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Project: Greenwood Avenue Cottages
Architect: Ross Chapin Architects
Developer: The Cottage Company
Photographer: Karen DeLucas |
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Shared Common Space
The shared common space at the heart of a pocket neighborhood is what holds it together and gives it vitality. This space may take the form of a garden courtyard, a playspace at the center of a block, a reclaimed alley, or a community room shared by urban apartment dwellers. The commons is neither private (home, yard) nor public (a busy street, park), but rather a defined space between the private and public realms. Residents surrounding this space share in its management, care and oversight, thereby enhancing a felt and actual sense of security and identity.. |
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When neighbors participate in envisioning, building, and using a shared commons, they simultaneously build relationships with one another.
— Karl Linn , landscape architect & community organizer
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