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Live talking Comcast-Spectacor trims the size of its latest entertainment project, eyes 2012 opening. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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f good things truly come to those who wait, entertainment enthusiasts in South Philadelphia will become supreme revelers in 2012. It’s the targeted date Comcast-Spectacor and the Baltimore-based Cordish Co. hope to have the newly proposed phase one of the much-hyped Philly Live! entertainment district completed. Dating back to January ’08, developers had envisioned a 350,000-square-foot wonder — stretching from the Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St., to where the now-shuttered See PHILLY LIVE! page 8
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It was a chaotic commute for motorists last Thursday as cars were forced to take alternate route to bypass a fallen tree on the 2600 block of South Broad Street. For story and more photos, see page 9.
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A local high school baseball standout signs letter of intent to play for the University of Maryland. By Joseph Myers................Page 38
A nonprofit that looked as if it would crumble after ending services last year awaits its fate of launching a smaller organization with a new name.
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local nonprofit was expected to collapse after its former head and an ex-senator were convicted of defrauding it of millions. They are currently serving month No. 10 behind bars — one year and one day and 55 months, respectively. Now as a result of an assessment, the non-
profit could get back to helping the neighborhood where it is based pending a judge’s approval. “Following years of highly publicized litigation, my assignment as interim conservator of [Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods, 1137 Wharton St.] has been to determine whether, in colloquial terms, there was indeed a baby immersed in a lot See CITIZENS’ ALLIANCE page 12