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Amazon.com
It is not an overstatement to say this idea could revolutionize our country. (Don’t roll your eyes.) This movement has the potential to create stronger families, greater support circles for our youth, alternative housing options for the elderly, more affordable living, lower healthcare costs, and a healthier environment. Read more... |
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 | Good Developments Come in Small Packages
New Urban Network
... (Ross Chapin) understands — and explains with great clarity — (pocket neighborhoods’) place in the social, historical, and metropolitan scheme of things. He possesses a Christopher Alexander-like ability to show how all the pieces of a house and a neighborhood can fit together, composing a profoundly satisfying environment. Read more... |
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 | Spring Reading
Residential Architect Magazine
Architect Ross Chapin's Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World (The Taunton Press, $30) offers a charming and inspiring antidote to sprawl in the form of small-scale, infill neighborhoods that foster a sense of community.
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 | Guide Review
About.com
The Bottom Line: Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World is a book recommended for anyone interested in creating a better way of living through improved community ties. Read more... |
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 | The Latest Small-Scale Community Trend
CBS MoneyWatch.com
In his new book, Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, architect and author Ross Chapin discusses the real estate trend of small community development. Read more... |
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 | The Perfect Place to Live
Innovation Circle Network | Europe
Imagine you live in small community where kids can play beyond the front gate, your neighbor would feed your cat while you are on vacation and you help the older man next door cutting a hedge. That is what Ross Chapin calls a Pocket Neighborhood. Read more... |
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 | Pocket Neighborhoods — Book Review
Tiny House Blog
I recently received Ross Chapin’s new book called Pocket Neighborhoods to review and share with you. This is a beautiful coffee table style hard bound book written by Ross Chapin. Ross Chapin is an architect and long-time advocate for sensibly sized houses and vibrant neighborhoods. Read more... |
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 | ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW:
Pocket Neighborhoods by Ross Chapin
Thirty Creative Studio
The book starts with a charismatic forward by Sarah Susanka in which she expresses her hopes for a new revival of small community neighborhoods; or should I say, a more generalized use. She opens the doors to the discussion between neighborhoods designed with the automobile in mind versus those organized with the individuals in mind. Read more... |
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 | Small Clusters of Homes Make the Best Communities
Planetizen
Jay Walljasper reviews Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating a Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World by architect Ross Chapin. Chapin says that small cluster of living units or houses that share a common area are the best breeding grounds for neighborliness. Read more.... |
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 | Pocket Neighborhoods, A Small-Scale Community Real Estate Trend
Realtyjoin.com
A new book, Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World by Ross Chapin with Foreword by Sarah Susanka , discusses the real estate trend of small community development. This inventive and increasingly popular paradigm for local living seeks to fill the void left by global expansion. Read more... |
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