Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing in Unique Structure Tornado near Fred

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

Feasibility?  I presume you're considering remodeling the school for housing.  
Well-built but obsolete old school buildings get converted to residential 
purposes all the time, and there's no reason why it wouldn't work for cohousing 
as well.  As with any adaptive re-use project, expect some inefficiencies and 
compromises while trying to fit a new use into an existing jacket.  
Good-looking site.


R Philip Dowds AIA
175 Harvey Street, Unit 5
Cambridge, MA 02140
617.354.6094

On May 25, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Fred H Olson wrote:

> Howe school in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis has been vacant for 
> several years
> and is for sale.  I had a query from a neighborhood person about the 
> possibility of
> cohousing there.  Here is an image of the site.  The wole block in the middle.
> http://mn.cohousing.org/howe/site1.png
> 
> I'd welcome comments on feasibility etc.