It was a traumatic move in some ways. Most Riverview tenants are lifelong Pittsburghers who knew other residents when they arrived. The Dreschers knew only their children. Still, they have adjusted. Their two-room apartment with bath and kitchen is smaller than they were used to, but as much as they need.
Family pictures make it homey, and the window has a nice view of a wooded hillside.
They enjoy the communal dinner each night and riding the Access van to the shopping district. Sidney attends religious services in the building every day. The two generations of Dreschers see each other often. Seymour fills his mother's syringes, Ruth drives her in-laws to doctor's appointments and has come to appreciate them in ways that distance didn't allow. Family reunions are more numerous, not to mention richer, as the grown grandchildren come home for holidays with their own children in tow.