Cohousing-L Mailing List: Undercover??/N St./Condo Conversion

[Joani Blank (jeblank]

You need to know something about the neighborhood where N Street did its
justifiably vaunted organic cohousing. First off, it is in a college town
where creative housing is likely to be be both desired and practiced.
Secondly,  the block they've settled was mainly rental housing when they
started their slow "conversion."  By contrast, I assume  in  the condo John
is talking about, most units are owner-occupied. Quite a different challenge
with a significantly less transient population. Also, N Street didn't have
the problem of getting the cars out of the middle. Or the prospect of trying
to purchase one of the units to turn it into a common house. Or even more
costly, trying to build a new common house building mid-complex.  

Joani