Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousin_L Enclosed "street" between homes

[James Kacki (jimkacki]

It sounds like it is a wonderful amenity for everyone, and a real  
meeting place, as the best streets are.
James

On 21-Mar-08, at 10:29 AM, Joelyn Malone wrote:

> From: "Craig Ragland" <craigragland [at] gmail.com>
> Joelyn, is "The Tunnel" used? Just during "bad" weather?
>
> We use it all the time, to avoid having to put on coats and boots -  
> remember, it can be cold weather here from November through April,  
> and stormy anytime. The kids run back and forth to eachothers  
> houses all the time barefoot, even in the coldest weather. But it  
> also gets used as runway for kids on scooters, a storm tunnel  
> during tornado warnings, a convenient way to haul trash and compost  
> in our little red wagons over to the dumpster area, and the only  
> stair-less way to get into the main house (which still has its  
> original 1924 elevator). Also access to eachother's units without a  
> key for things like feeding cats when the owners are gone, as we  
> mostly leave our "tunnel" doors unlocked.
>
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