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n a recent evening, I was enjoyfrom businesses announcing their impending ing the last few moments of a closures. Businesses that were vital to Philaperfect day sitting on my front delphia’s economic engine now included in a stoop with my 4-year-old son, continuum that is as disappointing as it is upwho out of the blue dropped the setting. following: This past week and the series of protests “Daddy, I really miss my and demonstrations that coincided are clear friends.” indicators that people are fed up with followHe understands that he can’t see them right ing rules that could save their life. I never now because of a “bug that’s making people thought I’d see the day where dollars trump one’s health, but in many cases here we are sick,” but how do you accurately convey the two months deep into a pandemic that has not magnitude of a pandemic that kills people by only depleted people’s pockets but also their the hundreds daily in your own city and that common sense. anyone, regardless of how they look, could At least that’s what I thought until my kid have it and be completely asymptomatic? the other day on the stoop.

You can’t. So you put it in perI think we – or at least I – have spective a toddler can relate to, even looked at these demonstrations as if the rationale is far removed from people scared about money, and the severity. they are, but I think this is just fear “I know buddy, this stinks,” I of the unknown and the loss of a replied, “but it’ll be over soon and normal we all took for granted. you’ll be back playing with all of Just like there’s no guarantee my your friends before you know it.” kid will ever see all of those same Up until that point, I hadn’t rekids he once played with, there’s flected on how the stay-at-home no guarantee for so many of these orders and the lack of social inworkers and establishments that teraction that comes along with they will resume a normal schedule. it would affect his little 4-year-old Difference in this case, though, is brain. Before COVID-19, his day was that the only way to know is to get filled with all of his peers at dayback to it as soon as possible, somecare, learning shapes, colors, and thing that can’t happen as long as how to count past 20. It was full of @SPRTSWTR people who were placed into power long walks around the neighborlift restrictions that could mean the hood, braving fears climbing on playground equipment and arguing with his balance of success or failure.

In some way, I visualize this on a grander buddies on who gets to be Captain America as scale through the eyes of a 4-year-old who just they all pretend to be Avengers. wants his life to return to normal. Normal for The last time any of that would’ve haphim meant a routine that found us rushing out pened for him would’ve been in mid-March just before his daycare announced it had to of the house most mornings to get him off to school, a day of play and growing friendships shutter its doors with no real guarantee at the time it could even afford to reopen given that now cling to virtual experiences that hapthe economic toll a stay-at-home order would pen less and less as interactions become less eventually take on a small collective of busi- frequent and those bonds made become less secure. ness women trying to wrestle with massive It’s the same mentality that we all have, I expenses.

It’s perhaps the same reason why, despite think, it’s just that some of us as adults can being able to agree with them, I can complete- handle it a bit easier. For all of our sakes, I ly understand the small businesses and work- hope we continue to see a steady decline and ers protesting for states to reopen life before the powers that be and the June 4 date that what little in reserve is depleted and all the has been proposed to start turning some semhard work to kickstart their business comes blance of life back to normal becomes official.

Because it’s abundantly clear that regardcrashing down. It’s already happening; in the less of age, we all need it to be. past week I’ve had to open numerous emails

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OVERHEARD IN PHILLY “There’s something to be said for someone that would drive 600 miles for a haircut. Even if you drive a Prius, the money spent to get there and the time wasted is really not worth a new fade. But I suppose when you have nothing but time I guess you can do stupid shit like that.”

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– We picked up this conversation outside Dilworth Park on Sunday after it was discovered that a man from Washington State drove this distance to cop a cut in Sacramento, California. Could we all use a fresh hairdo right now?

Absolutely. Would we ever get in the car and drive an entire state to get one? Fuck no.

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The percent that carbon emissions are down in the city since we’ve all had to stay put and stay off the road due to the coronavirus pandemic. Suppose if there has to be a silver lining in all of this shit, breathing in cleaner air in the city would most certainly be it.

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“These results are horrible but, sadly, not shocking. Health experts and the broader community alike are fully aware of the high risk of COVID exposure that incarceration results in. To continue to needlessly endanger immigrants’ lives is cruel and must stop now.”

– Jasmine Rivera, of Philadelphia’s Shut Down Berks Coalition, to the Inquirer, Tuesday.

The number of area ICE detainees who have tested positive for COVID-19. Looks like, in addition to nursing homes, prisons and residential treatment facilities, detention centers are also feeling the effects of being caged in like animals. But perhaps an even more horrifying statistic is that, according to an Inquirer report, this number represents nearly half of the detainees – 2,172 at the time of this report – who have actually been tested in places like the Berks County Residential Center, a mere 75 miles from the city.

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While much of Southeastern Pennsylvania is still very much in the red, the news that Delaware County is still seeing COVID-19 case counts holding steady comes as a surprise as we assuredly just assumed Philly would be holding the bag when it comes to being the hardest hit. We hope the decline happens fast considering Delco is like that little brother that’s easy to poke fun for obvious reasons – but we don’t especially like it when an entire state can poke fun at PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY | MAY 21 - 28, 2020

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Philly’s own Still Life with Apricots and Pears is the first openly non-binary professional wrestling champion. Image | JayLee Photography

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ow queer is professional wres- dent, “But it was remarkable to see other fans educating each other on gender variations and tling?

“Have you seen it!? It’s a bunch expressions.”

To help educate wrestling fans about genof oiled-up muscle men rolling around in their underwear,” re- der identity and to raise awareness of the importance of pronouns, Still Life plies Still Life with was invited on “Til We Make It,” an Apricots and Pears, the online series about wrestling hostfirst openly non-binary

BY TIMAREE ed by Mike Quackenbush, founder professional wrestling champion.

SCHMIT of both the Wrestle Factory and “For me it’s always been an expresChikara Wrestling, based in Philasion of queerness. And it was diffidelphia. The comments below the cult/confusing growing up watching interview are shockingly supportive for a mainstream wrestling, which had a lot of hoYouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/ mophobic and transphobic storylines.” watch?v=c9F1ML62DxE&feature=youtu.be.

Despite the regressive stereotypes of wresIt was a moment of beautiful synchronicity, tling fans, Still Life says that the audience’s reaction to them coming out has been “great! as it had been Quackenbush who had inspired Still Life to pursue their lifelong interest in The majority of the response has been super wrestling in a talk he gave at Ignite Philly in positive.”

“There was some confusion I saw on social 2015.

Quackenbush had preached, “I think pro media,” explained the Art Museum area resi-

wrestling is the most misunderstood form of entertainment on the planet, and I also think it’s the most fascinating and wonderful form of performance art you can ever hope to experience.”

Quackenbush didn’t hold back from acknowledging professional wrestling is art and “not a legitimate sport,” saying, “It is colorful costumes, it is superhuman feats of strength and agility, it’s heroes and villains, comedy and tragedy and larger than life power,” adding, “For too long the pervading belief in professional wrestling is that we could not come clean, that we could not be frank with our audience about what we are.”

“He invited me and a few friends to the Intro to Professional Wrestling Workshop at the Wrestle Factory,” says Still Life, “I was hooked immediately and restricted my whole life to become a professional wrestler.”

Initially, they say, “I was an awful wrestler.

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After training for two years, they say they felt “very directionless.” That’s until a fellow wrestler, BLANK, made a proposition. “He wanted a few students to turn into art pieces.

So he came up with the name of Still Life with Apricots and Pears and I filled in the rest.”

Over time, Still Life continued to work, eventually winning the Young Lions Cup tournament in 2019, reportedly making them the first openly non-binary champion in pro wrestling history. That victory “put a ton of pressure on me and somehow I managed to put together three successful performances in one day. Every match got better and better from there.”

Beyond the skills of wrestling and live performance, “The Still Life character has given me a platform for discovering my own gender and how I express myself,” says the wrestler.

One component was their perception of their own body. “Mainstream wrestlers are often bodybuilders, and that perception is somewhat true on the independent level.” Initially attempting to fit that mold, Still Life got a personal trainer, adjusted their diet, took weight gainers and tried to bulk up. “But it didn’t feel good once I started to put on muscle. It made me realize that I didn’t want my body to look like that. I liked my slender body and I didn’t want a traditionally masculine body. I’m happy with my body now and it’s part of my presentation.”

Still Life was also inspired to expand and highlight other facets of themself. “Generally, wrestling is described as your personality turned up to 11. And often that presented itself as hyper masculine or hyper feminine. A lot of characters who expressed a coded gender were generally nefarious.”

To say that professional wrestling has a complicated history with gender and sexuality is an understatement and a half.

Women wrestlers have worked for a century to be taken seriously as stars and not just trophies, bimbo sidekicks, and damsels in distress. Even still, Money.com reports that women wrestlers are paid a fraction of their male counterparts, as is the case with most sports and artforms.

As for queerness in wrestling, the situation has been arguably even more difficult. Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrestler, came out in the 1970s, but this was not acknowledged in WWE storylines until 2014.

A handful of characters have flirted with homosexuality and androgyny as a gimmick.

Overly affectionate ring partners Billy and Chuck played a matchy-matchy ambiguously gay couple who went so far as to propose marriage and schedule a wedding for an event on September 12, 2002, that was promoted by anti-defamation organization GLAAD. The wrestlers balked last minute during the ceremony, revealing the act had gone too far even for them.

Other times queerness has been played as villainy, with flirting and sexual harassment of opponents as a tactic of battle. Perhaps

most famous is Goldust, portrayed by Dustin Runnels, son of famed wrestler Dusty Rhodes.

In an effort to carve a path distinct from his father, he accepted a pitch to portray a weird, kinky character whose androgyny would be used to confuse opponents. He was a popular and controversial figure who some critics say capitalized on the gay panic of the 1990s.

Interest in Goldust eventually waned, and Runnels reportedly suggested he get breast implants in real life to revive the character and his career.

“When I first started, I was a heel/rudo. I wrestled viciously,” says Still Life. “But I modified my style after I started to realize how important it was to be a positive representation for the queer, non-binary and trans community.”

“That feeling is reinforced every time I get to interact directly with fans. Often, they share their stories with me or even come out to me. It’s always moving and humbling,” they say, adding, “I hope to inspire people to explore their gender, or explore a passion they felt locked out of.”

Representation is getting better in wrestling. After much online backlash, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) began to showcase its women performers’ talents more in the last five years: introducing two of their three current women’s championships, including women in longer matches, giving them more nuanced storylines, and changing their name from “Divas” to “Superstars,” the same title given to male performers.

In 2018, the women’s roster got its own payper-view event, and in 2019 the first openly transgender person was signed to a major promoter when Nyla Rose joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Much more progress is visible on the more independent level of wrestling. “There are a lot of queer-focused events,” says Still Life, citing “Primetime Pro Wrestling’s Butch Vs. Gore a few months ago in Washington D.C., or Effy’s Big Gay Brunch that was supposed to happen in Tampa Florida a few weeks ago.”

“There is still a lot of work to be done. A lot of promoters don’t understand how to book queer talent. Sometimes it’s viewed as a gimmick,” Still Life says, adding “Promoters have told me before that they can’t book me because the ‘non-binary would be over the audience’s heads.’”

But Still Life is optimistic and believes wrestling is for people of all demographics.

“Our common love for wrestling conquers any kind of difference we may have. And there are so many things that happen in wrestling that other people can relate to,” they say, adding, “My friends and family cannot understand why I would drive 13 hours to Chicago, wrestle a 10-minute match and drive straight home.

But anyone in my wrestling family would do the same thing, every weekend.”

Follow Still Life on Twitter and Instagram: @apricotspears.

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‘The Still Life character has given me a platform for discovering my own gender and how I express myself,’ said Still Life with Apricots and Pears. Image | JayLee Photography

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Hi Philly Weekly, I just wanted to say that while I really miss your weekly calendar of events (and I used it to plan events for the week, sometimes) I do have to applaud you for flippin the script and doing that Rundown article each week. You’ve brought up things I haven’t even considered like selling a ton of worthless stuff that’s been in my house for

a while. Two weeks ago, one of the items to consider was selling your stuff on eBay. Well, I put up some stuff that was in my basement on Facebook Marketplace like a few bikes and some biking equipment and I made an extra $325 that would’ve never have happened if I didn’t take the time to pick up a copy of your paper. Keep doing the Lord’s work, PW.

– Martin Haskell | University City

Cutting Philadelphia arts funding hurts the economy On May 1, the Inquirer reported that Mayor Kenney has proposed the termination of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, which distributes over $3 million to community organizations. Our lives are richer thanks to this investment, but so is our economy.

Far from draining our city coffers the arts fill them up: to the tune of $4.1 billion per year, according to reports in this newspaper.

Yes! That’s a billion with a “B.” The arts also create 55,000 full-time equivalent jobs – over 47,000 of them in other industries. Finally, the arts help to keep our taxes under control by generating $98.7 million in taxes for local municipalities.

If you had invested $3 million in an industry that returned almost $100 million in taxes, would you pull your money out? Closing the Philadelphia Cultural Fund hurts our quality of life and our economy. I urge Mayor Kenney to restore its funding.

– Marjorie Bicknell is the Philadelphia Regional Rep for the Dramatists Guild of America

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We’re two weeks away from the potential reopening of the city.

Your turn: Are you ready for a “return to normal?” Do you think it will be safe to begin to move about the city again on June 4, or with numbers still high should the lockdown continue?

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Local preschools need state, federal help to survive By now most people can recognize the value of preschool and childcare programs and understand they need to be available in order for families to return to the workforce. Preschool and childcare are needed to help press the restart button on our economy.

Many providers are caught in an intense mix of emotions. While waiting for the possibility of reopening, programs and serving our families again in the near future, there is hope but a lot of fear. There’s fear around restoring relationships and meaningful connections with our children while keeping them and ourselves safe from COVID-19. As a sector that has always operated with minimal funding and barely breaking even, there is fear regarding the ability to sustain operations and expenses related to staffing and new health and safety guidelines and regulations.

As the director of Arch Street Preschool, a wonderful nonprofit preschool program in Center City, Philadelphia, I am determined to come back stronger. Nonetheless, there are many uncertainties, and the few things that we do know just add more to the fear and mixed emotions. I have a hard time imagining our classrooms with fewer children, wearing masks, and being asked to stay away from their friends. What it takes to stay safe these days is the opposite of what we have been trained to do as early childhood teachers.

At Arch Street Preschool, our play-based model stems from natural social interaction and proximity, our children learn from each other and from their teachers to be independent, to find answers in their environment, and problem-solve together. We hug, we hold, we model, and we love.

It’s fair to assume that most programs will face a significant decrease in enrollment for obvious reasons; many parents have lost their jobs and others simply don’t feel com-

fortable sending their children to preschool just yet. At Arch Street Preschool, we have a very diverse community where families from a range of backgrounds and socioeconomic levels come together for quality early learning. We have families on subsidy programs and others are private pay families. More than half of our private pay families do not qualify for subsidized care but simply cannot afford to pay full tuition.

Arch Street Preschool offers financial aid to those families caught in the middle. That’s how we make our dream of access to quality early learning for all come true.

But what do we do when we expect a decrease in enrollment revenue and an increase in expenses to cover additional cleaning products, new illness screening tools, PPE for teachers and staff, and additional staff to comply with guidelines? How do we maintain a high-quality program and retain passionate and qualified teachers?

The preschool and childcare sector is in danger. As shown by the results of a recent survey shared by the National Association for the Education for Young Children, 30 percent of childcare centers would not survive a closing of more than two weeks and 16 percent could not survive a closure of more than a month. As I write this, we have been closed for nine weeks. Many providers are already out of business. This means that many children are left without care, but more importantly without a chance for a strong start.

I remain hopeful and promise to do all I can to come back from this stronger. We need our state and federal leaders to feel the same hope, to see us, and prioritize funding where it is needed the most. Our children deserve nothing less. Reach out, connect, talk about what you and your family need to succeed and let’s work toward getting it. Even if you are not a teacher or don’t have a child, you know someone who does – do it for them.

– Verónica Alvarado-Frías, M.Ed. | Philadelphia

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‘Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first’ As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into May, local government and the philanthropic community have helped slow the curve in Philadelphia by raising an estimated $30 million for shuttered small businesses, arts and human services organizations – an unprecedented collective response to a public health crisis many of us could never have imagined.

The time has come for similar efforts to support housing assistance for struggling Philadelphia renters and their landlords. The city’s affordable housing was already in crisis prior to COVID-19, with a deficit of nearly 70,000 affordable rental units and approximately 150,000 households experiencing high rent cost burdens, unsafe or over-crowded housing conditions or homelessness. Without stable housing, you cannot maintain your health, focus on educating yourself or your children, secure employment or be productive at work.

The pandemic has left low-and-moderate income tenants unable to pay rent and landlords without income to make needed repairs and pay mortgages. Unless we act now, Philadelphia will experience increased homeless, bankrupt owners and foreclosed homes and apartment buildings throughout our neighborhoods.

Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first. As critical first steps, the federal CARES Act has provided Philadelphia with $41 million for homelessness and housing, and City Council members have introduced bills to protect renters from further economic fallout. Yet, we all must do more to assist renters, small landlords and property owners, and to preserve our scarce affordable housing.

We propose the following broad solutions to avoid disaster and meet rental housing needs: Emergency rental protections to keep distressed renters stably housed and to ensure they are not saddled by accrued rent when the crisis abates; financial assistance to help affordable housing property owners cover unpaid rent and higher operating costs as a result of the pandemic, including maintenance and cleaning; and financial support and capacity building to safeguard at-risk affordable rental housing and to ensure housing under construction is completed.

These solutions require collective actions from multiple sectors: Federal government: Congress and the White House must prioritize housing assistance and increase resources to help local

communities address pandemic-related housing needs. We need to advocate for up to $100 billion to support: emergency rental assistance, which can also address higher operating costs for affordable housing owners; flexible affordable housing resources for localities through the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership programs; increased allocation and value of low-income housing tax credits, including a permanent cap on 4% credits; capital for community development financial institutions (CDFIs) so they can provide flexible financing for affordable housing.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Legislature and Governor Wolf must prioritize housing assistance in deployment of the $4.9 billion in federal CARES Act funding it has received and allocate at least $400 million for similar housing needs. Also, it should lift the cap on tax-exempt bond financing.

City of Philadelphia: City Council and Mayor Kenney must protect tenants, property owners and buildings by restoring $14 million in proposed cuts to the Housing Trust Fund and by deploying local, state and federal funds for: rental assistance and housing services for tenants and landlords; gap financing for new housing facing unanticipated cost overruns; preservation of at-risk affordable rental housing.

CDFIs and other lending institutions must raise at least $50 million for flexible financing and asset management support to affordable housing owners to help them stabilize their finances and maintain their buildings.

Foundations and corporations should commit $10 million to community development corporations and other nonprofits for housing assistance and services for vulnerable tenants and unsheltered individuals; and commit grants and program-related investments totaling at least $50 million for CDFIs to provide flexible financing to property owners.

As a leading CDFI and capacity building organization, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) works with these sectors and stands ready to do its part. For 40 years, LISC has supported development and preservation of 8,500 affordable homes and apartments in Philadelphia. But it will take collective and cross-sector action to adequately protect our vulnerable residents and preserve affordable housing.

The time for talk is over. The time for action is now.

– Andrew Frishkoff and Carolyn Placke, LISC Philadelphia

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hanks for keeping the buzz going on my food fatality PW cover, “Hunger Games,” from last Thursday. Exhaustive as it is (https://philadelphiaweekly.com/hunger-games/), several things came to light as the cover hit print: The curbside cocktail bill chefs and CEOs discussed in the piece passed in the state Senate with Gov. Wolf claiming he’ll sign it much sooner-than-later. Good. But. Will Philly drinkers be cool with their 64 oz., and bring them home, or will they do like Manhattan and Brooklynites did last weekend and pack the sidewalks in a wack un-socially distancing fashion with their take-out cups? Ugh. Speaking of NYC, something that never came up in Philly: Big Apple Mayor Bill DiBlasio’s three-prong restaurant reopening scheme includes opening doors and filling rooms only to 25-to-35 percent, a plan that’s pissing-off NYC restaurateurs. “Is the

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landlord going to charge 25 percent rent?” asked one Brooklyn restaurateur in the Post. “Is the insurance company going to charge 25 percent insurance?”

The Philly Mobile Food Association had a Zoom meeting with the city, and is working on getting wheels onto asphalt, but in a limited fashion: safely distanced in proposed parking lots in the Northeast and Port Richmond. Really? That’s it?

Now, open for take-out as of the weekend: Spice Finch, Vernick Fish, Urban Farmer and South Jazz Parlor, the latter of which has some special C-19 live hopes-plans in the offing.

Looks like, sadly, coronavirus has claimed its first two victims when it comes to restaurants being able to hold on through the pandemic: Farmacia in Old City and Manayunk's Mad River – the latter spot where I actually used to spin hip hop on Friday nights, and the owner kept requesting Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler."

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY COVID fundraiser If you’re going to go COVID-19, go big: The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced it will host an old-fashioned variety show fundraiser, PHLOVE, for May 21 with various big performers tied to the area.

Clocking in at one hour, starting 7 p.m. on 6ABC, CBS3, NBC10, 96.5 TDY, 98.1 WOGL, B101.1, KYW Newsradio, Radio.com and Inquirer.com, PHLOVE is presented by local philanthropists, the Middleton family with ESM Productions (an offshoot of ROC Nation) with Live Nation Philadelphia and Live Nation Urban, and will feature Daryl Hall, Questlove, Patti LaBelle, Jerry Blavat, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Amos Lee, DJ Diamond Kuts & Friends, Jeffrey Gaines and more.

Since March 19, the PHL COVID-19 Fund, powered by Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), has raised $16 million and aided nearly 400 regional nonprofits. They need more. Bill Golderer, president & CEO, UWGPSNJ writes, “As successful as the Fund has been in raising money and identifying and addressing immediate and pressing needs in our community, the nonprofits at the frontline of the crisis still struggle to meet increased demand for services.

Additional funds raised from this event will not only make sure their doors remain open for those hardest hit in our community, but ensure we stand ready to address emerging needs as well.”

Gas station freestyle Philly’s Lil Uzi Vert made an artist/fan’s dream at the Exxon on Spring Garden and Columbus Boulevard when he jumped out of his car, with an “Eternal Atake” hoodie yet, and started improv-rhyming with West Philly/Overbrook rapper Dre HAVIK https://twitter.com/STRAPPEDUS/status/1260031101814239239. HAVIK – stands for “He’s a very intelligent killer” – recognized Vert’s car due to its anime décor, hit the gas station, put on the track to freestyle to Uzi, only to have Vert jump in.

All In winner Talking about making fan dreams come true, Philly’s Kevin Hart randomly chose NJ anesthesiologist Henry Law as the winner in his All In Challenge – one raising charitable money to feed kids during COVID-19. Hart was looking for a C-19 health-care worker and found one in Law, whose gift will be a speaking role in an upcoming Hart film with all the VIP/five-star amenities. Now, we just have to start making movies again. Hart, always on and always busy, is planning to jump on the VERZUZ bandwagon with a possible comic viral battle, and something filmed with its founder, Swizz Beatz.

DotOrg is ours Pennsylvania’s Public Interest Registry – they own the Dot-org, or “.org,” domain for nearly 11 million websites, predominantly nonprofits – was actually up for sale earlier this month to a private equity firm (a $1 billion offer too from entrepreneur Eric Brooks’

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Ethos Capital) when SaveDotOrg petition-eers (scared of increased prices) got the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to block the sale. DotOrg is ours! Vive la.org New album Once upon a time, Baltimore rapper-producer Naeem Juwan – in the guise of Spank Rock – roamed and ruled through Philly in the early to mid-aughts, looking for a label deal (prior to the release of 2006’s “YoYoYoYou”), hanging with equally raunchy local rapper Amanda Blank (of occasional Sweatheart fame out of the old Space 2016 Gallery when it was on Arch Street).

Both Juwan and Blank, independently, have moved to Los Angeles since their Philly days, and Juawan is prepping his debut album under his real name for June, Startisha.

Yet, the Philly pals couldn’t stand being apart from each other, and collaborate (with Micah James) on the hard, hot club rap of “Woo Woo Woo,” and its socially-distanced new video https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4jdLms9to8.

Uber masks As of Monday, Uber and UberEats began requiring that all drivers and passengers wear masks for every ride, and that operators start each shift by snapping a selfie with masks – you know, so that the Uber uber boss can make sure all are practicing safety and following protocols. Know what’s weird? I thought this mandate would’ve already been in full effect. WTF? Meek’s new beef Philly’s Meek Mill may have changed some leopard spots and be all about reforms and referendums, but at heart he’s a North Philly rapper and has plenty of feud left in him. Taking the place of his 2015 feud with Drake (now squashed), is Meek’s attacks against 6ix9ine, the rapper-informant who just got out of jail, and scored internet-breaking, mega-chart-action with his return track “GOOBA,” a cut that broke Eminem’s record for most views in 24 hours.

To all this, Meek Tweeted on May 10 that “I gotta crush you for the culture, you chump.

How you sleep at night.” Before that, however, Mill had not been about the rude, rainbow rapper and has taken down 6ix9ine as far back as early last year, when he believes that he saw 6ix9ine flipping to becoming an informant (a racketeering case against Nine Trey) around the same time Meek himself was getting out of stir.

“That’s a shame, when I came home everybody was like he got some real dudes backing him. I was like, ‘How?’ Y’all better stop running behind rappers acting like y’all ready to throw y’all lives away over some stupid shit,” he tweeted. “I seen this coming a while ago.” https://t.co/b5itD2pt8V. This Meek/6ix9ine beef gets worse before it gets squashed. Believe that.

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Flipping the script New album from former frat-rapper Asher Roth changed his narrative entirely

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f you listen to Asher Roth today and recall him simply as the liquor-spilling, weed-smoking frat-rapper who would’ve probably stolen your girlfriend at a basement party back in the day, then you’ll assuredly be confused with his latest album release, 2020’s “Flowers on the Weekend.”

Roth has traded in lyrics about the beer-bonging days that made him a sensation for ones that take a look at feminism, politics and the state of a nation, which seem unfit for a guy who once spit a bar about time never being wasted when you are wasted.

But in the years since his debut album and its hit single “I Love College” spun across the airwaves, Roth very quietly – and strategically – removed himself from the limelight, leaving a mega record label in a decision to go independent. Today finds Roth steps from Temple University, the alma mater that fueled inspiration for the fame that put him on the map long enough to put some dollars in his pocket, gave him relative fame and locked in his place at just 34-years-old as one of the O.G.’s of the frat-rap game.

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In addition to working on new music, Asher Roth has been instrumental in the revitalization of a once-blighted section of North Philly, now turned into a community hub for all things arts. | Image: Kerith Gabriel

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY Residing in North Philadelphia, he’s been an integral part of the underground arts community, working in a collaborative effort to create Sunflower Hill, the bunker-like arts space along a corridor of Cecil B. Moore Street that has become a hub for artists, musicians, writers and others to showcase their skills to the community. He’s also been an outspoken critic of the rampant development and subsequent gentrification and has strived to use the space as a tool to bridge the divide between residents, old and new.

Roth says “Flowers on the Weekend” was a labor of love project two years in the making working with Retrohash Records and longtime friend and producer Rob Deckhart. When Roth very quietly released this latest album in April, as he explains, it was more due to the lack of marketing and pomp that comes with being a part of a major record label like Universal, which produced his 2009 debut album “Asleep in the Bread Aisle.”

But ask him and Roth will say for him, releasing this music in this manner is more authentic than perhaps anything he’s done previously.

“I’m in an interesting position because I’m not part of the music industry anymore,” Roth said in a recent interview with Philadelphia Weekly. “When you’re signed to a record label, there are just a lot of things that come along with that. Marketing, press promotion, all that stuff is kind of built into a record contract. So when you’re not part of that and you’re doing it on your own, you rely so much on relationships.”

Accurately described by Roth as a “Benjamin Button” experience, he might be one of the few artists who views what his career was through a fishbowl. Once at the top of the heap and holding rap down as a fun-loving party guy, today he’s OK with being an outsider – albeit one still with ties to that world, indicative of getting rapper Lil Yachty to drop a verse on his latest endeavor.

“Having my first experience making an album be a release on a major label, you just don’t know any better and think that every experience moving forward is going to be like that one,” Roth said. “So there are definitely things I took for granted. I thought things would happen as fast and, yeah man, they just don’t. Things don’t move while you sleep when you go independent. And on top of it, when you wake up you’ll put something out and it won’t get the traction you want. To do all the work and have it feel like nobody cares, it can be disheartening, but at the same time it’s

oddly rewarding because it’s your hustle, not someone else’s on your behalf.”

The impetus of “Flowers on the Weekend” hearkens a bit to Roth’s earlier days as he described the lead-up as standard Wednesday brainstorming sessions with Deckheart, drinking Modelo and talking shop. Roth said much of the inspiration from those meetings led to tracks on his latest album as the two formed a camaraderie fueled by both being Philly-area natives who attended the same high school and their love for fusing world issues into song lyrics.

“For me, if other people aren’t, like, really excited about what you’re doing, it doesn’t really get off the ground,” said Roth. “Rob and I share the same values and we care about the same things. That kind of authenticity is rare and important. Look, when it comes to your music, no one’s going to care more than you.

But it’s important to find people who naturally support what you’re doing because they want to, not because they have to. I feel fortunate to have that.”

Roth is readily aware that “Flowers on the Weekend” is not going to be for everyone, especially people who related to Roth’s hero days as the icon for what college life should look like. This new sound is a far cry from that, and Roth agreed that only loyalists who have followed him in the aftermath of “Asleep in the Bread Aisle” will understand this newfound direction.

But he also notes that the people who know what he’s up to today as an artist and activist in a community in which he’s “fallen in love with,” will understand that this is the grownup Asher Roth, the one that hopes you can vibe to this new album, but is totally OK if you don’t.

“I think this project is a strong commitment to a core audience,” Roth said. “People grow up, people have children, financial matters become a bit more real, you know? There are responsibilities now. As I grow up, I realize more that an audience has their own expectations or their own definition of success and the stuff you do isn’t going to fit into everyone’s bucket. But I’m really proud of this project, I hope people listen and put away all the old shit they know about me, listen to what I’m dropping now and can vibe to it. If that happens for some new people, then, to me, this was a win.”

Listen to Asher Roth’s new album “Flowers on the Weekend” on Spotify and YouTube Music.

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TEOA wrote its first first full-length album in a house under the El in Fishtown. Image | Kirby Sybert

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Meet indie rockers The End of America The End of America has performed at EOA (The End of America) is a SXSW, Savannah Stopover and the Baltiband of friends, singers and travmore Folk Fest. They have shared the stage elers who blend three-part harwith Larry Campbell, David Bromberg, Gary mony with indie rock and folk.

All frontmen of previous bands, Louris (The Jayhawks), Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers) and joined Beck in Los AnBrendon Thomas, James Downes and Trevor Leonard met on tour geles to perform for his Song Reader sheet music release show. The trio's apin 2005. Quick to bepearance at the show aired live on come best friends, they’d frequentKCRW and received praise from ly join each other on stage, adding BY EUGENE Spin, Filter and The Hollywood Reharmonies to each others’ songs.

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After the coinciding stall-out of all In addition, TEOA was voted three of their other projects, they “Favorite New Artist” at the 2016 decided to create a trio that highlights their vocal chemistry and captures the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

TEOA is hosting a weekly show on Faceraw honesty of their performances. book Live. The show will be going on every The Philadelphia/NYC outfit credits its name to a passage in Jack Kerouac’s “On The Thursday at 8:30pm EST. PW recently caught up with Leonard to Road” about exploration through travel. talk about how the group is handling the The trio drifts through styles that resonate with fans of The Avett Brothers, CSNY and lockdown and what’s ahead once the pandemic meets its end.

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PHILADELPHIAWEEKLY.COM @PHILLYWEEKLY How has the pandemic and ensuing lockdown impacted TEOA? In addition to hosting your Facebook Live show every week, how are you spending your self-isolation time?

The pandemic has been a struggle for TEOA because none of us are quarantined under the same roof, or even in the same neighborhood.

We’re all taking self-isolation pretty seriously.

Three-part-harmony is such an important aspect of our sound, so it has been a challenge for us to harmonize over the internet without crazy latency. As a workaround, we’ve been recording and videoing our individual performances in our studios, tracking each other’s parts over top to splice into a virtual set, then broadcasting the performances to our fans through a weekly Facebook Live stream that we do every Thursday at 8:30pm EST. In addition to the live streams, we’ve all been writing and demoing new songs. I’ve been mixing songs for other bands out of my home studio, as many of my clients are recording themselves at home and can send me their files. I’ve also been cooking a lot and posting videos of myself trying to perfect poached eggs for my wife.

Your new track and video, “Not The End,” was recently released. Talk a little about how the song and video came together. What has the response been from your fans? How can people hear the track or see the video?

I was feeling overwhelmed by the declining state of the world when I wrote “Not the End.” The threats to our climate and our collective mental health were wearing me down. I asked myself, “what message do I need to hear to lift me out of my despair?” From that search came the chorus, “Though we’re standing at the edge, this is not the end.” It was written before the coronavirus pandemic, but the meaning seems even more amplified now. It’s a reminder that things will get better and we shouldn’t give up hope.

For the video, we hired our good friend Kirby Sybert to film and direct. TEOA had a weekend of shows that ended with us in West Virginia playing the Mountain Stage, so we brought Kirby along to capture the experience.

We had such a blast on the trip and it was surreal hanging with Larry Groce and playing the iconic Mountain Stage. Kirby is a busy dude, so we’re thankful he was available to film that special weekend and add his artistic spin to the video edit.

Fans seem to be really connecting with the song. It’s a glimmer of hope for our listeners, and they love our big three-part-harmonies.

“Not the End” is out now on all digital service providers. Everywhere you listen to music – Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Bandcamp, etc.

The official music video is also up on our Youtube and Facebook pages.

All of you are former frontmen for various groups. How did you decide that teaming up was in everyone’s best interest?

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Meet TEOA, three brothers from other mothers trying to spread some good feels with their tunes. Image | Sean Quilty

Would all of you agree that it was the right move?

We had been touring together with our solo projects, singing harmonies on each others’ songs side stage or in the crowd. One night we were playing a house show in CT and our good buddy Jeff Brown was there and after the show he said to us, “You guys would be idiots if you didn’t start a band.” It made us laugh but was also a revelation. That same night, we got back to where we were staying after the show and the first thing we did was write three-part-harmonies over “Blackbird.” From that moment, it was on.

We definitely all agree that it was the right move. We think of ourselves like Voltron. We are greater than the sum of our parts.

You’re based in Philly and were voted Favorite New Artist at the 2016 Philadelphia Folk Festival. Has being from Philly influenced your music? Are you big fans of any of the local performers?

Being from Philly has definitely influenced our music. We wrote our first full-length album in a house under the El in Fishtown. It’s the City of Brotherly/Sisterly Love and we are three brothers from other mothers trying to spread some good feels with our tunes. The message of our new song, “Not the End,” is one of a hopeful future.

The first show we ever played was in Philly in 2010 at Kung Fu Necktie with Frances Quinlan of Hop Along, one of our longtime favorite hometown bands.

Great Time is another band we admire. We shared the stage with them last summer at the 2019 Philly Folk Fest for WXPN’s Helen Leicht Philly Local showcase.

There’s so much great music coming out of Philly. Mo Lowda and The Humble, Ruby The Hatchet, Britt Thomas and The Breaker Boys, Strand of Oaks, Circa Survive, Vacationer, Restorations, The War on Drugs … the list goes on and on.

What does the future hold for TEOA – post-pandemic, of course? Back on the road or in the studio?

“Not the End” is the first of our 2020 monthly singles. We’re going to be releasing a new song each month for the rest of the year, so there’s definitely a lot more music on the horizon for us.

We had a lot of great festivals booked for the summer, but unfortunately many of them have already been cancelled.

Our first tour in Europe is booked for October, so if all works out we’ll be in Germany in the fall.

No matter what happens with shows the rest of the year, we’re going to keep writing, recording, putting out music and staying connected with our fanbase online.

This situation will improve at some point, but we can’t give up hope. To anyone that wants to listen, we’ll be here to keep reminding them.

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Warnings from the big screen Former Philadelphian reimagined movie posters for the age of COVID-19

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igital marketer and former Philhe started while living in Philadelphia that adelphia resident Eric Van Busprovides “cutting-edge information for client kirk, who now lives in Vietnam, search engine optimization,” and also Dopawas trying to think of a way to solution, a website focused on writing about create effective public service psychological disorders, learning disabilities, announcements about social and mental health. distancing during COVID-19 and Buskirk, 54, who said he struggled briefly wound up making a series of alyears ago with moderate anxiety and depression, is the son of a psychiatrist and was a psyternative movie PSAs. chology major in college. But he drifted away “We believe that guidelines for staying from his interest in psychology into mass mehome, social distancing and wearing masks in public need to be taken seriously,” said Bus- dia and mass communication. Dopasolution. kirk, who moved four years ago from Philadel- com kind of became his marriage between his interests. phia to Vietnam.

Now he is spoofing movies such as “Jaws,” These steps, along with contact tracing and where he shows a person swimwidespread COVID-19 testing, ming in a hazmat suit above an have been very effective in Vietenormous shark, urging people nam, Buskirk said. Even though

BY COURTENAY to stay away from crowded beachmany citizens have negative feelHARRIS BOND es. ings about the authoritarian govAnother one of his posters of ernment, “they really like amazthe Joker, with Joaquin Phoenix ingly latched on and followed along with everything and kind of believed wearing a “happy mask,” can be interpreted many ways. that the government had the right approach,” “There’s no joking around in the purpose Buskirk said.

The result, Buskirk said, is that there is of the message though,” Buskirk writes on not a single case of COVID-19 in Southern Clickstream. “Our ability to stop the spread of Vietnam that he has heard about, and life has COVID-19 is serious business.”

The “Black Swan” poster, a riff on Darren pretty much returned to normal. A self-proclaimed “news junkie,” he’s been following Aronofsky’s psychological horror film about what has been happening in the United States a ballerina courted into the dark side, features where “it’s so complex and it’s so messed up,” a dancer in a face mask saying, “Don’t go out Dancing. Stay Home.”

Buskirk said.

“Cabin-fever is a very real thing,” Buskirk People in the United States don’t seem to be writes on Clickstream. “Everyone needs to taking social distancing seriously enough, he educate themselves on how to fight and recogsaid. So Buskirk designed a series of public service announcements, spoofs of psycholog- nize it.”

In addition to wanting to drive more traffic ical drama or thriller movie posters, to promote mask wearing, social distancing, and to his websites, Buskirk said, “I can actually promote something I believe strongly in, sosheltering-in-place. cial distancing.

“Our goal was to make them fun: dark hu“I just don’t really agree with people who mor for troubling times that are not that much think we’re being too strict.” fun,” Buskirk wrote.

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What we bought to survive being home with loved ones Whether it’s with your boo or your entire family, being shut in even with those you love can be, umm, a lot.

Here’s what we picked up to make sure we don’t lose our minds while trying to remain calm through it all.

Poo Pourri

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Noise canceling earbuds

Cure for whatever ails

Our own snacks

Gift cards to local Philadelphia eateries

These are vital on the days when the TV, radio and tablets are putting a strain on the family wifi, your significant other is on their fourth Zoom meeting of the day or you want to watch porn in peace, if you don’t have a pair, get some. We don’t want to suggest any one manufacturer in particular, but we are partial to Beats by Dr. Dre because we love Dr. Dre and the fact that Beats is the official headphones of our beloved Sixers.

One of two things generally happens here. You either are shacked up with a group of people and the snacks go fast or you live with someone who doesn’t share your same love of Cheez-Its and brings home the organic non-GMO version. You don’t want that shit, so get your own and there’s no shame in hoarding it like you were forced to from your greedy ass roommates before you met the one and moved in with them. When it comes to snacks right now, it’s a commodity you can’t afford to play with.

Pain relievers, gas pills, heartburn chewables. If you’re going to be shacked up in the house, trust us when we say you’re going to need a healthy supply of all three. Nothing is worse than already being moderately stressed over all of this COVID-19 nonsense with a headache or a stomach ache to boot. We know, because we had both recently and had to make a run into a nearby CVS, which, with COVID-19, is not exactly a place you want to find yourself in right now.

We doubled up on supporting some of our favorite restaurants in the city and added a few notches to our belt by pre ordering gift cards to use on those nights we all just don’t feel like cooking or eating another microwaveable meal. We suggest figuring out a denomination you’d like to max out at and then spread that across your favorite restaurants. At minimum, you’ll have a discount on a future order if you can’t foot the whole bill on the whole thing and you’ll be giving some much-needed cash flow to our small businesses that all need our love right now.

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South Korean baseball

Sure it comes on between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., but if you, like us, deal with bouts of insomnia from time to time then watching what the MLB will probably look like when it returns is actually kind of interesting. We’d be over a month into the baseball season, which is slated to return in June, but baseball is in full swing in Korea, devoid of fans, concessions and readily pronounceable team names, but fuck it, it’s baseball. The players don’t wear masks but the base coaches do and they pump in crowd noise for effect. It’s not much, but it is hope. | espn.com/watch/

What we’re keeping a close eye on….

Case counts and reopenings

One of the things that has been great to stay informed are the daily updates from both the city and state when it comes to the coronavirus and the plan for a return to some sense of normalcy. Both have public daily tune-ins and offer more information beyond just case counts and fatalities. Also, between the veritable genius that is state health department secretary Dr. Rachel Levine and the drinking game you can play with how many times Philly Mayor Jim Kenney says “there is no playbook,” in regard to city plans, these are worth the hour of your day for vital info and – some humor. | Follow @PHLPublicHealth for city information and health.pa.gov for state info.

Michael Jordan “The Last Dance” doc

For the past 10 weeks, ESPN has gifted us with a behindthe-scenes look at the extraordinary career of basketball legend Michael Jordan. Episode No. 10 ended this past weekend, but if you missed any episodes the network announced Sunday that it will host all 10 episodes on the ESPN app. So you have something to binge watch given at the time of this report the weather in Philly was scheduled to be dogshit this weekend. | espn.com/watch/

How many of you NOT wearing masks in public

If you leave your house without any face covering, congratulations, you are potentially adding to the spread and further longevity of stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus. Look we get it, breathing on yourself is not optimal, but who gives a shit. Right now, controlling the spread is all that matters and that effectively happens from people wearing masks. So we don’t care if you’re just taking the dog around the block to pee, going for a walk or sitting on the lawn of a public park. Just put the damn mask on.

How stupid Florida makes us all look

If not wearing masks were the only thing we’d have to worry about with this state, we’d actually be in real good shape.

But between the rapid reopenings, the redneck protests over civil liberties and the massive party of close to 3,000 people that needed to be broken up by authorities – with all of that being broadcast around the world, honestly we’re not sure we’d shed much of a tear if this state fractured and floated out into the Atlantic. We can’t claim you right now, Florida. We just can’t.

The pre-order line at Delassandro’s Steaks

Let us preface this by saying we love all of the Philly steak places that help put this delicacy on the map, but we’d be lying if we didn’t get a little excited over the news Monday that Delassandro’s Steaks in Roxborough opened for business. The restaurant will have a limited menu of its favorites and will operate on modified hours, but it’s back and it gives us hope. They didn’t get the note about COVID-19 transmission however as the joint is still cash only, but we don’t even care, we’re just glad it’s back. | Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. FridaySaturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Order: 215-482-5407

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Silver Linings Playbook

Montgomery County native Bradley Cooper stars as Pat, a former teacher with bipolar disorder who, after a stint in a psychiatric hospital, obsesses over reconciling with his ex-wife in this critically acclaimed film (2012) set in Upper Darby. The town’s Llanerch Diner gets noteworthy screen time, when Pat meets Tiffany (played by Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Academy Award for the role) there for “not a date” and she offers to help him connect with his ex-wife. Other memorable scenes include Pat’s fight at the Wells Fargo Center parking lot ahead of an Eagles game and the climax of the movie: the dance competition, filmed at Ballroom at the Ben.

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Stuck inside and not able to see in-person the city you live in and love?

Visitphilly.com compiled a list of movies starring the City of Brotherly Love that you might be able to track down on streaming or payper-view services. Here are some of our favorites, and we took a deeper dive than “Rocky” and all of the M. Night Shyamalan flicks.

How Philly is watching Philly....

Blow out

This critically acclaimed film (1981) set in Philly follows a B-list movie sound effects man (John Travolta) who unknowingly records a car accident that turns out to be a murder while working one night at a park. The car accident takes place on the Henry Avenue Bridge, and other high-energy scenes are filmed around City Hall and Penn’s Landing.

National Treasure

A historian’s discovery of a secret treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence fuels National Treasure (2004), the Nicolas Cage vehicle that was filmed partially in the original birthplace of liberty and inspired an equally thrilling 2007 sequel. In the movie, an epic chase takes place through Washington Square and Reading Terminal Market, and other scenes are filmed at The Franklin Institute, Independence Hall, and the Liberty Bell Center (where Cage’s character believes a clue is hidden).

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Mannequin

This quirky romantic comedy (1987) centers around a window dresser (Andrew McCarthy) working in a Philadelphia department store and his relationship with a mannequin who springs to life (Kim Cattrall). Filming primarily took place in Wanamaker’s – now Macy’s – at 13th and Market streets, as well as at the old Gallery Mall, now home to Fashion District Philadelphia.

Shazam!

Set in Philadelphia, this DC Comics film (2019) about a teenage boy named Billy (Asher Angel) who can turn himself into an adult superhero (Zachary Levi) simply by saying “shazam” features a bunch of city visuals. Though it was mostly filmed in Toronto, one scene shows Billy and his brother sitting on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, looking out at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Logan Square.

Twelve Monkeys

Imprisoned man James Cole travels back in time to try to save the world from a killer disease in this 1995 dark sci-fi thriller starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. Cole comes to Philly from the future and lands out front of City Hall. Eventually, he is incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary.

Memorial Hall, Delaware Power Station, and a pre-renovations Met Philadelphia make appearances in this bleak film, as well.

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There’s no better time than a pandemic lockdown to seek out the truth – after all, there’s not much else to do. And, who doesn’t enjoy debunking a good urban legend? So we wandered over to snopes.com to see what rumors might be true and which ones aren’t. Visit the website for even more examples of weird stuff that probably isn’t true, but is interesting anyway.

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Woodstock took place during a pandemic

Snopes gave this one a mixed review.

Indeed the music festival took place during an outbreak of what was called the “Hong Kong flu” that killed 100,000 Americans over an 18-month span. However, Woodstock took place in the summer, right between the first and second waves of the flu that proved to be the most deadly. And, scientists say COVID-19 is way more lethal than the flu of the late 1960s.

How we’re separating fact from fiction....

Oklahoma will detain non-vaccinated people

Vegetarians are safe from COVID-19

Democrats are ‘giddy’ about the economic meltdown

AOC said it’s ‘okay to eat pets’ if food runs scarce

Nope. Not happening. Apparently, this stems from a dated video that made its way around Facebook this month and dives into the truly strange when claims are made that there are plans to implant microchips in all of us that include our vaccination status. Might make for a good movie, though. Sorry, forgot about “Hardwired.” Never mind.

Snopes called this an example of “copypasta,” a post that is copied and shared across social media. In the end, Snopes found this claim to be false, as there’s no real evidence and the post has been shared by people who have no connection to D.C. politicians.

This theory proposes the virus is transmitted through meat, so, therefore, vegetarians are safe. Snopes found this claim to be untrue.

The rumor apparently started in India, and that nation’s government has disavowed it, along with pretty much any and all scientists and doctors. Just, you know, be sure to cook your meat thoroughly.

We didn’t even need to scroll to the official Snopes finding. There’s no way U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would say such a thing. She’s a politician and a “let’s eat our pets” plank in her next campaign wouldn’t go over well with voters.

In 2017, Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted an outbreak

Wait. This is true. Just before President Trump was inaugurated, the good doctor said the incoming president would “no doubt” face a “surprise infectious disease” outbreak. In reality, it’s not that far of a reach, since the Obama administration had dealt with swine flu and Zika. But still. Nice call, doc.

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Close the window and crank up some music or go for a walk and listen to a podcast.”

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Q: I’m an apartment-dweller in a dense urban area. Last night, I overheard my neighbors having sex – no big deal, right? I consider myself a sex-positive person, and have always held and espoused the belief that if you can’t have loud sex in your own home, where can you have it?

But the sex I overheard last night was fairly kinky. Someone I read as a cis man was dominating someone I read as a cis woman. They were in the apartment right across from mine – about 20 feet away – and my bedroom window faces theirs. There was a LOT of derogatory talk, hitting, name-calling, giving orders, and some crying. I could tell it was consensual – she was very clearly having a good time – and I eavesdropped long enough to witness the post-coital return to equilibrium.

Everything seemed great.

But physically I experienced this as overheard violence. I was shaking and had a hard time getting to sleep afterward. I’m glad I stuck around until the end. It helped me feel better. I guess what I’m saying is that I needed some aftercare. I’m still thinking about it this morning, and I’m concerned that being triggered by my neighbor’s sex is going to become a regular part of my life. I’m wondering about the ethics of the situation: Do kinky folks have an obligation to muffle potentially triggering sounds?

Or is any overheard sex potentially triggering to someone and am I therefore applying a double standard here? What do you think?

– The Vanilla Neighbor

ten to a podcast.

That said, TVN, you raise an interesting ethical question: Are kinksters – particularly the kind of kinksters who enjoy verbal abuse and impact play – obligated to keep it down?

While I think people should be considerate of their neighbors, people are allowed to have sex in their own homes, TVN, and it’s not like vanilla sex is always quiet. But if the sex a couple enjoys could easily be misinterpreted as abuse or violence by someone who accidentally overhears it, that couple might wanna close the window and turn up some music themselves – not only to avoid alarming the neighbors, but to spare themselves the hassle of explaining their kinks to a cop.

For the record: I would tell person who enjoys a good single-tail whipping to find a soundproof dungeon to enjoy that in (because that shit is loud), but I wouldn’t tell a person who screams her head off during PIV intercourse to find a soundproof box (even though her shit is just as loud).

Instead I would urge her fuck at 8pm, when most people are awake, rather than 2am, when most people are asleep. (It can be annoying listening to someone screamfuck but it’s even more annoying to have your sleep ruined by a screamfucker.) Is this a double standard?

Perhaps. But it’s one I’m willing to endorse.

“It can be annoying listening to someone screamfuck but it’s even more annoying to have your sleep ruined by a screamfucker.”

You went from overhearing kinky sex to eavesdropping on it – meaning, you went from accidentally hearing your neighbors fucking to intently listening as your neighbors fucked. And you needed to do that. You heard something that sounded violent, but hearing more led you to guess it was consensual sex and listening all the way to the end – all the way through the aftercare – confirmed your guess was correct. So for your own peace of mind, TVN, you needed to keep listening. But you don’t need to listen next time. If it triggers you to hear your neighbors fucking, don’t listen. Close the window and crank up some music or go for a walk and lis-

Q: 1. Is it safe to hook up again? 2. Will it be safe to hook up again soon? 3. You’ll tell us when it’s safe to hook up again, right?

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User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional terms of Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of ANGELA SHEREE BROOKER®, ANGELA SHEREE NORMAN® as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User is sent Secured Party’s invoice, hereinafter “Invoice,” itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date Invoice is sent, User shall be deemed in default and: (a) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above in paragraph “(2),” immediately becomes, i.e. is, property of Secured Party; (b) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in paragraph “(8)”; and (c) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in paragraph “(2),” formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, in respect of this “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use,” that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms for Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms,” irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in paragraph “(2),” in the possession of, as well as disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms,” User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoice within said twenty- (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms for Curing Default" authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty- (20) day default-curing period. Ownership subject to common-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: ANGELA SHEREE BROOKER®, ANGELA SHEREE NORMAN® Autograph Common Law Copyright © 1979, 2009. Unauthorized use of “Angela Sheree Brooker" Angela Sheree Norman incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with ANGELA SHEREE BROOKER®, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use.”

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REGGIE Spacious bedroom

$1075 / 1br - 550ft2 - One Bed Apt with Original Master Bedroom - Available 08/01. Located at 43rd and Pine Street in University City/West Philly, this second floor junior one bedroom apartment consists of the original spacious master bedroom of the house with the original built-in wardrobe, a large eating kitchen (but not big enough to double as a living room) and extra storage space accessible from inside the bedroom. The bathroom has the original (?) claw foot tub.

Laminate wood flooring in the bedroom. Window AC unit provided. Washer/dryer set in the first floor hallway. Monthly rent is $1075 including all utilities (heat, hot/cold water, cooking gas, wi-fi over Fios as well as use of laundry facilities).

Tenant only pays for electricity. Long term lease. Available August 1st. Current tenant willing to move out slightly earlier if needed. Text: (267) 607-3874.

Easy experience

$1061 / 1br - 650ft2 - 1 Bed 1 Bath - Transfer Flexibility+Self Guided Tours. 3360 Chichester Ave. Beds: 1. Baths: 1. Floor Plan: Renovated 1 Bedroom. We do things differently to provide you with an easy experience from the second you start searching for your new apartment, with features such as a security deposit alternative, 30-day move-in guarantee, no-fee transfer and move-out flexibility options, no weight limits on pets, Airbnb friendly, 24/7 phone support, full quality move-in inspection, plus online applications, payments and service requests. Make your move to Willowbrook Apartments today. 24/7 Phone Support. 30-Day Move-In Satisfaction.

Home Purchase Freedom. Airbnb Friendly. Security Deposit Alternative. Transfer Flexibility. Self Guided Tours. Pet FriendlyNo Weight Limits. Full Quality Inspection. Furniture Discounts.

Convenient Relocation. Online Leasing & Service Requests.

Call: (610) 255-7624

Bike storage

$1819 / 2br - 1156ft2 - Philadelphia Apartment Living, On-site bike storage, Bark park. 4601 Flat Rock Road. If you’re looking for a modern and hip space to call home, then look no further than Apex Manayunk. Located in Philadelphia. We feature modern 1, 2, and 3-bedroom loft style apartments and townhomes, many with dens. Our 2 and 3-bedroom townhomes have a fun and industrial feel. That’s because Apex Manayunk expertly blends three brand-new buildings with four historic textile mill structures to create one of the region’s most exciting luxury apartment communities. Bark park. Alexa or Google Home Capable in all Apartments.

On-site bike storage. Vivint Smart Home Features in all Apartments. 48-hour Maintenance Commitment. Upgraded One, Two and Three Bedroom Loft Style Apartment Homes and Townhomes, many with dens. Game Room with Billiards Table, Shuffleboard, and more. Huge walk-in closets with ample storage. Jogging trail right outside your door. Upgraded Gourmet Kitchens with Stainless Steel Appliances, Granite Countertops and Breakfast Bar Seating. Livewithjrk.com.

Concierge service

$1850 / 578ft2 - 24 Hour Concierge Service, 4000 sq ft fitness center, two fl clubhouse. 121 N 2nd Street. Our boutique-style Old City apartments for rent combine the historic charm and classic finishes abundant in the neighborhood with modern amenities and luxurious interiors.

Our pet-friendly Center City, Philadelphia rentals are available as a studio, one bedroom, and two bedrooms. Each Old City, Philadelphia apartment offers exceptional finishes as well as dramatic views of both Center City and the Delaware River.

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The National is a magnificent apartment building providing its residents with top-notch amenities, such as a rooftop deck with an outdoor fireplace and dining area, fitness center, media room, and bicycle storage to make getting around the city easy. Residents at our Philadelphia apartment rentals will enjoy the vibrant and historical community of Old City, Philadelphia and can also take advantage of the location’s proximity to Center City employment hubs, commuter routes, and endless attractions. You will be a stone’s throw from some of the best restaurants in Philadelphia, as well as fun bars and a great nightlife scene. You won’t find a better-located apartment in Old City! Co-working space. Open kitchens with large islands and breakfast bars. Latch Keyless Entry. Laundry Service through Tide Cleaners. Professionally Managed by ResideBPG. Stainless-steel appliances. Two-story resident clubhouse with media room and demonstration kitchen.

Landscaped outdoor courtyards. Full-service fitness center managed by Level 1 Fitness. Washer/dryer in every home. Onsite parking garage with bicycle storage. Oversized windows with striking downtown views. Thenationaloldcity.com.

Spiral staircase

$1600 / 2br - 1100ft2 - Amazing Met Area 2 Bedroom Loft with spiral staircase. 1517 W Girard Ave. This is the MOST Spacious apartment you will find in Philadelphia. Come see for yourself. If you want complete SPACE this is for sure the apartment for you. Not only is it Bi-level, but you have high ceilings and immense layout with beautiful natural light.

Take advantage of this rare find that we usually rent within a few days whenever it is available. This is a 2 bedroom 1.5 Bathroom Loft apartment on a 3rd floor walkup. The unit is located in a historic building in Philadelphia with walking distance access to everything you need, including the Girard Street subway station, CVS, trolley, grocery store, gas station & more. Get to Temple University in 30 seconds or Center City in 7 minutes using the Broad Street line. Landlord pays water, tenant pays Gas and Electric. Apartment is available Aug 1.

First, Last + Security to move in with $50 application fee per applicant. (631) 764-4814.

Great location

$990 / 1br - *Virtual Tour Special! Last Apartment Available! Great Location! (Radnor). 306 N. Wayne Avenue near Lancaster Avenue. Apartment Features: Gas Range.

Refrigerator. Hardwood Floors. Window Coverings. Air Conditioning. Tiled Bath. Ceiling Fans. Accent Walls Available.

Designated Parking Space. CAT FRIENDLY. Community Features: Laundry Center. 24 hour Maintenance Service.

Walk to Train. Convenient Shopping. Radnor School District.

Trails and Parks Nearby. Movie Theater. Online Payments.

For more information or to start your application, visit us at: yourmetropolitan.com.

Embrace the past

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$1425 / 1br - 600ft2 - 1 Bedroom ~Apartment Home~Vida Apartments (235 S. 15th St., Phila.). KEY FEATURES. Year Built: 1927. Sq Footage: 600sf. Bedrooms: 1. Bathrooms: 1 Bath. Lease Duration: 1 Year. Deposit: $500. Pets Policy: Cats & Dogs OK. Laundry: Shared. Floor: 2nd. Property Type: Apartment. DESCRIPTION: 1BR apartment home located at the Vida Apartments, Midtown West. From the original sculpted ceilings to the beautifully preserved butler kitchens and French doors, many of the Vida’s original features have been retained. RENTAL FEATURES: Living room. Range / Oven. Refrigerator. Dishwasher. Heat: forced air. Central A/C. Cable-ready. Hardwood floor. Pmcpropertygroup.com.

Exercise room

$1620 / 1br - 475ft2 - 1 Bedroom~1 Bath~Midtown West! (1600 Walnut St.) 1 Bedroom Apartment home with Hardwood Floors; Central Heating; Central Cooling; Microwave; Building Features Exercise Room. 1600 Walnut is surrounded by the performing arts and numerous other cultural venues. Known for its popular restaurants and nightlife spots, Midtown Philadelphia is a fun and exciting place to live. Just steps away from some of Philadelphia’s best culinary experiences, you will revel in the hustle and bustle of Center City life! FEATURES: Fully-equipped kitchens with dishwashers and breakfast bar Marble baths On-site laundry Washer & dryer in select units AMENITIES: Fully-equipped fitness facility Resident bike storage Secure package room On-site property management Pet friendly SERVICES: Online resident portal featuring rent payments and work order entry for your convenience NEIGHBORHOOD: Local attractions include Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Franklin Institute, Walnut Street shopping, and the Benjamin, Parc, Rouge, Dandelion, Garces Trading Company, El Vez, and Sampan offer exceptional dining within a few blocks Easy access to Market East SEPTA station and SEPTA bus routes, routes I-95 and 76. Pmcpropertygroup.com.

Distinguished living

$1525 / 525ft2 - Goldtex - Distinguished Living In The Philadelphia Luxury Lifestyle (315 N. 12th Street). Goldtex Apartments. Treat yourself to the best Philadelphia has to offer, you deserve a life of luxury! UNRIVALED AMENITIES 360-degree views of the Philadelphia skyline - Fitness center with excellent selection of cardio, resistance and free weight equipment - Rooftop all-season sundeck lounge with cabana style lounge and dining - Rooftop pool and hot tub - On-site garage parking - On-site Bicycle storage - 24-hour concierge and emergency maintenance - High-tech controlled access entry - Pet friendly Want Luxury? Call Us Today! Contact Information: (215) 883-1032 Goldtex Apartments | 315 N 12th Street. 1 Month Rent Free.

Easy decision

$2845 / 2br - 1100ft2 - UPENN STUDENTS, We’ll Make This Easy For You! (101 S. 39th Street) We think that decision is pretty easy! Hamilton Court Apartments. Bedroom Apartment Features spacious living area with hardwood floors, large closets, and new windows, refreshed bathroom with new toilets, shower heads, and curtains, modern kitchens with new dishwasher, garbage disposal, microwaves, air conditioning and fixtures. Faster hi-speed internet connections, new furnishing options including living room and bedroom furniture, new commercial quality laundry facilities with credit card washer/dryer, new gym with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, upgraded common areas for a welcoming social area for residents, new electronic building entry system, new on-site management and maintenance team, front desk with package acceptance. Decision Made. Call Now: (844) 330-2333.

Awesome deal

$1615 / 1br - 725ft2 - Make Your Friends Jealous With This Beautiful 1 BR. Custom designed one bedroom apartment that has all the features you could dream of: Custom Showers/ Baths. Stainless steel appliances. All hardwood flooring throughout. Energy efficient appliances. Don’t miss this awesome deal! Call today to see what we are talking about! (610) 488-4030.

Green features

$1615 / 1br - 725ft2 - Health Enthusiasts - Green Features & Green Neighborhood (633 W. Rittenhouse Street). Features: Bedrooms: 1. Bathrooms: 1. Parking: Indoor & Surface Lot Parking. Laundry: Washer/Dryer In Unit. Pet Policy: Dogs & Cats. Love the city life but want to skip the SMOG? Come to Rittenhouse Hill, our green community tucked into the greenest part of the city. Our community is not only ecofriendly; it’s in an incredible location for nature enthusiasts.

Surrounded by Fairmount Park, green tree views from every tower! Wissahickon trails for running/biking/dog walking are at your doorstep. Grassy backyard area for lounging and picnics, plus doggy park! Energy-star certified appliances and recycled materials. Energy Management that saves money AND trees with solar and wind power. Energy-efficiencies that reduce water and electric use in every unit. Escape the city, leave clean and green. Come get some fresh air and find your future home with us! (610) 488-4030.

Luxury living

$2675 / 2br - 1100ft2 - Ultra Luxury Living. 12th Street near Vine. Description: We’ve meticulously designed this twobedroom apartment with an open floor concept to maximize all available space. Features: Exotic hardwood flooring throughout. European style kitchen with 8’ tall cabinets and storage space. Seamless white quartz countertops. 14’ high ceilings. Energy Star rated appliances. Front loading washer/ dryer. Parking: Garage Parking. Laundry: Washer/Dryer In Unit. Pet Policy: Dogs & Cats. Contact Information: (215) 883-1032.

The Piazza

$2345 / 1br - 694ft2 - Virtual Tours @ The Piazza!. N. 2nd Street near N. American Street. Steps away from some of the city’s best restaurants and boutiques, enjoy a nice 1 Bedroom Apartment. Wood floors, new appliances, and much more. They’re renting fast, so call today to schedule a tour of your new home! Walking distance from: Fette Sau, Barcade, Sugarhouse Casino, Suraya, Target, La Colombe Roasters, Heritage, One Shot Coffee House. Call now to call this NoLibs gem home! (833) 219-1535.

Last unit

$3295 / 2br - 1115ft2 - Are You In Quarantine!? You Can Still See Us. 1050 N Hancock St. Check out our virtual leasing tour & reserve your FaceTime tour todayhttps://mailchi. mp/postrents/thepiazza. Live in this two-bedroom corner apartment at The Piazza. Located steps away from El Camino, Urban Village Brewing Company, Standard Tap and The Fillmore. You’ll be home in no time after a night out! Call today to schedule a tour and for more information. Nearby Restaurant and Bars: El Camino, Urban Village Brewing Company, The Saint, Johnny Brenda’s, Standard Tap, Jerry’s Bar, 700 Club, The Fillmore, Mad Rex, Goose Island Brew Pub. Don’t miss out on this – last available unit! Call Now (833) 219-1535.

Near Center City

Car charging

$1053 / 1br - 375ft2 - Game Room.Car Charging Station.

Community Kitchen. 5450 Wissahickon Ave. https:// theavenueateastfalls.com/. The Avenue at East Falls brings vibrant luxury living to the city’s historic East Falls neighborhood. Steps from Fairmount Park and overlooking the Philadelphia skyline, our iconic 1950s-era residence is newly renovated, complete with a new swimming pool, our GOFit Fitness Center, and updated apartment interiors.

Easy access to public transportation and minutes from Center City, the best of Philly is yours to enjoy. Property Amenities: Resident Concierge. Game Room. Swimming Pool. Private Study Room. Car Charging Station. Outdoor Kitchen. Dry Cleaning. Parking Available. 24/7 Go Fit Center Complimentary Classes. Community Kitchen. Fire Pit. GOChat BusinessCenter

Parking garage

$915000 / 6br - FSBO* QUEEN VILLAGE * PARKING GARAGE * DECK * SOLARIUM* (QUEEN VILLAGE/ SOCIETY HILL). Charming DUPLEX in Queen Village. Hardwood floors throughout. renovated kitchen with Granite countertops, a dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, gas stove, and garbage disposal. washer and dryer, central air and heat. Newly built deck. 2 private parking. Queen Village Neighborhood - Conveniently nestled between Lombard Street and Washington Ave to the north and south, and 6th street to Front from east to west. Bordered by Society Hill and Bella Vista, just minutes from the Italian Market, Washington Square, Old City and Independence Hall. Its convenient location puts Queens Village within walking distance of many byob’s, outdoor markets, shops, public transportation and so much more. Text for showing: 610-716-6241.

Recycled, reimagined

$1345 / 490ft2 - Recycled, Renovated & Reimagined ….. and READY FOR YOU! (780 S 52nd St.) Tired of the same cookie cutter apartments in Philly!? Want something that feels more YOU!? The Irvine has a perfect blend of authenticity and luxury making The Irvine one of the best apartment buildings in University City! Once an old warehouse now is an amazing building with brand-new studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments with great fixtures and preserved graffiti art! Why live somewhere boring when you can live at The Irvine! Quit being boring & call today to schedule a private tour! (833) 271-3564.

Knee-deep in sexy

$2415 / 2br - 970ft2 - Sora Pool Club – We’re Knee-Deep In Sexy (3902 City Ave). Welcome to Sora Pool Club @ Presidential City. Relaxation without the reservation. Outdoor: three heated pools, two spacious hot tubs, stylish waterside cabanas and lounging options, fire pit lounge, yoga lawn, outdoor showers, outdoor kitchen area with grilling and dining stations, bocce courts, multi-use sports court, tot lot, rooftop lounge. Spa/Fitness Building: cardio room, group fitness classes, weight training room, spa treatment rooms, dry sauna and coed steam room, juice bar, locker rooms, tanning bed.

ALL THIS FOR FREE. Call Now (610) 589-3035.

$1195 / 3br - 1200ft2 - @ Off Broad Street- 1500 Federal St - near Center City. Walk to Broad Street subway line with one block. Target, Starbucks, supermarket.... this is three bedrooms, modern kitchen, hardwood floor, washer / dryer.

Many windows with city skyscraper view. Safe and quiet neighbor. Parking easy with permit annual $30. Ready to move in. Please call 917 291 6800.

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