“Where Alice goes,” Ms. Mogil said as she sat next to her friend, “I will go as well.” She had lived almost three years at Prospect Park Residence, a nine-story tower overlooking Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Ms. Mogil said she was “facing the inevitable.” She would have to move, but it would not be easy. But then, several months after Ms. Mogil moved in, the owner of the residence, an assisted-living home for seniors, said it was closing. Ms. Mogil, now 93, refused to follow them.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2016 00:28 UTC