Category: Communities

Nobody’s on the fence: Part 3, future

27 September, 2012 (09:50) | Communities, fences, Housing, Local issues, Neighborhood, New Haven, Politics, Public housing, Security |

[Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.]   By:David A. Smith   In the two posts preceding this one, we’ve dealt with New Haven, Connecticut’s desire, called to my attention by dedicated reader Matthew Healy using a New Haven Register (September 6) story, about a fence that kept the residents of a [...]

Nobody’s on the fence: Part 2, present

26 September, 2012 (09:50) | Communities, fences, Housing, Local issues, Neighborhood, New Haven, Politics, Public housing, Security |

[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]   By:David A. Smith   Yesterday’s post, inspired by faithful reader Matthew Healy, brought us a New Haven Register (September 6) story about a contentious fence, that New Haven, CT wants its neighbor Hamden to take down.    Hamden– The fence along Woodin Avenue in Hamden dividing New Haven and [...]

Nobody’s on the fence: Part 1, past

25 September, 2012 (10:05) | Communities, fences, Housing, Local issues, Neighborhood, New Haven, Politics, Public housing, Security | 1 comment

By:David A. Smith   Fences (and walls) not only divide, they also separate.    The New Haven side of the fence marks the back yard of Ribicoff Cottages part of the public assisted housing at Brookside.   People use them to keep things out:   The walls of Avila People use them to keep things [...]

The genius of small and self-helped

29 March, 2012 (10:12) | Communities, Construction, Hawaii, Homeownership, Innovations, Rural Development, Section 502, US News |

By:David A. Smith   On vacation on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Boss and I were passing through Hawi, about as remote as one can get in the Big Island (except the hostile hippie haven of Puna), and as we drive through the one-street one-light town I rubbernecked at what was obviously an affordable housing development [...]

City snow: owning the street

7 January, 2011 (11:20) | Boston, Cities, Communities, Infrastructure, Law, Local issues, Parking, Urban life, US News |

By: David A. Smith    [Connected to yesterday's post about sidewalk shoveling.]   Yesterday’s story on the perils of urban snowfall, using one Boston Globe article (Arial font) and one New York Times article (Georgia font), focused on the bright side of shoveling – the duty of a property owner to maintain the healthiness and accessibility [...]