This Is My Home from Mark on Vimeo.

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Listening to elders. What is their role in community? Are we herding elders off to gated zones .. separating them form people because it s easier and more cost efficient? Can planners integrate them and can neighbors step up to check on them or a neighbor certified nurse can be assigned to elders.  There must be solutions.  The Elder Zones — some are good but so many?  Mixed use… and mixed ages and mixed mixing.  Thompkins Square Park in the East VIllage is all  about zones: kids here, dogs here, people no pets here, walking here. Thankfully cruising through on a bike and skateboarding through the park is still okay.  It is a small space so there is still lots of interactivity. I don’t have a big problem with that.  Anyway, this short interview is reflective of an elder integrated into the fabric of the community …  though it seems he is in a touristy spot.