In a previous post, I explored the efforts of my great grandfather, Chone Weirzbowicz, to get a visa to immigrate to the United States. He tried for more than four years, from mid-1934 to late 1938. His task was not easy, because he was from Poland, and the law at that time—the Immigration Act of …
Tag: Lower East Side
Generational wealth: a family story
A few years ago, my daughter, in her late 20s, bought an apartment in Brooklyn that cost nearly a million dollars. How could a youngster, just six years out of college, afford such a place? The answer is, in part: generational wealth. While initially skeptical of her idea of buying an apartment, I figured it …