Margaret Kennedy revisits the room she lived in when first employed to take care of two girls in the early '80s and fondly recalls hosting her mother in the apartment when her employers went away on holiday. (January 2018) Untitled (The Servant Class is All Around Us), Maid's Room, Upper East Side of Manhattan, 2018 Untitled (The Servant Class is All Around Us), Maid's Room, Upper East Side of Manhattan, 2018 Untitled (The Servant Class is All Around Us), Maid's Room, Upper East Side of Manhattan, 2018 Untitled (The Servant Class is All Around Us), Maid's Room, Upper East Side of Manhattan, 2018 Robert Watson outside the maid's room of the apartment he lived in from 1970 to 2017. He used the room as a laundry room, a home office and, later, as a digital darkroom. (December 2017) Occupied by many caregivers over the years, Ildiko Butler currently uses this room, one of three maid's rooms in her two-story apartment, as a library and to host overflow guests and her grandchildren's nannies when her daughter's family visits from Texas. (January 2018) Alexander Piro plays in the maid's room, which his grandmother now uses for storage. The green carpet was installed when his mother's brother moved into the room, for his collection of model Breyer horses. (August 2019) Helen Miller on the floor of the maid's room she stayed in when her parents were living on Fifth Avenue. The accommodation allowed her to work at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory of the New York Botanical Garden while recovering from an ankle injury. (January 2018) John Baker in the maid's room of the apartment he grew up in, which his stepfather, who travels widely, now uses as an office. John recalls watching TV and playing video games with his older brother in the room, where their babysitter sometimes stayed when their mother was away. (August 2019)
Maid’s Rooms
