Re: Photos of Community Interiors
From: Alice Alexander (alicecohousgmail.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:23:06 -0800 (PST)
Yes, Daniel, that sounds terrific, thank you!
Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Daniel Lindenberger <
daniel [at] smallboxcms.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'd be happy to make a picasa album for this that we could cross tag by
> type of location and community.
>
> As with the policy database, I'd ask people to put photos forward that they
> are comfortable entering into the public domain via a share-alike
> attribution license, so that any of us can use them, as long as we give
> proper attribution (who took them, where they are from).
>
> If that sounds good to folks, let me know and I'll begin collecting.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Catya Belfer <catya [at] pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If someone wants to take on doing this and puts them someplace like
> picasa
> > or flickr, it's very easy for me (as cohousing.org webmaster) to them
> make
> > slideshows that automatically update when new pix are added.
> Categorizing
> > them is best :)  Picasa I like better because flickr slideshows don't
> start
> > automatically.
> >
> > (Flickr Examples:
> > http://mosaic-commons.org/plans
> > http://mosaic-commons.org/chplans
> > http://mosaic-commons.org/site )
> >
> > A fun project would be to go google maps satellite views of communities,
> > like the one of Mosaic on this page: http://mosaic-commons.org/site
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >      - cat
> >
> > Catya Belfer   -  www.catya.org
> > Technical Director   -   www.cohousing.org
> > Cohousing in MA - www.mosaic-commons.org
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Daniel Lindenberger <
> > daniel [at] smallboxcms.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I love this idea. I wonder if any communities would be interested in
> > > contributing floor plans and other design details as well?
> > >
> > > I think it would be amazing to be able to do some research at some
> point
> > on
> > > the relationships of our architecture & design, and the way that it has
> > > shaped our community, our activities, our conflicts etc.
> > >
> > > I'd happily contribute pictures from Windsong and try to seek images
> from
> > > other Canadian cohousing projects.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Sharon Villines <
> > > sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I was recently at Cornerstone which has a lovely guest room. It was
> > light
> > > > and airy and very conveniently furnished. I took pictures to bring
> back
> > > to
> > > > our guest room pod. Our strategy has been pretty much Salvation Army
> > and
> > > > donations.
> > > >
> > > > Our rooms don't have sun and donations have been of very dark wood.
> > Not a
> > > > happy sight. We are now refurbing and the ideas from Cornerstone were
> > > very
> > > > helpful in convincing the Pod that we could do better. (It also
> helped
> > to
> > > > have evidence that others _were_ doing better.)
> > > >
> > > > BUT the point of this is that it would be nice to have an archive of
> > > > pictures on the Cohousing.org site of:
> > > >
> > > > Guest rooms
> > > > Laundry rooms
> > > > Kids rooms
> > > > Workshops
> > > > Dining Rooms
> > > > Kitchens
> > > > Etc.
> > > >
> > > > It would a fabulous way to do research. Many communities are now old
> > > > enough to begin redesigning spaces. We are planning to redesign our
> > > kitchen
> > > > in the next 5-10 years. This kind of resource would be so helpful.
> > > >
> > > > I am not offering to build the archive but would contribute photos
> from
> > > > Takoma Village if we had such an archive.
> > > >
> > > > Sharon
> > > > ----
> > > > Sharon Villines
> > > > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > > > http://www.takomavillage.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Alice Alexander
Executive Director
www.cohousing.org <http://www.cohous.org>
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