Re: Chicago cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson![]() |
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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:44:39 -0600 |
Craig A. Cunningham UCCUNNIN [at] UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU is the author of the message below but due to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred). **************** FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS ********************* The "Woodlawn group" is moving forward with our plans. I recently joined with a "core group" of about 18 people who are discussing the process of putting together a cohousing group at 63rd and Woodlawn, in Chicago. Levy Rivers (waldo [at] ais.net) is also participating, but as a consultant. I'm not sure if Levy is interested in living in the cohousing or not. (Levy?) The group's plans currently include taking about 1/2 block of dilapidated buildings and empty lots and creating a 23 -30 unti mixed income, mixed race, mixed generation cohousing development. Plans are VERY sketchy at the moment, although a boarded up building has been purchased, and a video is being put together to recruit potential members and financing. There are also talks with the people who control several vacant lots near the boarded up building. A prelminary idea sketch has been drawn, which suggests building a number of townhomes of various sizes with a central grassy area, a common "apartment" in the big building, and connections to another mixed-income housing development on the same block. BTW, 63rd and Woodlawn is in an area of Chicago that was pretty much burned down in the late 1960s and 1970s. But the University of Chicago has spurred development of the area. Although the Woodlawn group has no specific ties to the U of C, it may benefit from a general change in the neighborhood, although one of the problems with the U of C approach (which pioneered "urban development" in the late 1950s and 1960s) is that it pushes out all the "locals" and replaces them with yuppies and university types. The cohousing group wants to fight this trend by remaining mixed income. I have met with the core group once, and we are planning another meeting for Friday the 8th of February. Our next meeting is a 'discuss the vision' meeting. Let me know if anyone is interested in more information. -Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig A. Cunningham C-Cunningham2 [at] neiu.edu Asst. Professor, Educational Foundations, Northeastern Illinois University http://www.ecnet.net/users/uccunnin/index.html
- Re: Chicago cohousing, (continued)
- Re: Chicago cohousing David L. Mandel, January 28 1996
- Re: Chicago cohousing Levy N. Rivers, January 28 1996
- Re: Chicago cohousing Caryn Olczyk, January 29 1996
- Re: Chicago Cohousing Fred H Olson WB0YQM, January 30 1996
- Re: Chicago cohousing Fred H Olson WB0YQM, January 30 1996
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