[Alumni-chat] Housing in New York/co-op support

[john_hevelin (bwotte at rexx.com)]

Hi, Robin,

>Another option is living in New Jersey. Jersey City and Hoboken have become less than inexpensive, but there are plenty of small towns not far off the train and bus routes.
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>In the 1990s I had many discussions with the Co-op Office and Alumni Board about opening a "house" in NYC which would function in a multitude of necessary ways: as an alumni gathering and drop-in place, for alumni and co-op functions, for a sleeping and meeting spot for people from the Co-op Office, Development, etc., and even as a place for co-ops to live. A place for students and alumni to interact. A place for lectures, readings... Pie in the sky - wouldn't it be grand!
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>- Robin '64
I think your suggestion for an Antioch center in NYC has a lot of merit.  I'll think we'll have to adopt a solution like this if co-ops are going to be able to access the cultural resources of areas where cost of living prices them out of the housing market.

John Hevelin '68