Archive for 1993
Shelters Lead Nowhere
New York Times | December 19, 1993
By Dennis P. Culhane
Philadelphia – People are fed up with the homeless, particularly aggressive panhandlers. Even traditionally tolerant cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have passed laws effectively prohibiting people from being…
Ellen Baxter
New York Times Magazine | December 19, 1993
By David C. Anderson
On a bright autumn morning, a crowd…
Fort Washington Armory
City Limits | December, 1993
The image of more than a thousand homeless men sleeping on cots in the bleak, cavernous space of the Fort Washington Armory became a national symbol of the cruel treatment of homeless people during the…
At The Rio, A Chance for a New Beginning
USA Today | November 30, 1993
Glenwood Smith, 42, spent four years on the street. At his lowest, he says, he was “a crack-head. I was filthy and stinking.”
For stanley Hill, 55, the low point was the two months he…
Trying to Take the Fear Out of Fort Washington
USA Today | November 30, 1993
By Kim Painter
Back when more than 1,000 men slept at the Fort Washington Armory each night, the first thing that struck visitors was “the din, the cacophony, the terrible, frightening noise.” says homeless advocate…
Why Is Ellen Baxter Smiling?
Washington Heights and Inwood Report | October, 1993
Ellen Baxter has plenty to smile about. The Executive Director of the Committee for the Heights-Inwood Homeless has worked long and hard to acquire the Armory and turn it into housing for…
Armory to High-Rise: Two Views of New Plan
Metropolitan Council on Housing Tenant/Inquilino | March 1993
By Rafael Sencion
In the northern end of Manhattan, a struggle has just begun that I believe is of the utmost importance to the movement that advocates decent affordable housing. I also think…
Petra Foundation Fellow: Ellen Baxter
The Petra Foundation | 1993
“It is un-American to have human suffering so visible.”
In April of 1980, the front page of the Sunday New York Times announced “36,000 Homeless People in the City.” The…
