Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: enclosed "street" between homes

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Mar 17, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Audrey Watson wrote:

> Windsong Cohousing in  B.C. Canada has a covered "street" between  
> the homes.
> http://www.windsong.bc.ca/tours.htm  Pictures of it show up  
> occasionally and they call it a "street".

This looks beautiful and very convenient for BC. I'm wondering how you  
deal with the noise.

We have a three to four story piazza enclosed on four sides with a 12  
foot or so entry way, open to the sky. The reverberations of ball  
playing and voices is problematic for many. The sound is louder at the  
top than at the bottom.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org