In Elon Musk's worldview, San Francisco represents the left-wing hive mind behind all things sinister, and Twitter was his channel. Yes, he actually said that.

Now the Texan emigrant has apparently had enough of the most liberal city in the USA and is possibly considering moving his social media company, now called X, to more politically comfortable areas such as his adopted home state, the Lone Star State.

Real estate firm JLL told the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday that it had engaged its services to find a new subtenant for the entire 74,000-square-foot complex at its headquarters at 1355 Market Street and the adjacent Building 110.

The landlord, Shorenstein Properties, which bought the building together with JPMorgan through its investment company SRI Nine Market Square, sued Musk early last year for unpaid rent.

In March, she discontinued the proceedings without giving any reasons.

If Musk actually plans to relocate X, that would not be uncharacteristic of the tycoon.

In 2021, he moved Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas in resIn response to policymakers' pandemic lockdowns, the electric car maker has now moved its headquarters there after a dispute with a Delaware judge.

Not surprisingly, when Musk first announced his candidacy for Twitter over two years ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott jumped at the chance to propose moving Twitter headquarters to his state.

.@elonmusk. Bring Twitter to Texas to join Tesla, SpaceX, and the Boring Company.

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 25, 2022

Neither X Corp nor Shorenstein Properties responded to Fortune's immediate request for comment.

Spurred on by his ex-wife, Musk has claimed he bought the social media platform for $44 billion not only to accelerate his plan to clone China's everything app WeChat, but also for the benefit of humanity.

He believed that the microblogging site, because of its location in the heart of the crime-ridden Bay Area, helped spread a “destructive” ideology that threatened Western civilization.

“You could literally shoot an uncut episode of The Walking Dead in downtown San Francisco. This is where San Francisco politics lead, and Twitter exported this self-destructive thought virus to the world,” he wrote last April.

“With some exceptions, other technology companies still do this. Evil in the guise of good.”

A clear break with Twitter’s historical roots?

San Francisco, the city in California with the largest gap between rich and poor, is struggling with homelessness, crime and fentanyl use, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic.

In combination with recent changes in national legislation The hurdles for prosecuting shoplifting are being raised and the minimum wage is being increased. There are repeated headlines about small businesses in particular moving away from the Bay Area. This is leading to more and more vacancies on the commercial real estate market.

“I know a lot of companies are trying to get out of their leases,” Mayor London Breed said four years ago. “A lot of people see this as an opportunity to get out.”

Musk and his close business associates, including David Sacks, have been vocal critics of the city's policymakers in recent years.

Musk blames the local mentality for the city's problems. In his opinion, it must be stopped before it spreads any further: “The views of the extreme left from San Francisco and Berkeley have been spread to the world via Twitter.”

If he were to sublet the offices in the technology center, it would be a clear break with the company's historical roots and almost as significant as the decision to abandon the company's name and rename it “X” this time last year.

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Coastal Skin and Eye Institute is looking to expand its reach in serving the dermatological, ophthalmological and other needs of the community in and around Carmel Valley and Encinitas. They have been a leading dermatology and ophthalmology practice in north San Diego County with locations in both Carmel Valley and Encinitas.

“We provide medical, surgical, and cosmetic care for a variety of skin and eye conditions,” said April Lynne Dionela, practice manager at Coastal Skin and Eye Institute.

Christopher Crosby MD, PhD

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Specializing in skin care, Christopher Crosby MD, PhD, is a board-certified dermatologist whose career path began at Duke University. At Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, he earned both MD and PhD distinctions. Internship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center followed. Then, during residency in dermatology at Emory University, Dr. Crosby served as Chief Resident. With an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, he completed a rigorous Fellowship (accredited by ACGME) at University of California San Francisco, in Mohs micrographic surgery and procedural dermatology.

Dr. Crosby is one of just a few Fellowship-trained Mohs surgeons in the San Diego area. He takes a special interest in Mohs surgery and reconstructive dermatologic surgery for skin cancers. He understands that a skin cancer diagnosis can be devastating to a patient’s emotional wellbeing, and he sees the amazing impact of compassionate, effective treatment.

Neeta Varshney, MD

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Specializing in eye care, Coastal Skin and Eye has both an optometrist and an ophthalmologist on staff. Neeta Varshney, MD, is a board-certified comprehensive ophthalmologist trained in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. Dr. Varshney is an accomplished surgeon and enjoys using the latest technologies available to deliver the highest degree of care to her patients. Dr. Varshney is a native of Southern California who comes from a family of physicians. After completing high school as class valedictorian, she later graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where she double-majored in biology and psychology. She received her medical degree (MD) with honors in 2009 from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Varshney is well-versed in cataract and refractive surgery, glaucoma evaluation, and management (including laser treatments), macular degeneration, and diabetic eye disease, among other topics.

A client treatment at Coastal Skin and Eye Institute.

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Dr. Connor Caldwell is a board-certified optometrist who became interested in health care at a very young age. He began his journey in high school where he was nominated to attend an elite summer course for young professionals and aspiring doctors, the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine hosted at UC Berkeley. This is where he discovered his passion for the ocular healthcare field and continued his medical journey by pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado. Dr. Caldwell was one of 50 students accepted into the Arizona College of Optometry. He trained with leading optometrists from around the world in many fields, including ocular prosthetics, low vision services, electrodiagnostics and specialty contact lens fitting.

In San Diego, with more than 200 sunny days every year, regular checks for skin cancer at the Coastal Skin and Eye Institute can catch the disease when simpler, less invasive treatments are still possible. Making note of any abnormalities during self-checks at home is also an important part of the process.

The Coastal Skin and Eye Institute also treats patients for conditions such as acne, moles, skin growths, and much more. On the cosmetics side, they provide treatments such as botox, lasers, microneedling, and more. The practice also provides eye examinations, including testing for issues such as glaucoma and macular degeneration. In addition to these tests, they can do vision checks and assist with the selection of glasses and contact lenses. Overall, patient testimonials have praised the Coastal Skin and Eye Institute for having a “super friendly” staff, having “a wide spectrum of services ranging from general skin care to cosmetic procedures,” having “the best service in my 20 year history of buying eyewear,” and for having a staff that makes you “really feel that you are in good and safe hands.”

Coastal Skin and Eye Institute has locations at 5500 Carmel Mountain Rd., Suite 206, in Carmel Valley and 477 N. El Camino Real, Suite C300, in Encinitas. Hours at the Carmel Valley office are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and hours at the Encinitas office are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coastal Skin and Eye Institute also accepts Medicare and most PPO and vision insurance. Coastal Skin and Eye Institute’s Carmel Valley office offers dermatology, optometry, and ophthalmology services, and the Encinitas office currently offers ophthalmology.

Coastal Skin and Eye Institute will also be debuting a more patient-focused website. Patients can use the website for booking appointment requests, to learn more about the physicians and other information related to their skin and eye care needs. For more information, visit www.coastalskineye.com. — Coastal Skin and Eye Institute report

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Twitter still needs to do more to comply with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a senior EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley.

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton said last week he noted Twitter’s “strong commitment to compliance” with the Digital Services Act, which sets new standards that all of the world’s largest online platforms will have to comply with in just two months.

However, “work must go on,” he said in a statement after discussing the results of the voluntary test with owner Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.

Breton, who oversees digital policy, also meets with other tech bosses in California. He is the EU’s point of contact working to prepare Big Tech for the new rules that will force companies to crack down on hate speech, disinformation and other harmful and illegal material on their websites. The law comes into effect on August 25 for the largest platforms.

The Digital Services Act, along with proposed new data and artificial intelligence regulations, have put Brussels at the forefront of the growing global movement to fight tech giants.

The practice exercise tested Twitter’s readiness to comply with the requirements of the DSA, including protecting children online and detecting and mitigating risks such as disinformation, in both normal and extreme situations.

“Twitter takes the exercise seriously and has identified the key areas it needs to focus on to comply with the DSA,” Breton said, without giving further details. “Two months before the new EU regulation comes into force, work must continue so that the systems are in place and working effectively and quickly.”

Twitter’s Global Government Affairs team tweeted that the company was “on track to be ready when the DSA goes into effect.” Yaccarino tweeted, “Europe is very important to Twitter and we are focused on our continued partnership. “

Musk agreed in December to let the EU run the stress test the union offers to all tech companies before the rules come into effect. Breton said other online platforms would conduct their own stress tests in the coming weeks, but did not name them.

Despite Musk’s claims to the contrary, independent researchers have found that since the company was acquired by billionaire Tesla CEO last year, misinformation and hate speech has been circulating on Twitter. Musk has reinstated notorious election deniers, overhauled Twitter’s verification system and fired much of the staff responsible for moderating posts.

Last month, Breton warned Twitter that it “must not hide from its commitments” after the social media site abandoned the block’s voluntary “code of conduct” on online disinformation, which other social media platforms pledge to support have.

Combating disinformation is legally mandated by the Digital Services Act.

“When laws are passed, Twitter will abide by the laws,” Musk told France 2 TV this week when asked about the DSA.

Breton’s agenda on Friday includes discussions of the EU’s digital rules and upcoming artificial intelligence regulations with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company makes the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. But a briefing for journalists was canceled.

The DSA is part of a major overhaul of the EU’s digital rulebook designed to force tech companies to clean up their platforms and better protect users online.

European users of major technology platforms will find it easier to report illegal content, such as hate speech, and receive more information about why certain content has been recommended to them.

Violators face fines of up to 6% of annual global sales – which amounts to billions of dollars for some tech giants – or even an operating ban in the EU of 450 million consumers.

Breton also meets with Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the dominant supplier of semiconductors for AI systems, to discuss the EU chips law to boost the continent’s chip manufacturing industry.

The EU, meanwhile, is putting the finishing touches on its AI law, the world’s first comprehensive set of rules for the new technology, which has sparked both fascination and fears that it could invade privacy, destroy jobs, violate copyright law and more.

Final approval is expected by the end of the year, but will not come into effect until two years later. Breton has proposed a voluntary “AI Pact” to help companies prepare for adoption.

Kelvin Chan is an AP business journalist

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Twitter still needs to do more to comply with the European Union’s tough new digital rules, a senior EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley.

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday he had taken note of Twitter’s “strong commitment to compliance” with the Digital Services Act, which sets new standards that all of the world’s largest online platforms will have to comply with in just two months.

However, “work must go on,” he said in a statement after discussing the results of the voluntary test with owner Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.

Breton, who oversees digital policy, also meets with other tech bosses in California. He is the EU’s point of contact working to prepare Big Tech for the new rules that will force companies to crack down on hate speech, disinformation and other harmful and illegal material on their websites. The law comes into effect on August 25 for the largest platforms.

The Digital Services Act, along with proposed new data and artificial intelligence regulations, have put Brussels at the forefront of the growing global movement to fight tech giants.

The practice exercise tested Twitter’s readiness to comply with the requirements of the DSA, including protecting children online and detecting and mitigating risks such as disinformation, in both normal and extreme situations.

“Twitter takes the exercise seriously and has identified the key areas it needs to focus on to comply with the DSA,” Breton said, without giving further details. “Two months before the new EU regulation comes into force, work must continue so that the systems are in place and working effectively and quickly.”

Twitter’s Global Government Affairs team tweeted that the company was “on track to be ready when the DSA goes into effect.” Yaccarino tweeted, “Europe is very important to Twitter and we are focused on our continued partnership. “

Musk agreed in December to let the EU run the stress test the union offers to all tech companies before the rules come into effect. Breton said other online platforms would conduct their own stress tests in the coming weeks, but did not name them.

Despite Musk’s claims to the contrary, independent researchers have found that since the company was acquired by billionaire Tesla CEO last year, misinformation and hate speech has been circulating on Twitter. Musk has reinstated notorious election deniers, overhauled Twitter’s verification system and fired much of the staff responsible for moderating posts.

Last month, Breton warned Twitter that it “must not hide from its commitments” after the social media site abandoned the block’s voluntary “code of conduct” on online disinformation, which other social media platforms pledge to support have.

Combating disinformation is legally mandated by the Digital Services Act.

“When laws are passed, Twitter will abide by the laws,” Musk told France 2 TV this week when asked about the DSA.

Breton’s agenda on Friday includes discussions of the EU’s digital rules and upcoming artificial intelligence regulations with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, whose company makes the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. But a briefing for journalists was canceled.

The DSA is part of a major overhaul of the EU’s digital rulebook designed to force tech companies to clean up their platforms and better protect users online.

European users of major technology platforms will find it easier to report illegal content, such as hate speech, and receive more information about why certain content has been recommended to them.

Violators face fines of up to 6% of annual global sales – which amounts to billions of dollars for some tech giants – or even an operating ban in the EU of 450 million consumers.

Breton also meets with Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the dominant supplier of semiconductors for AI systems, to discuss the EU chips law to boost the continent’s chip manufacturing industry.

The EU, meanwhile, is putting the finishing touches on its AI law, the world’s first comprehensive set of rules for the new technology, which has sparked both fascination and fears that it could invade privacy, destroy jobs, violate copyright law and more.

Final approval is expected by the end of the year, but will not come into effect until two years later. Breton has proposed a voluntary “AI Pact” to help companies prepare for adoption.

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For years, researchers and policymakers have spoken about the coming demographic shift in epic terms with phrases like “gray wave” or “silver tsunami.” The bottom line: Due to increased life expectancy and the postwar baby boom, the U.S. population is aging. Today, there are more than 46 million adults aged 65 and older, and by 2050, that number will practically double to nearly 90 million. The effects of that shift could be felt as soon as 2030, when one in five Americans is expected to be 65 and over.

In the past, members of this demographic would have likely spent the next phase of life in multigenerational home settings or nursing homes—but baby boomers aren’t quite like any generation that came before them. Seeking active lifestyles, social opportunities or simply independence as they reach retirement age, seniors are looking for new ways of living in their golden years, and the design industry is racing to accommodate them.

For the American Society of Interior Designers, the situation came to the fore during the darkest days of the pandemic. In 2020, the organization established the Adaptive Living Task Force to better understand how Covid had impacted older adults. The effort uncovered new findings about opportunities for improvement in senior living communities from a design perspective, leading ASID to debut its first Senior Living Resource Guide late last month.

“What bubbled up to the top was how the pandemic impacted design—the way we live changed, and how seniors were living in their environments was dramatically altered,” says Ruju Jasani, a San Francisco Bay Area designer and co-chair of the Adaptive Living Task Force. “We were able to identify the gaps in the design approach to these environments that came at a cost to quality of life or increased social isolation.”

Southern Living’s groundbreaking ADA-compliant concept house called the Adaptive Cottage was unveiled last yearLaurey Glenn

One of the group’s key findings was that although the spread of illness in indoor spaces is a major pain point in senior living facilities, the social isolation that resulted from entirely closing down communities in the most stringent days of lockdown was also bad for residents’ health. The guide evokes one particularly striking image—that of seniors communicating with loved ones through panes of glass—as a perfect example of design shortcomings in such spaces.

The task force also realized that the underserved design clients in senior living facilities weren’t just seniors, but also their caregiving staff—a group who had been working in overcrowded spaces, placing them at an even higher risk of infection and burnout. For the senior living industry, those pain points are an existential issue: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the sector has faced the worst job loss among all health care areas since early 2020. Another recent survey, conducted by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living in 2022, found that nearly three out of four facilities were concerned that they would have to shut down due to staffing problems.

In response, the ASID guide lays out a new framework, exploring key modifications to limit the spread of disease as well as building out staff areas for refuge. Above all, the document places the largest emphasis on recommending that senior living communities provide ample opportunities for both socialization and independent living, through the addition of outdoor spaces and programming, amenities located closer to residential spaces and improved communication technology.

“[The average incoming senior housing inhabitant] is a very well-informed individual who is used to being an active participant in their lives,” says Jasani. “While we’re talking about a large cohort that’s 90 million strong, it’s made up of people with their own personalities and their own preferences, and the design has to support their choices and their need to be in control of how they live, where they live and what they choose to do.”

In some cases, that translates to a community that looks less like a medical facility and more like a country club, according to Janet Perry, an interior designer within Hilton Head, South Carolina–based hospitality and residential design firm J. Banks Design Group. Perry noticed a definite rise in demand for high-end design and amenities within 55-plus and senior living communities, in both new builds and existing facilities implementing redesigns. On a project completed for the Harmony Reserve community in Vero Beach, Florida (billed as an “active adult community”), Perry’s firm included a range of lively amenities, including bocce and pickleball courts, an on-site fitness studio, swimming pools, a teaching kitchen and outdoor recreational areas. Bars were another highly requested in-community space—not necessarily for hard-partying, Perry explains, but for residents to socialize with their neighbors and peers.

Design elements that cater to the needs of aging residents are much less immediately visible. Perry points out a few that might otherwise go unnoticed: higher chair seats, sofas that are not too deep, hallways wide enough for wheelchairs and walkers to pass through. In one recent project, the firm included a vibrant accent wall and several pieces of matching decor in different color schemes on each floor of a multilevel facility—a strategy called “pathfinding,” which helps reduce confusion for residents with memory issues who may have mistakenly ended up on the wrong floor.

At upscale senior living community Coterie Hudson Yards, rooms have motorized blackout shades and Lutron Ketra circadian lighting for Memory Care suitesCourtesy of Coterie

Other senior living facilities have raised the luxury bar even higher. Late last year, New York real estate developer Related and care provider Atria Senior Living partnered to debut Coterie Hudson Yards, a senior assisted living center in Manhattan. There, each residence features energy-efficient Miele induction cooktops, Kohler Veil smart toilets, custom Italian bathroom vanities and a variety of smart home technology—including voice-controllable lighting and thermostats, keyless entry, motorized blackout shades and Lutron Ketra circadian lighting for Memory Care suites. The community has even started to attract high-profile clientele (including screenwriter Paul Schrader and his wife, actress Mary Beth Hurt).

The Coterie Hudson Yards doesn’t stand alone, either. It’s part of a recent boom in amenity-rich luxury senior living—The Bristal, an assisted living facility that opened on New York’s Upper East Side last year, utilizes AI and wireless sensors to monitor residents’ health in real time, while its neighbor Inspīr Carnegie Hill (also opened last year) boasts a heated saltwater pool, a Mercedes-Maybach house car available daily and an open-air SkyPark on the 17th floor.

Similar facilities are popping up across the country too, including developments like The Hacienda at the Canyon in Tucson (home to five dining venues, an art barn, a golf simulator and continuing education with the University of Arizona) and a second Coterie location in San Francisco that offers cultural partnerships with organizations like the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Ballet and the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. Others, like the new River’s Edge facility in the Hebrew Home of Riverdale, New York, have prioritized progressive policies to adapt to the incoming generation’s own shifting needs, with features like a medical cannabis program and an LGBT & Allies social group—a particularly notable addition, as same-sex couples have been denied entry into senior living facilities as recently as 2016.

Of course, luxury living doesn’t pay for itself. At The Bristal, for example, monthly rent ranges from $4,100 to $12,000, while at Coterie Hudson Yards, units range from $11,000 to $30,000 per month. Even in less decked-out senior living communities, the costs of residency are only going up, due largely in part to the industry’s labor shortage.

Some design practitioners suggest outfitting homes with the aging-friendly features and smart home tech that new senior living communities have ready on move-in day. It’s not common, but it is possible, according to Louie Delaware, president and founder of the Living in Place Institute. The Denver-based organization helps architects, interior designers, developers and construction professionals achieve living-in-place certification through a 16-hour program, which shares resources on the sector’s market size along with a variety of common medical conditions and corresponding design solutions.

As Delaware explains, a design industry that responds to the needs of people aging at home or living with disabilities is a long time coming, as the earliest inklings of a need for adaptive design in the U.S. came in the years following World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. “You had people coming back home, and these environments just weren’t appropriate,” says Delaware. “It took a long, long, long time for the Americans with Disabilities Act to kick in—it was the early 1990s when that happened—but even then, the ADA is really geared only toward public places.”

The Adaptive Cottage was built with features designed to benefit those with mobility issuesLaurey Glenn

Designer Kathryn Lott switched out drawer pulls for knobs, installed a removable cabinet under the sink and selected built-in closet hooks instead of hangersLaurey Glenn

Left: The Adaptive Cottage was built with features designed to benefit those with mobility issues Laurey Glenn | Right: Designer Kathryn Lott switched out drawer pulls for knobs, installed a removable cabinet under the sink and selected built-in closet hooks instead of hangers Laurey Glenn

Since those ADA-approved design policies were relegated to commercial spaces, facilities like senior living and assisted living communities became the de facto next step for aging individuals who could no longer live independently. Yet with so many homeowners facing mobility issues that can be navigated with better design choices, Delaware believes there’s no reason why those alterations can’t be implemented at home as well. “Everybody has a story about somebody they know that has a challenge,” says Delaware. “Really what it comes down to is making the home appropriate for that individual and maybe others, so that these people can maintain their independence and dignity in their own home.”

Nearly two years ago, disaster struck Delaware’s own home in Colorado when a wildfire came through the area, forcing him to start over entirely. A tragedy, but also, in Delaware’s words, an opportunity to “practice what I preach.” His new home has become a laboratory for living in place, with more than 200 features chosen to offer a more accessible home experience. The structure’s accommodations range from large-scale architectural and building elements—an extra-wide garage, for example, or wiring within the stair column that could someday allow for an elevator to be installed—to fixtures and appliances designed for accessibility, including curbless showers and induction cooktops that automatically turn off after use. One upcoming innovation Delaware is looking forward to is what he calls “an Amazon Alexa on steroids”—a setup able to handle a stream of voice commands at once, control nearby appliances and interpret the mumbling or unclear speech that might result from a stroke.

Elsewhere in the residential sector, the industry is making similar leaps forward. For its part, ASID plans to debut the second part of its resource guide in the coming months, this time geared toward residential spaces. Just last year, Southern Living debuted a groundbreaking concept house called the Adaptive Cottage after Habersham, South Carolina, resident Scott Rider, who has Parkinson’s disease, reached out to the magazine about a home he’d begun building with features designed to benefit those with mobility issues.

The experience was a first for Beaufort, South Carolina–based designer Kathryn Lott, who was selected to lead interior design for the space. While she’d conducted online research to assemble her first-draft design plans, a walk-through of the early-stages space alongside Rider proved that the number of design alterations needed were more extensive—and yet, often much easier to implement—than she’d expected. Simple swaps included switching out drawer pulls for knobs, installing a removable cabinet under the sink (so a wheelchair can one day slide under) and selecting built-in closet hooks instead of hangers.

A common space at Coterie Hudson Yards, where units range from $11,000 to $30,000 per monthCourtesy of Coterie

Lott says the experience changed her entire design practice, especially since her client base is mainly in their 50s. “Design as a whole is an investment for these clients, so if I can add in layers to help them down the road—because a majority of these are their long-term homes, and they’re gonna be there until they die, basically—to make the lifestyle that much more pleasing and easy, that is my main goal.”

Since completing the project, she’s had clients reach out to make small accessibility changes to their own homes—including one who had Parkinson’s themself and asked Lott to outfit their home as their disease progresses. “I think people are becoming more conscious of it—they’re adding in ramps to get from their garage to their back door, or adding a mother-in-law suite so that a caretaker can move in if necessary,” says Lott. “Very pragmatic decisions, and very thoughtful in the process from day one so their money is being spent accordingly.”

For many design practitioners, the idea of building more adaptive homes is a goal to strive for in all cases—even without any immediate disability or medical condition, or before one reaches their senior years. As Delaware puts it, anything can happen in life, whether it’s a child born with a disability, an unexpected injury or the inevitable: aging. Designing all homes to be better equipped for such situations might be the surest way to prepare for everything life has to offer—especially amid a tough housing market that makes moving under any circumstances a challenge.

“I always come back to maintaining one’s independence and dignity,” says Delaware. “That’s all people want to have in their life—to be able to live the way they want to live. Being in a home that’s prepared for that is a blessing for many people.”

Homepage image: New York real estate developer Related and care provider Atria Senior Living partnered to debut Coterie Hudson Yards, a senior assisted living center in Manhattan | Courtesy of Coterie

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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company and school in the country. This year it is celebrating its 90th anniversary and next week its students will take the stage for a very special presentation called the Spring Festival.

18-year-old trainee Jacey Gailliard has been preparing for the big presentation since the start of the school year in August.

She spends six days a week, nearly eight hours a day, perfecting her moves at the San Francisco Ballet School.

The Pennsylvania native said she dreamed of attending school since she was 12 after completing a summer program here.

When she turned 15, her mother finally agreed to let her make the move on her own.

“It’s really been a part of my life since I was three years old. I always knew I loved to dance and just wanted to be on stage,” Gailliard said. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how many sacrifices that requires.”

One of her biggest challenges is taking classes in the evening after a full day of ballet school and moving away from her parents.

This year, Gailliard applied to join the company as an apprentice, and she made it. Only half of the twelve trials were accepted.

“Ultimately, my dream is to inspire young girls — especially African-American ballet dancers, who aren’t as represented in the ballet world as other ethnic groups,” she said. “And just being able to dance as many works and styles as I can as long as my body allows me to.”

Gailliard is among dozens of SF Ballet School students whose year’s work culminates in this year’s 30th Spring Festival.

It will be the final performance for SF Ballet School and incoming program director Patrick Armand, who joined the company in 2010. In 2012 he became deputy director of the school.

“As an artist, I’ve always wanted people to be moved and then let themselves be carried away like we do on stage,” said Armand. “The Spring Festival is even more emotional because it’s younger people. They’re not adults yet, but they’re absolutely amazing dancers already.”

Armand aims to make the art form more inclusive and accessible.

One of his achievements was the development of a special dance program for people with Parkinson’s disease. Armand said his mother had Parkinson’s disease and that he wanted to create a space in the community in her honor.

“Ballet is for everyone. Ballet can be therapeutic, it can just be life-changing,” he said.

During his tenure, more than 70 percent of the school’s students became professional dancers with SF Ballet.

“I love the work of getting on stage and you can really feel the preparation and the blood, sweat and tears that these dancers went through to show you something really beautiful,” Gailliard said.

The Spring Festival will feature performances over three nights May 24-26 at the Blue Shield Theater at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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A seemingly endless series of storms devastated preparations for the Pasadena Showcase House of Design, which opened this week.

Each year, volunteer designers transform a large house in a matter of months to raise money for music programs like concerts at Disney Hall for fourth graders, instrumental competitions, and grants for other nonprofit organizations. For this year’s edition, real estate agent Matt McIntyre became the first man to serve as charity chair in the organization’s 75-year history. He notes that among their many challenges was painting the massive colonial-style mansion.

Supply chain delays and difficult weather

“[For] the cover of the show,” he recalls, “the shutters were removed on the day the picture was taken, just in time because it was the only day that week that it didn’t rain. So navigating through all the storms was quite a challenge, but we managed it.”

While the rain slowed preparations indoors, the volunteer designers also struggled with the same supply chain issues that have angered home renovators across the country. McIntyre advises people working on a kitchen or bathroom renovation to order their appliances and plumbing fixtures right away, as their arrival will be further away than they might expect.

About the property and its Indiana Jones type owner.

The 1933 property was designed by Marston & Maybury, one of the most celebrated architectural partnerships in Pasadena at the time.

The original owners were Ruth Stewart and her husband Arthur, a Union Oil executive. Designer Christopher Ward of Rosemary Home Design captures Ruth’s spirit in the artist’s retreat, which he calls the “Wunderkammer” or cabinet of curiosities.

“My research in newspaper archives shows that she was an artist,” says Ward.

“She loved nature, she loved science. She was kind of an Indiana Jones character who loved to learn all his life,” he says. “This room is a tribute to her [and] It also tells the story of part of the history of Pasadena and specifically about a woman who has contributed much through the Women’s League and through her own life, whose story deserves to be told. And so I think a big part of interior design when you’re working with historic homes is being able to articulate that to the public.

The spirit of original resident Ruth Stewart is evoked in this Christopher Ward-designed art and curiosity-filled upstairs room. His centerpiece is a custom-made table designed in the shape of a dragonfly, which he describes as the “Totem of Free Speech”.

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In the center of a blue-walled room, surrounded by displays of California art, geodes, fossils and instruments, is a custom-made table designed in the shape of a dragonfly, which Ward calls a “free speech totem.” On the table is a framed photo of a smiling Mrs. Stewart with garlands of flowers, taken on a cruise to Hawaii.

“When she came back from her travels, she started throwing Tahitian-themed parties here at the house,” says Ward. “Pasadena is so full of history, I just couldn’t help but focus on that and make that a part of the story.”

Original resident Ruth Stewart, who died in 1965, is seen in this photo with garlands of flowers during a Hawaiian cruise. She and her oilman husband Arthur raised two daughters in the home.

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A room designed by students

At the back of the two-acre Stewart estate is a guest house, the bedroom of which is the showpiece for five interior design students. These include Michelle Halabaso from UCLA and Missa Kato from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Halabaso learned of the opportunity through the Pasadena chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers and invited other students she had met at events via email. As Kato notes, they were “essentially total strangers.”

Interior design students Michelle Halabaso (left) and Missa Kato joined three other students who were “essentially strangers” to tackle the guest house bedroom, most of which was furnished via Zoom.

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“What was exciting was that we could take our learning outside of the classroom,” says Halabaso. “Normally, the tasks at school are very individual. You can choose the furniture you want. Here we work with real world constraints, a student budget, no supplier partner relationships and sometimes begging for someone to donate or think things that were beautiful but we couldn’t afford to put them in a room.”

Homeowner approval and ever-present time pressures also presented challenges for the students, as did the need to meet via Zoom and rely solely on images on a computer screen to choose what they like. The result is a tranquil retreat in neutral tones and accented by a mobile by artist Monica Wyatt, who uses found objects in her work. It’s made of rusty nails in star patterns and paired mesh screens that resemble tiny Saturns, casting delicate shadows on the white walls.

The guest house bedroom features a mobile by artist Monica Wyatt composed of rusty nails and mesh shower drain covers.

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Kato admits there were many difficulties to overcome, “but I think at the end of the day we are very happy with the result. At the same time, we have to keep reminding ourselves that this is our first project… to find out what was possible and how we can make the best of it.”

Rachel Duarte Design Studio’s dining room has nature scenes painted on the walls that originally belonged to the house. They’ve been refreshed with color that makes the birds stand out and hides other, less appetizing, woodland creatures like squirrels.

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How to continue

The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is open for public tours through May 21st. Visitors park at the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia and take a shuttle bus to the house on a quiet Pasadena street on the San Marino border. Tickets are required for the house tour but not for the shops and restaurant.

The organization whose volunteers organize the annual event is the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. It has supported local music and arts programs since 1948 when it was formed as the Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee. His support of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra continues to this day.

Tocco Finale’s living room mixes animal prints with classic art. The 11,000-square-foot mansion was built in 1933 for $13,000, which was quite a sum during the Great Depression. The land was a wedding present from Arthur Stewart’s father.

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Generation Z isn’t the first generation to face recessions, high levels of debt, and struggles to find a good job. Every generation has been through this and much more. The Greatest Generation entered the workforce still enduring the agony of World War II.

The 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit starred Gregory Peck as a soldier still traumatized by the death, suffering, and shared casualties of war as he attempted to integrate into a booming America steeped in materialism , competition and cocooned children. He’d crossed the emotional divide of a starving lover in wartime Italy to a woman in an American suburb, bitter that they didn’t have a fancier home.

It would be a stretch to compare the experiences of a war-torn generation to the fears of Gen Z born between 1995 and 2012. However, many Zoomers have also experienced contortions caused by the distancing, frozen opportunities of the COVID-era socializing and human disconnection imposed by life lived online.

(Less affected were others who had to physically appear at work during the pandemic — essential grocery store workers, police, plumbers, nurses, doctors, bus drivers. They had human company despite being more exposed to the virus.)

In the film, a friend talks about a new public relations position. “But I don’t know anything about public relations,” says the Peck character. To which the friend replies, “Who? You have a clean shirt. You wash yourself every day.

With many offices returning, young Americans are trying to step into the gray flannel world at a time when many don’t even know what this world is wearing these days. However, the white-collar tradition, with its penchant for continuity, draws many of them more than the glamor of new technology and the chance to get rich quick at the expense of hours playing the lottery. They want to trade the fear of not knowing what the next corporate reorganization will bring for the feeling that the furniture of their professional life is not being moved every two weeks.

Suzy Welch, a professor at New York University, confirms this impression. She writes that her Gen Z students long for a stable work life. They tend to want jobs in an ongoing company, not the opportunity to join a glitzy startup.

Handshake, a Gen Zers recruitment agency, recently asked business school students what they wanted most in a future employer. As Welch reports, a staggering 85% wanted “stability” and only 29% named a “fast growing company” as their first choice.

Their preferred travel destinations also indicate a desire for traditional ways of doing business, even with low taxes or a warm climate. The five most interesting cities for these groups were New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Chicago – home of gray flannel offices. They wanted cosmopolitan cities full of restaurants, nightlife, and public spaces that encourage interaction with other people.

Sure, many people who have worked from home like it and don’t want to commute again. But they may not have much of a choice. Employers are concerned about remote work as engaged collaboration appears to have waned at the start of the crisis. And now that golf courses and restaurants have reopened, employees have places to say goodbye to in the middle of the day. “It’s the numbers,” one executive told the Wall Street Journal.

Working hours may be more hybrid than in the past, but all signs point to more time in an old-fashioned office. Younger workers looking for a social life may like it.

No matter how regulated, there is no place like the office.

Follow Froma Harrop on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be reached at fharrop@gmail.com. To learn more about Froma Harrop and read contributions from other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com.

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Froma Harrop

Generation Z isn’t the first generation to face recessions, high levels of debt, and struggles to find a good job.

Every generation has been through this and much more. The Greatest Generation entered the workforce still enduring the agony of World War II.

The 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit starred Gregory Peck as a soldier, still traumatized by the death, suffering and shared casualties of war as he tried to integrate into a booming America, one of materialism, competition and cocooned children was haunted. He’d crossed the emotional divide of a starving lover in wartime Italy to a woman in an American suburb, bitter that they didn’t have a fancier home.

It would be a stretch to compare the experiences of a war-torn generation to the fears of Gen Z born between 1995 and 2012. However, many Zoomers have also experienced contortions caused by the distancing, frozen opportunities of the COVID-era socializing and human disconnection imposed by life lived online.

(Less affected were others who had to physically appear at work during the pandemic — essential grocery store workers, police, plumbers, nurses, doctors, bus drivers. They had human company despite being more exposed to the virus.)

In the film, a friend talks about a new public relations position. “But I don’t know anything about public relations,” says the Peck character. To which the friend replies, “Who does that? You have a clean shirt. You bathe every day. That’s all there is to it.”

With many offices returning, young Americans are trying to step into the gray flannel world at a time when many don’t even know what this world is wearing these days. However, the white-collar tradition, with its penchant for continuity, draws many of them more than the glamor of new technology and the chance to get rich quick at the expense of hours playing the lottery. They want to trade the fear of not knowing what the next corporate reorganization will bring for the feeling that the furniture of their professional life is not being moved every two weeks.

Suzy Welch, a professor at New York University, confirms this impression. She writes that her Gen Z students long for a stable work life. They tend to want jobs in an ongoing company, not the opportunity to join a glitzy startup.

Handshake, a Gen Zers recruitment agency, recently asked business school students what they wanted most in a future employer. As Welch reports, a staggering 85% wanted “stability” and only 29% named a “fast growing company” as their first choice.

Their preferred travel destinations also indicate a desire for traditional ways of doing business, even with low taxes or a warm climate. The five cities that were of most interest to this group were New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Chicago – home of gray flannel offices. They wanted cosmopolitan cities full of restaurants, nightlife, and public spaces that encourage interaction with other people.

Sure, many people who have worked from home like it and don’t want to commute again. But they may not have much of a choice. Employers are concerned about remote work as committed collaboration appears to have waned at the start of the crisis. And now that golf courses and restaurants have reopened, employees have places to say goodbye to in the middle of the day. “It’s in the numbers,” an executive told the Wall Street Journal.

Working hours may be more hybrid than in the past, but all signs point to more time in an old-fashioned office. Younger workers looking for a social life may like it.

No matter how regulated, there is no place like the office.

Froma Harrop is a syndicated columnist. You can email to [email protected].

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Generation Z isn’t the first generation to face recessions, high levels of debt, and struggles to find a good job. Every generation has been through this and much more. The Greatest Generation entered the workforce still enduring the agony of World War II.

The 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit starred Gregory Peck as a soldier, still traumatized by the death, suffering and shared casualties of war as he tried to integrate into a booming America, one of materialism, competition and cocooned children was haunted. He’d crossed the emotional divide of a starving lover in wartime Italy to a woman in an American suburb, bitter that they didn’t have a fancier home.

It would be a stretch to compare the experiences of a war-torn generation to the fears of Gen Z born between 1995 and 2012. However, many Zoomers have also experienced contortions caused by the distancing, frozen opportunities of the COVID-era socializing and human disconnection imposed by life lived online.

(Less affected were others who had to physically appear at work during the pandemic — essential grocery store workers, police, plumbers, nurses, doctors, bus drivers. They had human company despite being more exposed to the virus.)

In the film, a friend talks about a new public relations position. “But I don’t know anything about public relations,” says the Peck character. To which the friend replies, “Who does that? You have a clean shirt. You bathe every day. That’s all there is to it.”

With many offices returning, young Americans are trying to step into the gray flannel world at a time when many don’t even know what this world is wearing these days. However, the white-collar tradition, with its penchant for continuity, draws many of them more than the glamor of new technology and the chance to get rich quick at the expense of hours playing the lottery. They want to trade the fear of not knowing what the next corporate reorganization will bring for the feeling that the furniture of their professional life is not being moved every two weeks.

Suzy Welch, a professor at New York University, confirms this impression. She writes that her Gen Z students long for a stable work life. They tend to want jobs in an ongoing company, not the opportunity to join a glitzy startup.

Handshake, a Gen Zers recruitment agency, recently asked business school students what they wanted most in a future employer. As Welch reports, a staggering 85% wanted “stability” and only 29% named a “fast growing company” as their first choice.

Their favorite travel destinations also indicate a desire for old-fashioned ways of doing business, even with low taxes or a warm climate. The five most interesting cities for these groups were New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and Chicago – home of gray flannel offices. They wanted cosmopolitan cities full of restaurants, nightlife, and public spaces that encourage interaction with other people.

Sure, many people who have worked from home like it and don’t want to commute again. But they may not have much of a choice. Employers are concerned about remote work as committed collaboration appears to have waned at the start of the crisis. And now that golf courses and restaurants have reopened, employees have places to say goodbye to in the middle of the day. “It’s in the numbers,” an executive told The Wall Street Journal.

Working hours may be more hybrid than in the past, but all signs point to more time in an old-fashioned office. Younger workers looking for a social life may like it.

No matter how regulated, there is no place like the office.

Froma Harrop’s column is distributed by Creators.

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