. Photo: Chris Krakora
‘Truth Wins Out’ founder fighting Google, ex-gays in Philly By Lenny Cohen PGN Contributor How powerful is Google? The tech company’s name becoming a verb should answer that. The first sentence of its parent company Alphabet’s code of conduct is “act honorably.” But Wayne Besen, the founder of Truth Wins Out, said that’s not the case [the company acting honorably] and he’s leading a fight against Google and swears he’s going to win — and it’s hard to doubt him with his decades-long track record. Besen founded Truth Wins Out, an organization that targets anti-gay religious extremism – especially the ex-gay movement — and he recently relocated the oper-
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Gay presidential candidate visits Philadelphia
New “unapologetically queer” network comes to Philly Atop the Comcast tower at 17th and 1701 John F Kennedy Blvd last week, final decisions were made regarding how and when Xfinity would connect with the San Francisco-based Revry, Inc., the first global LGBTQ+ streaming network. Revry announced a deal with Comcast that will bring its streaming service — a smart, inclusive and thoroughly curated selection of LGBTQ+ film, series, and originals together with queer-focused libraries of podcasts, albums and music videos currently available in 50 million-plus households in more than 100 countries — to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform. “Although this is just one of the many partnerships our streaming network will announce very soon, Revry’s availability on X1 is major, and will push our cumulative reach to over 50 million viewers across those platforms,” said Revry CEO Damian Pelliccione. Jean-Claire Fitschen, the executive director of Multicultural Consumer Services at Comcast, stated that the cable giant has forever had LGBTQ programming in its sights. “Xfinity has grown to have the most complete library of LGBTQ entertainment — now at 1,200plus titles — uniquely curated by both identity and community.” The launch of Comcast’s LGBTQ Film & TV on X1 and Xfinity Stream in 2016 even helped make things easy to find. You could find stories curated by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer experience by simply saying “LGBTQ” or “Pride” with the X1 voice remote. “Our Xfinity customers enjoy browsing LGBTQ entertainment recommendations by community partners such as “The Advocate,” AMPA [American Military Partner Association], Campus Pride, Family Equality Council, GLAAD, GLSEN, NCLR, The National Center for Transgender Equality, OUT, Out & Equal, PFLAG, The Trevor Project and Victory Fund,” said Fitschen, PAGE 6
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ation to Philadelphia. He’s worried about a religious organization’s app that “targets 11- and 12-year-old kids (talking about sixth graders) with horrible anti-LGBT messages.” Apple, Microsoft and Amazon removed the app after learning of its hateful contents, but Google still offers it and the company refuses to comment, Besen said. “They better start answering some questions fast because the day is ending when they can claim they’re there for the LGBT community and diversity, and keep an app with such heinous messages,” Besen said. “It’s fundamentally incompatible and undermines the very core of who they say they are.” The Change.org petition he started to get Google to act has more than 136,000
signatures. Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims (D-182nd District) told Besen, “I have introduced legislation to ban conversion therapy in Pennsylvania so the Commonwealth can join the 15 states that have done so to protect youth from this abuse that leads to significantly higher rates of depression, substance abuse and suicidal ideation. Google’s continued failure to remove this app demonstrates it is on the wrong side of history, science and medicine.” Florida-born Besen looks younger than you’d think, considering all he has done. Besen came out after high school and studied broadcasting at the University of Florida, but studied the former newspaper PAGE 18 “TWN” after sneak-
Not many mayors make national headlines, and those who do often do for the wrong reasons, as Philadelphia residents who remember Wilson Goode will attest. Pete Buttigieg has so far not been one whose national headlines have been unfortunate. Buttigieg, 35, spoke on Feb. 19 at the Free Library in Philadelphia, ostensibly to promote his new book, “Shortest Way Home.” However, the crowd that packed the Free Library’s almost-400 seat auditorium didn’t come to see the young Democratic mayor of modest South Bend, Ind. They came to see the country’s first openly gay candidate for President of the United States. When he was questioned onstage by a reporter, the focus was not on his book, the presumed reason for his visit. Instead, questions centered primarily on presidential issues, as well as Buttigieg’s life as an openly gay man in politics. PETE BUTTIGIEG When asked why he wanted to run for president, Buttigieg answered with typical midwestern forthrightness and humor. “Well, don’t run for office just because you want it. And a lot of people do that—just look at the current occupant of the White House. You have to have a clear idea of what it is you want to accomplish, what has to be done.” He explained why he decided to run at such an early point in his career. “We all have to decide when your moment in life is, when it’s time to make the big decisions. Some people wait too long, some don’t wait long enough. I just looked at where things were going, and I thought now seems like it could be my moment.” Buttigieg (who likes to be called “Mayor Pete”) came out late in his first term as PAGE 15 mayor. It was a politi-
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Resource listings Legal resources • ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215-592-1513; aclupa.org • AIDS Law Project of PA: 215-587-9377; aidslawpa.org • AIDS Law Project of South Jersey: 856-784-8532; aidslawsnj.org/ • Equality PA: equalitypa. org; 215-731-1447
Patricia Nell Warren, groundbreaking author of “The Front Runner,” dies
• Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations — Rue Landau: 215-686-4670 • Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-7603686; ppd.lgbt@gmail.com • SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-920-9537
• Office of LGBT Affairs — Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov
Community centers • The Attic Youth Center; 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. • LGBT Center at the University of Pennsylvania; 3907 Spruce
St.; 215-898-5044, center@dolphin.upenn.edu.
• Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Allies Youth Center
Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org.
• William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org.
Health and HIV testing • Action Wellness: 1216 Arch St.; 215981-0088, actionwellness.org • AIDS Healthcare Foundation: 1211 Chestnut St. #405 215971-2804; HIVcare.org • AIDS Library: 1233 Locust St.; aidslibrary.org/ • AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800-6626080 • Bebashi-Transition to Hope: 1235
Spring Garden St.; 215769-3561; bebashi.org • COLOURS: coloursorganization.org, 215832-0100 • Congreso de Latinos Unidos; 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-7638870 • GALAEI: 149 W. Susquehanna Ave.; 267-457-3912, galaei. org. Spanish/English • Health Center No. 2: 1720 S. Broad St.; 215-685-1821
• Mazzoni Center: 1348 Bainbridge St.; 215-563-0652, mazzonicenter.org • Philadelphia FIGHT: 1233 Locust St.; 215-985-4448, fight.org • Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center: 1201 Locust St.; 215985-9206 • Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207
Other • Independence Branch Library Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection: 215-685-1633 • Independence Business Alliance; 215-557-0190, IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com
• LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK • PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833 • Philly Pride Presents: 215-875-9288
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By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor Patricia Nell Warren, author of the international bestseller “The Front Runner,” died after a battle with lung cancer Feb. 9 in Santa Monica, CA. She was 82. Warren’s 1974 novel is credited with changing the tone of gay romances from closeted and tragic to open and embracing of overt gay sexuality. “The Front Runner” opens with a Penn State University coach and includes the 1976 Montreal Olympics as it follows the romance between an openly gay runner and his coach. Warren’s novel was the first modern gay novel to make the coveted New York Times bestseller list. “The Front Runner” sold more than 11 million copies and was translated into 10 languages. A Montana native, Warren was an author, editor, publisher, activist, runner and much-beloved friend to many. She grew up on her family’s 6,000-acre cattle ranch and trained to be a rancher. She was also a distance runner — a sport that would become her entre into her most important work, and her own coming out after an early marriage to a man. Warren began her career as a writer at 18. She moved to New York from Montana where she worked as a copy editor and then as an editor from 1959 to 1980 for “Reader’s Digest” — the magazine and the condensed book club at. In 1957, Warren married Yuriy Tarnawsky, a Ukrainian writer and linguist. Through Tarnawsky, Warren learned Ukrainian and went on to publish Ukranian poetry. She spent four years in Spain with Tarnawsky and while there wrote about life for LGBT people under Franco. Warren wrote “The Front Runner” during her time at “Reader’s Digest.” After William Morrow & Company bought her manuscript, Warren divorced her husband and came out
as a lesbian. In a 2000 interview, Warren said that if it hadn’t been for physically running, she might not have written “The Front Runner” nor come out as a lesbian. It was her own involvement in the sport that introduced her to other gay and lesbian runners. Initially she intended to make “The Front Runner” a lesbian love story, but said there was too little track and field for women at that time and the coaches were all male. Changing the genders made history In a 1998 essay for “The Advocate,” Warren wrote, “For me, at age 32 in 1968, distance running started out as a personal female challenge … Through running, I could finally catch up with those long-festering questions about sexual orientation. It dawned on me that sports are a major arena in which American society hard-wires ‘traditional’ notions about gender roles and orientation into its citizens.” Warren also wrote about how she and other women broke into the previously all-male marathon system. “In 1969, the year that I and 11 other female outlaws crashed the Boston Marathon and ran the race without numbers, was the year of Stonewall. Closeted college jocks of both genders were electrified by that dual challenge — coming out and long-distance running.” The book has been credited with inspiring the creation of more than 100 gay-and-lesbian amateur running clubs, now collectively known as the International Front Runners. Warren wrote other books over her long career, among them “The Fancy Dancer,” “The Beauty Queen” and “The Wild Man.” Greg Herren, former editor of Lambda Literary and author of several gay male mystery series, knew Warren. He told PGN, “Patricia and her work meant so much to so many gay men of my generation, and she was just as warm and lovely as her books were groundbreaking.” n
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News Briefing N.J. town to honor “Babs” Siperstein Leaders have organized a day of service in memory of LGBTQ+ matriarch Barbra “Babs” Siperstein. The focus will be for theNew Jersey LGBTQ+ community to carry on her work of helping those who have been left behind. Siperstein died Feb. 3 at age 76. With the support of the NJ LGBT Chamber of Commerce and in partnership with Toni’s Kitchen, The Pride Network has launched a service effort to address food insecurity in Montclair, N.J. The first “Babs” Siperstein Day of Service is 10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 24 at Toni’s Kitchen in Montclair. Siperstein was an advocate who worked to bring hope to those in the LGBTQ community and she worked to progress transgender equality. Her legacy lives on through the Barbra Siperstein Endowed Scholarship at Middlesex County College. The scholarship was created in 2017 by Siperstein and provides transgender students with financial support for higher education. Check donations can be sent to Barbra Siperstein Endowed Scholarship MCC Foundation at 2600 Woodbridge Ave. Edison, N.J.
Our Night Out-Philly visits Toasted Walnut this month This month’s OurNightOut-Philly — a social and networking event put on by the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund — will be held 6-9 p.m. Feb. 27 at Toasted Walnut, 1316 Walnut St. The regular social event brings together old friends and helps build new ones while enjoying food and drinks at different area restaurants and bars. Tickets can be purchased online at https:// www.dvlf.org/ournightout-philly for $5, or $10 at the door. Money raised from the event will benefit DVLF.
Event hones in on mental health and the LGBTQ community A presentation called Headcase: LGBTQ Writers and Artists on Mental Health and Wellness, will be held 6-8 p.m. March 21 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S. 22nd St. A collection of personal reflections and illustrations on the intersection of mental ill-
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Central Pa history project announces 2019 effort The LGBT Center of Central PA History Project, in collaboration with Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, is creating the first digital trail of history focusing on women in science for 2019. The digital trail of history will hone in on LGBTQ historic sites throughout the state of Pennsylvania. This project is slated for development in 2020. PHMC is looking for open suggestions of historic LGBTQ sites from Pennsylvania Historic Network participants. To suggest a site, visit https://www.phmc. pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
News & Opinion “Racism has morphed into a more institutional framework that systematically oppresses people of color. White people don’t have to live with this dayto-day, and thus many don’t see it.” ~ CREEP of the Week, page 10
Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs ED to hold free seminar A free seminar on LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency will be held 12-3 p.m. March 30 at the Lansdale Public Library, 301 Vine St., Lansdale. The free seminar will be presented by Todd Snovel, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs. The seminar focuses on understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning community members and challenges faced. A dialogue will be held on topics including terminology specific to LGBTQ communities and look at what types of barriers faced. For more information or to register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ lgbtq-cultural-compentecy-seminar-tickets-55794468758. n
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21 — Feature: LGBT short “Marguerite” has a shot 23 — Family Portrait 25 — Scene in Philly 26 — Out & About 29 — Dining Out 30 — Q Puzzle
Forward-thinking fashion: Gender-neutral ties A New Jersey company has come out with its first collection of gender-neutral ties. Ty-Amo of Freehold says the ties are available in eight designs and colors: plaid, paisley, holes or writing. The two signature styles are classic and a wrap-around; which is longer and can be worn as a belt, headscarf or neck scarf. Prices range from $50 to $70. Ty-Amo says its mission “strongly lies in encouraging equality and empowerment for women and the LGBTQ community. The brand believes in the right to be accepted for who you are and how you love by breaking through stereotypes and focusing on human connection and tolerance.” Visit https://ty-amo.com/ for pictures and details on Ty-Amo’s ties.
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Council votes for gender-neutral titles By Josh Middleton PGN Contributor In a show of unanimous support, members of City Council passed legislation Feb. 14 that would change language in the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to be more gender neutral. Voters will ultimately decide the issue as a ballot question in the May 21 primary election. The current charter mostly relies on male-specific titles, such as “councilman,” “councilmen” and “Councilmanic,” when referencing members of City Council. This measure would take away any gender-specific references and replace them with the more-inclusive forms of “councilmember,” “councilmembers” and “Council.” “It’s really antiquated that we are using gender designations for people of our local legislative bodies,” said Councilmember Derek Green, who proposed the legislation. “This bill would take the perspective that, regardless of your gender expression, we will not define you in a specific way in our city government, and that we’re open to all people of all gender
less of how they express themselves from a gender perspective — reads our city code to find language that refers to members of City Council as men. That’s not a good perspective as a city that’s moving forward. As a society, we are moving forward on this issue and I think this helps in a small way to continue that progress.” The Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs helped to generate initial support for the bill by enlisting two of its policy interns, both of whom identify as non-binary, to testify before City Council. One of those people was Jasper Katz, a law student at Temple University, who says the move is not just a win for women but for transgender and non-binary folks as well. “When you have language like ‘councilman,’ what that’s implying is that only men are welcome here,” they said. “Changing the language to ‘councilmember’ is a simple change. We’re not fundamentally altering the structure of our government, but what it does is send a huge signal to everyone in Philadelphia that they not only can participate in their government but they are wanted and needed.”
representations being members of this Council body.” Green said he came up with the idea after a National League of Cities conference, which was attended by citylevel legislators from across the country. There, he said, it struck him that members of council were always referred to in a more gender-neutral way. “I came back and was reflecting on that, and noticed that some office placards at City Hall say ‘councilmember,’ while others say ‘councilman.’ Our business cards do the same,” he said. In doing more research, he was surprised to find that the most updated versions of the city charter and code also refer to people on City Council as “councilmen,’ with the exception of a small number of “councilmember” references. “It doesn’t even say ‘councilwomen’ — it says councilmen,” he said. “We’ve had women who were members of City Council for a long time.” Six women currently serve on the 17-member Council. “It’s not fair for someone who — regard-
If the bill passes in May, it will go into effect for the next council session in January, when new members and those re-elected are sworn in. Green says the language overhaul will apply not only to the city charter and code but everything that’s designated for members of City Council, including business cards, websites, correspondence and letterhead. If all goes as planned, the measure would further establish Philadelphia as a bastion of progressivism in the state of Pennsylvania, which still lags behind in offering even the most basic non-discrimination protections for its LGBTQ citizens. But Green says he sees a glimmer of hope on the state level and hopes Philadelphia can continue to push the Commonwealth in the right direction on the issue of LGBTQ rights. “I hope the voters of Philadelphia will be supportive of this legislation,” he said. “We’re making progress but we have much more to do, especially at the state level. Every step that we can do here in Philadelphia, I think makes progress around the Commonwealth, as well.” n
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The roots of gay activism in the radical left By Gary L. Day PGN Contributor Many LGBTQ people assume that gay activism began with the Stonewall Riots in 1969. To some extend, that’s true; Stonewall sparked a new level of energy and engagement that eventually coalesced into something resembling a movement. But history tells us there is much more to the story. There were gay activists working in the wilderness even before World War II, and the roots of the leftist ideology that fueled the early gay movement go back even further, to the mid-19th Century. The roots and development of the radical left, its evolution and eventual impact on the gay movement post-Stonewall was the subject of a lecture and discussion Feb. 17 at William Way Center. Hosted by the William Way’s LGBTQ History Group, the event featured leftist archivist Brad Duncan giving a brief history of the radical left from its birth with the publication of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to the 1960s and beyond. Duncan touched on the troubled development of the radical left as the supporters of the disparate, and sometimes contradictory, philosophies of socialism, communism and anarchy, its mostly-successful efforts to wed into the early worker’s movement (spawning the famous phrase “Workers of the world unite!”). That movement, of course, morphed into the modern PROGRAMMING from page 1
“Philadelphia’s own Attic Youth Center community recommendations was the newest partner launched just last week.” X fi n i t y X 1 i n t eg r a t e s N e t f l i x , YouTube, Amazon and Here TV all on one platform with Revry soon to follow. Those services combined with X1’s existing library means a vast LGBTQ showcase all in one place.” It’s truly awesome,” Fitschen said. At launch, expected by the end of February or the beginning of March, Xfinity X1 customers will be able to subscribe to the service and access it over the Internet by saying “Revry” into their X1 voice remote. Or simply say “Pride” or “LGBTQ” to access Xfinity X1’s broader LGBTQ Film and TV on-demand destination. X1 customers will be able to sign up for Revry directly on X1, and add it to their service for $6.99 per month. Revry has been an active idea since October 2015, when four friends got together at Pelliccione’s apartment around the then-new fourth-generation Apple TV. “We were inspired by its technology, a new operating system called TVOS for developers to create new and origi-
labor movement of the early 20th century, though American labor was often uncomfortable with the radical left’s enduring support of Stalinist Soviet Union. Duncan did not gloss over the radical left’s love affair with Stalinism. Many in America’s left refused to believe reports leaking from Russia about Stalin’s murderous brutality and genocidal programs, choosing to cling to the dream of the worker’s utopia promised by Lenin. As a result, McCarthyism, for all its own awful abuses, almost eradicated America’s radical left movement. Down, but not out, the radical left was an early and strong supporter of the womnal app experiences,” Pelliccione said. “But we searched LGBTQ and every other related term and acronym and found zero apps. So we had to make our own, to become one of the first LGBTQ apps created for that generation Apple TV and higher.” From there, Revry created apps and systems to all streaming TV systems — from ROKU to Amazon Fire — along with web, then mobile versions for IOS and Android. Beyond that, Revry created the first LGBTQ digital broadcast channel on Pluto TV. Viacom acquired Pluto TV last month, adding even greater reach and respectability. Xumo TV came next for Revry, powering everything from Vizio, Samsung, LG and more. “And, now, we’re the newest member of the Xfinity/Comcast family, launching by the end of this month or the beginning of March,” said Pelliccione, who’ll arrive in Philly (for the first time) next week for meetings with the cable/streaming network. “We’re unapologetically queer — that’s our motto and the nature of our content curation. Not only will Xfinity X1 customers be able to enjoy our Revry original programming such as ‘Room To Grow’ and ‘Queens of Kings’ (starring RuPaul Drag Race winner
en’s movement and the black Civil Rights Campaign. However, when gay activists started brandishing their pink triangles and lambda signs, the radical left showed how inconsistent and condescending it could be. While the radical left continued to give lip service to “equality,” the philosophical basis of its attitude towards homosexuality was rife with patronizing homophobia. The radical left’s position on lesbianism was simple: lesbianism was entirely a reaction to patriarchal oppression. If they could only build a society without patriarchal oppression, women wouldn’t need to turn away from men to protect themselves.
Their position regarding gay men was even more radical. First off, homosexuality didn’t much occur in the working classes, it was primarily an affectation of the bourgeoisie—what with most of us being hairdressers, waiters, dancers and other artsy types. They reasoned that it was an extreme form of bourgeois chauvinism that made some men turn away from women to keep company with themselves. And so, many in the radical left felt that homosexuality was a choice, and while they maintained that they supported the right to choose, they did not feel it was a socially desirable choice. Post-Stonewall LGBTQ activists have educated the radical left on the reality of the subject. Duncan also illustrated his talk with representative samples from his large personal archive of radical left publications and ephemera. Duncan’s numerous samples included newspapers, brochures, pamphlets and flyers, including some hard-tofind collectible items such as works by Trotsky and Stalin themselves. The lecture was followed by a lively discussion with the overflow crowd, focusing on how the lessons of the radical left’s history could be applied to today’s progressive movement in its struggle with the troubling politics of 21st Century America. The William Way Center’s LGBTQ History Group meets monthly to discuss and examine issues relating to gay history. For information, visit waygay.org. n
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Family first for LGBTQ Asian Americans over the New Year By Lenny Cohen PGN Contributor He may seem like your average, middle-class Asian-American from the Philadelphia suburbs, but Jamie Song is special. He’s not only the only member of his Chinese family of four to be born in the United States, he also identifies as queer, which often has its own challenges that were more evident and less avoidable during the recently celebrated Lunar New Year. Dr. Giang Nguyen’s story is similar. He was born in Vietnam and arrived in the United States in 1975 as a young child. He has an older sister and they, with their parents, were war refugees. His father had sponsors on the Jersey Shore, so they settled and he grew up in Ocean Township, Monmouth County. Both men were raised with their families celebrating the Lunar New Year, which this year — the Year of the Pig — was Feb. 5. Many in the U.S. are familiar with the Chinese New Year, but Vietnam’s holiday, known as T�t, is very similar. The first day of the year is when the new moon occurs between late January and late February. Traditionally, the holiday is about family. Celebrations often begin with a big, multi-course family meal. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and dragon and lion dances since the belief is seeing the creatures dancing aggressively as loud cymbals clang chases away evil spirits. It’s also a time to honor elders. The celebration lasts until the 15th day of the year, known as the Lantern
Festival. Philadelphia will hold its fourth annual celebration of light and culture at Franklin Square throughout May and June. For LGBTQ Asians, the holiday is often difficult as many families do not tolerate homosexuality nor talk about it. And in a patrilineal culture, where males are often lofted above females, it especially can be challenging for gay men. “If you’re not out, then you have to go back to the closet over the holidays,” Nguyen said. “Those who are part of the Asian-American LGBTQ community are trying to reconnect with family during the New Year, because it’s so integral in celebrating the New Year,” and it can be incredibly difficult for those who are estranged due to their sexual or gender identity. One major conflict Song has is with his queer identity. He’s not out to his parents and doesn’t know if he’ll pass on the family name. “For my parents, it’s especially important that the Song name be passed on even though we’re not in China,” he explained. It’s especially sensitive because he has no brothers, and his father’s brothers have no sons. Shortly after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Song’s father became a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. His mother and sister followed when he got a research job at Penn. Song was born and raised on the Main Line. Now, he lives in Center City. As for LGBTQ people in Chinese culture, Song said it was not thought of negatively, and nobody asked, until there was Western influence. Only then, it
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became stigmatized and his parents have talked about it in that way. But Song seems to have a bright future, ready to finish his bachelor’s degree in health and societies at Penn in May and already has been accepted to a master’s program there. Dr. Nguyen, somewhat older, says his family celebrated the cultural aspects rather than specifics of Vietnam’s New Year. He thinks his family was the only Vietnamese one at his school. There were other Vietnamese families in nearby towns, and they found Lunar New Year festivals in urban centers in North Jersey and later Philadelphia. When he made it to college at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, he was finally able to meet more people with his heritage at the Vietnamese Student Association. And, he was able to come out to his parents while in medical school. He called it “something that not all people who immigrate to this country and are queer are able to do, unfortunately.” His parents are now deceased. He lost his father to cancer shortly after, but his mother was able to know him fully as an out person for many years. Nguyen remembers it wasn’t easy in the beginning, but his mother became more comfortable with it over time. At first, she kept it a secret, embarrassed about it and didn’t even tell the extended family. Culture is highly valued among the Vietnamese and she tried to not rock the boat. Later, she became more comfortable with the idea of gay people, after watching TV and videos in Vietnamese — and notic-
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ing the gay experience talked about more than it had been earlier. But staying in the closet wasn’t a priority for Nguyen. At first, he and then-partner Sean sent Christmas cards to loved ones together, but certain people in Nguyen’s family received cards sent only from him. When separating some cards became too challenging, they sent all of theirs from both of them, and the new recipients were able to figure things out. In fact, his mother and lots of others in his family — including his mother’s older brother — celebrated at his wedding to Sean, and many in Sean’s Irish-Catholic family came too. He did everything any parents could want , but knew his sexuality was something he couldn’t change. “I felt more empowered because I had a level of privilege with a
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trajectory of going to medical school and becoming a physician,” Nguyen said. He gave back as part of an organization called ASIAC, which tried to build community with LGBTQ Asians, and held monthly parties to make the connections he didn’t have while growing up. ASIAC helped put out newsletters in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean — the most common languages in the diversity of Asian communities — so people could meet, but also help teach HIV prevention and care for HIV patients. It eventually expanded to promote language access for HIV-positive African immigrants and the Latinx community. But Nguyen finds time for fun as a member of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus for more than 20 years, and of course, with family. n
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International Japanese same-sex couples sue for equal marital rights Thirteen same-sex couples on Feb. 14 in Japan filed the first lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the country’s rejection of same-sex marriage. The Valentine’s Day lawsuits, filed in Tokyo and in other courts around the country, argue that the law violates the constitutional rights to equality for same-sex couples. The couples want the government to follow the example of many other nations in guaranteeing marital freedom. Ten Japanese municipalities have enacted “partnership” ordinances for same-sex couples to make it easier for them to rent apartments together, among other things, but they are not legally binding. Many LGBT people hide their sexuality, fearing prejudice at home, school or work. The obstacles are worse for transgender people, who face extra difficulties including a requirement they be sterilized to marry someone of the same birth sex.
Thai party fields transgender candidate for prime minister As Pinit Ngarmpring, he was a CEO and sports promoter, well known in the world of Thai soccer. Now, under her new name of Pauline Ngarmpring, she is pursuing a bid to become the country’s first transgender prime minister. The 52-year-old is one of three candidates put forward by a political party for the post in next month’s general election. She says she wants her nomination to bring hope to the marginalized, and to open up political space for future generations of LGBT people. With more than a month to go before the March 24 polling day, she campaigned recently in one of Bangkok’s more infamous nightlife areas. Many vulnerable or exploited people work in this twilight zone of go-go bars, cheap hotels and massage parlors. It’s exactly the constituency the Mahachon Party seeks to represent, and she’s eager to hear their concerns. “Our welfare, mostly. Health,” masseuse Wassana Sorsawang said are her concerns, as she stood outside a shop in an alley off the street. She complained that she and her
colleagues often work double shifts, and it affects their health. The Mahachon Party is contesting about 200 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives. About 20 of the candidates are openly LGBT. Ngarmpring joined only last November. Now, as their second-ranked nominee for prime minister, she finds herself a political trailblazer, a unique symbol of the fight for equality. It’s fine, she said, even if she cannot achieve her goal of becoming prime minister “because I am the first one who dares enough to announce, ‘Hey, we can do it!’”
Instagram removes gay Muslim comics after Indonesia warning Instagram has removed an account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia following a frenzy of moral outrage online in the world’s biggest Muslim nation. The Ministry of Communications on Feb. 13 said the account under the username Alpatuni was pornographic, which violated the law on information and electronic transactions. It was closed after the communications minister wrote a warning letter to Instagram, the ministry said. The comics depicted gay characters facing discrimination and abuse, which has become increasingly common in Indonesia since late 2015 when conservative politicians and religious leaders began a campaign of portraying lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as a threat to the nation. An account of the same name on Facebook, which owns Instagram, was also no longer accessible. The ministry said it appreciated that members of the community reported the account, which “accelerated” its removal. Indonesian netizens in turn congratulated the ministry. On Twitter, Fahmi Alfansi Pane, a policy analyst at the Indonesian parliament, thanked officials for “acting decisively” to protect public morality, adding that he had never seen the comics. Local media, quoting the communications minister, reported the ministry would block Instagram in Indonesia if the Alpatuni account wasn’t removed. The government frequently threatens to block Western social media and Internet companies for content deemed illegal, but has never taken such measures. In 2017, it briefly and partially blocked the Telegram messaging app because of its failure to remove groups linked to violent jihad. n — Compiled by Larry Nichols
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Use your words, Mr. President, but correctly Emergency [ih-mur-juhn-see]: A sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action; a state, especially of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event. An emergency is 30 million Americans without healthcare. An emergency is the more than 1 million people in the United States living with HIV. And many are dying of AIDS right here because of a lack of resources and the scant availability to some populations of preventative and life-saving drugs. The CDC has reported that young men of color of all sexual orientations have the highest incidence of new HIV cases. And among LGBTQ people, trans women appear to be most at risk, with a much higher rate of new cases. In Philadelphia, the rate of new cases remains higher than the national average. An emergency is that hate crimes across the country have increased by 17 percent since President Donald Trump took office. An emergency is that in nomination after nomination, President Trump is putting forward anti-LGBTQ federal judges. Many of these nominees are downright hostile to LGBTQ rights believing in conversion therapy and against anti-discrimination laws and legislation. If something isn’t done to stop these judges from being confirmed for lifetime appointments by the U.S. Senate, our rights and the rule of law itself are severely threatened. An emergency is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth in general are three times more likely to attempt suicide than other teenagers. The rate is highest among transgender adolescents — six times that of their heterosexual peers, according to a report published in “JAMA Pediatrics.” An emergency is when in 30 states including Pennsylvania, LGBTQ people remain at risk of being fired, evicted or denied services because of their gender-identity or orientation status. Nationwide, transgender people can be banned from military service. An emergency is having a president who unequivocally believes that erecting a $15-billion concrete monument to white supremacy, exclusion and hate is an emergency. Not an emergency, but sad, is that Trump believes in his border wall despite the fact that 6 in 10 Americans disagree with him; as do numerous members of Congress. The only real emergency at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. is that our leader is wasting time and failing to address real emergencies, especially many that directly affect the lives of members of the LGBTQ community. It has been quite obvious for some time that President Trump has a limited vocabulary and doesn’t seem to know many words. Clearly, emergency is one word he does know, just not its definition. n
Eric Porterfield is blind, literally. According to his website, Blind Faith Ministries, he lost his eyesight in 2006. But Porterfield is also figuratively blind in that he apparently is either ignorant of, or refuses to see, the horrifically violent racism perpetuated thought history by the Ku Klux Klan. Let me back up. Porterfield is a Republican delegate in West Virginia. During a Feb. 6 committee meeting, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, he “went into an extended diatribe supporting legislation that would have enabled LGBTdiscrimination in cities that have passed ordinances expressly criminalizing it.” So, spoiler alert — Porterfield doesn’t like gay people. He definitely wants to see LGBTQ people discriminated against and wants that discrimination to be legal. His reasoning, however, is pretty ignorant. “The LGBT is the most socialist group in this country,” he said on Feb. 6. “They do not protect gays. There are many gays they persecute if they do not line up with their social ideology.” First of all, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know what “socialist” means. Even as a member of “the LGBT,” I don’t understand to what he’s referring. Secondly, his claim that “the LGBT” doesn’t protect gays is odd. First of all, it’s not like he wants gays protected. Thirdly, his proof of gay-on-gay persecution is Milo Yiannopoulos, a right-wing provocateur who is an enemy to the equality and justice that LGBTQ people want and deserve. Porterfield pointed out that when Yiannopoulos went on tour, “the LGBT” stormed that building and did $200,000 worth of damage because they didn’t like Yiannopoulos’ ideology. He is apparently referencing a protest in 2017 at the University of California, Berkeley, though reports I have read put the damage at half that. Porterfield then said, “We cannot allow discriminatory bigots to determine how our citizens are going to live.” Oh, the irony. People were upset about Porterfield’s anti-LGBTQ comments and West Virginia Democrats called him out. Thankfully, Porterfield was able to talk to the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Feb. 8 and smooth everything over. “The LGBTQ is a modern-day version of the Ku Klux Klan without wearing hoods with their antics of hate,” Porterfield said, adding that gays were a “terrorist group” who were persecuting him. There are many things wrong with this, but let’s start at the obvious. Porterfield, a white man and speaks of the KKK as if they are a thing of the past. Not only does the KKK still exist, but the white supremacy that fueled their terrorism against black people in America is currently shared by
the president of the United States. The reign of racist terror in the United States never went away. Yes, cross burnings are a rare occurrence now, but racism has morphed into a more institutional framework that systematically oppresses people of color. White people don’t have to live with this day-to-day, and thus many don’t see it. Even “woke” white people are often oblivious to how long tentacles of racism are. The KKK were, and are, terrorists. Full stop. They murdered black people and drove them out of cities and neighborhoods. They burned churches. Calling LGBTQ people equivalent in any way to the KKK is nonsense. LGBTQ people are not murdering people who don’t agree that we deserve full and equal protection under the law. This comparison both demonizes LGBTQ people and minimizes the KKK’s past and present history as a terrorist group. Porterfield posted on Twitter that since his comments, “members of the LGBTQ have exercised hate crimes and threatened my safety.” I do not condone threats or acts of violence, but please spare me the “LGBTQ people are so intolerant of my intolerance” act. When an official in power threatens to hurt LGBTQ people with legislation that would strip them of their rights or block their access to rights, that official always seems to be surprised that LGBTQ people might react to that in a negative way. That some would even resort to posting nasty things on the internet or to name-calling. The audacity! I have read comments online that attack Porterfield for being blind and for being overweight. These comments are dumb. What he looks like and what his physical disabilities happen to be have nothing to do with his ignorant and hateful attitudes toward LGBTQ people. There is no reason to meet his bigotry with ableism or sizeism. You want to attack Porterfield? Then attack him at the ballot box. Support his challenger in the next election. Support Fairness West Virginia at fairnesswv.org, or the state’s ACLU organization at acluwv.org. Join like-minded voters and work to elect people who not only understand the difference between “LGBTQ” and “KKK,” but understand why it really, really matters. n D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @ MamaDWitkowski.
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The question of Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett of the TV show orchestrated this incident. But, many are “Empire” has recently been in already criticizing the actor the media and it’s not a pretty for doing this during Black story. History Month. The short of it: One night in Being black and gay and Chicago he claimed that he was open about it is brave, and the victim of a hate crime. He comes with it much hate. So, said assailants poured bleach no matter what the outcome on him, roughed him up and of this incident, Smollett has hung a rope around his neck already suffered, and possible all the time yelling racism and been broken by that hate. But, homophobic slurs. The Chicago either way, it is heinous — the police questioned two men, hate crime or the invention of who are brothers, as possible a hate crime. And, while we suspects in the incident. Turns don’t know yet which is true, out the men knew Smollett and we need to realize that one have worked on “Empire.” person is not an entire group The men later said that people, whether black or Mark Segal of Smollett paid them to create LGBT. the hate crime. At present, we There are other people of don’t know the full story or whether a color who we can celebrate this Black hate crime actually occurred or if Smollett History Month. How about Bayard
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Rustin, chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington; Janet Mock, activist, author and most recently writer for the TV show “Pose;” Alice Walker, author, poet, and advocate; E. Denise Simmons, former mayor of Cambridge, Mass., who during her 2008-2009 term was the first openly lesbian African-American mayor in the United States; Angela Davis, political advocate, scholar, and author; and James Baldwin, author and activist. There are many, many more, but let me end with my sister from Gay Liberation Front, Marsha P. Johnson, who helped create the first trans organization in the nation Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries … STAR! n Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s mostaward-winning commentator in LGBT media. You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ MarkSegalPGN or Twitter at https://twitter.com/ PhilaGayNews.
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Live life note by note with Sean Bennett If you ever walked through SEPTA’s Jefferson station you may have noticed a tall, skinny African-American young man playing the violin. He’s best known as “Sean the Violinist.” I remember hearing him before I saw him; and I knew whoever was playing was putting his entire soul into the music. OUTPour’s “Day in The Life” series continues with student and street performer Sean Bennett. Bennett graduated in 2014 from the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and is preparing to audition for the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School. Also, Bennett is part of a duet called “Onyx Violins” with friend Samir Robinson. “Playing gives me a sense of integrity, because a lot of people wouldn’t care if I was just another black guy just standing there.” He is the winner of the Marian Anderson Award, a grant pro-
gram with the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. It’s for young adults to study music who may not otherwise be able to afford private lessons. “I don’t care if I get a dollar, I just want to play!” Bennett understands the common misconception white Americans have when they see a black teenage boy, they immediately think sagging pants, dangerous thug, criminal and often disposable. More times than not, this a population that is ignored and goes unseen. Bennett knows the importance of showing a positive and contrasting image of what the media portrays — because black male-hood is not a monolith. There are many Bennetts out there who are black and queer. They are in our classrooms, churches and community centers waiting for someone to nurture their potential. Here is to all the Bennetts in the world! n
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Street Talk What is your favorite LGBTQ charity and why? “Action Wellness, which used to be Action AIDS, has benefited our population for years and it’s also providing Suz Atlas resources Gayborhood and Writer assistance to our senior community.” “Truth Wins Out. I started the organization in 2006 in Miami Beach and now moved Wayne Besen it to PhilChinatown adelphia. What we do Truth Wins Out is we fight against the ex-gay myth and try to put conversion-therapy programs out of business. We expose their leaders as frauds and try to shut down the programs so they can’t harm people.”
“I’d say my favorite or one of my favorites is William Way Community Center. That’s our center. It has programs Mary Groce for all of Gayborhood us and it’s Writer and speaker really been a good source of community for the whole LGBTQ Philadelphia area. I really appreciate the work they do.”
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A mutual benefit: Letting employees define their families fits are also flexible and structured to People and families come in many include LGBTQ families —something forms, as any LGBTQ person can attest. Now, Massachusetts Mutual Life that isn’t always a given. A 2018 survey Insurance Company (MassMutual) is by the HRC Foundation found that even using that concept to improve upon its employers offering paid-parental leave already LGBTQ-inclusive may exclude LGBTQ families: employee benefits. The Less than half of respondents FORTUNE 100 company, said their employer’s policies which has approximately 7,500 cover new parents of all genemployees around the country ders equally. Similarly, less (and more than 130,000 life than half said these policies insurance policy-owners in include all paths to parentPennsylvania), is rolling out hood; some exclude older chilnew benefits around leave, gendren placed through foster care der affirmation, family creation or adoption. and more that empower all At MassMutual, however, employees and demonstrate a birth parents now get 18 weeks deep understanding of LGBTQ of fully paid leave. Non-birth people’s lives. parents, including adoptive Dana Rudolph parents, get eight weeks of Dr. Claudia Coplein, MassMutual’s head of health fully paid leave that can be and wellness, who brings to bear her mul- used all at once or incrementally for up to tiple experiences as a physician, attorney, a year. mother, and former U.S. Air Force offiMassMutual is also one of a growing cer and flight surgeon, explained in an number of employers that cover employinterview, “We heard from our employees ees’ fertility treatments without a medical that we needed to modernize our benediagnosis of infertility. Coplein asserted, fits. They were pretty paternalistic in the “That’s a huge step. Before I came to past.” MassMutual, I was medical director for This led the company “to undertake a a health plan. The definition of infertilholistic review” in order to better support ity was always critical for making those its “multi-generational and increasingly determinations. Here, we’ve just included anyone who wants to have a child, diverse workforce.” In particular, she because again, why should we limit that said, their 450-member Pride Business ability for our employees? This ensures Resource Group (BRG), a network for that members of the LGBTQ community LGBTQ employees and allies, was “very and single parents by choice receive equipositive and influential” in the process. Under the new benefits, employees will table access to fertility benefits.” get up to two weeks paid leave to care for Offered through fertility benefit a seriously ill loved one and up to 15 days company Progyny, these benefits are leave after the death of a loved one. More “designed to provide all-inclusive and strikingly, Coplein said, “We’ve left it up comprehensive coverage for fertility treatto the employee to define who is a loved ments,” she explained. Instead of a fixed one. A loved one could be your next-door dollar amount, which might not cover neighbor who raised you because your par- all that someone needs, they cover two ents had to work two jobs each to support full “Smart Cycles,” customized to the the family. Or it could have been a grandindividual, that include all office visits, mother who raised you. Who are we to tests and treatments, except for purchase decide who an employee’s loved one is?” of donor cells, if needed. They are in the Lisa St. Germain, portfolio and organiprocess of adding a benefit for surrogacy zational effectiveness lead and chairperson as well. of MassMutual’s Pride BRG, said in an The company’s new benefits for transe-mail message, “I really think we’re onto gender employees are similarly thoughtsomething special by breaking the norm ful. While they previously covered gender of how you define a loved one. Everyone’s affirmation services such as hormone situation and circle of loved ones is diftherapy and testing, mental health counferent. By empowering our employees to seling, genital surgery and mastectomies, define family on their own terms, and to they now include cosmetic procedures take the time they need for caregiving and often not covered by other employers, when they lose someone close to them such as facial feminization surgery, thyrofeels like a real game-changer.” chondroplasty (tracheal shaving), electrolThis attitude is part of a longer commit- ysis, and more. Those procedures “help ment. In 2015, MassMutual announced a to improve social function,” Coplein said. new two-word dress code: “Dress appro“Appearance is important, but the social priately.” Coplein said, “That was a step function helps people to maximize their towards encouraging employees to use success and feel good about themselves. good judgment, placing trust, empowThat’s why we felt it was important for us erment, and accountability in their own to cover all of those services.” hands. That’s what we’re seeking to do Additionally, she said, “We’ve created a with all of the benefits that we offer.” workplace gender transition support team MassMutual’s new parental benethat includes managers, allies, our Pride
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BRG, a transition partner and an HR partner to help an employee who is transitioning, as well as help their manager, their allies, and colleagues go through this entire process of gender affirmation. Having this support system available makes people feel that they are welcomed and can be themselves in the workplace. I think this product that has largely been influenced by the Pride BRG is something that really sets us apart as a company. It’s been so well received.” “I’m really proud of our new offerings as they touch so many employees,” said St. Germain. “For those of us who have struggled with ‘traditional’ employee benefits, they give a message that the company is listening and cares.” The expansion of gender-affirmation benefits, she said, “demonstrates a much deeper level of respect and understanding.” MassMutual has made a public commitment to LGBTQ equality, too. Coplein noted that the company has signed the Business Statement for Transgender Equality and joined the business coalition for the federal Equality Act. It also signed on to amicus briefs in support of LGBTQ equality in cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act, North Carolina’s anti-transgender public accommodations law, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ ban on providing gender-affirmation surgery to transgender veterans, among others. They also supported the “Yes on 3” campaign in Massachusetts last year that successfully stopped a repeal of protections for transgender people. Coplein asserted, “It’s just doing the right thing for our employees and the communities where they live. It’s putting a stake in the sand as a company, saying, ‘This is what we believe in.’ We’ve been very consistent about that over a number of years.” In addition, there are business advantages. She noted that aligning their benefits with diversity and inclusion objectives “is key for attracting and retaining and engaging talent from a very broad pool of society.” “For us,” she added, “the business benefit is that we’re holistically supporting the well-being of our employees by providing them with a robust suite of benefits that address their physical, emotional, financial and social wellness, so we’re helping them and their loved ones, however they may define them, live their best lives. In return, we’re going to have employees who we hope will stay with MassMutual. They come to work every day knowing that they work for a company that supports them and in turn, we think they’ll be productive.” She concluded, “It’s a win-win situation in our minds.” n Dana Rudolph is the founder and publisher of Mombian (mombian.com), a GLAAD Media Award-winning blog and resource directory for LGBTQ parents.
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No excuses — crowded gym or not, complete your workout The early months of the year, when people still haven’t quite given up their resolutions, can be challenging at the gym. Similarly, trying to go directly after work when everyone else is going can also be tricky. There are people everywhere and most of the equipment you may wish to use is occupied. Typically, the cardio machines, bench presses and the squat areas have the most traffic in gyms. However, none of these obstacles should discourage or turn you off from going to the gym. There are ways to get the same quality workout despite not being able to use all the machines you want. Here are some tips…
Mondays all the bench presses are being used, but other days of the week they will be free. Changing the times you work out helps as well. Mornings, lunch hour and weekends can be less busy. These times and days may be better days to do certain workouts. Switch up the workouts
There are different ways to work your body in regard to equipment. There are cables, dumbbells, barbells, bands, hex bars, etc, which can add some variety to your workout. If the bench press is being used, try using dumbbells. If a bench is being used, try a dumbbell press the floor. This is great Megan Niño from Learn the crowd and for practicing the basics like re-arrange your workout gaging where your arms are, contracting your back when you As creatures of habit, people tend to descend and contracting the pecs. stick to what they know. Maybe there If the weights are being used, use the are a couple people who use the lat machines or cables. If the straight bars pull-down machine at the same time. are all being used for deadlifting and You can arrange your workout so that you want to deadlift, use the hex bar. you can use that equipment at a differYou will get the same kind of workout. ent point in your overall routine. Also, In fact, for those of you with bad backs, pay attention to what days people are the hex bar puts less stress on it. training certain muscle groups. Maybe You can benefit from the different
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Media Trail Jury sides with transgender employee in ‘historic’ Iowa case A jury ruled Feb. 13 that the Iowa Department of Corrections discriminated against a transgender employee by denying him the use of a men’s restroom and locker rooms at the prison where he worked, The Washington Post reported. Jurors ruled that state government violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act by offering medical benefits that did not cover gender-reassignment surgery, and awarded Jesse Vroegh $120,000 in damages. The American Civil Liberties Union says Vroegh’s lawsuit was the first related to transgender rights since lawmakers amended the Iowa Civil Rights Act in 2007 to bar discrimination on the basis of gender identity. ACLU lawyer Melissa Hasso said the verdict marks “an historic day for trans-
gender Iowans, their friends and families.” Vroegh began working at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville as a nurse in 2009. In 2014, Vreogh informed his boss that he would be transitioning from female to male. The warden denied his requests to begin using men’s facilities and instead designated two gender-neutral restrooms for Vreogh.
WV GOP chief rebukes delegate’s remarks on gay community The head of the West Virginia Republican Party has denounced comments from a Republican member of the House of Delegates about the gay community, The Roanoke Times reported. State GOP chairwoman Melody Potter said in a statement that Mercer County Delegate Eric Porterfield’s comments were “hateful, hurtful and do not reflect the values of our country, our state and the Republican Party.” Porterfield said he believes LGBTQ groups are “socialists,” “discriminatory bigots” and “a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan.” He also called the gay community a “terrorist group.” Porterfield said he received threats after
equipment available. For example, the bench press is a bilateral movement that trains your general pec region. When you switch to dumbbells, you’re working the same muscles, however dumbbells allow you to get greater range of motion and require you to use your core for stability. Both variations are beneficial. This is true for many exercises. Another example is squatting. Although nothing replaces the standard back squat, using dumbbells or kettlebells for front squats or doing half squats and lunges are great ways to activate those leg muscles! Lastly, cardio equipment tends to be the most popular equipment. With the direction that the fitness industry is going, fewer are seen at the gym. If the treadmill is being used, for example, try the rowing machine or a cycling machine. Another suggestion can be to superset or tri-set your workouts to keep up your heart rate.
it being crowded. Most gyms even offer classes for different fitness levels!
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Classes are great because they remove the thinking side of exercise. The instructor has prepared the workout already and will push you through it no matter what. This could be a great way to meet new people, switch up your routine and to get you into the gym despite
Hire a trainer Trainers know their gym at all hours and can take the stress of a busy gym off your shoulders. They can create a program that will be best for your goals. They also are ready to improvise if certain equipment is not available. This improvisation won’t take you off track. These are a couple of ways to get around a busy gym and still have an effective workout. Imagine each style of working out and each piece of equipment as a tool in your toolbox. If used effectively, you will reach your goals. Take a step back and see how you can work around anything that falls in your way instead of saying “I won’t do that today.” n
earlier remarks in a committee meeting supporting an amendment that would overrule local ordinances that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination. The amendment failed. “Intolerant and hateful views hold us back, divide us, and hurt our state,” the GOP chairwoman said.
meeting to discuss the issue prior to the February vote.
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In a fifth attempt to ban psychotherapy that seeks to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity, Colorado lawmakers on Feb. 13 moved forward a bill to ban the practice. The bill, sponsored by the House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee, passed in a 6-3 full House vote. Three GOP lawmakers cast the “no” votes. Psychology’s governing bodies have denounced so-called conversion therapy, which treats being gay or transgender as a mental illness. Research shows it can increase the risk of suicide, drug abuse and depression among teens. Dozens of therapy survivors and supporters testified for the bill, whose sponsors are Democratic Reps. Dafna Michaelson Jenet and Daneya Esgar and Sen. Stephen Fenberg. Colorado Republicans quashed previous attempts, but Democrats now control both legislative chambers. Gov. Jared Polis, who is gay, met with supporters Feb. 13. n
A Kansas public library on Feb. 13 rejected a request to move three children’s books with LGBT characters out of the children’s section, The Wichita Eagle reported. The Andover Public Library board of directors voted to keep children’s books “George,” “Lily and Dunkin” and “I am Jazz” in the juvenile section. All three books include characters who are transgender. Andover resident Marci Laffen had asked the board to move the books to the adult section because of their content. In her written challenge to the books, Laffen argued the books were part of a “sexual revolution agenda, indoctrination of children.” There was little discussion before the vote. About 55 people attended a January
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cally risky step in relatively conservative South Bend, especially since virulently antigay Mike Pence was governor of Indiana at the time. “I came out because I had to,” he said flatly. He added, jokingly, “Straight people don’t have to come out, and I think it’s a little unfair that gay people have to. But we do.” “I came out in an editorial—well, because I like to write. Also, I didn’t want to do it meekly, like going to some public function with a dude on my arm as my date. I chose brutal honesty.” Buttigieg admitted that the coming out process was nerve-wracking, as it is for most people. “It was spooky waiting for the response,” he said. “My palms were sweating—me, a grown man. But the response, when it came, was amazing. And I got re-elected with 80% of the vote.” Buttigieg ended the session by taking questions from the audience. The atmosphere quickly evolved into one resembling a town hall meeting. Even when pressed, Mayor Pete did not indulge in much antiTrump rhetoric, focusing his thoughtful responses on the future. “We need to talk about a world that leaves behind people like Trump.” Buttigieg is beginning his campaign when the Democratic field is growing increasingly crowded. Perhaps the response of a largely Democratic Philadelphia crowd might say something about his odds. He got a standing ovation. n
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Living with a chronic health condition? There’s help for managing your care We often hear the words “chronic disease” on television or in the news. But what do doctors really mean by this term? Chronic disease is an umbrella term of various illnesses. In order to be chronic, conditions must last more than one year and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living. Using this definition, conditions such as high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, HIV and heart disease are all chronic diseases. Older adults are the population most impacted by chronic disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 85 percent of elders have at least one chronic-health condition, and 60 percent have at least two. Many chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, can increase David the risk of premature mortality. Having multiple chronic conditions also increases the risk for dying prematurely as well as more frequent hospitalizations and greater loss of day-to-day functioning. Managing a chronic-health condition comes with many challenges. Navigating the healthcare system is complex, and the expenses of proper medical care may be burdensome. Individuals who must rely on multiple healthcare providers to help manage their care may also receive conflicting information from medical professionals. Dealing with the physical symptoms of chronic diseases and their treatments can be mentally and physically draining. Older adults managing chronic-health conditions are more likely to become isolated, especially when symptoms impact mobility. Older adults universally report a preference for aging in place rather than in institutions such as nursing homes. Unfortunately, chronic diseases and their impact on day-to-day function can often rob older adults of their independence and ability to grow older in their own homes. Older adults who are part of the LGBT community experience added risk factors as well as challenges in managing chronic-health conditions. Statistically, LGBT people have higher rates of chronic conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers. These disparities are largely tied to increased stress related to being part of a minority group, as well as more frequent experiences with discrimination in health-
care settings. The 2015 Household Health Survey (HHS) conducted by the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) found that LGBT individuals were more likely to see their primary care provider five or more times annually and more likely to have been to the emergency department at least once in the past year, which may indicate more complex health conditions or poorer control of chronic-health conditions. Despite all of these challenges, older adults living with chronic-health conditions also demonstrate tremendous strength and resilience in managing their care. One resource for older adults managing chronic illness that has become increasingly Griffith popular over the past decade is the Chronic Disease SelfManagement Program (CDSMP). First developed through Stanford University, the CDSMP is a six-session course for people living with any chronic disease. The course has been demonstrated to help older adults better manage their chronic conditions, improve their quality of life and lower their healthcare costs. The sessions are interactive and full of fun group activities. Content covered as part of the course includes techniques to deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation. Workshop facilitators explore the importance of nutrition, being active, and strategies for communicating with friends, family, and healthcare providers. Participants are asked to create weekly action plans to practice disease self-management skills learned in each session. Starting in March, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Center for Urban Health, the LGBT Elder Initiative and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging will be collaborating to deliver a first-of-its-kind CDSMP for LGBT older adults. The course, called “Help Yourself to Health,” will begin 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 7, and continue for six consecutive Thursdays. For more information or to register, contact the LGBT Elder Initiative at 215-7209415. n
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Democrats move for LGBT-inclusive language in tax code By Victoria A. Brownworth PGN Contributor On Valentine’s Day, Democrats in Congress introduced the Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act. The act would change the language used in the federal U.S. tax code, replacing the gendered “husband” and “wife” with the neutral term “spouse” to make the code LGBTQ inclusive. Same-sex marriage was legalized in individual states beginning in 2004. In August 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service determined “same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. The ruling applies regardless of whether the couple lives in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage or a jurisdiction that does not recognize same-sex marriage.” In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in Obergefell v. Hodges. But the language of the code has yet to be revised and amended to reflect that inclusivity. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI), who introduced he Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act, asserted that the tax code does not reflect marriage equality and must be amended to reflect the current law. “Today, as Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day, I introduced this bill to make simple, commonsense changes to our tax code so that it accurately represents all people to whom it applies,” Levin said. “Marriage equality became the law of the land four years ago, and it is past time for our laws to reflect that. The Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act will make small changes that have a huge impact on the affirmation of the LGBTQ community.” Chu said, “Tax filing is often difficult enough already without also making LGBTQ families
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The bill has been introduced every year since 2015, reflecting the law. It was first introduced in the House by Levin’s father, Sandy Levin, who retired in 2011 at 80 after 36 years in office. Wyden had introduced the bill in the Senate at that time and signatories have included local senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Tom Carper (D-DE), Chris Coons (D-DE) as well as senators
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who are currently running for president. The bill has more than 50 House Democratic original co-sponsors and is supported by groups including the Human Rights Campaign and the National Center for Transgender Equality. In a statement posted on Levin’s
website, Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said, “This bill is an innovative step to scrub our tax code of anachronisms that sideline transgender taxpayers and ignore the progress our country has made in securing the right to marriage equality for all. Any law that tries to enforce strict and outmoded definitions of gender is bound to hurt every American of every gender.” n
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ing into the now-closed Copa Bar in Fort Lauderdale before security guards arrived, since he was underage. He spent hours learning about the LGBTQ community and how even having sex was against the law. At UF, he started his first LGBTQ organization, Sons and Daughters of America, to create visibility. A professor told Besen that he’d have to choose between news and advocacy, but he’d already learned he could change minds. “I chose advocacy and it was a scary thing to do, but also exciting at the time with the debate over gays in the military, and groups like Queer Nation and ACT UP. “I was worried this would not be a sus-
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opportunity to work as an HRC spokesperson. A couple months in, 15 anti-gay groups launched their million-dollar Truth and Love campaign with full-page newspaper ads supporting the ‘pray away the gay’ conversion therapy. We countered that.” A big moment happened during that job in Washington. He heard John Paulk – of the ex-gay ministry, cover of “Newsweek,” “Oprah” and “60 Minutes” – was at the gay bar Mr. P’s. According to Besen, “I’ve never run so fast in my life with my camera and by God it was him. And it was a photograph that just went around the world. It was like the first big relief anybody had fighting the 1998 Truth and Love campaign that showed it was complete bullshit and it’s probably one of my favorite moments in my activism career.” He wrote a book called “Anything But Straight” and on his book tour, “These people that I never met and literally were going
“I chose advocacy and it was a scary thing to do, but also an exciting time with the debate over gays in the military, the march on Washington, AIDS quilt, and groups like Queer Nation and ACT UP.” tainable job but I underestimated how there will never be a world without an endless reservoir of hate and discrimination against LGBT people, against racial and religious minorities, and I would need to fight back. The biggest fallacy I ever had in my career was thinking there was a finish line, and one day you cross it.” He started to focus on conversion therapy when his parents bought him a subliminal self-hypnotic tape called “Gay and Unhappy?” “It showed them how harmful this could be, because as a non-religious Jewish family, it was still appealing to my parents. Imagine being born to a fundamentalist family. I knew it was a fraud from the very moment I listened to it because I was very close to my parents, and they blamed my bad relationship with my parents which didn’t exist, so I’m like, ‘This is a total fraud and I was very pissed off. They had ripped off my parents, took their money in a moment of fear and exploited them.’” He lost a reporting job in Bangor, Maine. It was hard to research without the internet and his boss turned out to be a right-winger. Besen went to a gay bar on a night the guest DJ was straight. Word got back to his boss and he was fired. “Luckily, one of the last people I interviewed was running for U.S. Senate and I got on that campaign as the openly gay press secretary. With me being out in the open, the Human Rights Campaign noticed. So after a year of working in PR, I got the
to commit suicide came and thanked me. The photograph of John Paulk, him running away from the bar made people know this was not going to work.” Ironically, Besen and Paulk became friends after Paulk spoke out against these groups. Besen is happy in Philadelphia, between the nation’s capital and the media’s capital with a lower cost of living. He said since November, “We’ve had one major story breaking after another, which is great because that’s what you’re here for, but I really do need these hypocrites to keep their peckers in their pants for at least a few months so I can do some organizational work.” His undercover investigation outed Miami reparative therapist Norman Goldwasser. “Basically, we were able to show that he was hooking up with men. By day, he was trying to cure kids and by night, he was ‘Hot and Hairy’ on Manhunt and we exposed this creep.” As for what’s next, Besen said, “All we can do is fight and scratch and claw to move the baton forward, and hand it to the next generation. From there, they will have to do the same because this is a never-ending eternal fight for decency and goodness versus evil.” And getting the ex-gay app off Google would be a step in that direction. n Read about more of Besen’s accomplishments and sign the petition against Google at https:// truthwinsout.org/.
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“And then we won a prize, and it picked up from there. “It’s a slow-paced film,” she Just in time for the Academy Awards, a continued. “It’s a deep film and it heartfelt short film is generating much buzz takes a while for people to understand it, I think.” among LGBT audiences and critics. Indeed, it’s left to the viewer to “Marguerite” is a French-language short about the friendship between an aging fill in details of the narrative and woman (the title character, played by the characters’ pasts and present Béatrice Picard) and her out lesbian nurse — which was wholly intentional. “I really wanted it to be subtle,” (played by Sandrine Bisson), whose conversations unearth a long-forgotten love Farley said. “That’s the kind of story that helps the elderly patient make film that moves me, where you see into the character’s psyche and peace with her past. The film was featured at numerous LGBT you aren’t fed all the exposition, and general film festivals throughout 2018. which is really hard to do.” She said she didn’t base the It already has won many awards including Audience Award for Best Short Film at the story on real people as much as Perlen Film Festival, Audience Award for she did on the difference between Best Short Film at the Proud Film Festival her generation and those of previand Jury Award for Best Short Film at ous eras. “I absolutely made it up,” Farley TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival. “Marguerite” also is nominated for an said of the storyline. “It started Academy Award in the Live Action Short from the idea that my grandcategory. Canadian-born director and mother’s generation was born into actor Marianne Farley, who also wrote the a completely different reality. I was born screenplay, said the film’s acclaim has been in the 1970s. And in my family there was no stigma around homosexuality, so I a pleasant surprise. “It was a story I really felt I wanted never understood that aspect of my mother’s generation to see on screen. where you were It was a story expected to get I wrote for married and myself,” she said. have kids and “I started workhave the kind of ing on it and I life women had shot it. I tried to back then. make it as close “I was thinkto my sensibiliing about how ties as possible. far we’ve come, But, how peoand then the ple receive it is whole LBGT not under our aspect of it came control.” afterwards. The short made I remember its first festival being a child appearance in and thinking, Taiwan within Why are peosix months of ple scared of its release, said Farley, adding DIRECTOR AND ACTOR MARIANNE FARLEY homosexuals? What’s the big she was concerned she’d made a film audiences deal? Why is there a huge stigma around didn’t understand, and that didn’t touch or homosexuality?” “In recent years we’re talking more and move them.
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SANDRINE BISSON (LEFT) AND BÉATRICE PICARD IN “MARGUERITE” more about it at the Oscars.” This Sunday’s Oscars broadcast comes with some baggage — including the lack of a host, which the program hasn’t been without since 1989. Philadelphia’s own actor-comedian Kevin Hart originally was tapped to host the 91st Academy Awards, but stepped down in early December after controversy emerged over several tweets from 2010-11 in which he expressed antigay sentiments, including the use of the word “fag.” Hart issued a formal apology and stated he’d grown and changed since then. Ellen DeGeneres, an open lesbian who has hosted the Oscars multiple times, supported Hart’s subsequent decision to again pursue the hosting role, and the Academy reportedly was game — but, due to continued controversy, he relinquished. In addition, no women were nominated for Best Director this year — a fact that isn’t lost on Farley, one of only a couple women directors with Academy-nominated films this time. “I’m really sad that there aren’t more female directors nominated this year. It’s not like a committee getting together choosing a director. It’s people voting. It’s really tough because [my] film is getting
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coverage. I don’t want people to think it’s because I’m a female director. I hope that’s not why people are moved by the film. It’s a very sensitive issue, but we need to talk about it because there is a problem that there are only two female directors in the competition right now.” Controversies aside, Farley said having her film up for such a prestigious award has validated her vision and the stories she wants to tell on camera. “If I write something that is really close to my values and heart, that can go a long way. It doesn’t mean that I can’t do an action or can’t do a comedy. But there has to be some kind of message or depth to what I am working on.” Has being an Oscar nominee opened some doors for her professionally? “I’ve had meetings with a lot of people,” Farley said. “I think it’s harder for women to convince people in the industry that they can do their job as well as a man can. And because I’m an actress and I’ve been doing it for over 20 years now, for me going from one side to another and convincing people that I’m not just an actress trying to make it as a director, but that I have something to say, makes a huge difference.” n The 91st Academy Awards airs 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
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Gregory Goodbrod: From Broadway to Broad Street A production of “The Bridges of Madison County” recently opened in Philadelphia, presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company. I had only seen clips of the movie. And I have to admit based on that, I didn’t realize that the play was a musical — a Tony-Award winning musical at that. That was until they introduced the conductor, Amanda Morton, before the show began. The show features soaring ballads and a super-cool set. It stars local favorite Sarah Gliko and this week’s Portrait — the handsome Gregg Goodbrod, whom one reviewer described as “the musical version of McDreamy from “Grey’s Anatomy.” PGN: How do you pronounce your name? GG: Goodbrod, the brod rhymes with road. PGN: I hear you hail from PA. GG: Yes, I’m originally from Williamsport, the home of Little League Baseball. PGN: Were you an athletic kid? GG: [Laughing] Not in the least. I was a band geek! I grew up mostly in Southern Virginia, but most of my extended family is still in PA. PGN: What instrument did you play? GG: Oh gosh. I played the flute, a baritone, then trumpet, and then I was a drum major. PGN: When did you first show interest in theater? GG: In my senior year of high school I took a theater class, mainly because I didn’t want to be in study hall. When my father found out I was interested, he clipped out an ad he saw for auditions in nearby Bristol, Tenn. I went and got the part, and started singing in front of people for the first time. At the time, my selected major was biology and I studied that for a few years before switching over to theater. PGN: You got bit by the bug! GG: Yes. It was also the first time I was aware of being around gay people. Not everybody was of course, but even those that weren’t gay were much more accepting than I was used to in a small town. It was the first time I felt like I could really be myself. PGN: What did you do? GG: Well, I stopped biology and went to study theater at Shenandoah University, and after that New York. PGN: Was it scary being a kid from a small town moving to the Big Apple? GG: Not really. My school had a summer program and it gave us a chance to work with a lot of actors from New York. I went to visit one of them and I found an agent, an apartment and a job waiting tables all in one weekend. I went home and said, Dad, I
think I’m going to move to New York. And he said, “Yeah right, when?” Tomorrow. PGN: And now you have a huge resume. You’ve traveled all over the world and been in hundreds of shows. What was a favorite role? GG: I think “The Secret Garden” is one of my favorites. It really reminded me of why I was doing theater. That was in Lancaster. And now I’ve played Jean Valjean from “Les Misérables” five times, so that’s become a favorite too. It’s the journey of the character that I enjoy so much. [Laughing] And I did my first “Mama Mia” last summer and really enjoyed it. PGN: It sounds like it’s a right of passage for actors. GG: Kind of, and it was a right of passage for me in that I’m playing dad roles now! PGN: You had some serious power ballads in “Bridges of Madison County.” What does it feel light to just let go and let your pipes ring? GG: It’s such beautiful music. And personally, for someone who grew up not expressing himself because he was afraid to, to expose myself that way feels great. It feels like letting loose and being able to communicate my feelings through song. This musical is gorgeous. My character actually does the same thing, he starts out kind of closed off and gradually opens up. PGN: When Rupert Everett first came out he said it was difficult to get cast as a straight man. You’ve played very masculine leads. Ever get any pushback? GG: No. I hope we’re beyond that, or getting past that, maybe not as much in motion pictures, but on stage certainly. I mean these aren’t strictly gay or straight emotions we’re portraying. Love, fear, anger, joy, are not gay or straight emotions, they’re human emotions. PGN: Have you had a chance to see much of Philly? GG: I went exploring on my birthday and saw the Liberty Bell, but only through the glass because it was during the government shutdown. I went to the Terminal Market, which was fantastic. I had some sort of famous sandwich. I’ve had a cheesesteak and am looking forward to what you call a hoagie. It’s all about the food! I have to take my shirt off so I’m careful, but I look forward to those rare splurges. Standing in front of hundreds of people in your boxers is a great motivator to keep you from overindulging. PGN: We have a bar here called Boxers and that’s the staff uniform. GG: I know where I’ll be on Sunday night!
PGN: And while you’re out by Tavern on Camac, they have a piano bar there and would love you to treat them to a song or two. GG: You know, I’ve worked at a piano bar for 20-something years in New York. It’s my in-between-gigs job. It’s like family there. They take in actors who they know will be going out on jobs and they let us go and come back. It’s a great place to work. PGN: I hosted karaoke at a lesbian bar for 17 years. GG: My sister is gay too, so I’m familiar with women’s bars. I always have fun. PGN: Say what now? GG: [Laughing] Yeah, we had four kids in the family — two boys, two girls, two gay, two straight. PGN: Are you involved with anyone? GG: Yes. My partner Barton Brooks and I have been together for over six years. We got engaged very early in our rela-
care of him. When he died and she was feeling lost we took her to Europe to do something special for each of the 20 years she took care of him. There’s a website TheLittleGirlFromKamas.com where you can see the three of us on our adventures. PGN: Speaking of adventures, what are some of your theatrical adventures? GG: I got to be in the national company of “9 to 5.” That was pretty amazing. Traveling the country and getting to party with Dolly Parton. PGN: I love me some Dolly! GG: Yes, she’s hilarious! She and her friend Judy, who she’s known since high school, would embarrass me. [Using a country accent], “We thought you was just pretty to look at, but you can sing!” She’s about 10 times nicer than you’d think she’d be. She’s pretty much an angel. Having grown up in Southern Virginia and Northeast Tennessee close to where she’s from, she was always on TV. To actually meet her and have her smack me on the shoulder and say, “You were great tonight, Gregg!” I’d be just speechless. And she’d bring us things from Dollywood, fudge and other treats. I was just happy that she knew my name.
PGN: That’s always nice when people live up to your hopes of what they’d be. GG: Yes. I’ve been lucky. I’ve met a few cool people. I met Cher. One of my friends Jai Rodriguez was in “Rent,” and on “[sic] Gay Eye for the Straight Guy” and he’d take me as his plus one to events. There was an opening for her movie “Stuck on You,” and we went. I was doing a show on Broadway and kept thinking, Oh my gosh, what am I going to say to Cher! All my friends said, Do your Cher impression! I said, No way! I’m not that Photo: Jenny Sharp tacky! By the way, I got tionship and bought a house after Leslie Uggams drunk on only six months. Jello shooters. She was surprised people PGN: [Laughing] Are you sure you’re not put alcohol in jello? Yes, Leslie, just try it! Anyway, she said, just tell Cher I said the lesbian in the family? GG: Could be! We’re registered as domes- hi. We used to wait in the dressing room together for Bob Mackie! So I told Cher, tic partners and have a house upstate with and she got all excited and started saying, nine chickens. Barton is planning the “Oh my God, Leslie! We used to do this wedding and has some very specific ideas and that together” and she kept going on for it. Oh! We were featured in “People” magazine and on “The Today Show.” After telling me about their time together. I was swooning! his father had a stroke, his mother took PAGE 27
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Local director gives an August Wilson play a new look By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor James Ijames is exhausted, and rightly so. “If I’m going to do something, I’m putting my heart and soul into it,” he said. Fatigue is part of the equation of being in theater, and the out Philadelphia performer and playwright understands it all too well as he wraps up one project and gets another underway. As his play “Youth” completes its run at Villanova University (where he’s also an assistant professor of theater), Ijames has been rehearsing actors at the Arden Theatre Company for his adaptation of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean.” Ijames has a reputation as one of Philly’s most in-demand and acclaimed artists. He has won prestigious awards, including the 2011 F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist and three Barrymore Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play for “Superior Donuts” and “Angels in America” and Outstanding Direction of a Play for “The Brothers Size.” Yet, while he multitasks and prepares for “Gem of the Ocean” to be staged Feb. 28-March 31, he manages to stay humble. “I certainly don’t think I can cherrypick, but I do think that I am at a point where people trust and take a chance on me,” said the director, referring to the back-and-forth that theater companies typically afford him. “Those moments of working real hard, to the best of my abilities, have led me to this point. I’m certainly not at a point, however, to say I’ll do that and not do that.” Even before he started directing the Wilson piece, Ijames was occupied in the past year with plays he has written himself, including “Kill Move Paradise” at the Wilma and “Youth” at Villanova. He describes them as disparate works threaded by elements of spirituality. “‘Kill Move Paradise’ comes out of my own anxiety of being a black body in America now,” he said, explaining he was inspired to create the storyline of a netherworld-based drama in 2015 after white-supremacist Dylann Roof murdered parishioners at a Charleston church. “I felt anger, but also felt a great deal of fear. My grandmother and mother go to Bible study each week. That’s not farfetched that they could be those people. Couple that with my complicated sense of religion and me writing about black people in a liminal space, which means their humanity is fore-fronted. The only thing the audience of ‘Kill Move Paradise’ could trust is those four black bodies in space.”
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At another end of the spectrum, he said, “‘Youth’ is about where and how faith is made, and maintained. It’s about a group of kids with one disruptor who seemingly can do a thing that only people of great faith can do — perform miracles. At the same time, he claims to not believe.” Ijames wondered aloud: When audiences are gobsmacked with such complexity, is their faith made stronger or weaker? He said the overriding themes of his most recent plays involve the relationship between the spiritual and the earthly, as well as testing the limits of things that don’t make sense as one’s responsibility in the world. “One play grapples with the political using the spiritual and the afterlife, while the other uses the supernatural squarely to test life’s big questions,” he said. Ijames noted that Wilson seemed to use magic to test life’s limits and his era’s levels of justice and redemption. Namely, he did that in “Gem of the Ocean,” the turn-of-the-century installment of his 10-play chronicle, “The Pittsburgh Cycle.” The trek to Pittsburgh’s Hill District touches on elements of healing and spiritual awakening more so than other plays (such as “Jitney”) in “Cycle.” “One of the first monologues that I learned and acted was from his ‘Seven Guitars,’” Ijames said. “I didn’t understand it at all — Floyd’s monologue — but it was beautiful. Wilson’s are the first plays I read of my own choice in high school. When I went to Morehouse College, one of the first full plays I did was ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.’ Wilson was magical in the way he spoke. These were life-shaping moments to me.” As a playwright, Ijames said, he was deeply affected by Wilson’s work. And while, as a writer, he aspires to turn out such works as “Gem of the Ocean” — another great leap invoking magic to tell a story — as a director, it was tricky. “There are moments PAGE 27
Theater & Arts Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Kimmel Center presents the worldrenowned AfricanAmerican cultural experience and the American modern dance tradition, March 1-2 at Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Arte Povera: Homage to Amalfi ’68 Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition recreating one artist’s reaction against minimalism and pop art, through July, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Bob: A Life in Five Acts Azuka Theatre presents the story chronicling the highly unusual life of Bob and his lifelong quest to become a “Great Man,” Feb. 27-March 17, Proscenium Theatre at The Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.; 215563-1100. Brahms and Central Europe The Philadelphia Orchestra performs selection from the Czech composer, through Feb. 23 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. The Bridges of Madison County Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning play based on the bestselling novel, through March 3 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215-985-0420.
Dance Theatre of Harlem Dance Affiliates presents the iconic dance company with a world premiere of a new work, March 1-2 at Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-3900. Dieter Rams: Principled Design Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition surveying the designer’s prolific body of work — from radios, clocks and cameras to kitchen appliances and furniture, through April 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Equality — Pride in Our History Exhibit A new exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the decades of gay Pride, showcasing a collection of stories, photos and memorabilia contributed by LGBTQ individuals and their allies, through March 23, at Visit Bucks County, 3207 Street Road, Bensalem; www. newhopecelebrateshistory.org. Hayden and Beethoven The Philadelphia Orchestra performs, Feb. 28-March 2 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors Walnut Street Theatre presents the comedy set in 1930s Paris, just hours away from “The Concert of the Century,” through March 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550.
LAST DANCE, LAST CHANCE: The sultry sounds of classic disco come alive with singers Rainere Martin (pictured) and Jourdan Carroll in Disco Love, a tribute concert to classic songs of Donna Summer and Barry White, 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside. For more information or tickets, call 215-572-7650.
Little Ladies: Victorian Fashion Dolls and the Feminine Ideal Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the influence of Miss Fanchon, the ultimate toy for privileged girls in the 1860s-’70s, through March 3, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.
exhibition featuring the photography of David Lebe, through May 5, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215763-8100.
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Mimi Imfurst Presents Drag Diva Brunch Mimi Imfurst and special guests perform 11 a.m.2 p.m. Feb. 23 at Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555.
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Revenge of the Dancehall A queer Caribbean celebration aiming to raise Afro/ LatinX vibration, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Feb. 23 at Tabu, 254 S. 12th St.; 215-964-9675. Cabaret Sauvignon A one-woman live cabaret show, 7-10 p.m. March 1 at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St.; 215-735-0735.
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JUKEBOX HEROINES: Influential classic pop group and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes, perform hits from a decades-spanning career when they come to Philly, 8 p.m. March 1 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St. For more information or tickets, call 215-222-1400.
Art presents an exhibition exploring 4,000 years of Chinese art, through summer, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-763-8100. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Broadway Philadelphia presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the classic fairy tale, Feb. 2224 at Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999. Seth Meyers The comedian and TV personality performs, 7 and 10 p.m. Feb. 22 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215572-7650. Shen Yun The classical Chinese dance troupe performs through March 3 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-893-1999.
Wanda Sykes The out comedian and actress performs Feb. 2627 at the Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215606-6555.
Music Philadelphia Funk Authority The dance/party band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Flogging Molly The punk band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215625-3681. Michael Buble The singer performs 8 p.m. Feb. 24 at Wells Fargo Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; 215389-9543.
ZOSO The Led Zeppelin tribute band performs 8 p.m. Feb. 28 at World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215222-1400.
Nightlife Guys and Dolls A drag and boylesque variety show returns at its new location, 8-10 p.m. Feb. 22 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215592-0656. Problematic The varietycomedy show returns, 7-10 p.m. Feb. 23 at L’Etage, 624 S. Sixth St.; 215-592-0656. Black Girl Magic A charity drag show featuring 10 local black drag queens, 7:30-11 p.m. Feb. 23 at Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 Saint James St.; 215-735-5772.
Strangelove The Depeche Mode tribute band performs 9 p.m. Feb. 22 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331. I Kill Giants The fantasy film based on the graphic novel is screened, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Grunge Fest Tribute bands perform the music of Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots and more, 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Queen, 500 N. Market St., Wilmington, Del.; 202-730-3331. Casablanca The cinematic classic is screened, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. Se7en The crime noir thriller is screened 9:45 p.m. March 1 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610-917-1228. n
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of violence and magic, and that one thing. But now I have to stage them. So what do I believe about how magic looks set next to realism? What do I believe about something that sounds like realism sitting next to poetry? Marrying all those things together — no, they’re not all that different — you count on the ability of humans to find the divine in things here, and in one another.” “Gem of the Ocean” is also priceless to Ijames and appreciative audiences because of its contemporary language, feel and frankness. Things have not changed too drastically between the play’s 1904 setting and the present day. What keeps striking the director during rehearsals is how current “Gem” remains. “This battle between what law and order looks like — represented by the Caesar character in this play — and the way in which it is enacted on black and brown
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PGN: Leslie Uggams, another great one. What was her big song? GG: I’m not sure which one you mean, but she was infamous for when she sang “June is Bustin’ Out All Over” live on TV on the Capitol lawn in D.C. The cuecard guy with the lyrics fell, and she just started making up lyrics without missing a beat! She used to sing that over the intercom when I was working with her on “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” And now it’s fun to see her as Blind Al in the “Deadpool” series. I’m a big superhero and sci-fi fan. Basically I’m a big nerd. PGN: Okay random questions. First kiss? GG: My first girl kiss was with a girl named Amber, we reconnected on Facebook and she just got engaged yesterday! My first boy kiss was with a guy named Bradley and we were doing a show together right after high school. PGN: You have $20 left, what do you do with it? GG: Since I’m in Philly, I’d get a cheesesteak! PGN: Best birthday? GG: A few years ago Barton found an old Superman cake pan my mother had, so he made a vintage superman cake. And then we went to a meditation retreat at a Buddhist monastery. I find in this day and age when you turn on the news and it’s just … too much, Buddhism is very centering for me.
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bodies different from other folks is very much inside the core of ‘Gem of the Ocean’” said the director. “How do we create an altruistic society? How is a house a place of sanctuary at a time where we’re
talking about walls? Who is allowed and who is not? Those questions are a part of ‘Gem’ — and still resonate today. “It is Wilson’s most contemporary play, especially in its depiction of women. I think that Wilson is interested in the future, and he can do that because he is at the beginning of his century. He can write on the precipice of one century with access to history and expectation.” n PGN: What super power would you want? GG: [Laughing] I’ve thought about this extensively. At first I though telekinesis, so I could move things, but I think teleportation would be better. I’d love to be able to snap my fingers and go play with my chickens and be back in time for curtain. I could go to my favorite cafe in Paris and I’d be able to skip TSA lines! PGN: I saw the show on Wednesday. Tell me a little about the cast. GG: You saw it? Well, then you saw me in my boxers so you know why I have to work out! It’s a small cast and everyone is fantastic. Our leading lady Sarah Gliko is beyond wonderful, both in the show and in person. This is the third show I’ve done with the director Mark Martino. I was one of his Jean Valjean’s. He has a great way of communicating with the actors. It’s a beautiful show and the staging is incredible, but the music is what makes it. Maybe I’ll give a little sneak preview over at Tavern on Camac! PGN: Now that would be a Philly treat! Suzi’s Note: Gregg and some of the cast did indeed go over to Tavern and sing. I don’t know if show tunes were involved … n “The Bridges of Madison County,” produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company, runs through March 3 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard streets. For information or tickets, call 215985-0420 or visit philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
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shrimp were stellar enough on their own, but the juices begged to be soaked up by basmati rice and butter-garlic naan ($3.50). A couple blocks away, Makhani is specializing in northern Indian cuisine. The restaurant at 7 N. Third St. possesses an assertive visual charm and a sense of swagger, thanks to the moody lighting, colorful murals and Indianinfused trance music filtering through the sound
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savory note, with a wonderfully complex sauce topping the large, tender mollusks sitting on a perfectly crisp slice of potato. Another savory standout was the chicken kabuli ($20), a comforting dish that glistened with garlic and pistachio. But mangoes are obviously the culinary centerpiece at Makhani, and to delightfully exotic ends. The mango shrimp ($18) executed the flavor of the fruit against a brilliant level of spice, which permeated the sauce and garnished the plate. In an irresistibly sweet and almost-sinful encore, the mango cheesecake ($9) mingled the chilled sauce with a warm drizzle of passionfruit reduction. n
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1 Smart ass response from the mouth 5 Spirited horse 9 “Cunt” author Muscio 13 “Take a crack ___” 14 Memory unit 15 “Lawrence of Arabia” director David 16 Start of a comment by 57-Across about homophobia all over the planet 19 Big bang cause, briefly 20 “Six Feet Under” character 21 Athenian T 22 “Claire of the Moon” actor Todd 24 Cruises in style 26 Adverb for Lord Byron 27 Plumb, and others 30 “___ Is Nothing Like a Dame” 31 JFK’s predecessor 32 Nathan and family 34 Some nest eggs, for short 35 End of the comment 37 Brightly colored 40 Dreamy fruit of Greek myth
41 Navigation aid 44 Bean of “Desperate Housewives” 46 Apple invader 47 “That was good, honey!” 48 “___ and Delilah” (Saint-SaÎns opera) 50 Somewhat 52 That, south of the border 53 Use a trick towel 56 Laura of “ER” 57 “Empire” star who recently was viciously attacked 60 Not a dup. 61 Superman portrayer Dean 62 Comedian Johnson 63 Top 64 Cock attachment 65 Belgian river
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or female?” for some 11 Nisha of “Chutney Popcorn” 12 Nobleman in “Macbeth” with a cow? 17 Like many pols, to gay causes 18 Cops, in slang 23 To no ___ (useless) 25 Like a Marc Jacobs ensemble 28 Give a large bosom, e.g. 29 Care for 33 Blue shirtless guy 35 Mireille of “World War Z” 36 Merchant of films
37 Facial event 38 Indication of a used rubber 39 Gradual absorption 41 James of “Victor/Victoria” and family 42 Board for O’Keeffe 43 Max or Leo in “The Producers” 45 “___ lay me ...” 49 Em’s Dorothy 51 A dentist may stick it in your mouth 54 Exam taken in H.S. 55 Put out 58 Army NCO 59 Queen’s “Another ___ Bites the Dust”
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Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Feb. 22-28, 2019
Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Jewell Williams
Overview of the Sheriff Sale Process There are two types of Sheriff Sales. The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sales and the Tax Sales. The Tax Sales include Tax Lien, Tax Collection, and Tax Delinquent Sales.
amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the stage. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered at the sale.
Tax Sales When the owner of a property located in the City of Philadelphia fails to make a payment arrangement on municipal debt levied on his/her property, that property may be sold at the Tax Sheriff Sale to allow the City to collect on that unpaid debt. These debts can include outstanding water and sewer bills, School District of Philadelphia taxes, and city property taxes. The sales also provide individuals the opportunity bid on and become the owner of tax delinquent properties, thereby acquiring lots, houses, or commercial and industrial buildings.
How do I learn which properties are to be sold? All properties that are court ordered to be sold at Sheriff Sales are advertised in the Legal Intelligencer and on a rotating basis in a paper of general circulation. You can also view a list of properties to be sold at Sheriff Sale online by clicking here.
Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sale The Judicial Mortgage Foreclosure Sherriff Sale is the process by which mortgage companies and other financial institutions seek to collect debts owed to them, particularly in instances where a homeowner defaults on his/her mortgage payments. As with Tax Sales, Foreclosure Sales allow individuals the opportunity to bid on properties and become homeowners. How much will a property cost? The lowest bid that can be offered is $600 and each successive bid must be made in $100 increments. The highest bidder will win the property and must be prepared to make a $600 or 10% deposit (whichever is highest) with a certified check or money order made out to the “Sheriff of Philadelphia.” The remaining balance must be paid within 30 days of the sale. An extension of time to pay the balance is rare but may be granted by the Sheriff upon written request. The second bidder If you have been out-bid on a property, you can have your name recorded as the second bidder. If the highest bidder does not pay the balance in 30 days, the second bidder shall be granted the same 30 limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his/her second bid. The second bidder must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same
When and where do the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Sales take place? The Judicial Foreclosure Sale is held on the first Tuesday of each month. There are also four different Tax Sales conducted each month and one on a quarterly basis. Click here for a list of all Sheriff Sales currently scheduled. All sales will take place at 9:00 AM at the First District AME Plaza located at 3801 Market Street on the 3rd Floor. How are the properties identified before and during the sale? Each property has an identification number called the writ number, which is listed in the newspaper and on our online listing before the property address. This number is used together with the property address when the property is offered for sale. The sale is conducted by an auctioneer who calls out each party by writ number and address. IMPORTANT: Notice of owner’s Right of Redemption after a Tax Delinquent Sale Even if you win a bid on a Tax Sale property, within nine months of the acknowledgement of the deed, the owner of record can go to court and get permission to recover the property by paying all back taxes and the money paid by the winning bidder. This is called the Right of Redemption. Therefore, if purchase a property through Delinquent Tax Sheriff Sale and invest funds to improve the property in the first year, beware that those funds can be lost. The right of Redemption is only applicable if the property scheduled for Tax Sale is determined to be owner occupied 90 days prior to the sale. If the property is unoccupied or abandoned, there
is no Right of Redemption. The Right of Redemption does not apply to any property sold at the Mortgage Foreclosure Sheriff Sale. One way to protect yourself is to contact the City’s Department of Licenses and Inspections to determine what outstanding code violations, if any, exist in the property. Any work done to correct these violations must be reimbursed to you if the original owner reclaims the property during the Right of Redemption period. Therefore, make sure you get and keep detailed and accurate receipts for code related renovations. What should you do before you bid? Take a close look. It is strongly recommended that persons planning to bid at the sales make a site visit to the property prior to the sale. Many persons have bidded on vacant lots thinking that they were bidding on a property containing residential structures. The City is not authorized to permit or arrange for entry into properties listed for Sheriff Sales. In order to buy a property from any tax sale, you must be tax compliant. Proof of compliance must be provided at the time of final settlement. You can print a certificate of compliance by visiting the website of the City Revenue Department. Once at the site, you will have to accept the terms of the website, then choose “Sheriff Sale” as the compliance type. You will then need to enter the name and tax id number of the person or entity purchasing the property. If the person or entity is tax compliant, you will have an opportunity to print out a compliance certificate. Print this certificate out and bring it with you when you pay final balance of sale. Make sure you have a form of government issued identification. You will need to present this ID at the sale in order to bid. Consider the rehab costs. While there are some bargains to be had at Sheriff Sales, potential bidders, especially those seeking residential properties, are cautioned that the condition of properties may vary widely. City loans and grants for income eligible owner occupants are available for Sheriff Sale properties only after the Right of Redemption period has expired. The City has set this policy to ensure that its limited resources do not benefit original owners.
Did you know the Sheriff’s Office gives free seminars in English and Spanish on “How To Buy A Property at Sheriff’s Sale”? Check out https://www.officeofphiladelphiasheriff.com/en/real-estate/upcoming-seminars for the schedule of upcoming seminars.
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Philadelphia Gay News www.epgn.com Feb. 22-28, 2019
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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be
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accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila.gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215686-1483 and to its website philadox.phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which
the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia
1,068 Sq. Ft. BRT#351174000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Kenneth Arnold C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01870 $28,129.71 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1903-307 5739 N 17th St 19141 17th wd. 1,632 Sq. Ft. BRT#172188600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kenneth Dennis C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03386 $118,930.79 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1903-308 1225 W Erie Ave 19140 43rd wd. 2,598 Sq. Ft. OPA#432204800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis B. Stevens C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05197 $46,014.28 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-309 4417 Riverview Ln, #43 19129 38th wd. 1,977 Sq. Ft. OPA#888380147 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anita B. Cauthorn, a/k/a Anita Barnes Cauthorn; Lawrence L. Yancey C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 04388 $338,294.42 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-310 1004 Van Kirk St 19149 35th wd. 1,132 Sq. Ft. BRT#352104200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mohammed Moukaouin, and Fatima Hussain in their capacities as Heirs of Shellie Moukaouim, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Shellie Moukaouim, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02358 $67,263.19 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-311 7734 Fayette St 19150 50th wd. 1,424 Sq. Ft. BRT#501021600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Chontea Kyli Scott a/k/a Chontea K. Scott C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02704 $109,361.45 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-312 4116 Pechin St 191283514 21st wd. 2,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#212159800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE John Wright and Teresa Wright C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00481 $242,424.77 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-313 835 Longshore Ave 19111 53rd wd. 2,640 Sq. Ft. BRT#532179000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Derrick Jackson and Shrita N. Smith C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05012 $185,890.94 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-314 5205 Church Rd 19131 52nd wd. 708 Sq. Ft. BRT#521212900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Marie Wilkins Walker and Yvonne Martin C.P. November Term, 2011 No. 00096 $46,321.93 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-315 2434 N Reese St 19133 19th wd. 973 Sq. Ft. BRT#191339000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Betzaida Rosario C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 02421 $38,568.75 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-316 3571 Stouton St 19134 45th wd. 824 Sq. Ft. BRT#452393300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE
Tracy Hua and Chi-Hung Mu C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 00307 $116,648.86 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-317 2649 Massey St 19142 40th wd. 1,240 Sq. Ft. OPA#406118000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joanne Brooks, a/k/a Joanne A. Brooks C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 04343 $96,651.33 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-318 5022 D St 19120 42nd wd. 1,160 Sq. Ft. OPA#421461600 IMPROVEMENTS: 1472 SQ. FT. Ana L. Rigo; Felix Torres C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02072 $91,748.59 Robert Crawley 1903-319 1118 Marlyn Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,309 Sq. Ft. OPA#344286200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harold Adams C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02213 $137,781.54 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-320 5723 N Beechwood St 19138 17th wd. 888 Sq. Ft. OPA#172493900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Walter Malcolm, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04398 $69,239.79 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-321 3578 Grant Ave 19114 57th wd. 2,901 Sq. Ft. OPA#572182800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Matthew Alan Kobryn and Oles K. Kobryn C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01766 $179,994.07 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-322 3026 B St 19134 7th wd. 756 Sq. Ft. OPA#071397800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Reinaldo Rivas C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00646 $22,070.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-323 6308 Chester Ave 19142 40th wd. 1,168 Sq. Ft. OPA#401227900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alicia Lodge a/k/a Alicia Stern C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 00450 $34,346.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-324 2126 65th Ave 19138 17th wd. 1,277 Sq. Ft. BRT#171357100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gertrude Hamby C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01887 $105,132.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-325 6408 N 6th St 19126 61st wd. 4,488 Sq. Ft. BRT#611135700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Alexandra R. Ortiz and Carlos Ortiz C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 03555 $357,880.19 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-326 1620 W Erie Ave 19140 13th wd. 2,595 Sq. Ft. BRT#131043400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Rasool Nasir, solely as Administrator of the Estate of Merrill Johnson a/k/a Merrill Albert Johnson a/k/a Merrill Nasir C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00283 $52,065.32 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-327 6217 Haverford Ave 191514115 34th wd. 1,680 Sq. Ft. OPA#342004600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joan A. Simpson Vann, in Her Capacity as CoAdministrator and Heir of The Estate of Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts; George Austin, in His Capacity as Co-Administrator and Heir of The Estate of Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a
Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Anna Mccord a/k/a Anna W. Roberts a/k/a Delilah Roberts a/k/a Anna D. Roberts, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 03274 $41,924.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-328 5454 Diamond St 191313111 52nd wd. 1,510 Sq. Ft. OPA#522088000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angela A. Johnson in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Willie E. Johnson, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Nafese CrawfordHickman, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Shirley Annie Hickman a/k/a Shirley A. Hickman, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00012 $101,975.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-329 608 Kingsley St 191282709 21st wd. 1,719 Sq. Ft. OPA#213094520 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen J. Matteo a/k/a Stephen Matteo; Karen Matteo a/k/a Karen Moran C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03126 $389,802.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-330 1735 E Hunting Park Ave 19124-4421 33rd wd. 1,241 Sq. Ft. OPA#332092400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Francisco Velazquez, Jr a/k/a Francisco Velazquez; Ikea N. Ortiz C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01531 $114,727.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-331 10726 Philcrest Rd 191544031 66th wd. 1,386 Sq. Ft. OPA#662072267 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul W. Winter, Jr.; Rachel Winter C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03305 $100,034.42 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-332 715 Fisher St, a/k/a 715 W Fisher Ave 19120-2725 49th wd. 1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#492048300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cherita M. Brown C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01299 $87,642.64 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-333 240 W Abbottsford Ave 191444239 13th wd. 1,962 Sq. Ft. OPA#133036600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald Smith; Dante Smith C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00267 $80,088.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-334 8130 Lexington Ave 191523106 64th wd. (formerly 35th wd.) 1,025 Sq. Ft. OPA#641112000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Salvatore B. Costanzo a/k/a Salvatore Costanzo C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03565 $137,176.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-335 2324 S Croskey St 191453311 48th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#482226500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tiffany E. Randolph C.P. November Term,
2017 No. 00099 $62,777.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-336 2645 Parma Rd 191312708 52nd wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#521239600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William T. Smith C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02073 $85,157.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-337 1224 W Hazzard St 191331108 37th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#371404900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Shirley Smith a/k/a Shirley Smith Hill a/k/a Shirley Smith-Hill C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02480 $7,599.33 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-338 6725 N 7th St 19126-3024 61st wd. 2,205 Sq. Ft. OPA#611150100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christopher Elsetinow; Lydia E. Elsetinow C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 02497 $188,486.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-339 2300 79th Ave 19150-1406 50th wd. 1,976 Sq. Ft. OPA#501449000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alicia R. Easley C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 03951 $140,832.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-340 709 Daly St 19148-3247 39th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#393096600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Greggory Washington C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04320 $120,318.01 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-341 6506 Algard St 191352614 55th wd. 1,176 Sq. Ft. OPA#552349200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald D. Harvey, Jr C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03515 $128,699.37 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-342 6309 Tulip St 19135-3322 41st wd. 1,188 Sq. Ft. OPA#411445400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ethel Henry C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03219 $96,471.06 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-343 3045 Gilham St 191493121 55th wd. 1,152 Sq. Ft. OPA#551074800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Florence Brzezinski C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00371 $31,042.27 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-344 2302 S 22nd St 191453304 48th wd. 1,166 Sq. Ft. OPA#482206800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David M. Berenato C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01925 $132,460.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-345 6642 Chew Ave 191192003 22nd wd. 1,108 Sq. Ft. OPA#221255900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mary E. Newton C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 00258 $56,366.69 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-346 1911 Penfield St 19138 10th wd. 1,099 Sq. Ft. OPA#101380700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lydia D. Kennedy a/k/a Lydia Kennedy C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 01299 $125,279.44 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-347 2552 S Dewey St 19142 40th wd. 1,096 Sq. Ft.
OPA#402080900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen C. Ellis and Diediera H. Turpin C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00726 $55,826.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-348 635 W Olney Ave 19120 61st wd. 3,202 Sq. Ft. OPA#612009000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lolita Havlicek C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05111 $141,013.23 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-349 136 W Ritner St a/k/a 136 Ritner St 19148 39th wd. 840 Sq. Ft. OPA#391130100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Elena Grandelli C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01201 $152,384.06 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-350 1914 E Willard St 19134 45th wd. 1,049 Sq. Ft. OPA#452021800 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Cross Keys Investment LLC C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00903 $65,242.90 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-351 5943 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd. Land: 1,233 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 1,118 Sq. Ft.; Total: 1,233 Sq. Ft. OPA#BRT# 612389700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrena L. Dixon C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 01553 $78,119.55 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1903-352 5133 Oxford Ave 191242521 62nd wd. 1,516 Sq. Ft. OPA#621310900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Jones C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01572 $132,570.15 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-353 2846 Hutchinson St a/k/a, 2846 N Hutchinson St 191331731 37th wd. 1,026 Sq. Ft. OPA#372177300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nadine Leon, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Jerry Leon, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Alexander Leon, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Daniel L. Leon, Jr., in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Teresa Torres a/k/a Teresa Torres Hernandez, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05272 $40,319.85 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-354 1528 S 58th St 191434539 3rd wd. 1,800 Sq. Ft. OPA#034125000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William F. Smith; Denise Smith C.P. September Term, 2017 No. 03245 $74,167.65 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-355 5829 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. 1,498 Sq. Ft. OPA#522158500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thelma Jones C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02190 $137,405.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-356 3878 Kipling Pl 19154 66th wd. 2,918 Sq. Ft. of land; 1,332 Sq. Ft. improvements OPA#66-22880-00 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLEFAMILY DWELLING David Cleary and Patricia Cleary C.P.
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SHERIFF’S SALE OF Tuesday, March 5, 2019 1903-301 635 Dupont St #P 19128 21st wd. 640 Sq. Ft. BRT#213272335 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Robert H. Bodine a/k/a Robert H. Bodine, III C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 03520 $360,100.54 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-302 6709 Haverford Ave 19151 34th wd. 1,050 Sq. Ft. BRT#344006500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Edward Wallace a/k/a Edward L. Wallace and Valita T. Wallace C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02592 $100,812.61 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-303 4405 Comly St 19135 55th wd. 2,250 Sq. Ft. BRT#552006400 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/ DET 2 STY MASONRY Antonio Gonzalez C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02086 $149,307.91 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-304 3347 Kayford Cir 19114 58th wd. 1,756 Sq. Ft. OPA#661117900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John S. Connolly, Jr. C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00749 $128,530.32 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1903-305 1813 N 21st St 19121 32nd wd. 864 Sq. Ft. OPA#322044200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anita L. Caraway and Mary Caraway C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03221 $27,473.44 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1903-306 852 Brill St 19124 35th wd.
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October Term, 2007 No. 03220 $152,759.31 with interest from 7/25/09 to 12/10/18 at $13.94 per day Edward J. Hayes, Esquire 1903-357 6249 N 4th St 19120 61st wd. 1,725 Sq. Ft. OPA#611063300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sanh N. Ha C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02951 $85,899.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-358 2904 Poplar St 19130 15th wd. BRT#15-2343800 Anthony Pizzaro C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01784 $521,896.58 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1903-359 6030 N 12th St 19141 49th wd. 1,673 Sq. Ft. OPA#493148600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrew J. Grace C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00627 $141,989.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-360 6244 N 18th St 19141 17th wd. 1,215 Sq. Ft. OPA#172280000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Erica A. Robinson and Earl M. Taylor a/k/a Earl M. Taylor Jr C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00939 $118,746.25 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-361 933 E. Gorgas Ln 19150 50th wd. BRT#502418900 Geraldine Dodd C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 02526 $251,792.51 Emmanuel J. Argentieri, Esquire 1903-362 4210 Van Kirk St 19135 62nd wd. 1,595 Sq. Ft. OPA#622167000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Benjamin Romero C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01395 $133,192.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-363 342 N 52nd St 19139 44th wd. 2,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#441355600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Polosky C.P. May Term, 2009 No. 00306 $214,816.70 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-364 5905 Addison St 19143 46th wd. 905 Sq. Ft. OPA#032072300 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Claude N. Troupe C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01394 $54,737.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-365 434 E Cheltenham Ave 19120 35th wd. 3,017 Sq. Ft. OPA#351292900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Farzana Chughtai, a/k/a Farzana A. Chughtai; Mohammad Amir Chughtai, a/k/a Muhammad Amir Chughtai; The United States of America, Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00980 $132,507.14 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-366 6332 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#402212300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arcy Crute C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01889 $28,460.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-367 1508 N 57th St 19131 4th wd. 1,179 Sq. Ft. OPA#043285500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Roger L. Pierce, a/k/a Roger Lee Pierce C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 00387 $40,881.82 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-368 1925 Elston St 19138 10th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#101337100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDEN-
TIAL PROPERTY Melissa J. Paris C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02419 $81,155.89 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-369 812 Kendrick St 19111 63rd wd. 3,689 Sq. Ft. OPA#632019800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Steven McHugh C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04666 $225,600.65 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-370 1102 Rosalie St 19149 35th wd. 1,160 Sq. Ft. OPA#352032600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nagena Edmond, a/k/a Nagena PierreLouis C.P. January Term, 2017 No. 01893 $42,971.35 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-371 8814 Dewees St 19152 57th wd. 2,937 Sq. Ft. OPA#571255700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anna Kousharenko C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02895 $134,643.07 Cristina L. Connor, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-372 2250 Bonsall St a/k/a 2250 S Bonsall St 19145 48th wd. 1,120 Sq. Ft. OPA#482289300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Trinh Tran C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 05735 $30,919.35 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1903-373 2102 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1,024 Sq. Ft. OPA#403011000 IMPROVEMENTS: NONE Lilly Ngoc Nguyen and Dawn Dao Medd C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 00422 $42,712.94 Jonathan J. Sobel, Esquire 1903-374 4266 N Bodine St 19140 7th wd. 1,076 Sq. Ft. OPA#072113100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Francis Henriquez Disla C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00883 $37,546.50 Jill M. Fein, Esquire 1903-375 7330 Montour St 19111 56th wd. 3,166 Sq. Ft. OPA#56-1052800 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Erin Trinity Lynch a/k/a Erin Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Thomas Lynch, in His Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Tara M. Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased, Colleen Lynch, in Her Capacity as heir of Ann Marie Miller, deceased and Unkown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01838 $19,213.84 Jennifer D. Gould, Esquire; Stark & Stark, PC 1903-376 4805 Rosalie St 19135 41st wd. 900 Sq. Ft. OPA#411087100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy E. Siler C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00040 $65,445.90 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-377 1533 Orland St 19126 10th wd. 960 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,082 Sq. Ft. OPA#101225800 Reginald C. Noble, Known Heir of Emma J. Noble; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Emma J. Noble C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00911 $92,793.56 Robert Crawley 1903-378 240 Chelten Ave 19120 61st wd. 1,065 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,080 Sq. Ft. OPA#611313300 Odalis Garcia Francisco C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01354 $79,408.98 Robert Crawley 1903-379 5430 Gainor Rd 19131 52nd wd. Land Area: 3,125 Sq. Ft.;
Improvement Area: 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#522101100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carrie B. Perry C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02218 $215,443.78 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-380 220 E Willard St 19134 7th wd. 917 Sq. Ft. (land area) OPA#073219700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY (1064 SQ. FT. IMPROVED) Jerry R Detres C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 02575 $59,932.54 Robert L. Saldutti, Esquire 1903-381 7048 N Broad St 19126 10th wd. 2,400 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,900 Sq. Ft. OPA#101005400 Betty Taylor a/k/a Betty Jean Taylor; United States of America, Department of The Treasury - Internal Revenue Service C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01247 $152,547.21 Robert Crawley 1903-382 1427 68th Ave 19126-0000 10th wd. 2,036 Sq. Ft. OPA#10-12550-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI-DETATCHED, 2.5 STORY MASONRY BUILDING Lewis Real Estate Development, LLC C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01645 $87,371.22 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-383 2649 Aramingo Ave 19125 31st wd. 942 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,140 Sq. Ft. OPA#312147000 Joseph R. Pettit C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01470 $101,404.50 Robert Crawley 1903-384 1601 Faunce St 19111 56th wd. 2,320 Sq. Ft. BRT#561405800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Magali Acurio C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02746 $139,048.92 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-385 5418 Pentridge St 19143 51st wd. 975 Sq. Ft. OPA#513231800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joan Greene C.P. May Term, 2017 No. 02581 $35,352.12 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-386 3400 Emerald St 19134 45th wd. 1,185 Sq. Ft. OPA#452336700 IMPROVEMENTS: APARTMENT/2 STORY MASONRY Jason Figuereo, Administrator of The Estate of Justo Figuereo, Deceased C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 07279 $89,582.25 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-387 244 W Wellens Ave 19120 42nd wd. 1,008 Sq. Ft. BRT#422227100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lenora Octavia Gowens a/k/a Lenora O. Gowens C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 00170 $96,510.45 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-388 4309 Griscom St 19124 23rd wd. 1,146 Sq. Ft. OPA#232444400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Albert Johnson, Deceased, David Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Eric Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Fritz Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Gabriel Johnson, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Rhoda Johnson, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Robert Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Stephanie Thomas, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson,
Deceased, Theresa Butler, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Yvnette Thomas, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, Benny Thomas, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Johnson, Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Gloria Thomas, Deceased and The Unknown Heirs of Mary Johnson, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 02262 $21,320.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-389 1924 E Madison St 19134 45th wd. 1,453 Sq. Ft. OPA#452012600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tracy Hua and Chihung Mu C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 00655 $84,940.56 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-390 3181 Aramingo Ave 19134 25th wd. 1,178 Sq. Ft. OPA#25-14665-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kathleen Kane C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 05193 $136,933.92 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-391 2803 Magee Ave 19149 18th wd. 1,555.12 Sq. Ft. BRT#551092500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Tara O’Hare C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 00368 $89,917.38 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-392 1631 W Lehigh Ave 19132 11th wd. Land Area: 1,163 Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area: 2,308 Sq. Ft. OPA#111004100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Blackson C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01625 $68,283.48 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-393 1226 W Lehigh Ave 19133 37th wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#371452300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bishop Henry Cobb C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01795 $42,997.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-394 3320 Kip St 19134 7th wd. 862 Sq. Ft. OPA#07-3-0862-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Karen N. Ortiz C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05110 $69,063.44 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-395 7617 Wheeler St 19153 49th wd. 2,455 Sq. Ft. BRT#404214500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 1 STY MASONRY Walter L. King, III C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 01761 $161,533.29 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-396 3621 N 21st St 19140 13th wd. Land Area: 3,316; Improvement Area: 2,520 Sq. Ft. OPA#131293900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Keema M. Reed C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 00086 $62,680.09 Robert Crawley, Esq 1903-397 324 Sparks St 19120 61st wd. 1,184 Sq. Ft. BRT#611248900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Lawrence Keeley and Susan Keeley C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05225 $20,595.50 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-398 9017 Eastview St 19152 57th wd. 4,225 Sq. Ft. BRT#571306800 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY Abdoulave Diallo C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03249 $198,522.67 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-399 421 Carriage Ln 19103 24th wd. 1,598 Sq. Ft. BRT#241210228 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 3 STY MASONRY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or
associations claiming right, title or interest from or under William Stevens, Deceased, and William Stevens C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 00172 $313,495.26 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-400 5701 W Girard Ave 191314101 4th wd. 1,752 Sq. Ft. BRT#043028400 IMPROVEMENTS: 3 STORY MASON S/D CONV J&P Developments, LLC C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 003426 $891,294.19 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1903-401 1516 N 62nd St 19151 34th wd. Land Area: 1,842 Sq. Ft.; Improvement Area: 1,632 Sq. Ft. OPA#342311200 Alexis Molino C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02952 $68,268.41 Robert Crawley, Esquire 1903-402 4536 N 13th St 191401204 49th wd. 1,500 Sq. Ft. OPA#491508700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Peurifoy, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy and in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Last Will and Testament of Otis Peurifoy; Otto Peurifoy a/k/a Otto Barbour, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Korey Peurifoy a/k/a Korey Mcbride, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Otis Peurifoy, Jr, in His Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Otis Peurifoy; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Otis Peurifoy, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03548 $67,002.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-403 7823 Temple Rd 19150 50th wd. 938 Sq. Ft. BRT#501090600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE All Known and Unknonwn Heirs, Personal Representatives, and Devisees of the Estate of Richard E. Mack C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03658 $55,717.79 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-404 737 Ellsworth St 19147 2nd wd. 1,380 Sq. Ft. OPA#021181100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY Patricia Porter C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 001347 $176,227.53 Janet L. Gold, Esquire 1903-405 428 Tyson Ave 19111 35th wd. 2,083 Sq. Ft. OPA#353164900 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI DETACHED 2 STORY MASONRY Job Mixson and Deena R. Mixson C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 00057 $195,239.22 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-406 5118 Hazel Ave 19143 46th wd. OPA#462028300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Lucille Davis, Deceased, Chester Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Christopher Davis in his capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased, Dorothy Davis Individually and in her capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased, George Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Gregory Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis, Jeanette L. Davis in her capacity as Heir of Lucille Davis, Deceased and Richard W. Davis in his capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Davis C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 03297 $199,198.86 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-407 1226 Atwood Rd 19151 34th wd. 1,331 Sq. Ft.; Improvements: 1,256 Sq. Ft.
OPA#344340200 Rafhia R. Foster C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 03534 $109,636.81 Robert Crawley 1903-408 1511 E Walnut Ln 19138 10th wd. Beginning Point: On the Northwest side of Walnut Lane, (sixty feet wide) at the distance of ninety eight feet ten inches Northeastward from the Northeast side of Hollis Street OPA#102156000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jacqueline T. Taylor C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01148 $37,108.17 Patrick J. Wesner, Esquire 1903-409 1552 N Wanamaker St 19131 4th wd. 1,031 Sq. Ft. BRT#043304400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gloria Williams a/k/a Gloria WilliamsSummers a/k/a Gloria Summers and The Known and Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Leanora Williams a/k/a Leonora Williams a/k/a Leanora A. Williams C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 00298 $49,432.73 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-410 6712 Blakemore St 19119 22nd wd. 1,365 Sq. Ft. OPA#222238900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Teri L. Foster, Known Heir of Eugene D. Foster, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Eugene D. Foster, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04409 $115,326.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-411 2142 Brighton St 19149 35th wd. 1,801 Sq. Ft. BRT#542093500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lesia A. Richman C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02131 $113,627.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-412 278 E Queen Ln 19138 12th wd. 1,362 Sq. Ft. BRT#121125100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Any and All Known and Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Devisees of the Estate of Eldora Humbert, deceased C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 2962 $27,582.23 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-413 628 Catharine St 19147 2nd wd. OPA#02-2-0533-10 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Joseph P. Capocci C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 00305 $461,015.27 Hladik, Onorato, & Federman, LLP 1903-414 5307 N 12th St 19141 49th wd. 2,105 Sq. Ft. BRT#493115500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Floyd Williams C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01122 $146,394.91 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-415 5946 Cedar Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1,755 Sq. Ft. BRT#032144800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Malika Jones C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04325 $149,579.12 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-416 3318 Tilden St 19129 38th wd. 16’x86’6” or 1,384 Sq. Ft. (lot); 936 Sq. Ft. (improvement area) OPA#382129600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS:
UNKNOWN The Estate of Berdine Whedon a/k/a Berdine Whedon-Smith by and through Hugh Smith, Executor C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03032 $187,603.91 Don S. Ginsburg/ Daniel H. Assaraf, The Ginsburg Law Firm 1903-417 1339 Weaver St, a/k/a E Weaver St 19150 50th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#502320500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jerry L. Washington, a/k/a Jerry Washington C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 02944 $102,433.72 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1903-418 5839 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19143-3035 3rd wd. (formerly 46th wd.) 1,664 Sq. Ft. OPA#033152300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline F. Capers C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 01137 $50,458.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-419 3718 Conshohocken Ave, a/k/a 3718 Conshohocken State 19131-2823 52nd wd. 2,074 Sq. Ft. OPA#521440000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. Zergani; Mojgan Riahifard Zergani a/k/a Mojgan R. Zergani C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 02367 $140,818.97 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-420 5852 Stockton Rd 191381902 59th wd. 1,210 Sq. Ft. OPA#591221000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samak Beamon; William J. Beamon a/k/a William Beamon C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00746 $45,996.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-421 3322 North Lee St 191341614 7th wd. 1,065 Sq. Ft. OPA#073015700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicolas R. Arce C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 03537 $48,571.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-422 716 Byberry Rd 191162112 58th wd. 2,604 Sq. Ft. OPA#582360900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel Villafane; Elika L. Villafane C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00908 $187,605.49 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-423 6031 Bingham St 19111 35th wd. 1,920 Sq. Ft. OPA#352313710 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW HOME W/ GAR, 2 STORY MASONRY Antonette Maisonet C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02760 $148,270.78 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-424 120 W Sharpnack St 19119 22nd wd. 1,997 Sq. Ft. OPA#223037300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colin Bollers, Johan Bollers and Shamane J. Cave a/k/a Shamane Cave C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 02887 $222,403.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-425 9164 Old Newtown Rd 191154937 56th wd. 2,300 Sq. Ft. OPA#562441820 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Myra Esterman; Barry Esterman; Jacqueline Miller C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01177 $356,990.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-426 5402 W Berks St 19131 52nd wd. 1,662 Sq. Ft. OPA#522038400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Ernest T. Ligons, as Administrator of the Estate of Christine M. Ligons a/k/a Christine Ligons, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 01245 $122,842.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-427 3147 Agate St 19134 25th wd. 694 Sq. Ft. OPA#252335800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Markeyes Anderson C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01811 $48,328.27 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-428 5413 Gainor Rd 191311329 52nd wd. 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#522105800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jacqueline Bentley C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 00597 $157,757.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-429 8000 Moro St 19136-2618 64th wd. (formerly 56th wd.) 1,010 Sq. Ft. OPA#642049500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John J. Rogers C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00389 $105,915.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-430 3911 Palmetto St 19124 33rd wd. 945 Sq. Ft. OPA#332196100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zelin Thompson C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 01394 $44,462.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-431 443 W Roosevelt Blvd a/k/a 443 Roosevelt Blvd 19120 42nd wd. 854 Sq. Ft. OPA#422112100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jan Clayton Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased, Tassnee Jones Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton, Deceased, Delores Melendez, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Ruby Clayton Deceased and Giselle Sizer Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Ruby Clayton Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 01383 $13,402.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-432 5762 Haddington St a/k/a 5762 Haddington Ln 19131 4th wd. 1,252 Sq. Ft. OPA#043225000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Betty Davis C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03168 $76,194.74 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-433 7151 N Uber St 19138 10th wd. 1,986 Sq. Ft. OPA#101146900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim A. James C.P. November Term, 2017 No. 02781 $165,074.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-434 1356 Unity St 19124 23rd wd. 1,775 Sq. Ft. OPA#234038730 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY James J. McDade, III C.P. February Term, 2017 No. 02393 $50,680.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-435 3145 Tulip St 19134 25th wd. 772 Sq. Ft. OPA#252362200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John KeatorJones C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00359 $62,235.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-436 925 Granite St. 191241730 35th wd. 1104 Sq. Ft. OPA#351141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Mary Georges-Milord C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00207 $77,319.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-437 606 Anchor St 19120 35th wd. 1,269 Sq. Ft. OPA#351264100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Qian
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Li C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 04627 $63,783.74 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-438 7901 Ditman St 19136 65th wd. 1,606 Sq. Ft. OPA#651249000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Venneri C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 03133 $186,613.08 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-439 5839 N 3rd St 19120 61st wd. 1,294 Sq. Ft. OPA#612387100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sonya Y. Winters and Eric Winters C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02169 $90,453.55 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-440 2204 Hoffnagle St 19152 56th wd. 3,050 Sq. Ft. OPA#562109400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Catherine Mary Shapley and Frederick Shapley a/k/a Fredrick Shapley C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02619 $321,651.33 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-441 1148 S 52nd St 19143 51st wd. 1,536 Sq. Ft. OPA#511199800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lionel Dunbar C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 03542 $138,422.42 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-442 253 E Upsal St 19119 22nd wd. 2,730 Sq. Ft. OPA#221094600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Anita D. Hannah, Deceased and Kia Edwards, known Heir of Anita D. Hannah, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 01616 $122,674.71 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-443 3137 Willits Rd 19114 57th wd. 6,000 Sq. Ft. OPA#57-2-092500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marc A. Wagner C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04010 $236,942.45 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-444 4930 N Marvine St 19141 49th wd. 1,932 Sq. Ft. BRT#491438600 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Gwendolyn Jones C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03595 $81,566.41 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-445 2308 W Cumberland St 19132 16th wd. 1,671 Sq. Ft. BRT#162285200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Janet D. Griswold, deceased and Randall T. Drain C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01966 $41,145.03 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1903-446 925 Granite St 191241730 35th wd. 1,104 Sq. Ft. OPA#351141200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jean Mary Georges-Milord C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00207 $77,319.12 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-447 583 Alcott St 19120 35th wd. 1,028 Sq. Ft. OPA#352078300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angel L. Guzman and Natacha Rios C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02312 $91,221.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-448 5236 N Fairhill St 19120 49th wd. 1,383 Sq. Ft. OPA#492102800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tara Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Theresa Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Tif-
fany Bryan Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Tyshan Bryan Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Anthony Mansfield Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, Antuan Mansfield Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased, The Unknown Heirs of Mary Bryan Deceased and David Thornton Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Mary Bryan Deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 01490 $21,389.04 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-449 137 W 65th Ave 19120-1026 61st wd. (formerly 50th wd.) 1,328 Sq. Ft. OPA#611395600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Wimms, Sr C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00017 $118,585.72 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-450 1420 Locust St, Unit #R1B3 19102 8th wd. COM CONDO 1 STY MASONRY; 3,608 Sq. Ft. BRT#888080896 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 1420 Locust LLC C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 0645 $5,278.13 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-451 6215 N 13th St 19141 49th wd. S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON; 3,024 Sq. Ft. BRT#493207400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley Benedict C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0151 $6,514.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-452 316 W Seymour St 19144 59th wd. SEMI-DET 3 STY STONE; 6,525 Sq. Ft. BRT#133072600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley K. Benedict C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0152 $6,278.98 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-453 21 Good St 19119 22nd wd. DET 2.5 STY FRAME; 2,420 Sq. Ft. BRT#223051100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lovell Crawford C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 01347 $4,460.00 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-454 619 W Moyamensing Ave 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 880 Sq. Ft. BRT#393083200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Steven Dai C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0149 $3,925.25 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-455 2228 S. 13th St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,120 Sq. Ft. BRT#394437500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Khoa D. Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0148 $7,373.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-456 1612 S. 15th St 19145 36th wd. ROW CONV/APT 3 STY MASON; 1,088 Sq. Ft. BRT#365060000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victor Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0173 $7,220.84 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-457 2602 S. 10th St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 742 Sq. Ft. BRT#393510600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Victor Du C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0175 $6,895.03 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-458 4231 E. Thompson St 19137 45th wd. VACANT LAND RESIDE; 1,671 Sq. Ft.
BRT#453229800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Esemci 1 LLC C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0174 $7,690.59 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-459 1820 W. Juniata 19140 38th wd. 1,081 Sq. Ft. BRT#13-1-319100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Lisa R. Springs C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00263 $62,926.77 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1903-460 6040 Webster St 19143 3rd wd. 1,638 Sq. Ft. BRT#033034100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Aliya A. Martinez C.P. October Term, 2017 No. 04122 $128,820.90 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-461 3636 Canby Dr 19154 58th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,332 Sq. Ft. BRT#663387600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jeffrey J. Seider and Amber M. Seider C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04415 $168,260.45 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-462 119 Sigel St 19148 1st wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,070 Sq. Ft. BRT#011155700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Margaret T. Newman a/k/a Margaret Newman C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04960 $168,829.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-463 546 W Olney Ave 19120 61st wd. S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON; 1,728 Sq. Ft. BRT#612008600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Revella Bowser C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01164 $83,949.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-464 130-136 N. Bread St 19106 5th wd. Land: 0 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 703 Sq. Ft. BRT#888055704 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Gerard R. Vitek C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02215 $209,777.81 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-465 231 W Albanus St 19120 42nd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1,120 Sq. Ft. BRT#422144000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raul Anthony Forde C.P. August Term, 2017 No. 00541 $41,933.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-466 9315 Spicebush Ln 19115 63rd wd. (formerly part of 57th wd.) BRT#632216400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Basem Hamad C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 00605 $394,364.28 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-467 11044 Ferndale St 19116 58th wd. DET W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY�; 1296 sq. ft. BRT#582475800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa M. Fanelli C.P. April Term, 2018 No. 02392 $198,172.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-468 7158 N 19th St 19126 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,440 Sq. Ft. BRT#101122600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING James Edwards, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02548 $105,774.83 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-469 2514 S. Darien St 19148 39th wd. Improvement Area: 860 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 672 Sq. Ft.
OPA#393404500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY John Dingler, in his capacity as sole known heir of the Estate of Bernadette Raggio, deceased & the Estate of Bernadette Raggio, deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05477 $150,922.27 Ryan A. Gower & Paul J. Fanelli 1903-470 2039 W Boston St 19132 16th wd. Improvement Area: 1,112 Sq. Ft.; Land Area: 816 Sq. Ft. OPA#162271400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY The Estate of John Allen Haynes a/k/a John Haynes, deceased, and Unknown Heir(s) of the Estate of John Allen Haynes a/k/a John Haynes, deceased C.P. March Term, 2017 No. 01591 $35,646.32 Ryan A. Gower & Paul J. Fanelli 1903-471 926 W Duncannon Ave 19141 49th wd. 2,081 Sq. Ft. BRT#492023500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bryant J. Hampton, in his capacity as Heir at Law of Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased and Helena Hampton, in her capacity as Heir at Law of Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased, Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Ethel Hampton a/k/a Ethel L. Hampton, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01451 $67,730.99 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-472 933 N. Broad St 19123 14th wd. STR/OFFICE 2 STY MASONRY; 4,160 Sq. Ft. BRT#871401670 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Farzad Ahmad C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0180 $2,548.91 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-473 1511 68th Ave, a/k/a 1511 W 68th Ave 19126-2746 10th wd. 1,936 Sq. Ft. OPA#101255700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Raymonda J. Mormon a/k/a Raymonda J. Moran C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 00701 $72,454.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-474 1548 McKean St 19145 48th wd. BRT#481104900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL FinacaroMaglio, Inc C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0179 $4,567.97 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-475 1550 McKean St 19145 48th wd. BRT#882937275 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Finacaro-Maglio, Inc. C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0178 $410,199.33 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-476 519 Wilder St 19147 1st wd. BRT#011251400 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL Ruben Handal C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0223 $2,484.17 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-477 230 S 45th St 19104 46th wd. APTS 5-50 UNITS MASONRY; 2,400 Sq. Ft. BRT#881707600 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL HRVII, LLC C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 0221 $21,412.25 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-478 4821 N Mascher St, a/k/a 4821 Mascher St 191204219 42nd wd. 1,350 Sq. Ft.
OPA#422356500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eneida L. Melendez, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Damaris Ortiz, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Sharon Emy MartinezOrtega, in Her Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Oscar J. Martinez, in His Capacity as Heir of Eneida Ortega, Deceased; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Eneida Ortega, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02772 $65,425.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-479 7948 Pickering St 19150 50th wd. 1,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#501225700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW HOME W/ GAR, 2 STORY MASONRY Joyce Henry a/k/a Joyce Justine Henry, in her capacity as Real Owner and Executrix of the Estate of Catherine L. Patterson, Deceased C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00468 $90,773.12 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-480 3127 Richmond St 19134 25th wd. ROW 3 STY MASONRY; 1,215 Sq. Ft. BRT#251158700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louis Lupo and Christine Lupo C.P. July Term, 2017 No. 03229 $4,713.93 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-481 7811 Woolston Ave 19150 50th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,600 Sq. Ft. BRT#502066500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Louise Shearer, Robert L. Pressley, Aaron K. Shearer, Cary G. Shearer and George A. Shearer C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 0110 $4,732.26 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-482 5634 Thomas Ave 191434645 51st wd. 1,230 Sq. Ft. OPA#513092000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen P. Goodwyn a/k/a Colleen Goodwyn; Bernadette M. Goodwyn a/k/a Bernadette Goodwyn C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 04066 $74,361.51 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-483 2218 S. Mildred St 19148 39th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 705 Sq. Ft. BRT#393372200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TPM Properties, Inc. C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 0114 $5,925.89 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-484 220 Locust St, Unit #26F 19106 5th wd. RES CONDO 5 STY MASONRY; 728 Sq. Ft. BRT#888051957 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Abraham Waksman and Judith Waksman C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 03497 $11,354.18 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-485 3216 N. Spangler St 19129 38th wd. ROW CONV/APT 2 STY MASONRY; 1,280 Sq. Ft. BRT#382194600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jonathan Watts C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0337 $5,138.39 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-486 4128 Markland St 191245343 33rd wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#332493700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria E. Delvalle a/k/a Maria Delvalle C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00015 $78,162.60 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1903-487 2903 S Carlisle St 19145 26th wd. 1,080 Sq. Ft. BRT#261123800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frank Di Claudio a/k/a Frank Diclaudio a/k/a Frank Anthony DiClaudio a/k/a Francis Diclaudio deceased C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 02540 $200,002.34 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1903-488 1702 Webster St 19146 30th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 560 Sq. Ft. BRT#301157000 IMPROVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL Jerome Whack C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0059 $7,559.32 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-489 3925 Brandywine St 19104 24th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 624 Sq. Ft. BRT#242203300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Kasim Wheeler C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 0066 $2,510.28 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-490 6303 Crittenden St 19138 22nd wd. 1,760 Sq. Ft. OPA#221316500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melissa Carter C.P. April Term, 2017 No. 02765 $139,359.21 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-491 153 Tree St 19148 39th wd. Land: 752 Sq. Ft.; Improvement: 960 Sq. Ft.; Total: 960 Sq. Ft. OPA#391082700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Rogers C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 00882 $176,220.27 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1903-492 301 Byberry Rd, D8 19116 88th wd. (formerly 58th wd.) 1,074 Sq. Ft. OPA#888581978 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Chilin; Juliett Barzilayev C.P. June Term, 2017 No. 03462 $147,774.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-493 10914 E Keswick Rd a/k/a, 10914 Keswick Rd 191544116 66th wd. 1,360 Sq. Ft. OPA#662100000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeanette Hassell C.P. May Term, 2018 No. 02523 $223,774.29 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-494 3901 Richmond St 19137 45th wd. 8,850 Sq. Ft. OPA#453314810 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marlene Davis, Known Heir to the Estate of Michael J. Maguire, Deceased and Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Michael J. Maguire, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 04418 $91,351.09 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1903-495 942 Pratt St 19124-1738 35th wd. 1,400 Sq. Ft. OPA#351115400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Marie D. Villarceau; Yveniel ST Luc C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 00015 $146,269.91 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-496 2910 W. Turner St 19121 1st wd. RESIDENTIAL ROW 2 STORY MASONRY BRT#324016100 IMPROVEMENTS: ERECTED THEREON Douglas Dixon C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00878 $94,701.97 Christina J. Pross, Esquire 1903-497 6139 W Columbia Ave 19151 34th wd. 3,411 Sq. Ft. BRT#342116700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Deborah R. Young C.P. August Term, 2018
No. 00946 $32,009.79 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1903-498 1427 Sellers St, a/k/a 1429 Sellers St, a/k/a 1427-29 Sellers St 19124-3629 23rd wd. 2,642 Sq. Ft. OPA#234052300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ellery Davis, in Her Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Anthony Laporta Burke, in His Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Angel Burke, in His Capacity as Heir of Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associates Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Lillie R. Burke a/k/a Lillie R. Sheila Burke, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 03449 $85,524.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-499 9021 Ashton Rd 191361007 57th wd. 1,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#572192593 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gladys Caban a/k/a Gladys Cruz-Valezquez C.P. December Term, 2017 No. 02061 $170,549.23 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-500 1600 Stenton Ave 191412004 17th wd. 2,296 Sq. Ft. OPA#171343400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tina L. Collins; Glendale E. Walker C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04191 $207,331.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-501 5358 Greenway Ave 19143 51st wd. 15 feet 6 inches by 106 feet 6 inches OPA#871577050 IMPROVEMENTS: TWO STORY MASON ROW DWELLING WITH OFFICE/STORE Valerie Cooper C.P. June Term, 2018 No. 03121 $161,276.93 Jay E. Kivitz, Esq. 1903-502 3303 Meridian St 191363508 64th wd. 1,088 Sq. Ft. OPA#642237800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Geraldine Lerner, in Her Capacity as Administrator of The Estate of Raymond E. Lerner, Jr a/k/a Raymond Edward Lerner, Jr; Minor Defendant #1, in Her Capacity as Heir of The Estate of Raymond E. Lerner, Jr a/k/a Raymond Edward Lerner, Jr; Unknown heirs, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms, or associations claiming right, title, or interest from or under Raymond E. Lerner, Jr, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2018 No. 02314 $125,071.61 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-503 4606 Wayne Ave 19144-3624 13th wd. OPA#13-3-0904-00 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL Pauline Bronner C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00931 $101,512.80 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-504 7506 Elmwood Ave 191531313 40th wd. 1,056 Sq. Ft. OPA#404237200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal K. Dailey a/k/a Crystal Dailey C.P. March Term, 2018 No. 02083 $96,525.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1903-505 1827 E Pastorius St a/k/a 1827 Pastorius St 19138 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1,434 Sq. Ft. BRT#102182800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Blaney Jones, Known Surviving Heir of John H. Jones, Owen Jones, Known Surviving Heir of John H.
Jones and Unknown Surviving Heirs of John H. Jones C.P. January Term, 2018 No. 05043 $103,373.48 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC 1903-506 5321 Walnut St 19139 60th wd. 1,483 Sq. Ft. OPA#603023700 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI DETACHED 2 STORY MASONRY Chinedum Udenze-Utah and Chukwuma Utah C.P. September Term, 2018 No. 02290 $58,472.41 Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP 1903-507 1736-1764 N Mascher St 19122 18th wd. 19,440 Sq. Ft. OPA#884590410 Subject to Mortgage Subject to Rent 172026 Waterloo Street, LLC C.P. October Term, 2018 No. 01950 $1,883,612.70 Daniel D. Haggerty, Esquire; King Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC 1903-508A 2511 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. Premises A: 1,373 Sq. Ft. BRT#381354500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Raul Aquino C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02362 $109,475.98 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-508B 2513 W Allegheny Ave 19132 38th wd. Premises B: 1,425 Sq. Ft. BRT#381354610 IMPROVEMENTS: VACANT LAND Raul Aquino C.P. July Term, 2018 No. 02362 $109,475.98 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C., Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire, Heather Riloff, Esquire, Tyler J. Wilk, Esquire 1903-509A 5011 Saul St 19124 62nd wd. 2,125 Sq. Ft. OPA#S621459200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melvin Chappell Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04458 $136,193.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-509B 5014 R. Leiper St 19124 62nd wd. 2,493 Sq. Ft. OPA#621472200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Melvin Chappell Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04458 $136,193.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1903-510 3424 N Palethorp St. 19140 7th wd. 845 Sq. Ft. (land area) OPA#072086300 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STORY MASONRY (897 SQ. FT. IMPROVED) Ashley Marie Arzon Garcia C.P. February Term, 2018 No. 00361 $46,077.67 Robert L. Saldutti, Esquire
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