Designing for a Lifetime in New York and Other US Cities

In the next 30 years, the number of senior citizens in the US will increase to become larger than any other single age group. How are cities starting to prepare for this huge expansion in the numbers of over‐65s? Jerry Maltz and Christine Hunter of the Design for Aging Committee of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY), aided by Eric Cohen and Susan Wright, describe how New York and other US cities are laying the necessary groundwork through the World Health Organization's Age‐Friendly Cities programme, while also setting up innovative centres for senior citizens, making much‐needed modifications to the physical environment and developing new approaches to affordable housing.