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December 19, 1996			[1996 issue index]
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Cover Story

		These Old Houses A non-profit trust offered new hope for many of Fairmount Park's historic houses. What happens now that the money's running out? by Ami Eden
		sidebar
		Who's Minding the Houses?

Opinion

	LOOSE CANON
		This Ain't No Disco by Bruce Schimmel

	PRETZEL LOGIC
		The Main Drag Want a liquor license in Manayunk? Sign here, says the MDC. by Howard Altman

	MAILBAG
		Letters to the Editor by the Readers

News

	CITY BEAT
		Merry Extra-mas How City Council would spread $118.5 million of holiday cheer. by Scott Farmelant	Ballpark Estimates Little known City Council report says owners should pony up for new stadiums. by Frank Lewis

	HIT AND RUN
		Watch Your Butts by Daisy Fried	Trashy Story by Frank Lewis	Sugar On South by Neil Gladstone

		Poster Boy by Frank Lewis	Way Cool by Shilpa Mehta	Grated Inmate by Scott Farmelant

		DeLeon's A Devil? by Scott Farmelant	Get Me Rewrite by Scott Farmelant
		on media
		Radio Dazed by a.d. amorosi

	POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
		Mary Frangipanni's Political Notebook Ridge said he was tired of seeing Pennsylvanians come to New York and spend money that they could be spending back home. And, he added, why does the Pennsylvania Society have to go to the Waldorf-Astoria anyway? by Mary Frangipanni

Arts

	CRITICAL MASS
		Screamers The "classic" vs. the slasher film: which one gives its characters more respect? by Cindy Fuchs
		hip-hop
		Ghostface Killah by Mitchell Prothero
		musical soundtracks
		Songs From Ragtime —The Musical by Andrew Milner
		rock/pop
		Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve by a.d. amorosi
		roots christmas
		Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo by Mary Armstrong	Rideout, Sansone & Petteway by Mary Armstrong	Ethan James by Mary Armstrong

		Yomo Toro by Mary Armstrong	Various Artists by Mary Armstrong	Kwanzaa by Mary Armstrong

		discquicks
		Jimmy Scott by a.d. amorosi
		fashion books
		Nothing Up Their Sleeves Oversized fashion books offer an undersized read. by Margit Detweiler
		in concert
		Grace Jones by a.d. amorosi
		performance
		Theresa Cousar Shockley's Peep Show by Deni Kasrel
		reviews
		The Orchestra's Mahler by Peter Burwasser
		theater
		Greetings by Toby Zinman

	NOISES OFF
		Light Show An artwork in a trolley car turns the world upside down. by David Warner

	20 QUESTIONS
		Mike Judge by Neil Gladstone

Movies

	MOVIE SHORTS
		Beavis and Butt-Head Do America by Neil Gladstone	The Evening Star by Cindy Fuchs	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

		Michael by Cindy Fuchs	My Fellow Americans by Cindy Fuchs	One Fine Day by Cindy Fuchs

		The Preacher's Wife by Cindy Fuchs

Music

	ICEPACK
		Fruitcake! Icepack '96's Ultimate Buying Guide by golly. by a.d. amorosi

Food

		Dock Street Brewery & Restaurant	Marra's	McNally's Tavern

		Old Brauhaus	Rococo	Susanna Foo

		Frangelica
		jim quinn on food
		Sturgeon General The best caviar is fresh caviar — and you can even get it from Tennessee.
		quinntessentials
		The Chart House

Listings

	CRITIC PICK
		Dennis Rodman Christmas Party by a.d. amorosi	Tony Bennett by a.d. amorosi	Philadelphia Singers by Peter Burwasser

		Group Motion by Deni Kasrel	Third Eye Nation by a.d. amorosi
		six-pick
		Merry Drunken X-Mas by Margit Detweiler

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