Jules B. Kroll.
''She is already dreaming of a larger kitchen with more counter space (''I used to need lots of floor when the kids were underfoot,'' she said. As a student of Cornell University, Lynn Korda Kroll participated in Cornell United Religious Work's program Cornell in Honduras, which set the tone for much of her post-Cornell work in minority economic development, mental health, and in the theater and literary worlds. Pickell thinks about it plenty and has suggestions for those who, he says, have ''forgotten how to live on their own. With just a spouse around, he tells them, why not dispense with a few? ''I can only begin to think about how to plan for the next 26 years.
So, she and her husband placed the master suite with a study on the ground floor. ''For instance, families with children need lots of doors that can be shut to cut out noise and insure privacy. It used to be as life contracted, so did the living space. ''Thomas Bowman, a builder in Huntington, N.Y., said that half of his business is from couples with adult or nearly adult children. The new house will be next door to the one where she and her husband, the founder of Kroll Associates, the business investigations firm, now live. It's a bribe, but so what?
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''I sit them down and say, 'There's no one living with you now, so why should you live the same way?' Our children are much bigger physically than they used to be, and when they visit they bring other big adults with them. ''Adrienne Tindall describes herself and her husband, Jack, as ''barely in our 60's.''
Vanessa is married to British-American soccer journalist Roger Bennett.
They admit that they live in only the four or five rooms that cluster around the kitchen.Tom Lewis, a custom builder in Florida, calls this type of floor plan ''a home within a home.
Furthermore, it is not a foregone conclusion that earning stops with retirement, as many older people are starting second careers late in life.
)Within a year, the Lebowitzes had turned their attentions to their 2,500-square-foot country house on Shelter Island, where they are planning to add 1,200 square feet. ''The reason is part economics and part finally having the time. ''Changes in capital-gains tax laws that took effect on July 28 (raising the exemption for selling a permanent residence to $500,000 for married homeowners and $250,000 for individual taxpayers) have meant that there should soon be more large houses on the market. New York City Marriages, 1950-2017. © 2020 Relationship Science LLC. LYNN KORDA and Jules Kroll raised four children in a 5,900-square-foot home in Rye, N.Y. ''Sometimes, not using a space can be half the fun. Find RelSci relationships, employment history, board memberships, donations, awards, and more.Explore notable alumni from top universities and organizations. The fact is that our needs are shrinking and expanding at the same time. It works.