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Packaging for syringes lay amongst other discarded items near train tracks in Philadelphia, Monday, July 31, 2017. Workers are preparing to clean up the open-air heroin market that has thrived for decades along a set of train tracks a few miles outside the heart of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Discarded syringes lay near near train tracks in Philadelphia, Monday, July 31, 2017. Workers are preparing to clean up the open-air heroin market that has thrived for decades along a set of train tracks a few miles outside the heart of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Monday, July 17, 2017 photo, University of Pennsylvania masters student Jason Hammer excavates a rib cage from a juvenile in one of the coffins discovered at a construction site in Philadelphia's Old City, as the remains are fully dug from their coffins and examined at a facility in Burlington County, N.J. (Chris LaChall/Camden Courier-Post via AP)
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In this March 16, 2017 photo, Albert Delarosa stocks shelves with Coca-Cola products at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. Less than three months into Philadelphia's new tax on sweetened drinks, the stakes have escalated: Beverage makers say the measure is hurting sales so much they need to cut jobs, while city officials say the moves are a ploy to get the tax struck down. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this April 8, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia Flyers' Steve Mason tracks the incoming puck during the team's NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Philadelphia. There were only a handful of openings for starters or in platoon situations, making the free agency process plenty stressful for him and his goaltending counterparts around the NHL. Even in this climate, the goaltending market was robust on the first day of free agency as Briant Elliott signed a two-year deal with Philadelphia, Mason with Winnipeg and Ryan Miller with Anaheim. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek, File)
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Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Andres Blanco catches a fly out by St. Louis Cardinals' Aledmys Diaz during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 5-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Jose Martinez cannot catch a ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Odubel Herrera during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Philadelphia. Herrera reached second on the missed catch. Philadelphia won 5-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Tommy Joseph hits a two-run single off St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Kevin Siegrist during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 5-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Daniel Nava, right, is tagged out by St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Jedd Gyorko after being caught in a rundown on a two-run single by Tommy Joseph during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 5-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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In this photo provided by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) a worker with the PSPCA feeds a treat to a dog as part of a celebration of PSPCA's 150th birthday in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Colonel M. Richards Mucklé founded the PSPCA in 1867 after seeing the mistreatment of horses in Philadelphia. (PSPCA via AP)
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FILE - Int his Tuesday, March 28, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams departs after a preliminary hearing in his bribery and extortion case at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. Williams, the city's top prosecutor accused of taking bribes in exchange for legal favors, is set to go on trial on corruption charges. Jury selection gets underway on Monday, June 19, in federal court in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, used needles litter the ground at an open-air drug market along Conrail train tracks in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and a representative of railroad operator Conrail announced an agreement Thursday, June 15, 2017, they hope can put an end to an open-air heroin market that has operated for decades along a half-mile stretch of syringe-laden train tracks. (Michael Bryant /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, Gail Groves Scott, bottom left, a health policy fellow in addiction studies at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, leads politicians, law enforcement personnel and reporters down a muddy path surrounded by trash and used needles, during a tour of an open-air drug market along Conrail train tracks in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and a representative of railroad operator Conrail announced an agreement Thursday, June 15, 2017, they hope can put an end to an open-air heroin market that has operated for decades along a half-mile stretch of syringe-laden train tracks. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, politicians, law enforcement personnel and reporters tour an open-air drug market strewn with litter and used needles, along Conrail train tracks in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and a representative of railroad operator Conrail announced an agreement Thursday, June 15, 2017, they hope can put an end to an open-air heroin market that has operated for decades along a half-mile stretch of syringe-laden train tracks. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Maikel Franco, right, celebrates after hitting a home run off San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Derek Law during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 4, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 9-7. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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This May 8, 2017 photo shows the former Checker Cafe in Philadelphia. The dilapidated building is the shell of the last remaining jazz club along what was once a bustling jazz corridor along Ridge Avenue. Philadelphia has a rich musical legacy: It's birthplace of the lush acoustic style known as The Sound of Philadelphia and the hometown of "American Bandstand" and Chubby Checker's "Twist." But there's no major museum or other place of pilgrimage for music fans that encompasses the city's music history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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This May 8, 2017 photo shows a notice posted on the former Checker Cafe in Philadelphia. The dilapidated building is the shell of the last remaining jazz club along what was once a bustling jazz corridor along Ridge Avenue. Philadelphia has a rich musical legacy: It's birthplace of the lush acoustic style known as The Sound of Philadelphia and the hometown of "American Bandstand" and Chubby Checker's "Twist." But there's no major museum or other place of pilgrimage for music fans that encompasses the city's music history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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This May 8, 2017 photo shows the former Checker Cafe in Philadelphia. The dilapidated building is the shell of the last remaining jazz club along what was once a bustling jazz corridor along Ridge Avenue. Philadelphia has a rich musical legacy: It's birthplace of the lush acoustic style known as The Sound of Philadelphia and the hometown of "American Bandstand" and Chubby Checker's "Twist." But there's no major museum or other place of pilgrimage for music fans that encompasses the city's music history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Philadelphia Phillies' Tommy Joseph, left, runs after hitting the game-winning RBI-single off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Scott Oberg during the 11th inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 2-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
