Life at Conewango Towers

Here’s a basic view of apartment living at Conewango Towers, my new residence following the sale of the Oneida Avenue home. It’s compiled from e-mails to various people around August 12-15.

That's me and Ted in the first photo, and an interior shot of the livingroom, below.

Life is good here this first week at my new space, Conewango Towers. So, I hope that first impressions are lasting ones.

Several older woman here are willing to do my laundry. Last week, Martha, took a load of the dryer, folded and delivered them to my apartment. It’s both part of the “neighborly” life-style here, and Martha‘s need to use the washing machine. The rule is; if someone‘s clothes are ready to dry, and you need the washer, then you start the drying for the other.

Meanwhile, Bill, who lives on the fourth floor, is one of the self-declared “Poobahs” of the outdoor Resident Pavilion, a common gathering place for a wide-range groups Each group has a particular “slant” on living here, and a Poobah, to lead them.

It gets more interesting each day.

Overall though, I’m doing great! The Front Office gave me a gift certificate last week for a free lunch in the Resident Dining Room. Lunch , which costs only $2.25, is provided daily by the Nutrition Seven Services ( local Meals-on-wheels). I presented the certificate today for a BBQ chicken, macaroni salad, apple sauce, and a chocolate cake for dessert. Quite good!

I‘m going to try the Ham lunch scheduled for tomorrow, and the Veggie Lasagna, for Friday. I can already see ways to fit this low-cost service into my overall meal preparation to ease the daily cooking I do now ( tonight I’m doing Baked Baby Back Ribs with a garlic and chipotle basting sauce with potato salad on the side, and Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream, which was on sale in quart size at Bi-Lo’s for 2/$5.00) Like the characters at the Pavilion, the lunch crowd is another interesting social group.


"Just another brick in the Wall" Conewango Towers, photo right, is a plain-faced federal government monolith, circa 1965, augmented by the finer touches like the Resident Pavillion along the creek, seen below .