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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World introduces an antidote to faceless, placeless sprawl — small scale neighborhoods where people can easily know one another, where empty nesters and single householders with far-flung families can find friendship or a helping hand nearby, and where children can have shirt-tail aunties and uncles just beyond their front gate. The book describes inspiring pocket neighborhoods through stories of the people who live there, as well as the progressive planners, innovative architects, pioneering developers, craftspeople and gardeners who helped create them. Sarah Susanka, author of the best selling “Not So Big House” series, wrote the Foreword to the book, placing pocket neighborhoods within context of the contemporary trends in housing and community. Ross Chapin begins the book by outlining the shifts in the scale of community and the American Dream over several generations, leading to super-sized houses in a sea of development, then describes a solution to help restore healthy, livable communities. The first section of the book looks at historic precedents of pocket neighborhoods, from 15th century hofje almshouses in the Netherlands, to a 19th century Methodists Camp Community on Martha’s Vineyard, to early 20th century Garden City models and Southern California Cottage Courtyards. The second section covers a wide range of contemporary pocket neighborhoods, including New Urban communities, affordable housing, houseboat communities, eco-neighborhoods, and Ross Chapin Architects’ own pocket neighborhood examples. The third section focuses on ‘cohousing’ communities, from Danish origins in the 1960s, to examples across America, Australia and New Zealand, including a chapter on senior cohousing. The fourth section looks at retrofitting pocket neighborhoods within existing communities. Throughout the book are series of “Design Keys” that highlight the essential principles of pocket neighborhood planning and design, and short stories about “Pocket Neighborhood Pioneers” who blazed new trails. The book is filled with rich photographs, drawings, illustrations and site plans, and a Resources section at the end provides leads for the reader to explore the topic in further detail.
Synopsis:The typical American neighborhood is impersonal, made up of large houses on large lots, with large garages whose remote openers provide residents instant access inside. There’s never any need to see or be seen! The good news is that a growing number of homeowners are saying they want more. Pocket neighborhoods are alternative living arrangements that provide shelter and security, convenience, comfort, and meaning. In a typical pocket neighborhood, parking is intentionally separated from houses, which surround a landscaped common area. Homeowners walk to their doors, past the neighbors they might otherwise never know. This book by architect and author Ross Chapin describes existing pocket neighborhoods and co-housing communities — and provides inspiration for creating new ones. VideoAbout the Author“Anyone who’s looking for a way to live both simply and beautifully will love Ross Chapin’s notions about creating community. If you’ve enjoyed the “Not So Big House” series, you’ll also love this book.” – SARAH SUSANKA, author of The Not So Big House Table of ContentsContemporary Pocket Neighborhoods featured in the book: Conover Commons, Redmond, WA Danielson Grove, Kirkland, WA Third Street Cottages, Langley, WA Greenwood Avenue, Shoreline, WA Groom Lane, Seattle Barrio Santa Rosa, Tucson, AZ Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA Village Homes, Davis, CA N Street, Davis, CA Temescal Creek, North Oakland, CA Houseboat community, Sausalito, CA Berkeley Cohousing, Berkeley, CA Doyle Street, Emeryville, CA Swan’s Market, Oakland, CA Cheesecake Consortium, northern CA Poplar neighborhood, Boulder, CO Silver Sage, Boulder, CO Portland, OR Cambridge, MA Island Cohousing, Martha’s Vineyard, MA Elder Cohousing, Abington, VA Christie Walk, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA EarthSong, NEW ZEALAND Historic Precedents Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, MA Forest Hills, NY Sunnyside Gardens, NY Radburn, NJ Pine Street, Seattle Bungalow Courts, southern CA Foreword, by Sarah Susanka Introduction: What Is a Pocket Neighborhood? Part One Precedents: Historic Pocket Neighborhoods Chapter 1 Setting Up Camp Chapter 2 Gardens of Compassion Chapter 3 Visions of Garden Cities Chapter 4 The Bungalow Courts of California Chapter 5 Cottage Living Part Two Contemporary Pocket Neighborhoods Chapter 6 A New Cottage Court Chapter 7 A Neighborhood within a Neighborhood Chapter 8 A Pocket Neighborhood on a Challenging Site Chapter 9 The Neighborhood the Neighbors Built Chapter 10 Floating Communities Chapter 11 Lanes, Woonerfs, and Mental Speed Bumps Chapter 12 Back House, Front House, Lane Chapter 13 New Urban Pocket Neighborhoods Chapter 14 Lines of Enticement Chapter 15 Pocket Neighborhoods within a Village Part Three CoHousing Communities Chapter 16 Danish Origins Chapter 17 CoHousing in America Chapter 18 Greening the Neighborhood Chapter 19 Saging Communities Part Four Creating Pocket Neighborhoods in Existing Communities Chapter 20 Infill in a First-Ring Suburb Chapter 21 Urban Homesteads Chapter 22 Taking Down the Fences Chapter 23 Taking Back the Alley Chapter 24 Taking Back the Street Afterword: A Tapestry of Pocket Neighborhoods Resources Index
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