Tenants

You probably know that Nightwatch has 24 permanent senior/disabled tenants.

About half of them come downstairs to eat at night -- part of the deal. They get a permanent apartment, shared kitchens and bathrooms upstairs, plus the late evening meal at 8:45, before the homeless hoardes descend.

So I see "E" and ask him how everything's going. "Oh well," he says with a twinkle, "they say the first 100 years are the toughest."