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SOCIETYHILL Reporter www.societyhillcivic.org 36th Annual Open House & Garden Tour

eighbors have the grand opportunity, For more tour information, go to our website: NSunday, May 18, to explore 10 private homes societyhillcivic.org and click on the link for and gardens comprising the 36th Annual Open Society Hill Open House Tour. House & Garden Tour. Each year, the tour offers Advance ticket purchases are encouraged. To a new selection of exceptional houses and gardens purchase a ticket, receive a brochure or get more that range in style and décor from the 18th and information, please contact SHCA at 215-629-1288, 19th century periods to the most contemporary. or email [email protected]. Tickets can also Tickets are now on sale for this enjoyable, be purchased on the day of the tour at Old Pine self-guided excursion in one of our nation’s Community Center, 401 Lom bard Street. m ost important neighborhoods. After the tour, enjoy dinner at any of four Hear Exciting Plans fine area restaurants that offer a 15% discount for Foglietta Plaza at exclusively for ticket holders. They are: Bistro Romano, 120 Lombard Street; Bridget Foy’s, Membership Meeting 200 South Street; Positano Coast, 112 Walnut HCA will conduct its annual election of Board Street; and M Restaurant, 231 South 8th Street. Tickets now S Directors at the May 21 General Membership available for the “Many people go on the tour each year Meeting. See page 5 for the 2014 slate of officers and proposed bylaw changes. Sunday, May 18 in order to get ideas for their own interior decor,” assert Linda Skale and Martha Levine, Listen to speakers from the Delaware River Society Hill Open House co-organizers. The event attracts Waterfront Corporation and the Association for Open House & crowds from our Tri-State area, as well as Public Art present plans for a dynamic transfor- Garden Tour New York City. mation of Foglietta Plaza with the addition of a Sponsored by the Society Hill Civic Association world-class International Sculpture Garden. In (SHCA), all of the profits are used for neighbor- addition, plans for acoustic improvements to the hood improvement and beautification projects. Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing will be discussed.

WEDNESDAY MARK YOUR CALENDAR IT’S BLOOMING BEAUTIFUL! May Society Hill Civic Association Meetings Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Hospital 21 8th & Spruce Streets 6:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting Pennsylvania Grand Court Conference Room All SHCA members are welcome. 7:30 p.m. General Membership Meeting Pennsylvania Hospital Zubrow Auditorium All neighborhood residents are invited to attend. Speakers: Tom Corcoran, President, and Joe Forkin, Executive VP, of Delaware River Waterfront Corporation; Penny Bach, President of Association for Public Art Topics: Installation of an international sculpture garden at Foglietta Plaza; acoustic improvements planned for the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing PAGE 2 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

SOCIETYHILL Reporter Managing Editor Press Release Liaison Sandra Rothman c/o Matt DeJulio Columnists [email protected] Marilyn Appel Advertising Manager Claire Batten Lenore Hardy Jane Biberman [email protected] Diana Burgwyn Matt DeJulio Submission Deadlines Lorna Katz-Lawson July/August Issue Martha Levine Advertising: Jim Murphy June 1 Richard De Wyngaert Editorial: June 7 Contributors Merle Becker Society Hill Mike Harris Civic Association Katy Wich P. O. Box 63503 Harvey Young , PA 19147 Photographer Tel. 215-629-1288 Bonnie Halda Website

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SHCA Board Officers and Directors BeyondTheLibertyBell.org President Northeast Quadrant Parallel-Design.com Steven Weixler 2014 Lenore Hardy 2015 Heather Steiner Vice President 2016 Lisa Unger 215-476-4040 Jim Moss Northwest Quadrant Secretary 2014 Sissie Lipton George Dowdall 2015 Diane Rossheim Logos Treasurer 2016 Amy DeMarco Marc Feldman Southeast Quadrant Websites Directors-at-Large 2014 Jane Ahn Banners Bob Curley 2015 Laura Temple George Kelley 2016 Jeff Berry Brochures Martha Levine Southwest Quadrant Kim Williams This Newsletter! 2014 Francisco Carreno 2015 Marilyn Appel 2016 Daniel Horowitz MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 3

Bulletin Board Snapshots of the people who make SHCA work.

Kim Williams Sound Committee. He also ballet, opera, theater and all Kim and his volunteers at the Open House our good restaurants. wife, Rosanne, and Garden Tour each May. Kim has two adult daughters, moved to Kim enjoys working on efforts both of whom live in Indianapolis. Society Hill to enhance our community His older daughter, Meg, is the five years ago. and participating in projects Director of the Community and activities that benefit Society Partnerships Program for the Kim is President and CEO of Hill. Giving back to, improving Simpson Senior Services, a Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. and strengthening the community His younger daughter, Erin, is nonprofit organization affiliated are all important to him. with the United Methodist Church. an aspiring opera singer. She The company owns and operates Kim and Rosanne, who is a graduated from the North Carolina five retirement communities in hair stylist in Center City, love the School of the Arts and recently the Greater Philadelphia area. historical ambiance and residential earned her Master’s in Vocal nature of Society Hill. The brick Performance from the University Kim currently serves as a Director- sidewalks, Franklin Lights, beautiful of South Carolina. Rosanne also at-Large on our board, where he row homes, historical sites and has an adult daughter, Joelle, chairs the Nominating Committee, churches are highlights for them. who is currently a student in and is a member of the Safe and The couple enjoys the orchestra, undergraduate school.

Jane Biberman for a variety of magazines Woods retired, she took over his Jane is a lifelong and publications, including profile column, renaming it “Nifty Philly girl, having the Reporter. Neighbors in My Own Backyard.” grown up near When she changed her She is a passionate filmgoer, the Wissahickon address from Rittenhouse loves the theater, chamber music in West Mount Airy. Square to Washington Square and opera. Jane enjoys the best She graduated with in 1998, Jane discovered of Society Hill and Bucks County, a BA in English a part of the city previously where she has a second home literature from the unknown to her. The move and her beloved 29-year-old horse, Uni ver sity of Pennsylvania and has was a result of her landlord named Ziggy Stardust. Jane is also spent her adult life as a writer and wanting a dog-free building; a “Sunday painter” and loves to editor. Jane has written extensively Jane has rescued six dogs since do plein air landscapes. for the Penn Gazette, the alum the early 1970s and continues The Society Hill Civic Association magazine of the University of to support animal sanctuaries. is fortunate to recruit talented, Pennsylvania, and joined the staff Former Editor Bernice Hamel hard-working neighbors who love of the Jewish Exponent in 1968. our community and work hard to offered Jane and her dogs the In 1981, she became editor of make it even better. Consider adding opportunity to explore the treas- INSIDE, a quarterly magazine your time and talents to an SHCA ures of our historic neighborhood published by the Jewish Federation committee. You’ll meet interesting in a column for the Reporter of Greater Philadelphia. Since people and make meaningful called “Accidental Tourist in 2000, Jane has been freelancing contributions to Society Hill, one My Own Backyard.” After David of America’s premier neighborhoods.

In This Issue… Page 9 Page 13 Page 16 Page 29 South Street Headhouse Philly Food Lovers: Out & About: Let’s Hear it for the Ladies! District: Change Is in the Air Headhouse Market Open An Architectural Primer Career Day at McCall School Page 11 Page 15 Page 19 Page 30 Music(al) Matters: Exploring the City: On Our Shelf: “You can Meet Robert and Marlboro: A Temple of Music The Dream Garden observe a lot by watching” Leslie La Rocca PAGE 4 SOCIETYHILL Reporter MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 5

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 Annual Board Elections at Membership Meeting

HCA will conduct its annual election of is to increase the number of At-Large members S Board Directors at the May 21 General from four to eight. The second is to remove term VOTE Membership Meeting. limitations from the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. And third would change an expectation In addition, members are asked to consider to a requirement that Board members devote and vote on three proposed amendments to the substantial time to the SHCA’s activities, including VOTE By-Laws as recommended by the Board. The first participation on a committee or special project.

NEWSLATE President Directors-At-Large Quadrant Directors Robert Curley (8 Positions) Northeast Quadrant Southeast Quadrant First Vice-President George Dowdall Jim Moss 2015 Heather Steiner 2015 Laura Temple Sissie Lipton Second Vice-President 2016 Lisa Unger 2016 Jeff Berry Martha Levine Mary Purcell 2017 George Kelley 2017 Vijay Verma Treasurer Kim Williams Northwest Quadrant Southwest Quadrant Marc Feldman Fred Manfred 2015 Diane Rossheim 2015 Marilyn Appel Recording Secretary Bill Landy Marlene Molinoff 2016 Amy DeMarco 2016 Daniel Horowitz Diane Harrison Continuing Director 2017 Norman Lieberman 2017 Joan Kleinbard Steve Weixler Mary Tracey

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SATURDAY, MAY 10 Spring Clean-Up Day

eize the opportunity on Saturday, May 10, Trash bags will be available — handed out by S to roll up your sleeves and join your neigh- SHCA’s Clean-Up Day volunteers — at the South bors for SHCA’s annual Spring Clean-Up Day. 5th Street SuperFresh, from 8 a.m. until noon. Philadelphia’s winter was exceptionally harsh, Your bagged street leaves and litter should and way too much debris has been hidden be left by 12 p.m. at the major intersections under way too much snow for way too long! of Locust, Spruce, Pine and Lombard Streets, as well as Three Bears Park. Bags are for street This is also a good opportunity to survey the leaves and litter only, no household trash! bricks and tree pit enclosures in front of your homes and make plans for appropriate repairs. Since the sweeper trucks — if they come — start cleaning streets as early as 7:30 a.m. on Negotiations with the Philadelphia Streets Friday and Saturday, consider sweeping your Department about the amount of equipment, sidewalks before Friday morning, May 9, on if any, which will be made available to the the side of the street where there is normally no neighborhood are ongoing. It is hoped that some Get out the parking, and before Saturday morning after cars street sweepers will come through the neighbor- brooms for have been moved to the opposite street on Friday hood on Friday morning, May 9, and return on Clean-Up Day! night. Wherever posted, cars must be moved to Saturday morning, May 10. Please keep in touch the opposite side of the street after 6 p.m. on with your block coordinators for up-to-the-minute Friday night, or else they could be ticketed information. If the Streets Department is not able on Saturday morning, beginning at 8 a.m. to provide mechanical equipment, residents on each street will be responsible for collecting and To accommodate Saturday synagogue services, disposing of debris and trash by bagging and the 300 to 500 blocks of both Spruce and FYI: Trash should carrying it to the nearest numbered street Lombard Streets will be swept by 8:30 a.m. — not be put out before Saturday noon for pickup. leaving the south side of these streets available before 7 p.m. This for congregants to park their cars. changed at the end Sweep leaves and other winter rubbish from of March, as days sidewalks, walkways, tree pits and alleyways All streets will be swept from Front to 8th and became longer. into the streets before the city’s sweeper Walnut to Lombard Streets (not including Walnut Residents can put trucks arrive between 8 a.m. and noon on Street). There will be no parking on either side their rubbish out Friday. Remember the sidewalks surrounding of the 300 to 400 blocks of Front Street. This later in the day McCall and St. Peter’s Schools, as well as also applies to the 200 to 300 blocks of South before it gets dark. Three Bears Park. 2nd Street and Lawrence Court.

Recycling Everything from Cradles to Computers

HCA is sponsoring an electronic recycling If you use this special service and aren’t yet an S service for the convenience of Society Hill SHCA member, please consider joining our civic residents only, as well as a drop-off box for association. Simply fill out the form on page 31 Cradles to Crayons. Both the box and an or online at societyhillcivic.org Any questions? electronic recycling truck will be parked in Call Matt DeJulio at 215-629-1288. St. Peter’s School parking lot (3rd and Lombard Streets) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until capacity FROMCRADLESTOCRAYONS is reached. On Clean-Up Day, May 10, Society and therapists, the nonprofit • Donate children’s items, such as new or gently Hill residents will have the opportu- organization Cradles to Crayons used clothes, books and school supplies. nity to clean out their closets and has become a trusted resource donate new and gently used to children and families in need, • Electronic recycling will take anything with clothes, coats, books and school to the organizations who serve a plug. There will, however, be a $20 charge supplies to area children in low those families, and to families, for each TV or computer monitor. income and homeless situations. corporations, and individuals who • No large appliances like refrigerators Working in close partnership with seek ways to make a tangible dif- social workers, nurses, teachers ference in their own communities. or washing machines. PAGE 8 SOCIETYHILL Reporter MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 9

SOUTH STREET HEADHOUSE DISTRICT BY KERI WHITE Change Is in the Air

here’s a reason Mike Harris, Executive Director Design Collaborative (CDC), SSHD has procured T of the South Street Headhouse District (SSHD), plans for improved pedestrian lighting, planters, has a spring in his step. “The District is on an benches, trash receptacles and other enhancements. upswing,” he says. “We have a new Saturday Market One particularly interesting feature will be the coming into the Shambles, and three capital projects redesign of the trolley poles. Mike explains: “In are starting very soon. In addition, several new the past, 4th Street was a trolley route. While the businesses are opening in the near future, and poles are no longer functional, they are part of the we’re experiencing an increase in the number area’s heritage, which we always try to respect. of calls about renting space on and around South The CDC has come up with a great idea to integrate Street. On the whole, things are looking positive.” the trolley poles into the streetscape by wrapping them with various design elements, such as fabric “We kept hearing from neighbors ‘we love the or other attractive, colorful materials.” Sunday Farmers’ Market’ and ‘we’d like to see something similar on Saturday.’ The SSHD is “The 4th Street corridor has become a boutique committed to responding to the community, so mecca with a great mix of high-end retail; the we had been actively looking for something to meet shops do a great job with their interior spaces, that need. At the same time, we were approached so we wanted the public space to match that A community of local byPHAIR, an established Philadelphia open-air mar- quality atmosphere,” says Mike. In addition to artisans will rotate ket featuring artisans making everything from food the streetscape improvements, SSHD will assist weekly on Saturdays to fashion, who wanted to relocate to the Shambles. property owners with design ideas and leads from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It seemed like a perfect fit!” There will be two differ- on storefront improvement grants to make in Headhouse Square. ent food trucks at the Market every Saturday, and the overall look and feel even more inviting. the vendors will rotate weekly so that there will be new and exciting artisanal merchandise on offer. NEW BUSINESSES OPENING UP IN THE DISTRICT With a collective of over 200 merchants, PHAIR has the ability to create a different experience Now open Nostalgia Vintage Other prospects each week. It will be open on Saturdays from Blink Optics, 704 South 5th Street A boutique hotel 415 South Street is planned for the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will run through November Opening soon blinkoptics.com northwest corner of 22. For information, visit www.phillyphair.com. Karina’s BYO Restaurant Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 5th and Bainbridge. 617 S. 3rd Street Readers will be interested to learn about three 650 South Street A high-end home (formerly Hoof+Fin) capital improvements projects starting this spring. dickeys.com design/home goods Spitarelli’s BYO Restaurant The ever-popular 2nd Street Plaza fountain has just Doggie Style shop is in development 613 E. Passyunk Avenue 602 S. 2nd Street on South Street. been resurfaced with a natural-looking material that (formerly Gnocchi) was chosen to conform to the historic nature of the doggiestyle.com Whetstone Restaurant The Laser Techs MedSpa neighborhood, and to improve the condition and 700 S. 5th Street 834 South Street operation of the fountain. (formerly Tapestry) thelasertechs.com The entire 2nd Street Plaza, from Lombard to South Streets, will undergo a major renovation to create a community gathering space, with new landscaping, lighting, benches and other amenities. The intention is to create a connection between Society Hill and Queen Village and to optimize the Shambles and 215-592-4099 Plaza as an anchor between the two communities. Says Mike , “We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Councilman Mark Squilla, whose tireless dedication to our community made this possible. The next steps will be to form a committee of stakeholders and begin to move the project forward through design and engineering.” 215-592-4099 Fourth Street/Fabric Row will also undergo significant upgrades. Working with the Community PAGE 10 SOCIETYHILL Reporter MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 11

MUSIC(AL) MATTERS BY DIANA BURGWYN Marlboro: A Temple of Music

ust off Route 9 in the foothills of southern Vermont, Fortunately for chamber music lovers, this Open to the Jthe rustic 400-acre campus of Marlboro College “temple of music” (as it was described by Casals) takes on a different life every summer, when it is opens its doors to the public for five weekends public five home to the Marlboro Music School and Festival. A in July and August, from July 19 to August 17. weekends, from white clapboard sign stands at the entrance, its green Concerts are held in Persons Auditorium, which July 19 letters reading: “CAUTION: MUSICIANS AT PLAY.” last summer was air-conditioned — a blessing to August 17 especially during afternoon concerts when A newcomer might well wonder what that sign Vermont temperatures can soar. means. Are the musicians playing music or having fun? The answer is: both. In the words of The New Warning: you won’t find any of programs avail- Yorker magazine, Marlboro is “the classical world’s able at this time or later. It is not until the week most coveted retreat.” Now entering its 63rd year, before a concert that a group of senior artists the intense seven-week summer program includes decides which works are both ready and appropriate about 80 chamber music players. Some of them are for performance. This sometimes startles those renowned players (the so-called “seniors”) and others who are new to Marlboro. But so insightful and are exceptional young musicians. Together they inspiring are the performances that people who explore about 250 works of chamber music each sum- never would have knowingly ordered a ticket for mer, from Baroque to contemporary. Their greatest a Penderecki or a Henze or a Reich work are To request a luxury is time — time off from their busy lives to often happily surprised. This summer, the Finish brochure and find focus on this demanding and rewarding art form. composer Kaija Saariaho, highly regarded for her information about operatic output, will be composer in-residence. tickets and nearby Marlboro was founded in 1951 by a group of musician accommodations, friends, which included pianist Rudolf Serkin, known If you are a chamber music fan and go to call 802-254-2394 for his mastery of the Germanic greats (Mozart, Marlboro, you will probably see a lot of familiar or visit marlboro- Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann). faces, not only among audience members, but music.com. For Serkin, the classical musician was the servant staff as well, who, during the regular concert season of the composer. It follows that there were — and are in Philadelphia, are employed at the Philadelphia — no big egos here. The soloist mentality is dropped Chamber Music Society. Among them, administrator at the entrance, and each instrument in an ensemble Miles Cohen will have the complex task of scheduling is considered as important as the others. Today’s rehearsals. Manager Philip Maneval will be over - artistic director, the Japanese-born pianist Mitsuko seeing all logistics, from housing to piano rentals Uchida, is recognized for her interpretation of dense to the box office. Brian Potter will be selling tickets. and complex contemporary music as well as for the And Anthony “Tony” Checchia, as always, will be a classics. Like Serkin, she treats the younger musicians guiding force at Marlboro. Having played a key role as family; while demanding the very best from them in its development, Checchia has served Marlboro musically, she knows their personal lives, supporting for over half a century. These people typically stay and advising them. at their jobs year after year, decade after decade. They love chamber music, and there’s no better Participants at Marlboro over the decades have place in the world to hear it. included some of the most famous names in music. Spanish-born cellist Pablo Casals came to Marlboro at age 83 as both performer and conductor, returning for the last 13 summers of his life. Wrapped in coat, scarf, cap and gloves whatever the weather, he had to be helped onto the stage, but, once there, was transformed into a youthful and vital musician. Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine was only 13 when he came to Marlboro. At a rehearsal, he conducted parts of a Mozart opera standing alongside the designated conductor. Many professional chamber groups were born here, notably the famous and long-lived Guarneri Quartet. And it was Marlboro that cellist Yo-Yo Ma credits as having inspired him to become a professional musician. PAGE 12 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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PHILLY FOOD LOVERS Headhouse Farmers’ Market Open for Another Season

2nd and Lombard Streets Asparagus Fries Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A tasty and healthy dish — great paired with rust The Food Trust to do it right. Its some grilled fish or chicken. Headhouse Farmers’ Market, one of 30 in T 1 bunch of asparagus (trimmed) Philadelphia, has become a beloved Society Hill 1 egg, lightly beaten institution, vibrant and bountiful and so much ¾ cup panko breadcrumbs fun! In eight years, the market has grown from ¼ cup Parmesan cheese (optional) 25 vendors to over 40, but remains a tight-knit Salt and pepper to taste community where the vendors, staff and our Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put the panko community share a strong sense of camaraderie. breadcrumbs and Parmesan in a large ziplock The Food Trust is a nationally recognized bag. Dip the asparagus in the egg, then place nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that everyone in the bag. Seal the bag and shake to coat the has access to affordable, nutritious food and asparagus in crumbs and cheese. Place in single information to make healthy decisions. Head - layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 7-10 quartered in Philadelphia, The Food Trust minutes. Enjoy! works with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers and policymakers in the city and across Recipe credit: Ryanne Jennings from The Food Trust Communications Team the country. Its goal: to develop a comprehensive approach to improved food access that combines nutrition education and greater availability WELCOME TO THE NEW GUYS IN TOWN! of affordable, healthy food. Cheers! Philly Food Lovers What should we look for in the May and June got a sneak preview of the new Markets? According to Food Trust Farmers’ bar and restaurant, Society Hill Market Program manager Katy Wich, the Society, on the site of the Artful following items are ripe and ready to enjoy Dodger, 400 South 2nd Street. now and in the coming weeks: Arugula, The Dodger this is not. The space Asparagus, Baby Greens, Fiddleheads, Green has been gutted and opened up completely. Prepare to be surprised! Garlic, Pea Shoots, Radishes, Ramps and We sampled the Czech pilsner beer Strawberries. and cocktails at the soft launch in For more information about Food Trust early April. It opened to the public From left to right: Paul Dicker, Programs and Markets, please visit mid-April with an ambitious menu one of the Society Hill Society www.thefoodtrust.org/. — to be featured in the next issue owners, carousing with neighbors of the Reporter. Frank Signorello and Jim McGivern. PAGE 14 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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EXPLORING THE CITY BY JIM MURPHY The Dream Garden

f you’re traveling anywhere in Center City A unique I near , take a few minutes glass mosaic and treat yourself to something really special. garden Walk into the lobby of the Curtis Center on 6th decorates Street between Chestnut and Walnut, and feast your eyes on The Dream Garden. the lobby of a Washington One of the most famous glass mosaics in the Square historic world, the shimmering masterpiece is a collabo- building. rative effort of two creative geniuses. Noted local artist Maxfield Parrish created the design. Louis Comfort Tiffany of Tiffany Studios executed it, using the special iridescent favrile glass Interesting oddities he patented. • According to the lobby’s informational marker, As Inquirer Art Critic Edward J. Sozanski noted, Parrish, a fabulously successful commercial the scene “more closely resembles a densely artist, was the fourth person asked to create vegetated mountain landscape than a garden.” the design. The first three died. To me, it looks like a beautiful sun-covered • Parrish was generally considered to be America’s mountain scene with trees, flowers, walkways, highest-paid artist in the mid-1920s. According a waterfall and more. to the New York Times, the House of Art, a Be sure to notice the theatrical masks in the New York printing company, estimated that a lithograph of Parrish’s painting Daybreak could foreground. The nearby marker says they “evoke F A S T F A C T S Parrish’s love of theatre and lend the character be found in one of every four American homes. of a stage to this ideal landscape.” Reportedly, Name • While many people praise the collaboration the painting was inspired by real gardens at The Dream Garden between Parrish and Tiffany, their interaction “the Oaks,” Parrish’s summer home in Cornish, Address evidently was more tumultuous behind the New Hampshire. Curtis Center, scenes. The website ushistory.org says, 601 Walnut Street; Measuring 15 by 49 feet and weighing nearly “Parrish complained that Tiffany’s translation Closest entrance is four tons, the huge masterpiece includes over of his design lacked subtlety and ‘painterliness.’” on 6th Street between 100,000 pieces of iridescent glass in 260 colors Tiffany, on the other hand, felt Parrish’s design Chestnut and Walnut. set in 24 panels. Installation alone took more sketches were technically vague. Saturday, use 7th than six months. Street door. In 1998, Philadelphia almost lost the work Cyrus Curtis, head of Curtis Publishing when John Merriman, owner of the mural, Hours Company, and Edward W. Bok, senior editor, died. His estate agreed to sell it to casino Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; commissioned the work to highlight the owner Steve Wynn, who planned to move Saturday, company’s new headquarters. It was unveiled the piece to one of his casinos in Las Vegas. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. in 1916. Curtis, owner of Ladies Home Journal, Fortunately, the Pew Memorial Trust, with The Saturday Evening Post and other enormously Created the help of four local institutions who donated In 1914 and 1915 popular magazines, was one of the most success- their interests from the estate, purchased ful publishers of the early 20th century. His Artist The Dream Garden for $3.5 million. The extraordinary building also includes a two-story Maxfield Parrish; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is now marble fountain, terraced waterfall and 12-story Mosaic executed by the permanent owner and custodian, and Louis Comfort Tiffany atrium with faux-Egyptian palm trees. the mosaic will remain in its original location. Size On a gray January morning, with ice and That would please Cyrus Curtis, who wanted 15 feet by 49 feet snow everywhere and no visible bright colors art to be accessible to the general public Pieces of glass anywhere, I ducked into the Curtis Center to “in their workplace and their everyday 100,000 see The Dream Garden for the first time in years. lives rather than in museums.” The dazzling mosaic made me feel like I was at Number of colors 260 the Philadelphia Flower Show. It also reminded So see this gorgeous work for yourself — me that our endless winter of 2013-14 would absolutely free. It’s got to be the most Weight actually end some day. beautiful bargain in town. Almost four tons PAGE 16 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

OUT AND ABOUT BY BONNIE HALDA An Architectural Primer

As you stroll the ociety Hill occupies an extraordinary Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival houses, streets on May 18 place in the history of architecture and urban to modern high-rises. Today, the ambiance that during the 36th S Annual Open House & planning. It’s nationally recognized for containing is enjoyed by residents and visitors is the result Garden Tour, use this the largest concentration of eighteenth and early of thousands of dedicated citizens — who have primer to help inform nineteenth-century buildings in the country. proudly restored historic buildings that tell the you of Society Hill’s The broad spectrum of architectural styles story of an earlier society, while adapting to architectural history. range from modest colonial dwellings, elegant contemporary needs.

Georgian The Barclay House was built between 1756 and 1758. The house features a gambrel roof, a pent eave between (Early or Vernacular) the first and second floors, nine-over-nine pane windows, a cornice with dentils (also called a modillioned 200 Block of Delancy cornice), Flemish bond brick, a brick water table, shed dormer, and six-panel door with a transom. The oldest houses in Society Hill are Georgian (c. 1740’s - 1780).

Georgian (High Style) The Powel House has been called the handsomest Georgian House in Society Hill. Built in 1765, the house Powel House has Flemish bond brick walls, twelve-over-twelve windows with splayed brick arches and marble keystones, 244 South Third Street and marble belt courses between the first and second, and second and third, floors. Above the eight-panel front door is a fanlight supported by two Doric columns. The dormers have arched windows with columns, and there is a modillioned cornice at the roof eave. MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 17

OUT AND ABOUT

These three rowhouses on the 300 Block of South 4th Street are good examples of the early history and later redevelopment of Society Hill. The two-story house on the left was built in 1777; the three-story house on the right was built in 1800, both in the Georgian style. The two-story house in the middle was built in 1968 in the Neo-Georgian style to match its neighbors. All three buildings feature typical Georgian details, including Flemish bond facades with brick stringcourses between the floors, marble stoops, pedimented door surrounds, multi-paned windows and gabled roofs.

Federal Built in 1786, the house is considered the finest Federal style building in Society Hill. It has Flemish Hill-Physick-Keith House bond brick walls, a low hipped roof, flat stone stringcourses between the first and second, and second 321 South Fourth Street and third floors, and an impressive entrance with delicate tracery in the arched fanlight and side lights.

Greek Revival The Greek Revival Style is distinguished by tall, flat, red-brick facades, as well as a shallow 200 Block of Pine Street gable roof and high, marble-faced basements or watertables. Note the raised marble stoops, 234-236 Pine Street marble window lintels with bull’s-eye corner blocks and arched doorways with fanlights. PAGE 18 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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ON OUR SHELF BY RICHARD DE WYNGAERT

“You can observe a lot by watching.” — Yogi Berra

e are, to a large degree, the product of began to see, smell and hear what she’d never Wour choices. Our epistemology is self- experienced before, and more fully appreciate the determined, profoundly shaped by how mindfully fabric of an experience she never knew existed. we experience what is happening around us. Horowitz learned to stop generalizing and In On Looking: A Walker’s Guide To The Art connecting the dots too quickly. She eloquently of Observation, Alexandra Horowitz, a professor describes the world she is re-experiencing, all of psychology, animal behavior and canine the while insightfully connecting much of what cognition at Columbia University, and the is going on to established cognitive theory. author of the New York Times bestseller, Inside This experiment was primarily about under - of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, turns standing the richness of unintentional moments; her attention to the cognitive processes of the moments that often fall outside our calibrations. human brain. Horowitz examines how and why It was about “valuing the ordinary” as a meaning- we perceive the world as we do: what we see, ful determinant of one’s self. It was about why we see it, and just as important, what embracing the reality that different people we don’t see. She attends to our inattention. often process the same situation differently. What are we missing while we walk to work, Alexandra Horowitz documents a unique stop for a coffee, talk on the phone or chat on a framework from which she realizes how narrowly street corner? According to Horwitz, quite a bit. we humans interpret our world and how singular Much of our time spent “doing,” as well as com- our experiences can be. She becomes acutely ing and going, goes largely unremembered. We aware that one’s perspective is richer and more are often little more than sleepwalking through comprehensive when one attempts to see the those parts of our day that fall outside our focus, world through the eyes of others. For all of missing the poetry and nuance surrounding us. us, this is a valuable lesson worth learning. Painfully aware of the blinders that shape her experiences and inspired by the sensory Other noteworthy books on this subject: engagement that animates her dogs’ meandering walks around her block, Horowitz wanted to see About Looking by John Berger the world for the first time — again and again. This book explores our role as observers to She wanted to experience morning walks as fully reveal new layers of meaning in what we see. and completely as her dogs. She wanted to free Berger quietly but fundamentally alters the her senses, to see more than what she simply vision of anyone who reads his work. expected to see. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools Wondering how one knows what one is missing, for Thinking by Daniel Dennett Horowitz developed a plan: she would walk around a block with eleven different experts who would This work offers intrepid thinkers in all walks expose her blind spots. The experts included of life delicious opportunities to explore their an architect, an artist, a geologist, an engineer, pet ideas with new powers. a sound designer, a physician, a blind person, Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind her toddler son and of course, her dog Finn. Rules Your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow The guiding thought was that while on these An examination of how the unconscious mind walks, the authorities, who all have different shapes our experience of the world. expertise, would share what they saw and Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look experienced. Her walks would be informed Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and oriented by their practiced eyes. She would and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above be “an investigator of the ordinary” and, ideally, Average by Joseph Hallian the familiar would be rendered unfamiliar. This book is an exploration of the captivating Horowitz set the stage by taking a walk by science of human error — how we think, see, herself and describing what she saw. She then remember and forget, and how this sets us walked with each of the eleven specialists and up for wholly irresistible mistakes. PAGE 20 SOCIETYHILL Reporter WELCOME BASKETS BY MARTHA LEVINE Support 2014 Welcome Basket Contributors: Shop and Dine Locally

et Us Know You Are Here! If you are a new Historic Philadelphia Inc. is a non-profit organ- L first-time home/condo owner since 2013 and ization “dedicated to making our nation’s history would like a Welcome Basket presented to you in relevant and real through interpretation, interac- your home, please contact us for an appointment tion and education.” It maintains the Betsy Ross at 215-629-0727, or [email protected]. House, Franklin Square, Lights of Liberty (360 degree 3D movie), and Once Upon a Nation SHCA’s Welcome Baskets program relies (story telling benches in our historic area), on generous businesses and organizations to southwest corner of 6th and Chestnut. contribute gift certificates and goods for our baskets. Please help us say thank you to all of our Garces Group is owned by chef Jose Garces, contributors by patronizing their establishments. one of Philadelphia’s leading chefs and a 2009 James Beard Award winner. Its restaurants are: We are happy to welcome several new contribu- Amada, 217-19 Chestnut Street, serving authen- tors. The Farm & Fisherman, 1120 Pine Street, tic Spanish tapas; Rosa Blanca, an upscale is a lovely 30-seat BYOB owned by husband and Cuban diner serving comfort food; Volver, wife chefs Josh and Colleen Lawler. An acclaimed 300 South Broad Street; Tinto, 114-116 S. 20th example of the farm-to-table movement, they Street; Distrito, 3945 Chestnut Street; and received a Philly magazine Best of Philly for Garces Trading Company, 1111 Locust Street. “Best Farm to Table” restaurant. They also earned a coveted Three Bells review from Spirit of the Artist Philadelphia Inquirer food writer Craig Leban. (SOTA) 1022 Pine The savory menu changes with each season Street is a gallery/gift and includes meat, fish and poultry. shop selling handmade crafts by American Serpico, 604 South Street, is a collaboration crafters — jewelry, between the James Beard award-winning chef accessories, children’s Peter Serpico and restaurateur Steven Starr. toys, furniture, musical This attractive 60-seat restaurant has a true instruments and neighborhood feel with cozy booths and a small unique gifts for every bar. The menu offers contemporary American occasion. cuisine with a seasonally evolving menu. Penn’s Landing Playhouse, at the High Street On Market, 308 Market Street, Independence Seaport Museum, is the newest owned by Ellen Yin of Fork Restaurant, got its addition to Philadelphia’s performing arts name from the original colonial name for Market community. The co-producing partners, Philip Street — High Street. Open for breakfast, lunch Roger Roy and Dana Matthow, plan to stage and dinner, restaurant specialties include farm many off-Broadway and intimate Broadway fresh eggs, flavorful handcrafted sandwiches, productions, as well as exciting new original salads, family style dinners and creative pastries. works. Convenient parking is available. Dine in or take out. MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 21

2014 SOCIETY HILL WELCOME BASKET CONTRIBUTORS

Coffee Shops The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Kimmel Center, 215-545-1739 Old City Coffee, 221 Church Street/Reading Terminal Market The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble, Old Pine Church Starbucks Coffee Inc., 8th & Walnut Streets Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street Food Stores Other Services SuperFresh, 5th & Pine Street Judy Moon Massage Therapy, Hopkinson House, 604 Washington Square Restaurants Liberty Tree & Landscape Management, 215-725-3637 Bistro Romano, 120 Lombard Street Petmoir, A Memoir of Your Pet, 215-803-0723 Bridget Foy’s, 200 South Street Riff Cleaners, 314 S. 5th Street City Tavern, 138 S. 2nd Street Salvatore Custom Drapery & Installations, 215-547-2880 Core De Roma, 214 South Street SCULPT — Personal Trainer, 215-803-0723 Creperie Beau Monde, 624 S. 6th Street The Worth Collection (women’s fashions), 215-925-8813 Fork, 306 Market Street Garces Group: Amada, 217 Chestnut Street; Rosa Blanca,707 Chestnut Street; and others High Street on Market, 308 Market Street La Buca Ristorante, 711 Locust Street Le Pain Quotidien, 801 Walnut Street Mustard Greens (Chinese), 622 S. 2nd Street Positano Coast Restaurant, 2nd & Walnut Streets Jan Stephano ABR,CSR, CNE Ristorante Panorama, 14 N. Front Street Serpico, 604 South Street Lives, Knows, Talula’s Daily, café & take out, 208 W. Washington Square The Farm & Fisherman, 1120 Pine Street Sells Center City! Specialty Foods Homemade Goodies by Roz, 510 S. 5th Street 43 years Cookies By Design, your neighbor Metropolitan Bakery, 262 S. 19th Street () South Street Bagels, 613 S. 3rd Street 26 years The Bagel Factory, 510 Walnut Street (Penn Mutual Building) your realtor Specialty Shops Adornamenti (jewelry), 1106 Pine Street Happily Ever After (toys), 1010 Pine Street Call me for Head House Books, 619 S. 2nd Street all of your Industry (fashion accessories), 1020 Pine Street Hello Home, 1004 Pine Street real estate Kitchenette (cookware), 117 S. 12th Street (12th & Sansom) needs. Lolli Lolli (children’s clothing/toys), 713 Walnut Street Paper On Pine (invitations/stationery), 115 S. 13th Street Show of Hands Gallery (crafts), 1006 Pine Street 215.922.3600 x219 Jan Stephano SOTA — Spirit of the Artist, 1022 Pine Street [email protected] 215.922.3600 x219 Yarnphoria (yarn and supplies), 1016 Pine Street www.janstephano.com Theaters/Entertainment Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street Arden Theater, 40 N. 2nd Street Ballet X at Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street 1812 Productions (all comedy theater), 215-592-9560 Ghost Tours of Philadelphia, 610-587-8308 Historic Philadelphia Inc., SW corner 6th & Chestnut Street Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Columbus Blvd. InterAct Theater Company, 2030 Sansom Street Lantern Theater Company, 10th & Ludlow Streets (south of Market) Lights of Liberty — featuring Liberty 360, 6th & Chestnut Streets Museum of American Jewish History, 5th & Market Streets , 321 Chestnut Street · Couture Custom Designs Pennsylvania Ballet, Academy of Music, Broad & Locust Streets · Expert Alterations and Tailoring Penn’s Landing Playhouse @ the Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Blvd. · Clothing Reconstruction Services Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, 215-569-8080 (up to 2 sizes up or down) Philadelphia History Museum, 15 S. 7th Street · Unique Boutique Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom Street · Fashion Consultations Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, 321 S. 4th Street 2038 Locust Street Philadelphia Theatre Company, S. Roberts Theater, Broad & Pine Streets Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, 215-235-8469 215-772-1121 Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street www.IrinaSigal.com PAGE 22 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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The Cadwalader House The Shippen- 240 South 4th Street Wistar House Opportunity to create an estate 238 South 4th Street home in this historic mansion on 4th Street in Society Hill! Built in 1829, the Opportunity to create an estate home in this historic home’s namesake is Judge John Cadwalader, best mansion on the corner of 4th and Locust Streets in known for his prestigious legal career including the heart of Society Hill! The house, built around one term in the U.S. House of Representatives 1750, was the former residence of Dr. Shippen and and serving as a United States District Court subsequently Dr. Wistar, two internationally known Judge for the Eastern Region of Pennsylvania. physicians in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. The The residence is five floor plus basement and home has four floors plus a basement, a private has potential for up to two covered and one garden and potential for up to three covered uncovered parking spaces and a pool. 9,003 sf parking spaces and a pool. 4,670 sf $2,950,000 $2,750,000 MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 23

‘FIX THE BRIX’ BY MARTHA LEVINE It’s Easier Than You Think

f you want to participate in SHCA’s “Fix the • Choose a mason that fits your budget. Brix” project to level your front sidewalk, it’s I • Have the work done to your satisfaction. easier than you might think. Uneven sidewalks It’s a good idea to take before and after photos. are the cause of many trips and falls, leading to serious injuries. Guess what? You are liable for • Make copies of the invoice (keep one for Rick the Brick any injuries incurred on your sidewalk. SHCA yourself) and mail one to us at: SHCA, offers a subsidy to any homeowner who wants to P.O.Box 63503, Philadelphia, PA 19147. participate in “Fix the Brix” — a 40% reimburse- • Receive a check within a few weeks for 40% ment of your bill, capped at $300 per household. of the bill up to $300. Take these Steps to ‘Fix the Brix’ For more information or to obtain a list • Get several estimates from qualified masons of masons and arborists, contact me at (we can email you a suggested list). Sometimes [email protected] or 215-629-0727. an arborist is needed to trim tree roots.

If You See Graffiti, Report it! Keep Society Hill Bright and Safe You can help control unsightly graffiti. Do you Our neighborhood has We need both for After dark, flip see this blight on any public surface — poles, two light sources that security and to see the switch on mailboxes or walls? SHCA has hired Graffiti can keep our sidewalks our path while walking your front door Removal Experts to help. Email to report a well lit after dark: our at night. See a Franklin light, or use a timer or location: [email protected]. 500 Franklin Lights Light that is out or photo sensor to turn on For private property graffiti removal, and our individual blinking? Call 311 the light automatically. call 311 or 215-686-8686. house front door lights. for service. Keep it on all night.

Richard de Wyngaert owns Head House Books, 619 S. 2nd St. Direct comments to radewyngaert@head- housebooks.com. 20% of the proceeds of the sale price of any books cited in this review will be donated to SHCA when ordered through Head House Books. Please mention the Reporter when making your purchase. PAGE 24 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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Allan Domb Real Estate Presents Penn’s Landing Square

130 Spruce Street

Beautifully appointed one bedroom accessible on 2nd Street Sun-soaked, recently renovated one bedroom One bedroom, one and a half bathroom with direct access from 2nd Street, a One bedroom, one bathroom with lots of recently updated open kitchen, custom natural light and wonderful views of the built-ins in the living room and bedroom, manicured grounds and outdoor pool. hardwood floors throughout and stream- The residence has an updated kitchen, ing natural light in the great room. 915 sf wood floors in the great room, and beau- $389,900 tiful tile detail in the bathroom. 915 sf $319,000

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227 S. 6th Street

Custom three bedroom plus den with a roof terrace

Magnificent three bedroom plus den, three bathroom residence with a private roof terrace as well as an east facing balcony with unobstructed sunrise views. Two Bedroom Plus Den Showplace The home features a chef’s kitchen; open floorplan Two bedroom plus den, three and a half bathroom perfect for entertaining; a luxurious master suite; showplaceSOLD overlooking Washington Square and designer bathrooms; and hardwood floors, beautiful offering southern exposure. The condominium moldings and exposed brick walls throughout. has a Joanne Hudson kitchen, designer bathrooms, This condominium is one-of-a-kind! 2306 sf lavish master suite and wonderful entertaining $1,795,000 and living space. 3510 sf $3,500,000 MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 25

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Places to Run, Walk and Explore

Wednesday, June 18th, 6 p.m. July – August Walking Tour of Historic Spruce Street Harbor Park North Central Waterfront The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Local author and historian Harry announced the creation of the Spruce Street Kyriakodis will lead this tour for the Harbor Park at the Penn’s Landing Marina. Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, This two-month summer program throughout starting at the benches by the side of Christ July and August will bring a boardwalk, urban Church in Old City. The high point of this tour beach, fountains, and misting areas to the is The Wood Street Steps, the last remnant of a Delaware River Waterfront. The centerpiece A Boardwalk series of public staircases mandated by William of the project is a series of floating barges is coming to Penn to ensure public access to the waterfront complete with lily pad water gardens, a pop-up Penn’s Landing! through a compromise with landowners in 1694. restaurant and bar, and nets that will suspend Visit preservationalliance.com to learn more. visitors over the water. The design of the Sunday, June 29 project will evoke the maritime history of Freedom 5K Run the area. In addition, it will celebrate the The Freedom 5K Run, hosted by the Friends River’s industrial past and the bright future of Independence National Historical Park, ahead for Philadelphia’s waterfront. is a fun, timed race through the streets of August 4-8; August 11 - 15 Philadelphia in Old City and along the pathways Young Summer Sleuths of Independence National Historical Park. Explore history, colonial crafts and fine arts, as This 2014 5K charity run supports the Friends well as taking several field trips. Participants use of Independence and our Law Enforcement both the Physick and Powel Houses. Organized Bicycle Patrol Fund. Register at by Landmarks, 321 South 4th Street. For info visit friendsofindependence.org. philalandmarks.org or call 215-925-2251 ex. 5.

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Opportunity to Create a Custom Home Overlooking Independence Hall

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One Bedroom With Magnificent Views One bedroom on a high floor overlooking Washington Square featuring an updated kitchen, built-in bar in the living room, amazing closet space and a private balcony boasting Square, city skyline and bridge views. 843 sf $294,900

Two Bedroom with Treetop Views Two bedroom, one and a half bathroom home with treetop views of Washington Square, an open floor plan with generous living/entertaining and dining space, a private balcony and excellent closet space SOLDthroughout. 1,200 sf $450,000 MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 27

2015 Washington EXERCISE AND SOCIALIZE Hopefully, warmer weather has put the bounce back in your step! Consider Square Affair walking in the morning with one (or both) of our community walking groups.

he Washington Square Affair Committee Tuesdays&Thursdays,8:15 a.m. Walkie/Talkies meet at Three Bears Park (Delancey Street between T has announced the decision to hold its 2nd and 3rd Streets) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:15 a.m. for a always-anticipated outdoor event every other one-hour stroll throughout our historic community. Anyone is most welcome year, rather than annually. to participate in this non-stressful, one-hour exercise and socialize program. As you know, proceeds from the Affair have Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,8 a.m. helped make significant changes in this beautiful Philly Is Walking In The Park! meets at the fountain in the center of space at 6th and Walnut Streets. Each year, thou- Washington Square (6th and Locust) at 8 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a half-hour, self-paced walk through our historic, beautiful sands of perennials and annuals, as well as new park, led by neighbor Dr. Lisa Unger. All are invited to join us! shrubs and trees, are planted and maintained. This year the committee will refurbish the Memorial to the Revolutionary War and, LITERARY LADIES hopefully, the base of the fountain. All of these Literary Ladies recently projects are combined efforts of SHCA and hosted local novelist Independence National Historical Park, with Neal Goldstein, author the help of the community. of Murder and Mayhem in Manyunk, at the Thanks to everyone who has supported this home of group founder effort to make Society Hill’s “front lawn” one of and neighbor Sheila Young. Neal shared Philadelphia’s premier parks. We appreciate any his method of creating and all contributions. They’re used solely for the characters and plot benefit of Washington Square and 100% tax lines and struggling deductible when checks are made out to the with creativity. Standing: Ferne Fine; Neal Goldstein, speaker; “Society Hill Fund.” Mail your donation to SHCA, Marcy Basickes; Seated: Sheila Young, Lee Gutman, Jackie Smaldere, Bonni Segal, Donna Stiteler P.O. Box 63503, Philadelphia, PA 19147.

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200-220 Locust Street

Updated one bedroom with treetop city views Two bedroom, two bathroom residence with floor-to-ceiling windows in all rooms offering One Bedroom with Dramatic Southern Views magnificent city skyline views to the west and One bedroom on a high floor with dramatic intimate views of Society Hill and the Ben southern views, floor-to-ceiling windows, Franklin Bridge to the north. The home has an lots of natural light and an open floor plan. updated kitchen, wood floors and great closet Potential investment opportunity! 700 sf space. 1183 sf $269,900 $479,900

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241 S. 6th Street

Luxury Living Around Washington Square Beautifully updated two bedroom, two bathroom with a private balcony and intimate southeast city views. The home features wood floors; an open renovated kitchen with wood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and a large island; and two designer bathrooms with custom appointments. 1173 sf $519,900 MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 29

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE LADIES! Career Day at McCall School

he McCall School, 325 South T 7th Street, recently hosted its annual Women’s Career Day. Almost 30 women in professions ranging from local entrepreneurs to journalists and judges participated. The event was organized completely by the students, who are in grades Left to right: SHCA five through eight. member Merle Becker, co-president of McCall Photographer Jeannie Pearce Home and School showed students examples of Association, with documenting family history from Welcome Basket tintypes to pictures on an iPad. Contributor Roz Bratt, Vanessa Brown, a mother of one owner of Homemade Goodies by Roz, and Career Day presenters with McCall Student hostesses. of the students and attorney for the Judy Lamirand, designer U.S. Supreme Court, talked about how of the Reporter. she was the first person in her family to go to Elaine Sei, the student in charge of lunch college. And the Reporter’s own graphic designer, and snacks, explained that planning started Judy Lamirand, discussed designing logos and in October. Her hard work had great personal how to take an activity that you love and turn benefits; it forced this quiet young woman it into your own business. to talk to adults, and thus become less shy. PAGE 30 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

SHCA SUPPORTERS Meet Robert and Leslie La Rocca

he mail recently brought a membership streets. They are big fans of chamber music and T renewal from Robert and Leslie LaRocca, often walk to performances at the Kimmel Center. who have been SHCA members since they Robert is a passionate amateur clarinetist moved here in 1977! Robert, an attorney, was who has taken lessons at the Settlement given a clerkship with federal judge Edward Music School, where he was a board member Becker, and he only intended to stay in Philly for many years. One of his proudest community for a year. The couple and their two toddlers activities happened in the 1980s, when he helped fell in love with the neighborhood and the scale represent SHCA in a zoning lawsuit against of the city and decided to stay. In fact, when a parking lot on Lombard Street, between 2nd they experienced a devastating fire 25 years ago and 3rd streets, now townhouses. It eventually and contemplated moving to the suburbs, their resulted in zoning changes that banned any children were adamant in their protestations, commercial use. “We’re city kids and we want to stay in the city!” So they rebuilt the house and moved back in. Leslie is an enthusiastic SHCA block captain and a board member of Old Pine Community Center The LaRoccas love that they can walk almost and St. Peter’s School. everywhere — grocery shopping, movies, the orchestra and ballet. Robert walks to work at The couple is impressed with all that SHCA does Robert & Leslie La Rocca Broad and Chestnut Streets and often alters the to keep our neighborhood the friendly residential route to go through small, tucked-away historic place it is, and to keep residents well informed.

NOT GETTING WEEKLY SHCA EMAILS? here are several reasons why you may If your server is blocking our emails, you need T no longer be receiving SHCA weekly email to indicate that [email protected] is a blasts. Perhaps your email address is showing safe address. up as invalid (maybe you have a new one), If you once hit UNSUBSCRIBE, you have to or your server may be blocking opt back in yourself. Do this using the signup mass emails. Maybe at some box at societyhillcivic.org. point in time you hit the UNSUBSCRIBE button When you see a message asking you to click (aka DO NOT MAIL), Submit to update your profile, do so. Further either wittingly or unwittingly, instructions will be emailed to you. Remember and you thereby removed your to sign up for “General Interest and News” name from our active list. and “Crime Reports” in order to get the weekly email blasts. Leaving only the “All Events” top box checked will not put you onto the weekly email list. MAY / JUNE 2014 PAGE 31

MEMBERSHIP NEWS Let’s ‘Rev Up’ the 2014 Membership Drive

y early April, 931 residents and businesses Bhad renewed or joined SHCA — down from 965 or 3.5% from the same time last year. SOCIETY HILL Membership We have quite a ways to go to hit last year’s CIVIC ASSOCIATION Application all-time high total of 1,068. It is disappointing that 189 of our 2013 members Name have still not renewed after two mail attempts (versus only 133 at the same time last year). Address Apt. # We have made up the slack a bit by recruiting 61 new members. If you are among those City, State, Zip non-renewed members, please respond at your Home Phone earliest convenience so we can avoid further expense in follow-up. Work Phone We welcome all residents in our over Email 2,600 households to join SHCA. Why is your (print clearly) membership so important? Besides providing IMPORTANT: Today, most everyone communicates via email. Please be sure that we funding for our many neighborhood improve- have your current email address — so that you can receive important updates between ment projects, such as graffiti control, weekly publication of our community newsletter. All SHCA emails will be judiciously screened, sidewalk cleaning and plantings in Washington and rarely will we send emails more than once a week. Nor will we share your email Square, numbers speak volumes. When our address with anyone else. This convenient, 21st-century system helps save our civic association postage costs, while keeping you regularly informed. board advocates on your behalf re: zoning changes, real estate taxes, crime problems, Residential Memberships Business Memberships ramp issues, trash receptacles, street lighting, l $ 50 Basic Household Membership l $ 100 Institutions — bus re-routing, etc., it makes a greater impact l $ 40 Senior/Student/Single 5+ employees if they can say they speak on behalf of the l $ 100 Federal Friend l $ 60 Institutions — majority of residents. You are also guaranteed l $ 150 Georgian Grantor fewer than 5 employees a personal invitation to each of our social events. l $ 300 Jefferson Benefactor Without member dues, SHCA would cease l $ 500 Washington Benefactor to function. Protect your neighborhood and your real estate investment. Sign up today! l $ 1,000 Benefactor Email [email protected] if you have any Additional Contributions questions or wish to comment on why you are $______Washington Square Beautification $______Franklin Lights not a member. All comments will be shared with $______Sidewalk Cleaning/Graffiti Removal $______Tree Tenders the board, which is representative of every quad- rant in our most unique historic neighborhood. $______Zoning and Historic Preservation $______McCall School Total Enclosed $______Get a Perk for Supporting SHCA l Charge VISA/MasterCard: f you are a current SHCA member, you I may request a 12-page Society Hill List of Number Exp Date Contractors. This extensive list of contractors and services are under categories such as: Signature general contracting, plumbing, electrical, The following topics are of special interest to me. I welcome receipt of email painting and so much more. Contractors on the updates on these topics. list have all been highly recommended by your l Clean-Up Day l Washington Square l Zoning & Historic Preservation Society Hill neighbors. If you want a copy of this l Franklin Lights l Social Events l Fundraising desirable list, please contact us, and the list will l Dilworth House l Property Taxes l Local Crime be mailed to you — sorry, not available online. Reporter This offer is for current 2014 members only. l l Casino Issues Incidents & Alerts Email [email protected] or call Please return completed application to: 215-629-0727. Society Hill Civic Association, P.O. Box 63503, Philadelphia, PA 19147 PAGE 32 SOCIETYHILL Reporter

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Allan Domb Real Estate Presents 220 West Washington Square 3720 sf three Bedroom

Custom entire floor home with 360 degree city views including dramatic Washington Square vistas. Entire floor custom home in boutique building with magnificent Washington Square and city views. The condominium has amazing entertaining and living space including a large living room with a built-in mahogany wet bar and gas burning fireplace, a formal dining room and a chef’s kitchen. The residence features three bedrooms and three full bathrooms, including a lavish master suite with his-and-hers walk-in California Closets and an ensuite bathroom appointed in marble with a Jacuzzi tub, frameless glass oversized shower, double vanity and private commode with bidet. 3,720 sf $1,995,000