The Hand-Me-Down Home

by Administrator 16. May 2010 14:40

By Hilary Stout / Wall Street Journal - In the annals of intergenerational friction, there are some familiar sources of disagreement: sex, money, music and what on earth you’re going to do with your life. Then there are the truly contentious subjects — like the fireplace tiles that used to be in Carla Weisberg’s apartment on West 12th Street in Greenwich Village.

Ms. Weisberg, a 47-year-old textile and wallcovering designer, grew up in the apartment, a duplex in a four-unit building that her parents bought in 1960, before she was born. Six years ago, after her mother died suddenly and her father’s health began to decline, she moved back to the place where she used to build forts and play hide-and-seek, while her father moved into the ground-floor unit. And so began the delicate undertaking of turning her parents’ home into a space she could live in as an adult, a home for herself and her husband.

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Since 1994 the company has won over 20 National Media Awards. He has participated on many local Boards of Directors, all of whom cater to the needs of our area’s aging population. For 2009 he is also President of Breakthrough Coalition, a consortium of over 250 aging-focused organizations and  professionals dedicated to serving the needs of older adults in the St. Louis / Illinois bi-state area.

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