[UC] housing for older years

[University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation]

I'm glad to see a few folks are thinking beyond their present  chronological status. It was only a few years ago that this neighborhood turned down development of a senior citizen complex at 47th and Warrington, in favor of a restaurant. (It would generate too much traffic, it wouldn't fit with the existing architecture, it would harm the long-range development of Baltimore Ave.) Right at that time, a very dear neighbor of ours had to move to a seniors complex in center city, and the separation from her friends was too much for her. Maybe now, while some of us are thinking about how we can remain in our beloved neighborhood, we can do a little insurance work for our all-ready aged neighbors to help them stay. (and I know many of us do errands and assist with snow shoveling and stuff like that.) But a greater infrastructure needs to be in place to assure all of us equal opportunities to remain in U. C.

We need to treasure those seniors now in our midsts, and even the not so seniors. Places like the Warrington Garden are special to this neighborhood because they cross so many boundaries: of age, race, economic status, etc. Certainly our Churches and Civic Associations are another vital ground for inter-generational interaction.

So lets promote, and participate in as many inter-generational activities in University City as possible. Then, maybe by the time we're ready for someone to look after us, we'll be considered more of an asset to the neighborhood, instead of the way we made the last seniors development project a liability.

Fred Wolfe