As the temperature outside dipped into the 20s Thursday morning, David Cox sat inside a Dixwell church extended-hour warming center — his legs crossed, bundled up in a coat and scarf and beanie hat, his walker by his side and a window sill lined with Pothos plants behind him.
He didn’t want to be at that warming center. And he didn’t plan on staying long. But for now, with the weather dangerously cold, it was a safe place to be.
Cox, 62, was one of around 15 people sitting, lying down, standing, killing time Thursday at 10 a.m. at Varick A.M.E. Zion Church’s warming center at 242 Dixwell Ave…