Wednesday, January 12, 2011

I had an Aunt Betty...

...who lived her entire life within just a few square miles: Austin, on Chicago's West Side, Oak Park and River Forest. But in today's Times, there's a story about a woman who lived all her life on one street:

In East Harlem, Isabella Mazzia lived on one street in the neighborhood for all her 87 years. She moved just twice in her life, from 286 Pleasant Avenue to 297, then from 297 to 304. “In over 87 years, she moved 150 feet,” said a cousin, Carmine Izzi. She died on Dec. 6.

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