By Jack Grauer
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Photos in KensingtonSell Toxic Real Estate: An Exclusive Broker’s Guide
Want to get rich in real estate? What if I told you all you have to do is wait until toxic factories close and then sell houses nearby? It’s that…
Jack Grauer | 11/30/2016 -
FeaturesOPINION: On the Unfunctionality of Philly’s Open Government Machine
In an old sketch comedy bit, two bored airplane pilots get on the PA system and repeatedly assure passengers the plane’s wings aren’t on fire. Passengers grow more worried with…
Jack Grauer | 08/25/2016 -
Features in North CentralHazmat Laundromat: What’s Up With This Solvent Leak at a Glenwood Ave. Industrial Site
Chlorinated solvents have contaminated soil and groundwater at 2207 West Glenwood Avenue, just south of 22nd & Dauphin Streets. Arbill Industries formerly ran an industrial laundry facility at that site.…
Jack Grauer | 06/22/2016 -
DNC 2016 in KensingtonPhiladelphia Denies Kensington-Based Activists Permit for Economic Justice Rally at 2016 DNC
The City of Philadelphia has denied a permit application for an economic justice rally scheduled during this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Regardless, Kensington-based Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign…
Jack Grauer and Austin Nolen | 05/19/2016 -
Education in Temple UniversityUniversity-As-Business: Fiscal Brinksmanship at Temple University
Temple University (TU) has in the past three years sustained a lot of damage to its public image: sexual misconduct allegations against Bill Cosby; the rather unpopular stadium proposal and…
Jack Grauer | 05/02/2016 -
Features in FishtownHillary Clinton Rally Draws Protesters to Fillmore
Police arrested two Philadelphia Coalition for Real Justice members at a press conference in early April after they denounced Bill Clinton publicly and in person for signing 1994 legislation, which led…
Jack Grauer | 04/22/2016 -
Features in BrewerytownGet Arbitrated: Brewerytown Square Condominium Association Seeks More than $128,000 in Unpaid Membership Fees
A hearing on the latest of 30 collections claims by the Brewerytown Square Condominium Association against residents at the 31st and Thompson Street complex will take place in Philadelphia’s Municipal Court…
Jack Grauer | 02/25/2016 -
Features in Port RichmondWhat Horror Lay at the Bottom of Tank 061A: Leaky Tanks and High Fines at Kinder Morgan’s Port Richmond Facility
A storage tank at a Port Richmond terminal owned by energy firm Kinder Morgan came up about 2,600 gallons lighter than it should’ve during a 2015 inventory check. Tests later showed…
Jack Grauer | 02/11/2016 -
Community in FairmountHow to Run a Five-Star Nursing Home
Do The Ratings Reflect Reality? The number of disciplinary actions against nursing homes by the Pennsylvania Health Department has been on the decline since 2002. Either the quality of elder…
Jack Grauer | 01/21/2016 -
Features in Port RichmondPA DEP Zaps Kinder Morgan’s Port Richmond Plant with Civil Penalties
Energy firm Kinder Morgan has incurred a $570,000 fine by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). The penalty resulted from a 2015 fuel spill at Morgan’s Port Richmond…
Jack Grauer | 01/08/2016 -
PhotosBuses to Depart from Kensington to Harrisburg Tomorrow, PA Physician General Speaking on HIV/AIDS
Pennsylvania Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine will discuss the plan by state government to end HIV/AIDs tomorrow at 3:30 PM in Harrisburg. Buses to the event will leave from Prevention…
Jack Grauer | 11/30/2015 -
FeaturesGet The Lead Out
Get the Lead Out: The Gov’t’s Known About Lead Contamination in the Riverwards Since Bell Bottoms Were Cool Here’s a weird one for you: What do hundreds of children’s teeth,…
Jack Grauer | 11/18/2015