In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time by Peter Lovenheim

Author:Peter Lovenheim
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Sociology, Neighborliness - United States, Social Science, Neighborhoods, Communities - United States, Social networks - United States, Community, General, United States, Neighborhoods - United States, Social networks, Communities, Essays, Neighborliness, Community - United States
ISBN: 9780399535710
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-04-06T17:46:38.452000+00:00

JAMIE had gotten me wondering if I could find other examples of individual homeowners sharing property, and the ways in which they might gather together and make use of their common space. Later, a little research showed that, while it’s not common, it does exist.

• “I’m lucky to live in Shore Acres,” Dan Postotnik, a resident of that mixed- income Cleveland neighborhood on the shore of Lake Erie, wrote me. The 168 Shore Acres homeowners share two park properties, which are overseen and maintained by their neighborhood association. One of the parks, the size of a city lot, is used primarily as a playground. Neighborhood volunteers installed swings and slides, benches, and “a giant barbecue big enough for the whole neighborhood to celebrate together on the Fourth of July,” according to association president Meg Doerr. The other property, covering three lots, had been used as a tennis court until recently when residents decided to convert it into another park with a large picnic shelter and community gardens. Residents pay just $50 annually to cover taxes and insurance on the two properties. Volunteers clean up the parks in spring and fall, removing tree branches and mulching around the playground.

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