photo: Nathaniel Popkin
With the reopening of the investigation into the 1981 death of Natalie Wood, Scott Evans of Anastacia’s Antiques, on the 600 block of Bainbridge, gets in the spirit. This is the way to get ready for Black Friday, thank you very much!
About the author
Nathaniel Popkin is co-founder of the Hidden City Daily and author of three books of non-fiction, including Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City (with Peter Woodall and Joseph E.B. Elliott) and two novels, Everything is Borrowed and Lion and Leopard. He is co-editor of Who Will Speak for America, an anthology forthcoming in June 2018, and the senior writer of the film documentary "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment."
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