Nanette Ross, 45, recalled moving into Stuyvesant Town more than 20 years ago and thinking, "I'm in heaven," even without air conditioning or a dishwasher.
He recalled moving here in the '90s.
Ms. Henderson's eyes became moist as she recalled moving into the shelter.
Mr. Olavarria recalled moving to New Jersey in the 1950s and dealing with cold northern prejudice.
Chris Flesher, who designs the Web site (www.skullbonepark.com) for the music park, recalled moving to the area from California.
Ms. Daguin, 55, recalled moving to Greenwich, Conn., from France in 1977 to work as an au pair and getting her first bite of mass-produced American chicken.
Sister Mary Isabel Sullivan recalled moving into the convent in 1967, when it still housed young nuns in college and others teaching at the grammar school across the street.
She recalls moving to London with her partner (and former bandmate in John and Jehn) Johnny Hostile nine years ago, and destroying her own guilt.
A block away on Main Street, Lisa Bucking Field, an owner of the Sag Harbor Variety Store 5 & 10, recalled moving here in the late 1960s because her father, Philip Bucking, an engineer, worked for Bulova.
He recalled moving from Salt Lake City to San Francisco and living in his car for part of the month so that he could rent out his apartment on Airbnb.
