"It is important to me that this unique institution continues to be successful and thrive into the future."
"I looked at many other places, but the costs were prohibitive; $4,000 or more a month. What would I have left to live on?"
"This (Springfield Home for the Elderly) was an idea really special, founded by a black philanthropist's wish to give back to the inner city. This was a way for people who could not normally afford it, to age in their own neighborhood, surrounded by their own extended families and community ties, in facilities that are at once magnificent and feel permeable with the surrounding neighborhood."
".a home where any one of us could walk in off the street and say, by gosh, I wouldn't mind living here."
"I was one of the first to move in here and have many friends who have come and gone here, but I wouldn't want to be any other place."
"I can look out my window and watch everything that is going on out there."
