New York Magazine - USA (2020-02-17)

50 newyork| february17–march1, 2020

IRENEFREEDLAND

97 , FormerExecutiveSecretary

the look book: the hebrew home

SALVADOR GONZALEZ

77, Former Barber

EILEENNAGLE

79,FormerCustomer-RelationsAgent

ALFREDSCHWARTZ

93,FormerSchool-BusOwner

SHIRLEY KLEINBERG

95, Former Accountant

ZELDA FASSLER

87 , Former EventPlanner

(^) What’s
your average
day? Oh God,
there’s no such
thing. Today,
art therapy,
enamelware
class at 1:45,
chair yoga at
2:15, a cere mony
with the rabbi.
He plays the
guitar for us.

KELLEY DIXON

79, Former Insurance Broker

IRVINGBARASH

93,FormerHigh-SchoolTeacher

(^) Who do you
sit with at meals?
Rich, who’s a
drummer. We talk
about a variety of
things, everything
from the stars
in the universe to
music. He’s a
very talented guy,
and he dresses like
a 1960s beatnik.
You were a
teacher? Yes, in
various schools
in Queens and
Manhattan.
In the early
’50s, one of my
colleagues was
a gentleman
named Carroll
O’Connor.
Yes: Archie
Bunker himself.
I ate lunch with
him every day
fora year.

LUCIE STEINHAGEN

98, Former Bookkeeper