Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Vertical cohousing in the city

[DHCano (DHCano]

Third, some shared outdoor space -- if there's any on the ground floor, make
it into a common patio or container garden, if not (and maybe even if so), a
roof garden.

In a message dated 99-01-13 03:44:17 EST, jeblank [at] ic.org writes:

>I've often imagined an urban cohousing community made in an urban apartment
>building, but there would be two absolute requirements in my opinion. 
>
>One is that the common house be on the ground floor, perhaps made out of
>lobby space plus one or two units with one kitchen and all but bearing
>walls removed and rearranged to suit uses decided on by the group. 
>The second thing would be to find a way, if possible of opening up the
>individual apartments onto the elevator lobby or corridor.