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City Safari: Is Germantown Rehabilitation-proof? By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

hy have so many excellent albeit Utopian design projects intent on improving this historic section of Philadelphia failed? Is there something in Germantown air? Do the neighborhoods here need a “population transplant” before the area can be revital-

ized? In the 1960s and 1970s, Germantown was home to several large department stores: Allen’s, JC Penny, Franklin Simon, and CA Rowell. The area was known as a regional shopping district, second only to Center City. Germantown was the home of Asher’s Candy, Cunningham Pianos and a ﬁrst-class restaurant in a Victorian

mansion on Greene Street that attracted diners from all over the city. There was also a vibrant YMCA with a large swimming pool and gym. A Linton’s Restaurant on the corner of Germantown and Chelten attracted diners who wanted to see their food orders travel from the kitchen to the counter along a conveyor belt. There was a Woolworth’s on Chelten Avenue and a pub

restaurant with famous roast beef sandwiches at Wayne and Chelten. Vendors along Germantown Avenue sold homemade pecan pie (“To rot your teeth,” as one friend of mine noted.) In the 1970s the area was beginning to show some signs of decay. There was Maplewood Mall, tucked away among Greene Street, Germantown Avenue, W. Armat Street, and

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2020 Flower Show taking visitors on a “Riviera Holiday” PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Brings Designers Internationally By Haywood Brewster Staﬀ Reporter

he 2020 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, “Riviera Holiday,” is bringing designers and visitors to the Mediterranean Riviera from February 29th through March 8th, 2020 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The world’s leading ﬂoral and garden designers will immerse visitors in the sights, scents, and tastes of the region. Citrus trees and sweeps of lavender will form a vision of Riviera life as visitors wander along intimate pathways to

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a whole new crop of experiences, garden displays, and artistic design. The Show will include acres of lush garden

Laurélie Paysages, both from Nice, France, and will feature an enormous variety of Mediterranean plants. “The Riviera is one of the most renowned areas for horticulture. And, it has tremendous aesthetic appeal. Anyone familiar with the region can close their eyes and see the magniﬁcent plant life and smell the fragrances of the Mediterranean,” said Sam Lemheney, PHS Chief of Shows & Events. “We want people to experience the Mediterranean region at the Flower Show, but we also want them to stay and learn about the landscapes with ﬁve new deimportance of horticulture and signers including James and Helen Basson of Scape Design, sustainability within their and Laurélie de la Salle of continued on page 2

Reading Terminal Market G.M., Anuj Gupta steps down to become “We wish him the best in his Congressman Dwight Evans’ Chief of Staff new position with CongressBy Haywood Brewster Staﬀ Reporter

he Board of the Reading Terminal Market Corporation announced today that Anuj Gupta will step down as General Manager to accept a position as Chief of Staﬀ to Congressman Dwight Evans. Gupta has served since 2015 as General Manager of Reading Terminal Market, one of the nation’s oldest and largest public markets as well as a premier Philadelphia visitor destination. Gupta’s resignation will be eﬀective on April 24, 2020. “Anuj has done a tremen-

Anuj Gupta steps down as general manager of the Reading Terminal Market.

dous job as General Manager in guiding the Market’s priorities and vision into the future while remaining true to its

mission,” said Albert Mezzaroba, Director and Board Chairman of the Reading Terminal Market Corporation

man Evans.” Gupta’s accomplishments as General Manager include the implementation of a Market Ambassador program, the launch of a brand-new e-commerce option for customers, and the creation of a customer service center. The Market diversiﬁed its merchant and product mix and created a pathway for local entrepreneurs to test their business concept in a low-risk environment. Reading Terminal also became a hub for communities across the city to host their cultural celebrations ranging from an annual Lunar New continued on page 6

West Chelten. The mall featured a shoe repair and cheese shop, a bookstore (Leaves of Grass), a kite shop, a vitamin store, and a popular jazz club. The mall’s relative isolation from the street contributed to its downfall. In 2019, the city invested 3.3 million for a Maplewood Mall redo. The redone mall will have direct street access and will effectively end the 50% vacancy rate. The beauty of Germantown cannot be denied: Big houses, trees, cobblestones, cleaner air than Center City. There’s also that famous “good earth grounding vibe” that so many people talk about. In the 1970s the Chelten Avenue offices of The Germantown Courier could have doubled for a big city newsroom. An elevator took you to the offices where the editorin-chief, decked out in a white shirt and bow tie, sat at an enormous desk. On the streets, Hare Krishna devotees filled the air with incense and chants. Occasionally one could also spot an Anglo-Catholic nun or two from St. Luke’s parish on the Avenue. White hippie types and gays (mostly lesbians) began moving into the area despite Melvin Floyd’s Neighborhood Crusade headquarters (Floyd was a vehement and outspoken opponent of gay rights) on West Queen Lane, where there was also the Queen Lane Projects, a massive Section 8 ‘snake pit’ high rise. I lived two blocks from the projects. The worst X ‘assault’ I experienced was ...being called ‘whitey.’ Throughout the late 70s and 80s, Germantown showed little signs of improvement. It was neighborhood frozen inside a snow globe as if the visionary designers of Maplewood Mall decided that the Page x bad and got area was really out of town. All X seemed permanently lost when the good ... restaurants began to disappear. The Victorian mansion restaurant on Greene Street closed. Linton’s followed suit as did the ‘roast beef’ pub on Wayne Avenue. Fast food continued on page 4

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communities.” The 2020 Flower Show will provide visitors with all new interactive experiences. Everyone from experienced gardeners to the plant curious will be able to connect and share their passion for plants at the new “PHS Grow It! Center.” This inviting part of the show will feature garden trends, chats with experts, and handson learning sessions for gardeners to become even greener. The fun and engaging display in the Grow It Center will help visitors learn how they can make a bigger diﬀerence in their communities through horticulture. Mobile “Pop Up” moments throughout the show will illustrate how some of the Show’s fascinating displays are brought to life including how to make jewelry from materials found in nature and how to grow your own show-worthy plants. The Bloomin’ Brunch is also a new event held daily for foodies and

horticulture lovers. The “Taste of Saint Tropez” themed Brunch will treat guests to an exclusive dining menu in a beautiful setting. Throughout the Show, guests will become immersed in the PHS mission that emphasizes the importance of connecting with one another through horticulture to create beautiful, healthy, and sustainable communities. Annual evening celebrations will feature the festive Preview Party,

PHS’s elegant fundraiser featuring dancing and dining among the gardens on Friday, February 28th, the evening before the show opens to the public. Everyone is invited to dance among the gardens at Flowers After Hours on Saturday, February 29th after the Show closes to the public, The Show’s opening night dance party will be themed “Let’s Dance,” a nod to the 80’s. Guests are encouraged to enhance their Flower Show visit each day with

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Show experiences today by visiting theﬂowershow.com. Hours of the 2020 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show: Saturday, February 29: 11am – 8 pm Sunday, March1: 8am – 9pm Monday–Friday, March 2: 6:10am – 9pm Saturday, March 7: 8 am – 9 pm Sunday, March 8: 8am – 6pm *Last entry each day is 30 minutes prior to close. ABOUT THE FLOWER SHOW The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural event and features stunning displays by the world’s premier ﬂoral and landscape designers.

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Started in 1829, the Show introduces diverse plant varieties and sustainable garden and design concepts. In addition to the major garden displays, the Flower Show hosts world-renowned competitions in horticulture and artistic floral arranging, gardening presentations and demonstrations, special events, and the citywide Bloom Philly pre-Show celebration. For more information about the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show and to purchase tickets, visit theflowershow.com, and follow the Show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The Exclusive Sponsors of the 2020 Flower Show are Bank of America, Independence Blue Cross, and Subaru of America. The Official Media Partner is 6ABC. For more information about the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show and to purchase tickets, visit theflowershow.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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The following crimes occurred between Thursday, Feb. 13th to Wednesday, Feb. 19th. 3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call South Detective Division at 215686-3013. Reporting 3rd District crimes from South St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St. Assault: 1800 S. 7th St. Robbery: 3rd & Bainbridge Sts; 100 Tasker St. Theft: 400 South St; 900 S. Broad St; 1400 Washington Ave; 400 Federal St; 1300 S. 11th St; 1400 S. 10th St; 1100 Dickinson St. Other: 500 Hoffman St. 6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-686-3060. Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to South St. and Front St. to Broad St. Arrest: 900 Arch St. Assault: 300 N. 13th St; 1300 Filbert St. Robbery: 300 N. 8th St. Theft: 200 Spring Garden St; 1200 Wood St; 400 Arch St; 12th & Market Sts; 13th & Market Sts; 10th & Market Sts; 12th & Walnut Sts; 300 S. 8th St; 300 S. 5th St; 500 S. Broad St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 400 N. 6th St; 200 N. Watts St; 1000 Market St; 900 Market St. 9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090. Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River. Arrest: 2200 Spruce St. Assault: N. 16th & Spring Garden Sts; 1500 Arch St; 1700 Sansom St; 1600 Walnut St. Burglary: 2000 Walnut St. Robbery: 1500 Chestnut St. Theft: 1900 Fairmount St; 2000 Wallace St; 2200 Brandywine St; 2400 Ben Franklin Pkwy; 400 N. 18th St; 100 N. 20th St; 21st & Market Sts; 16th & Market Sts; 1600 Chestnut St; 1700 Chestnut St; 100 18th St; 1500 Locust St; 200 S. 24th St; 300 S. 16th St. Vandalism: 2400 Pennsylvania Ave. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2500 Spring Garden St; 1500 JFK Blvd. 12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320. Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by

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State officials aim to quell Election Day concerns ahead of Pennsylvania primary By Christen Smith The Center Square

Baltimore at 50th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St. Assault: 5300 Thomas Ave; 900 S. 50th St; 1100 S. 51st St; 5600 Ridgewood St; 2400 S. 54th St; 2000 S. Redfield St; 6000 Reinhard St; 2100 S. 60th St. Vandalism: 1300 s. Wilton St; 1400 S. Vogdes St. 16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-686-3160. Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd Street. Arrest: 3300 Haverford Ave; 400 Lancaster Ave; 600 N. Preston St; 4100 Haverford Ave; 3900 Lancaster Ave; 100 N. 52nd St; 4200 Powelton Ave. Assault: 3900 Wyalusing Ave; 800 N. 38th St; N. 41st & Aspen Sts; 4900 Aspen St. Theft: 4800 Parrish St; 400 Lancaster Ave; 500 N. 38th St; 500 N. Holly St; 4800 Market St; 4000 Market St; N. 39th & Market Sts. Vandalism: N. 42nd St & Westminster Ave. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4500 Lancaster Ave; 3500 Market St. 17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th Police District, please call 215-686-3170. Reporting 17th District crimes from South St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River. Arrest: 3000 Greys Ferry Ave; 2400 Tasker St; 2000 S. Newkirk St; 1400 S. 27th St; 1700 Fernon St; 1800 S. 19th St. Assault: 1400 S. 27th St; 1800 S. 19th St. Burglary: 2100 Federal St. Theft: 3000 Greys Ferry; 2000 Tasker St; 1900 Pt. Breeze Ave. Vandalism: 2200 League St; 2900 Ellsworth St; 1800 Manton St; 1700 S. Douglas St. 18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th Police District, please call 215-686-3180. Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek

Pkwy. Arrest: 5800 Christian St. Assault: 4900 Chestnut St; 4600 Walnut St; 200 S. 47th St; 4000 Spruce St; 5600 Chestnut St. Burglary: 4000 Spruce St. Robbery: 5400 Chestnut St; 5300 Chestnut St; 4900 Chestnut St; 4600 Sansom St; 4900 Spruce St; S. 56th & Rodman St; S. 4900 St. & Hazel Ave. Theft: Market & 52nd Sts; 4400 Market St; 3600 Chestnut St; 3400 Chestnut St; 4300 Walnut St; 100 S. 42nd St; 4900 Spruce St; 200 S. 44th St; 3900 Irving St; 4100 Pine St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5700 Market St; 5100 Ranstead St; 4500 Walnut St; S. 55th & Pine Sts. 19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th Police District, please call 215-686-3190. Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St. Arrest: 1100 N. 66th St; N. 58th & Haverford Aves. Assault: 5800 Lancaster St; 1600 N. 62nd St; 5700 Media St; 6700 Lansdown Ave; 6500 Lansdown Ave; 700 N. 64th St; 6100 Media St; 1300 N. Wannamaker St; 6600 Haverford St; 200 N. Wannamaker St; 5900 Race St. Burglary: 200 N. 61st St. Theft: 2000 N. 63rd St; 6300 Sherwood Rd; 1900 Wynewood Rd; 5600 Lancaster Ave; 6100 Jefferson St; 1700 N. Edgewood St; 6500 Haverford Ave; 6300 Girard Ave; 400 N. 63rd St; 6400 Carlton St; 300 Felton St; 100 N. Edgewood St; 62nd & Market Sts; 5900 Chestnut St; 100 Alden St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): N. 65th & Media Sts; 5700 Wyalusing Ave; 6400 Vine St; 5700 Market St.

ennsylvania State Department officials assured lawmakers that errors and delays will not plague the upcoming April 28 primary, despite the ongoing implementation of sweeping voting reforms enacted last year. “We will be ready,” Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar told the Senate Appropriations Committee. “We are working around the clock and we will be ready.” Lawmakers approved mail-in voting via Act 77 in October. The State Department is requesting an additional $795,000 in this year’s budget to implement the “many facets” of the bill and continue its election modernization and voter education efforts.

“The more we can do, since it’s the most significant voting reform in generations, to take advantage of letting people know what it is – it’s important,” Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, said. “Anything we can do to help the 67 counties execute, implement, educate [is appreciated],” said Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Lehigh, who sponsored Act 77 last year. “Anything we can do.” Boockvar said delayed results will depend upon the amount of mail-in ballots each county receives, as well as existing laws that prevent officials from counting votes before 8 p.m. on Election Day. Lawmakers could give counties more flexibility to inspect and prepare paper ballots ahead of time to help streamline continued on page 4

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places moved into the area with a vengeance. Asher’s Candy, in the Germantown area since 1899, left Germantown in 1997 for Souderton. Cunningham Pianos, a Germantown institution since 1891, left for King of Prussia in 2016. Cunningham co-owner Rich Galassini told The Philadelphia Business Journal that “We loved being here [in Germantown]. People come just to see the architecture, let alone our instruments. It’s a really cool place to show pianos, but it’s just not in the

the counting process, she said. The state also has encouraged counties to buy as many high speed, high capacity scanners – some with the ability to process between 5,000 and 10,000 ballots an hour – as possible. “What we want to do is be over-prepared,” Boockvar said. “We said to the counties, be ready for a 20 percent increase Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Feb. 21, 2020 about preparing for the upcoming in mail-in voting. Do I under the new Act 77 guidelines. Image courtesy of Pennsylvania think that’s going to be elections Senate. the case in the primary election? No. If I had will vote by mail-in in began preparing “right to guess, 15-20 percent the general election. So, away” for this year’s continued on page 6 we are preparing coun- elections, from weekly ties for 20 percent just in meetings with county AND case.” officials to security trainTax Accounting that Counts Boockvar told the ing exercises to prevent committee 12,000 fraud and tampering to DeBorah L. Giles, EA, ABA, ATA, MBA residents signed up for consistently updating mail-in voting privileges voter rolls. All 67 counP.O. Box 13218 | Philadelphia, PA 19101-3218 within the first week of ties agreed to update Tel 215.386.2026 | Fax 215.222.5105 its availability – double their voting machines Tax Services: the amount of people after the 2016 general • Accounting who registered as abelection, so far, 45 coun• Analysis sentee voters online last ties have followed • Consulting • Problem Resolution fall. through, with another • Tax Preparation The department also 22 prepared to roll out new systems before the primary. “We are a leader in election security, and I have immense confidence in the security of our elections,” Boockvar said. Pennsylvania’s primary election is scheduled for April 28. The deadline for registering to vote is April 13.

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ast week, I had the honor to attend a very special event at City Council Chambers. Several recipients were receiving the distinguished awards of Living Legends as part of Philadelphia City Council’s observance of African American History Month. The recipients were: Mr. Gregorio Pac Cojulun, Jr., Dr. Connie Clayton, Dr. Naomi Booker, Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson and Ms. Lynette Brown-Sow. All of these individuals have contributed enormously to their communities through their work and charitable nature, particularly in the areas of behavioral health, education, art, music and the justice system. WHEREAS, Lynette Brown-Sow is a wellknown leader in the education and behavioral health communities in Philadelphia. In her role as the Vice President of Marketing and Government Relations with the Community College of Philadelphia, Christen Smith Ms. Brown-Sow worked Staﬀ Reporter diligently at both local and national levels to Christen Smith follows ensure education for all. Pennsylvania’s General She worked with the Assembly for The Center American Association of Square. She is an awardCommunity Colleges, as winning reporter with well as the White House, more than a decade of exto support tuition-free perience covering state and programs at community national policy issues for colleges and mainteniche publications and lo- nance of funding for cal newsrooms alike. Federal Pell Grants. Ms. Brown-Sow also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for The Consortium, a behavioral healthcare organization that pioneered the strategy of balancing the input of community Call the classified leaders and medical experts to expand access to dept. at patient-centered behavioral healthcare models

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into individual neighborhoods. After 22 years with Community College of Philadelphia, Ms. Brown-Sow returned to her path of entrepreneurship as manager of L.M. Brown Management Group, a consultant firm she founded in 1980 that provides a range of professional services; and WHEREAS, Dr. Constance Clayton has been recognized on numerous occasions for her contributions to Philadelphia’s education system. She began her career in 1955 as an elementary school teacher with the School District of Philadelphia at the former William H. Harrison School. In 1973, she became the first Director and then Associate Superintendent of the Early Childhood Program for the District. In 1982, she was the first African American person to serve as the Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. Her work as Superintendent was characterized by her reputation for tackling the District’s most difficult budgetary crises without cutting student services, and for partnering with businesses to procure resources and center the community around education. Dr. Clayton has been awarded numerous honors for her service to the education system, including becoming the first African American woman to have a professorship named for her at an Ivy League institution when the University of Pennsylvania established the Constance E. Clayton Professorship in Urban Education in 1992; and WHEREAS, Gregorio Pac Cojulun has served his community for over 30 years, first as a block captain for the 5000 block of Osage Avenue, and then as the President of the Friends of Malcontinued on page 5

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colm X Park organization. As the President of the organization since 1997, Mr. Cojulun spearheaded the transformation of Malcolm X Park, formerly Black Oak Park. Mr. Cojulun has worked tirelessly to make the park a point of pride for the community through initiatives like the Annual Jazz Heritage Series, where the park hosts free concerts featuring local jazz artists on evenings throughout the Summer, as well as the bi-annual Love Your Park Day. In 2002, he was awarded the annual Governor’s Award for Outstanding Citizen in Crime Prevention for his stewardship of the park. Mr. Cojulun continues to serve as a community anchor in West Philadelphia, as well as the city at-large; and WHEREAS, Dr. Naomi Johnson-Booker is the Founder and Chief Executive Oﬃcer of the Global Leadership Academy Charter School and has worked for more than 40 years in the ﬁeld of public education. Dr. Johnson-Booker started her career in education as a teacher with the School District of Philadelphia. She then went on to become a principal and an area superintendent, before retiring from the District in 2004. Dr. Johnson-Booker went on to become the Regional Vice President of the Keystone Alliance for Public Charter Schools, where she served until she formed the Global Leadership Academy in 2007. Dr. Johnson-Booker has received numerous awards and honors for her work in education, including an honor by the White House Initiative for Education Excellence in 2014, as well as the Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence Salute to Greatness Education Award in 2015; and WHEREAS, the Honorable Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson is a remarkable and accom-

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plished jurist who has spent her career serving the people of Philadelphia in numerous ways. Judge Massiah-Jackson obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania at only 23 years old and went on to clerk for Justice Robert N.C. Nix on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1974 until 1976. In 1983, she was elected to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after working for 7 years at the Philadelphia ﬁrm Blank Rome. From 2001 to 2006, she sat as the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In addition to her judicial service, Judge MassiahJackson has also served as an educator, teaching legal studies and business law at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; now, therefore be it, RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That, it hereby honors and celebrates Philadelphia’s Living Legends: Lynette BrownSow, Dr. Constance Clayton, Gregorio Pac

Cojulun, Dr. Naomi Johnson-Booker, and the Honorable Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, who are leaders in Philadelphia in their respective ﬁelds of behavioral health, education, art, music and the justice system, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month. FURTHER REOLVED, That, an engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to these Living Legends as further evidence of the sincere respect or admiration of this legislative body. - Curtis Jones, Jr., Councilman, 4th District The Living Legends awards ceremony was attended by all City Council members, presided over by City Council President, Darrell Clarke, by students of teachers receiving the awards, by family and friends. It was a moving experience, very well attended, and gave us a feeling of hope for the future and gratitude for the services that these individuals provided.

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Terminal Market and its bright future will attract quality local and national candidate interest. As in the past, the Board will work with the Reading Terminal Market

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development by holding onto vacant buildings and underutilized lots.” The challenge: How might this historic district be designed to better support the local community? The winner of the competition, Leeds Beckett University (UK) called their vision Platforms for People. Leeds calls for the creation of new urban spaces termed platforms. Leeds identified overwhelming problems like crime, lack of amenities, poverty, rubbish, and parking. “These issues have held Germantown back.” Leeds’ solution is to “push back the fabric of buildings and pull forward the history and the people. This begins to highlight important structures and address wayfinding.” Wayfinding, according to the Society for Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD, “can help reduce [community] stress by providing easy-to-follow signage and legible directions to their destinations. In some settings, reliance on text-based messaging is minimized and systems rely heavily on non-text cues such as colors and symbols.” While this sounds smart indeed — it could have come from a millennial’s crystal ball — one wonders how this will curtail real-life problems like chronic graffiti attacks on SEPTA’s New Payment Technology vending machines. The graffiti war seems to have been lost in Germantown. If only Leeds had suggested a new Anti-Graffiti Network patrol the area, an army of non-text user’s intent on practical beautification. Two UPenn students won second place. Their proposal, Chelten Hub, “encourages the adaptive reuse of vacant stores and infill development on vacant lots.” This seems about right. The students also call for the integration of transit stops with public spaces and the improvement of transit accessibility. Transit accessibility is

a must. The Chestnut Hill West station, for instance, is located down a long flight of concrete steps. In the past, the station platform at the bottom of the steps was not lighted and its dark isolation caused many riders to wait on the bridge over the tracks before hurriedly running to catch a train as it pulled into the station. While the improved lighting conditions at the station are notable, the station platform itself is in such a deep pocket that many riders wait at the foot of steps for the train so that, in case of an emergency, a quick Uturn up the steps can be easily navigated. Along with transit accessibility, transit multiplication — a new bus route to Germantown or added trains on the Chestnut Hill West line — needs to happen. Two jury prizes went to students from the University of Massachusetts and another group of students from Leeds. The New England students focused on green spaces, recreation, and transportation. The students admit that

their proposal — Community Builder/The Quilt: Make Little Plans — is a broad one. The proposal to “increase the synergistic dynamic of this living mixture [the diverse ‘quilt’ of Chelten Avenue] through the creative use of and reuse of wasted spaces,” sounds as vague to me as the exegesis of existentialist philosophy. Finally, the second group of Leeds students came down hard on the area’s concentration of fast food outlets and the lack of fresh food. This Leeds group envisions the creation of a modular timber structure built by the community (Amish style?) that will support workshops, learning spaces, and hydroponic growing systems. It all sounds very quaint but perhaps not impossible. Will Germantown see any of these plans realized? Or will the plans once again become a beautiful but impossible urban designer’s academic fantasy?

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right location anymore. I’m torn, but I’m going to love being in King of Prussia, and we’ll still have a Philadelphia presence.” “Just not in the right location,” sounds like a vague reference to Germantown’s demise. What has hampered Germantown’s development to some degree is the irregularity of public transpiration in the area. Along with Roxborough, Germantown has less than adequate bus routes. The regional rail lines, Chestnut Hill West and Chestnut Hill East, have far too few trains that run back and forth to Center City. On weekends, the gap between trains is even wider. In 2012, the Central Germantown Business District Beautification Plan noted that Germantown was no longer “a regional destination,” and that “today the district is characterized by rising vacancy, a lack of diversity in retail offerings, and physical deterioration.” What to do? An international student design competition might be one answer, because a student in the UK may have the key to Germantown’s future. That’s what happened last month when the Center for Architecture and Design announced its 2020 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards, a student competition with a first prize of $5,000. The competition’s theme was the revitalization of Germantown, namely the so-called Chelten Hub. The competition’s program material spelled it out plainly that in Germantown, “There is a high concentration of empty storefronts, neglected properties, buildings modified with inexpensive materials, parking lots, and fastfood restaurants.” The program went on to say that, “Some property owners are preventing

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Benjamin Britten’s plea for peace, the “Sinfonia da Requiem”, Elgar’s beloved “Enigma Variations”, and with guest soloist Paul Jacobs, the local premiere of Daugherty’s “Once Upon a Castle” for organ and orchestra. 7:30 p.m., repeated on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m., Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. Then on March 1, the PO plays another Free Neighborhood Concert at 3 p.m. at the Philadelphia Eagles’ NovaCare Complex. Pre-concert activities begin at 1:30 p.m. Erina Yashima conducts the full orchestra in works by Williams, Holst, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, and others with baritone Nathaniel Stampley as a special guest in songs and arias by Copland and Bizet. 1 NovaCare Way. 215-893-1999. ♫ The Irish Heritage Theatre in association with Plays & Players mounts Sebastian Barry’s “The Steward of Australian soprano Rebecca Gulinello and four of her Academy of Vocal Arts Christendom” Feb. 27 colleagues will perform an Australian Bushfire Benefit Concert on Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. to raise much-needed funds to help eradicate the damages done by - March 15, a “Lear-like this ecological disaster. 1920 Spruce St. exploration of a former police superintendent’s ANCE UP frantic neighbors in a controversial life, relaCLOSE, Phila- tiny town threatened to tionships and regrets” delphia Dance lose its famous waterfall as he sits alone in a bare Projects’ Festival offers and instead become a room into seven years of choreographers Megan sewage treatment center. confinement, re-enacting Mazarick in “BoundarEllie Mooney directs. scenes from his past. Jim ies & Other Works” Now through March 29. Schlatter directs a large and Marion Ramirez in 825 Walnut St. 215-574cast in this poignant “kNots and Nest”, both 3550. ♫ drama, hailed by the NY at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26 and Maestro Edward Times as “magnificent”. 27. DANCE UP CLOSE is Gardner is on the Ve1714 Delancey Place. 215a winter series highlight- rizon Hall podium 680-3876. ♫ ing predominately local on Feb. 27 to lead the The Annenberg’s artists. Christ Church Philadelphia Orchestra in powerhouse tribute to Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. 215546-2552. ♫ A Grand Organ Celebration is on tap in Verizon Hall on Feb. 26 when three worldrenowned organists take the stage to perform on the great Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. Wayne Marshall, Olivier Latry and David Briggs will offer works by Bach, Widor, Liszt, Ravel, Saint-Saens and Gershwin culminating in a three-way improvisation based on subjects suggested by the audience. 8 p.m. Kimmel Center, Broad, and Spruce. 215893-1999. ♫ James Handman’s “Popcorn Falls” is upstairs at the Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio on 3, a quirky comedy starring Luke Bradt and Dan Olmstead as more than 20 irate, contentious and

composer Philip Glass continues on Feb. 29 with the return after 21 years of the Glass Ensemble in “Music in Twelve Parts”, in its entirety: ﬁve hours performance time with two intermissions and a dinner break with dining packages available, a rare experience for Glass fans and those who enjoy new music. 6 p.m. 3680 Walnut St. 215-898-3900. ♫ Despite our no-snow winter so far, a “Riviera Holiday” still sounds grand and that’s the oﬀer promised by the Philadelphia Horticultural Society for this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show, Feb. 20 - March 8 at the Pa. Convention Center. “Inspired by Philadelphia’s own Princess Grace of Monaco, ‘Riviera Holiday’ beckons you to embrace your inner romantic and surrender to the botanical pleasures of the Cote d’Azur”. 12th and Arch Sts. 215-9881698. ♫ Australian soprano Rebecca Gulinello, a current resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts, has recruited a few of her very talented

colleagues for an “Australian Bushfire Benefit Concert”, a fund-raiser to help overcome the disastrous fires which have destroyed thousands of acres, left thousands homeless and wiped out some one billion native animals. Singers joining Ms. Gulinello include mezzo-soprano AnneMarie Stanley, baritones Jared Bybee and Titus Muzi, and tenor Abraham Breton Antona, all remarkable operatic and song recitalists. $40. including pre-concert refreshments. 7:30 p.m.

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romance of their times”: Liebermann, Franck, Ysaye, Vieuxtemps plus local composers Eric Sessler and Jennifer Higdon. 20% of ticket sales will be donated to “Play on Philly”, chosen by the artists for that group’s commitment to excellence in music education. 1906 Rittenhouse Square, 215-735-3456. ♫ Choral Arts Philadelphia’s next All Bach@7 Series continues on March 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. with “Out of the Deep”, works by Schutz, MacMillan, Morley, Tomkins, J.S. Bach, performed by the Sing-

Babel: Brave New World Reconfigured

amiability and possible tendencies to violence or other criminal acts. Those found to be of By Richard Lord high intelligence and free Contributing writer of serious negative traits are ‘certified”. This puts With appreciation and ocal playwright them on a direct path to gratitude, Jacqueline the good life, complete Goldfinger has with cushy jobs and Robert Christian, Edi- seen the future – and it comfortable homes in tor and Publisher and doesn’t work any better safe neighborhoods that Claudia Christian, Asthan our own bedeviled get more than their fair sociate Publisher present does. share of those dwindling resources. P.S. Look for upcomBabel, Goldfinger’s And those whose ing information about absorbing new play, genetic tests indicate our 32nd year celebraspins us into the near something less than the tion in March 2020! future – a future so near, best? These unfortunates we can almost confuse it are denied certification, with our own times. The which means they are inhabitants of that world preordained to a life of look like us, dress like drudgery, filling those Name: us, speak like us, ache jobs that are beneath the like us and break like us. dignity of robots. More, Address: As they celebrate good they are assigned to live news with their wine or in murky underground smoke weed to relieve communities, only stress, they could pass emerging to perform meMethod of contribution: for people we encounter nial tasks for the people  Check (Please make checks out to either Philadelphia Free Press or University every day. in the top tiers. City Review, and mail to 218 South 45th Street, Phila., PA 19104. Phone But there are crucial If this all sounds 215.222.2374) differences between Baslightly familiar, you’ve  Credit Card bel’s world of the future got it: this is the territory Name on credit card: and our own, and those Aldous Huxley explored differences are what so brilliantly in his dysAddress: make this play a captitopian classic, Brave New vating piece of theatre. World. While procreation The future laid out here in the traditional way is is one of severely “dwin- not forbidden in Babel (as dling resources” and the it was in Huxley’s fuCredit Card Number: resulting urge for safety ture), science has providand security. But medied a fascinating menu of Expiration date: Security Code: cal advances and leaps in alternatives. For instance, technology seem to have lesbian couples can comBilling Address: If it is different from your address delivered the possibility bine their eggs so that of achieving that safety they are both biological and security. Emphasis mothers of a child once on “seem to”. a genetically acceptable Not only are children sperm donor has been routinely conceived via found. artificial means, but also Huxley was working the unborn (even those on the huge canvas of just a few weeks past a novel, which allowed conception) undergo him a large cast of charmandatory tests for acters. Working within various traits, includthe limits of the stage, ing gender, intelligence, Jacqueline Goldfinger

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focuses on just two Alpha-tier couples: one lesbian, the other heterosexual. The two couples are neighbors and close friends. As luck (or plot devices) would have it, both couples ring up a pregnancy at around the same time, and both are ecstatic about the coming offspring. Correction: ecstatic at first. Soon, one of the couples is handed disturbing news about their early pregnancy test. From there, tensions fester as intense drama plays out. Another difference between Huxley’s brave new world and this one: instead of the blissinducing soma tablets of Huxley’s novel, our four inhabitants have the bitter pill of gnawing doubt and self-recrimination. We learn that the regulations regarding the preordained assignment of one’s status in society are somewhat new. In fact, at least one of the four actually voted for the regulations in a plebiscite that scuttled liberal democracy and replaced it with the tiered system and the embryonic testing that upholds that system. Playwright Goldfinger presents this situation quite effectively, letting the characters thrash their way through these problems in progressively tense scenes. The crisis at the core of the play is rendered skillfully, with the two couples using bubble-wrapped language to communicate their dilemmas, until their true feelings detonate in barbed exchanges. But there are

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BABEL

ing while delivering a threat wherein the smile continued from page 8 itself is part of that threat. Bi Jean Ngo is a perfect also dollops of humor Ann, the woman who dropped in to keep things feels that evading negafrom getting too heavy tive situations is her natutoo early. ral right in this brave new The best moments of world. Ngo is masterful humor come in a scene at looking embarrassed where a six-foot, talking while trying not to look stork arrives to have an embarrassed. important conversation Frank Nardi, Jr is with one of the expectant rock-solid as Jamie, the mothers. This garrulous husband of Ann, who is stork bears a secret of his hiding an ominous secret own, but when it’s reof his own and doing the vealed, that secret pokes best he can to conceal that a huge hole in the play’s secret. Nardi also does an credibility. At that point, admirable job in a smaller we get the sense that role. Goldfinger has used the The future Jacqueline stork as a device to work Goldfinger presents to us in some first-rate comic in Babel is a stark reflecrelief. I’m not one to undervalue the importance of comic relief, but when the stork’s secret comes out, it hurts what is otherwise a well-wrought script. The Theater Exile production of Goldfinger’s ayor Kenney script is, however, engagwas joined by ing all the way through. Commissioners Director Deborah Block from the Department of helms a strong cast in a Health and Department way that brings out all the darkness, humor and of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disabilities pathos waiting in the script. This is what theatre Services and representatives from Jefferson people mean when they Health, Temple Health, talk about value-added Einstein Healthcare Netdirection. The cast would seem to work, and Penn Medicine to announce a new be a director’s dream as citywide commitment the four actors are wonto getting primary care derfully matched, with clearly defined personali- physicians the necessary ties that play against each waiver and training to prescribe buprenorphineother wonderfully. It’s -the medication that helps often said that the true people stop using heroin measure of a good actor is and other opioid drugswhether she/he is a good -in their normal primary listener. In this play, it’s care offices. The City has important that the actors set an ambitious goal not also be good at not listen- replicated anywhere else ing to each other while in the United States callpretending that they are. ing for 1,300 physicians This is quite a challenge being able to prescribe bufor any actor, and the four prenorphine, and today’s in this production meet announcement of nearly this challenge well. More, 400 expected waivered they all add a compelling and trained doctors by the subtext to the perforend of 2020 is a significant mance with a range of step in the right direction. facial gestures and body The Health Department language. also announced the estabAnita Holland is stellar lishment of a new 24/7 as Renee, the lesbian wife hotline for newly waivcarrying the unborn child. ered healthcare providers Renee is taken on a roller- to receive free clinical coaster rode of emotions, consultation on the use of and Holland catches each buprenorphine. one splendidly. Health Commissioner As her partner Dani, Dr. Thomas Farley said, Amanda Schoonover “These commitments is even a tad more imby these major health pressive. She, too, has systems represent a funto negotiate a number damental and needed of numbing emotional change in the way that twists and turns and does the mainstream medical so beautifully. One espe- care system treats people cially impressive bit lets who are addicted to opiSchoonover demonstrate oids. We know of no other her ability to remain smil- health system in the na-

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artists have created new work specifically for this exhibition. Leading up to the exhibition, 36 of the artists will contribute to an exquisite corpse, a collaborative group work, which will be unveiled at the public opening reception. Contact: info@paradigm-gallery.com / (267)266-0073 Celebrate Jane Austen When: 5:30pm – 8:30pm Where: The Woodlands, 4000 Woodland Avenue Tickets: $30 https://woodlandsphila.ticketleap.com/janeausten-night/ Be inspired and learn Regency style dancing with the Germantown Country Dancers, and enjoy seasonal treats and drinks. Event will end at 8:30pm so there’s time for everyone to have a safe carriage ride home. Cheers! Email: info@woodlandsphila.org for discount code. Members of The Woodlands: $25

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SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST PECO Free First Sunday Family Day When: 10am – 5pm Where: The Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy. Every first Sunday of the month, admission to the Barnes is FREE! See the collection and our upcoming tapestry exhibition on entrepreneur Marie Cuttoli. Celebrate the Art of Math Challenge, make crafts and art prints, and see a multicultural puppet show. For more info call: 215-2787000 For tickets: 215-2787200 Website: http://www. barnesfoundation.org

Womynsfest 2020: A Celebration of Life at the Rotunda When: 7pm -10:30pm Where: The Rotunda at 4014 Walnut Street Vitamin D Productions brings the annual Womynsfest back to The Rotunda. With this year’s theme, A Celebration of Life, Womynsfest hits its 20th year and becomes Philadelphia’s longest running, free festival supporting and showcasing women in the arts. Website: http://www.therotunda.org/event/womynsfest-2020 Admission is FREE TH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 and all people are welcome SOSNA Works Out Contact: Denice WitWhen: 8:30am – 9:15am kowski, Vitamin D ProducWhere: Amrita Yoga South, tions: Call 267.333.1792 2306 South Street. email:VitaminDproductions@ “Ab Fit workout” For more yahoo.com info or questions: nicoleatsosna@gmail.com / Call: 215-732MONDAY, MARCH 2ND 8446 Website: www.southof- Cobbs Creek Neighbors south.org/events Monthly Meeting When: 7pm – 8:30pm Kids Art Class Where: Cobbs Creek Library, When: 9:30am – 10:45am 5800 Cobbs Creek Pkwy. Where: Markward Rec Center, Our monthly meetings are 400 South Taney St. held the first Monday of every Every Saturday through March month (excluding holidays). 28th Beat cabin fever and get Please check back for agenda out of the house with our new items for future meetings. Saturday kids art classes at the We also hold zoning request rec center. Kids ages from pre- hearings during our monthly school through 1st grade. Buy meetings when possible. For a season pass or 5 pack class more info: Call 215 720-1452 drop in. Register: markward- or email: cobbscreekneighplayground.ticketleap.com/ bor@gmail.com. Also check kids-winter-art-class/ Call for on Facebook for updates: @ more info 215-685-6649 CobbsCreekNeighbors Reading & Book Signing: Farah Rocks Fifth Grade When: 3pm Where: Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture at 3645 Lancaster Avenue Join author Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and book signing of her latest book Farrah Rocks Fifth Grade. Darraj is a winner of the 2016 American Book Award and 2018 Ford Foundation Fellowship. Website: https://www.albustanseeds.org/ More info call 267809-3668

Watercolor Painting with Erica Harney When:11am – 6pm Where: University City Arts League, 4226 Spruce St. Erica Harney returns to UCAL for a 6-hour one day watercolor intensive workshop where students will explore the medium with a seasoned painter. Students will use fundamental materials and skills and learn several ways of creating paint-

Garden Court Board Meeting When: 7:30pm – 9:30pm Where: Garden Court Condominium Association, 46th and Pine St. (4637 Pine) room D-103. Questions: email: info@gardencourtca.org. Website: www.gardencourtca. org/

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Workshop #3: ¿Me escuchas? / Can you hear me? Listening to Indigenous Erasure When: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Where: South Philadelphia Library (1700 S. Broad St.) Join the Counter Narrative Society (CNS) and collaborators for a workshop series exploring the impacts and listening to experiences of pan-Indigenous erasure here in Philadelphia. Workshops will be facilitated by TRINITY NORWOOD, MABEL NEGRETE (CNS) and PRISCILLA BELL. Workshops are free to the public; feel free to register for one or all sessions. RSVP: https://libwww.freelibrary. SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH Volunteer Clean Up Day at the org/calendar/event/95331 SEE LINK on for RSVP Call 215Woodlands 814-3514 for more info. When: 9am -11am Where: The Woodlands at Volunteering Untapped Clean4000 Woodland Avenue Spend the morning doing win- up Event ter maintenance around the When: 8:30 am - 11:15 am grounds of The Woodlands. Where: Clark Park 4300-4398 A few hours of outdoor tidy- Baltimore Ave Email for more ing make a huge difference in info: chancefl@gmail.com See the overall appearance of the more calendar events: http:// 54 acres, and every little bit www.friendsofclarkpark.org/ helps. Tools will be provided, MONDAY, MARCH 16TH but please consider bringing your own work gloves. In case PVCA Members Meeting of inclement weather, this (Powelton Village Civic Assoevent will be cancelled. ciation) Website: http://woodland- When: 7:30pm – 9:00pm sphila.org/events-calendar/ Where: Metropolitan Baptist Church, 3500 Baring St. TH MONDAY, MARCH 9 More info: www.poweltonvilCedar Park Transit Committee lage.org Mailing address: Powelton VilMeeting lage Civic Association, P.O. Box When:7pm – 8pm Where: Calvary United Meth- 7616, Philadelphia PA 19101. odist Church, 801 S. 48th St. The PVCA consists of volunMore info online: http://www. teers who contribute their time for the betterment of cedarparkneighbors.org/ Contact: contact@cedarpark- the community, and we are a Registered Civic Organization neighbors.org (RCO) empowered to consider requests for zoning variances SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH in our neighborhood. We are Destination: ART, Our Annual a partner in the Mantua PowGala elton Alliance, which seeks to When: 6pm – 10pm maintain affordability in PowWhere: Houston Hall - Uni- elton Village and its adjoining versity of Pennsylvania, 3417 neighborhoods. Spruce St. Buy tickets before FEB 28TH Cedar Park Neighbors Board for a discounted ticket of $75. Meeting Reg. Admission $90. Details: When: 7pm – 9pm Join us at the University of Where: Calvary United MethPennsylvania for the UCAL’s odist Church, 801 S. 48th St. annual gala! This year we All neighbors are welcome to honor Leah Douglas, Director join the association, to support of Guest Experience at Phila- neighborhood programming delphia International Airport and vote and/or run for board (PHL), who makes all of the positions in annual elections. wonderful art on display at the Memberships start at $7. Ceairport happen. Since 1998, dar Park Neighbors is governed Leah has curated and orga- by a Board of Directors consistnized more than 300 exhibits ing of five officers and up to that have featured artwork by 16 directors-at-large. They are Philadelphia area artists and elected by the general memarts institutions. Her ground- bership at a meeting held each breaking work testifies to PHL year in April. More info online: as a destination and institution http://www.cedarparkneighsupporting local talent. bors.org/

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