Tuesday, July 22, 2014

VIII.1.2. ONE OF THE CITY-RUN RESIDENCES FOR SENIORS AND THE HANDICAPPED


RUE DU CHÂTEAU DES RENTIERS, WHERE SERIZIER FOUND REFUGE AND FROM WHICH THE DEFEATED COMMUNARDS DISPERSED
                         Photo by Eugène Adjet, 1925 / zoom
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The street:

Fire-fighting
A residence:

Fixing pipes on a clean street 



The caretaker and a resident. "The medical centers' proximity is what I most appreciate," he said. 

During the heat wave of 2020 the City distributed electric fans and bottles of water. During covid the caretaker disinfected floors and door handles three times a day and placed an antiseptic solution and paper towels in the entry. The City distributed masks with filters.  

Posters at the entry :

 
Accompaniment for seniors who fear withdrawing cash from ATM machines (the service is free and tips are forbidden)Excursions outside Paris, the fee based on income.
  
Free activities for residents include workshops in crafts and writing, yoga, a chorale, theater, dance, visits with a lecturer to the musée d'Orsay...


Talk on the singer and songwriter Jacques Brel, who became famous when the residents were young

"That will be 1000 euros!"
(Fixing electricity in the loge) 

"Sunday we vote"

    Entry to 120 rue du Château des Rentiers

The polling station 
is almost across the street.

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