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Feedback BBQ Pit Regarding Brian Freedman’s review of Sammy Chon’s K-Town BBQ: I completely agree that this place was awful. The chicken wings were soggy and bland. The koagie (Korean hoagie) was dry and the pork wasn’t spicy at all. They don’t have table BBQ. The banchan was awful. The kimchee wasn’t spicy and had an acidic aftertaste. The cucumber was off as well and that ham stuff didn’t make it past the nose. I threw away 75 percent of this stuff and grabbed an Israel salad and some falafel from a corner store. Stay away.

MICHAEL G., via philadelphiaweekly.com I have to respectfully disagree with this review. Overall, I’d say this place is on par with any other Korean BBQ joints in Center City. (The artist formerly known as Miran, Miga, etc). I can’t speak for the full menu, but the BBQ is solid. As the author admits, the pork bulgogi was addictively good. The LA short ribs were also quite tasty. I suspect Mr. Freedman may be experiencing some chain-bias. That is, because this restaurant is a chain (how boring!) from Jersey (the horror!), it must disappoint. Truth be told, in a blind taste test, you likely would not be able to differentiate the BBQ at this place from any other Center City establishment. You might even like it more. This place is worth a visit.

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Break the Ice Regarding Matt Prigge’s review of “Thin Ice” starring Greg Kinnear: Matt Pringgles continues to demonstrate why he’s a third-tier movie ‘reviewer’ making a Burger King managers salary to choke up yet another misguided take on a fun little movie. Go to Rotten Tomatoes and see what the big boys and girls are saying. Good flick. Saw this with friends in New York and it’s rock solid across the board. Not everything works perfectly but a surprising film that deserves better notice than what this bonehead has to say. Then again, this IS the girl who liked Transformers.

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The city says an ordinance barring students from living in certain areas isn’t discriminatory. Except it may be.

By Randy Lobasso rlobasso@philadelphiaweekly.com M AT T H E W P E T R I L LO

Home wreckers?: The city says a housing ordinance protects families living near Temple from the harms of “unsupervised students living with absentee landlords.”

“The minute you’re automatically discriminating against people because they’re members of a class, that’s what makes it unconstitutional.”

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One landlord who spoke to PW said his tenants didn’t let L&I in the house, but that the city deemed his property student housing anyway. “And when I said, ‘How did you come to that conclusion?,’ she said, ‘I saw books in the house,’” when tenants opened the door a crack.

“They essentially banned outright, persons based on membership of a class,” Stouffer opines, “and they rely on private citizens to report to L&I. The law is based on citizens reporting on each other. It discriminates between owners and renters.”

Stouffer and some landlords in the area concede there can be problems when campus housing spills over into neighborhoods. And they don’t deny the neighbors’ complaints were without merit.

“But there are already laws for that,” says one landlord. “They have police for that.”

Stouffer thinks it’s the school’s responsibility to keep their students at bay as they move off campus—not city ordinances, and certainly not discriminatory ones that were put into law illegally.

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or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” And assuming he’s right, all branches of city government have legalized class discrimination under our noses.

And that’s fucked up.

“I didn’t get my day in court ... [I] just want a judge to apply the law,” Stouffer says.

The ordinance in question was written in 2004 by then-Councilman Darrell Clarke and signed by then-Mayor John Street. It claims student housing is slowly turning North Central into a characterless cluster of cars and boardinghouses with concrete front lawns. It specifically forbids “apartment houses,” “tenement houses,” “multiple-family dwellings,” “student housing not owner-occupied” and “fraternity/sorority houses” from certain spots within the area. In other words: No students allowed.

Clarke’s ordinance has a long history of mostly unreported controversy, beginning when it was first up for debate. On Dec. 6, 2004, the City Council Rules Committee heard complaints regarding the potential law and the plan to ban specific types of living arrangements from the area. At this same hearing, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission indicated it had not previously been aware of Clark’s proposal.

Eight days later, the Planning Commission held a public meeting on the plan, and voted against recommendation. However,

carbon dioxide detectors. Many tenants living in the area received a letter from L&I in early October, saying if the owner of his/her property is cited for a violation, the “property may be closed and you will be asked to vacate and find another place to live.”

Some landlords gave their tenants strict orders: Don’t let L&I in; tell them you’re not students; disguise some beds to look like couches. One owner even put his studenttenants on the house’s deed for two years to get around the “not owner-occupied” language.

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When is discrimination, well, not? According to local lawyer Chris Stouffer, when it’s OK’d by the city. Since 2008, Stouffer’s been fighting a city law he says does just that.

The law in question is the 2004 “Yorktown Special District Controls” ordinance, written specifically for the North Central section of the city—Cecil B. Moore to the north, Oxford to the south, 11th to the east and 13th to the west. The law holds, after years of tensions between students and neighbors, that Temple kids simply aren’t allowed to live in certain areas of North Central. Stouffer, 63, says that’s unconstitutional, discriminatory and invalid. And he’s thought so since a group of landlords who own properties in the area hired him to fight their case. When they ran out of money to pay him, he continued fighting on his own. In late December, Common Pleas Judge Idee C. Fox ruled the ordinance constitutional, saying, “It is clearly intended to protect the vitality and viability of the Yorktown neighborhood as a unique inner-city haven for single families from the harms of unsupervised students living with absentee landlords.” Stouffer insists that despite the ruling, the fight’s not over. “[The city] butchered the law,” he says.

“Most lawyers wouldn’t say that, but I’m at a point in my career where I don’t care anymore.” The upheld law, he says, is a dangerous violation of Section 1, Article 14 of the U.S. Constitution, which bars the deprivation of “any person of life, liberty,

“City Council is under no obligation to follow our rule on any bill,” says Bill Kramer, division director for the Philadelphia Planning Commission.

Two days after the Commission recommended against the bill, on Dec. 16, Council voted in favor of it. It was believed that the two days did not give City Council enough time to read or consider the recommendation. Then Mayor John Street, who PW has confirmed lives in the neighborhood, signed it into law.

A complaint filed by landlords Michael, Andrea, Michelle and Kimberly Parkhill in late 2008 and reviewed by PW noted that because of the Commission’s vote against the ordinance, and Council’s lack of prior knowledge of that recommendation, “City Council’s adoption action of the Overlay is a nullity, as is the Overlay itself, because the City’s Home Rule Charter limits the ability of City Council to adopt legislation on zoning and various other real estate-related issues in the absence of a recommendation.”

“But no one questioned it,” says another landlord in the area, who asked not to be identified.

Kramer says the entire process was quick. “Somehow [the bill] got approved and it came into law and the next thing you know we were dealing with it,” he remembers.

Section 2-307 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, which is the rule in question, reads, “The Council shall not enact any bill which shall in any manner affect any zoning ordinance, the Physical Development Plan of the City, plans of streets and revisions of such plans, and land subdivision plans or any bill which would authorize the acquisition or sale of City real estate without first receiving the recommendations thereon through the Mayor of the City Planning Commission.”

“It was one of those things where, you don’t have to figure out how it passed,” says a landlord who owns property in the area. “[Former Mayor John Street] lives in the neighborhood. The neighbors complained to him, he was the mayor, he got it done.”

Even though the ordinance was at first not enforced (because doing so would have required the government to invade people’s privacy, which is illegal), the situation quickly deteriorated. And that’s where it gets tricky.

At the start of the fall 2008 semester, the Department of Licenses & Inspections began doing more inspections, often knocking at student-occupied houses in the area with claims of inspecting smoke and

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lasping a large ring of keys in one hand, 61-yearold Vivian VanStory darts across the corner of 15th and West W Thompson streets—in the area just west of Templ Temple—where she’s lived for the last three decades.

Talking quickly during d a tour around her neighborhood, she points to what llooks like a vacant lot on the corner th outside, the fenced-in land where of the block. From the three row homes onc once stood appears like any other of the city’s 40,000 vacant properties: hopelessly abandoned, lacking any sense of h history or future purpose. The fence is mostly covered with leaves and moss, so it’s difficult to in id tell what’s inside. ““The city has neglected this land for decades,” VanStory says, fumbling with her keys until finding one in particular. Unraveling a metal chain lock that’s wrapped around the fence and its gate, VanStory says she’s proud of the gems in her 5th District neighborhood, despite the blight that surrounds it. Crumbling sidewalks and debris left over from torn-down houses are visible in every direction.

But tucked in the corner of the block, a well-groomed yard that rolls up to the fence’s boundaries makes itself known. Chunks of marble taken from old houses have been repurposed into benches, which are clustered around a dirt path that curves near the yard’s edges and passes a tulip garden. “This one won first prize for best children’s garden back in 1993,” says VanStory, pointing to the yard.

VanStory, the president of the Community Land Trust Corporation, along with a handful of volunteers, created the nonprofit 30 years ago in order to legally maintain the land (they currently manage about 75,000 square feet). The CLTC is funded almost entirely by private donations, generating about $3,000 a year to improve the North Central neighborhood. “We do this all ourselves … with no help from the city, with barely any funding,” VanStory says.

Which is why she’s wary of Council President Darrell Clarke’s plan to bring a Neighborhood Improvement District (NID)—a nonprofit established by City Council in which a tax is used to improve the district—into the community. Unlike VanStory’s neighborhood improvement efforts, which don’t cost residents a dime, Clarke’s NID would charge property owners, like VanStory, a fee on top of their real-estate tax. While she admits that parts of the

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budget—must be at least 18. The bylaws are also vague about the compensation for the rest of the board members, saying only that, essentially, they can determine their own salaries without oversight.

“If they care about the neighborhood and not just controlling the money, they’d be inclusive of the entire neighborhood from the beginning,” she says. “Not two years later after private meetings.”

However, it’s too late to be on the committee; all nine slots were quietly filled shortly after a group of landlords approached Clarke in January 2010. When asked why a fancy invitation wasn’t sent to all landlords and businesses in the area about serving on the steering committee like the 86 pages of the bill, Pizzola says: “To send out a mailing to the community and say, ‘Let’s see who wants to join us’ doesn’t make sense. To make a mailing costs $2,300.”

Still, Pizzola says there’s plenty of time to defeat the bill.

After the community meeting, City Council will host two public hearings, the first on March 13 and the second about a month later. After that, opponents will have 45 days to come up with enough votes to kill the NID. Clarke’s NCNID has been “This is America, we vote on in the works for a while. Two things,” Pizzola says. years ago, before he called But rarely does an election for any public input or even require a negative vote, which introduced his plan to Council, is exactly what’s needed to he authorized a nine-person defeat the NCNID. To do so, steering committee to oversee according to the bill, 51 percent the NCNID’s creation. He also of property owners must vote created a nonprofit, the North against it—a practice required Central Management Corporaof all potential NIDs in the city. tion, which would manage the And because residents aren’t alproposed NCNID. lowed to vote at all, rarely does But it’s only now that Clarke is an election exclude so many in the process of trying to win voters. community support.

This raises a red flag with Early this month, his office Gerald Frug, a Harvard law mailed out 86-page packets to professor who has studied imthe owners of the 2,600 properprovement districts in Philadelties that could be subject to the phia. He says NIDs represent NID tax, along with a bright19th-century America, when pink invitation to a March 6 only property owners—many of community meeting. whom don’t live in the area— “We received about 15 calls could vote. “We are supposed from people with questions to have a one-person, one-vote about the mailing and NID system,” he says. “But NIDs and who want to speak at the aren’t organized that way. meeting,” says Nick Pizzola, a They’re set up to benefit develmember of the steering comopers, not the residents.” mittee and a landlord who Secret garden: Vivian Vanstory sits in a lot near 15th and West Thompson streets that she and her nonprofit spruced up—without city funds.

Barbara Ferman, a political manages 15 properties in North science professor at Temple Central. He adds that VanStory, University with an emphasis in urban politics, says NIDs generally work well, but who is scheduled to be the first to speak, is the “only one VanStory says the same of the steering committee and admits they have one specific flaw: “Why isn’t the city who says she’s not in favor of it. We’re not gonna buy her already providing these services?” support, that’s not how we do business. But we’re pushing the people who would sit on the Board of Directors. According to the bylaws, someone from Clarke’s office must Still, Ferman says, “it’s not like [they] are impacting to have her on our side.” sit on the board. But, “the [executive] director does not everyone economically … [but] they benefit everyone.”

VanStory credits the bill for excluding single-family need to be a resident of PA,” meaning that he or she could Regardless, finding someone who can galvanize the owned and occupied houses—which she says is necesentire neighborhood is a challenge for any community— sary in a low-income neighborhood—but doesn’t want her potentially live on the other side of the country and dictate where the money goes. In fact, the only requirement and an obvious win for any councilmember. neighborhood to be tossed around like a political footstated is that the executive director—who would be paid “I have no problem with NIDs if they do it right,” says ball. She says the creation of the NCNID formed without about $75,000 a year, roughly 17 percent of the NCNID’s Abdel Ghalayini, a landlord who owns nine properties community input outweighs its potential good. “I’ve been neighborhood could use significant improvements, it’s the process of creating the NID that, VanStory says, intentionally neglects any due process.

Clarke’s plan, called the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District (NCNID), would affect the areas between Broad and 19th streets and York Street to Girard Avenue, along with five smaller pockets of houses and apartments, where many Temple students reside in offcampus housing. According to the bill, which was quickly proposed during Council’s first legislative session on Jan. 26, the fee in question—a roughly seven percent increase on real-estate taxes (on top of the 3.9 percent increase that was implemented last year to fund the city’s schools, as well as a 9.9 percent increase in 2010)—would generate nearly a half-million dollars for improving the neighborhood. The bulk of the money, about $275,000, would fund cleaning sidewalks and vacant lots; about $75,000 would go toward public safety.

But in an area in which 42 percent of property owners owe hundreds of thousands of dollars of property taxes, some see Clarke’s proposal as a burden to the already struggling neighborhood.

living in North Philadelphia since 1959. But do you think they asked what I thought, or if the Land Trust could participate?” she asks. “You don’t have to tell me what’s good in my neighborhood.”

But Pizzola says that he, like VanStory, is a concerned landlord who’s “volunteering because I want to make sure the purpose complies with its mandate … She’s an activist, I give her that, but I don’t know who Vivian VanStory is. I’m not gonna trust my money with her.”

“I’ve been living in North Philadelphia since 1959. But do you think they asked what I thought? You don’t have to tell me what’s good in my neighborhood.”

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many of whom are students. While Ghalayini is cautious to trust the NID, he says the city’s efforts to make students pay for improvements is off base. “Lots of things caused vacant lots, but not students,” he says.

Pizzola says students’ lifestyles are exactly why the NID is needed: “The loud parties, the trash, taking up parking—it all degrades the life of the community,” he says. “A Neighborhood Improvement District would help the residents’ life improve.”

“I don’t know if it degrades, I wouldn’t use that word,” says William Carter, chief operational officer for Clarke, who did not return repeated requests for comment.

“But it inundates. There’s been a housing boom in the area because, we’ve noticed, Temple is becoming less of a commuter school. [The NID is] about improving the relations of students and residents.”

Still, neither Pizzola nor Carter could provide any evidence that point to students’ negative effect on the immediate neighborhood.

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The proposed Chinatown NID, called the Callowhill Improvement District, targeted all property owners, not just landlords and businesses. Still, Yuen says that defeating Clarke’s NCNID won’t be any easier. She says that even after she convinced enough property owners to vote against the NID, Council went ahead and voted in favor of it anyway (voting records show that it’s good politics to vote for councilmembers’ NIDs since it’s assumed that they know their district’s needs best). Mayor Nutter eventu ally vetoed it.

“It’s another way for the city to collect a

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within the proposed area. “But where the money will go? There isn’t any guarantee, any specifics about how often they’ll pick up the trash. There isn’t any specifics about where or how many public safety patrollers there will be. Why pay when you don’t know what you’re getting out of it?”

Lenny Deich, who manages two properties around Temple, says he doesn’t have faith that the NID will spend the money properly. “I just don’t believe it, it’s just disgusting this can happen.”

Both Ghalayini and Deich say that if the NID is passed, they will most likely pass down the additional cost to their tenants,

To Maria Yuen, who helped create the North of Vine Association, which became the first group in Philadelphia to defeat an NID from her Chinatown neighborhood in December 2011, the entire process is nothing short of a “mini-dictatorship.”

“They [City Council] already have their minds made up,” she says. “The hearing is a joke. It’s just for show. It’s man versus an

tax without it saying it can collect a tax,” she says.

Others see Clarke’s NCNID proposal as more than just a response to unruly students. “Clarke was seen as a councilman who wasn’t that friendly with development but has become much more open to it,” say Zack Stalberg, president of the Committee of Seventy. “It may or may not deal with his efforts to control developers.”

Stalberg adds that Clarke could bring needed change to the creation process of NIDs, especially considering that “often in the past, these hearings have been a little inscrutable. This is a good opportunity for Clarke to make these hearings simpler and much easier to evaluate.”

That isn’t likely to happen, considering his lack of transparency over the last two years.

“Improvement Districts can certainly be abused,” says Richardson Dilworth, political science director for the Center of Public Policy at Drexel University. “But it’s not hard to see if a NID isn’t working.”

VanStory, who questions why the city would create a dozen NIDs that use basicall the same legislation and objectives instead of a citywide entity that could do the same with less overhead, is ready for the fight.

“We have to become sustainable,” she says. “There’s not democracy in this decision-making. We gotta be the ones decidin the future of our neighborhoods.” ■

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hile serving 36 years of a life sentence in Graterford prison for being an accomplice to a North Philadelphia second-degree murder, Tyrone Werts earned a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University, worked as a tutor to help others earn their GEDs, became heavily involved with Temple University’s nationally renowned InsideOut Prison Exchange Program, and established the Lifers’ Public Safety Initiative (PSI) with other incarcerated men. PSI was created to propose solutions to violent crime in prisons and communities. For the first time since former-Gov. Rendell broke with Pennsylvania’s “life means life” policy to commute Werts’ sentence, resulting in his 2010 release, Werts will speak to the public as a free man about his experience and accomplishments, and will share in a dialogue about the evolving meaning of “justice,” the short falls of the criminal justice system and new methods for addressing crime.

Werts will be joined by Barb Toews, restorative justice practitioner/educator and Paul J. Hetznecker, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, both of whom collaborated with Werts during his incarceration. Emma EisEnbErg

One of the most agile, dynamic and heralded figures in New York’s mid-’90s slam poetry scene, Saul Williams burst into the mainstream consciousness in the award-winning 1998 drama Slam, in which he starred opposite fellow poet Sonja Sohn (later Detective Griggs on The Wire). Williams was a force to be reckoned with, and he brought that fire to his burgeoning music career, crafting a jugular-slicing industrial hip-hop that reached its zenith with 2007’s incredible Trent Reznor-abetted The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. Four years later, and approaching 40, Williams has softened and gone semi-pop with his new Volcanic Sunlight, which frequently sounds like a smoother, slightly funkier TV on the Radio. It’s a perfectly decent album, but we sure hope some of that blistering, experimental zeal of old rears its head tonight. michaEl alan goldbErg 8pm. $15-$27. With CX Kidtronik. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. worldcafelive.com

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Godard’s Contempt French auteur Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963) is a film about making a film. Upon first viewing, I didn’t really “get it.” However, DVD bonus features revealed the meaning of a car crash scene where, following an accident, two bodies lean in opposite directions. For various reasons, that’s impossible. Given the impact and stuff, both bodies must lean in the same direction. This is Godard’s way, experts claim, of revealing to the audience that film has the capacity to misrepresent the real world and the power to create new worlds. Figure the rest out for yourself at tonight’s screening.

Wed., Feb. 22, 7:30pm. Free. Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford. haverford.edu

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Algernon Cadwallader Algernon Cadwallader sound like Cap’n Jazz.

Listeners know this, YouTube knows this (dig up AC’s “Second-Rate Machines” and Cap’n’s “Planet Shhh” should be recommended), and the band undoubtedly know this. Tim Kinsella’s beloved group have been invoked so often that AC vocalist/bassist Peter Helmis once used an interview to tongue-in-cheekily introduce his act as “a DIY band from Pennsylvania. We sound like Cap’n Jazz.” To be fair, the basement-bred Philly group (who crib their moniker from a notable early resident of Yardley) genuinely do resemble Cap’n Jazz and bands of their ilk. “Springing Leaks,” off last year’s Parrot Flies, sports the tenderest of hearts, shouted vocals that are nigh unintelligible but fun anyhow, and that brand of hopelessly starry-eyed guitar lines that made 1990s post-hardcore and emo treasures. To throw new comparisons into the mix, AC also sound like they could be from New Jersey circa ’97, as the three-piece play with the persistence and rawness of Lifetime and Thursday. rEyan ali 8pm. With Teenage Cool Kids. Pilam, 3914 Spruce St. facebook.com/pages/pilam

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Big River Beyond the actors’ friends and family, audiences don’t typically flock to a university production because of the show’s cast, which is usually comprised entirely of student performers. However, University of Arts’ staging of Big River is no ordinary production. A musical adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn featuring Roger Miller’s tuneful countrybluegrass score, UArts’ production may be

24 Party at Clear Business innovates in the face of an increasingly discerning public. The Nextlevel Wireless store (where the Clear Wireless store used to be) definitely agrees. Since the neonaccented interior design is far more suited for a dance party than retail, the Nextlevel folks are opening their doors for all all-out bash.

Bring your drink/food, enjoy the fog machine and talk shit while playing the X-box or Playstation hooked up to big screens. You know, the simple things. brad ForbEs 9pm. Free. Clear, 4327 Main St. 267.498.7046

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A Wilhelm Scream Heavy metal shredding and punk rock aren’t two tastes that tend to taste great together, but A Wilhelm Scream make the combination work with enviable panache. The New Bedford, Mass.-bred five-piece, who have been kicking around in some form for at least 13 years, tread similar territory to their heroes in Propagandhi by teaming chunky-sounding guitars with satisfying hooks and punk’s bullet-like exactness. Lyrically, their arcane verses usually hit their target, though an occasional song feels like a word salad prepared just because it sounds cool and vaguely deep.

AWS haven’t issued a full-length since 2007’s Career Suicide (they’ve been teasing one for ages), so in lieu of an up-to-date recommendation, dig up Mute Print, their underrated and ridiculously on-point debut. “Famous Friends and Fashion Drunks” alone could exhaust a repeat button. r.a.

6pm. $10. With the Holy Mess + 1994!. Barbary, 951 N. Frankford Ave. r5productions.com

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Part silent auction, part marketplace, the global food-swapping movement has landed in Philly. Register to trade your foraged, homemade or homegrown produce, breads, jams, cakes or other edibles at the Philly Swappers’ second event. Or come as a nonswapping guest to observe the festivities. Come hungry—there will be pre-swap potluck appetizers and plenty of sampling to be done. hEathEr taddonio

8:30pm. $10. Dock Street Brewery, 701 S. 50th St. 215.726.2337. dockstreetbeer.com

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7pm. Free. International House, 3701 Chestnut St. 215.387.5125. ihousephilly.com

Many prisoners wish to use their time behind bars to learn how to better themselves once they’re released. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough educational materials to help them do that. Books Through Bars was founded to help solve this problem. Dock Street Brewery will be hosting Books Through Bar’s Dictionary Fund Benefit, an event created to provide dictionaries to inmates; the dictionary is the single most requested book by incarcerated people. For a $10 donation, attendees receive a slice of pizza (there will also be vegan options) and a beer, and the opportunity to provide an inmate with a dictionary. If you can’t donate $10, dictionary donations are certainly welcome. sydnEy scott

the first University show in Philly to feature a Tony Award-nominated actor. Forrest McClendon, who received a Tony nom for his terrific performance in Scottsboro Boys, reprised the role in Philadelphia Theatre Company’s recently concluded staging of Scottsboro and his magical performance stole the show. For director Frank Anzalone’s concert presentation of River, McClendon stars as the runaway slave Jim while fellow Barrymore Award winner Ben Dibble (who, like McClendon, is an adjunct faculty member at UArts) struts his considerable talent as the wily con man known as Duke. J. coopEr robb

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Bierfest In celebration of Pennsylvania’s German brewing heritage, this beer tasting event will feature a lively, biergarten vibe, equipped with live bluegrass by the Keystone Mountain Boys and more German-inspired beers than you can shake a kleben (stick) at. We’re talking craft lagers, bock beers and weizens from more than a dozen brewers across the state including Victory, Tröegs, Sly Fox and Yuengling.

Even better, they’ll be poured by the schone frauen (attractive ladies) of the Philly Roller Girls. Complimentary light fare will be catered

by Brauhaus Schmitz, with a rotating menu of imported German beers manned by experts from the Foodery and a free panel discussion on the future of craft lager, moderated by Pa.’s only master sommelier, Melissa Monosoff.

A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to Jefferson Hospital’s Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit. Trinken verantwortungsvoll (drink responsibly)! nicolE finKbinEr 1pm. $18-$53. The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden St. germansociety.org P H I L A D E L P H I A W E E K LY February 22 - 28, 2012

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Tigran A native of Armenia, pianist Tigran Hamasyan has traveled far—literally and musically—in his 24 short years. Since coming to the U.S., he’s won the prestigious Monk Competition (in 2006) and drawn deserved praise for his records World Passion, New Era, Red Hail, the solo piano opus A Fable and most recently the vinyl-and-download-only EP No. 1. Tigran’s muse leads him into dark meditations but also go-for-the-throat modern jazz.

He’s got a hard-rock side as well, and a gift for bringing Armenian folk melodies into new improvised contexts. He’ll arrive in Philly with a quintet featuring saxophonist Ben Wendel and drummer Nate Wood, both of Kneebody fame. DAviD r. ADlEr

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John Condron + Mickey Harte Onetime Philadelphian John Condron makes a He-Man’s melodic pop, a blue-collar, big shoulders version of the genre defined by Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Crowded House. Now based in Chicago, he divides his time between performing and producing, most recently for Mickey Harte, a one-time winner of Ireland’s “You’re a Star” sing-off reality show and a 2003 Eurovision contestant. Harte didn’t win Eurovision, or even place very well, but he did score a No. 1 hit in Ireland with his song “We’ve Got the World.” Today, on a more modest scale, Harte and Condron are both masters of rough but hummable pop, prone to scratchy, disheveled tunes that shimmer like rainbows and stick like woodland burrs.

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7pm. $10. Tin Angel. 20 S. Second St. 215.928.0770. tinangel.com

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27 Norman David and the Eleventet Three things are clear from spinning At This Time, the 2011 release from Norman David’s Eleventet. One, David writes beautifully, with a unique if underexposed voice in the field of modern jazz composition. Two, David knows that an ensemble—a “little big band” if you

will—can bring out the swing and subtlety in his music. Three, David plays fierce soprano saxophone, holding up strong next to Dick Oatts, George Garzone and other world-class figures. A Montreal native, David’s been at it in the Philly area since 1989, and he’s in the midst of a residency, playing album cuts and new music with a fine local lineup. D.r.A. 7pm. $8. Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey St. 215.735.0630. playsandplayers.org

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28 Shooting Wall: Radical Form & Content Rather than settle for typical Tinseltown fare, which conditions moviegoers to expect a linear narrative and rarely ventures beyond the medium shot, this collective of leftist movie mavens is dedicated to the idea that viewers deserve beautiful, challenging films that combine innovative form and radical content.

If that sounds farfetched, its members will gladly explain how artists like Pier Paolo Pasolini once delighted audiences without retreating from his artistic or political principles. But this is no mere nostalgic exercise.

Since its founding in 2010, Shooting Wall has published four thoughtful issues of a film zine and even produced some movies of its own. Now the time has come for this revolutionary cadre of cinephiles to leave its cell and engage with the masses. On this evening, they’ll mix film theory and praxis, discussing key concepts in the history of film criticism and illustrating them with clips from selected works. rAyMonD siMon 7pm. Free. Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St. 215.413.0999. shootingwall.com

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Dinosaur Feathers Dinosaur Feathers are indigenous to Brooklyn. Their buoyant, heavily layered, psychedelic avant-pop fits neatly within the Animal Collective genus and can be found wherever hipsters and vampires weekend.

Their soaring harmonies are anchored to busy percussive latticework that crowds the soundfield, pushing back a flood of keyboards, guitars and samples. It’s a colorful, adventurous approach despite its potential to induce seizures, and one’s easily swept up (or drowned) in their wild woolly cavorting.

They’re readying an April release of their second album, Whistle Tips, which sounds a bit more focused than their 2009 debut Fantasy Memorial. chris PArKEr 9pm. $10. With Grandchildren + Buffalo Stance.

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The echo-y, tiled space at Fifth and Bainbridge has been no stranger to drama these past few years. When it was Coquette, a car plowed through the windows. Then, Matt Levin’s Adsum opened with a bang, garnering gobs of critical praise. A little more than a year later, he left.

Now, his former partner, Kar Vivekananthan, as well as Manayunk’s Richard Rivera and Rob Nydick, have transformed the space into Tapestry, a neighborhoodfriendly spot that seems determined to keep things as straightforward and drama free as possible.

The result is a menu that’s less challenging than it was under Levin, but that shows plenty of potential, especially with its casual bent and generally laudable execution.

At Tapestry, you really can’t go wrong with a brew and almost anything fried. The beer list is expansive, with approximately 175 by the bottle and a rotating selection of 24 on tap.

Order a Ballast Point Piper Down Scottish-style ale from California and tear into a plate of fried chicken, a salty, dizzyingly crispy, thick-crusted plateful that’s among the better versions in the city right now. A side of slaw, or some sort of acid to cut it, would have framed it even better than the excellent fries, but it’s hard to complain about a plateful as well-prepared as this.

The vegetarian chili is also a standout: the pinto, cannellini, red kidney and black beans are all relatively toothsome despite the fact that they’re canned, and the sweetness of paprika and cooked-down tomatoes lend it contrast. It’s a hearty, dense enough bowl to make you forget that it’s vegetarian—which, it seems to me, is exactly what good vegetarian food should do.

That same sense of balance bolstered the octopus salad, where meaty coins of the stuff were simply poached then seared, and dotted a tangle of bright arugula, briny capers, chickpeas and roasted red peppers. The burger, though nothing unique, nonetheless acquitted itself admirably; the 80-20 chuck is ground fresh at Rivera’s and Nydick’s Agiato in Manayunk. Pizzas are generally a solid go-to as well with their leopard-spotted and yeasty crusts.

Desserts, however, underachieved. Pot de creme would have been a perfectly serviceable little demitasse of chocolate had it not been covered over by a gelatinous, only vaguely-vanilla-tasting skin. As for the bread pudding, it arrived marooned on the plate like some sort of sad, isolated island, a cloyingly sweet ocean of creme lapping its sides. The bread itself was too tough, and the center was cold—never a good sign.

Right now, at least, this latest iteration of the space seems to be the kind of restaurant that the neighborhood probably always needed, a nice home for a drink and a reasonably priced, casual meal. But it still has a bit of work to do—some tucking in of the proverbial corners and tightening up of its executions.

One of the main complaints leveled at Adsum was that its menu was a bit too outré for regular visits from neighbors. (I disagreed, but still ...) As Coquette, it seemed to have angered the gods from the beginning for some reason. But with a few tweaks here and there, Tapestry will reach its potential and do the very pleasant space justice. In the meantime, stop by, check out the new brews and tear into that fried chicken. n

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What the hay: Emilie Krause (left), Ross Beschler (center) and Jered McLenigan are in a love triangle on the farm.

In her director’s notes for Theatre Exile’s latest production, Brenna Geffers observes that playwright David Harrower’s Knives in Hens “has been unlike any other show I have ever worked on.” And it’s a good bet that Geffers’ staging of Knives is unlike any show you’ve ever seen.

Knives grew out of a longer play that Harrower worked on set in Scotland’s rugged lowlands. The original work included a storyteller who relates a tale about a ploughman’s wife and her journey to a nearby mill.

Knives brings the storyteller’s tale to life in jarring fashion.

Knives in Hens Through March 4. $18-$32.

Studio X, 1340 South St. 215.218.4022. theatreexile.org Set sometime in the distant pre-industrial past, Harrower’s nervy, 70-minute play concerns three people in a secluded rural village. The exact date is unspecified, but it is an age before the existence of luxury or even the simplest comforts. Without any modern conveniences to distract them, the villagers’ lives revolve around God, work and sex.

A poetic, metaphorically rich play, Knives lends itself to a wide variety of different approaches. In Geffers’ hands, Knives is a coming-of-age story about a young woman’s

(Emilie Krause) search for identity.

“Woman” is what her husband, William (the excellent Jered McLenigan) calls her— and with good reason. To him she has no identity beyond her gender. Everything she does, everything she is, relates to her sex.

William, a ploughman in the village, spends his days tending to the all-important horses.

His woman seemingly does everything else.

One day, he orders her to a nearby mill for grain. Unlike the farmers in the village, the miller Gilbert (Ross Beschler in an effectively complex portrayal) is akin to a businessman in this sleepy town and thus treated as an outsider. However, after some initial wariness, a relationship develops between Gilbert and William’s wife.

Knives is Harrower’s first play, but unlike many novice playwrights he is not struggling to find his voice. Poetic, primitive and drawing on primal forces, Harrower’s script is like a sorcerer’s spell that can be both bewitching and bewildering.

One of the problems with contemporary theater is that new plays go through an overly long gestation period before they ever see a stage. The result is that, after countless workshops and readings, many plays can seem overly calculated. In contrast, Harrower’s script feels as rough and unpolished as the people whose lives it depicts. Unconcerned with historical accuracy or a carefully crafted message, the play seems to spring directly from Harrower’s imagination onto Exile’s stage, where it is brought to life with its rawness fully intact.

Directed with considerable gusto by Geffers, Exile’s production doesn’t just show us the world conjured by Harrower, it puts us deep inside it.

Thom Weaver’s environmentally rich scenic design integrates the audience within the village and the woods that surround it. Light shoots through the barn’s wooden slats and makes silhouettes out of the tree’s barren limbs. Nothing is fully illuminated; instead, the flickering, indirect light creates a world of shadows and superstitions.

The totality of the production’s design (which includes Christopher Colucci’s and Daniel Perelstein’s seductive sound design and original musical) has an intoxicating, almost hypnotic effect. Unencumbered by the usual rules of theater that define the relationship between the audience and the stage, Exile’s Knives is so far removed from our common, everyday lives that at times it’s like being lost and disorientated in a foreign land where everything suddenly seems extraordinary. n

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Rose Luardo and Andrew Jeffrey Wright want you to laugh at their art. They’re an artist duo and the creators of Comedy Dreamz, a late-night comedy show that features the pair’s off-beat routine spliced between conventional stand-up acts, projected video art and short skits. Checking convention at the door by tossing out the man-stool-mic combo of traditional comedy, Dreamz amps up the visual drama with a sultry troupe of fly-girl dancers.

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Maybe it’s the experimental videos (January’s Dreamz featured the world premiere of Thom Lessner’s and Ted Passon’s new random but awesome music video for the Darkness), or maybe it’s the dancers’ unitards that make Dreamz different.

More likely, though, it’s due to Luardo and Wright. In January’s show, they turned

out quirky physical comedy about manic drum-circle dancing, compulsive pocket hoarding and unpredictable personality disorders that took them off stage and into the audience. A video called “Soft Circles” cast Luardo and Wright as gyrating leatherheads, performing a ludicrous dance around the city. A promo video features Wright promising us “comedy so funny that it will melt your brain out into your socks, then it will melt your socks off, so you’re brain’s just lying there naked on the floor.” True to his word, one sketch ended with Wright’s pants around his ankles and the audience beside themselves.

In fact, whatever “meta” commentary may float above your head, Dreamz keeps your mind anchored firmly in the gutter (where—let’s face it—everything is a lot funnier). The comedians at the January show were uniformly solid and sometimes filthy-mouthed. Often, they were also already well-established in Philly. Shawn Kilroy joked about threesomes and pregnancy; Steve Miller-Miller quipped about butt sex and handjobs for Jesus; and David Agyekum complained about virginity and the taking thereof. Doogie Horner took the high road and crooned us an Irish ballad.

Despite the diversity of their subject matter, the comedians were a united front when it came to lampooning the audience. Among the crowd, plaid and bow ties abounded; granny glasses dwarfed faces that did not belong to the elderly; at least a few headbands were paired with a few ponchos.

When comedian Carolyn Busa said she was a vegetarian the crowd applauded and when Horner said he’d gone to art school, he added, “Although I pretty much assume that everyone here also did that.” Putting a finer point on the Bohemian nature of the audience, Kilroy observed: “You people all look like you work at a thrift store for children.” The audience screeched with delight.

Despite the strong showing of the artistically inclined, Dreamz is no inside joke. It’s a show that anyone with an eclectic sense of humor can enjoy. “Andrew and I have a background in art but you know, art is funny,” Luardo says. And what’s more liberating than a free pass for laughing at art’s most esoteric postures? While not strictly free, Dreamz delivers art with a punch line and stand-up with a self-reflexivity twist for just $5. “Funny is funny,” said Luardo right before she hopped on stage to join Wright for another evening in Dreamzland. “I think I’ll just leave it at that.” n

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The Broadway Melody (1929): Best Picture nominees tend to be a safe lot, although sometimes the Academy has sudden good taste. More often, such slips go in the other direction. The year 1929 wasn’t a strong movie year: The industry was still awkwardly switching to sound, and AMPAS felt the best of the quintet of Picture nominees, a definite mixed bag, was the first all-talking musical. Historical importance (and admittedly a couple decent numbers) can’t, alas, atone for the stagy filming, creaky stereotypes and sickly melodrama—aspects of the Hollywood musical that would be fixed immediately thereafter.

Dr. Dolittle (1967): How to atone for a legendary disaster, whose already titanic budget ballooned to three times its size, that was tied to an actor (Rex Harrison) more egomaniacal than a box-office draw, and which no one saw or liked? Lobby so aggressively that it’s officially considered one of the year’s five best, in the year of Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate no less. Harvey Weinstein is a pussy.

Airport (1970): In the 1930s, when there were usually 10 nominees, AMPAS liked to strike a nice balance between generic “prestige” product and (actually superior) “entertainments,” like The Thin Man, 42nd St. and The Awful Truth. The ’60s and ’70s saw a similar kowtow to populism. One slot was sometimes reserved for a big, if hardly more than adequate, blockbuster. The perfectly adequate Guns of Navarone wound up competing against The Hustler and West Side Story. More egregiously, Airport, a dismal disaster movie, wound up competing against an even worse picture: Love Story.

Mississippi Burning (1988): A loathsome piece of shit that milks the peaceful civil-rights movement for vigilante fodder. Seriously, fuck this movie.

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Chocolat (2000): Harvey Weinstein has used his

powers for good (Pulp Fiction), less good (Shakespeare in Love) and, occasionally, evil. With few “Oscar-worthy” products for the year, he put his considerable weight behind this total piffle from Lasse Hollström, a movie your mom didn’t even like.

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Cop Block Rampart works best when Woody Harrelson is allowed to shine.

By Sean Burns sburns@philadelphiaweekly.com director picked Anne Heche and Cynthia Nixon to co-star as siblings deserves some sort of special award.) Other nights he finds himself shacked up with Robin Wright’s selfsabotaging defense attorney, a terrible idea made all the more attractive because of how wrong it is.

So far, so good—even if there’s a bit of deja vu for anybody who follows James Ellroy’s work.

(Kurt Russell already played this role to perfection in the underrated 2002 L.A. riots thriller Dark Blue, while Keanu Reeves had a considerably tougher time of it in 2008’s Street Kings.)

The biggest problem here is that Rampart has been photographed in a fashion so mannered, it’s almost unwatchable. Moverman gimmicks-up every interaction with artschool flourishes. Entire dialogue sequences are conducted with our only vantage points cutting back and forth to close ups on the On the job: Woody Harrelson delivers his best performance in years. rear of the listener’s head—blocking any view of whoever happens to be speaking. Crucial Woody Harrleson delivers such a seething, magnificent moments are so over-conceptualized that performance as a bigoted knucklehead cop in Rampart, the camera often glides upward, mid-sentence, into a I’m still not sure why director Oren Moverman is so helldistracting, unnatural angle for reasons that don’t even bent on keeping us from being able to look at it. make much psychological sense. I felt especially sorry Of course, Harrelson has always been a brilliant comefor Ice Cube, as a dogged Internal Affairs detective so dian, but his best roles reveal something sinister behind lagging many steps behind Harrelson that during one that good ole boy demeanor. Lord knows, he hasn’t made of his infrequent, often bewildering, appearances he is it easy to be a fan. Harrelson tends walking at a distance literally unable to to disappear for years, often more keep pace with his quarry. concerned with his weed-friendly The actor and director previously Rampart dietary regimens than his movie worked together in 2009’s The MesGrade: Ccareer. Any other actor would’ve senger, an earnest, well-acted Iraq war Director: Oren Moverman tried to capitalize on his brilliant drama in which Harrelson’s slow-burn Starring: Woody Harrelson, performance in The People vs. Larry turn was only occasionally upstaged by Flynt, but instead Harrelson just Ben Foster and Sigourney Weaver Moverman’s gratuitous long-takes and noodled around on Broadway and all I-went-to-film-school camera shots. but vanished for a decade or so.

That well-written, well-acted movie Harrelson’s back with a vengeance suffered from a mild case of “Look, Ma, in Rampart, a movie that starts strong, quickly drifts I’m Directing!” syndrome, a condition that has apparinto terrible and only works on the rare occasions when ently metastasized during the years between films.

Harrelson’s searing performance is allowed to shine. CoAfter much (perhaps too much) time spent puzzling scripted by James Ellroy—that gloriously skuzzy chroniover Rampart’s often confounding choices, I think I cler of Los Angeles’ law and order underbelly—the film might finally kinda get what Moverman was shooting for. stars Harrelson as Dave “Date Rape” Brown, a piggish Dave’s in an almost super-heroic state of denial about patrolman caught in the late-1990’s Rampart division the severity of his circumstances, so I’m assuming the scandal. Starved down to sinew and raw attitude, Dave picture’s strategy of visual obfuscation must be meant to seems to subsist on cigarettes, martinis and xenophobic mirror his blinkered view of the world. Problem is, that’s bluster. The running joke in the movie is that he doesn’t the kind of direction that’s a lot more fun to talk about even eat. afterward than it is to actually sit through.

But Dave’s days of busting heads and torturing suspects It’s not helped by the fact that Rampart’s script is more are quickly coming to a close. Too bad he’s the last one to of a situation than a story. We’re just stuck with a lot of long, unpleasant scenes in which things play out pretty notice. Positioned as the fall guy for the department after much exactly as expected. The only person surprised a Rodney King–style beating, he’s suddenly up to his ears is Date Rape Dave, who regards his misfortunes with in inquiries from police head honcho Sigourney Weaver.

Then, Steve Buscemi makes a cameo as the camera point- entitled bafflement.

Yet despite so many disastrous decisions, Harrelson’s lessly pans away on some sort of lazy-Susan apparatus.

Dave lives in a modest suburban sprawl with his daugh- performance still haunts. Lean, insinuating and spoutters and two ex-wives—who happen to be sisters. At night, ing some of Ellroy’s most colorful invective, he leers and he drinks his way through dinner until he’s finally boozed slurs his way through the movie. Always teetering on the edge of violence, he’s odious and magnetic. n up enough to choose a companion. (Whichever casting

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PW: Was Dave Brown based on anyone in particular?

OM: It was a compilation. I don’t think it was based on one particular cop. It was really based on, first, Ellroy’s imagination, which we know is unique. A lot of cops he was familiar with made it into the Dave Brown character.

In the right direction: Oren Moverman (right) works with Woody Harrelson in Rampart.

Oren Moverman has directed only two features, namely 2010’s The Messenger and the new Rampart. But his name has popped up elsewhere. Moverman’s largely served as a screenwriting collaborator on oftstructurally adventurous projects. Starting with Jesus’ Son, which condensed a Denis Johnson novel into an appropriately episodic experience, his work tends to skirt the notion of an earth-quaking third act where the drama is neatly tied up. Instead, his narratives wind up in unexpected places, acknowledging that people live on after tragedies or that potential powder kegs tend to fizzle out rather than explode. His latest, Rampart, stars Woody Harrelson as a wildly corrupt and racist LAPD officer during the notorious Rampart Scandal of the late ’90s. Moverman spoke with PW after this year’s annoyingly safe Oscar race failed to nominate Harrelson for his arguably career peak work.

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PW: The Rampart Scandal doesn’t have the same resonance as the Rodney King beating and the L.A. riots. What was the motivation, far as you know, to examine LAPD corruption through this event?

OM: First of all, it was not only the biggest corruption scandal in the LAPD, it was also the biggest corruption scandal in U.S. history. I guess people don’t really know about it. The movie doesn’t really address it head-on. It’s the backdrop. In James’ version it was more out front. I proceeded to put in the background, mostly because it’s a very complicated scandal. But also because, for me, it’s about how change is coming. Every cop is being examined, and they can’t really get away with some of the bad behavior of the past. Dave refuses to change, which is his downfall. It’s really a character piece set against a big backdrop.

PW: In what ways did you want to evolve as a director on your second directing job?

OM: My approach is simple: You take a

by Dave Brown and that kind of male behavior that falls apart when reality strikes it. Here’s a guy who refuses to change, and I thought this was an opportunity to work with a script that does the opposite of what movies do, which is to take a character through an arc where he changes, maybe redeems himself. [Dave] refuses to have an arc. Everybody else in the movie moves on while he refuses.

look at the script and from there you get all the cues to what the movie needs to be.

It’s not about imposing something on the script. The Messenger was a much more simple film, because it was about a subject matter that was sensitive and was happening while the movie was being shot. We really needed to be respectful, so the movie’s quite restrained. Rampart is much more adventurous visually, and structurally more complicated. It’s not about loss and love and staying alive in a time of traumatic events. It’s about a certain dark corner of a man’s psyche. It had to have a certain energy and some cinematic flourishes.

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Ellroy had already put in several drafts.

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He saw the draft I was working on and gave me notes. It was very respectful. It’s always strange—and I know this from being a writer myself—it’s always strange to have someone come in and start reshaping material you’ve worked on. I really appre-

it that seems to mirror Dave’s increasingly disjointed connection to the world.

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In its genesis, The Conquest, a docudrama on the flashy election campaign of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, wasn’t about Sarkozy at all. Indeed, it predated his rise entirely.

Director/co-writer Xavier Durriger had always intended his film to be a general summary on how our Internet/24-hour-news network-besotted global village has turned politicians into celebrities. When Sarkozy rather unexpectedly became the far-right head of a famously chill nation, the project simply adopted him as its poster child.

The film functions as blueprint: Learn how Sarkozy micromanaged, how he recovered from the public relations disaster that is his marital implosion and how he miraculously capitalized on his appalling remarks on the “suburban uprising.” The current stock of bumbling, would-be-Obama defeaters ought to buy a ticket and bring a notebook.

Resembling him more in height (or lack thereof) than in looks or charisma, Denis Podalydès plays the sitting French prez as a ruthless micromanager who, along with his equally driven second (and future second ex-) wife Cécilia (Florence Pernal), seeks to upturn not only his future predecessor Jacques Chirac (Bernard Le Coq) but his party in general. This is accomplished partly through savvy, partly through turning his life into a reality show. Cameras are at every event, even there to document the marriage that famously eroded and, even more famously, didn’t cock up Sarkozy’s image with voters.

Durriger pitches this somewhere uncomfortably between fact-based drama and satire.

His film has been fact-checked to death then married to a fast pace, then fitted with a “fun” score that often takes on the carnivalistic glee of a Nino Rota score for Federico Fellini. That might be excusable if it wasn’t so satisfied with its tidy diagnosis. Like The Iron Lady, it’s afraid to take a firm side on its polarizing centerpiece, to really draw blood, and the result is a portrait that semi-inadvertently functions as apologia. Podalydès’ Sarkozy is borderline likable, nobly weary at the multitude hoops he has to jump through solely to adopt the nation’s shittiest job. British comic Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, the forthcoming HBO show Veep) does this stuff funnier, more insightfully and without the need to faux-humanize monsters. But in a pinch, this will do. n

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Of the Oscar categories, the one for Animated Feature (occasionally known as the “Just Give It to Pixar Award”) is relatively new, having been established only a decade ago. Perhaps that accounts for its shyness: this is only the second year (after 2002, strangely) to have five, rather than three, nominees. Often, it seems like the Academy is struggling to fill even its modest roster, which explains non-classic would-be winners like Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Surf’s Up. It’s as though the planet was starving for feature-length animated product—which, of course, it’s not.

A surprise nominee whose inclusion was widely read as a fuck-you to Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, Chico & Rita, from Spain, has less in common with contenders like Rango and, uh, Puss in Boots and more with The Artist. Like that live action pastiche, it’s a moony ode to a bygone era that operates as a slender melodrama, and whose simplicity can be read as nostalgia for an era of storytelling that, of course, never really existed.

At least Chico & Rita offers more history than The Artist. Starting in 1949 Havana, the story plows through several decades in the lives of its titular heroes, respectively the country’s “hottest piano player” and a prostitute with not only a heart of gold but also a pair of pipes. Her sexy-breathy act leads her to fortunes in New York and Hollywood, while Chico contends with more modest work, including touring Europe with Dizzy Gillespie. Our central pair try to stay together, but the vagaries of history and film plotting more often keep them apart.

Directors Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba met when the former designed the abstract poster for the latter’s Latin jazz documentary Calle 54. The jazz-heavy Chico & Rita is this event’s belated by-product, although the majority of the film’s design, while colorful, is restrained, as though the filmmakers had simply animated the storyboards of a live-action version. (An expressionistic nightmare freakout montage halfway through is most welcome.) That’s fine, as its ambitions are modest, and tinged with a decidedly European sensibility, which is one way of saying there’s T&A. Like too many in this year’s Oscar race, Chico & Rita is too content to be nice, a quality as easy to overrate as it is to lowball. n

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Some people believe human life began with a two-piece (see Adam and Eve), and throughout television history, proof that humans work best in twos has been consistently provided (see Marge and Homer Simpson, Cliff and Claire Huxtable, Tara Maclay and Willow Rosenberg). This phenomenon’s also been expressed in music, as some of the best tunes to ever come from duos (see John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Outkast, Lightning Bolt). And you already know that oft quoted chorus by hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock.

Philadelphia’s Two-Piece Fest (TPF) has been carrying on this rich human tradition for the past four years. The idea? Cram as many two-piece bands as possible into one room and let ’em rip. TPF founder Craig Woods, 30, got the idea in 2005 when the drummer in his three-piece band stopped coming to practices; they booted the lazy bastard and rolled as a duo. “I thought it’d be cool to see what other two-pieces were out there,” says Woods, who plays this year with his band Peter & Craig. “Apparently there’s a shit ton. The first year was hard because we didn’t know many

two-piece bands; it was tough finding even 20. But by the second year it was crazy. We turned down like 40 bands that wanted to play, and it keeps growing every year.”

TPF was going strong, but tragedy struck last year when the fucking cops shut down the Fishtown DIY space the Ox about three-quarters of the way through the show. “We put a whole lot of heart and effort into it,” remembers Woods. “And it was really sad to see the bands who didn’t get to play load their equipment out.”

Bruised but not defeated, the fifth edition of TPF happens all day Saturday and Sunday at the Rotunda, as 40 bands each play 15-minute sets across three stages. Most bands are from Philadelphia, including skronk-jazz outfit Lagomasino/ Fishkin, grindcore maniacs +HIRS+, lady-punks Trophy Wife and rock-lords Heavy Medical. And, yes, many are on the heavy side, like Ken South Rock, a Brooklyn drummer/ Japanese guitarist duo. “It’s chaos,” Woods says of the band. “Super-fast and crazy, but catchy, artsy punk-rock.”

But he promises there will be some mellower bands, like anthemic indie-rockers Double Rainbow and the folky Prime Homeless Time.

Perhaps you’ve noticed, but these bands aren’t household names. That’s the point. “People don’t know most of them,” says Woods. “But everyone gets really excited about seeing so much new music in one place. People don’t normally go to shows unless they know the bands, but TPF is all about experiencing something new.”

Woods isn’t necessarily opposed to including bigger names on future bills, though. Showing his Philly pride, he says his favorite music duos are DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Hall & Oates. “We’d definitely like to have them play one year,” he says. ■

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I am a straight 24-year-old female who has known my fiance since freshman year of college.

He has a fetish where he likes to watch women use the bathroom. I knew this, having seen some of his porn early on, and I accepted it. We all have kinks. But while peeing in front of someone isn’t that big of a deal, shitting in front of someone is hard. So we had a lovely night going, when I had to poop. We went into the bathroom together.

He got very horny, but I couldn’t go. I said I was sorry, maybe I’ll be more relaxed later, and he goes, “Well, let’s fuck in here in case you have to go.” He wanted to do it sitting on the toilet with me on top. No go. Too hard, so we went in my room and had amazing sex and smoked a joint. I wanted to have sex again, but he wanted to wait to see if I could go. He said, “Drink some coffee! Smoke a cigarette!” 1. Is this my fault for bringing it up? 2. Was his pressuring me wrong?

3. How should I approach this situation without sounding like a bitch?

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1. You didn’t do anything wrong when you brought it up, POOP, and he didn’t do anything wrong when he got excited about the possibility of having his fantasy realized.

2. Yes. However excited your fiance was about finally realizing his watch-my-girl-takea-shit fantasy, he shouldn’t have pressured you to perform once it became clear that it wasn’t gonna happen. (And he shouldn’t encourage you to smoke cigarettes; those things will kill you.) Shitting in front of someone—and here’s hoping that’s as far as his interest in poop goes—isn’t easy, POOP, and badgering you won’t help. Your fiance, if he knows what’s good for him, will hang back, let you set the pace and thank his lucky fucking stars that he found someone who is willing to even try and will get there eventually.

3. “I know you’re excited, honey, and it excites me to see you so excited. But dial it back a bit, OK? Next time I feel like I can give it a try, I will definitely let you know. But all of this pressure is making me feel constipated. And you don’t want that, right?”

I’m an 18-year-old male. After three years of silence, my ex-girlfriend texted me out of the blue. She was my first love, and part of my heart still aches for her. I feel like the smart thing to do is to stop talking to her right now, but my heart says I might be able to win her back. Most of her messages sound flirtatious, but it could just be me being optimistic. She even said, “I don’t think of you as more than a friend. But I would be open to a relationship if I started having feelings for you again.” Is this a lost cause? Or do I need to give it more time and see how it develops?

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Forgive me, LAME, for what I’m about to type.

You’re being used. Your ex-girlfriend sent that out-of-the-blue text because she wanted to feel wanted. Maybe she got dumped recently, or maybe she’s in the midst of a dry spell, or maybe she’s just selfish and cruel. But all she’s after here—most likely—are the ego boosts your texts provide. And to keep those boosts coming, LAME, she’s dangling a little false hope in front of you: She told you the truth so she wouldn’t have to admit to herself that she’s a manipulative liar (she only thinks of you as a friend) and then tacked on some meaningless, impossible-to-disprove crap (a relationship

might be possible if she starts to have feelings for you again) to keep you textin’.

You dated her three years ago … when you were 15. You’re not in love with her, LAME, you’re in love with the way she made you feel.

There are other girls out there who can make you feel that way. Go find one.

I’m a 35-year-old GGG married male with a 33-year-old not-so-GGG wife. We’ve been together 17 years and married four months. She was a virgin when we met and she’s never been too sexual a person. I am a very sexual person, but she kept me satisfied with oral, dress-up, sex in different places—things like that. Things really started to fall off sexually around our tenth year together. When I mentioned it, she said that she felt I was never going to marry her, so why should she give me 100 percent? I enjoy oral and watching women masturbate, and she wouldn’t do either and blamed it on the marriage thing.

Five years later, I gave her the big wedding she wanted. I actually enjoy being married. Now, here’s my dilemma: She won’t do anything besides traditional sex—and only when she’s awake enough to actually have sex, and I always have to initiate. When I mention things like oral or toys or masturbation, she says she feels uncomfortable doing things like that. If she would have told me this before, my decision to get married might have been different.

We’ve had this discussion consistently throughout our short marriage, with no sign of her even trying. Am I doomed to a bad marriage, or is there something I can do? Because talking isn’t working. I feel she lied to me to get me to marry her, and now I don’t know what to do. Any advice is appreciated.

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All your options are bad, LOST. Stay married, stay faithful and stew in your own frustration and resentment until you die; stay married, cheat with cause and hope you don’t get caught; inform your spouse that you’re not going to ask her to do things she’s not comfortable with but you’re also not going to ask for her permission to do those things with other women and be cast as the villain when she files for divorce; or initiate the divorce yourself, find a new partner and make sure your new partner both enjoys sex and enjoys the kinds of sex you do before you marry her. (Hint: If she likes sex, and likes the stuff you like, she’ll want to do that stuff whether you’re married to her or not.)

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Bella Vista 912 Fitzwater Street $479,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

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Bella Vista 624 Kenilworth $469,000 Prudential Fox & Roach

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20TH & WALNUT Spacious One Bedrooms in High rise, Doorman building, All utilities included, Hardwood floors, Laundry. AVAILABLE FEB/MARCH! $1,445 21ST & LOCUST Charming Studios in Brownstone, Hardwood floors, Heat/Hot water included, Laundry on premise. AVAILABLE FEB/MARCH! $735 26TH & SOUTH Contemporary Two Bedroom Townhome, Hardwood floors, Modern kitchen & bath, Washer & Dryer, Basement, Yard, Dog friendly. AVAILABLE MARCH! $1,485 7TH & BIGLER Three Bedroom Townhome, Wall-to- Wall carpeting, Eat-in kitchen, Basement w/Washer & Dryer, Yard, Dog friendly. AVAILABLE MARCH! $1,185

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874 N Stillman Street-2 Br/1 Ba home on tree lined blk,Lr/Dr w/hw flrs,tiled ba. ........................................................................... $1,400 739 S 11th Street-Tr-level 3 Br/1 Ba,Lr/Kit area w/hw flooring,maple cabinets. .............................................................................. $1,200 2301 S Bancroft Street-3rd Flr-Bi-level 1 Br/1 Ba apt,hw flrs,exp brk,hi ceilings. ...........................................................................$675 2132 S Philip Street-2 Br features wide open Lr/Dr/Kit w/double doors out to yd. ..........................................................................$850 2036 Spruce Street-3rd flr apt-2 Br/1 Ba,hw flrs,galley kit,2 fpl mantles.

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530 W Girard Avenue #4-Bi-level unit 3 Br/3 Ba + den,Lr w/exp brk,Chef’s kitchen....................................................................$2,400 To See the Following, Call Stephen Ferguson (267)377-9344 1 Academy Circle #208-Naval Sq-1000 + sq ft,1 Br/1 Ba,13’ceil,Parking.gym,pool. ................................................$1,795 To See the Following, Call Travis Rodgers (215) 790-5234 1220 Buttonwood Street #304-Fantastic 1br + den w/ granite & s/s kit & 1car gated prkg ...............................................................$1,950 802 Locust Street #201-Amazing 3br+den w/2.5b 1car prkg avail

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Ave of The ArTs AcAdemy House 1420 Locust street Junior 1 bedroom, completely renovated with high end kitchen, sunset city views, 512 sf $1,400 1 bedroom, high floor, city skyline views, generous living/ dining space, 875 sf $1,580 riTTenhouse squAre tHe cArLyLe 2031 Locust street 1 bedroom, large kitchen, sunrise and city views, 624 sf $1,485 2 bedrooms plus den, 1 bath, brand new renovation, open floor plan, 958 sf $1,675 Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath, brand new kitchen, 270 degree city views, 1079 sf $2,150 2226 LombArd street Recently renovated 1 bedroom, open kitchen, private patio, lots of natural light, pristine condition $1,350 rittenHouse sAvoy 1810 s. rittenHouse squAre 1 bedroom, hardwood floors throughout, view of Rittenhouse Square from all rooms, updated kitchen and $2,100 bath, 825 sf tHe bArcLAy 237 s. 18tH street 1 bedroom, lots of light, modernized with original details throughout, 728 sf $1,835 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, large and light-filled rooms throughout, designer kitchen and baths, wood floors, custom built closets, 2527 sf $7,500 258 s. 18tH street 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom home with beautifully appointed $2,290 open kitchen, designer baths, lots of natural light pArc rittenHouse 225 s. 18tH street Studio, wood floors, marble bath, high-end kitchen, 425 sf $1,465 Studio, wood floors, marble bath, open kitchen, 516 sf $1,650 1 bedroom plus den, pool club views, wood floors, marble $2,550 bathroom, 807 sf

2 bedrooms, 2 baths, south views, open chef’s kitchen, marble $3,950 baths, hardwood floors, 1106 sf 1 bedroom plus den, 2 baths, completely open floor plan with excellent living/entertaining space, like-new condition, 1,506 sf $4,250 tHe dorcHester 226 W. rittenHouse squAre Studio, high floor, oversized windows, good closet space, 583 sf $1,375 Studio, high floor, partial view of Rittenhouse Square, galley kitchen, $1,400 573 sf 1 bedroom, western view, balcony, new kitchen and bath, 723 sf $1,775 tHe rittenHouse 210 W. rittenHouse squAre 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, high floor with panoramic city views, $4,500 excellent condition, 1418 sf 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, renovated chef’s kitchen, marble baths, panoramic western city views, 1862 sf $5,450 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 bathroom penthouse, new designer $7,350 kitchen, marble baths, expansive balcony, 2122 sf WAnAmAker House 2020 WALnut street 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in kitchen, large bay windows, high floor, 1200 sf $2,600 ArT museum tHe pHiLAdeLpHiAn 2401 pennsyLvAniA Avenue Studio w/balcony, Fairmount view, open kitchen, 570 sf $975 1 bedroom, updated kitchen, wood floors throughout, excellent natural light, spacious floor plan, 1166 sf $1,675 old CiTy/soCieTy hill society HiLL toWers 200-220 Locust street Studio, high floor, magnificent southern and river views, $1,135 lots of natural light, 540 sf Studio, floor-to-ceiling windows, sunrise view, 540 sf $1,275 1 bedroom, completely renovated, open kitchen, panoramic city views, 712 sf $1,700 wAshingTon squAre Hopkinson House 604 s. WAsHington squAre Efficiency, high floor, river and south city views, 415 sf $1,025

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100 Arch St., #1A a/k/a 62 N. Front Street Old City Philadelphia, 2BD/2.2 BA Bi-Level 2500 Sq.Ft., Renovated; Low Taxes $625K

1125 Spruce St. #D, Washington Sq. West

2BD/2.1BA End Unit Townhome, 1,556sq. ft. $375K

1500 Mount Vernon St.IN #2F, GArt Museum

PEND 2109 Kater St., Graduate GHospital E N D IN 1,208 Sq.Ft., 2BD/1.1BA $339K PRenovated

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1615 CARPEnTER STREET – Multi-Car garage – 16 x 76 and 1 bedroom apt. $350,000.

1307 N. Marshall St (Northern Liberties Area) Large 2 Brs., 1 Bath, w&d, central air 239 Mc Clellan St (Pennsport) 3 Brs, 2.5 Bths, w/w carpet, c/a, w&d, parking avail. 4-4-12

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8 S. Front St. 1000sq.ft.,hrd.flrs.,x-posed brick,c/a,w&d, large deck w/ river vu. Avail. 3-1-12

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834 Federal St 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, deck, hardwood floors, great kitchen, w&d, patio 519 N. 19th St 5 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Hrd. Flrs, gas fireplace, finished basement 238 Delancey St House ‘B’ Drinker’s Court small historic 1 bedroom, 1 bath house, w&d 411 Gaskill (Society Hill) 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 baths, c/a, w&d, garden, finished basement 4-5-12 25th & Wharton Sts. G-2 warehouses, garages, offices, 800sq. ft to 16,000 sq. ft available 341 W. Girard Ave (NE Corner 4th & Girard) Retail store, C-2, 800 sq.ft.,bath, c/a, 404 South St 1200 sq.ft, retail store, bath, c/a, high traffic great block NNN 135B South St 1800 Sq.ft. C-2, tri-level retail corner or office former bank NNN 413 S. Broad St across from Symphony Hse. Approx 2500 sq.ft. bi-level offices, c/a.1.5 bths 305 Brown St. (Northern Liberties) 1500 sq.ft office or studio space, great light, hrd.flrs

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727 DUDLEY STREET - 3 Bedrooms. Deck.

Hardwoods. $119,000.

DUPLEX – 60TH AnD MARKET 25 n 60TH STREET – Needs Renovation. $28,000.

PEnnSPORT – TEn YEAR TAX ABATEMEnT 1322 S AMERICAn STREET – Last one of 3 new homes. High Ceilings. Floating Stairs. $449,000.

REnOVATED nEW HOMES SOUTH PHILADELPHIA 1526 S 17TH STREET - 2 Bedrooms. High Ceilings. Hardwoods. Finished Basement.

Stainless appliances. $180,000.

2049 FERnOn STREET - 2 Bedrooms. Central Air. Hardwoods. $109,500.

2443 FEDERAL STREET - 3 Bedrooms.

Renovated. Hardwoods. $175,000.

2038 SO. 22nD STREET - 2 Master Suites.

2 1/2 Baths. Hardwoods. Finished Basement. $185,000.

LARGE WAREHOUSE nEAR nORTHERn LIBERTIES 1613-27 GERMAnTOWn AVEnUE – One Floor.

High Ceilings. 9600 sq. ft. Runs to 4th Street. $465,000.

LARGE LOT – ZIP 19146 2225-7-9 WILDER STREET -$79,000.

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Open HOuse THuRs, Feb 23 (5:30-7 pm) Hopkinson House #314 - onLY $289k 604 s.WasHington square

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1519 Swain Street, Art Museum Area

3BD/2.1BA 1,552 Sq.Ft Renovated Twnhouse Central Air, Finished LL; $415,000

JUST LISTED! – One Bedroom/One Bath (1,063 Sq Ft) overlooking Washington Square with a Newer Kitchen with Pass Thru to Living/Dining Area; Updated Bath; Parquet Floors; Tons of ClosetsONE LARGE ENOUGH FOR HOME OFFICE-Parking available at $145/month-Doorman Building.

tHe BreWerY Condos #113 - onLY $219.9k 870 n. 28tH street

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114 E. Princeton Rd., Bala Cynwyd 4BD/3.1BA 2,929 SQFT COLONIAL 1-CAR GARAGE; FINISHED LL $724,000

- BY APPOINTMENT 2105 Bryn Mawr Place #A5, Ardmore 3BD/2.5BA, 640 Sq. Ft. Twnhse $249k

17 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore 2-3BD/2 BA unit (2nd & 3rd Floor) Heart of Ardmore; $1,285/month

911 E. Darby Rd., Havertown 3Bd/1.1Ba townhouse $199K 1,664 Sq.Ft; 1-car Garage

IN G 153 Bryn Mawr N -DLandsdowne P EAve 3BD, 1.1BA, c/a, Colonial $140K

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50 S. 16th Fabulous Ind. Pl #2 High floor 1 Br., 2 Bths, pooll, health club, lots of amenities 238 Delancey House ‘B’ Drinker’s Court charming historic small house 1 Br., 1 Bath, w&d 819 N. Franklin St Northern Liberties, STUDIO , separate kitchen,w/w carpets 4432 Sansom St 3rd flr. (Penn area) 1 bedroom, 1 bath, new stove, wood floors, plain apt.

161 Poplar (Northern Liberties) Lg. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath,c/a, w&d, full basement, 4-5-12 1307 N. Marshall St 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, w/w carpet, w&d in the building 1010 Race St. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, c/a,w&d, w/carpets

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-- OAK HILL PENN VALLEY -1750 Oakwood 4A, The Terraces 2Bd/2Ba condo 1,247 sq.ft. W/D; Renovated $2,000/month 1750 Oakwood 12H, The Terraces 1Bd/1.1Ba; Central Air; $165K 1640 Oakwood #w311 - 1BD, 1BA, w/d $144k

5BD/2.5BA 3-story, 2,018 sf, Dutch Colonial For Sale $400,000 or Rent $2,500/month

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Elegant 3BD/2BA+2 half baths with oversized garage, private courtyard setting, SOCIETY HILL beautiful flooring, ultra-gourmet kitchen, 529 Delancey $950,000 full finished basement.

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918 Catharine $680,000 Contemporary and completely renovated 4BD/2.5BA with den, finished basement, fireplace, custom kitchen and baths, tax abatement pending.

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Old City $1,250,000 Penthouse unit in a boutique building! 2BD/2BA with 800ft roof deck, hand-crafted details, gourmet kitchen, gas fireplace, high ceilings, 2250 sf of living space!

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705 South 16th Street • $467,500 Gorgeous 3 BDRM/2.5 Bth home in pristine condition. Offers nearly 2000 sqft of turn key living space. Convenient to great shopping, fine dining and Arts!

2200 arCh Street, #501 - $429,00

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923 CathariNe Street • $379,000 Greg Williams

Three story, 2BR/2Ba home in the heart of Bella Vista. Many updates throughout.

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271 S 4th Street-Grand 5B/3.5b cook’s kit,wd flrs,7 fpl,new Mbth,grdn,2 car pkg 255 Pine Street-Grand/magnificent 3 Br/3.5 Ba,gorgeous kit,fin bsmt,den,dk,grdn & 1C prkng.

316 Delancey St-c 1760 Colonial w/walled gdn, 2-3BR/2.5ba, LV w/fp, DR, library, prkg!

715 Pine ##5-Light filled Bi-Level 2 Br/2 Ba condo w/deeded parking,hw flrs,open fl plan 422 S 7th Street-Renov 2BR+ office/1.5bth TH. Patio, HW Flrs, FP, S/S&Gran Kitch

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275 S 19th Street #PH2-Gorgeous Penthouse Residence. 2 full flrs w/Private Roof Retreat 400 S Broad ##2903-3 Br plus den/3.5 Ba,panoramic views,terrace,parking.

202-210 W Rittenhouse Sq #2805-Lux 3B/2.5b 2644sf Condominium w/ Square, City & River views. Outstanding 227 S 6th ##4NW-Lippincott home,2 Br,den,2.5 Ba,garage,treetop view of Washington Sq. 2101 Market Street #3106-Furnished 2br+den, 3b 1,634 sqft, prkg Pool vuwsconcierge 130 S 18th Street #1101-Enchantment! Luxurious 2BR/2+BA condo. High ceilings, bay windows.

317 Vine Street #506-See this luxurious 2BR/2+BA condo. Pantry. Ultimate traditional charm!

275 S 19th Street #2ND FL-2200sqft full flr w/elev opening into res 2br+ study & 2b windows facing SW 2020 Walnut ##31E-PENTHOUSE! 2 bedrooms,2 baths,breathtaking views,large terrace.

1901 Walnut Street #13F-Gracious 2BR/2+BA condo on a corner lot. Pantry, breakfast room.

1600 Arch Street #618-2 Br facing Love Park,Kit w/SS/granite,2 full bths,wood flooring in LR. 500 Admirals Way #312-Naval Sq Condo PRKG 2BR/2B beaut finishes taxabate pool fitness low mo fees 8 St James Ct ##16-St James Crt 2 Br/2 Ba + den,terrace overlooking quiet courtyard.

2200 Arch Street #501-Wide Loft Condo-2 Br/1.5 Ba,lrg Din/Liv areas,modern kit,garage parking.

500 Admirals Way #203-Naval Sq Condo PRKG 2BR/2B beaut finishes taxabate pool fitness low mo fees 717 S Columbus Boulevard #1016-Luxurious 1 Br condo w/open kitchen,granite ctrs,deeded prkng.

210 Locust Street #17A-2 Br corner unit w/full river view,updated kit,bth,moldings & more.

1901 Walnut Street #8C-Bring your architect. 1441 sf co-op has C/A+ wd&marble flrs pets ok 1101 Washington Avenue #105-Deluxe 2BR/2BA, 1,500 SF, PARKING, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Bath, Doorman 1012 Spruce ##3F-2 Br Bi-level,3 wndws over Spruce St,fpl,renov kit & bth.

1500 Chestnut Street #7H-Deluxe 2BR/2BA, High Ceilings, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Baths, Doorman 1514 Pine ##3F-1 Br condo w/gourmet kit,marble tile ba,fpl,wood flrs + tx abatement.

111 S 15th Street #1712-Deluxe 1BR/1BA, Gourmet Kitchen, Marble Bath, Gym, Doorman 200 Locust ##4G-Corner 1 Br w/full river view,24 hr doorman bldg in Society Hill.

2601 Pennsylvania Avenue #202-GREAT BUY! lrg 2br, oversized windows galley kit ceramic bath pet-friendly 3900 Ford Road #11S-2 Bedroom,1.5 Bath, C/A,PARKING,terrace,1230 sq ft.

OLD CITY/NORTHERN LIbERTIES 813 N Orianna Street #A-4 Br/3 spa Ba,fin bsmt,European chefs kit,muti dks,grdn/outdoor spc,tx abat 317 Vine ##111-2 Br/2 Ba w/hw flrs,ceramic tile bths,granite countertops,SS applns,parking 800 N Hancock #Unit B-NEW construction,4 Br/2.5 ba w/3 exposures,1 C prkng,fin bsmt,huge rf deck 113 N Bread ##7F-Lovely 2 br/2 ba condo Lr/DR,kit,granite,brkfst bar,cherry wd flrs + blcny 401 N Front Street #2B-2 Br w/nice deck w/fantastic view of the river,HW in LR,carpet in bdrms.

721 Melon Place #D-Renov. Light-filled 3BR condo w/PRKG & Tax Abte. Pet Friendly 315 New Street ##704-Loft studio w/sleeping alcove,kit w/brkfst bar,tiled Ba,deed parking.

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2001 Catharine Street-Corner property 3 Br + den.2.5 Spa Ba,fpl,cherry flrs,dk,grdn + fin bsmt.

1629 Fitzwater Street-Renov 2BR/1.5bth home. Patio&Balcony w/skyline vus. Exc. locat 1932 Catharine Street-16’ wide 2B,new s.s. appl&granite counter,wd flrs,C/A,huge grdn 2525 Webster Street-Cute 2 BR/1 Bath with Central Air, HW floors and nice sized patio 1516 Catharine ##4-Recently uppdated 1 Br condo,open space,high ceilings,SS appln,Hw flrs,W/D.

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2316 Delancey Pl-Luxurious 4BR/4+BA townhome. Lots of space. Elevator, double ovens. $1,495,000 2504 Delancey Street-Perfection! Gorgeous 5BR/3BA townhome. Really roomy. Shows off superbly. $1,385,000 $1,297,000 $1,160,000 $799,900 $795,000 2042 Waverly Street-Distinguished 4BR/3+BA townhome. Lots of space. Shows off superbly. $739,900 1740 Naudain Street-Contemp TH w/grge, 3BR+Den 2.5B, entertain space w/Deck Master Ste w/Deck $649,000 1731 Naudain Street-New! bright 3br/2b 3 story Lg LR w/fp DR ss & granite kit grdn $549,000 1629 Waverly Street-Lovely 2 BR Trinity with lots of light, brick patio $499,000 $459,900 2042 Waverly Street-Distinguished 4BR/3+BA townhome. Lots of space. Shows off superbly. $429,000 1740 Naudain Street-Contemp TH w/grge, 3BR+Den 2.5B, entertain space w/Deck Master Ste w/Deck 1731 Naudain Street-New! bright 3br/2b 3 story Lg LR w/fp DR ss & granite kit grdn $428,500 1629 Waverly Street-Lovely 2 BR Trinity with lots of light, brick patio $369,900 $369,000 $349,000 $349,000 $339,000 2200-28 Arch ##810-2 BR/2 Ba unit w/high ceilings,1 Car Garage,lrg wndws,tons of natural light $315,000 2021 Brown Street-Mint duplex $2400/m income new kits & bths, w/d C/A in units $289,500 $279,000 2712 Parrish Street-Exceptional 3-bedroom townhome. High ceilings, ceiling fans. $249,000 2715 Swain Street-New kitchen, stainless and granite, new bath, h/w floors, c/a, patio. $175,000 $142,000

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4527 Sansom Street-Gourmet kit, decorative fplc in LR. 3Br/1b, 3rd fl master bdrm suite $679,900 $495,000 $475,000 $455,000 300 Salter Street-New Construction in Queen Village - 3Br 2.5b w/ den & GARAGE, Tax Abated $295,000 $199,000 624 Kenilworth-Terrific Hm in Kenilworth Mews w/prk,4 Br/2 Ba,Lr,Dr,Fp,fin bsmt + grdn. $156,900 627 N 10th Street-Beautiful 3br, 2.5b 4yr old new construction home 1 deeded parking

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733 S 2nd Street-Pristine 4 Br/2.5 Ba,new kit,hrwd flrs,2 Fp’s,formal DR,bsmt,deck & grdn.

852 Independence Court-Luxury 3BR/3+BA townhome offering an inviting feeling. Security system.

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

216 Christian Street #A-3 Br/3 Ba home w/2 Car Prkng,soaring ceil,hrwd flrs,gas fpl,huge roof deck 527 Catharine Street-Renovated 3Br, 2.5b TH in MEREDITH Catchment, deck w/ City View, Fin Bsmnt 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 718 S Mildred Street-3 Br/2.5 Ba,hw flrs,gas fpl,gourmet kit,mstr suite,jacuzzi tub,decked yard 822 S. Swanson-Single fam used as duplex,3 bdrm,3.5 ba,C/A hrwd flrs,2 dks,garden.

628 S Orianna Street-2 Bdrm 2 Bth, Roof Deck, Meredith Schl, Fireplace, C/A 736 S 12th, ##302-Stunning 2 Br/2 Ba condo w/exp brk & beams,hi ceil,hw flrs,EIK+ garage.

923 Catharine-2 Br/2 Ba home w/many updates t/o,huge kit,wd flrs,trex-roof-top deck.

720 S Front Street-2 Br + den,dressing rm,spa Ba,hrwd flrs,Eik,roof garden w/river views.

608 Kimball Street-2 Br/1 Ba home w/gorg hw flrs,lrg modern EIK,patio grdn,loft style mstr Br. 725 Kimball-Terrific 3 Br/1 Ba home w/new kit,roof,hw flrs,4 yr old HVAC system.

617 S 7th #Unit B-Beautifully updated trinity,2 Br/1 Ba,new kit on main flr &bath.

725 Earp Street-Cute 2 BR/1.5 Bath with finished basement, HW floors and nice sized patio 612 Clymer Street-Trinity home w/2 Br/1 Ba,partially fin bsmt,updated kit,new roof,rear yard.

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$1,175,000 $759,000 $499,000 $319,000 $1,175,000 $759,000 $499,000 1112 Spruce ##3-2 Lrg Br,2 bth,1 with steam shower,open LR,new open kit,2 Car tandem prkng $319,000 802 Locust Street #201-Spect 3br/2.5b condo w/ reno kit, w/b fp, h/w flrs & 1 car deeded parking 903 Clinton ##2F-Beautiful 2 Br/2 Ba condo,ample wndws,SS applns,granite crts,prkng avail.

1104 Lombard ##43-1 Br/1.5 Ba twnhse style unit,Lr w/hw flrs,gas fpl,open kit/din area,1/2 ba 250 S 13th Street #4E-Hw flrs & 12’ceil w/fans,kit w/granite/SS,cherry cab & brkfst bar.

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$479,900 $479,000 $339,000 2210 S Broad Street-Discover the charm of this impressive 3-bedroom townhome! Security system.

3135 S Uber Street-Packer Park-3 Br/1.5 Ba with 3 car private prkng & very lrg outdoor space. $309,000 1204 Jennifer Road-Somerton-Spacious 3 Br home on cul-de-sac,lrg LR,hw flrs,open flr plan.

924 Dudley Street-2bed/1bath East Passyunk Square. Great 1st-time buyer opportunity 2938 Wharton Street-Updated 3 Br/1.5 ba home w/finished bsmt,backyard,ample sized bdrms.

4334 Shelmire Avenue-Cheerful 3-bedroom townhome. Family room, built-in dishwasher. Basement. $349,950 5236 Oakland Street-Large rehab 3 Br/1 Ba,pine flrs, formal DR,large deck,central air.

1115 Atwood Road-Fully renov 3 Br/1 Ba w/hrwd flrs,1 Car Prkng,new roof & windows.

5928 Reach Street-3 Br/1 Ba rehab w/lrg front patio,hrwd flrs,formal DR,SS applns.

6102 Charles Street-Friendly 3-bedroom townhome full of potential. Central air. Garage.

1723 S Dorrance Street-2 Br/1 Ba home on quiet street,Spac Lr/Dr,Eik,yard,partially fin bsmt. $499,000 3600 Conshohocken Avenue #1803-2BR/2b w/vuw, pkg, pool, gym, bus service. Condo fee includes ALL $469,000 5636 Thomas-3 Bedroom porch front row,nice convenient location,needs updating. $355,000 1941 W Passyunk Avenue-Convenient 3-bedroom townhome that is ideally priced. This is a real buy!

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631 N 21st St 2BR trinity with central air patio and 2 decks 864 N. Judson St. 2BR/1BA/840SF townhouse w/HW floors, exposed brick, fi nished bsmt & alarm system.

2731 Cambridge St Reduced! Private Parking 3 Story 4BR/1.5 BA with original wood floors fi replace and rear yard 2301 Cherry St #12A Corner Spacious 2BR/2.5 BA with river and city views. Secure garage parking, Private balcony 827 N 20th St Reduced! 3BR/2.5BA, C/A, S/S kitchen, 7 years young 2123 Appletree St 3BR/1.5BA New HW Flr, Lots of light, Large Backyard 876 N 25th St Tastefully renovated Art Museum Victorian 791 N Taney St Great Loc, Parking, HW Flrs, Exposed Brick, Finished Walk-out lower level

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UNIVERSITY CITY / WEST PHILADELPHIA 5242 Cedar Ave. Income producing duplex available $95,000 116 S. 51st St. 4bd/1ba Fixer-Upper for Investors or 1st Time Buyers Priced Out of Univ. City. Nice Orig. Details $99,000 139 S 50thSt Reduced triplex, newer upgrades, Freshly Painted $164,000 5132 Larchwood Ave. Amazingly Spacious Victorian Twin, updated interior galore 4bd/1ba $225,000 4948 Hazel St. 5br/5ba Victorian twin needs repairs but has potential to be restore to grand showpiece $230,000 811 S 51st St. 3bed/2.5bath twin top to bottom renovation where old & new blend seamlessly not a detail overlooked $250,000 237 S. 49th St 4 unit corner property w/detached garage and separate utilities. Fully leased—a solid investment $319,000 4200 Pine St #402 OPEN HOUSE 2BR/2BA Luxurious condo, custom cabinets, HW Fl, CA, W/D, deeded Parking OPEN HOUSE $389,900 4702 Springfield Ave Beautiful Queen Anne Victorian, Center Hall, much orig detail, Eat-in Kitchen, garden C/A OPEN HOUSE $438,500 518 S 46th St 5BR/3.5BA Pristine twin w/in law suite on corner of Catchment Area $550,000

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE / FITLER SQUARE / AVENUE OF THE ARTS 1027 Arch St #406 Superb 1BR/1BA with loft exposed beams high ceilings and updated kitch $314,900 23 S 23rd St #2N 1BR/1.5BA with Patio and Courtyard $399,900 219-29 S 18th #510 Beautifully maintained, New Kitch/Ba, Wood Flrs and C/A Great Amenities $409,000 219 S 18th St #412 Pet Friendly, 1 BR high rise condo with pool and gym $429,000 1343 Christian St. 4bed/3.5bath 2650 sqft townhouse w/HW floors, granite counters, SS appl, fi nished basement, master suite $489,000 2049 Walnut St 1F Stylish bi-level 2BR/2.5 BA in Luxury brownstone building OPEN HOUSE $550,000 OPEN FRI SAT,SUN 12-5PM 440 S. Broad St. Only one 1BR left and handful of 2BR’s and 2BR’s with den. 95% Sold. From $499,900-900,000 1207 S Broad St Restored Brownstone mansion, 4BR/4.5BA, formal LR &DR, Newer Kitchen, Multi parking and garden OPEN HOUSE $695,000 251 S 25th Street Diamond Residence – Elegant Modern Home on the Park – All New Construction –215-582-7909 OPEN HOUSE $1,975,000

NEW CONSTRUCTION OPEN HOUSE $229,253K 525 Fitzwater #11 REDUCED TO SELL! 2BR/1.5BA, gated courtyard, gourmet kitch, HW Flrs 650 N 8thSt 2BR/2.5BA modern kitchen 2 car parking in gated lot $269,900 2715 Poplar St. A true beauty in coveted Art Museum Area, 3bd/1ba, lots of space, www.2715poplar.com $284,900 855 N. Uber St. New Construction. 2 bed, 2 bath, bilevel condo, GORGEOUS! $300,000 1514 Christian St Unit A Large 2BR/2.5 home in Graduate Hospital $325,000 827 N. 20th St. Just Reduced $25,000! 3bd/2.5ba, 7yrs young, C/A, S/S Kitch, must see this one of a kind hm $375,000 1743 Christian St Open fl r plan GW floorsm gourmet kit, amazing roof deck views $439,500 4417 Saint David’s St Townhomes just a short walk from downtown Manayunk with Amazing features $450,000 1928 Kimball St 3BR townhome with roof-Top Deck, Basement, Attached garage and 10 Yr Tax Abatement OPEN HOUSE $469,000 15 Calabrese Dr – Beautiful New Construction with HW floors throughout, immense chef’s kitchen and rear deck $475,000 747 N Uber St 3BR walk-out basement, attached garage, 10 yr tax abatement OPEN HOUSE $525,000 527 S 41st 5BR/2.5 BA, 2 Car parking, Historically certified that has been fully updated $525,000

-546-2700 OLD CITY /LOFT DISTRICT/CHINATOWN 301 Race St #517 Large 1BR condo in historic Old city with lots of light and storage $269,000 309-13 Arch St #402 1BR/1BA w/ 2 lofted spaces Low fees and abatement thru 2017 $274,900 315 Arch St. Unit 704 1 BR, 1 BA condo w/HW fl rs, huge windows, granite, SS appliances, & Tile Floors. $275,000 428-40 N. 13th St 6D Penthouse Condo-Open layout w/ tons of light, wide plank hardwood fl rs & 12’ tall ceilings $284,900 319 Vine Street #109 1 BR Luxuary Condo @ York Square. Granite, SS Kitchen w/ Breakfast bar, Huge Walk-in Closet $299,000 428-40 N 13th St 3F NY style open loft, amazing custom kitchen, high ceilings, beautiful vintage HW floors $319,000 249-51 N 2nd St #2R 2BR/2BA Corner, HW Fls, granite, SS appliances and Garage parking $359,999 112 Elfreths Aly Historic 3BR/2BA, yard, fi replace on cobble street OPEN HOUSE $650,000 108 Arch St #901 2500 Sq Ft, Parking, High Ceilings $1,350,000 SOCIETY HILL / WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST 250 S 13th St #2G Large 2 Room, 1 Bath, High Ceilings, huge walk-in closet and great light OPEN HOUSE $175,000 250 S 13th St 3E Large fully renovated 1BR/1BA Corner condo, High Ceilings, lots of windows, great light $269,000 250 S 13thSt #12A Fantastic 1BR condo, fully updated kitch w/granite countertops & SS Appliances $300,000 540 Cypress St Quaint completely upgraded 2BR/1.5 BA on cobblestone Street OPEN HOUSE $374,900 1111 Locust St #2G High Ceilings, Huge Kitchen, Lrg Living space, Parking available $379,999 720 Chestnut St #D 2BR/2BA, Hi ceilings, wood Floors, granite, SS, private outdoors $399,900 924 Spruce St. #201 Luxury 2br/1ba historically certified brownstone condo w/ hrdwd fl rs, granite cntrtps, wbfp, w/d $475,000 1111 Locust St #11B 2BR/1.5BA, Fireplace, Parking avail for purchase, One of kind Views $699,999 241 S. 6th St. #2002 2br/2ba, Den, Beautifully renovated, move-in condition 1,788SF Call Mar Kline 267-246-7607 $795,000 250 S. 13th St. #14B Incredible 3bd/2ba penthouse featuring lrg landscaped terr w/extraordinary views $889,000 220 Locust St. 6B REDUCED! View by appointment 3B/3Ba $950,000 1111 Locust St #10F Corner Penthouse Views of River, Maple flooring, 2 terraces, tall windows $1,046,000 1111 Locust St #11C Bi-Level Penthouse , Upgraded Kitch with awesome light and Views, Private Terrace $1,799,999

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QUEEN VILLAGE/ BELLA VISTA / GRADUATE HOSPITAL / SOUTH PHILA. 1220 S. 20th St. Vacant lot, investment opportunity 310 Gladstone St. Wonderful 2br home w/extra lrg bath, new kit., rear yard, many extras, 2nd fl laundry.

705 Pierce St spacious Rehab, 1BR + bonus room, CA, garage, SS appliances 1728 S. 18th St. 5br/3.5ba 1680sqft w/HW fl rs, security sys, SS appl, & granite counters 2251 League St 3BR/1BA Corner hm, HW FL, crown moldings, back yard Great Location 1007 S Chadwick St 2BR/1BA renovated open floor plan HW Flrs throughout, updated kitchen, Lrg Yard, 1721 Webster St 2BR/1BA CA, Newly renovated, this home has it!

708 S Perth St 2BR/1BA, Large Patio, F/P Large Eat in kitchen 2531 S 15th St. New gorgeous rehab large 3bed great location 727 S 7th St #2F Spacious 2BR/!BA Newly painted and upgraded, HW Flrs, High Ceiling, Lg Deck 2045 Federal St Complete renovation, 3BR/2.5 BA, Lg rear Yard, immense 3rd floor Deck 2337 Montrose St Gorgeous renovated 2BR/2BA with fi nished basement 1916 Christian St B Spacious 3BR , Gorgeous Master, Basement, 5 yr Tax abatement 1512 S 2nd St. fabulous 3bed new front, HW, kitchen, fi replace move right in 924 Catharine St. REDUCED! 1800sqft 3bd/1.5ba, exposed brk, new hdwds/carpet, lrg yrd, skyline view, must see 803-07 S Percy St Triple wide 4BR/3BA, Garage, Roof Deck, Open Floor Plan, 7yr Tax abatement 2401-25 Washington Ave Very Large Corner Lot on North side of Washington Ave &24th .90 Acre

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NORTHERN LIBERTIES / FISHTOWN / NORTH PHILADELPHIA 2652 Memphis St. Recenty renovated 3bd hm in Fishtown w/full bsmnt, storage & orig details intact $175,000 2155 E. Dauphin St. Great 4 bedroom Fishtown home! $260,000 2130 E. Susquehanna Ave. Price reduced for immediate sale! $279,900 813-817 N. 5th St #202 Amazing 1900sq ft 2 bedroom plus office loft condo with parking! $284,000 916 New Market St #B Luxuary with Ecology! LEED-H Certified 3BR/3BA condo with GREEN Roof-top Deck, Bamboo Floors $499,000

COMMERCIAL/INVESTMENT 3122 Montgomery Ave. Investment property for fi rst time investor. Lg 3 story w/1 car parking. $140,000 870 E. Chelten Ave. Income producing, fully occupied 4 unit bldg. Great investement opportunity $142,500 6147 Hawthorne St. Two –Unit corner lot, features two 2br/1ba units. Live in one, rent out the other $169,000 139 S. 50th St. Reduced Triplex, newer upgrades, freshly painted $164,000 2438 S. 3rd St. Investor Opportunity-store front (deli/grocery) & 1bd Apt (leased), well maintained bldg! $249,900 6011-13 Market St DBL Wide Commercial Reduced $299,000 1609 E Passyunk Commercial property on the Square, Rare Opportunity $435,000 202-10 W. Rittenhouse Sq. Premiere commercial space in The Rittenhouse Hotel. Ideal for office, retail, owner use or investment. $459,900 131 S. 13th St. Restaurant/Bar with a 21 room & 6 bath boarding house on 2nd thru 4th fl rs $1,300,000 SURROUNDING AREAS West Phila – 5709 Malcolm St Investment Opportunity Short Sale Reduced $30,000 West Phila – 3921 Pennsgrove Investment Opportunity $34,000 Fishtown – 2309 Cabot St Shell Condition Priced for Investors Easy access to DE Ave $52,000 Fishtown – 1543 N Front St Lot attractive for Investors and developers $47,600 Grays Ferry – 1356 S Stanley St Recently renovated home at a great price $59,900 West Phila- 231 N 52nd St Large house, spacious kitchen, separate dining room, high ceilings $60,000 Mayfair – 4723 Vista St Inviting façade, front patio, rear deck, 3BR, garage, encl as addit, BR $64,900 Southwest Phila. 7024 Grays Renovated 3BR/1BA HW Flrs, New kitchen and Bath $65,000 Port Richmond – 3266 Cedar St Perfect as a starter home or investment $65,000 Fishtown – 2116 E Lehigh St Reduced, Tenant occupied, Great Investment $70,500 Newbold – 1619 S Chadwick St Investment opportunity Needs TLC $74,900 West Phila – 1543 N Alden St 3BR/1BA Extremely well maintained $75,000 West Phila – 5837 Christian St 3BR/1BA home in excellent move in condition. Original details remain $85,000 Overbrook – 1336 N 57th St 3BR/1BA, Newer heating and electrical $87,500 Norristown – 306 W Freedley St Solid Home on Quiet block with Ample Storage and Sun Room $85,000 Torresdale - 5017 S Convent Lane D Large 1BR/1.5 BA, den in gated Community, fitness center, 2 pools $90,000 Delaware Co – 216 Mulberry St DBL Wide Corner property with Parking $94,900 West Phila. – 28 N 57th St Property rehabbed and priced to sell. This home stands out $99,000 Fishtown – 2446 Tulip St 2BR/1.5BA Completely Renovated. Features Expansive rear Patio $185,000 Manayunk - 4524 Smick St Fully renovated in 2003, features 2BR/1BA and rear patio $215,000 Wissinoming – 4403 Howell St Reduced! 3BR/1.5BA contemporary No Lib – like home $219,900 Mt Airy – 705 Carpenter Ln 4BR/1.5BA, Perennial garden, open Porch, stone fi replace, chef’s kitch, HW Fls $349,900 Pine Valley – 1124 Welsh Rd 3BR/2BA Colonial on 2 lots, detached garage, fi replace and HW Floors $349,900 Roxborough - 334 & 336 Leverington Ave (2) 3 Story, 3BR/2.5BA H/W fls, decks, great views, SS kitch, Master Suite, 2 Car parking, Basement From $369,900 Roxborough – 411-413 Green Lane OPEN HOUSE 3 Story, 5 BR on a double lot with 3 Car driveway OPEN HOUSE $469,000

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$479,900

1,075 sf 1900 RiTTenhouse

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 The RiTTenhouse Bi-level penthouse with dramatic sunset views of the city, lavish entire flat master suite, great entertaining space 4,455 sf $2,295,000 220 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 $1,750,000 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 The RiTTenhouse 3BR, 2.5Ba, magnificent Rittenhouse square & sunset views, pristine condition, great entertaining space, marble baths 2,644 sf $1,695,000 PaRC RiTTenhouse 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, all rooms overlook Rittenhouse square, 2 sets of Juliet balconies, lavish master suite, brand new 1,709 sf $1,475,000 PaRC RiTTenhouse Brand new Joanne hudson designer home overlooking Rittenhouse square, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, custom finishes throughout 1,860 sf $1,425,000 PaRC RiTTenhouse 3 bedrooms plus den, 2 baths, 690 sf private landscaped terrace, custom kitchen, wood floors throughout 1,707 sf $1,400,000 The waRwiCk 3BR + den, 3.5Ba, open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, marble bath, north and south city views 2,421 sf $1,195,000 RiTTenhouse Plaza 2BR + den CooP overlooking Rittenhouse square, custom chef’s kitchen, lavish master suite, formal entertaining space 2,306 sf $1,150,000 The waRwiCk 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 270 degree city views, kitchen is open with high end appointments, bathrooms are all appointed in marble 2,000 sf $1,125,000 PaRC RiTTenhouse 2BR, 2Ba, terrace on pool club deck, open custom kitchen, marble bath, wood floors 1,272 sf $775,000 PaRC RiTTenhouse 1 bedroom plus den, open floor plan with generous entertaining space, 2 marble bathrooms, courtyard view 1,481 sf $745,000

1,085 sf

$479,900

1BR, 1Ba, hardwood floors, marble Ba, custom kitchen

712 sf

$399,900

PaRC RiTTenhouse

1BR, large kitchen, marble bathroom, wood floors

637 sf

$359,900

PaRC RiTTenhouse

1BR, large galley kitchen, open living and dining room, excellent closet space 661 sf

$349,900

The RiTTenhouse

studio, wood floors, large marble bath, panoramic sunset view

583 sf

$344,900

wanaMakeR house

1 BR, wood floors throughout, bay windows in all rooms, excellent condition 704 sf

$300,000

The waRwiCk

SociETy hill Bank Building

Raw space that can be designed and built into a custom home overlooking independence Mall 3,068 sf

Bank Building

$1,150,000

Brand new 2 BR + den, 2.5 Ba home, lots of natural light, wood flrs, open chef’s kitchen, designer Ba, services available from adjoining oMni hotel

2,025 sf

$1,100,000

Bank Building

opportunity to create a custom home in a luxury, boutique condominium building on independence Mall

soCieTy hill ToweRs

2 BR, 1 Ba, parquet wood floors, washer/dryer, unobstructed river views, floor-to-ceiling windows

soCieTy hill ToweRs

Completely renovated corner 1 bedroom, wood floors throughout, city and bridge view, open custom kitchen

2,017 sf

1,200 sf

soCieTy hill ToweRs

1BR, high floor, river view, investment opportunity

$549,900

$399,000

750 sf

$324,900

700 sf

$269,900

wAShingTon SqUARE indePendenCe PlaCe

Bi-level penthouse, 2BR. 2.5Ba, 2 kitchens, impeccably finished throughout, amazing river and city views 4,500 sf

$2,295,000

indePendenCe PlaCe

2BR, 2Ba, beautifully renovated throughout with open kitchen and designer bath, wood floors, balcony

indePendenCe PlaCe

1BR, 1Ba, balcony, laundry room, excellent condition

indePendenCe PlaCe

1BR, 1Ba, wood floors throughout, upgraded kitchen and Ba, custom closets, balcony

1,387 sf

$699,900

928 sf

$299,900

928 sf

indePendenCe PlaCe 241 souTh 6Th sT

1 bedroom, wood floors, pristine condition, bay windows, 700 sf

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

$269,900

The PhiladelPhian 2401 Pennsylvania avenue 4 bedrooms plus den, 4 baths, balcony overlooking Art Museum, one-of-a-kind, 3904 sf

Condo Fees: $380

$699,000

Taxes: $235

Condo Fees: $693

$599,900

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $1,660

Taxes: $500

Condo Fees: $2,694

Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $3230

Taxes: $1,101 Monthly Cost After Tax To Own: $5,371

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wanaMakeR house 2020 walnuT sTReeT

$300,000

$539,000

1BR, 1Ba, Juliet balcony, upgraded kitchen and Ba, lots of light, separate dining room, hardwood floors

$359,900

RiTTEnhoUSE SqUARE BaRClay

2BR, 2Ba, hardwood floors, building offers 24 hour doorman and gym, located on Rittenhouse square

$599,900

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