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Police arrest a Delaware couple for abandoning their children in a car while robbing a medical office. “Oh yeah, and the robbery. We hereby arrest you for that, too.”
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BLIGHT FIGHT L&I prepares to hunt down absentee owners. By Anthony Campisi and Isaiah Thompson
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City,” developed through a partnership between City Paper, PlanPhilly and Technically Philly, and funded in part by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Tens of thousands of abandoned properties and vacant lots stretch across Philadelphia. Counts vary, but recent studies estimate at least 40,000 such properties, 75 percent of which belong to private owners — often delinquent on taxes and bills, often missing in action. In some cases, the owners might be dead or unwitting heirs. But others are slumlords and prospectors, whose game is to sit on these properties for as long as it takes to make a buck on them, while their properties attract crime, accumulate trash and fuel the spread of further blight. For years, the city’s policy regarding these troubled spots could be summed up in two words: Fine ’em. Following a complaint, the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) would send out an inspector, issue a fine and call it a day. A property could be fined dozens of times before the city took its owner to court. But under Commissioner Frances Burns, L&I cleared its 38,000-strong backlog of properties waiting inspection by instituing a radically simple policy: They now issue three fines, and then take an owner to court.
The result, Burns says, is energy and manpower for new projects — and starting in the next couple of weeks, the department intends to launch a pilot program aimed at rounding up and bringing to court absentee landlords.Now, Burns says, L&I is ready to begin actively seeking out absentee owners to either force them into compliance or bring them to court. The project is the first tangible result of a Nutter administration review of vacant lot policies, by the Managing Director’s and Finance Director’s offices. In the next few weeks, L&I officials will begin visiting 25,000 properties identified as vacant, one by one, and issuing appropriate violations. The program will start in less-blighted areas on the city’s waterfront — a decision Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, parts of whose district are heavily blighted, found surprising — but which L&I officials characterize as a way to learn on the go. At their disposal are a few tools, new or previously underutilized, to get at owners. There’s the “Doors and Windows Law,” a part of the city code that requires vacant properties on mostly occupied blocks to have functioning doors and windows — plywood doesn’t cut it. But probably the most innovative strategem L&I is employing is good old-fashioned gumshoeing. L&I director of strategic initiatives Maura Kennedy intends to systematically comb through various databases — including one used by the Internal Revenue Service — to determine ownership in cases where savvier owners hide behind corporate fronts. And who will perform this laborious feat? “Interns!” says a clearly excited Kennedy. What happens from there, though, >>> continued on page 8
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✚ ON THE RIGHT TRACK? Among the areas targeted during last Saturday’s Philly Spring Cleanup was the neglected, drug-ridden railroad that runs through Port Richmond, Kensington and North Philly — the subject of a recent CP cover story [“The Waste Land,” March 3, 2011]. Conrail owns the railroad. Several weeks ago, community groups met with Conrail executives, asking the company to do its part to protect their neighborhoods from the mayhem that’s evolved on the tracks — which are fenced off (not really) from Kensington’s open-air drug markets by a rotting, 50-year-old iron structure. So on Saturday neighborhood groups H.A.C.E and the Archdiocese Community Development Office, with the help of the city’s Streets Department, bagged trash alongside the railroad while Conrail’s team bulldozed a large swath of debris and workers picked up garbage using mechanical grabbers. The sight of one worker removing a single plastic bag amid the long stretch of trash-strewn land seemed to sum up the problem. Watching the proceedings was Theresa Lugo, whose house faces the tracks. “I don’t want to sound ungrateful — at least they’re moving,” she said. “But if they don’t fix the major situation, which is covering the entrances into there, it’s pointless.” —Isaiah Thompson
✚ PRISON SMARTS Last week, 17 inmates in North Philly’s Cambria Community Center completed their first college semester. It marked the first time the city offered college-credit courses to inmates since the ’90s. There were once hundreds of college programs in jails
nationwide aimed at reducing recidivism rates by giving ex-
cons a better shot at employment upon release. But in 1994, says Tara Timberman, founder of the Reentry Support Project at the Community College of Philadelphia, Congress barred federal and state inmates from receiving Pell grants, destroying about 500 jail education programs “almost overnight.” Last year, though, she discovered a loophole: County inmates can still get aid. Voila! Philly’s new program was born, with federal grants funding tuition and books for all 17 Cambria inmates, including two who just got out. Prison Commissioner Louis Giorla says people have asked him why inmates should go to college when “my kid can’t go.” But grants to inmates make up less than .01 per cent of all Pell awards — and anyway, Timberman says, what’s truly —Holly Otterbein expensive is sending people back to prison.
✚ FULL OF SURPRISES At the Fairmount Civic Association’s recent meeting, the attending residents listened politely to candidates for various city positions, among them Republican mayoral candidate John Featherman. After rattling off his expected talking points (gross receipts tax: bad; $150 trash fee for landlords: bad; privatizing the Streets Department: good), Featherman began to stray from script. He cheerfully admitted he’d given money to Michael Nutter’s campaign, “Because [Nutter] promised to eliminate the business privilege tax.” Then: “I’m in favor of decriminalizing drugs,” Featherman announced. “We should be taking the money that we put into the racist war on drugs and put it into rehabilitation.” An audience member raised his hand to ask a question. “I don’t know where to start,” he said incredulously, to some chuckles. “Just that you are unique as a Republican.” —Theresa Everline
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remains to be seen. Recently, Harrisburg passed Act 90, also known as the Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act, which gives cities more powers to go after absentee owners, including the ability of municipalities to extradite criminally negligent landlords, deny permits to owners with outstanding violations, and get at the personal finances of owners — instead of the city simply foreclosing on the vacant property. “We don’t want these properties,” emphasizes L&I’s Burns. “We want their owners to bring them into compliance.” There are loopholes: A clause in the law exempts “associations and trusts” — a phrase that lets owners hide behind corporations: “It was built into the bill in the sausage-making process,” acknowledges Liz Hersch, executive director of the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, whose group supported the bill. “Living with compromise ... is part of the deal.” Others point out that the pursuit of absentee owners ultimately boils down to political will and cost: “What you can do versus what your dollars allow you to do is the real question,” notes Arnold B. Kogan, chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Real Property section, who helped draft parts of the
law. What’s more, the city is not — yet, at least — using all of the powers at its disposal: It could, for example, deny building permits or landlord occupancy permits to owners who have outstanding L&I violations — a tool that isn’t currently on the table. Some worry that enforcement actions might eventually target poor owners who simply cannot maintain their properties. Quiñones-Sánchez recently introduced an amendment to a proposed city law mirroring Act 90 (introduced by Councilman Darrell Clarke) that would have exempted owner-occupied houses from having personal assets exposed. L&I officials don’t disagree: “We’re going after larger landowners in the city,” emphasizes Burns. “That’s where we will go first.” (isaiah.thompson@citypaper.net, campisi.anthony@gmail.com)
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that some say came overwhelmingly from West Oak Lane, Nicetown and Germantown. Two of her opponents barely lost: Cindy Bass (who’s running this year) and Irv Ackelsberg (who’s not) gained 26 and 25 percent, respectively. The Eighth District is fragmented in many ways — racially, economically and even within neighborhoods: Betty Turner, co-founder of the Germantown Community Connection, says that in Germantown alone, some 30 community groups exist, often with vying interests. If Germantown had a more cohesive voice, she says, it could better wrestle with blight and poverty. But some think the wide-open, seven-candidate primary race will split the district even more. Pam Bracey, a member of Turner’s group, is afraid of a runoff vote. “How do you come up with a clear winner when there are seven individuals running?” she asks. “We’re split from top to bottom. We’ve lost the ability to speak.” —Holly Otterbein ³ OK, ON THE count of three, all together now, “DROP! DROP!
DDRROOPP!” Out of your system? We hope so. Participation in the Deferred Retirement Option Program has, yeah, yeah, probably helped dissuay four City Council members from running again, and has put four elected officials who are running anyway — Council members Frank Rizzo and Marian Tasco and City Commissioner Marge Tartaglione — in the hot seat. But that’s the last time we’re writing that long-ass sentence, because we’re tired of it. Tired and bored. Why, just last week we received a call from the campaign for Stephanie Singer, who is running against Tartaglione for city commissioner. “We’re going to talk about Marge Tartaglione and DROP all the way until election day!” campaign manager Shannon Marietta proclaimed.
It was, somehow, some kind of last straw. Was that all she and her candidate were going to talk about? DROP? Was her candidate’s main platform not signing up for some program that had never been offered to her in the first place? And what about at-large Council candidate Malcolm Lazin, who staged a baffling protest outside City Hall to embarrass Rizzo over DROP; or the other candidates who think that clucking “DROP!” at us will make us like them — as if not being enrolled in it is some kind of qualification for elected office! As it turns out, City Commissioner candidate Singer has plenty of interesting qualifications — she’s kind of fascinating, in fact. With a Ph.D. in mathematics, she is the author of two books on “mathematical physics,” runs a political consulting business, and has made public, for free, a treasury of detailed Philly election data — more than we can say of the City Commissioners office under present leadership, and which more than counts as a real, genuine qualification for the post. Lazin has plenty of qualifications to boast, as well — and so, we’re sure, do all of the other candidates who just won’t … oh, somehow we just can’t not do this … DROP it already. —Isaiah Thompson (electionear@citypaper.net)
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³ WHAT COULD YOU possibly do this week
if you’re not a Francophile (PIFA) or a film fanatic (Cinefest)? I dare say you can be a do-gooder and hit interior design conceptualists Don and Renee Freeman’s ninth annual Gift of Life event. Better known as “THE Party,” the bash raises funds and awareness for organ donation and transplants (April 8, Four Seasons Philadelphia Hotel). Or you can benefit the Philly Art Museum’s education department by hitting the annual Vivid Gala on April 9, where you should dress in accordance with the PMA’s Roberto Capucci exhibition by donning your most colorful frock. Or you can be really bad and celebrate Prohibition Repeal Day on April 7 with an all-day-allnight bender. Really, you could do all three. Your call. ³Who knows when Philly MC Naeem Juwon will finish that next Spank Rock LP? For now, though, you can catch what Naeem has been doing with Blu Jemz — an Italian disco project dedicated to producer Giorgio Moroder called Mobroder. You can even download their new full-length CD for free at mobroder.com. Ciao. ³ Foodies: I’m hearing that one-time Bar Noir GM Billy McGhee will soon be doing the same job at the Piazza’s just-opened rock-n-roll-grub-hub Gunners Run.Also notable: Starr Restaurant stalwart Jackie Baik is heading to Cook, Audrey Taichman’s food lab at the old Snack Bar spot in Rittenhouse Square. ³ So we lost Brad Pitt’s World War Z to Malta. No biggie. Philly and its outlying areas have been bandied about for months to host the filming of high-ticket flicks such as the next Bourne, the next Batman and bits of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows. Greater Philadelphia Film Office boss Sharon Pinkenson says things are “looking very good” for The Bourne Legacy (with director Tony Gilroy and star Jeremy Renner?) to land in Philly.“Preproduction should start soon,” says Pinkenson. ³ Chef Michael Schulson’s Sampan and Lindsay Furman’s Silencia PR firm team up for the swankiest brunch ever — Dim Sum and DJs starting April 9 (Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m. till the pork dumplings run out). ³ Local honey-voiced jazz-pop chanteuse Alexandra Day is releasing her sophomore effort, Untangle,this week and will show up at Chris’ Jazz Café April 7 to bust out the best from her spare second CD. Fans of her fullband debut, No Castles No Moats, will be shocked by the pianist/singer’s new one — just Day and a Steinway, much of it recorded at salon goddess Andrea Clearfield’s loft in the sweltering heat. “With windows barely cracked and the A/C unit and ceiling fan turned off for the sake of a noiseless take, the temperature in the room was usually over 100 degrees,” says Day. “Have you ever seen a melted key ring?” ³ Ice Cubes are served cold at citypaper.net/criticalmass. (a_amorosi@citypaper.net)
STEP BY STEP, HEART TO HEART, LEFT RIGHT LEFT, WE ALL FALL DOWN: (From left) Matt Kelly, Ron Gallo, Dominic Billett, Bill McCloskey and Luke Leidy of the newlook Toy Soldiers. MIKE MCMONAGLE
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says McCloskey. “We’re just letting the music speak for itself,” says Billett. “It’s like we’re coming back and reintroducing ourselves.” In keeping with that, these Toy Soldiers’ first recordings — namely the new EP Get Through the Time — feature updates of several older songs. “We’ve made them our own through our energy,” Billett explains. “At first you play the parts kind of verbatim and you do them justice [because] the players that played on them were fantastic. But as time goes on, the songs take a new light and you add your own stuff to them.” Leidy will tell you: He lucked out, since the previous recordings were light on keyboards. “The keys were always present but not that prevalent, so I just went off that,” he says. It’s an element that Toy Soldiers hasn’t had the chance to feature before, but suits the raw, gritty sound of the re-formed band. As would be the case with any group, Toy Soldiers are focused on their future more than their past. New recordings of gospel- and country-inflected material draw inspiration from the troubles of the past year, but in a way that’s more “down to earth,” as Gallo puts it. With ambitions for further genre-fusing on the horizon, he and the reconstructed Toy Soldiers are enjoying what most people (musicians or otherwise) only dream of: a do-over. (eric.schuman@citypaper.net)
“We’re just letting the music speak for itself.”
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Los Angelinos might know David Liebe Hart from The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Program, a public-access show starring grotesque puppets (Chip the Black Boy, Mr. Gray Spaceman) talking about how drugs are bad and Jesus is good. Maybe you saw him on TV with comedy duo Tim and Eric. Backed by a full band, Hart will be at the First Unitarian Side Chapel Saturday (April 9, r5productions.com), singing his really, really weird pop songs about —Patrick Rapa trains and aliens and Ellen DeGeneres.
Kickstarter campaigns aren’t just for upbeat orgs making the world a better place. They also fund grandiose compendiums of snark like The Indie Cred Test ($20, chunklet.com), 192 pages of hipster aptitude quizzes put out by the people at Georgia’s jokey music mag/site/label, Chunklet. ICT shows skill in areas concerning drugs, fashion and PBR; needs improvement in reliance on dick jokes and easy quips. If it makes just one dude in a D.A.R.E. shirt rethink his choices, then the book is a success. —Patrick Rapa
³ theater The whole point of The Elephant Man is to showcase Joseph Merrick’s inability to find his place in normal society, but he should fit right in at the Mütter Museum. On Monday (April 11, collphyphil.org), Meadville-based Ninth Wave Theatre brings the tale of the world’s most famous medical oddity to probably the world’s greatest repository of same, reminding their audience that none of those Siamese twins or soap ladies or giant colon sufferers are animals — they’re human beings. —Shaun Brady
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³ roots/local Philly roots trio Jacobs Hill keeps the mood downbeat on its self-titled debut EP. Bits of Wilco pop through on “Another Rising Sun,” and the bright rise and fall of “She Can Dance by Herself” echoes Neil Young’s MOR-era records. That’s MOR in the wistful ’70s folksinger sense as well as “middle of the road” since four tracks don’t give the band a chance to show off its range. That said, his Grant Lee Phillips-esque vocals slay on “Open Sky.” Backed by bassist Alex Yaker and drummer Chris Giraldi, Jacobs Hill’s show at The Fire (April 9, iourecords.com/thefire) should pack a punch absent —John Vettese from the EP.
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³ ONE OF BLAKE BUTLER’S epigraphs in There Is No Year (“Live audiences frighten me to death”) is credited to Sharon Tate. This is mildly funny, and mildly tasteless, because it relies on the shared knowledge that the thing Sharon Tate is actually famous for is dying at the hands of the Manson family (followed by having been married to Roman Polanski; followed by her acting career). With all apologies for explaining somebody else’s joke, this is a joke you get only if you’ve already got the knowledge to find it funny. This kind of inside baseball permits There Is No Year (Harper Perennial, April 5) to function. Plotless and circular and episodic, the book consists of short, disconnected scenes about a Father, a Mother and a Son, and their existence in their house. The writing is often giddy and inventive: Early on, Butler writes that “the cable’s crap connection delivered all the channels with a rind of fuzz. The screen would sometimes spurt and bubble with long rips of swish, often in the most important moments of a program, or at least the moments the person watching would most like to see.” In passages like this, evocative nonsense implies unexplained eeriness like something from House of Leaves or Blue Velvet. But those works rely on accretion of detail to generate atmosphere. For Butler, this moment gets abandoned after only a paragraph. It’s a gesture that relies on its audience to fill in the ending. Even while he’s self-consciously experimental, the price for avoiding causality or consistency gets put on his reader’s tab. And the result is something that’s occasionally beautiful in its single-mindedness, sometimes frustrating, but most often static and repetitive. There Is No Year sits on the bleeding edge of something,but how much that matters depends on how many of Butler’s references you get. That experimental exclusiveness recoils from the cheerful conventionality of something like Rohan O’Grady’s Let’s Kill Uncle (Bloomsbury,
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Bana) raised a scrappy son, not a fragile, lethal daughter, as his spy/assassin scion, it’d be viewed as a negligibly subversive action romp, a sweet Harry Chapin-meets-Jason Bourne paean to father-son relations. But Hanna is no boy. She’s a towheaded 16-yearold menace — played by the incredible Saoirse Ronan — and she’ll cut your throat before you even begin to tell her how pretty her hair is. Joe Wright’s fourth feature serves up Bildungsroman tropes in a most peculiar fashion, posing the question: How fast does a little girl come of age when she’s being tracked across several continents by professional hit men? Early on, Erik, framed by the CIA, tells Hanna that she holds the power to decide whether to abandon their secluded Arctic training grounds and venture out into the world. Stricken with adolescent ennui, Hanna throws the switch, setting off a clamorous series of events as she slips through the fingers of wranglers who can’t understand how this unassuming kid is such a tireless Run Lola Run-esque machine. Like any good spy, Hanna speaks multiple languages, is handy with a blade and can hew to a dangerous situation in milliseconds. But unlike any well-adjusted teen, she’s never seen television, is flummoxed by fluorescent lighting and responds to the innocent advances of a boy by throwing him into a neck-snapping headlock. Such fish-out-of-water play works so brilliantly here thanks to the dual efforts of Ronan and Wright, who worked together on 2007’s Atonement. Though she’s a seasoned killer, Hanna’s spooked by the very things — friendship, family, fealty — most of us lean on in times of duress, and Ronan does amazing work coloring in the white space of this empirically directionless character. And while Wright tends to spread on his metaphors thick, his urbane eye is the enamel lacquered over the riskiest, most original release of this young year. —Drew Lazor
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BLUE STEEL: Saoirse Ronan’s brilliant turn as the titular teen in Hanna is equal parts fish-out-ofwater youngster and cold-blooded killer.
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March 1). Her novel, a 50-year-old relic handsomely crate-dug by the Bloomsbury Group, is as fusty and prim as the Edward Gorey drawing on its frontispiece. This is the kind of book that says of its 10-year-old heroine, “Her strength was the strength of ten because her heart was pure, because she did not like Uncle and because, in her own uncomplicated way, she rather wanted a million dollars.” Because of this squareness, Let’s Kill Uncle is a big, friendly chocolate Lab of a book. Of course, its preteen heroes do manage to kill Uncle, but we’re well-convinced he deserves it. The boys-book purity of its plot makes Let’s Kill Uncle both highly predictable and very satisfying: Good wins out over evil, even when all seems lost, and it happens on a dark and stormy night. It’s satisfying precisely because it’s predictable, in the way that romances and comedies and detective novels are, where the suspense comes from how, and not whether, good will win out. At its opening, Cara Hoffman’s So Much Pretty (Simon & Schuster, March 15) looks like it will deliver a much more adult version of this satisfaction: Its prologue is the description of a missing woman, and it very quickly moves to the roadside where a body is discovered. But Hoffman as much as Butler strenuously bucks convention. A few of her strategies fall flat — one of her chief narrators in particular, a reporter who fights against the limits of her feminine role and serves as an outsider to the town’s closed circle, comes off as a more useful than genuine character — but she quickly fleshes in the skeleton of that mystery with other, bigger concerns. So Much Pretty’s real quarry shows itself instead through Hoffman’s narrative, which jumps back and forth across a couple of decades, interspersing bits of documents and newspaper stories and chunks of interviews with residents and high school students in the upstate New York town where the murder takes place. A fragmented storyline, even as carefully done as this one, is hardly experimental; Hoffman’s ability to use it to emphasize her animating themes of violence and femininity, responsibility and community while misdirecting and even frustrating her reader’s expectations, though, is impressive. And So Much Pretty’s satisfying mess of family stories and Podunk creepiness comes from its fractured accessibility, as Hoffman experiments not for the sake of experimentation, but because she chafes to explain and implicate as fully as she possibly can. (j_bauer@citypaper.net)
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QUEEN TO PLAY|B The red flags start going up early in Caroline Bottaro’s Queen to Play, around the time that Sandrine Bonnaire’s intellectually stifled chambermaid starts fiddling with client Kevin Kline’s chess set. But while the movie’s outlines are perilously familiar, right down to Kline’s gruff temperament and wasting illness, its execution is mercifully restrained — which is to say Kline, who acts entirely in French, shows up for their instruction sessions looking progressively paler rather than making a teary confession of his impending mortality. There’s a hardness to Bonnaire that sloughs off sentiment; you don’t get the sense that she’s being empowered so much as seizing power that was always hers. Bottaro complicates the story by making Bonnaire’s husband a dutiful if uncomprehending mate who sees to his wife’s body but not her mind. It’s hard to escape the feeling you’ve heard this story many times before, but rarely is it told so well. —Sam Adams (Ritz at the Bourse) SOUL SURFER|C We all vaguely remember the story of the surfer girl whose arm was bit off by a shark. A few of us even caught the 2004 documentary about it. In the new, fictionalized version of the same story, AnnaSophia Robb (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) plays Bethany Hamilton, a 13year-old surfer from Hawaii who’s attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai’s North Shore on
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THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM|B+ Michael Webber’s documentary starts slowly, exposing how the traffic in exotic animals can lead to exploitation and tragedy. TV reports punctuate the film’s central storylines, allusions to typical, tabloidy representations of mad chimpanzees, starving elephants and cougars loose on the highway. But then the film shifts its focus to two stories in particular, as two men who love wild animals come together and experience the costs of such love. Tim Harrison, an Ohio safety officer, reveals early his own commitment to lions he once owned, as well as his current dedication to rescuing animals that are abused or abandoned. Terry Brumfield appears to be one of these problematic animal owners, an unhappy former truck driver who has found new purpose in keeping a pair of African lions in his muddy backyard. The film includes Terry’s own video footage, suggesting his affection for the lions and also their containment in an environment that can’t possibly accommodate them (when they have cubs, the problem expands suddenly). Tim’s efforts to save the lions, and also, to an extent, Terry’s sense of self, is at once moving and startling. The film careens a bit between instruction and judgment, sympathy and scolding, but it reveals a remarkable, mostly underground world where auctions and black
HANNA|ARead Drew Lazor’s review on p. 39. (UA 69th St., UA Riverview)
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Halloween morning in 2003. When she first wakes up in the hospital after losing her left arm and 60 percent of her blood, all Bethany wants to do is get back on that board. (I don’t know about you, but that wouldn’t be my first concern.) Although the film seems unbelievable and cheesy, it’s based on true events — and real-life Bethany Hamilton was on set to make sure her story was accurately portrayed. Robb nails the look and mind-set of a naïve tween, but to say that Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid, as Bethany’s parents, don’t live up to their potential is a major understatement. (Carrie Underwood’s awkward, forced turn as Bethany’s BFF, Sarah, is cringe-worthy, too.) The Hamilton family’s devout Christianity is laid on fairly thick; it’s not an overly faith-based film, but the nuances are distracting nonetheless. Director/screenwriter Sean McNamara does a few things right: He shot the film in Hawaii, so it gets marks for authenticity, and there’s plenty of gorgeously shot wave-rider footage to satiate wannabe surfer girls (guilty!). For tweens, parents and those with physical disabilities, Soul Surfer hits all the right notes — courage, faith, passion, perseverance. But for the real-life experience of this now-21year-old professional surfer, just watch the documentary. —Tanya Hull (UA Riverview)
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space-invasion movie tells the oldest story in the extraterrestrial colonization book — the damn aliens want our natural resources, and us humans are gonna scrap till the end! Battle: L.A. does an admirable job humanizing the fictional struggle — it’s a bit of a military fetish piece, yes, but an entertaining and well-paced one. It’s a Point A to Point B movie, but the getting there is a pure sci-fi squealfest. —Drew Lazor (UA 69th St., UA Riverview)
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK|B It’s impossible not to be charmed by the subject of Richard Press’ documentary, an octogenarian photographer of “street style” who roams the streets of Manhattan with one hand on his bike’s handlebars and the other attached to his camera. A figure of apparently bottomless dedication and good will, Bill Cunningham is an unabashed enthusiast with an acute eye for how clothes are worn in the real world, as interested in colorful passers-by as what Anna Wintour’s wearing to work today. —S.A. (Ritz at the Bourse)
CERTIFIED COPY|A In Tuscany (so far so good), a man and a woman meet (perhaps) and spend a day forging (?) an increasingly contentious relationship. That stuttering synopsis is about as close as one can get to a definitive account of Abbas Kiarostami’s elusive, engrossing Certified Copy, the Iranian master’s first feature shot outside his native country, and his first narrative in nearly a decade. It’s a difficult film to explain, but not to watch, a dizzying balancing act whose heights are apparent only in retrospect. Looking back, you may be astonished at how far you’ve been taken. —S.A. (Ritz Five)
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HOP|D Here’s a not-high-enough concept: A bunny, EB (Russell Brand), and a human, Fred, (James Marsden) have the same issue — a desperate desire for their fathers’ approval. EB disappoints his father, the Easter Bunny, because he wants no part of the family business and instead wants to be a rock drummer. Fred earns his dad’s scorn because he’s a slacker with no apparent aspirations at all. In the end, Hop strains even to get from plot point to point, leaving no energy for jokes. —C.F. (UA 69th St., UA Riverview) INSIDIOUS|BImmediately after Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne move into a new house with their three young children, strange occurrences begin — books dumped off shelves, packing boxes mysteriously relocated to the attic — culminating in their son slipping into a sudden coma. While lifting ideas from plenty of his predecessors (Poltergeist and The Amityville Horror being the most obvious), James Wan at least comes up with an answer for the question of why they don’t just leave the house. What Insidious doesn’t share with Wan’s franchisespawning debut, Saw, is novelty: He may have built a better scare-delivering mousetrap, but it’s still just a piece of cheese and a trigger. —Shaun Brady (UA 69th St., UA Riverview) JANE EYRE|B Austere and downcast, this Jane Eyre keeps us starkly distant from the heroine’s inner workings. Jane is faced with a constant sense of mortality and separation, an unshakable wintry
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SOURCE CODE|C+ Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up on a train into Chicago with someone else’s reflection and, apparently, life. When the train suddenly explodes several minutes later, he is jolted into another disarming reality. It turns out he’s being sent into the memory of a terrorism victim to find the bomber, repeatedly forced to relive the same eight minutes in order to solve the mystery. The science behind this is confused at best, and the shortcom-
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cast that colors all. Mia Wasikowska would seem an odd choice for the famously “plain and obscure” Jane, but she captures the plainness of the character’s self-image, coming alive when challenged in a way that utterly justifies Mr. Rochester’s attraction. In the unforgiving light, the tragic lovers allow themselves only brief grasps at happiness, doled out in slow measures, as if neither is willing to admit that such a drastic change is even possible, let alone desirable. —S.B. (Ritz Five)
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Sun., April 10, 10 a.m., $13. Urban Roots (2011, U.S., 94 min.) A group of Detroiters grow their own food, an unfortunate rarity for the Motor City. Sun., April 10, 12 p.m., $13. Bag-It (2010, U.S., 74 min.): One man’s quest to follow plastic bags, from production to disposal. Sun., April 10, 2:30 p.m., $13.
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319 N. 11th St., 3rd Floor, 215-2381236, voxpopuligallery.org. The Closet (1966, U.S., 66 min.): Andy Warhol stuffs Nico in a closet for an hour; shown with Blue (1993, U.K., 79 min.): Derek Jarman’s final feature is a continuous blue screen. Really. Fri., April 8, 7 p.m., $8. Bijou (1972, U.S., 77 min.): One of the earliest gay pornographic films; shown with Community Action Center (2010, U.S., 69 min.): Gender politics are explored through hypersexual imagery and a badass queercore soundtrack. Sat., April 9, 7 p.m., $8.
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SUCKER PUNCH|CFramed for the murder of her sister by her evil stepfather, the meek Baby Doll (Emily Browning) is shipped off to a mental asylum operated by a scumbag hustler who runs the joint as a combo cabaret/whorehouse. The first time she’s forced to dance, Baby Doll’s mind flutters off into a fanciful cut scene, where a mysterious wise man explains how to flee her hellish existence. Each time Baby Doll shimmies, she’s tossed into a new otakufriendly challenge, slaying samurai or dragons or steam-powered Nazi zombie robots (?). But all those peaks and valleys beget a non-event of an ending. —D.L. (Roxy, UA Riverview)
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it seems less fitting to call them broken up than simply occupied with other things. Tonight’s show isn’t a reunion, exactly, but it does gather co-founders Daniel Higgs and Asa Osborne applying their drone-oriented skills to their latest projects. The former intones over the dark, cyclical intensity of Sweden’s Skull Defekts, while the latter explores hypnotic, fractal solo keyboard compositions as Zomes. —Shaun Brady
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4.07 [ rock/punk ]
✚ THE SKULL DEFEKTS/ZOMES It’s been more than five years since we’ve heard anything from seminal post-punk band Lungfish, though given their on-off history over the years
Thu., April 7, 8 p.m., $5-$10, Danger Danger Gallery, 5013 Baltimore Ave., dangerdangergallery.com.
in The Pee-Wee Herman Show and The Addams Family. Twist’s Petrushka applies Japanese Bunrako puppetry techniques to the 1911 Ballets Russes production Petrouchka, a tragic love triangle set at a Russian carnival. Twin pianists Julia and Irina Elkina perform Stravinsky’s score, while nine puppeteers set the 4-foot-tall cloth-and-wood puppets in motion. —Mark Cofta Through April 16, $20-$35, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-3900, annenbergcenter.org.
[ theater/puppetry ]
[ visual art ]
✚ PETRUSHKA
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San Francisco native Basil Twist, the sole American graduate of France’s École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette, is most famous for his underwater puppet work Symphonie Fantastique, and his creations cavort on Broadway
Using the surreal logic of dreams, ’96 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts grad Hiro Sakaguchi plays with whimsical juxtapositions of scale and place, conjuring worlds where familiar elements collide in fantastic
contexts. Airplanes are a constant in his paintings, brightly hued acrylics and watercolors that can seem sketched just to the verge of consciousness: A backpacker crosses a log between two planes in flight; a bear fishes them out of a waterfall as tourists look on; the artist himself rides on a wing through the clouds. In the latter piece, the lone figure’s arms are outstretched like a child playing at flight; Sakaguchi’s work often finds the tension between a child’s imaginative fancy and more adult concerns, as in the idyllic suburban house separated from a raging war by the Great Wall of China. The Japanese-born artist thus explores the confusions and conflicts of the changing places and times of a life in progress, mixing fear and nostalgia with hopes and dreams. —Shaun Brady Through Aug. 28, free, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery, 118 N. Broad St., 215-9727600, pafa.org.
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4.09 [ sculpture ]
✚ ALIEN INTERSECTION II As a drag-based Philadelphia performance artist, MoonFire Tower was a mess in a dress — a disco doyenne whose every move signaled weird danger. As a kitchen-sink sculptor now based in Vermont cheese country, Bryce LeVan Cushing is a master. Far more sedate as a gentleman but far more outrageous and talented as an on-hand artisan, LeVan Cushing’s escapades in sculpture are sometimes done as mood-ringing masks, sometimes executed as imaginary birds, sometimes just immense blobs of chunky, clunking otherness. LeVan Cushing busts, cuts and collects vintage
glass, tile, marble, mirror, stone and bric-a-brac. He then turns these artifacts into standing mosaics — as if Isaiah Zagar had crushed the entirety of his Magic Gardens into bite-size morsels. For “Alien Intersection II,” which he’s calling his “largest sculpture show on the East Coast this year,” expect devil-horned self-portraits, baby elephants and extraterrestrial twins — all cleverly, lovingly constructed. —A.D. Amorosi Opening reception Sat., April 9, 6 p.m., free, through May 9, Market Place Design Center, 2400 Market St. No. 209, 215-561-5000, RSVP at brycelevancushing@gmail.com.
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✚ BLACK LIPS/ MOON WOMEN Rise up, righteous dirtballs — this is a show to get excited about. The Black Lips’ sludgy, smudgy noise rock turns into something boisterous and uplifting when they do it live.
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the Philly Dyke March — call it camp for a cause. —Mikala Jamison Sat., April 9, 8 p.m., $5-$10, William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., 215-732-2220, facebook.com/libertycitykings.
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Sat., April 9, 8 p.m., $17, with Vivian Girls, Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215922-6888, thetroc.com.
[ contest ]
✚ MR. DRAG KING
Sat., April 9, 10 p.m., $5, with Apt One and Skinny Friedman, Medusa Lounge, 27 S. 21st St., 215-557-1981, medusalounge.com. Need more DJ Nights in your nightlife? Visit citypaper.net/djnights.
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✚ VOICES OF EL-SAYED Part of the Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia, Voices from El-Sayed provides a series moving portraits of deaf Bedouin villagers in the Negev desert, an area with intermittent electricity. “I didn’t have any connection to the world of silence and deafness, and
This implant — the first in the close-knit community — was controversial; many residents, such as Juma, another subject featured in the film, don’t see their deafness as a disability. Then there’s Ruwayda, a teenager who films her room, her school and her friends — all in complete silence. “She told me a secret of wanting to be a camerawoman,” Leshem recalls, “so I said, let’s do it together. It was a process.” —Gary M. Kramer Sat., April 9, 8:45 p.m., $10, Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Jewish Federation Campus, 272 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, 484-904-5421, iffphila.com.
[ workshop ]
✚ INTRODUCTION TO ORIENTEERING Attention Eagle Scout wan-
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Chicago duo The Hood Internet has been a mash-up sensation for years now — their mixtapes, blog and DJ appearances have garnered them an ironically iconic standing. The mighty Philadelphyinz are bringing them through for their monthly soirée, Click @ Medusa. Expect sweat, ceiling bangin’, tears, citywide specials, tongues in cheek (literally), tongues in cheek (figuratively), and more yadda-yadda-bing-bang to get you all walla-walla-shim-shang.
I was amazed,” says director Oded Adomi Leshem. “[After] I spent a day there, I wanted to make a movie about them.” One storyline follows Mohammad, a 2-and-a-half-year-old deaf boy, who undergoes surgery and therapy for a cochlear implant.
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✚ THE HOOD INTERNET if local rookies Moon Women are actually into lo-fi or if their Dead Moon-y sound is just the result of live, cheap recording. Regardless, what little I’ve heard has been noisy and creepy-wonderful.
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4.11 [ photography ]
✚ ANNE TODD The American Southwest is
—John Vettese Opening reception Mon., April 11, 5-7 p.m., free, through May 20, The Gold Standard Café, 4800 Baltimore Ave., thegoldstandardcafe.com.
[ readings/signings ]
✚ PHILADELPHIA BOOK FESTIVAL
Arizona’s Antelope Canyon is particularly stunning — formed over centuries of flash flooding and erosion, it’s reputedly one of the country’s most photographed locations — and Anne Todd captures it admirably in photos showing at West Philly’s Gold Standard Café. Framed tightly around the contours and ridges of rock, her images seem like abstract paintings. Swirls of sedimentary rock bind like wistful brush strokes across the scene, long shots of crooked trails appear to be collaged in layers — and only the occasional sunburst breaking in from above cues us in to what
[ the agenda ]
Bookworms are probably the coolest and most nebulous subdivision of the nerd tribe. Don’t believe me? Just look who they’ve got lined up for
poems. The First Person InnerCity StorySlam will pit Philly against Boston in a tale-spinning showdown. Everything ends with the Festival Street Fair outside on the Parkway — coinciding with the Philly Science Fest Carnival. All told there are 60-some events for adults and kids in less than a week. Too many to list here; go to freelibrary.org and read. —Bianca Brown
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Sat., April 9, 10 a.m.-noon, $5, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, 215-482-7300, schuylkillcenter.org.
we’re looking at (but not, necessarily, what planet we’re on).
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like another world. Monuments of barren stone shine in resplendent terra-cotta hues, and the expansive isolation is both terrifying and enthralling. Amid a picturesque region,
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nabes: The Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) and the Schuylkill Center are hosting a workshop on orienteering, a sport that uses maps and landmarks to check in to various locations on a nature trail. After a short lesson, you’ll take a 45-minute walk into the depths of the Schuylkill Center’s trail network. In small groups, you’ll have to put your new skills to the test in order to find your way out of the woods. Oh, and if you’re having a hard time, just follow the sound of I-76.
April 11-16, free-$15, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215567-4341, freelibrary.org/bookfestival.
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this year’s Book Festival. 30 Rockstar Tina Fey will read from Bossypants, a collection of tales about her rise to success as a working mother. Raconteur Garrison Keillor and U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan will share their favorite
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³ IT ALL STARTED with John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. He had a nasty gambling habit and refused to eat most of his meals unless he was able to hold them in one hand while placing bets with his other — hence the birth of the phrase “to sandwich.” Today, sandwich varieties are so numerous it’s impossible to sample them all. Thank goodness for food writer Susan Russo (NPR, foodblogga.com) and her new Encyclopedia of Sandwiches (Quirk Books, April 5), a book that pays detailed tribute to the quintessential convenience meal humans across the globe can all agree upon. In her comprehensive catalog of nearly everything between sliced bread, Russo provides readers a concise history of sandwiches along with more than 100 recipes, highlighting the “gloriously unfussy” functionality of sandwiches. The A-to-Z list digs up the evolution of classics such as the BLT, bánh mi and croque-monsieur. Did you know that hoagies were originally called “hoggies,” due to their oversize character? Or that the French Dip was invented by mistake, a sandwich accidentally dropped into a pan full of meat drippings by an anxious illegal Gallic immigrant preparing a meal for a police officer? The irresistible photography of Matt Armendariz really gets the taste buds in motion (making even a ham sammie on Wonderbread look sensual), and luckily for readers, Russo helps the DIY in all of us by providing approachable steps to building each sandwich to accompany their anecdotal accounts. Encyclopedia covers the dessert base, too, with sugary expectables like ice cream sandwiches, and throws some doughnut-wiches (sweet and savory) your way, as well as panini filled with chocolate and sweet fruit compotes. Russo believes the sandwich is “the most democratic of foods” — it can be “humble or high-brow,” and eaten at any given time of the day. She’s sure you’ve had a sandwich, or will, at some point in your day today. If this is so, consider this your Bible. (editorial@citypaper.net)
BEARING ARMS: Chef Andrew Brown’s octopus, the result of a painstaking six-step process, is a standout dish at Opa. NEAL SANTOS
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SWAGGER LIKE ZEUS Opa sets a hip table for refreshed Greek recipes. By Adam Erace OPA | 1311 Sansom St., 215-545-0170, opaphiladelphia.com, twitter. com/opaphiladelphia. Dinner served Mon.-Thu., 5-11 p.m.; Fri-Sat., 5midnight; closed Sun. Appetizers, $3-$14; entrées, $11-$24; desserts, $6-$8.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
Richard J. Peckham Attorney for Petitioners Supreme Court No. 10480 105 E. Rhondda Andover, KS 67002 316-733-2001 Esther Ruth Detweiler Case No. 2011-AD-13 The State of Kansas to Charlie Janto, biological father of Esther Ruth Detweiler, minor child bor n February 17, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, to Cynthia Detweiler, and to all other persons who are concerned. You are hereby notified that a petition for adoption has been filed in the Probate Department of the District Cour t, Butler County, Kansas, by petitioners seeking to adopt the said child, and you are hereby required to plead to said petition on or before April 15, 2011, at 11 o’clock a.m. in said court at El Dorado, Kansas. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION?
Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Bir thmothers with Famil i e s n a t i o n w i d e. L I V I N G E X P E N S E S PA I D. C a l l 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293.
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Garage Sales FLEA MARKET SAT. MAY 14
FLEA MARKET Sat May 14 at Overbrook Presbyterian Church. Intersection of City and Lancaster Aves. Vendors, food, fun, music, and a huge attic treasures table. Vendor space available for $25 - CALL NOW! 215/8772744 (raindate May 21) HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR SALE
Fur niture, Tools, China, Art. April 16th, 10am-4pm and April 17th 1-4pm. 732 Catharine Street. 215-4131119
IN RE THE ADOPTION OF SEKOU F. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR : ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
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ADOPTION NO. A-11-1286 TO: ALI LADJI FOFANA, biological father, DOB:3/30/1975, who resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and to all interested persons.
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OWNER OPERATORS: 85% of Gross. 40% Advance of Loads. No Forced Dispatch. Trailer Rental Program. Low Cost Insurance Available. Flatbed, Dry Van, Specialized. JRC 866-572-7297. www.jrctransportation.com. PAID IN ADVANCE!
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You are hereby notified that an adoption case has been filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Case No. A-11-1286. All persons who believe themselves to be parents of a male child born on July 20, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sharine Catherine Johnson, DOB: 7/12/1973, shall file a written response. A copy of the Show Cause Order may be obtained from the clerk’s office at 7 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (Phone No. 410-222-2327). If you do not file a written objection within sixty (60) days from the later of (A) the date that this Notice is published in a newspaper or (B) the last day that this Notice is published on the Maryland Department of Human Resources website, you will have agreed to the permanent loss of your parental rights to this child.
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NOTICE Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), 35 P.S. §§ 6026.101-6026.909, notice is hereby given that Enterprise Rent-a-Car has submitted to the Southeast Regional Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)a Remedial Investigation Report and Cleanup Plan regarding a site located at 7001 Essington Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The report provides the results of soil and ground water investigative activities conducted at the facility. Enterprise expects to address conditions at the site so as to attain a combination of the Act 2 statewide health and site specific standards.
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Coins, MACHINIST TOOLS, Militaria, Swords, Watches, Jewelry 215-742-6438 HUGE GARAGE SALE! COLLECTIBLES & HOUSEHOLD GOODS 215-997-1873
Desktops/Laptops & Repairs/ Upgrades net ready. Incl MS Ofc,$175 (215)292.4145 Laptops Net Ready, MS Office, Wireless From $199. 500 games $10, 610.453.2525 Spring Garden Indoor/Outdoor Antique & Vintage Flea Market This Sat, April 2nd, 9th & Spring Garden Sts., Center City Phila 8a-4p (But Early Birds Welcome) More Than 65 Vendors Featuring Antiques, Collectibles, Victorian, Mid-Century & Retro Furniture, Antique Jewelry, Vintage Clothing & Accessories, Glassware, Pottery, Primitives & Much More! Free Parking, Free Admission, ATM, Food Court, Handicap Accessible! More Info: 215-625-FLEA (3532) For Our Entire Spring/Summer Schedule Log onto PhilaFleaMarkets.org Use 820 Spring Garden St, 19123 for GPS Directions
BRAZILIAN FLOORING 3/4", beautiful, $2.50s sf (215)365-5826 CABINETS Glazed maple, brand new, never installed, solid wood/dovetail. Crown molding. Can add or subtract to fit kit. Cost $6400 Sell $1595 610-952-0033 POOL TABLE Gorgeous 8’ solid wood 1" slate, lthr pckts, dec legs & access/ Nvr used, $4500, Sell $1495. 610-476-8889
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American Pit Bull Xtra Lg Pups & Adults UKC, Champ bloodline, Call Mike 215-407-9458; www.blueprintbullies.com Beagle pups, 2M, 10 weeks, shots,$160/ea. or $300/pair 215.537.1851 Border Collie pups, M, ready to go, pure beauties, 1st shots, (610)888-5455 Bull Mastiff Pups - Serious buyers only. 1 male, 2 females. Champion bloodlines. $1600. Call 610-457-1425 Bull terrier pups, shots, wormed, papers, 267-401-7136 CANE CORSO Pups M&F, stocky, pap, 1st shots sire $175. 267-902-9934 Cane Corso pups, reg, blue fawn brindle, fawn brindle, 5mo. $500/bo 215.360.4727 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Puppies, Retired Adults & Rescues $900-$1800, 215-538-2179 COLLIES pups & adults, Exc quality, AKC, blue, tri & sable (856)825-4856 DACHSHUND PUPS, M & F, Shots Wormed, starting at $350, 609-517-4368 EASTER PUPPIES!! Adorable Yorkipoo & Maltipoo cuties. Ready April 4 & 11. Vet chk, shots, socialized. $495. 717-3364398. Your Pick! Taking Deposits. English Bulldog Pups 8wks, M & F, reg, shots, vet chkd $2k-$2200 610.287.9680 German Shepherd Pups, blk/tan, AKC, lg boned, champ pedigree,609-351-3205
Goldendoodles, Labradoodles, Bernedoodles: Designer pups, health guar. $500-$1500. 484-678-6696 G olden Retriever English Cream ~ CH sire, World CH grandsire. AKC. ready now! $2,000 - 570-765-5026 Great Pyrenees lovely puppy $1000 410-521-2692 HAVANESE PUPPIES: AKC,home raised 262-993-0460 www.noahslittleark.com LAB pups. ACA Reg. Ready 4/21. $500. S/W, vet checked. Chocolate & Yellow. Farm & Family raised. 610-932-8978 Lab Pups AKC: sites.breedersclub.net/kl champion pedigree, (717)445-4438 LAB pups AKC, Yel, Males, repeat breeding, ready Mother’s day 856-299-0377 Labradoodle Pups for sale 3rd generation female $650. (717) 336-3902. Labrador Retriever Akc Black puppies! Vet checked, shots. 717-484-6317 Labrador Retriever Field Champion Bred Yellow. Hips, Eyes, EIC, CNM Clearances Health guarantee. 609-374-1055 Pictures & Pedigree www.canalside-retrievers.com LABS - AKC, yellow & chocolate, excellent bloodlines, $500. Call 717-354-2674 Maltese males, tiny beauties, home raised, s/w. 484-868-8452 Maltese pups, AKC, Ready to go. Call 856-875-6707 Min Pin, M, 15 mo., blk/tan, 9lbs., housebroken, $150. (215)254-0562 Pit Bull 8 weeks, Bully tri colors, shots, starting $300. 215-254-0562 Pit Bull/Chinese Shar Pei Mix: M, 5 mo, blk,40 lb,crate trained,$100 215.254.0562
BED: Brand New Queen Pillowtop Mattress Set w/warr, In plastic. $175; Twin $140; 3 pc King $265; Full set $155. Memory foams avl. Del. avl 215-355-3878 Bedroom 6pc Queen Cherry or Oak $425. 5pc Sleigh $950. 215-752-0911 Bedroom Set brand new queen 5 pc esp. brown $489. Del Avail 215-355-3878 NEW Mattress Sets $125, Twin Full or Queen, Delivery Available 215-307-1950 Sectional ’L’ shaped with matching ottomon. 6 color avl $599. 215-752-0911
Sewing Machine: Brother $1200 Commercial Exc cnd Kennett Sq 302.598.5520
everything pets GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups: Pure white, fam raised, www.guardianshepherds.com Call 484-942-6100
BD MATTRESS Luxury Firm w/box sprIng Brand New Queen cost $1400, sell $299; King cost $1700 sell $399. 610-952-0033 BDRM SET: Solid Cherry Sleigh Bed, Dresser, Mirror, Chest, & 2 Nite Stands. High Quality. One month old, Must sell. Cost $6000 ask. $1500. 610-952-0033 BED A brand new Queen pillow top mattress set w/warr. $249; Full $229; King $349. Memory Foam $295. 215-752-0911
PIT BULL Pups, Blue, 9 weeks, shots, Monster G/Gotti, $800, 215-669-2788 Pit Bull Terrier Pit Bull/Boxer girl. 4 mo. Dark Tan. $300 neg 570-765-5026 POMERANIAN PUPS: ACA, family raised, health guar,very cute $295, 610.593.7482 POM Pup, M, gorgeous coat, pretty spoiled lap dog, vet cert. 484-547-7736 Poodles: Standard, Home Raised, mulitple colors, 8 wks, 5F $500, 2M $400. 610-489-3781 or 610-804-3966 POODLE Standard, AKC, champion bloodline, www.hohlfamilypoodles.com Call 610-621-2894
Rottweiler Pups, 8wks AKC, vet chkd, family raised, 4M, $800. (717)380-2602 SHIH TZU Puppies 1 male, 1 female rare chocolate, 8 wks $500. 610-584-5516 SHIH-TZU puppies - ACA, shots, wormed, adorable, $400. (717) 813.1580 SHIH TZU pups, AKC, male & fem., P.O.P. ready to go in 3 weeks. (856)931-0178 TOY FOX TERRIER PUPPIES - Had shots. 1 brown & white, 3 black & white. Call & leave message. 717-529-3051
West Highland Terrier pups, white, ACA, health cert,shots, $800. 609-744-0738 YELLOW LAB PUPS broad heads, stocky build, family raised. Ready 4/16. $400 each. 717-442-8983
YORKIE PUPPIES: home raised, AKC reg. Starting at $600, 215-490-2243
Hot Tub Brand new 7’ Never hooked up! Fully loaded w/factory warr. & cover Cost $4000. Ask $1950. 610-952-0033
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G IGANTIC CHILDRENS RESALE! April 2nd, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 4 William Penn Ave, Pennsville, NJ. Credit Cards Accepted! 1877-675-7222, ww.sccanj.org **2nd sale on 4/16 at the Kingsway High School in Woolwich Twp, NJ. Space available!
Spring Garden Indoor/Outdoor Antique & Vintage Flea Market This Sat, April 2nd, 9th & Spring Garden Sts., Center City Phila 8a-4p (But Early Birds Welcome) More Than 65 Vendors Featuring Antiques, Collectibles, Victorian, Mid-Century & Retro Furniture, Antique Jewelry, Vintage Clothing & Accessories, Glassware, Pottery, Primitives & Much More! Free Parking, Free Admission, ATM, Food Court, Handicap Accessible! More Info: 215-625-FLEA (3532) For Our Entire Spring/Summer Schedule Log onto PhilaFleaMarkets.org Use 820 Spring Garden St, 19123 for GPS Directions TELFORD, PA 18969 270 N. 3rd St. Huge Garage Sale! April 2 & 3. 9-3 Rain or Shine YARD SALE Indoor W edgwood Women’s Club - APRIL 2, 9AM -2PM Wedgwood Country Club, 200 Hurffville Rd. Turnersville NJ 08012 Rain or Shine. 40 people participating. Free chance for Wine Basket.
Antiques & Older Furniture, Gold & Silver, Free Cleanouts, 215-519-5800 Books -Trains -Magazines -Toys Dolls - Model Kits 610-689-8476 Cameras, Clocks, Toys, Radios, Dolls, Porcelain, Magazines, Military I Buy Anything Old..Except People! Call Al 215-698-0787
$$ Cellphones - Cash Paid, All Types $$ Text or Call: 856-419-6499 Trains, Hummels, Sports Cards. Call the Local Higher Buyer, 7 Dys/Wk
Dr. Sonnheim, 856-981-3397
jobs Caregiver Strong Aide: for disabled man in CC, early AM/PM. Part Time, exp pref’d but will train, refs req’d. 215-972-0002 DRIVER WANTED - K of P/Phila area, salary negotiable, Madeline 484-831-5081
Great Opportunity: Main Line live-in job for 2. Private quarters, free utilities. 5.5 work days in main house. Very, very good salary. C o n t a c t : scottdy@verizon.net or fax: 215922-1782
Yorkie Pups, ACA, s/w, vet chkd, absolutely adorable, M: $600, F: $750, 610.286.5213 YORKIE toy, 8 weeks, 2M, with papers, home raised, parents on prem, $1000. Call Pat 215-389-1438 or 267-275-1134
Yorkshire Terrier ADORABLE YORKIE MIX PUPPIES $425. Call 215-760-4905
WANTED: Older Baby Grands, Stienways & Other Makes. 1-855-217-1417(Toll Free)
JUNK CARS WANTED Up to $250 for Junk Cars 215-888-8662 Lionel/Am Flyer/Trains/Hot Whls $$$$ Aurora TJet/AFX Toy Cars 215-396-1903 MODEL CARS - I buy Franklin and Danbury Mint Model cars. Also Ertl and other scales. 856-227-5850 MR. BASEBALL --- BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS & MEMORABILIA (203)557-0856 SAXOPHONES & WWII Uniforms, Swords & related items 609.581.8290 $$$ Cash Paid Now $$$ Diabetic Test Strips. I beat all competition’s prices. I pickup. Call 215-525-5022
31ft. Silverton 1977 T220FWC V8 Crusders low eng. hrs., many extras, good cond, $13,000/obo. 856-881-9373
40’ Slip @ Wildwood Lighthouse Pt. Marina. Clubhouse, phone, cable, bar/ restaurant, dockbox, $36,500, 609.296.8418
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LOST: 2 Religious Books, lost around 3/6. ’Novi Smuel #2’ & ’Bavlie Track #2 Chulin.’ Reward, $75. Call 516-481-5966 PSD School police hat w/Frontice piece, #837. Please Call (215)530-0277
Diabetic Test Strips! $$ Cash Paid $$ Most types, Up to $10/box. Local pickup, Call Martin: 856-882-9015
Gentleman w/Truck Desires Work Moving & Junk Removal. 215-878-7055 HOME Companion desires a position, FT/PT, exp, refs & car, 484-250-9987
39xx Lankenau Ave 2 BR $750+ utils 2nd flr, balcny, W/D, garage 215.917.1024
4623 PENN ST. 1BR $500 w/w, close to transp. 267-235-5952
37 OAK AVE 1 Br/1Ba $675 1st & security to move in. 267-539-8058
Wallingford Luxury 1br+den $849+utils Crum Creek Valley condo, a/c, w/d, pool, tennis, no pets, sec. sys. (267)253-6739
6xx N. 2nd St. Comm. Studio $950 hdwd flrs, w/d, kitchen 215-879-5300
2253 N 16th St. 2 BR $625 newly renov, near Temple, 215-768-8410 23xx Tioga St. 1 BR $550 2nd floor, 1st/last & sec., 215-908-8576
53xx N. Broad 1Br furnished, A/C. Call 267-496-6448
L & Luzerne nice 2 BR/1 BA $700+utils hardwood floors, Call 215-535-5940
236 W WALNUT LN effic/1br fr $540 SPECIALS AVAILABLE! HISTORIC APTS Close to transp. 215-849-7260 5220 Wayne Ave. Studio & 1br newly renov 267.767.6959 Lic# 507568 601 Church Lane 1br & 2br apts nr LaSalle Univ, 267.767.6959 lic#494336
3xx Green Ln Huge bi-level 3br/2ba $1200. tile, w/d, off st prkg 215.554.4450
4711 Leiper St. Studio renovated, lic#493309 (267)767-6959
1, 2, 3, 4 Bedroom FURNISHED APTS LAUNDRY - PARKING 215-223-7000
16XX N. 17TH ST. 1BR/1BA $560 & Utilities. 3RD FL. Temple Univ Area. $1680 to move in. Gas heat included. Contact Mr. Brooks. 215 763-4122 20xx W OXFORD 1br studio $425 +utils Renov, 1st mo & sec 215-483-4344 33xx N Park Ave Studio Apt $500/mo. water & heat included, 610-277-9191
14xx Olney Av New renov 1br $700+ $2100 move in Nr. transp 267-596-0751
1xx W Grange Ave 1 BR $575+ utils beautiful, nice location, 215-805-6455 6751 N. 13th 2 BR $595 cln,good location,new paint 215.316.7117 Huntingdon Valley 2BR $1050+ utils large Liv Rm, Din rm, lrg deck off BR, off St. prk, w/d, recent renov. 267-266-6003
Queens Village 1 BR/1 BA $1025 util inc big LR & kitchen, 2 BR, $1075. no pets, credit check, Must See! 215-869-6359
Broad St. 1 BR/1 BA $620 nice, kitch, deck, good prkg 215.465.5449 So. Philadelphia 2nd flr Effic $425+ 2 mo sec+1 mon rent, w/w, 215-465-3936
1100 S 58th St. Studio, 1br & 2br apts newly renov, lic #362013 267-767-6959 54xx Woodland 1 BR $600+ Newly Renovated. 610-717-2450 58th & Springfield Efficiency $450+elec nwly renov, w/w, must see 215.552.5200 58th & Spruce 2BR $600+ utils near transp., 3rd floor, 215-748-1383 7xx S. 52nd 1 BR $575 renovated, call 215-601-5182 Island Ave & Lindbergh 2br $735+utils renov, parque hdwd flrs, w/d, storage, 1 car garage & off st prkg (267)259-8449
6801 N. 17th St. 1BR $575+ $800 Move in Special, 215-317-3785 68xx N. Broad 1 BR $675+ utils 1st floor, spacious, hardwood floors, new kitchen. MUST SEE! Call 215-549-1454 RENOVATED Apts: WEST OAK LANE Clean, Quiet, Upgraded 267-888-8030
Port Richmond 1BR/1BA $650mo+ elec Smoke Free, Newly Renovated, w/w Pergo, A/C, W/D in unit. App $45. 215-426-9733
1025 Fanshawe spacious 2br $725+util 2nd floor, liv room, din room, A/C, new: carpet, bath rm & W/D. 215-882-3084 4647 Adams Ave Studio Newly renov. 267-767-6959 lic#433314 6367 Edmund 1br $700+ Large, close to Rt 95 & NJ 215-704-6833 6812 Ditman St. 1 BR prkg, lndry fac. 267.767.6959 Lic# 212751 Lawndale Studio $575 1br $685 patio, private parking, a/c, 609-408-9298 N Phila & NE: Room/Apt for rent,close to train & bus routes,rent neg. 267.499.6600
12xx N. 60th St. 1 BR $575+ utils 3rd flr, good loc, near trans., 215.224.9529 13xx N 61st St 1 BR $525+ utils nwly ren, 1mo rent, 2mo sec 267.278.1492 2xx N. 65th St 1br $600+utils 2nd floor, $1800 move in, 215-805-3197 40th & Girard Vic. 1 BR $485 free utils,3 mo. mv in, Scott: 215.222.2435 50th & Haverford 1 BR $550 & up Lg kitch & bath, sec+rent.215-747-4049 5601 Spruce 3br large apt, section 8 ok 215-885-1700 5818 Vine St. Efficiency $500+util spacious, elec heat, (215)688-1363 58xx Girard Ave. Efficiency near public transp. Call 215-472-8558 59xx Belmar Terrace 1 BR $550+ utils LR, kitch, BA, $1100 mve in, 267.210.3899 882 N 41st small 1BR $560 2 month sec + 1 month rent 215.300.9382 9xx Belmont Ave 2br $700+elec laminate flrs, $1000 dep. Also Studio avail., $525/mo 2nd flr. 215-284-7944 Parkside Ave. 2br $750 EIK, newly renovated, (215)477-0246
22nd & Lehigh, use of Kitchen & Bath SSI Ok. $85 week. 267-973-0397 22nd/Tioga St.; Broad/Allegheny St. Priv ent, use of kit, w/w, freshly painted. $110/wk. $270 move in. 267-997-5212 24th & Allegheny Clean Rms, $100/wk. $300 move-in, 267-251-0382 2500 W Lehigh Ave-Studio, Prvt Kit/BA/ Entr, $130wk $390 mv-in, 267-250-0761 25th & Allegheny, $350 - $400/mo, SSI ok, 215-237-7916 27xx N. Oxford St, newly renov, shared kitch & bath, $95-$115/wk 267.816.3058 30th & Wharton, newly renovated rms, SS accepted, $80/wk 215-888-2476
30xx North 15th Street. $395/month. Large room, furnished, clean, nr Temple Hospital, nr trans. & shops. 267-333-2113 35xx N. 17th St. share kitchen & bath, huge furn room. $440/mo 267-258-0770 4500 N. 17th St. $375/ mo. new luxury room for rent. Hank 267-974-9271 4521 N. Broad - large room, $450/mo & up, $200 security dep, 267-595-5089 50th & W. Girard Ave rooms, $400/mo. Spacious, cable ready (215)609-6741 5300 Woodland $90/wk,Nr Trans,2 wks dep+1 wk,215.224.1777, no calls after 8pm 55th/Thompson furn rm $110 wk deluxe, priv ent. $200 sec. 215-572-8833
57xx Thomas. Rooms: clean, nice & large, $90/wk. Call 267-912-9644 60th & Race, 13th & York, 15th & Clearfield, 63rd & Market (215)726-1811 66th & Broad, very nice, clean rooms, Fully furnished, w/cable incl. SSI ok, no drugs, $450/mo. 215-768-2466 6th & Erie Vic. unfurnished, $400/mo + $100 security, Call 215-687-5200 ART MUSEUM: $450/mo, fridge, shared bath, Call (610)649-1026 Broad & Wyoming area, W Phila, Lg rms, $100-$135/week, fully furnished, private entry, $200 sec., SSI OK. 267-784-9284 C.B. Moore & 24th clean, single occpant, income verif $450/mo RJ 215-730-1613
E. Mt. Airy: 2 rooms w/ bath & kitchen, $250/wk, utils included, 919-451-5497 Frankford area rms & apts $90/wk & up newly renov. Sec dep req. 215-432-5637 Frankford room for rent $110/wk, $440 move in. (215)221-4737 Germantown 53xx Wakefield St: Huge rooms for rent, no sec dep 215-852-2965 Germantown Area : NICE, Cozy Rooms Private entry, no drugs (215)548.6083 Germantown, Clean furn. rooms, some with private baths. Call Jeff 215-805-3823 Germantown, good location clean/quiet Reasonable, call 12-8pm. 215-849-8994 Germantown, mid sz furn rm, nr trans, 1week free, 215.848.0108, 215.848.0391 Kensington & Allegheny furn priv kitch frig micro $135wk $265mve-in 215-416-6538 MT. AIRY (Best Area) $120/week. SSI ok, 215-730-8956 N 26th & York Furn, w/cable/net wkly or mnthly $200-$500 move in 267.342.2164 NICETOWN $425/mo, lg furn room, SSI ok, no security dep. 267-694-1516 Northern Liberty dorm rooms, $75/week, $300 move-in. 267-243-1792 N. Philadelphia, 21XX Marston St, $320 per month, SSI OK. 215-817-7188 N Phila Furn, Priv Ent $80 & up, SSI & Vets ok, nr trans. Avl Immed. 215-763-5565 N. Phila: Newly renovated, private entry use of kitch $90-$125/wk 267.702.8688 N. Phila - Rooms for rent $380 & up 215-913-1485 or 267-312-1499 Olney near trans/shopping center, $95 week incl’s utils (215)324-2202 Richmond-Rm use of kit nr transp $100 wk Retiree/SSI ok lv msg 215-634-1139 S. Phila Furn Rms SS & vets welcome. No drugs, $125 & up, 267-595-4414
SW: 46th & Woodland, furn rm, nr trans, $450mo. no dep use of house215.954.3311
W. & N. Phila. nice rooms, well maint, kitchen privileges, utils incl 215-350-6626 W. Phila Furn Rms, SS & Vets welcome, No drugs, $125 & up 267-586-6502 W. Phila: Rooms for rent, furnished, cable ready, $500/mo, 267-601-1036 W Phila, use of living rm, dining rm, kit, w/d, avail now! $90 & up (267)334-8294 W & SW Phila Newly renov rooms, share kitchen & bath, all utils incl. 215.768.7059
homes for rent 14xx S. Marston St. 3br/1ba $750 sec 8 ok, nw carpets, bsmt 267.970.8632 2519 Sheraton St. 3br/1ba $750 A must see.. New kitchen & bathroom. New carpet throughout! 610-348-6717
Ford F250 Diesel 2011 $49,000 supcharge, V8, exc cond, 12K, bedliner w/ cover, under warr, blk, auto 610.331.4429 Mustang GT 5 spd 2002 $8400 4.6L, 65k, adult driven 856-986-3969 THUNDERBIRD 2002 $18,000 red w/ white hard, black soft, 36k miles, excellent shape, garaged, 215-620-2442
Blue Bell Lg 2br/1.5ba twnhse $1245+ut w/d, basement, fireplace, (714)434-1009 Norristown: Spruce & Markley 1br $700 LR, DR, kitchen, backyard (267)259-8449 SANATOGA 3 BR/1.5 BA $1095 near Rt 422,new renov, c/a 610.584.6592
resorts/sale Lake Pinecrest, PA 3BR/1BA $289,000 Remodeled year round brick home on a private motorboat lake. 570-347-3160
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YUKON DENALI V8 2005 $18,000 65k, exc cond. runs great. 267-304-6652
Jaguar Luxury S Type 3.0 2001 $7950 4 door, sunroof, 59k original, Mint, Senior Citizen 215-922-6113 Jaguar XJR 2004 $20,000 low miles, very clean, Call 610-268-2761
ES 330 2005 $16,500 59K,pearl wht,loaded,ex con 215.830.8881
ALTIMA S 2.5 2006 $9,300 2,700 miles, 4cyl, gray int (215)715-4647
Scion TC 2008 $12,500 22k mi., like new, loaded 215-850-8692 20xx S Avondale 3BR $700 Large: LR, Din area & kitch 610-534-4521 2914 Dewey St. 3 BR newly renov, Sec 8 ok, 267-474-6497
OCEAN CITY 3 BR Half or Full Season Near beach, ocean view, furnished, 2nd floor, A/C, w/d, d/w, tv, 215.317.6379 VASSAR SQUARE lg 1 BR/2 BA Beachfront Seasonal, N/S, $12K 609-822-6868; 609-822-0082
Cobbs Creek 3Br/1Ba $790+all utils 1st/last/sec, ready now . 484-485-7985 West Phila 3 BR $875-$925 1st & last mo rent, 1 mo sec 215.878.2857
33xx Mutter St. 2br $575+utils 1mo rent, 2mo sec, hwd flrs 267.549.4215
BREWERYTOWN 2BR 2sty redone hse fin bsmt $675+. 267-809-5605
Brigantine: Pets OK. 5/27-31: $525, June: $850-$1150/wk, July & Aug: $1300/wk www.BrigB.com 856-217-0025
Cape May,NJ:Romantic Relaxing Retreat Comfortable Suites. Tropical Decks. www.thomaswebsterhouse.com 856-459-1008 or 609-898-9248 N. Wildwood,(2) 2BR apts. A/C, parking, 2 blks to bch 609.312.7337 /973.479.1537
16xx Rowan St. 3 BR $725+ utils exc move in cond, Sec 8 ok, 267.544.9221
N Wildwood: 3BR Condo, pool, ReducedSave $1000, Seasonal avl, 856-905-2512 N Wildwood 5BR house Weekly w/pool, avail June & Sept 609-405-2881
18xx E Westmoreland 3 BR/1 BA $750 new paint, newer carpet, 215-833-6673 18xx Waterloo 1 BR+den $575+ utils yard, wall to wall, 215-836-1960 2br & 3br section 8 ok, 856-235-8905
20xx Wilmot St. 3br $700/mo front porch, fenced backyd. 215.514.0653 Bridge St. 3 BR/2 BA $1050 w/d,fridge, w/w, yd,Sec8 ok 215.632.5763
Frankford & Lehigh Vic. 2-3BR’s $700+ $2100 move-in. 215-779-1512
Castor Gardens 3br/1.5ba $995+ Rowhome, LR, DR, kitch, c/a, full bsmnt, gar, close to schools/trans. 215.322.3663
Torresdale area 2br $750+ dplx, fresh paint,w/d,fridge, 215.416.0066 S/W furn cpt rm $100-125/wk, 3wks to move in, no smk, no drugs, 267.228.5952. SW, N, W Move-in Special! $60-$115/wk room sharing avail, SSI ok (215)220-8877 Temple U/Brewery Town Area: Luxury rms, furnished, utils incl., 267.240.2474 West Phila - Clean Rooms for Rent Low Rates. Call 215-307-2527
Gladwyne & Pennsylvania 4Br/3.5Ba $4,300/month Beautiful house, modern kitchen, garage, pool, available end of May. Call (610)642-1291
Brookhaven 2BR/1.5BA $1200 Cambridge Square Twnhse 215.353.1919 DARBY 13xx Edgehill 3 BR $895+utils Newly renov, great loc, near pub trans & schools, prkg, lg bsmnt, 267-304-3398
N. Wildwood: Summer Seasonal 2 blks to bch (8th Ave) Super clean 2nd fl, 2br, full kit/ba, a/c, lndry, deck, BBQ grille, yard, $8500. Bring TLC & responsibility. Showing 3/26-27 & 4/2-3, 267-374-3156 Ocean City : Bright spacious duplex, a/c, parking, 2 units, 1 BR: Season - $7950, 1/2 season - $4250. 1 BR w/ loft: Season $9000; 1/2 season -$4650, 609.398.1348 Wildwood 1br Efficiency season $4000 +sec. 1 & 1/2 Blks to Beach 609-707-1990
Overbrook Car or boat garage, $75/mo. www.perutoproperties.com 215.740.4900
$ CASH FOR JUNK CARS $ $100-$400. CALL 267-241-3041
low cost cars & trucks ACURA Legend Coupe 1994 $3600 109K, Red, Leather, Loaded 610.247.1883 BMW 525 I 1992 $1650 28 mpg, inspected 3/12, ( 215)901-9902 BUICK LeSabre 1990 $2450 93k, new insp, very clean, 215-920-0929 Buick LeSabre Custom 2004 $4850 gold, 45k original, 1 owner, clean,267.592.0448 CADILLAC Deville DTS 2002 $4995 72K, Black/Tan, Loaded 610-247-1883 Chevy Impala LTZ 2001 $3475 3.8 V6, silver, low mi., clean267.592.0448 Chrysler Town & Country Ltd. ’02 $5000 105k, gold, lthr, runs good 267-252-7643 FORD Crown Vic. 2006 $4500 police car, 123k, runs good, 609.347.8888 Ford F-150 1994 $2,500 5 spd, 6 cyl., insp., 103K mi. 610.220.1844 MAZDA Pickup 4x4 1998 $3000/obo V6, 5 speed, 112k, runs grt (267)825-2315 Nissan Maxima 1995 $2100 auto,no rust/dent,runs new 215.620.9383 NISSAN Maxima GSE 2001 asking $2750 4 door, auto, loaded, clean. 215-518-8808 Pontiac Grand AM 2004 $4,900 silver, gray int., auto, upgraded stereo, 4 dr, 70K mi, below KBB. (281)415-5762 C.J. SAAB 9-5 2.3T S/W 2000 $3600 Leather, Loaded, Gorgeous 610-247-1883 SATURN L Wagon 2001 $3990 4 cyl, auto, air, xtra clean, 215-432-4580 Toyota Corrola 1998 $3850 76k mi., auto, a/c, insp 215-813-0897
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18xx W Susquehanna Studio $450+util Kitchen and bath. Call 215-765-9590
10th & Erie, large furnished, room, $350-$400/month. 267-414-4819 11xx N 55th St AMERICAN RM RENTALS We have single rooms $400 W, SW & N Phila, SSI/SSD ok (267)707-6129 1517 W. Cayuga St. Renovated Rooms $350 a month. Call (215)908-4538 1545 S. 30th St. furn, fridge, no kitchen, $125/wk, $375 move in. (215)781-8049 18xx N 24th St Rooms $500- $600+dep, Lg clean, furn’d room, comm kit, all utils incl, easy access to trans, 267-809-3809 22nd & Allegheny: Nice, clean $325/mo SSI ok. No drugs. Call 215-768-2466 22nd & Hunting Park, renov, lrg rm, furn $85-$95 wk 2nd week free! 215.960.1600
West Phila - Furnished, micro, fridge, SS/SSI ok. Reasonable 215-879-3323
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33rd Street 2 BR $700 & up newly renov, near Univ 215.227.0700, 9-5 37xx N. 15th St. 1BR 1st flr back yard sec 8 ok 215-792-6620
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