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Contents COVER PhOTOgRAPh By RyAN sTRANd

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12 The food issue

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50+ things you must eat and drink (Including the Gibson at Southwark, left).

PhillyNOW 7 Occupy the Polls A guide to the City Council, Commissioner and Sheriff races.

10 Occupy Philly Should they stay or should they go?

ARTs & CulTuRE 19 Calendar PW ’s picks for the week. fOOd 38 Good Korma Plainly named Indian Restaurant is serving up fresh and familiar flavors.

sTAgE 41 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Spinoza This theater season’s first sleeper hit has the longest title ever.

On the Web PhIllYNOW Space invaders: How you gonna go and eliminate an entire district?

Hey, that’s the GOP for ya. low lives: Report shows U.S. is near the bottom when it comes to social justice.

PW Style long Tall Sally: No! It’s not the name of a Hells Angel! It’s a place for tall women to get clothes that fit!

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MusiC 46 Museum Without Walls David Wax learns the value of being a musician.

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48 ADULT 51 SAVAGE LOVE 52 RECRUITMENT 54 REAL ESTATE 54 OPEN HOUSE 11 MEDICAL RESEARCH STUDIES

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Regarding Michael Alan Goldberg’s profile of Wali “Diop” Olugbala, candidate for mayor: Geez Mr. Rahman/Olugbala please take it down a notch. You need to be relatable to all Philadelphians or at least a majority to win an election. That whole angry/mean mugging thing will definitely take away from your message (which sounds like it needs fine tuning).

ELISHA LOWE, via philadelphiaweekly.com Diop Olugbala has the necessary leadership skills to transform Philadelphia into a city of opportunity for all people. As a white person, I understand the power and benefit I receive by virtue of the color of my skin. I understand that there is a wealth gap of 20 to 1 between whites and blacks. I unite with his plan to dismantle a brutal police force and focus on economic development; we ALL benefit from this!

WENDY, via philadelphiaweekly.com I am proud to see Wali “Diop” Rahman running for Mayor of Philadelphia.

He is what is needed for the young and old generations, real solutions and real change. Diop has my vote and many other votes from the North Philadelphia community!

NATASHA, via philadelphiaweekly.com

Safe and Unsound Regarding Tara Murtha’s column about abortion bill SB 732: This is disturbing to me, but I’m not surprised that white, upperclass, cisgender, (supposedly) heterosexual males would attempt to once again oppress all, and especially lower class, women. Elevators and an RN in the room while I’m getting an annual exam do not improve my health in any shape or form. Our legislators need to start listening to constituents instead of continuing to ignore our demands and supporting ONE religious (and mostly non-scientificly based) opinion on social issues. Want to improve the health of women? Give us affordable access to quality health care. Stop restricting my rights to my body.

KRISTEN, via philadelphiaweekly.com I do not know of an industry, other than the abortion industry, which could get away with fighting basic safety standards. The health and safety of women in Pennsylvania require the passage of SB 732.

MARIA, via philadelphiaweekly.com Not one legislator can articulate how more space in an operating room or in the hallways actually makes a patient safer. Excellent article—thank you for pointing out how blatantly anti-abortion and anti-women Matt Baker’s agenda is.

JEN, via philadelphiaweekly.com Having an emergency room for this procedure is NOT a basic safety standard. Getting your wisdom teeth pulled is 100 times more dangerous than getting an abortion because they use anesthesia, yet I don’t see everyone up in arms that your dentist has to be emergency room ready. Why aren’t you protecting women from going to the dentist? Because it’s ludicrous, just like this bill.

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An election guide to the City Council, Commissioner and Sheriff races.

By Randy LoBasso and Michael Alan Goldberg rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com Ivan Cohen (R): A 66-year-old former boxing manager and the owner of the Jackson Bottling Company, Ivan Cohen’s been a Republican committeeman for more than 25 years. He’s chosen a Fonzi-style pose to represent himself on his website, with a bold-red splattering of “Incorruptable” across the top. And an automatic MP3 of Carl Orff’s ‘O Fortuna’ plays as the page loads. Yes, really! Cohen’s biggest claim is that he “owes no favors” and he’s got “street smarts.” Though Cohen was barred from most Republican debates, he says he’s committed to finding a way to balance the city’s budget without “killing our small businesses,” saying they don’t need to be burdened with pesky things like the business privilege tax, the trash tax and gross-wage tax.

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2nd District: Center City, South Philly, SW Philly City Council President Anna Verna began representing the 2nd District in 1975, but has been collecting a city government paycheck since 1951. She decided to retire this year because of DROP, of course, and will collect a cool $584,777 come January.

Democrats Barbara Capozzi and state Rep. Kenyatta Johnson had a tough fight in the Democratic primary, with Johnson barely eking out the win.

Kenyatta Johnson (D): A 37-year-

Jannie Blackwell (D): The chair of the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless is seeking her sixth Council term, and few expect her to lose despite that messy business with the Philadelphia Housing Authority (you know, voting against ditching Carl Greene and all before resigning her post on the embattled PHA board), her polarizing position on prayer in Philadelphia schools (she really, really wants it), and persistent accusations that she’s putting the interests of developers over the people. During a recent Council session debating new zoning rules (and a loophole Blackwell wrote, which would allow a new for-profit prison center in SW Philly), several neighborhood activists came out and taunted her, though she mostly ignored the crowd.

Alicia Burbage (Independent): Proprietor of the popular shoe boutique Isshoes on 60th Street, Burbage, 48, has fashioned a long-shot campaign based on

6th District: Northeast Philly, Bridesburg, Mayfair After more than 30 years on Council, Joan Krajewski—the poster girl for DROP abuse—is retiring, so the residents of this working-class Northeast district will get some new blood in the form of either Democrat Bobby “The Brain” (sorry, we couldn’t resist) Henon or Republican Sandra Stewart.

Bobby Henon (D): Electricians union guy Bob Henon, 42, is currently political director of IBEW Local 98, so it would certainly be compelling to see how union interests would fare should he nab a Council seat (we’re guessing fairly well). Henon’s job-creation plans include chopping the business privilege tax to spur small business growth and increase the tax base.

He’ll also go after absentee landlords, and try to put more cops in the 6th. A recent cancer survivor, he says he’s a “resilient” guy who won’t be outworked.

Sandra Stewart (R): Interior designer and political newbie Sandra Stewart has put quality-of-life issues at the top of her agenda—no surprise, since she recently founded the Tacony Quality of Life Council to address crime, street cleanups and abandoned property issues in her proverbial

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old Penn grad, Johnson has focused on gun control and support for the education nonprofit City Year. As deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus (representing the 186th District since 2008), he’s advocated for more funding for the state university system and has co-sponsored more than 200 bills, including “Ban the Box” and a comprehensive review of the fairness of the state’s prison systems. He’s all over DROP (saying he not only never supported it, but would “review” it for police, firefighters and “other civil service workers,” as well) and thinks Council needs greater transparency and should help Philly’s citizens in job training while lowering small business tax burdens. Which isn’t that much different from his opponent, whom he’s never debated.

Issues of crime, economic development, urban blight and University City’s steady expansion into struggling neighborhoods (shhh, don’t mention the G-word) remain paramount. Powerful Democratic Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell has been at the helm of the 3rd since roughly the Taft Administration, but this year her throne is being challenged by independent political newcomer Alicia Burbage.

reductions in the wage tax and business privilege tax. She wants cleaner streets. She says she’ll donate 20 percent of her Council salary to the 3rd District and that she’ll be the voice of the people, not “the powerful and connected.” Take that, Jannie!

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uring an Oct. 16 City Commissioner’s debate, Republican Al Schmidt told a small WHYY studio audience that he expected record-low turnout for citywide elections on Nov. 8. He’s probably right. Most voters, if they make it out at all, believe the Democratic primaries of the spring are the only elections that matter in our 7-to-1 Democrat-to-Republican metropolis. About 30 percent of you came out to vote in May. Fewer are expected to show for Tuesday’s general election.

In some districts, like the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th, the incumbent and/or party bossapproved Democrat is running unopposed, which sort of sucks. But if you live in one of the other five districts, you’ve got no excuse not to come out and vote. And even if you live in one of the aforementioned unopposed districts: City Council’s at-large races are alive and well. Since local law requires minority at-large seats, there’s a race on to represent the Republicans in City Hall.

Besides that, hell, there are a number of other seats that need to be filled—commissioners, sheriff, judges—which could change Philly’s political landscape for decades. So below, find what you need to know about the upcoming city races. We’ve left out the unopposed races, Democratic at-large candidates (because all are expected to be re-elected), and judges (because voting for a judge is a pointless endeavor in its own right—the law is the law, right?).

But where there’s a race, there’s a reason to care. And vote.

3rd District: West Philly, SW Philly

her entrepreneurial spirit, pro-small business perspective, outsider status and her past affiliation with state Sen. Williams, for whom she served as director of Constituent Services for several years before opening her shop in 2009. She steadfastly supports

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backyard. Like Henon, the 37-year-old abhors DROP for elected officials. And, like Henon, she wants a bigger police presence in the district (you can often find her out on Town Watch patrols). She’s looking to limit Section 8 housing; she endorses zoning reform; and she’s hoping to give City Council a big dose of her vague-butpredictable “conservative family values and ... ethics.”

8th District: Chestnut Hill, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Hunting Park The 8th District is arguably the most diverse in the city. Rich liberals in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy are being represented by the same councilmember as the working class in Germantown, Nicetown and Hunting Park. That being said, the entire district, which has been represented by the scandal-ridden Donna Reed Miller since 1995, has been hard hit by the recession—partly due to its proximity to the suburban malls and IKEA parks of Montgomery County.

Cindy Bass (D): Bass, 43, has a long history working in Democratic politics, which includes delegation duty at the last three Democratic National Conventions and staff positions with both Rep. Allyson Schwartz (when she was a state senator) and a senior policy advisor to Rep. Chaka Fattah. Bass got the much-publicized

membership to approve his run for public office” when filing his papers, according to a GPOP press release. So, you can call him a Green, but for all intents and purposes, he’s independent. And with that in mind, his ideas aren’t all weird. If the fine people of the 8th stick him in City Hall for the next four years, he’s got his sights set on collecting delinquent property taxes, reducing taxes on small businesses and, uh, distributing rain barrels to reduce the city’s storm-water management costs.

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Brian Rudnick (Green): The 57-year-

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old Chestnut Hill librarian and teacher was not endorsed by the Green Party of Philadelphia and even “circumvented GPOP’s formal process for candidacy approval which requires the general

Denny O’Brien: State representative from the Northeast since 1976 (except for a 2-year period in the early ’80s when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives) and former state House Speaker, 58-year-old Denny O’Brien is looking to move from Harrisburg to

District 10: Fox Chase, Bustleton, Parkwood In addition to casting a sinister eye toward Center City and putting up strip malls, Northeast Philly’s most northeast corner has this going for it: It houses the city’s only district Republican. He’s 62-year-old Brian O’Neill, Council’s minority leader, and he’s been in office since 1980. O’Neill was all set to cruise to re-election this year, but then Council threw the highly Democratic 56th ward into O’Neill’s district, you know, just to fuck with him.

Which means O’Neill’s career is on the line for the first time ever.

Brian O’Neill (R): The 61-year-old councilman’s newfound desperation can be found exclusively on his website. There, it’s claimed, “Brian O’Neill cares about you” and “shares your values.” And for most Northeasterners, that’s probably true. Like them, he’s a lone Republican in this godforsaken city, pissed things just haven’t gone his way for so long, and aren’t likely to. Decrying Nutter’s rolling brownouts of city fire stations, O’Neill calls himself a big supporter of putting more police, firefighters and paramedics on our streets.

He can’t stand the Rizzo remnants of the Philly Republican Party (Rizzo never liked him either; he called O’Neill “the most petty guy I ever met” when he was pushed out of Republican leadership this fall.)

And although O’Neill initially filled out an application, he’s never joined DROP, and promised he never will.

Bill Rubin (D): Rubin’s already come Nutter endorsement in the primary and a boost from District Attorney Seth Williams late in the season. Her main issues (green technology, education over incarceration, supporting public-private partnerships) are pretty vague. Which probably means she’ll fit right in on City Council.

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out with a false campaign commercial accusing O’Neill of wanting to collect a DROP payment. And when asked if that’s misleading (since it is), he said no. Stay the course! Rubin, 43, is a former supervisor of elections and worked under Marge Tartaglione (whom we’ll always remember for threatening to punch a PW reporter in the face) at the Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Office. He’s also served as VP of the Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement. During their only dsebate, Rubin chastised the Republican for using a city car (which O’Neill said he’d get rid of if he had to) and being around people who are enrolled in DROP. They’re bad influences on you!

Philly to tackle issues of prison reform and education for children with disabilities, particularly autism. Despite zero backing from the city GOP, O’Brien made it through the primary largely on voter anger over DROP. In fact, he voted for legislation to abolish it. He’s also recently worked to keep a controversial proposed methadone clinic out of the Northeast. Known for his bipartisanship efforts in the House, he’s gotten endorsements from a handful of key local Democrats for this race, including both Kevin and Brendan Boyle, state reps in Northeast Philly.

Al Taubenberger: It’s probably a bad sign when you pay for the very voter poll whose results show you hate actual neighborhoods, and the people who live in them, and love businesses. Such is the situation with Al Taubenberger, the 2007 Republican mayoral candidate and president of the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce whose campaign slogan, according to his website, is “Al Means Business....” Naturally, economic issues are at the top of the 57-year-old’s campaign agenda: He wants to slash the city wage tax, make Philly more business-friendly, and bring back those jobs, baby. In fact, his other campaign slogan appears to be “More Jobs. Fewer Problems,” which you’d think most people could get with.

Michael Untermeyer: Local attorney Michael Untermeyer, 60, has a license to fly commercial jets, apparently, so he wants to pilot the city through this economic crisis by reducing business taxes, putting a freeze on property tax hikes, rooting out and terminating wasteful spending and corruption, and putting a stake through the heart of DROP. As an assistant district attorney here, Untermeyer focused on taking down drug traffickers and money launderers, and he plans to wield as big a stick against crime as he will against bloated budgets.

Two years ago, he was soundly defeated for D.A. by Seth Williams, but a Council seat might make for a nice consolation prize.

Joe McColgan: Are you scared of Joe McColgan? You should be. Especially if you’re a Democrat. Because not only can the 48-year-old McColgan still kick your ass, he blames you for everything wrong with Philadelphia. “Democrats have been in charge for the last 50 years,” he often says on the campaign trail. “So, you can’t blame anything on Republicans.” And, “There are half as many people in Philadelphia today as there were in 1950, and twice as many city employees.” Oh, Joe, if only it were so simple. For his part, McColgan has promised not to accept a city pension, wants to instate term limits and won’t use a city car.

He’s ready to be a City Council Republican punching bag, so long as he can at least attempt to curb the city’s spending, and maybe even cut government while he’s at it.

David Oh: There was a time when local lawyer and Republican David Oh was a shoe-in for one of the two minority Council at-Large seats. Jack Kelly, to whom Oh barely lost in 2007, had announced his retirement, and

50-year-old Oh had the backing of both the city GOP and its Loyal Opposition rivals.

His platform of making Philadelphia a more electronics-focused city, and, therefore, an “international city,” has gained the attention of Republicans and Democrats alike. At debates, Oh’s often got the numbers to back up his tax-cutting proposals and tops it off with a general personal likeability. Hell, he’s even a former Green Beret! What’s that? He’s not a Green Beret?

Oh, shit. Correction: David Oh’s been lying about being a Green Beret for more than a decade, and now there are a bunch of veterans, Facebook dwellers and heads of neighborhood associations who are pissed off. Since Oh’s Big Lie was exposed in August, he’s lost his FOP endorsement, had an embarrassing article published about him at Military.com and unsuccessfully, embarrassingly tried to defend himself on a national military message board. He issued apologies and then asked the Daily News to apologize to him for reporting on his background, which they did not. A betting man would still call him the favorite, but his general clout has been considerably reduced. For what it’s worth, the main group expressing outrage about Oh, the “Philadelphia Independent Veterans Association,” didn’t exist before they took on this issue. n

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Occupy Philly Responds to City’s Concerns

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Rep. Jewell Williams

Sheriff’s Office The Sheriff’s Office is a funny thing. It’s one of the city’s infamous “row offices” that no one really likes. But worse. See, it sort of lost $53 million over the past few years (note: Acting Sheriff Barbara Deeley recently “found” $40 million of that), and now-former Sheriff John Green was a DROP enrollee. He quit last winter to collect his $331,744 sum and now gets a more than $8,000-a-

Commissioners Race

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Let’s see: The three-person, bipartisan board—which oversees Philadelphia elections and voter registration—mandates that a political party can hold no more than two of the seats. So it appears that the only two Democrats in the running—newcomer Stephanie Singer (a Yale-educated college math professor) and incumbent Anthony Clark (who hasn’t really even campigned) —are shoe-ins. That means bitter Republican rivals Al Schmidt and Joe Duda will face off in a steel cage match, so to speak, for not only the final seat but, both practically and symbolically, the soul of Philly’s beleaguered GOP. Schmidt is

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month pension, leaving Deeley in charge.

With that in mind, a movement began last summer to eliminate the office.

Started by both then-candidate John Kromer and the Committee of Seventy, it was followed through by Councilmen Bill Green and Frank DiCicco, who introduced a bill that would killed the position.

But there was a problem. State Rep. Jewell Williams was set to run for the office and the attitude at the top was that

the office is rightfully his. Then, at Councilman Curtis Jones Jr.’s birthday party in July 2010, Williams and Green had words. Soon after, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams publicly called Green a racist for wanting to eliminate the office (and, ahem, backing Dan Onorato for governor). So, Green backed off the idea pretty quickly, saying, “I don’t think this bill is going anywhere.”

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the sharp, reform-minded, up-and-comer who used to work for the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He ran for city controller in 2009, says he’ll make the office more transparent by publishing real-time intimidation, electioneering and other voting irregularities on Election Day, as well as re-train and up the pay for poll workers (while docking his own yearly pay 10 percent). He’s been crusading against inefficiency and corruption and would like it if commissioners did not have the use of a city car.

Duda is the dinosaur incumbent who’s held his seat for 15 years and who’s really, really tried (some say not hard enough) to bring the city’s voting machines and other election technology into the mod-

ern age. His main campaign claim is that the office “does a good job” and he’s done what he could to register Republican voters in our Democrathappy metropolis. He’s also the guy who used more taxpayer-funded gasoline for his city car last year than almost any other city official, which he says is really no big deal. Winning this race could be a real stepping stone for Schmidt and help redefine Republican power in Philadelphia. The thing about dinosaurs, though—at least from what we learned via our public school education, and from Jurassic Park—is that they don’t go down without a fight, so this battle promises to be a close one worth watching. n

Joseph Duda

Stephanie Singer

At a press conference on Tuesday, members of Occupy Philly discussed their response to the city’s concerns about their camp at Dilworth Plaza.

Last month, the city sent a letter reminding Occupy protesters they would Philly have to move their camp from City Hall because of construction planned for November. (The city says the agreement was laid out in Occupy’s permit, a claim Occupy denies.)

At the press conference, Katanya Mosley, who’s on the committee that sent Occupy’s response on Oct. 30, said the end-date on the permit was “unknown.” The General Assembly is still trying to decide whether they’ll move.

In addressing the city’s concerns, Occupier Lauren Beller reiterated the movement’s decision-making process: that all decisions must be approved by the GA, which is open to anyone. It can be a lengthy process, involving time for people to air their concerns and ask questions.

In Occupy Philly’s letter, they write, “In the poorest big city in the country, we believe that it is morally bankrupt to consider spending $50 million on the redevelopment of Dilworth Plaza. Who made that decision? To whom are Paul Levy and his Center City District accountable?”

The letter continues: “We believe that money can be better spent on education, health care and housing for the many in this city who are desperately in need. The people of Philadelphia did not vote for an ice-skating rink and more coffee shops. We refuse to allow the federal government, unaccountable local institutions, and the wealthiest 1% to privatize our city’s public spaces and control decisions that affect us all.”

The letter also addressed police presence at the protest, a now-infamous point of contention as police overtime and other costs have reached about $500,000. The protesters have asked the PPD to stop using hidden cameras and undercover cops to surveil.

“What we responded with in the letter to the city … is we will continue to be peaceful,” says Jeff Rousett, also on the letter-writing committee. “There was no justification for the police presence here.”

Meanwhile, Occupy Philly is asking for people to leave work today at noon and go on strike in solidarity with Iraq war vet Scott Olsen, who was injured in Occupy Oakland last week.

The protesters also are calling for a bank transfer day on Nov. 5, when protesters will move their money out of big banks and into local credit unions. Then they’ll “celebrate our break-up.” n

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50+ MUST-EATS AND DRINKS Belgian fries, pig popcorn, sausage from a home-improvement store, and more stunning dishes and divine drinks you should be tasting right now.

Contributors: Cristina Perachio, Tim McGinnis, Brian Freedman, Brian McManus, Nicole Finkbiner and a few foodie friends.

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eople, you may have noticed, are fat. Real fat. And getting bigger every day.

But lost in the endless conversations about the no-longer-new obesity epidemic that threatens to sink our country into a pit of health-care debt we can never pay is a very real and glaringly obvious fact: We’re all a hell of a lot skinnier than we could be.

Because, it could be argued, human beings are neurologically ill-designed to be modern Americans. In fact, it was by British neuroscientist at UCLA, Dr. Peter Whybrow. Whybrow’s theory, spelled out in full in his book, American Mania, is pretty simple: The human brain evolved over hundreds of thousands of years in an environment defined by scarcity. We now live in an environment of extreme abundance, and we cannot cope. (Whybrow’s theory extends to sex and shelter, but that’s another issue entirely.)

There are ancient reward pathways deeply etched inside our minds that are incredibly difficult to suppress. Impossible, maybe, when faced with, say, the stuffed challah French toast at Sabrina’s or the country style beef cubes at Phuong. There are so many wonderfully delicious things to eat in our city, and nothing to keep you from eating them all, all the time. (Except, perhaps, your own looming debt, health care or otherwise.) So you’re bigger than you should be. So what. It’s, like, science or something.

And since you’re eating all the damn time anyway, we threw together a list of dishes and drinks you should be slamming down your gullet right now. Just try not to eat them all in the same week.

Dan Dan Noodles at Han Dynasty

When we asked Chef Joey Chmiko of Resurrection Ale House for his go-to dish, he responded: “Dan Dan Noodles, Han puts crack in there!” Just like the young bull trappers selling wet off the step, this dish originated in the streets. Chinese vendors sold baskets full of noodles and a spicy peanut sauce wAVith minced pork and scallions.

Han’s recipe holds true to the OG recipe.

Han Dynasty, 108 Chestnut St. 215.922.1888

Love Stout from Yards Brewing Company

Homegrown brewing super star Yards pays homage to our city’s most flattering misnomer with Love Stout. This “seductively sweet” stout is part adult beverage, part aphrodisiac. The brewing process, involving oysters, adds a mineral contrast to this chocolatey roast malt forward beer. Even if your membership to Match.com has yet to pay off, you can still find a little love in our fair city.

Yards Brewing Company, 901 N. Delaware Ave. 215.634.2600. yardsbrewing.com

Famous Chicken Soup at Famous 4th Street

It’s scientifically proven, or something, that chicken soup helps cure the common cold.

Order the Famous Chicken Soup to go: You’ll get two quarts

of soup with kreplach, rice, noodles, kasha and, of course, an oversized matzo ball. Buy some ginger ale and proceed to never leave your house.

Famous 4th Delicatessen 700 S. Fourth St. 215.922.3274. famous4thstreet delicatessen.com

Cynar Cocktail at a.kitchen

The unnamed (we’re pushing for Cynar-Whale) and off-the-

menu cocktail from bartendress Catherine Manning is a potent blend of the bitter Italian aperitif Cynar (made of 13 herbs and plants, including artichoke) and Kentucky Buffalo Trace Bourbon.

Freshly squeezed OJ rounds out the mix that’s shaken hard and strained. It’s sure to warm the cockles of your Rittenhouse heart this winter.

a.kitchen, 135 S. 18th St. 215.825.7030. akitchenphilly.com

Cheese Doe Run Dairy, the 700-acre grass-based dairy in Chester County, has helped put PA on the cheese-making map with products like the Hummingbird, a funky camembert-ish cheese with strong herbal notes and a zing that will make you sing.

Doe Run Dairy, 324 Hicks Rd. Coatesville, PA. 610.383.4593 For more than a decade now, Aimee Olexy has introduced more Philadelphians to great cheese than almost any other individual in the region. Now, at Talula’s Garden, she and her amazing cheese mongers are continuing that tradition with plates composed with her unerring eye for originality, creativity and toecurling deliciousness. Get your hands on one, and some of the cheese from Doe Run Dairy while you’re at it.

Talula’s Garden, 210 W. Washington Sq. 215.592.7787. talulasgarden.com

Mortadella Mousse at Amis

Narrowing down a top dish at Amis is like trying to definitively determine which Bob Dylan lyrics are best. But all other things being equal, this fluffy, intoxicatingly savory treat is among the most soulful and uniquely rewarding. Which is what eating here is all about in the first place.

Amis, 412 S. 13th St. 215.732.2647. amisphilly.com

Bacon Brownie at Watkins Drinkery

Wine List at Fish

Tim Kweeder has spent time in critically lauded restaurants, wine boutiques and traveling through Argentina. All of his experiences have made him one of the most well-versed winos in Philly. He brought knowledge to Fish (before his exit this month), sourcing many an interesting wine like the singular and citrusy Rene Geoffroy Rose Champagne.

Kweeder’s experience, thirst for knowledge and uncanny likeness to Goose from Top Gun will make him a major player for years to come. The wine list at Fish remains proof of that.

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Banana Frullati al Cioccolato

Fish, 1708 Lombard St. 215.545.9600. fishphilly.com

These chocolate shakes are frothy, rich and make the perfect base for an adult milkshake. Made with milk chocolate, banana and your choice of liquor—we recommend dark rum for the banana shake but tequila, vodka or bourbon are also recommended by owner, Fabio Scarpelli— this decadent dessert is a stay-cation in a glass. (Wipes slobber from keyboard.)

Golosa, 806 S. Sixth St., 215.925.1003, golosacafe.com

The Many Bourbons (and Other Whiskies) at Cooperage

Cooperage, 123 Seventh St. 215.226.2667. cooperagephilly.com

Country Style Beef Cubes at Nam Phuong

As a diner near us feasted on this dish of sautéed flank steak and watercress tossed in a vinegar and black pepper sauce, we heard one prospective patron ask, “What do those beef cubes taste like?” The response? “Like a cow and Jesus in your mouth.” Fair assessment.

Le Virtu, 1927 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.271.5626 levirtu.com

Stuffed Challah French Toast at Sabrina’s Cafe

Tacos al Pastor at Taqueria la Veracruzana

This Washington Avenue stalwart is proof that, sometimes, the best dishes are served in the most unpretentious atmosphere.

Savory sliced pork is paired with pineapple and whatever combo of salsas you add. Chased with a Jarritos Tamarindo soda, it’s as satisfying as anything you might eat at restaurants that cost a lot more.

Taqueria la Veracruzana, 908 Washington Ave. 215.465.1440.

Torta al Pastor at Los Gallos

So we love Pastor and couldn’t decide on a favorite. So what, wanna fight about it? Nicknamed

Los Gallos, 951 Wolf St. 215.551.1245.

Stock Market Crunch Sundae at Franklin Fountain

Perfectly named for these troubled times, the Stock Market Crunch Sundae is a mountain of flavors that evoke childhood: Rocky Road ice cream, crumbled pretzels, peanut butter sauce. It may not bring back your job or your earning power, but it’s a nice break from the dread of ... well, our own stock-market crunch.

We! Are! The 99 percent!

Franklin Fountain, 116 Market St. 215.627.1899. franklinfountain.com

Shank’s, 901 S. Columbus Blvd. 215.218.4000. shanksoriginal.com

Pig Popcorn at Barbuzzo

Yep: It tastes exactly as decadent as the name implies, harnessing everything good about pigging out on pig. Essentially grownup pork rinds with a pedigree, these may be the best starter in a neighborhood with no shortage of great noshes. Paired with a beer, it’s damn near ambrosial.

Barbuzzo’s, 110 S. 13th St. 215.546.9300. barbuzzo.com

Potato Latke at Honey’s Sit n’ Eat

This Southern-meets-Jewishdeli fare is the perfect combo of nostalgia no matter where you’re from. The latke is thick, deepfried with a crusty outer layer

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Packed with farmer’s cream cheese and bananas, doused in vanilla syrup and topped with

Sabrina’s Café, 910 Christian St., 1804 Callowhill St., 3400 Powelton Ave. 215.574.1599. sabrinascafe.com

“El Monstruo” because of its “monstrous Mexican-style roll,” the al Pastor at tiny, humble Los Gallos is an authentic recipe from San Mateo, Puebla. Gyro-style spiced pork is piled high on bread and spread with refried beans, mayo and topped with pineapple, Oaxaca cheese, avocado, pickled jalapeños, tomatoes, sautéed onions and romaine. Unhinge your jaw and enjoy.

Ladies and gentlemen, make way for a classic. We feel we must reintroduce you. Because, uh, have you seen that blasphemous Arby’s commercial touting their so-called authentic “Philly” sandwich? It’ll make your fuckin’ blood boil. (Maybe that’s just us—we have rage issues.) Especially when you consider that our venerable Shank’s created an authentic Philly sandwich classic long ago: chicken cutlet sandwich with tender broccoli rabe and sharp provolone on a Sarcone’s French loaf. And Shank’s version is pan-fried to order and large enough to feed two. Now that’s real Philly.

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Nam Phuong, 1100 Washington Ave. 215.468.0410

Chef Joe Cicala and sous chef Massimo Conocchioli, the culinary core of Le Virtu, will take you in the basement of this East Passyunk ode to Abruzze and show you their box. It’s tricked out to serve as the incubator for their amazing cured meats. Saltrubbed guanciales, capocollos air-dried bresaola, a spreadable spicy Calabrian sausage and the piece de resistance Prosciutto di Philly. They make magic in there. On top of that, they make very thin, delicate crepes that’ll remind you of the kind Grandmom used to make, minus the cursing. Best ordered on a cold night, their airy, pecorino-filled scripelles (or crepes) float in savory chicken broth and are the perfect pick-me-up.

a few more banana slices, this massively delicious breakfast has become one of Sabrina’s most beloved. Though your stomach might beg you to stop after a few bites, it’s just too fucking heavenly not to indulge.

Chicken Italiano at Shank’s

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Load up on carbs and blow through as many unfamiliar bourbons as you can here: It’s one of the best places in the city to bone up on your knowledge of Kentucky’s finest. Start with Johnny Drum, throw back a Black Maple Hill, and end with a Blanton’s Single Barrel before starting in with the scotch and the Advil.

Charcuterie and Scripelle at Le Virtu

Salt and chocolate, it’s a thing. There’s a sea salt and caramel chocolate bar they sell at Trader Joe’s that’s pretty damn incredible. They’ve started selling salted caramel Fraps at Starbucks. But the salty sweet treat that takes the cake is the bacon brownie at Watkins Drinkery. It’s so good, we stuck it on the cover of this week’s issue. It’s a brownie. With bacon in it. We don’t have to explain it to you. You get it.

Watkins Drinkery, 1712 S. 10th St. 215.339.0175.

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side-up egg. Or just skip the hassle and have the good folks at Sycamore do it for you. Theirs is better than yours anyway.

Honey’s Sit n’ Eat, 800 N. Fourth St. 215.925.1150. honeyssitneat.com

Sycamore, 14 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne.

484.461.2867. sycamorebyo. com

Cemitas MexicanStyle Sandwich

Aztec Burrito at Taqueria El Jarocho

Chef Joe Cicala of East Passyunk Ave’s Abruzze restaurant Le Virtu recommended this tightly packed number on a sesame-seed roll and it didn’t disappoint. Ripe tomatoes, sweet onions and creamy avocado with the pungent cilantro-like herb papalo and smoky chipotle on your choice of a pork, beef or fried chicken cutlet is an intense and tasty way to fill you up before you start your shift on the line.

Rosticeria y Taqueria Los Volcanes, 1924 S. Fifth St. 215.467.2284

Pork Banh Mi at Pho Cali

Last time we did Must Eats, Pho Cali’s wonderfully fragrant and delicious Shrimp Pho made the cut. This time, it’s their outof-this-world Pork Banh Mi. The price alone would make this sammy one of the great deals in the city: Under $5, it’s a complete meal on a roll. But the fact that it tastes as intensely flavorful as it does—hitting sweet, salty and tangy all in perfect balance—raises it to the level of the miraculous.

Pho Cali, 1000 Arch St. 215.629.1888.

Once you’ve OD’d on their sauteed mussels, you’ll need these little shrimps to round out your Dmitris experience. They’re fresh, lemony and seasoned with a healthy dose of red pepper and secret spices, giving each morsel a satisfying outer-crunchiness.

Outer-crunchiness? Yes. Think of this dish as a much tastier, tender version of fried shrimp with a kick-in-the-mouth.

Dmitris, 795 S. Third St. dmitrisrestaurant.com/3rd

Sushi at Vic Sushi

Is anything really as good as melty cheese?

Before you answer, try the buffalo mozz at Radicchio Café. Real talk: It’s just mozzarella sticks for adults, but the warm, high-quality mozz here is rich and complex. And, for you health nuts looking for a well-rounded meal, it’s served with grilled zucchini, chopped tomato and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Radicchio Café, Fourth & Vine sts.

215.627.6850. radicchio-cafe.com

Kielbasy at Czerws Part coffee preparation, part lab-work in appearance, part alchemy, this slightly more expensive way to get your Stumptown caffeine rush takes a bit longer, but results in a cup that’s somehow both more complex and more subtle. It’s definitely worth the effort, the wait and the few extra coins.

Bodhi, 410 S. Second St. 267.239.2928. bodhicoffeephila.com

out some of the best sushi in the city at affordable prices. Their three-roll special for $10.95 is a real steal. Just like the sushi bar itself, the Naruto roll with tuna, crab stick and fish eggs wrapped in a wafer-thin shaving of cucumber is an understated pleasure.

strike out on a not-quite checked swing) to end another season.

Vic Sushi, 2035 Sansom St. 215.564.4339. vic-sushi.com

These fries have single-handedly elevated Third Street in Old City to somewhere you’d actually go for lunch. Thick and flavorful with the perfect amount of crunch and salt, you’ll never touch those soggy Micky D’s fries again. And you can’t go wrong with their 21-plus sauce options: avocado, cajun, lemon dill, Jamaican curry, jalapeno cheddar, roasted eggplant. All awesome combinations!

The Bull Dog Platter at Bull’s BBQ, Citizens Bank Park

Belgian Fries (and 21+ Dips) at European Republic

European Republic, 213 Chestnut St., 215.627.5500. europeanrepublic.biz

Green Meadow Farm Double-Smoked Bacon at the Fair Food Farmstand, Reading

Even animal-rights activists, if you could force-feed them these glorious strips of swine love, would agree that these pigs didn’t die in vain. Thick-cut and heady with smoke, the bacon not only amps up any dish it touches, but the rendered fat is a perfect secret weapon in your arsenal for all sorts of other dishes, too.

Czerws, 3370 Tilton St. 215.423.1707.

Kibbi at Alyan’s

Have you ever needed to justify your carnivorous ways to veggieonly friends? Enter Kibbi. This meaty marvel is a deep-fried bulgur wheat cone-ish structure stuffed with ground meats (lamb and such), spices and pine nuts.

In the words of Ron Swanson, “It’s a whole new meat delivery system.” Slather ’em in Tahini and thank God for animals.

Fair Food Farmstand at Reading Terminal, 51 N. 12th St. 215.386.5211. ext. 120 fairfoodphilly.org

Alyan’s, 603 S. Fourth St., 215.922.3553.

Wild Mushrooms on Toasted Sourdough at Sycamore

Damn you, Stephen Starr! This appetizer is worth the 12 smackers you’re making us shell out.

Light, al dente ravioli stuffed with creamy, savory edamame filling, dressed in a truffled, sauternes-shallot broth and topped with a handful of shelled edamame. It’s pasta, it’s healthy and it could convince you to forego meat altogether. Almost.

This is one of those satisfying dishes you’ll want to recreate at home for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Take whatever wild and usually imported shrooms are in season—chantrelle, lobster, royal trumpet and beech mushrooms for fall- sauté ’em along with the sourdough in buttery, chivey goodness and top with a sunny-

Edamame Ravioli at Buddakan

Buddakan, 325 Chestnut St., 215.574.9440. buddakan.com

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This piggy plateful has no business being as perfect as it is. And while there are better kielbasas around, more balanced beans and slaw, the combination here, in full view of the field and enshrouded with the smoke of charring flesh, makes this ballpark food par excellence. Even tastes good as you watch Ryan Howard (Choose one: strike out looking/injure himself hitting a soft grounder to first/strike out swinging weakly/pop one up to the catcher and wet himself/

Citizens Bank Park, 1 Citizens Bank Way. 215.218.5100. citizensbank.com/ballpark

Terminal Market

When we asked a PolishAmerican friend of ours to describe Czerws’ kielbasy, he responded, “Like my Polish pappy, it’s not subtle, but instead honest and direct and full of Polish love and pride. And like my Ciocia Veronica, it fills my house up with the smell of smoke and garlic.”

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This little hole-in-the-wall BYO sushi spot is quietly banging

Aztec Burrito, 1138 S. 13th St. 215.463.2020.

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Shrimp Pil Pil at Dmitris

Stop. Eating. Fake. Mexican. El Jarocho is the real deal and the Aztec proves just that: tender pork, cactus, pico de gallo, rice, beans, cheese and sour cream rolled into a flour tortilla like a fat little burrito baby. It’s hefty enough to feed two but you won’t want to share.

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and an almost creamy potato filling. Slather some ketchup, hot sauce or applesauce on that bad boy to make a hearty side for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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and yogurt. Best not to question their method, and just tuck into it with all the gusto it deserves.

A word of warning, though: Eat it quick because this chaat doesn’t do so well in the fridge overnight.

Behold, a miracle: comfort food that doesn’t make you feel like a greasy pile of crap. The crisp-on-the-outside, soft-andstarchy-on-the-inside cornmeal polenta paired with the bitter-in-a-good-way rabe at Tre Scalini will have you singing hymns.

So you’ve gotten to the end of the list and, inevitably, you’re thinking, “That’s it?

What about the ________ at ________??? Or how about the ____________ at _________??!?!? This is a Goddamn OUTRAGE!!!” So we asked a few of our very well respected and talented industry foodie friends around the city about their favorite Must Eat dishes. Many were on our list already. (Seriously, we don’t see how Han Dynasty doesn’t sell out of their prized Dan Dan Noodles by 6 p.m. every night.) Others, we missed. We print them here in an attempt to deflect some of your seething contempt.

Tre Scalini, 1915 E. Passyunk Ave., 215.551.3870. trescaliniphiladelphia.com

Josh Lawler, Chef/Owner, The Farm and Fisherman

Ekta, 250 E. Girard Ave. 215.426.2277. ektaindianrestaurant.com

Polenta and Broccoli Rabe at Tre Scalini The Gibson and the Southwark Cocktails It’s almost become so cliché in Philly to write about Southwark’s cocktails we were worried about being predictable, but realized we’d be remiss if we missed the Southwark Cocktail (above). Orange peel, the bitter Meletti Amaro, sweet Ben Franklin Madeira and the 110 proof Willett single barrel rye whiskey served chilled straight up, is a powerful and tasty way to drink your worries away. So too is Southwark's Gibson. It'll change the way you drink, and will singlehandedly turn you into a gin fiend. Ask for yours with Cadenhead’s Old Raj Gin, Noilly Prat vermouth, and whatever sort of magic juju they stir into it behind the bar.

Southwark, 701 S. Fourth St. (at Bainbridge). 215.238.1888.

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Bar Pie at Stogie Joe’s Tavern There’s been much debate recently about Philly pizza. Whose is the best? Worst? Ugliest? Our vote for no-bullshit pie is this upside-down pizza. Stogie Joe’s oil-kissed square crust is not quite as thick as Sicilian but thick enough to quench your carb craving, topped with a subtle stringy mozz and plop of tart tomato sauce. It’s not best that matters, but rather what’s best for you.

Stogie Joe’s Tavern, 1801 E. Passyunk Ave. 215.463.3030.

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Rhuby from Art in the Age

In his 1936 essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Walter Benjamin lamented the loss of the inspiring moment one is confronted with a singular work of art. It’s with this ethos that Art in the Age created its singular liqueurs.

Their newest, Rhuby, is based on a recipe that Ben Franklin and John Bartram stewed up: tea, rhubarb, beets, cardamom, pink peppercorn and vanilla. It’s truly a masterpiece.

Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 116 N. Third St. 215.922.2600.

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Gnocchi at Monsu

This recipe was imported all the way from Catania on the Ionian Sea. These pasta pillows made with ricotta impastata, nutmeg and pecorino are served in a tomato cream sauce with fresh crab meat and toasted pistachios.

Top it all off with some shaved ricotta salata and sip on some pinot noir—perfecto.

Monsu, 901 Christian St. 215.440.0495. monsurestaurant.com

Sausage and Pepper Sandwich at Rocco’s in the Parking Lot at Home Depot on Columbus Blvd.

It’s the perfect symbiotic relationship: Head on out to the Depot to satiate your manly need to DIY, and, on the way to your car, stop into Rocco’s for a sausage and pepper sandwich.

The symbolism can’t be beat, and the sheer density of the meat will give you all the energy you need for whatever projects you have lined up the rest of the afternoon.

Rocco’s, 1601 S. Columbus Blvd.

Aloo Papri Chaat at Ekta

We have no idea how they do it, but time and again, Ekta finds a way to deliver this sweet, salty, beautifully layered snack still crunchy, despite the chutneys

More Must Eats

Bluecoat American Dry Gin at Philadelphia Distilling

We asked the man behind Philadelphia Distilling why—with all the red tape our great commonwealth has wrapped around liquor laws—he would choose Philly to set up his distillery. His response: “Because this is my home, damn it!” It’s that attitude that’s made him a success. Our favorite of his potent potables is his gin, a blend of botanicals like juniper berries, citrus peels, coriander and angelica root.

The mixture makes Bluecoat a serious sipper. Keep the tonic and lime away. It’s best enjoyed unadulterated.

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We all should be drinking more Greek wines. From a flavor and food-pairing standpoint, they seem to be custom-fitted to our collective palate. But the names of the grapes tend to scare people off. Next time you’re at Estia, go wild and try a Moschofilero, a Xinomavro, or an Assyrtiko.

They’re as great to drink as they are difficult to pronounce.

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Don Russell, AKA Joe Sixpack, Executive Director, Philly Beer Week Fried smelts at Standard Tap “One of my favorite beer-drinking moments was a cold March night on Lake Michigan in Chicago 10 years ago or so, when the smelt were spawning and the beach was lined with torch fires in oil drums. The locals quickly fry up the freshly caught critters, then wash them down with sixpacks of Old Style. The beer never tasted better. I’m right back on the beach whenever I order up a plate at Standard Tap. Fresh, crisp and a perfect pairing with Yards ESA on cask.”

Terence Feury, Executive Chef, Fork Lamb shoulder at Zahav “Just an incredible combination with the pomegranate and so tender. Even after five courses, I can still kill it!”

Jason Cichonski, Chef at Ela, to open later this month at 627 S. Third St. The #62 (vermicelli and charbroiled chicken) at Pho & Café Viet Huong.

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Stick around for a preview of Circle of Hope’s latest project “Let Them Eat Cake,” a bakeryarts contest that pits professionals, students and wanna-be bakers against each other in wedding-cake hysteria. AbigAil bruley 6-9pm. $35. The Crystal Tea Room, 100 Penn Square East. 215.627.5100. philadelphiaweekly. com/food/taste-2011.html

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Crooked Fingers Crooked Fingers auteur Eric Bachmann’s gruff, craggy baritone echoes an age gone by. Their loping Americana lingers in the backwoods, but it’s more cinematic affectation than truly dusty, with dark gothic theatricality and baroque predilections lurking just below the surface. The result is stylized country-folk similar in tone to Tom Waits’ take on vaudevillian swing/cabaret blues—gritty, arty and colorful. Recent releases have seen them add horn-laden orchestrations, drawing them in a roots-soul direction before returning to their initial spare bloozy approach for their sixth and latest album, Breaks in the Armor. chris PArker 9:15pm. $12. With Strand of Oaks. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY November 2 - 8, 2011

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This Big Apple ’core is as hard, blunt and unforgiving as the streets that birthed it. New York’s answer to Minor Threat and Black Flag, Agnostic Front’s grimy, hard-driving minimalist rumble set the template with 1984’s seminal 15-minute debut album, Victim In Pain. The music’s incipient violence and tough-guy attitude suggests Warriors: The Musical, but it’s less agro pose than an affirmation of unity and steadfastness. Partially derailed by frontman Roger Miret’s incarceration, they were

on hiatus for six years before re-emerging in ’97. Time’s only sharpened their chops and hardened their resolve. The last 13 years they’ve released six skintight albums mixing old school punk fury with modern-day production. c.P. 7pm. $13. With Bracewar, Mongoloids, Naysayer, Black Feathers, Good Times. Barbary, 951 Frankford Ave. myspace.com/thenewbarbary

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Philadelphia Dumpster Divers For anyone who hasn’t yet had a chance to see the Miss Rockaway Armada’s fantastical flotilla-turned-exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, tonight’s event—featuring a lecture by members of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers—couldn’t possibly be a more ideal opportunity. The art collective known as the Miss Rockaway Armada, for those of you not in the know, constructed a large flotilla of rafts about five years ago in Minneapolis; the group then traveled down the Mississippi River aboard the craft, and even sailed it down the Schuylkill this summer. The exhibition is currently dry docked at the PAA, where it’ll remain on view through the end of the year.

As for this evening’s program featuring the Dumpsters Divers collective, it’ll take the “trash-into-treasure” theme one step further, as six members of the group discuss their two decades worth of ecologically-responsible artmaking. That’s a lot of trash-talk for just one night, so consider preregistering for the event online or by phone. DAN elDriDge 7pm. Free. Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St. 215.545.4302. philaartalliance.org

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Opera Karaoke Tonight, the Center City Opera Company— whose mission is to bring opera to new audiences—sponsors a beer and opera night to commemorate National Opera Week. Bargoers will have a chance to learn opera’s most famous drinking songs from Maestro Andrew Kurtz and the company’s young artists. CCO’s Eric Brower says, “Our purpose is to appeal to the under-40 crowd and eliminate false perceptions of opera as stuffy music only for the elite or sophisticated.” The sensual beauty of opera music was never meant to be enjoyed only in the theater. In fact, it goes down best with a Heineken. lAurA golDmAN 10pm. Free. Giancarlo Lounge, 1508 Spruce St. 215.238.1555. operatheater.org

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their latest creations in jewelry, fashion, home decor and photography this week at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival. Everything from wire, geometric jewelry to hand-painted silk clothing will be on display and for sale. Many of the festival’s new and emerging artists will also offer an inside look on how they craft their unique creations. It’s one-stop shopping for ladies looking to one-up a stylish friend or gents hunting for eccentric artsy decor for their man caves. TushArA JeWAhAr 10am-6pm. $7. Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Ave., Oaks. sugarloafcrafts.com

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Anthony David If you aren’t pleased as punch that Anthony David has dropped an album full of new music, then you just don’t appreciate good ol’ indie R&B. The Atlanta soulster’s latest, As Above, So Below, is the first collection of songs he’s released since his 2006 sophomore effort The Red Clay Chronicles. We’ll tell you who must be really glad to see David back on the scene with more tunes: the Obamas. In 2008, Michelle was the first to sign off on him when she said he was on her iPod in a Marie Claire interview. Barack soon followed suit and declared himself a fan on Rickey Smiley’s radio show two years later. If that at least doesn’t make you want to check him out and see what he has to offer, then we just don’t know what the hell else to say. crAig D. liNDsey 7:30pm and 10pm. $30. Through Nov. 5.

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f you’re looking to burn off some steam and maybe a few extra pounds, channel Lady Gaga during a 90-minute hiphop workshop. Two Philly Dance Fitness instructors will have you burning calories as they guide you through intense, nonstop cardio routines set to Gaga’s undeniably infectious hits. They’ll break down the choreography for her “Judas” music video so that you can finally master her erotic futuristic dance moves and creep people out the next time you’re in the club. Dancers of all skill levels, ages 13 and up, are welcomed and prizes will be awarded for the best Gaga-inspired outfit. Nicole FiNkbiNer Thurs., Nov. 3, 7pm. $12-$15. The Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St. 215.569.4060. phillydancefitness.com

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Scratch Acid David Yow started howling in the early ’80s in Austin, Texas, with Scratch Acid. Americanizing the sound (and the haircuts) of Nick Cave’s Birthday Party, Scratch Acid released two EPs and one album of muscular, nasty, dramatic noise rock before calling it a day in 1987. Those three records—tough and gnarly as anything released on Touch & Go—turned out to the incubator for the Jesus Lizard, formed by Yow and bassist David Wm. Sims in 89. Scratch Acid performed to a few hundred rabid fans in 2006 at the Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Block Party and it seemed like a one-off, a rare treat for fanatics. But because they seem to convince just about every act that’s ever plucked a guitar to get the band back together, the people behind the All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals have convinced them to give it a go. Is it worth checking out?

Everyone who knows is at least a little bit curious. richie chArles 8pm. $15-18. Union Transfer, 1024 Spring Garden St. 215.232.2100. utphilly.com

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ince 2004, the Found Footage Festival has been scouring flea markets, thrift sores and Dumpsters across the country for the most absurdly funny yet forgotten videos and airing them in front of sold-out audiences. Meanwhile, FOUND magazine has collected and cataloged a decade’s worth of found notes, love letters, photos, birthday cards, poetry, scripts and doodles from all over the world. Now the two entities will be going head-to-head right here in Philly in the ultimate battle of found stuff. During the live comedy show, each will showcase their all-time favorite finds—from Winnebago promotional video outtakes and a ridiculous 1983 TV travelogue featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger to cringe-worthy Post-it note memos and to-do lists you were clearly never meant to see. It’ll be up to you to decide which of the discovered pieces are the true, shamelessly entertaining gems. A portion of the event’s proceeds will be donated to First Person Arts. Nicole fiNkbiNer Sun., Nov. 6, 7pm. $12. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

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OverKnight Theater Shelling out money to go see a play seemingly thrown together last minute is one thing. Going to a free show that was put together in 24 hours is a whole other story. On Friday night, local performers and creative visionaries of all sorts—directors, playwrights, musicians, painters, dancers, jugglers—will be invited to join forces and brainstorm a concept for a theatrical production. The writers will have only the remainder of the night to birth a script and have it ready for the actors to rehearse in the morning. The very next night, the curtain will rise and you’ll get to see their innovative collaboration come to life. OverKnight Theatre puts on over-night shows several times a year to give budding artists a chance to develop and hone their skills. They operate solely on donations so even if the show is terrible, respect their time and effort and pony up some dough. N.f.

8pm. Free. L2 Restaurant, 2201 South St. 215.732.7878. l2restaurant.com

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Black Pearl Orchestra Tonight is the opening night concert and gala of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, a 20-piece ensemble whose mission is to provide a space for minority musicians to perform classical music. Founded in 2007 by Jeri Lynn Jones, Denim and Pearls will feature three dance-inspired pieces ranging from Beethoven’s rousing Symphony no. 7 in A Major to Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, featuring a concertmaster violinist Luigi Mazzocchi. The event is sure to offer classical music for both the discerning and unfamiliar listener. If you’re willing to spend a little extra for their after-concert gala at Mid Atlantic Restaurant, BPCO invites you to wear your “best denim and pearliest bling” for an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. kYle bella 7:30pm. $10-$100. Philadelphia Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut St. blackpearlco.org

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With UPenn having declared 2011-12 the “Year of Games,” Penn Museum is inviting visitors to spend the afternoon playing games while learning about the cultures from which they originated. This includes everything from a classic game of chess (originally from Northwest India) to the less familiar ancient Egyptian board game, Senate, which is actually thought to be the oldest in the world. Should you need to be versed on any of the rules, instructors will be on hand throughout the museum’s interna-

tional galleries. For the event’s grand finale, the “Super Domino Brothers” (aka Mike and Steve Perrucci) are arranging 10,000 of their colorful, handmade domino pieces inside the Chinese Rotunda. Toppling only the first domino by hand, they’ll create a massive chain reaction including special tricks like elaborate shapes, letters and three-dimensional stacks. N.f.

1pm. $6-$10. Penn Museum, 3260 South St. 215.898.4000. penn.museum

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Noah and the Whale U.K. folk-rockers Noah & the Whale might’ve come up with Laura Marling, Marcus Mumford and the rest of the teenage crew that brought British nu-folk to American airwaves—and lead to deliciously epic romantic brambles (Marling dated Noah & the Whale’s Charlie Fink before dating Marcus Mumford)—but times have changed. People change. And the lineup’s changed. Now, partly due to replacing drummer Doug Fink with a drum machine, the band’s shed its earthy tones for more polished production and brightly lit pop that sounds decidedly American and borderline danceable. Lead singer and songwriter Charlie Fink has said that his image of America has always been New York City in the 1960s, but the songs here feel rooted in more of a ’70s vibe. The single “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” off Last Night on Earth sounds like Tom Petty getting Feist-y. So wrong and yet, it works. Tara MurTha 7pm. $20. With Nikki Lane. TLA, 334 South St. 215.922.1011. tlaphilly.com

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Last time, local poet Leonard Gontarek claimed the crown, but producer Kathleen Volk-Miller has put together an entirely new card for this faux fight. In the writers’ corner are Courtney Bambrik, Jamie-Lee Josselyn, Michael O’Hara, and Sean Toner. Keeping score are Karina Kacala, Cyrille Taillandier, and Phawker editor Jonathan Valania. Beyond the good times, the event represents a successful effort to find new ways for authors, readers and publications to connect. raYMoND SiMoN 8pm. $7-$10. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. 215.222.1400. pbq.drexel.edu/pbq/ldm

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Torche Aside from Mastodon, no contemporary band’s changed people’s perceptions of metal more so than Torche. It’s no longer all about Satan, goat’s blood and scary costumes. It’s not even about brutality, anger and alienation.

Metal can be fun and funny, and Torche is largely responsible. Infusing metal virtuosity with super-poppy melodies, the Miami-born fourpiece craft joyful, rather than anguished, anthems. In a recent video for “U.F.O.” a clumsy, cheesy-looking skyscraper-sized alien wreaks silly havoc—contrasted with the pain captured in Metallica’s “One” video, or the rage in Sepultura’s “Territory,” the metal world’s certainly diversified. It takes all kinds, and Torche are the cheerful, but still technically rigorous, kind. ellioTT Sharp 9pm. $12. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. johnnybrendas.com

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If your Asian-American film experience has been limited to Lucy Liu’s performance in Charlie’s Angels, you have so much more to see. This year, HBO is hosting the Asian American Film Festival, the first of its kind in Philly.

There will be various free film screenings taking place during the week, as well as the opportunity to meet with some of the filmmakers and ask them questions. Prepare to see familiar faces like Samantha Streets from CSI: Miami, Kelly Hu from X-Men 2 and to Brian Tee from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, in addition to bright casts of less-known and up-andcoming actors. TriShula paTel Through Nov. 8. Various locations.

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Our fair city will be packed to the gills with star power this month as the annual U.S. Mr. Gay Competition rolls into town.

Several openly gay and allied celebrities are confirmed to participate. Scott Nevins (TruTV and TV Land) and Robear Chinosi (NY Ink) host the opening night party at Woody’s with Philly’s drag superstar Brittany Lynn. Contestants will be introduced to the audience and participate in the first round of preliminary competition. The final night of the competition moves to Voyeuer Nightclub, where contestants will be judged on evening and swim wear. The top 5 will each answer one final question to determine the winner. Judges for the main competition include bonafide beauty queens, Miss Pennsylvania 2010 Courtney Thomas and Miss New York 2010 Claire Buffie. In addition to naming the overall U.S. Mr. Gay, titles for Mr. Fitness, Mr. Congeniality and Mr. Philanthropy will also be awarded. If that’s not enough to get your heart racing, several vocal, dance and drag performances will delight the audience between competitive rounds.

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This weekend brings together a seemingly disparate group: men and women, gay and straight, young and old. What binds these kinksters together is their shared love of leather, a passion that goes far beyond merely wearing animal skin to embrace discipline and hierarchy, as well as good oldfashioned sexy fun. The annual get-together, now in its third year, offers a variety of activities, all of them either free or modestly priced, a deliberate choice to encourage both the hardcore and the curious to check things out. The offerings include everything from Friday evening’s Kinky Karnival at the Bike Stop to an educational dinner with Mistress Liza and her slave, Jody, at iCandy on Saturday night. Throughout the weekend, more than 14,000 pieces from the Carter/Johnson Leather Library will be on display in the William Way Community Center’s ballroom. This private collection includes bodice-ripping paperbacks, how-to manuals and ephemera from leather scenes around the country. There is also an art exhibit, “Graphic Accord,” displaying work by members of the leather community and work from Judy Tallwing McCarthy, whose work is in the Smithsonian. Sara Vibes holds a class on being young and kinky, a topic she knows well, having been crowned International Ms. Leather 2011. There is also a serious charitable component, with money raised going to various good causes, including the Mazzoni Center’s Food Bank and Hearing from the Heart. Check it out.

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First Person Arts was founded in 2000 in response to a demand for memoir and documentary expression in the area. Their 10th Anniversary Story Slam is their largest and most popular annual event, celebrating a diverse array of storytelling forms.

One of the not-to-miss offerings this year is R. Eric Thomas’s “Will You Accept This Friend Request?” The one-man, 60-minute performance focuses on his unpopularity on the Internet, exploring the complex intersections between race and sexuality.

Thomas is one of the most talented queer storytellers in Philly because of his ability to inject humor into heartbreak, using pithy observations and pop-culture references to generate side-splitting laughter. Whether you’re looking to find laughter or reflection, Thomas will offer it; just don’t forget to accept his friend request. (Kyle Bella) Nov. 14-15. 7pm. $15. Khyber, 56 S. Second St. khyberpasspub.com n

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How to Shop For a Mortgage the Right Way It is a great time to buy a home in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. Mortgage rates are at historic lows, home prices are at very affordable levels, and banks are lending despite what you may hear and read about. However, the process of obtaining a mortgage has become more complicated and you will require more expertise in your corner.

If you are shopping for a mortgage, where do you start? Below you find a couple of tips on how to do it right!

Finding the Right Lender

The first step is to make sure you are working with a local, experienced, and trusted loan officer. You want to make sure your loan officer is an expert and available to you throughout the entire loan process. They should be the one taking your loan application, holding your hand through the complex underwriting process, and hand delivering your loan package at the closing table.

Interview your lender and ask them several key questions. If they do not know the answer to the following three simple questions, move on the next lender.

What are mortgage interest rates based on? The only correct answer is Mortgage Backed Securities or Mortgage Bonds, not the 10-year Treasury Note.

While the 10-year Treasury Note sometimes trends in the same direction as Mortgage Bonds, it is not unusual to see them move in completely opposite directions. Your lender should have access to real time bond quotes and know how the market is behaving on any given day. They should also be in tune with the U.S. economic calendar.

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Is the lender local? Real estate is local and your lender should be as well.

Ask the lender if their loan processing team, underwriters and their appraisers are local. This is important for various reasons. The underwriting process is complex today and there is a need for substantial documentation to fulfill your loan. You want a team of professionals that you have easy access to and who know the local markets. Having an underwriter from Nebraska and an appraiser from North Jersey is not ideal. Local expertise is needed in such a delicate market.

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Closing day is the finish line. It should be a time of joy and happiness. However, sometimes closings can be a little intense and complicated. Having your loan officer in you corner can help the process run smoother and if anything challenging arises, they are right next to you to hold your hand.

Shopping for Rates

Once you find a few local lenders that pass the interview process, the next thing to do is to shop for your rate and terms. Make a complete application with 2-3 local lenders then follow the rules below in order to “shop” effectively.

Mortgage rates change daily, even hourly. So the best and only way to shop for mortgage rates is to ask each lender to produce a Good Faith Estimate (GFE). This is a three page document that is standard throughout the industry and actually holds a lender accountable for what they are quoting you. It is the only document you should use for comparison purposes. Lenders will issue closing cost worksheets, send you rates in email or quote you something over the phone - none of these are binding nor hold a lender accountable for what they are telling you.

Tell each lender that you are receiving quotes from competitors, and that you would like to receive a GFE from them at a very specific window of time. For example, please send me your GFE via email this Thursday between 4 and 5 PM. If they cannot produce this, scratch them off the list immediately.

Once received, review and compare the terms on page one of the GFE. Specifically, review the “summary of your loan” and “summary of your settlement charges” sections. The “summary of your loan” section will tell you your terms, rate and what type of features the loan program has. The “summary of your settlement charges” section will tell you very clearly what your lender charges will be. Review block “A” to see what charges correspond to the rate you will be given. This amount in this block is your total lender charges in connection with your loan.

Happy house hunting!

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Fall is in the air already, which means that another chilly winter can’t be too far behind. So before the cold weather arrives, here’s your annual checklist of things to do to get your home ready for the change of season.

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Check smoke detectors: Don’t neglect that smoke detector any longer! Take some time right now to check the operation of detectors, and to change the batteries. If you have an older house with a limited number of smoke detectors, install additional ones in each sleep-

ing room, and make sure there is one centrally located on each level of the home as well.

Install a carbon monoxide detector: As houses get closed up for winter, the chances of carbon monoxide poisoning from malfunctioning gas appliances increases substantially. If you have a furnace, fireplace, water heater, or other appliance that’s fueled by propane or natural gas, or if you have an attached garage, install a carbon monoxide detector. They’re available inexpensively from many home centers and other

retailers, and offer easy, plug-in installation.

Service your heating system: Perform a complete system check of your furnace annually, either by yourself or by a trained furnace technician. Check for worn belts, lubrication needs or other servicing that might be required; refer to your owner’s manual for specific suggestions, and follow any manufacturer safety instructions for shutting the power and fuel to the furnace before servicing. Check the condition of duct joints and insulation, and of course, change the filter.

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Trim trees: Trees that are overhanging your home can be a real hazard. They can deposit debris on your roof, scrape against shingles during wind storms, and, worst of all, snap off with potentially devastating results. Have a professional tree trimming service inspect the condition of overhanging tree limbs, and safely cut them back as needed.

Check the gutters: Clear the gutters of leaf and pine needle debris, and check that the opening between the gutter and the downspout is unobstructed. Look for loose joints or other structural problems with the system, and repair them as needed using pop rivets. Use a gutter sealant to seal any connections where leaks may be occurring.

Break out the caulk: A few hours and few

tubes of caulking can make a big difference in both your heating bills and your comfort levels this winter. Caulk around windows, doors, pipes, exterior electrical outlets, and any other exterior penetrations where cold air might enter. Use a good grade of acrylic latex caulk, either in a paintable white or, if you don’t want to paint, use clear.

Drain sprinkler systems: In colder areas, now is the time to be thinking about having your sprinkler and irrigation systems blown out. You can rent a compressor

and do this yourself, or contact a landscape or irrigation system installer and have them handle this for you. This is also the time to shut off outdoor faucets and install freeze-proof faucet covers as needed.

Adjust exterior grade: Fall is also a great time to look at the grade around your home, and make sure that everything slopes away from your foundation to avoid costly problems with ground water. Add, remove or adjust soil grades as necessary for good drainage.

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Change light timers: If you have exterior lights that are controlled by timers, including lowvoltage ones, check the timer settings. Change the “on” times to an earlier hour to reflect the earlier winter darkness, so that you always have adequate outside light available.

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The Indian-restaurant scene in Philadelphia mirrors, in some ways, the gentrification of once-edgy neighborhoods in New York. Along with increased accessibility and the diminished sense of risk comes a perhaps inevitable turn toward the pedestrian. Remember the first time you ventured into NoHo and had to sidestep crack vials and beggars? There’s a Best Buy there now, the drugs replaced by made-in-China MP3 players and flat-screens.

Indian food in Philly is like that. Ten, 15 years ago, your first vindaloo was likely to have been a momentous experience, the searing heat amplified by a generous dose of vinegar, your tongue burning as if you’d just licked a hot Zippo.

Now, of course, you have to search for those kinds of experiences: The spread of this most complex cuisine has, in too many cases, resulted in pedestrian, pandering versions of once-exciting dishes.

There are exceptions, of course—places where you can still go to have your buds seared and your expectations challenged. But on the whole, Indian food in Philly has gone the way of so much of the food of China. There are essentially two strata from which to choose: Authentic spots and Americanized ones like most everyplace that slides a delivery menu through your apartment door.

The plainly named Indian Restaurant on South Street is an interesting—and ultimately successful—amalgam of both. And though it mines the milder side, its focus on fresh ingredients and well-developed (albeit familiar) flavors— not to mention a careful touch with cooking temps—allows it to stand proud in this crowded field.

Humble naan is a good example. Most of us, after all, have gotten used to glutenous rounds of quasi-steamed bread with all the texture and pull of undercooked pizza crust. The naan at Indian Restaurant, however, with their

pizzelle-crisp underside and delicately chewy top, provide not only a nice, snappy transition from the housemade papadums, but also enough structure to serve as handier scoops than you’ve probably grown accustomed to for the dishes you’ll eat with them.

Among the best of those dishes is the lamb korma. And while this isn’t the flashiest one in the city, it’s nonetheless a subtle, well-layered one. More approachable, but certainly not dumbed-down, its creamy sauce owes just as much of its character to coconut milk and an undertow of almond as it does to the oblongs of pink-hearted lamb marooned within.

Chicken achari was hotter, but not searingly so—just more high-toned, a result of its spine of pickles, ginger and garlic. As with the lamb, the chicken arrived moist and tender. The fresh shrimp appetizer with silky onions and chunks of green bell pepper was also cooked with care, but could have delivered more flavor, more oomph.

That was a rare stumble, and so much of the rest of the menu here is seriously appealing. Bhuija arrived as a trio of sweet-savory beignets, the occasional dreadlock of fried onion sticking out from the center like some sort of delicious Koosh Ball. They were fabulous unadorned—bring a six of IPA for these alone—and even better with the housemade chutneys, especially the almost Worcestershiresavory tamarind and the gorgeously perfumed cilantro.

Vegetarians will feel at home here, too. And while the chickpeas in the channa saag could have been firmer (canned will do that, unfortunately), they nonetheless provided a lovely fibrous snap to each naan-scoop of spinach.

With just a bit more depth and layering of flavor, this really would have been a standout. And unlike so many denser mulligatawny soups, Indian Restaurant’s is brothier, more tomato-y, better allowing the cardamom and cinnamon to take the lead.

Perhaps more than anything, I was struck by the cleanliness of the flavors here, the purity of the (occasionally too mild) spicing, and the careful work in the kitchen. Indian Restaurant, it seems, is an Indian restaurant that has been able to find a comfortable middle ground between authenticity and approachability—a place that has avoided, thankfully and tastefully, the pitfalls of the genre’s gentrification. n

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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Spinoza

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Tale spin: A revolutionary thinker’s ideas are considered dangerous.

The playwright isn’t tremendously well-known. The title is awkward and ridiculously long. And the subject matter is so dense one assumes it would appeal only to the most scholarly of philosophers and theologians. Yet this unlikely combination of factors has spawned this theater season’s first sleeper hit: Lantern Theater Company’s wildly successful production of David Ives’ New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656.

A brilliant 17th-century religious student, Spinoza was the favorite son of Amsterdam’s small Jewish community and the local rabbi’s heir apparent. But he was also a revolution-

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ary thinker whose bold ideas about God and the nature of the universe were considered dangerously radical—even by the relatively liberal standards of one of Europe’s most tolerant cities. A charge of atheism was levied against Spinoza, and the play is constructed as a courtroom drama with Spinoza defending his ideas under the stringent questioning of a grand inquisitor. The stakes are high both for Spinoza (who faces excommunication) and Amsterdam’s Jewish community, which cherishes the goodwill of the city’s Christian leaders and has little tolerance for a troublemaker.

It’s interesting stuff, but it doesn’t exactly scream blockbuster. Yet somehow, this intellectually compelling play was a hit even before it opened. With 75 percent of all seats for the show’s run sold prior to opening night, New Jerusalem earned the largest pre-sale in the Lantern’s 17-year history.

Since opening, it’s become even more of a box-office bonanza: It’s been extended twice (the latest extension concludes Nov. 12) and according to Lantern artistic director Charles McMahon, it’s on track to dethrone Lantern’s vibrant staging of Hamlet as the company’s top-seller.

McMahon says that the company didn’t do anything “radically different” in terms of marketing the carefully researched but fictionalized account of Spinoza’s trial by a jury of his peers. “We made a lot of efforts to contact people in academic circles to know about the play,” he says.

“We knew the play would also strike a chord with people interested in a serious dialogue about religion and theology, so we contacted synagogues as well.” McMahon says the response from the Jewish community has been “especially strong” but that audiences of all faiths (as well as agnostics) have likewise been engaged by the questions Ives raises about God and the nature of the universe.

“It’s why you get into theater in the first place” McMahon says. “To bring people together, to start meaningful and enjoyable dialogue, and to put great ideas into perspective and show how they connect with our lives. Seeing the work accomplish all these goals has been tremendous.” n

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John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play Red gets its local premiere in a sure-handed production by Philadelphia Theatre Company.

The play takes place from 1958-1960 inside the New York City studio of famed artist Mark Rothko (a commanding Stephen Rowe). One of the world’s leading painters, the cantankerous and egocentric Rothko receives a huge commission to paint a series of murals for a fancy restaurant catering to Manhattan’s elite. To help with the more menial tasks (mixing paint, smoothing canvas, fetching coffee, etc.), he hires a young, eager art school student named Ken (Academy Award-nominee Haley Joel Osment, who 11 years earlier seriously spooked Philadelphians in M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller The Sixth Sense).

Both Osment and Rowe are excellent, but there’s a problem. While we see and hear a lot about the artist’s creative process, we never feel the intensity of the paintings. The play intellectualizes Rothko’s work but we never connect with it on a visceral level.

This isn’t to say that Red doesn’t touch us at all. Ken moves us with his memory of a horrific event that occurred when he was a child. The focus may be on Rothko’s work, but it’s Ken’s chilling tale that leads us to fully appreciate the emotional force that form and color can possess.

Director Anders Cato’s production emphasizes the similarities between the artist’s approach to painting and theater, which likewise requires an audience to bring the work to life. Rothko’s art may remain abstract, but with Cato’s insightful direction and the talents of Rowe and Osment, we have no problem relating to Ken and Rothko as human beings who—like ourselves—are in need of understanding and validation. (J.C.R.) n

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Call it serendipity. As an exhibition that had been on the books long before Occupy Philadelphia took root, Nari Ward’s We the People chimes a note of solidarity with the cries of activists camping outside City Hall. The show is comprised of aggressively articulate sculptures and installations that broach urgent topics such as immigration, poverty and discrimination. A custom tanning bed rigged to sear stars and stripes onto patriotic hides may seem like a gimmick at first, but the complex wiring and militarygrade surveillance cameras set to monitor visitors recall sober issues of border crossing and citizenship. The show’s titular work traces the phrase “We the People” in limp calligraphy on the gallery wall. Using multicolored shoelaces, the palette suggests that despite the bitter irony of this constitutional quotation in the face of rampant corporate interests, we are, nonetheless, a rainbow nation of individual human beings.

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Who said the plaza around City Hall is the only place to get your voice heard? Infected with the democratic ethos bathing Center City of late, Other Possible Titles is a juried exhibition that opens the floor to the audience, which gets to vote on which artist will ultimately get a solo show at Grizzly Grizzly in 2012. In their largest show yet, 35 pieces selected from 250 submissions will explode out of Grizzly Grizzly’s modest gallery space and into the hallway, ready and waiting for your evaluation. Expect painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video and drawing from local and international artists. “We know that our viewers see vast amounts of art,” says Grizzly Grizzly member and exhibition programmer Jacque Liu. “By giving them the ability to determine a future show, we hope to leverage their knowledge, experience and passion.” Don’t miss this opportunity to roll up your sleeves and plunge into some direct art democracy.

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By Matt Prigge mprigge@philadelphiaweekly.com Fedora (1978): Billy Wilder spent most of his career being ahead of his time. By the 1970s he was out of vogue and looking back. His penultimate film brought him back to Sunset Blvd. territory, not just by examining a former movie star (Marthe Heller), but by casting William Holden, who hadn’t headlined for Wilder since 1954’s Sabrina. For both it would be a last semi-hurrah: Wilder would only make one more film (Buddy Buddy) while Holden proceeded to subpar disaster movies and an alcohol-fueled death.

Ginger and Fred (1986): Federico Fellini spent his autumnal years in a sentimental mood.

First, this TV satire co-functioned as a reunion with Chaplinesque gamine Giulietta Masina, whom he hadn’t cast since 1965’s Juliet of the Spirits. Intervista followed, which repaired other filmic main squeeze Marcello Mastroianni (who appeared in G&F, too) with La Dolce Vita babe Anita Ekberg.

The Untouchables (1987): Though most closely associated with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro began his career alongside Brian De Palma, performing in the filmmaker’s early sketch-comedy comedies. After Greetings (1968) and Hi Mom (1970), the two embarked on different career paths, briefly teaming up two decades later to do up Al Capone just right.

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993): Where to after Mia Farrow? Back into the arms of Diane Keaton, his previous (and superior) muse, of course.

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Eventually they try to move on, taking up with others. Yelchin inexplicably earns the Love sucks: And so does this film, starring Anton Yelchin (left) and Felicity Jones. attention of a breathtakingly hot wannabe furniture designer played by Winter’s Bone up-and-comer Jennifer Lawrence. He spends most of their dates texting There’s a line in Howard Korder’s stage play Search And his ex, because he’s apparently so blind, deaf and dumb Destroy that I often wish more young writers would take that he can’t even think about somebody else when Jennifer to heart: “Just because it happened to you, doesn’t make it Lawrence is trying to have sex with him. interesting.”

Anna settles in with Simon (Charlie Bewley)—an annoyLike Crazy, 20-something writer-director Drake ing jealous-guy-writer’s construct who might look handDoremous’ fourth feature, is the kind of spectacularly dull some and seem great, but he doesn’t drink and is prone tale you’d hear a drunk young man tell at a bar and instincto doing stupid things like proposing to the girl he barely tively move several seats away to get yourself the hell out knows in front of her parents. As Simon is by far the most of earshot. Such a painfully naive star-crossed love story lacking any sense of perspective or proportion, the fact that defined and proactive character in Like Crazy, it’s hard to shake the notion that Doremous is trying to settle some old it turns out to be semi-autobiographical was a foregone scores here. conclusion.

Hey guess what, it’s time for another montage! Now we get Anton Yelchin—an occasionally charismatic performer to cut back and forth between these two vapid cretins sleepwho really needs to stop taking such young roles now that he has the same hairline as my grandfather—stars as Jacob, ing with other people while thinking of each other. Considering the time-zone difference, that’s a pretty a college TA whose single character trait amazing fluke of scheduling right there. (everybody in this film is granted I don’t know if I have made myself exactly one) is that he designs furniLike Crazy clear enough yet, but I hated, hated, ture. Felicity Jones co-stars as Anna, Grade: F hated these people and despise writerthe star student and object of his afDirector: Drake Doremus director Drake Doremous for wasting a fections. Her lonely character trait is Starring: Felicity Jones, Anton brutally overlong 89 minutes of my life that she’s British. That’s all we learn Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence with them. At no point in Like Crazy about her. does anybody utter a single line remotely After the last day of classes, the two interesting, or worthy of attention. fall in love during a montage sequence The filmmaking is even worse. Shot on such crappy digital set to one of many annoyingly twee soundtrack selections.

We never do get a chance to see if these two have any chem- video I thought I was watching a movie made 10 years ago, every scene is blocked in the same hand-held, catchistry together, nor are we privy to any conversations about as-catch-can style more befitting home videos of your kid their lives that might entertain or inform the viewers as to sister’s birthday party. Like Crazy has the smeared, creamy what’s going on. Nope, the music and editing tell us they’re look of digital’s first unpleasant outings, and Doremous in love, so that’s just a given. can’t seem to be troubled to compose a shot.

So rapturous is their affair, Anna overstays her Visa and Like Crazy is the kind of hackneyed, self-indulgent bellyspends the summer in (you guessed it) another montage sequence with Jacob. For such a bright pupil, she stupidly has button-lint that typically dies a quick death on the festival circuit. The fact that Paramount Pictures has spent a small no idea that this may cause some trouble if she wants to go fortune picking up this insignificant flea-bite of a film and is home to England for a visit and then ever come back again. now shepherding the cast and filmmakers across the counTorn asunder by vicious airport customs agents at the try on promotional duties is the only crazy thing about it. half-hour mark, our thwarted young lovers proceed to In short, I did not enjoy this movie. n flounder, racking up what I can only assume are breathtak-

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Just what in the hell is going on here is the primary—really, the only—concern of director Pedro Almodóvar, here offering his bizarre interpretation of a horror picture. The secret being concealed is delightfully fucked up—as opposed to simply fucked up, like, say, The Human Centipede—and it would be cruel to spoil it and rob audiences of the enjoyment of slowing realizing what’s going on.

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Much in the way that the scariest scene in The Hurt Locker was Jeremy Renner at a Costco trying to pick a breakfast cereal, Danfung Dennis’ unsettling documentary Hell And Back Again makes it plain that for a certain breed of soldier, the horrors of war are nothing compared with the agonizing readjustment to civilian life.

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The Skin I Live In At this point, Almodóvar is such a confident filmmaker that he takes his sweet time in revealing the truth, dedicating the entire midsection to an explanatory flashback so protracted that you can picture the director mischeviously smiling from the wings.

The Skin I Live In is spiritual cousins to Errol Morris’ Tabloid, another wild story—in that case, real—presented by a master filmmaker in the most entertaining way possible. In both cases, it’s at the expense of some potential richness, although it’s even more noticeable in the Almodóvar. Skin,

culled from Thierry Jonquet’s novel Tarantula, coincidentally features many of the director’s pet themes, but whereas he would typically explore them, here he breezes right though, never letting himself get distracted by anything not related to plot and pace. Which is fine, although it’s possible the film would seem less noticeably hollow if its ending wasn’t a fat anticlimax, or if Banderas were allowed to let loose with the scenerychewing he regularly does for Hollywood. He’s the calmest mad scientist ever played by someone who’s played Zorro. n

Sargent Nathan Harris was shot in the hip, shattering it and requiring a titanium rod in his leg. Dennis’ astonishingly photographed picture (shot by the director himself on a Canon 5D Mark III) follows the young soldier through a maddeningly long stretch of rehabilitation back home in North Carolina.

Elliptically cross-cutting between harrowing in country firefights and mundane day-to-day tasks, Hell And Back Again conjures (perhaps too many times) the sense of psychological whiplash endured by young men like Harris every day. He’s a career soldier, and that’s all he ever wanted to be. As the film wears on, we can only watch in sadness as Harris slowly realizes he’s never going back to the front lines.

The combat sequences are almost distract-

ingly beautiful. Dennis eschews the standard shaky-cam war photography cliche in favor of still, thoughtfully composed frames.

You’ve never seen Afghanistan like this before, its barren ugly spaces punctuated by the occasional jarringly verdant tree. Indeed, the camerawork during battle is almost too unruffled. (If I didn’t know better, I’d think it was staged.)

Presumably by design, sequences on the home front are far less settled. Harris grows increasingly despondent, showing hints of a dependency on pain pills and an unnerving attachment to his guns. (A chilling moment finds him loopy, posing for a MySpace profile picture with a pistol in each hand.) Harris shoots the unnervingly dead landscape of Wal-Mart the same way Bigelow did in The Hurt Locker.

Hell And Back Again’s most frightening moment arrives not far into the film, as the newly returned soldier sits idly in a fast food drive-through line, the banality of his friends’ laboriously long order triggering quicksilver flashbacks to the front. The point is made early, and often. n

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If history had worked out differently, the biopic Mozart’s Sister argues, the strange tradition of casually referring to orchestral composers solely by surname would have hit a snag when it comes to “Mozart.” Unmentioned in Milos Forman’s splashy Amadeus was that Wolfgang was not the family’s only freakish prodigy. His sister, Maria, colloquially known as “Nannerl,” was also trained in the musical arts by their father, a tyrannical man depicted by writer-director René Féret as the 18th-century’s version of a Michael Lohan. Five years older than her brother, she was schlepped around Europe to perform as a duo. Alas, as she grew too old to be a mere stunt act—and as her brother’s star ascended—times less open to female empowerment dictated she must retire to a more ladylike existence.

Nannerl’s sad tale is depicted as dirge in Mozart’s Sister, with Nannerl (Marie Féret, the filmmaker’s daughter) viewed as a teenager watching over the film’s two hours as her dreams dissolve. Father Leopold (Marc Barbé) dissuades her from expanding her repertoire to the violin and organ, as those are “no instrument for a girl.” (“You can have children,” her mother “reassures” her.) Still, she tries to keep the flame going anyway, soon finding kindred spirits in another brother and sister pair. First, Nannerl meets Louise (Lisa Féret), a young, precocious aristocrat who’s spent her whole life sequestered in a nunnery. This drives her to Louise’s brother, a bored Dauphin who fills his time with a passion for art. The Dauphin adores Nannerl’s pieces, but circumstances conspire for this to be another vocational dead end for our poor protagonist.

Though primarily operating as a feminist smackdown of less enlightened times, Mozart’s Sister spends a fair amount of its time immersing itself in history, marveling over carriages that break if you traipse them all over Europe, the introduction of fancy new toilets and a period that turns its most moneyed populace into depressed hermits. It’s less successful when it coyly suggests that maybe, but probably not, but maybe Nannerl had a hand in some of her brother’s early compositions—a claim for which there’s no evidence. But then, this is no Anonymous, in more ways than one. n

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A lot can change in nine months.

The last time the David Wax Museum came to town— for the CD release show for their landmark album Everything Is Saved, back in February—they didn’t have the rabid national attention they’re finding now. They were bubbling up to the surface—particularly in Philly, where they’ve long cultivated a fervent fan base through sweaty West Philly house concerts. But they hadn’t yet been featured on WXPN’s nationally syndicated “World Cafe,” or the long-running radio programs “All Things Considered” or Mountain Stage, hadn’t played a soakingwet Philly Folk Festival, and hadn’t sold out D.C.’s vaunted 9:30 Club.

It’s been a busy year.

“We’ve been on tour now since the end of June with just a couple of days off,” says David Wax on the phone from somewhere in the middle of Ohio. Wax fronts the band with musical partner Suz Slezak. “As much as it wears us down, it’s heartening that there’s interest in the music, and that we can tour all over the country and there’s an audience there.”

As the Museum has trekked its infectious blend of Americana roots and traditional Mexican folk across the continent (including Canada), Wax has seen audiences grow slowly and steadily not through hit singles or massive radio play (although the country’s NPR affiliates have been kind), but through good old-fashioned hoofing from town to town, coming back to the same cities time and again, and seeing crowds multiply with the most social kind of networking: word of mouth.

“We played in Ithaca last August and 100 people came out, but we started out playing to just four people there,”

says Wax, rattling off a list of cities like members of an extended family. “We can get 25 people out in Atlanta.

There’s no press in Atlanta, but they’ve heard about us or followed us, or maybe a lot of people down there heard about us from a friend in D.C. or Boston.” Johnny Brenda’s, where they play this week, boasts double the capacity of their February gig at the Tin Angel.

Sometimes the numbers sound clinical, but in other instances, they tell a unique story: “We played to 10 people in a bar in Chattanooga,” Wax says of a recent show from the tour. “We mentioned that we had the next night off, and these fans at the show decided to host a second concert the next night out. They ended up bringing 50 people, and it was a great show. Normally you have to wait six months to see that. To see it overnight made it feel like we’re really on the right track.”

In its breathless live sets, the band makes a concerted effort to connect with audiences by wandering out into the crowd and playing in the middle of their fans, whether in a small bar or out in the fields at the Newport Folk Festival. That connection is one that Wax learned the value of while studying at what’s maybe the country’s most unique, most prestigious, weirdest college—a secluded 26-person school out in middle-of-nowhere California.

Deep Springs is a two-year, all-male college located on a cattle ranch and alfalfa farm a stone’s throw from the Nevada border, about four hours from both Reno and Las Vegas. The students, who run the school and act as the admissions committee for their future classmates, get up at dawn to milk the cows and tend the farm before spending all day discussing everything from philosophy to mathematics to how to generally save the world.

After two years, graduates typically go on to some of the world’s most prestigious schools; Wax followed up his time at Deep Springs by going to Harvard. But those two years in the California desert proved formative for Wax in figuring out why he would pursue music as a career—and how he could justify a profession that at first glance could seem somewhat self-serving.

“There’s a lot of discussion at Deep Springs about service to humanity,” he says. “When I was part of a very small community, I was able to see that I could play a very particular role as a musician in that community.”

When he got there, he says, he was more politically than musically inclined. It took a while to see how music could be a service, a way to contribute to the greater good.

“I was certainly passionate about music, but if you have an inclination in the academic world and you love being in school, it’s a big jump to think about a career in the arts,” he continues. “I needed a lot of help and encouragement in that department. Playing a lot for that community, I saw in a real immediate way the impact that it had on people. Being in that environment helped me see art as service in a way that helped me justify what I’m doing with my life. In that sense, it was critical in seeing the value of art and seeing myself as an artist.”

He gets the same kind of encouragement now—but it’s more indirect: Facebook and Twitter messages, fan mail.

“It’s a different experience,” he says, “but it’s positive reinforcement. And it still feels real and meaningful.” n David Wax Museum play Fri., Nov. 4, 9:30pm. $12. Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. 215.739.9684. johnnybrendas.com

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supremely talented singer-songwriter’s ninth studio effort is a quiet, spare and captivating spin on her neo-soul R&B bass-playin’ bag.

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post-punk screamo sextet’s fourth is a weird mixture of artsy metal, emo vocals, gothic and angst-ridden lyricism and it blows.

Free Association: A record in two acts: the Gate and the Immortal Sill (WHAT!?).

For Fans Of: An Autumn Surrender + Fear Before, concept screamo, flatironed dude hair.

My Brightest Diamond All Things Will Unwind (Asthmatic Kitty) Sounds Like: Opera-trained but

underground-bred, Shara Worden offers a rich third LP with a yMusic strings ensemble collab; quirky, ornately composed alt-folk.

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Critic's Pick Amen Dunes hen Damon McMahon (i.e. Amen Dunes) retreated to the Catskill Mountains with guitars and a recording deW vice, he returned with a scrappy, gnarled psychedelic-folk/rock record called Dia. Moved by the moaning mouths of mountain monsters, his vision was frenzied and disjointed. With traces of early T. Rex, early Stones, and early Pretty Things, coiling electric-axes and ghoul-voices rumbled and screamed. It’s endlessly beautiful and completely dangerous. After fleeing to China for a spell, Amen Dunes recently returned with Through Donkey Jaw. Pandemonium still reigns, but it sounds like McMahon discovered concord and jeweled secrets in the East. Tracks like “Baba Yaga” and “Lower Mind” whirl with densely layered 1960s psychedelia, but less badvibe ooze coats the twisted path. The hero cautiously follows the trail, hunting the unknown enemy. They connect on dungeon dirge “Not A Slave,” as a war between Damon and his own goddamn shadow ensues. Who wins? (Elliott Sharp)

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Nightlife (Barsuk) Sounds Like: With a badass debut last

year, an EP’s a welcome catalogue addition; their duo rock is psychedelic and rhythm-heavy with airy vocals plus bits of trip-hop.

Free Association: Lead singer Sarah def indulged in loads of weed and Portishead.

For Fans Of: Metric x Alphaville, Beth Orton + UNKLE, guy/girl duos, arty moodiness.

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double-disc electro shoegaze opus is their sixth and best, an artisticallyrendered mix of styles with a focus on ’80s atmospherics.

Free Association: The tons-of-synths/ sax solos everywhere gig has got to retire soon.

For Fans Of: Air x Four Tet, Cocteau Twins/Brian Eno + Destroyer, French trendsetting.

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“Cryptic.” “Anonymous.” “Mysterious.” This was how Manchester, England’s WU LYF—World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation—was described when they emerged online in late-2010. Their website read like an anarchist communique: “To bring fuel to the fires started by kids no longer blinded by spectacle glare,” went the quasi-Situationist tract. Film director Michel Gondry called. They didn’t respond. If music press wanted a demo, they had to pay 50 pounds. A mystique spread like an epidemic, but they remained silent until they grew bored of the self-imposed myths.

“There wasn’t much imagination happening,” says gravelthroated frontman Ellery Roberts about the early buzz.

“People copied and pasted what they read on blogs rather than think for themselves. What was important was that we had music ... not a press release, a picture and blah, blah, blah.”

WU LYF self-produced their debut album, Go Tell Fire To The Mountain, in an abandoned church. Taking sonic cues from the epic crescendos of post-rockers like Explo-

sions in the Sky, the band crams all the tragedy and glory into compact, heroic pop songs. Roberts’ lyrics are often inarticulate—he howls and yelps about love, his bros, fire, liberation and alienation.

“It was about finding a place where we felt comfortable,” Roberts says about WU LYF’s formation. “There wasn’t a scene we wanted to belong to, so WU LYF became our scene. We were eight disgruntled 19-year-olds who wanted to entertain ourselves and not go to a bullshit nightclub like idiots. Lots of boring little indie bands trying to make a buck by going 'blah blah blah.'”

They weren’t content with merely reliving Manchester’s rock heritage. Bands like The Smiths, Joy Division and the Stone Roses didn’t speak to them, nor did the contemporary scene. “Many bands wanted to be some dead, forgotten thing like Oasis,” observes Roberts. “Others wanted to be some hipster band in London. There was nothing for us to affiliate with.”

They felt more aligned with U.S. bands like SST punks like Black Flag and Minutemen, especially their unwavering DIY philosophies. Also, there was The Wu-Tang Manual written by rapper/producer RZA. “If you haven’t read it, you should,” advises Roberts. “There’s a lot of wisdom there.

These are the two pinpoints on our spectrum.”

Though it’s been just over a year since their first concert, and they’ve already been praised by Pitchfork, NME, Spin and countless others, Roberts predicts they’ll disappear within five years.

“Everything in life should be a progression,” he says.

“Rather than milk it, and sell crap to fans, we’ll do something different. Once we peak, it’s time to move onto something else, but everyone in the band’s different. For me, it’s about living in a way so I can create things that serve a wider social purpose than just making money. We’re four people trying to make a life out of doing something we love, and we’re open handed with everyone who wants to follow the same dream.” n

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If this woman believes that appearing in wedding photos with a sex worker will result in her daughter one day doing sex work, why isn’t she concerned that her son will one day hire a sex worker? Or do a little escorting himself?

This woman is trying to screw with you, TAFCA, otherwise she would’ve yanked both kids. But this is the kind of issue that could land your fiance back in court—if his batshit ex decides to really push it—and a sex-negative judge could tear up your husband-to-be’s custody agreement and place limits on his (or your) access to his children, all because his new wife is BFFs with a sex worker. So you’re going to have to give way, TAFCA. But I think you should drop the kids, not your BFF, from your wedding party.

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AVISO DE ELECCION

GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES Y ESPECIALES MARTES 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2011

ENTRA LAS HORDES DE 7:00 A.M. HASTA LAS 8:00 P.M. EN TODOS LOS DISTRITOS ELECTORALES O DIVISIONES EN LA CIUDAD Y EL CONDADO DE PHILADELPHIA ESTADO DE PENNSYLVANIA

BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 8:00PM. IN ALL ELECTION DISTRICTS OR DIVISIONS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

There are to be elected by the voters of the City and County of Philadelhia, persons to fill the following offices;

INSTRUCTIONS

TO

VOTERS

1. ENTER VOTING BOOTH This machine does not have a curtain rod lever. You enter the voting machine by parting and walking through the curtain. If you use a wheelchair, the voting machine will be lowered by the machine operator before you enter.

2. VOTING STRAIGHT PARTY To Vote Straight Party (vote for all candidates of a single political party) press the numbered box in the Political Party box of your choice and the red indicator lights for all candidates of that party will turn on within each of the candidates position boxes. The Political Party Boxes are located across the top of the ballot.

3. SELECTING CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALLY If you want to select your candidates individually, press the Numbered box within your candidate’s position box and a red light will go on next to the number within your candidate’s position, indicating the names you have selected.

4. CHANGING A SELECTED CANDIDATE If you change your mind after selecting a candidate, and don’t want to vote for a candidate whose light is on, press that candidate’s number again to deselect the candidate and the light will go off.

5. SELECTING A WRITE IN Find the Write-in box for the Office for which you want to write in a candidate’s name. Press the Write In button in the box. Then press the Large Flashing red button at the top of the machine to open the Write in Window. Write or Stamp your candidates name on the exposed paper in the window. Then pull the black shutter down over the name you have written, closing the window.

6. VOTING ON A QUESTION Ballot Questions are usually located in the far right hand columns or at the bottom of the machine. Make your selection by pressing either of the buttons. The red light next to button will turn on indicating your selection.

7. CASTING YOUR BALLOT After you have made all the candidate selections you want, look for the GREEN button labeled VOTE below in the bottom right corner or of your ballot. When you press the GREEN VOTE button all of your candidate selections will be recorded, all the lights in the voting machine will go out and you will hear a low bell-tone indicating you are finished.

8. LEAVING THE VOTING MACHINE After you finish voting by pressing the green VOTE button on the right side of the ballot, the lights inside the ballot door and all of your selection lights will turn off. To leave, part and exit through the curtain.

If you are unable to read, write or speak English well and need assistance, ask the Polling Place Officials if an English/Spanish Interpreter is available. If an English/Spanish Interpreter is not available at your polling place you may call 215-686-1500 for assistance If you are unable to read, write or speak English well OR you are unable to enter or operate the voting machine, and you need assistance, the law requires that you be permitted to receive assistance from the person you choose, except your employer, an officer of your union, or the Judge of election

POLLING PLACE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M.

OFFICE Oficidos JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Vote for 1) Juez de la Corte Superior (Vote por 1)

JUDGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH COURT

(Vote for 1) Juez de la Corte de Primera Instancia (Vote por 1)

REPUBLICAN Republicano Straight Republican Ticket Beloto Republicano Consecutiva

1

STABILE 101 VIC

GREEN Verde

DEMOCRATIC Democrata Straight Democratic Ticket Beloto Demcrata Consecutiva 2

DAVID N

WECHT

Straight Green Ticket Beloto Verde 3 Consecutiva

201

Se elegriran, por los votantes de la ciudad y el condado de Philadelphia, a personas que lienaran los siguientes puestos;

INSTRUCCIONES PARA EL VOTANTE 1. ENTRE A LA CABINA DE VOTACION Esta máquina no tiene palanca para el gancho de cor tina. Ud. entra a la cabina de votación al separar y caminar tras la cor tina. Si Ud. usa silla de ruedas, la máquina_dé votación será bajada por el que corre la máquina antes de Ud. entrar.

2. VOTANDO POR LA NOMINA TOTAL DEL PARTIDO Para Votar por la Nomina Total del Par tido (vote por los candidatos de un solo par tido politico) haga presión sobre el cuadro en el Par tido Politico que usted escoja y el indicador rojo quedara alumbrado por todos los candidatos de ese par tido quedaran alumbrados dentro de cada posición en cada cuadro de los candidatos. Los cuadros del Par tido Politico se encuetran de un lado al otro arriba en la balota.

3. SELECCIONADO CANDIDATOS INDIVIDUALMENTE Si usted desea seleccionar a sus candidatos individualmente, haga presión sobre el cuadró Enumerada dentro de las posición de sus candidato y una luz roja se alumbrara al lado del número dentro de las posición de sus candidato, indicando los nombres que usted haya seleccionado.

4. CAMBIANDO UN CANDIDATO YA SELECCIONADO Si cambia de mente después de hraber escogido su candidato, y no quiere votar por un candidato cuya luz está prendida, haga presión en el Número de ese candidato de nuevo para no seleccionar el candidato y la luz se apagará.

5. SELECCIONANDO POR ESCRITO Encuentre la casilla para escoger Por Escrito para el Puesto por el cual Ud. desea escribir el nombre de un candidato. Haga presión sobre el botón de “Por Escrito” en la casilla. Luego haga presión sobre el botón de la Luz Roja Grande en la par te de arriba de la maquina para abrir la Ventanilla de Por Escrito. Escriba o estampe los nombres de sus candidatos en el papel expuesto en la ventanilla. Luego hale el contraventana hacia abajo sobre el nombre que ha escrito, cerrando la ventanilla.

6. VOTANDO POR UNA PREGUNTA Preguntas en la Balota usualmente están localizadas en las columnas a mano derecha. Haga su selección haciendo presión sobre cualquiera de los botones. La luz roja al lado del botón se prenderá indicando su selección.

7. ECHANDO SU BALOTA Después de hacer las selecciones por todos los candidatos que Ud. quiera, encuentre el botón VERDE que dice VOTE abajo en los botones en la esquina derecha de la balota. Cuando Ud haga presión sobre el botón VERDE DE VOTAR todos sus selecciones de candidatos serán archivadas, todas las luces en la máquina de votación se apagarán, y oriá un sonido de timbre bajo indicando que ha terminado.

8. SALIENDO DE LA MAQUINA DE VOTACION Depués de que termine de votar al hacer presión sobre le botón verde de VOTAR en el lado bajo dercho de la balota, las luces dentro de las puer tas de la balota y todas las luces de sus selecciones serán apagadas. Para salir, separe la cor tina y salga por ella.

Si usted no puede leer, escribir ni hablar ingles bien y necesita ayuda, pidale a los Oficiales del Lugar de Votar si hay un interprete del ingles/espanol disponible. Si no hay un lnterprete del ingles/espanol disponible en su lugar de votar, usted puede llamar al 215-686-1500 para ayuda.

Ssi usted no puede leer, escribir, o hablar ingles bien O si no puede entrar u operar su maquina de votar, y necesita ayuda, la ley requiere que a usted se le permita recibir ayuda de par te de la persona que usted escoja, con acepción a su patrón, o un oficial de su sindicato obrero (unión laboral), o el/la Juez de Elección.

ELECCION GENERALES, MARTES, 8 DE NOVEMBRE DE 2011 URNAS ABREN DE 7 A.M. HASTA 8 P.M.

INDEPENDENT Independiente Straight Independent Ticket Beloto Independent 4 Consecutiva

PERSONAL CHOICE Eleccion Personal

COVEY

102

COYLE 103

DIVERGILIS 104 JIM

EAKIN

J MICHAEL

BOOCKVAR 202

EAKIN

KATHRYN

TED J

VIGILANTE

105

SEAN

KENNEDY

203

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

Juez de la Corte Superior JOHN T YES

205

DIANA

ANHALT

BENDER JOHN T

BENDER

MCLAUGHLIN 106 MCLAUGHLIN 206 MARIA

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (Vote for not more than 11) Juez de la Corte de Primeras Instancia (Vote por no mas de 11)

EHRLICH 107

CHARLES

POWELL JR 108 KENNETH J

MARIA

EHRLICH 207

208

JONATHAN Q

BARBARA J

Juez de la Corte de Estado RENEE YES

JOHNSON 210

COHN JUBELIRER

SI

WRIGHT

COHN JUBELIRER

NO NO

211

RENEE

EDWARD C

212

NICHOLS

NOCELLA 213

Write in por escrito

THOMAS M

(Vote for 1) Juez de la Corte Trafico (Vote por 1) MAYOR (Vote for 1) Alcalde (Vote por 1)

CITY COMMISSIONERS (Vote for not more than 2) Comisionados de la Ciudad (Vote por no mas de 2)

REGISTER OF WILLS (Vote for 1) Registrador de Testamentos (Vote por 1)

BROWN 117

JOSEPH J

DUDA

118

SCHMIDIT 119 AL

BATEMAN 120 LINDA W

SINGER ANTHONY

CLARK

JOSHUA R

WEST

DENNIS M

O BRIEN

121

RAHMAN

218

Write in por escrito

JEWELL

122 REYNOLDS 222 BROWN 123

BLONDELL

BILL

GREEN

WILLIAM K

127

HONKALA 321 CHERI L

SI

LEAVITT

NO

MARY HANNAH NO

SI

GLAZER

NO NO

OVERTON

SI

OVERTON

NO NO

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles GREGORY E YES

SMITH

SI

SMITH

NO NO

GREGORY E

JOHNSON 422 RICHARD

Juez de la Corte Municipal JAMES H YES

Write in por escrito

227

“Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide or a mandatory Budget Stabilization Reserve, more commonly known as a “rainy day fund,” and to provide or restrictions on deposits to and withdrawals from such Reserve?”

Propuesto Alquila Cambio Pergunta (Proyecto de la Ley No. 100303) “ Se debe enmendar la Caarta de Autonomia de Filadelfia a fin de estabecer un Fondo de Reseerva para la Estabilizacón Presupuestaria, comúnmente ilamado “fondo para los tiempos dificiles”, y de establecer restricciones a los deósitos y a las extracciones que se hagan de dicho Fondo de Reserva?”

SI

DELEON

NO NO

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

CITY BOND QUESTION (Bill No. 110480) “Should the City of Philadelphia borrow ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($111,295,000.00) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets asnd Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?”

Pregunta del Bono de Ciudad (Proyecto de la Ley No. 110480) “ Debe la Ciudad de Filadelfia pedir prestados CIENTO ONCE MILLONES DOSCIENTROS NOVENTA Y CINCO MIL DóLARES ($111,295,000.00) para gastarios en propósitos primordiales tales como: T´ransito; Calles y Saneamiento; Edificios Municipales, Paarques, Recreación y Museos; y el Crecimento Económico y el Desarrollo de la Conumidad?”

NO YES NO

DELEON JAMES H

Write in por escrito

PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE QUESTION (Bill No. 100303)

Juez de la Corte de Estado ROBIN YES

SIMPSON

SI

SIMPSON

NO NO

ROBIN

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles DENNIS P YES

COHEN DENNIS P

COHEN

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles ROSE MARIE YES

SI

DEFINO NASTASI

SI

NO NO

DEFINO NASTASI

NO NO

ROSE MARIE

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles ELIZABETH YES

JACKSON

SI

JACKSON

NO NO

ELIZABETH

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles PAUL P YES

PANEPINTO

SI

PANEPINTO

NO NO

PAUL P

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles JAMES MURRAY YES

LYNN

SI

LYNN

NO

JAMES MURRAY NO

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles NITZA I

YES SI

QUINONES ALEJANDRO NITZA I

NO NO

QUINONES ALEJANDRO

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles ALBERT JOHN YES

SNITE JR

SI

SNITE JR

NO NO

ALBERT JOHN

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles EARL W YES

TRENT JR

SI

TRENT JR

NO NO

EARL W

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles THOMAS YES

DEMPSEY THOMAS

DEMPSEY

SI

NO NO

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles MARGARET T YES

MURPHY

SI

MURPHY

NO NO

MARGARET T

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles KEVIN M YES

DOUGHERTY KEVIN M

DOUGHERTY

SI

NO NO

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles ARNOLD L YES

NEW

SI

NEW

NO NO

ARNOLD L

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles LISA M YES

RAU

SI

RAU

NO NO

LISA M

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles ROBERT J YES

REBSTOCK

SI

REBSTOCK

NO NO

ROBERT J

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles CHRIS YES

WOGAN

SI

WOGAN

NO NO

CHRIS

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judges listed below be retained for an additional term in the Municipal Court in the 1st Judicial District, Philadelphia County?”

“Se deberan retener los Jueces indicados abajo por un periodo adicional en el Tribunal Municipal del Primer Distrito Judicial, Condado de Filadelfia?”

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

JAMES F

JUDGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH COURT

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS

223

?

NO NO

GLAZER

GEORGE W

Write in por escrito

KENNEY 226

YES NO

NO NO

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles GEORGE W YES

W WILSON

UNTERMEYER 126

LEAVITT

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS Write in por escrito

TAUBENBERGER 125 GOODE JR 225 AL

BROWN

GARY S

MCCOLGAN 124 GREENLEE 224 JOSEPH M

2nd District (Vote for 1) Consejales por Distrito 2nd Distrito (Vote por 1)

I DO NOT WANT TO VOTE ON ANY OFFICE, CANDIDATE, OR ISSUE NO QUIERO VOTAR POR NINGUN, PUESTO, CANDIDATO, O PREGUNTA NO VOTE Ningun Voto

417

219

WILLIAMS 221

SI

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles GARY S YES

DONATUCCI 220 RONALD R

Juez de la Corte de Estado MARY HANNAH YES

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS

Write in por escrito

MICHAEL W

DISTRICT COUNCIL

NUTTER 217

WALI

MICHAEL A

STEPHANIE

BROWN JOAN A

CHRISTINE

KAREN

OH (Vote for not more than 5) Consejaies por Acomadaccion (Vote por no mas de 5)

Write in por escrito

Write in por escrito

DAVID H

COUNCIL AT LARGE

Juez de la Corte de Causes Civiles JOAN A YES

HARRIS JR 116 SOLOMON 216 LEWIS

NO

NO

Juez de la Corte Municipal HARVEY WILLIAMS YES

ROBBINS

SI

ROBBINS

NO

HARVEY WILLIAMS NO

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal THOMAS FRANCIS YES

GEHRET

SI

GEHRET

NO

THOMAS FRANCIS NO

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal DAVID C YES

SHUTER

SI

SHUTER

NO NO

DAVID C

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal NAZARIO YES

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal WILLIAM A YES

JIMENEZ JR

SI

MEEHAN JR

SI

JIMENEZ JR

NO NO

MEEHAN JR

NO NO

NAZARIO

WILLIAM A

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal BRAD YES

MOSS

SI

MOSS

NO NO

BRAD

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

Juez de la Corte Municipal KAREN YVETTE YES

SIMMONS

SI

SIMMONS

NO

KAREN YVETTE NO

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judge listed below be retained for an additional term in the Traffic Court 1st Judicial District, Philadelphia County?”

“Se deberan retener los Juez indicados abajo por un periodo adicional en el Tribunalde de Trafico del Primer Distrito Judicial, Condado de Filadelfia?”

JUDGE OF THE TRAFFIC COURT

Juez de la Corte Trafico MICHAEL J YES

SULLIVAN MICHAEL J

SULLIVAN

SI

NO NO

WWW.PHILLYELECTION.COM PHIL ADELPHIA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS JUNTA DE ELECCIONES DEL CONDADO DE FILADELFIA HON. CHARLES J CUNNINGHAM III Acting City Commissioner

Comisionado Interino Municipal

Comisionado Interino Municipal

CARMELO SEMINARA Acting Supervisor of Elections

Supervisor Interino de la Junta Electoral

53

HON. LEON W. TUCKER Acting City Commissioner

Presidenta Comisiondas Municiplaes

•

Margaret M. Tartaglione Chairwoman City Commissioners

VOTE

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY November 2 - 8, 2011

SHERIFF (Vote for 1) Magistrado (Vote por 1)

JOYCE

SI

BOWES

JUDGE OF THE COURT JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF COMMON PLEAS

EUBANKS 215

?

JUDGE OF THE TRAFFIC COURT

214

MARVIN L

WILLIAMS

BOWES

MARY JANE NO

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judges listed below be retained for an additional term in the Court of Common Pleas in the 1st Judicial District, Philadelphia County?”

“Se deberan retener los Jueces indicados abajo por un periodo adicional en el Tribunal de asuntos Civiles del Primer Distrito Judicial, Condado de Filadelfia?”

CAROYLN H

(Vote for not more than 2) Juez de la Corte Municipal (Vote por no mas de 2)

NO NO

Juez de la Corte Superior MARY JANE YES

JUDGE OF THE JUDGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH COURT COMMONWEALTH COURT

MCDERMOTT 209 VINCENT L

JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT

SI

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judges listed below be retained for an additional term as Judge of the Commonwealth Court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?”

“Se deberan retener los Jueces indicados abajo por un periodo adicional como Juez del Tribunal del Estado del Estado de Pensilvania?”

CHARLES

IRVINE

SI

NO NO

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judges listed below be retained for an additional term as Justice of Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?”

“Se deberan retener los Jueces indicados abajo por un periodo adicional como Juez de la Tribunal Superior del Estado de Pensilvania?”

FOGLIETTA 204 ANGELO J

WRITE-IN WINDOW

Juez de la Corte Suprema J MICHAEL YES

Write in por escrito ANNE MARIE B

RED BUTTON

JUDICIAL RETENTION Retencion Judicial “Shall the Judge listed below be retained for an additional term as Justice of Supreme Court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?”

“Se deberan retener los Juez indicados abajo por un periodo adicional como Juez de la Corte Suprema del Estado de Pensilvania?”

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Write in por escrito

ANNE

W W W. P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY. C O M

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W W W. P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY. C O M

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To qualify, women must be between the ages of 18 and 35, be generally healthy, be in a committed relationship, and have regular menstrual cycles.

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FRIDAY 11/4/11 12:00-5:00PM AVE OF THE ARTS 440 S. Broad St. $499,900 Coldwell B anker Preferred

SATURDAY 11/5/11 12:00-5:00PM AVE OF THE ARTS 440 S. Broad St. $499,900 Coldwell B anker Preferred

1:00-3:00PM 1945 S Camac St Spectrum Realty

SUNDAY 11/6/11 11:30 - 1:00PM FISHTOWN 1326 E Susquehanna $299,999 Plumer & Associates

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AAA SCHOOL OF TRUCKING (.com).

442 e. Girard Ave Philly. (267) 324 - 5957. City’s only school for on-site CDL testing and training.

Smallest classes, weekly starts, A & B & Refresher programs, since 1997. ISO: CDL drivers to be school trainers, must have (PA) CDL A with 3+ yrs exp and patience.

PENNSPORT 438 Manton St. $289,900 Coldwell B anker Preferred

AAA SCHOOL OF TRUCKING (.com).

442 e. Girard Ave Philly. (267) 324 - 5957. City’s only school for on-site CDL testing and training.

Smallest classes, weekly starts, A & B & Refresher programs, since 1997. ISO: CDL drivers to be school trainers, must have (PA) CDL A with 3+ yrs exp and patience.

ART MUSEUM 905 Corinthian Ave. $584 ,900 Coldwell B anker Preferred

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY November 2 - 8, 2011

All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to federal, state and localfair housing laws, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discriminationbased on race; color; religion;sex; disability; familial; (presence of children);national origin; age (Pennsylvania and New Jersey); martial status or sexual orientation(Pennsylvania and New Jersey), or source of Income (Philadelphia only) in the sale, rentalor financing or insuring of housing. This paper will not knowingly accept any advertisingfor real estate which violates these laws. The law requires that all dwellings advertised beavailable on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated againstin connection with the sale, rent, financing or insuring of housing or commercial property,call HUD at 1-888-799-2085

real estate for sale BRAND NEW CONDO FORECLOSURE! Southwest Florida Coast! 2BR/2BA, Only $129,900! (Similar unit sold for $325K) Stainless, granite, storage, covered parking, close to golf. 5 minute-downtown & Gulf! Ask about our $500 travel reimbursement pkg. Call now (877)888-7601, x54 INVESTORS DELIGHT Needs TLC, Tree lined Street, close to Italian Market/South St. $119,900/OBO. Call 856-330-4486.

NEW YORK LAND SALE 33 ACRES ON BASS LAKE! $39,900. 5 acres borders Sandy Creek Forest with Deer Creek $19,900. 40 New Properties! www.LandFirstNY.com Call 888-683-2626

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15th/Spruce: Bright Studio in Charming Brownstone, Remodeled Kitchen & Bath, Laundry, Intercom Entry. $925/mo. Avail Dec. 215-7358030. #220402 15th/Spruce: Charming Studio in Brownstone, Excellent Location, U p g ra d e d K i tc h e n , H W F l rs, H i Ceilings, Deco FP, Onsite Laundry. $690/Month. Avail Dec. 215-7358030. #220402 9TH & SPRUCE Gorg Studio, HW flrs, Close to everything. $795+.

PMG 215-545-7007 x108

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11TH WOLF 2nd flr.,Sunny, W/D, Refrig.,patio, new W/W. $750/mo.+.

215-643-8643.

1218 S 11th St, #2: $895/mo Large 1BD/1BA, w/d in bldg, high ceilings, pine floors, c/a. CALL MIKE MCCANN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-8345 13TH & PINE Adorable apt, Great loc. Incl heat. $825+. PMG 215545-7007 x302 15th/Spruce: Beautiful Art Deco High-rise 1Bdrm Apt, Desk Attendant, HW Flrs, Updated Kitch, Onsite Laundry, Intercom Entry, Amazing Location! $1150/Mo. 215-735-8030.

Available Dec. Lic #219789.

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WASH SQ WEST 514 Randolph Ct #C $439,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM 2214 Poplar St $379,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 143 S 2nd St #204 $949,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 440 Lombard St $559,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 210 W Rittenhouse Sq #1001 $849,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 500 Admirals Way #312 $539,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1740 Naudain St $795,000 Prudential Fox & Roach GRAD HOSPITAL 2107 B ainbridge St $680,900 Prudential Fox & Roach SOCIETY HILL 304 S Philip St $679,000 Prudential Fox & Roach AVE OF THE ARTS 1536 Kater St $675,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SAWMILLS from ONLY $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill-Cut lumber any dimension.

In stock ready to ship. FREE info& DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/1800-578-1363 EXT.300N

SOCIETY HILL 206 Gaskill St $1 ,199,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

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6TH PORTER. 1st flr., backyard, bsmt., E-I-K, $750/mo.+. Call 215-432-6222

QUEEN VILLAGE 213 Headhouse Ct $559,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

NAVAL SQ 506 Governors Ct $615,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

16XX E. PASSYUNK AVE Restaurant/ Row East Passyunk Section. 1bedr., 1bath, Mod. apt. $795/mo.+utils.

Precise Realty 215-755-9133.

studio/efficiency

SOCIETY HILL 316 Delancey St $950,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 202 W Rittenhouse Sq #1007 $1 , 350,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

studio/efficiency

10TH & CLINTON Bright Studio on tree-lined street, HW floors, All utils incl, Laundry on premises.

AVAIL NOW! $675. MSRE, 215-925RENT(7368), www.MichaelSingerRealEstate.com

BELLA VISTA 715 S Schell St $379,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

miscellaneous

BROAD & SPRUCE Studio in High rise bldg, Newer kit, HW floors, A/C, Gas incl, Laundry on premises. AVAIL NOV! $725. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

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ART MUSEUM 2813 Parrish St $449,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SAWMILLS from only $3997-MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill-Cut lumber any dimension.

In stock ready to ship. FREE info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363 Ext 300N

real estate for sale

Huge Artist Loft near Art Museum/Temple 814 N Broad- 2 BDR $1,000+ utilities Broker/Owner 215-382-0112

QUEEN VILLAGE 527 Catharine St $582 ,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 635 Lombard St $659,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

NEW YORK STATE LAND LIQUIDATION SALE ends this Month! *Large Acreage *Waterfront *Lots w/ Camps *TOP HUNTING LANDS !!

Over 150 tracts. ALL BARGAINS !

Call 800-229-7843 Or visit www.

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THE ROOSEVELT (2220 Walnut Street) - Beautifully renovated apts. in the RITTENHOUSE SQUARE AREA of Philadelphia. Studio’s starting at only $765/mo. and one bedrooms starting at only $965/mo. Call 215-640-8880 for an appointment.

SOCIETY HILL 265 S aint Josephs Way $1 ,145,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 1901 Walnut St #14BE $2 ,000,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 100 Pine St $1 ,150,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

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DEADLINES:

17TH & PINE Great apt in very cool bldg. Close to everything. $960+.

PMG 215-545-7007 x302 2 N D & M A R K E T Modern 1BR in Historic Old City, HW floors, W/D, D/W, C/A. AVAIL NOW! $985/mo.

MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com Apt for Rent/first floor 6600 Doral, modern one bedroom, enclosd front porch, private entrance, w/w carpets. full basement, seperate utilities. $680 month plus utilities. First and security deposit required. Call Frank 267879-8373 leave message.

NORTHERN LIBERTIES, 9xx N.Randolph Small trinity house, 3 rooms, LR, Kit, Bedroom, Den. Modern. Freshly decorated. Great loc/street. $725/mo+. Rental/Work Refs req. 215-704-4360 OLD CITY (104 Chestnut/2nd Fl) Lg. 1 Bedrm, 1 Bath, Approx. 1300 s/f, tall windows, view of BF Bridge, high ceiling, carpeted, c/a, gas heat, d/w, g/d, w/d. $1160+/Mo. 215-627-4414.

OLD CITY (108 Market/2nd fl.)

Loft apt. w/Separate bedroom.

Overlooking BF bridge. High ceilings, Wood floors, WD, Gas heat. $1050/mo+. 215-627-4414

WASH SQ WEST 214 S 12th St #2N $609,000 Prudential Fox & Roach QUEEN VILLAGE 524 Christian St #Unit E $588,500 Prudential Fox & Roach

LOGAN SQ 2126 Appletree St $499,900 Prudential Fox & Roach WASH SQ WEST 1110 Waverly St $499,000 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 1900 Hamilton St #101 $490,000 Prudential Fox & Roach OLD CITY 113 N Bread St #7F $484 ,500 Prudential Fox & Roach QUEEN VILLAGE 522 Queen St $480,000 Prudential Fox & Roach GRAD HOSPITAL 500 Admirals #210 $469,900 Prudential Fox & Roach OLDE CITY 113 Bread St #3B2 $449,900 Prudential Fox & Roach ART MUSEUM 2401 Pennsylvania Ave #18C51 $449,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

BELLA VISTA 706 Clymer St $439,900 Prudential Fox & Roach RITTENHOUSE SQ 1704 Addison St $439,000 Prudential Fox & Roach BELLA VISTA 722 S 6th St $439,000 Prudential Fox & Roach GRAD HOSPITAL 500 Admirals Way #203 $428,500 Prudential Fox & Roach BELLA VISTA 623 S 11th St $424 ,999 Prudential Fox & Roach

SPRING ARTS 627 N 10th St $365,000 Prudential Fox & Roach GRAD HOSPITAL 1727 Fitzwater St #Unit A $359,900 Prudential Fox & Roach PACKER PARK 2126 Verona Dr $349,000 Prudential Fox & Roach GRAD HOSPITAL 500 Regatta Dr #2508 $334 ,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM 2027 Ogden St $419,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 1015 S Colorado St $319,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

ART MUSEUM 2608 Parrish St $419,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 2221 Pemberton St $319,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

WASH SQ 236 S Hutchinson St $400,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 749 S 17th St #2 $317,500 Prudential Fox & Roach

SOCIETY HILL 121-35 Walnut St #206 $399,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

N LIBERTIES 1103 N Howard St $300,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

QUEEN VILLAGE 852 S Front St $399,900 Prudential Fox & Roach

NAVAL SQ 1 Academy Cir #216 $289,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

RITTENHOUSE SQ 2101 Market St #905 $399,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

GRAD HOSPITAL 1413 Ellsworth St $229,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

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roommate/sharing

PASSYUNK AVE. SQUARE 1BDR Apt. New Construction. Granite Kitchens, HD Flrs. W/D. 1st Flr. $1100+ utilities w/ yard & basement. 215-534-3506

OLD CITY (6 S.Front St.) 2BR or Office combo. Overlooks BF Bridge & Del River. High ceiling, WD, DW, GD, CA, Gas heat, Tiled bath & Kit. $1195/mo+. 215-627-4414

ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED in ITALIAN MARKET 2bd, 1ba, OFFICE, PVT DECK/GARDEN, WD, DW. $1300.

267-303-5654.

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RITTENHOUSE SQ Luxury Studio’s & 1BR’s starting $1475/mo. Call 215-735-5091 or 1truegem@comcast.net to schedule a tour. Saturday appts available.

two bedroom 2024 S Darien: $895/mo 2BD/1BA, EIK, small yd, carpeting. CALL PAUL CHIN PRU FOX & ROACH 215-6276005/215-440-2049 2044 Wilder: $795/mo 2BD/1BA, bsmt, rear yd, new carpet, new kitchen.

CALL MIKE MCCANN, PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-8345 20TH & KATER Contemporary 2BR Townhome, HW floors, C/A, Basement w/WD, Yard, Dog Friendly. AVAIL JAN! $565. MSRE, 215-925-RENT(7368), www.

MichaelSingerRealEstate.com 2nd & Wolf: $1025/mo 2BD, hwf, w/d, tile bath. CALL JIM ONESTI, PRU FOX & ROACH 215-627-6005/215-440-2052

PACKER PARK 2nd fr., 2bdrm., LR, DR, Kit. Call for info: 856-227-6191.

RITTENHOUSE SQ Luxury 2BR’s available starting at $2450/mo.

Call 215-735-5091 or 1truegem@ comcast.net to schedule a tour.

Saturday appts available.

house for rent 23RD & SNYDER VIC. 4bedrms.,recently renovated. hdw.Flrs., porch, W/D. $1100/mo.+. Sec. 8 accepted. 215432-6222.

23XX S. CARLISLE ST. 3BDR, E-inkitchen,Lrg./LR, Bsmt. $1200mo.+ utilities. 646-938-7928 2423 BROWN ST: $4000/mo Beautiful 5BD/2.5BA townhome, granite + stainless kitchen, Brazilian cherry flrs, fireplace. CALL PAUL CHIN, PRU FOX & ROACH, 215-6276005/215-440-2049

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EAST PASSYUNK CROSSING,13XX MCKEAN ST. Spacious 3bedrm. house w/hw flrs., brand new kit. 1.5baths. $1450/mo. Call Tia, ALPHA REALTY 215-463-0777.

HUNTINGTON PARK: 3BDRM 1BA. WD, LARGE basement. $745+. Avl. Now! Nate 215-715-0878 SOCIETY HILL NEW House 3BR, 2.5BA, deck, patio, C/A. Avail. $3500/mo+. www.centercityphilaladelphia.com 276-992-4495

room for rent 124 LOMBARD, HEAD HOUSE SQUARE, SOCIETY HILL. “TOKIO B&B” STUDIOS. ($55-$100) DAILY rates. ($300-$500) WEEKLY rates.

We also have MONTHLY rates AVAIL. Website http://sushi. madamesaito.com Call MADAME SAITO 215-922-2515

room for rent 13TH & SPRUCE- Parker Hotel CC. Fully Furn’d Rms, no sec. deposit. Utils & housekeeping incld. WK: $165-$203; Day: $40-$56. 215-735-2300.

South Philly - 1900 S 20th Street - 2 story house, full use of house.

10 minutes from Center City.

Perfect for college students.

Share utilities. Call 267- 8798373 leave message

artists studio space THE PAPERMILL- Community of Artist. 2825 Ormes St. Affordable Artist Studios staring at $100 for 130 sf. Four large floors of open or private studio space for Painters, Sculptors, Dance, Theatre, or Creative companies. A community of artist practicing their talents in custom sized studio workspaces.

Short term, inexpensive rental of theatre and gallery spaces. Join our group on Facebaook for updates on our events and gallery spaces.

Contact Wulfhart Management Group: Karyn 215-687-8391 or karyn@wulfhartmanagementgroup.com

parking space

13TH/PINE: UNCOVERED PARKING SPACE Avl Nov.1st $200 215-733-0480 www.CentraAssociates.com

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For rent East MT AIRY - WEST OAK LANE Newly renovated duplex's 1BR., New Mod Kit/Ba., W/W, Ceiling Fans, A/C, New Frost Free Fridge, New Window Treatments, Off Street Park Close to Transportation $760+

ONE BEDROOM Society Hill Towers 1 Br., 1 Bath, w/w carpet, central air, access to pool & gym. All utilities inc 4432 Sansom St 3rd flr. ( UPENN area) 1 Br., 1 Bath wood & w/w carpet avail

$1,495 $695

50 S. 16th Fabulous Ind. Pl #2 High floor 1 Br., 2 Bths, pooll, health club, lots of amenities

$4,000

Abbots Sq, (2nd & Lombard) Large corner nice vu 1 Br., 1.5 Baths, c/a, w&d, tile & wood floors

$1,500

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314 Queen St. 3 Brs., 2.5 Baths, FURNISHED, garage, hrd.wd & w/w, c/a, w&d, short term OK

$2,750

1721 Wallace 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1630 sq.ft., patio,central air, wood floors, w&d

$2,000

236 Delancey St 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, PARKING, c/a, Four gas fireplaces

$3,200

COMMERCIAL 25th & Wharton Sts. G-2 warehouses, garages, offices, 800sq. ft to 16,000 sq. ft available $7-$9 sq.ft.

341 W. Girard Ave (NE Corner 4th & Girard) Retail store, C-2, 800 sq.ft.,bath, c/a

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$4,000

135B South St 1800 Sq.ft. C-2, tri-level retail corner or office former bank NNN

$6,400

413 S. Broad St across from Symphony Hse. Approx 2500 sq.ft. bi-level offices, c/a.1.5 bths

$2,500

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R I TTENH OU SE SQ 1 936-38 D elan cey P l $1 , 575, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

SO C I E TY H I L L 51 3 D e l a n cey S t $ 69 5, 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

A RT M US E UM 24 01 P e nna Ave # 1 2 A 2 $4 49 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

Q UE E N V ILLAGE 8 1 2 S Howa rd St $2 9 9 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

SOCI ETY H I LL Th e Willin g s #402 $907, 8 50 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

RI T T E N H OU S E SQ 2 032 N a u d a i n S t $ 625, 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

Q UE E N V ILLAGE 82 2 S . Swa ns o n S t $439 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

R IT T E N HO US E SQ 1 51 4 P i ne S t # 3F $2 9 5 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

SOCI ETY H I LL Th e Willin g s #40 4 $750 , 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

FI T L E R SQ 2 53 0 P i n e S t $59 9 , 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

A RT M US E UM 8 33 N Ta ney S t $39 9 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

1:30-2 :3 0PM BE L LA V ISTA 737 S 5th St , 1st flr $ 22 9 , 000 Pl um e r & Asso ciates

SO C IE TY HILL 530 S 2 nd S t #748 $249 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

WASH SQ WEST 1 1 0 8 Sp ru ce St #1 F $540 , 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

Q U E E N VI L LAG E 719 S Philip St $575, 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

G RA D H OS P I TA L 1 741 C hr i st i a n S t $393,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

A RT M US E UM 24 01 P e nna Av #3C50 $249 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

SOCI ETY H I LL 71 5 P in e St #5 $52 5, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

SO C I ETY HILL 26 0 S 3rd S t $ 2 ,9 9 0, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach

B E L LA V I STA 93 3 S 1 1 t h S t $5 65, 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

Q UE E N V ILLAGE 72 0 S Fro nt S t $36 8 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

SO C I ETY HILL 3 0 6 Cypress Ct $1 ,495, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach

G RA D H OS P I TA L 7 39 S 1 5 t h S t $5 49 , 9 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

F IT LE R SQ 2 31 0 S p r uce S t # A $365 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

SY M PH O N Y HOUSE 4 0 0 -426 S Broad St #2 001 $1 ,450, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach

WA S H SQ W E ST 9 03 C l i nto n S t # 2 R $5 49 , 9 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

WA S H SQ W E ST 209 S Sartain St $359 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

Q U E E N VI L LAG E 32 2 Q u e e n S t # B $5 0 9 , 9 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

BE LLA V ISTA 9 0 8 E Pa s sy u n k Ave $359 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

SO C I E TY H I L L 43 8 Lo m b a rd S t $ 49 9 , 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

LO GA N SQ 2 3 01 C h e r r y S t # 3 P $349 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

Q U E E N VI L LAG E 24 8 C at h a r i n e S t $ 49 9 , 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

BE LLA V ISTA 51 1 C l y me r S t $349 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

B E L LA V I STA 624 Ke n i l wo r t h S t $ 479 , 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

A RT M US E UM 2 7 1 5 Swa i n S t $339 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

G RA D H OS P I TA L 70 5 S 1 6 t h S t $ 46 8 , 9 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

G RA D H OS P I TA L 1 62 9 F i t z wate r S t $334 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

Q U E E N VI L LAG E 72 0 S Le i t h g ow S t $ 465 , 0 0 0 Pr u d enti a l Fox & Roa c h

WA S H SQ W E ST 1 1 0 4 Lo mb a rd S t # 43 $32 9 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Ro a c h

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EA ST PASSYUNK 18 1 3 S. Al der St . $ 365, 000 Col d we l l B an ker Pre fe rre d

RIT T E NH O USE SQ 1 9 01 Walnut St #18A $1 , 200, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach RIT T E NH O USE SQ 2 0 42 Waverly St $1 ,1 75, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach SY M PH O N Y HOUSE 4 0 0 S Broad St #1408 $974 ,900 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach FIT L ER SQ 3 0 9 S 25th St $9 45, 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach RIT T E NH O USE SQ 1 9 1 9 Panama St $ 8 59 , 000 Pr u d e nti al Fox & Ro ach

GRAD H OSP I TAL 2 02 3 P emb erton St $524 , 90 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

A RT M US E UM 82 5 N N ewk i r k St $1 8 9 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

GI RAR D ESTATE 2449 S Garn et St $ 499, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

P O RT R IC HM O ND 2 8 1 5 Be l g ra d e St $1 8 3,5 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

WASH SQ WEST 42 0 S Jes s u p St $ 497, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

F I S H TOW N 2 52 0 T i l to n S t $1 69 ,9 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

BELLA V I STA 71 8 S Mild red St $ 469, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

A RT M US E UM 24 01 P e nna Ave #3C46 $1 67,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

U CI TY 431 S 43rd St $ 459, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

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WASH SQ WEST 42 5 S 1 3th St $ 399, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

SO C IE TY HILL 2 0 4 1 / 2 S 3rd St $69 9 ,0 0 0 P l ume r & A s s ociates BE LLA V ISTA $675 ,0 0 0 P l ume r & A s s ociates

3:00-4:00PM SO C IE TY HILL T he W i l l i ng s #1 0 5 $1 ,875 ,0 0 0 P r ud e nt i a l Fox & Roach

FISHTOWN 1 1 1 9 E Berks St $ 395, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach U CI TY 4924 P entrid g e St $ 2 2 9, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach SOU TH P H I LA 1133 Snyder Ave $1 8 9, 0 0 0 P ru d ential Fox & Roach

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To See the Following, Call Andy Oei (215)790-5230 2001 Hamilton Street #304-2BR/2BA, Wall of Windows, Wood floors, Pool, Gym, Doorman ................................................................$1,625 901 N Penn Street #F1405-5Star Luxury, 2br/2.5b Balcony, Views, Parking, Pool, Gym .................................................................. $2,950 2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #947-Comfortable 1BR/1BA Skyline vuws wdfl gym drmn Pet Friendly ...........................................$1,300 111 S 15th Street #2103-Luxury 2BR/2BA Corner Apt, Gourmet Kit, Marble Baths, drmn .................................................................$2,250 To See the Following, Call David Snyder 267.968.8600 2134 Locust Street #1R-Updated unit,2 br/1.5 ba,kit w/grantie/SS applns,hw flrs,A/C ..................................................................$2,500 1504 Mount Vernon Street #2R-Studio in Chatham Row,hw flrs,hi ceil,granite ctrs,SS appln. .........................................................$900 1432 S 22nd Street-Beautiful updated 3 Br/1.5 ba,hw flrs,granite ctrs,SS appln. ..........................................................................$1,100 1326 S Mole Street-Spac 3 Br,hw flrs t/o,Eik w/granite counters,new appl,C/A. .......................................................... $1,000 To See the Following, Call Donna Santore (215)627-6005 1100 S Front Street #2ND FL-2nd Flr-Bi-level 4 bedroom apartment,large eat-in-kitchen. ............................................ $1,575 To See the Following, Call Eric Fox (215)790-5228 4523 Saint Davids Street-3Br/2B house w/hw flr new kit w/d 3 window AC units yard ..............................................................$1,575 To See the Following, Call Gregory J. Damis (215)440-2095 703 Sigel Street-Updated 2 Br/1 Ba home w/rear yard,& bsmt storage ..............................................................................................$975 To See the Following, Call James Labonski (215) 521-1552 3751 Main Street #704-Luxury 2br/2ba condo w/park, doorman, gym, h/w flrs, s/s. ................................................................... $1,550 227 S Delhi Street-Townhouse 3 bdrm + den,beautifully finished T/O,full bsmt. ...........................................................................$2,490 1602 Spruce Street #3R-1 Bdrm/1 bth,450 sq ft,hrwd flrs,newer kitchen & bath. ........................................................................$1,200 To See the Following, Call Michael Keough 215-888-1775 2251 Fitzwater Street #3RD FL-Bright 1 br/1 ba,C/A,new wd flrs in LR/DR,lots of wndws. ..............................................................$1,095 416 S 17th Street ##1-Bi-level 1 bd/1 bth w/garden,lower level den + powder room. .......................................................................$1,395

To See the Following, Call John Featherman 215-790-5221 1500 Chestnut Street #8F-2B/2b at the Ellington hi-end kit & bah w/d a/c 24/7sec.......................................................................$2,300 455 Hermit Street-3B/1b in Roxborough, 2-3 pkgs, HW fls, basement, w/d, a/c..........................................................................$1,495 128 Kalos Street-3b/1b in Manayunk Private backyard & front porch full bsmnt.................................................................................$1,395 202 N 8th Street #907-Bi-level 2B/1.5b 1car prkg @ MetroClub 24/7 sec fit ctr pool .........................................................................$2,500 250 S 13th Street #4C-2B/2b, hi-end kitchen, HW flrs, 12’ ceil luxurious bathrooms ............................................................... $1,995 334 S 15th Street #2-Large tri-level 4B/2b in Rittn Sq area, HW flrs, a/c w/d ....................................................................................$2,700 1100 S Broad Street #101C-High-end Studio at Marine Club, HW flrs, d/w, w/d, 1 car pkg ...........................................................$1,100 1626 Spruce Street #4-Lrg 1B/1b in Rittn Sq area, parquet flrs, a/c, w/d, lrg deck ............................................................................$1,395 To See the Following, Call Linda Holt (215)790-5635 822 N 21st Street-4 BR/3 full and 2 half baths........................$3,500 To See the Following, Call Lisa Budnick 215-790-5227 2036 Rittenhouse Street-2br + media rm 2car prkg rf dck open kit & lvng space ............................................................................$3,700 To See the Following, Call Zach Skidmore 216-627-6005 1112 Spruce Street #3-3 br/2.5 ba w/prking,SS/granite kit,hw flrs,lrg mstr br. ........................................................................ $3,000 To See the Following, Call Mike McCann (215) 440-8345 1309-11 N Lawrence Street #5-Very lrg 1 Br,loft den/1.5 ba hwflrs,exp brk,garage prkng. ..................................................$1,500 237-39 Tasker Street-HUGE 2 story brick building w/approx 18,000 SF. ...........................................................................................$7,500 36 University Mews-2 Br/1.5 Ba 3-sty twnhse,In University Mews w/parking space ......................................................................$1,800 4934 Valley Street-Garage building,water/sewer/ electric,17’ceilings,2 piece bth ..................................................$550 To See the Following, Call Tom Reichner (215)440-7121 2135 Walnut Street #301-Elevator building,1 bedroom condo,500 sq ft. .............................................................................................$1,100 To See the Following, Call Vicki Goldberg 215-790-5650 271 S 4th Street-5B/3.5b w/great rm,7fpl,fab kit,wd flrs, lush grdn+2 car PKG .......................................................................$8,500

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S/S&Gran. Kitch. Ideal locat. $365,000 QUEEN VILLAGE 1001 S. 3rd STREET NEW PRICE 4BR/3.5bth new const. w/tax abte. Spacious.

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914 Spruce #9 $430,000 Great 2BD/2BA unit with 12 ft ceilings, hard- BELLA VISTA $225,000 wood floors, south facing windows, wood- 612 Clymer Trinity home with 2BD/1BA, partially finished burning fireplace, deeded 1 car parking. basement, rear yard, updated kitchen, new 1108 Spruce #1F $550,000 roof, good condition!

Bi-level 2BD/2BA unit with 1 car deeded parking, chef’s kitchen, beautiful original N. LIBERTIES/FISHTOWN features, luxurious master suite and bath. 1023 N 4th $325,000 Gorgeous 2BD/1BA townhouse, finished GRAD HOSPITAL basement, tax abatement, 2 outdoor spac1741 Christian $393,900 es, granite and stainless kitchen, spacious Brand new 3BD/2BA with two roof decks, tax master bedroom. abatement, finished basement, large yard, $395,000 floating staircases, hardwood and porcelain 1119 E Berks Extraordinary contemporary 3BD/2.5BA, flooring, luxurious bedrooms. quality finishes, maple floors, built-in 1016 S Dorrance $450,000 speaker system, state of the art kitchen, Luxurious 3BD/3.5BA, garage parking, fin- beautiful garden, balcony and a large roof ished basement, fabulous layout, gleam- deck. ing hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, roof UNIVERSITY CITY deck.

328 N 39th $425,000 733 S 15th $519,900 Magnificent 2700sf 3BD/3BA, turn of the Amazing, top of the line, 4BD/2.5BA with century home, stained glass windows, mostudy, finished basement, 2 decks, parking saic tilework, gorgeous kitchen, rear yard w/ potential, gorgeous custom kitchen. potential for parking!

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8 St James Ct ##16-Dramatic Bi-level 2 bedroom, 2 baths with deck.

200 Lombard Street #10-Upgraded 2 br/2 ba, SS appliances,outdoor space,parking. $375,000 200 Locust ##16F-Riverview Socity Hill Tower 1 br/1 ba condo,upgraded kit,superior locaton.

530 S 2nd ##748-Renov 1 Br condo,new hw flrs,Eik,balcony,fitness ctr & prkng avail in bldg.

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$2,495,000 $1,495,000 $499,000 $489,900 $263,900 $249,900

LUXURY CONDOS AND CO-OPS 1706 Rittenhouse Square #23RD F-Picture yourself in the comfort of this new 3BR/3+BA condo.

275 S 19th Street #PH2-Gorgeous Penthouse Residence. 2 full flrs w/Private Roof Retreat 717 S Columbus Boulevard #1502-2 Units comb,4 br/3.5 ba, des. kit,cstm bths,2 Car prking,3 terraces 202-210 W Rittenhouse Sq #2805-Lux 3B/2.5b 2644sf Condo w/ Sq, City & River views. Outstanding 511 S 21st Street ##201-Beaut Bi level condo in boutique build, 3Br 3B, fam rm, library, lrg sp 210 W Rittenhouse Sq #1001-Recently renovated 3BR/2B at the Ritt, 1862 sqft, breathtaking view 317 Vine Street #506-See this luxurious 2BR/2+BA condo. Pantry. Ultimate traditional charm!

613 Admirals Way-Exquisite 3br/den plus garage prkng,thousands in upgrades,cherry flrs,deck.

2101 Market Street #905-Deluxe 1BR/1B, Parking, Storage, Granite Kitchen, Spa Bath, Pool, Doorman 1901 Walnut Street #8C-Bring your architect. 1441 sf co-op has C/A+ wd&marble flrs pets ok 500 Regatta Drive #2508-Newly-built condo. Pantry, central air. Garage. Outstanding for quality!

$5,398,200 $2,550,000 $1,650,000 $1,585,000 $979,000 $849,900 $809,900 $545,000 $399,000 $349,000 $334,900

OLD CITY/NORTHERN LIbERTIES 103-7 Church Street #14-Gorgeous 2 bd/2 ba condo,hrwd flrs,designer kit w/granite/SS,12’ceilings 113 N Bread ##7F-Lovely 2 br/2 ba condo Lr/DR,kit,granite,brkfst bar,cherry wd flrs + blcny 113 Bread St ##3B2-3 br/2 bths,hrwd flrs,granite counters,Juliet blcny,grg prkng + tax abat.

627 N 10th Street-Beautiful 3br, 2.5b 4yr old new construction home 1 deeded parking 38 N Front Street #4B-11-Bank owned condos for sale in Old City,wood flrs,top-of-line kit & bths

$499,900 $484,500 $449,900 $365,000 $215,110

fITLER SqUARE 2310 Spruce Street #A-1BR+den/1.5bth condo. Patio. 11Ωí ceil. FP, Moldings, S/S&Gran. Kitch.

2211 South Street ##3-Bi-level 2 Br condo,brazilian hw flrs,kit w/nook bar,mstr Br w/marble ba.

$379,000 $300,000

ART MUSEUM 822 N 21st Street-Exceptional 4BR/3+BA townhome. Gas fireplace. Family room. Deck.

2021 Brown Street-Mint duplex $2400/m income new kits & bths, w/d C/A in units 1702 W Girard Avenue-New List! Reno Multi-unit w/2br/2b, 1br & studio sep utils hw fl rear yard 886 N Bucknell Street-Charming 3Br/1.5Ba TH, on friendly tree lined street, HWFís, finished bsmnt 833 N Newkirk-Classic 2 BR townhouse w/hw flrs t/o,new wndws,recently renov kit & patio.

804 N Bucknell-2 Br/2 Ba,open layout,hw flrs,updated kit w/granite ctrs,decked backyard.

842 N Bambrey-Nice 3 Br/2Ba with open living room,rear patio,basement storage.

825 N 29th Street #3C-Spac 1br w/prkg @ The Brewery newly redone kit hw frs lr & dr roof top deck 1708 Wallace St #202-Beaut reno 1br condo ss/granite kit wd burning fp hi ceils wd flr tax abate

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$869,000 $479,000 $349,900 $319,000 $279,000 $272,500 $265,000 $247,000 $209,000

2107 Bainbridge-A true WOW house! To-die-for kit,2.5 spa ba,3BR,media rm, fpl,deck,grdn 1636 Kater-3 Br + den,2.5 Ba twnhse,open flr plan,2 balconies,lrg dk,1 car prkng 2023 Pemberton-3 br/2.5 ba,1yr prepd park,10ft ceiling,h/w flrs,SS, fin bsmt,roof deck.

606 Captains Way-A beautiful 3Br/2.5 Ba,garage,spacious bsmt,deck,cstm closets,C/A,tx abat.

500 Admirals #210-Exceptional 2BR/2BA townhome with blissful comforts. See this one now!

1523 Rodman Street-2 Br home w/1st flr fireplace,gourmet Eik,500 sq ft grdn area,mstr Br w/fpl 1543 Montrose Street-3br/2ba,Oak flrs,granite,SS, rear yard,master suite w/vaulted ceiling.

1629 Fitzwater Street-Renov 2BR/1.5bth home. Patio&Balcony w/skyline vus. Exc. locat 1015 S Colorado-Stylish starter home 2Br/2Ba,great kit,fenced yard,fin bsmt including w/d.

749 S 17th Street #2-Stunning 1BR+den/1.5bth condo. Patio. Low util costs & condo fee

$680,900 $649,900 $524,900 $509,900 $469,900 $399,900 $379,900 $347,000 $325,000 $317,500

RITTENHOUSE SqUARE 1602 Pine Street-4 Br/4.5 Ba,2 car parking,completely renov,fpl,deck,security system $2,150,000 1921-23 Panama Street-32x50 TH on 1 of Phila’s sought after blocks prkg paid for 2yrs $1,395,000 1922 Rittenhouse Square-Gorgeous 3BR/2+BA townhome. Cozy frpl. Double ovens, brkfst room. $990,000 1740 Naudain Street-Contemp TH w/grge, 3BR+Den 2.5B, ent space w/Deck Master Ste w/Deck $795,000 210 W Rittenhouse Square #1402-New upscale 1 bedroom,1 bath lux condo,furnished,1050 sq.ft. $525,000 1704 Addison-3 bd/1.5 ba,wood flrs,C/A,fireplace,gourmet kit,x-large grdn RED’D-$440,000 2018 Walnut Street #G250-One car parking space at the Wanamaker House,conveniently located. $44,000

UNIVERSITY CITY/POWELTON VILLAgE 431 S 43rd Street-High-end crnr home w/PRKG. 2BR+den/2.5bths. In Penn Alexa Catch 4840 Cedar Avenue-Deluxe 5BR/3+BA home. Security and intercom systems, 2 fireplaces. Deck.

4527 Sansom St-Gourmet kit, decorative fplc in LR. 3BR/1ba. 3rd fl master bedroom suite.

$459,000 $399,000 $364,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION 300 Salter Street-New Construction in Queen Village - 3Br 2.5b w/ den & GARAGE, Tax Abated

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335 Christian Street-3BR/3.5BA QV Mansion w/ detail & character,dk,grdn + 2 Car parking.

750 S Marvine Street-Gorgeous new rehab,lrg grt room,1 car prkng,hw flrs,granite/SS kit,rf dk.

527 Catharine Street-Renovated 3Br, 2.5b TH in MEREDITH Catchment, deck w/ City View, Fin Bsmnt 719 S Philip Street-Bright 3 Br/2.5 Ba home w/deeded prkng,cook’s kit,hrwd flrs,fp,grdn & deck.

933 S 11th Street-New Const. 3Br, 3.5Ba Corner TH w/ GARAGE Old World Craftsmanship Gorgeous 104 Catharine Street-Duplex,Queen Village,2 bi-lev units,1 w/2 br/1.5 ba,1 w/3br/2 ba,2C grg.

111 Federal Street-Phase-1-7 ctm homes 1-3 br/2.5 ba,media rm,fp,hw,grdn,dk,x-wide grg,tx abat 248 Catharine Street-4BR/2ba,bright LR,3 fpls, garden,bay windows,French doors,hi ceils ++

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$749,000 $679,900 $582,000 $575,000 $565,000 $549,000 $499,000 $499,000

912 Fitzwater Street-Townhse in BV,3 br w/park views,stunning kit,mstr suite,fin bsmt,patio + dk 624 Kenilworth Street-Terrific Hm in Kenilworth Mews w/prk,4 br/2 ba,Lr,Dr,Fp,fin bsmt + grdn.

822 S. Swanson-Single fam used as duplex,3 bdrm,3.5 ba,C/A hrwd flrs,2 dks,garden.

729 S 11th Street-Bright 2br/2b w/updated kit, new bathrooms, windows, paint & carpet grge 852 S Front Street-Very lg 4 br/2 ba w/separate shell trinty, Lrg EIK,granite,SS,lg closets.

715 S Schell Street-Renov 2BR/2bth TH. Open plan, HW Flrs & Exc light. In Meredith 908 E Passyunk Avenue-Designer reno 3R home open flr plan lg kit hw flrs high ceil new bath patio 336 Pemberton Street-Lovely twnhse in Q.V w/parking,roof deck,2 fpls,2 bdrms/2bths,shows great.

826 S. Mildred-Great location in Bella Vista 2br/2 ba,new kitchen,C/A,straight stairs.

224 Monroe #Unit B-Double trinity in a secured gated crtyd w/2 Br,Lr,Dr,hw flrs t/o,fpl.

$489,900 $479,000 $439,900 $415,000 $399,900 $379,000 $359,000 $346,999 $299,900 $299,900

WASHINgTON SqUARE WEST 1016 Spruce Street #3-Epic Space. Dramatic 5BR, 3bth condo. All Character. Just Grand 1108 Spruce ##1F-Fab 2 br/2 ba bi-level condo w/deed prkng,renov kit,hrwd flrs,marble fpl.

903 Clinton Street #2R-Pristine 2BR/2bth condo. Exquisite finishes. On-site PRKG avail 710 Lombard Street-Grge TH remodeled 3BR 2.5b FDR w/terrace fam rm grdn oak hrdwd fl 2 fpl ca 420 S Jessup Street-Storybook Lane. 3BR/2ba, wd fls, lg LR/DR w/fpl, French drs to patio.

$749,500 $550,000 $549,900 $525,000 $497,000

AROUND TOWN 1100 S Front Street-Invest Opportunity, Restaurant on 1st Flr,Bi-level 4 bdrm apt on 2nd/3rd.

1429 Wharton Street-4-unit corner bldng. Deli + Salon + 2 very lrg 1 br updated apts,h/w flrs.

3532 Calumet Street-Comtemp 3br 2b Townhouse w/family rm gas fp deck & grdn/patio w/1-car grge 13028 Trina Drive-Somerton-3 br/2.5 ba,modern Eik,fin lower level,fpl,double lev dk,1 car grg 2501 S Iseminger Street #1 & 2-Gorgeous 2 unit building all new,must see,great investment 2508 S 19th Street-”Girard Estate” 4 br/1.5 ba,new kitchen,very well maintained,finished bsmt.

2641 S Mole Street-Rehabed 3 bedroom townhouse,steps to Broad Street line to Center City.

2654 S Camac Street-Commercial-1 building w/store & apt above high traffic area.

2627 S Warnock Street-Renovated, Modern 2br, 1.5B, Cookís Kit, Hdwd Flrs, Fin Bsmnt 2315 S Bancroft Street-3 bedrooms,2 full baths,finished basement,C/A,spacious home 931 Morris Street-Great 3 bedroom,1 bath townhouse in Passyunk Square.

1537 W Porter Street-Large 4Br/1ba South Philly Row, well maintained condition HW fls, Spotless 1130 Emily Street-3 Br/1.5 Ba,modern eat-in kitchen,lots of storage,ceiling fans,rear yard.

820-822 N Markoe Street-Desirable 4-bedroom townhome. Eat-in kitchen. A home offering real value.

168 Midway Avenue-This townhome has 3 bedrooms. Family room. Very pleasant living!

303 Saint Laurence Road-Pleasing 3-bedroom townhome. Family room, skylights, eat-in kitchen.

2515 S 8th Street-Very solid,older home w/hw flrs,1.5 bths,fin bsmt,move-in-condition.

7721 Buist Avenue-Easy-care 3-bedroom townhome at a modest price. A home full of potential.

2842 Belgrade Street-Vacant Lot w/building plans & zoning approvals. 2843 Miller also for sale 2843 Miller Street-Vacant Lot w/building plans & zoning approvals. 2842 Belgrade also for sale

$599,000 $399,999 $349,000 $329,999 $309,900 $289,900 $270,000 $265,000 $239,900 $183,000 $169,900 $169,000 $169,900 $129,900 $124,900 $124,900 $119,900 $60,000 $35,000 $35,000

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2601 Pennsylvania Ave #126 Well laid out spacious 2bd upgraded amenities facing Kelly Drive, motivated 894 N. Woodstock St. Classic beauty! Gorgeous Details! Green updates! 3bd/1.5ba w/garage prkng & c/a 876 N. 25th St. Tastefully renovated Fairmount Victorian!

2001 Hamilton E7 1300sqft, 2bd/2ba, tax abatement, city view condos, parking 2134 Race St. CC State of the Art Luxury, tax abtmnt, top finishes, 2-car grg + 2 addl, pristine, move-in ready

$60,000 $224,900 $249,900 $260,000 $350,000 $429,000 $449,000 $1,900,000

1352 E. Susquehanna Ave. Lovely Renovated 3bd/2.5ba hm w/HW flrs, upgraded ktchn, open flr pln, deck 2312 East Huntingdon St. Great Investment Opportunity – own a Triplex in the heart of Fishtown!

935 N. Randolph St. 4bd/1ba impeccably maintained & well appointed home – a NoLibs must-see 881 N. 5th St. NoLibs single family house w/garage & outdoor space 1241 Buttonwood St. Hot NoLibs area! Ready for development!

978 N. Leithgow St. Split Level TownHome features 3bd/3.5ba & convenient 1-car garage parking

Coldwell Banker 1sti Quarter Award Winners w ar dPreferred W nn e rs RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 1239 S. Carlisle St. This newly renovated 3 bd hm along Avenue of the Arts has it all, take a look today! $249,900 2001 Chestnut St. #401 3bd/1.5ba condo, corner, 1370sf, elevator bldg $290,000 1516 South St. #2A 2bd/2.5ba condo in boutique bldg walking distance to Ritt Sq, spacious & well-appointed $429,000 219 S. 18th St. #412 Pet friendly 927sqft hi-rise, 1bedrm “PARC” Rittenhouse condo, pool/gym $449,000 440 S. Broad St. 1, 2, and 3br luxury condos, 7 yrs left on tax abatement, garage parking available, pool fitness & luxury amenities incl., in condo fees, 1 yr builders warranty OPEN FRI, SAT, SUN 12-5PM $499,900 1111 Walnut St. Unit #9 2 bd/1.5 bth, 1700 sq. ft. bi-level home of luxury & amenities. Sellers are including one year paid parking as well! $584,900 111 S. 15th St. 1707-9 Luxury living, Packard Grande, 2bd suites, den, spac greatroom LR/DR, granite/SS kitch $625,000 219-29 S. 18th St. #520 Luxury living. Lrg 2bd/2ba luxury condo. Gym, pool, lounge, screening room $750,000 1209 S. Broad St. AOA Mansion & art gallery, 6bedrm home, original details & garden, Fab location $965,000

UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 5709 Malcolm St. Investment Opportunity, Short Sale 5020 Arch St. Legally zoned Quadplex, great for investors. Priced to sell!

6423 Dorel St. Short Sale 4625 Hartel St. Reduced, Recent Upgrades 5132 Larchwood Ave. Amazingly Spacious Victorian Twin, updated interior galore 4bd/1ba 542 S. 48th St. #B 3br/2ba TH on lovely shared courtyard. Quiet rear unit w/private deck, FP, C/A, more 4813 Regent St. c.1892 restored Victorian Twin w/sweet orig details on quiet side street near Clark Park 527 S. 41st St. Catchment area 5bd/2.5ba, 2car pkng: Historically certified home, fully updated 514 S. 46th St. 5bd/2ba Stately Victorian on desirable catchment area block. Stunning orig details

$38,000 $44,900 $60,000 $110,000 $225,000 $300,000 $365,000 $549,000 $569,000

Old City 215-923-7600 • Society Hill 215-546-2700

-546-2700 OLD CITY / LOFT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN

315 Arch St. Unit 703 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW flrs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors.

315 Arch St. Unit 504 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW flrs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors.

315 Arch St. Unit 704 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW flrs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors.

428-40 N. 13th St. #3F NY-style open loft. Amazing custom ktchn, high ceilings, beautiful vintage hdwd flrs 133 N. Bread St. #C1 Drastically reduced 2bd bi-lvl unit at the National – this home has everything!

314 N. 12th St. Luxury Loft, 11ft ceilings, 2000sqft, parking avail, 800sqft terraces 112 Elfreths Aly Historic one of a kind home on cobblestone street, 3bd/2ba, yard, fp, must see

$270,000 $295,000 $300,000 $325,000 $439,900 $499,999 $650,000

SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 1109 Spruce St. #1F Charming 1bd/1ba, total rehab condo, granite, ss ktchn, wdflrs, high ceilings, low condo fees & taxes $225,000 720 Chestnut St. Unit D 2Bd/2ba 1300sqft condo in boutique bldg. Hi ceilings, wd fl, granite & SS, priv outdoors, FP $399,900 929 Clinton St. #2R Fabulous 2 Bd w/den, 2BA Multi-Lvl TH design in boutique condo building OPEN HOUSE $415,000 1034 Spruce St. Unit 601 2BA/2BR Corner unit with floor-to-ceiling windows & dramatic panoramic skyline view. $499,900 130 Spruce St. #21B 3br/2ba w/garage pkg. City living at it’s finest, brand new hand-scraped hwflrs $625,000 440 Lombard St. Society Hill Gem: Townhome 4 BR 2.5 BA, EIK, SS Appls, HWFLR, FP, CA, Courtyard & Parking. Great location! $639,000 1111 Locust 9B 2210sqft, 3bd/3.5ba, 10ft ceilings, SE CORNER, 800sqft terraces, parking $1,100,000 1111 Locust 10E 11ft ceilings, 1600sqft, parking 800sqft terraces $1,150,000 QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 1837 Dickinson St. 3br/1ba Fixer upper on good block in Point Breeze 2234 Cross St. Fully renovated 3br/1ba home w/open LR/DR area, gourmet KIT, and rear yard 1220 S. 20th St. Vacant lot, investment opportunity 2519 S. Marshall St. 3bd/1.5ba TH recently renovated 2414 S Jessup St. Great house on a quaint street in Lower Moyamensing with a beautiful modern kitchen.

310 Gladstone St. Wonderful 2br home w/extra lrg bath, new kit., rear yard, many extras, 2nd fl laundry.

2431 S. 3rd St. Rehab a few years ago, HWD floors throughout, reduced 207 Gerritt St. Totally rehabbed updated townhome in Pennsport. 1st flr has refinished HWflrs, full bath 1016 S Reese St. Beautifully renovated 2 bd townhome in Queen Village. Hardwood floors. Gourmet kitchen.

525 Fitzwater St. #11 REDUCED TO SELL! AbbottsCourt.com, 2 bd/1.5ba, gated crtyrd, grmt kitchens, & H/W Flrs 1721 Webster St. 2bd/1ba C/A, Newly Renovated Chic Home, this home has it all. Must See! 705 S. Mildred St. Beautiful 2br/2ba, move in condition! Tax abatement, EE wind & drs, C/A, HWflrs 1230 S. 7th St Gorgeous total rehab, HW floors, custom cabinets, finished bsmt, tax abatement, 3 br/1.5ba 1718 Rodman St. Lovely renovated trinity home (kitchen on 1st flr) 1.5ba, charming st., nice garden space 1715 S. 10th St. Completely renovated townhome features HWflrs, lrg rear patio, full finished bsmt 1825 S. 12th St. Newly renovated townhome in Passyunk features 4br, HW flooring, large rear patio 1817 Catharine St. Right-sized 3br/1.5ba TH w/updates, wd-brng fireplace, Juliette balcony 924 Catharine St. REDUCED! 1800sqft 3bd/1.5ba, exposed brk, new hdwds/carpet, lrg yrd, skyline view, must see 2053 Pemberton St. Roof-top deck 360 Center City Views! New Luxurious construction, 3br/2.5ba 629-31 S. 13TH St. Unit A Stunning 3 bed/3 bth new contruction. Luxurious finishes, Roof Deck, Parking + Tax Abatement

$67,000 $80,000 $95,000 $130,000 $139,900 $152,000 $169,900 $184,900 $219,000 $229-253k $279,900 $299,990 $307,500 $329,000 $350,000 $360,000 $389,900 $399,999 $540,000 $649,900

NORTHERN LIBERTIES / FISHTOWN / NORTH PHILADELPHIA

P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY November 2 - 8, 2011

2203 Dreer St. 1sty/1car garage, well kept & currently used for storage space.

2352 E Harold St. 2bd/1ba eco-friendly gem on great Fishtown block. Rehabbed top-to-bottom—a must see.

2652 Memphis St. Recenty renovated 3bd hm in Fishtown w/full bsmnt, storage & orig details intact 2344 E Letterly St. This 2 bdrm Fishtown home is completely renovated and features fabulous upgrades & large rear patio 2714 Almond St. NEW Listing! 20ft wide, 3bd/1bath, 1660sq ft home w/hdwds, enclosed porch & lg yd, newer kitchen 1137 E. Palmer St. Renov corner offers 3B/2b, HW Flrs, updated ktchn, 3rd fl main suite, large lot.

2628 E. Somerset St. REDUCED! Two homes for the price of one. Wonderful opportunity to own a home deeded as Building A & B 1219 N. Randolph St. #1F Updated 2bd/2ba condo offers s/s appl, c/a, finished bsmnt & flagstone patio 2155 E. Dauphin St. Great 4 bedroom Fishtown home!

$69,900 $127,500 $179,900 $189,900 $200,000 $210,000 $219,900 $250,000 $260,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION

1833-A Christian St. Bi-lvl 2br/2ba TH w/Open living/dining area, deluxe kit, HW flrs & rear garden 2715 Poplar St. A true beauty in coveted Art Museum Area, 3bd/1ba, lots of space, www.2715poplar.com 2331 Madison Sq. New Cons 3bd/3ba/1900sqft TH w/HW flrs, FP, SS appl, master suite, fin bsmt 4415 Saint David’s St. New Construction TH a short walk from downtown Manayunk w/amazing features 440 S. Broad St. #2403 Spacious 1bd/1ba w/balcony at the Symphony House 905 Corinthian Ave. Gorgeous New Cons, 3400sqft, 4bd/3.5ba, garage, roofdeck, tax abtmnt 2370 E. Norris St. NEW CONS. JUST REDUCED! 1st fl commercial & two 2 bed apts 1st flr rents for $2500.

440 S. Broad St. #1805 Beautiful north facing 2bd/2ba w/den & balcony at the Symphony House

$250,000 $284,900 $419,900 $459,000 $499,900 OPEN HOUSE $584,900 $650,000 $875,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 2044 Reed St. Investment opportunity in developing Point Breeze neighborhood 2127 S. 65th St. Legal Duplex which presents grt opp for investor or owner occupant 2116 E. Lehigh St. Reduced, Tenant Occupied, Great Investment 1102 N. 42nd St. Land Development Opportunity Zoned C-2 42nd & Girard, Growth Area, City Vacant Lot Next to this.

3122 Montgomery Ave. Investment property for first time investor. Lg 3 story w/1 car parking.

810 E. Chelten Ave. Income producing, fully occupied 4 unit bldg. Great investement opportunity 139 S. 50th St. Reduced Triplex, newer upgrades, freshly painted 2339 S. 18th St. Rare Opportunity in Newbold Duplex, Complete Rehab, awesome renovations, reduced 2438 S. 3rd St. Investor Opportunity-store front (deli/grocery) & 1bd Apt (leased), well maintained bldg!

6011-13 Market St. DBL wide, Commercial Property, Possibilities are endless 1609 E. Passyunk Ave. Commercial property on the Square, rare opportunity 203 S. 20th St. Commercial/Office/Retail Space in Premiere “Rittenhouse Hotel”, Approx 800+/-sqft 103 Callowhill St. Intimate 50 seat theater, exp brick, velvet curtains, vintage scones. Upr Lvl Res/Off

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$32,000 $69,900 $72,500 $100,000 $140,000 $150,000 $169,900 $239,000 $249,900 $400,000 $449,000 $459,900 $599,000

SURROUNDING AREAS Clifton Heights – 22 Springfield Rd #J2 Ideal Starter Home, 2bd condo in modern block $56,000 Mayfair – 4723 Vista St. Inviting façade w/front patio & rear deck. 3 Bd hm w/garage encl as addl bdrm $64,900 Grays Ferry – 1356 S. Stanley St. Recently renovated home at a great price!

67,500 Port Richmond – 3150 Agate St. Fantastic Port Richmond Row w/newer heater, new plumbing & more! $75,000 Lansdowne – 273 W. Essex Ave. Charming spacious house on quiet tree-lined street. Reduced to sell! $79,000 Francisville – 1425 Cambridge St. Grt investment opportunity – 3bd/2ba – hm needs completion but has good bones $85,000 Upper Darby – 72 Gilpin Rd. 3 bedroom rowhome in Upper Darby with attached garage for sale $97,500 Port Richmond – 3107 Memphis St. Well cared for 3 bd hm in Port Richmond, grt for 1st time homebuyers! $100,000 Temple University – 2111 W. Berks St. 3 Story Shell in need of total renovation $100,000 Port Richmond – 3027 E Thompson St. Grt 4bd hm in Port Richmond under mkt value – motivated seller – take a look! $110,000 Drexel Hill – 3834 Marshall Rd 3bd brick twin in good area w/improved ktchn & recently renovated $134,900 Lansdowne – 195 N. Union St Lg twin home w/enclose front proch, HW floors, ceiling fans, large rear yard for parking. Fin. Bsmt. $145,000 Newbold – 1838 Carlisle St. Property in A+ condition $147,500 Port Richmond – 3298 1/2 Miller St. Recently updated 3 bd hm w/detached 2 car garage. $150,000 Holmesburg – 4405 Rhawn St. Grt Twin in Holmesburg w/backyard & plenty of storage space! $159,900 Point Breeze - 1226 S. 20th St. Complete renovation in Point Breeze boasts an open flr plan, HDWD flrs & fin. bsmt $169,000 Sharon Hill – 712 Sharon Ave. New Construction, 3bd/2.5ba, upgraded kit, SS appl, lrg yard & rear prkng $184,900 Manayunk – 4524 Smick St. Manayunk townhome fully renovated in 2003, features 2br/1ba, rear patio $215,000 Wissinoming – 4403 Howell St. Unique 3bd/1.5ba contemporary NoLib-like home, but at a much better value $229,900 Pennsport – 438 Manton St. Sensational completely renovated 3sty home includes 3bd/2ba, fin bsmt, lrg yard!

OPEN HOUSE $289,900 E. Passyunk – 1813 S. Alder St. Gorg. 3bd, gated comm, garage w/2 car pkg, 6yr tax abate, hwd flrs, granite, deck+courtyard OPEN HOUSE $365,000

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Old City

223-225 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

(215)923-7600

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ART MUSEUM

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE COnT.

the PhiladelPhiaN

waNamaker house

the PhiladelPhiaN the PhiladelPhiaN

combined home with 4Br + den, 4Ba, large balcony with art museum view , upgr. kit. and baths 3,904 sf 2Br, 2Ba with views of the art museum and center city skyline, upd. kit., large private balcony 1876 sf 2Br, 2Ba, new wood floors, balcony, art museum view, upgr. kitchen and Ba 1876 sf

$415,000 $369,900

2 Br, 2 Ba, split plan on a high floor, excellent lving and closet spaces, eat-in kitchen, master Br with ensuite Ba & walk-in closet open Sunday 11/6 12-12:30pM 1314 sf

$365,000

oneBr, oneBa, upgraded kitchen andBa, Juliet balcony, w/d

$289,000

705 sf

1Br, large kitchen, marble bathroom, wood floors

637 sf

$369,900

Parc ritteNhouse 220 w. ritteNhouse sq

1 bedrooms, wood floors, open kitchen, marble bath, w/d 1Br, wood floors, w/d, large bedroom suite, excellent living/ent. space

638 sf 975 sf

$339,900 $274,900

1900 ritteNhouse

AvEnUE of ThE ARTS academy house

Parc ritteNhouse

$599,900

the PhiladelPhiaN 1Br, beautifully renovated kitchen with wood cabinetry and breakfast bar, panoramic sunrise views to the east overlooking the Fairmount neighborhood, wood floors throughout, pristine condition 1166 sf $199,900 academy house

the warwick Parc ritteNhouse Parc ritteNhouse

2Br, 2Ba, wood and granite floors, marble baths, beautifully upgraded kitchen, high floor 1,198 sf open Sunday 11/6 1:30-2pM 1Br, 1Ba, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen andBa, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors 1,085 sf 1Br, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen 712 sf 1Br, 1Ba, balcony, open kitchen, hardwood floors, marble bath 765 sf 1Br, large galley kitchen, open living and dining room, excellent closet space 661 sf

$479,900 $399,900 $389,900 $375,000

open Sunday 11/6 12:45-1:15pM

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE

SociETy hill

Barclay

BaNk BuildiNg

3 Br + den, 3.5Ba, marble foyer, formal dining rm, sunny eat-in kitchen, 10’ ceilings, moldings, oak herring bone floors, 3 gas fireplaces 3,293 sf $2,900,000 Barclay 2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba, magnificent original details paired with mod. amenities, beautifully appointed eat-in kitchen, rittenhouse square views 3,889 sf $2,200,000 the ritteNhouse Penthouse, 2Br (or 3), 2 full bath, 2 half bath, high end finishes and appointments throughout, balcony with city views, originally $4,200,000 3,952 sf $2,675,000 laNesBorough 3Br, 3.5Ba, brand new, very high ceilings, his and hers master bath, custom kitchen, exquisite detail throughout.

3,467 sf $2,395,000 220 w. ritteNhouse sq. magnificent custom home with 3Br’s, 2.5Ba, balcony over rittenhouse square, chef’s kit., wonderful enter. space, lavish master suite 3,682 sf $1,975,000 the ritteNhouse 3Br, 2.5Ba, magnificent tieenhouse square & sunset views, pristine condition, great entertaining space, marble baths 2,644 sf $1,895,000 2228 sPruce street townhome with 5Br plus den, 3.5Ba, private garden, lots of natural light, beautifully restored, original details with modern updates 4,338 sf $1,750,000 ritteNhouse Plaza 2Br + den cooP overlooking rittenhouse square, custom chef’s kitchen, lavish master suite, formal entertaining space 2,306 sf $1,450,000 the warwick 3Br + den, 3.5Ba, open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, marble bath, north and south city views 2421 sf $1,195,000 the warwick 2Br + den, 3Ba, south facing views in all rooms, wood floors, chef’s kitchen, marble baths 1,614 sf $859,000 Parc ritteNhouse 2Br, 2Ba, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble bath, wood floors 1,272 sf $775,000 2009 sPruce street 3Br + den, 2.5Ba, tri-level condominium, large private deck, luxurious master suite 2,844 sf $675,000 Parc ritteNhouse 2Br, 2Ba, views to the south, excellent closet space, lavish master suite, open kitchen 1,078 $650,000 the warwick 2Br, 2Ba, open floor plan, luxurious master suite, marbleBa, wood floors, lots of light 1,199 sf $599,900 Barclay 2Br, 2Ba, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on rittenhouse square 1,075 sf $539,000

$499,000

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Brand new 2 Br + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designerBa, services available from adjoining omNi hotel 2,025 sf $1,100,000 raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence mall 3,068 sf $950,000 2Br + den, 2.5Ba, hardwood floors, high-end open kitchen, designer bathrooms 2,117 sf $799,000 opportunity to create a custom home in a luxury, boutique condominium building on independence mall 2017 sf $549,900 2Br, oneBa, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows 1,200 sf $399,000 2Br, 1Ba, unobstructed river views, beautifully upgraded kitchen and bath, wood floors throughout 1,200 sf $365,000 1Br, high floor, river view, investment opportunity 700 sf $269,900

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Bi-level penthouse, 2Br. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf $2,295,000 magnificent penthouse with 1 br + den, 3.5 ba, completely renovated w/ custom finishes throughout, balcony over wash. sq, a must see!

3,153 sf $1,900,000 custom 2Br, 2Ba home with high celing, lots of light, open chefs kitchen, luxurious master suite, direct view of washington square 1,775 sf $1,075,000 2Br, 2Ba, beautifully ren. kit. andBa, balc. with city and river views, hdwd. flrs. in living areas 1,977 sf $825,000 2Br, 2Ba, beautifully renovated throughout with open kitchen and designer bath, wood floors, balcony 1,387 sf $719,900 2Br, 2Ba, updated kitchen, balcony, southeast views, excellent condition 1,457 sf $589,900 1Br, 1.5Ba, alcove, completely renovated with gourmet kitchen, designerBa, amazing closets 1,118 sf $479,900 1Br, 1Ba, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition 928 sf $299,900 1Br, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen andBa, custom closets, balcony 928 sf $269,900 2Br, 1Ba, bi-level, open kitchen, wood floors 857 sf $209,900

iNdePeNdeNce Place 241 s 6th street

the warwick 1701 locust street

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, split floor plan, panoramic views, high floor, large rooms throughout, 1314 sf

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, completely renovated throughout with high end finishes, balcony, 1387 sf

3 bedrooms plus den, 3.5 baths, pristine condition, designer finishes throughout, 2421 sf

$365,000

$719,900

$1,195,000

Condo Fees: $958

Condo Fees: $567

Condo Fees: $484

Taxes: $311

Taxes: $500

Taxes: $146

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $2,606

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $3,244

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: 5,591

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academy house 1420 locust street