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Growing Old in the Projects: Remembrances of Six Decades in Public Housing
Harold Smith's family gathers in their kitchen in the Amsterdam houses. (Photo courtesy of Harold Smith) New York City public housing often seems like a world unto itself–with its own culture, its own...
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Growing Old: Grandparents raising a younger generation
Linda Rainey, 70, brought her great-grandchildren to live with her while their mother was deployed in Afghanistan. Like many mothers in the 1960s, Linda Rainey swaddled her two daughters in cloth...
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Growing Old: A natural place to retire
Paulina Morabia has a private hiding place in the bottom drawer of her desk. There, she stashes a small, clear box that only comes out on Fridays. She removes it carefully, making sure to keep it...
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Growing Old: Making her garden grow
Leticia Ramirez transplants some of her plants to save them indoors for the winter. It’s a brisk day in early October, and Leticia Ramirez’s box in the Rutgers Community Garden is at the peak of its...
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Asian seniors have uneven access to programs
Wong Tim and Wong Zhou Hung enjoy an evening in their Seward Park Extension apartment. Wong Tim and Wong Zhou Hung have lived in New York City Housing since they immigrated to the United States in...
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Elder women: The brick backbone of NYCHA
By Rin Kelly and Mehrunnisa Wani Hung up in a hospital bed just before Thanksgiving with a newly replaced knee and a wealth of reasons to nap, 77-year-old Marcella Brown took it upon herself to figure...
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