[Dialogue] renovated kitchen at 4750

[Evelyn Philbrook]

Thank you Terry for the photos! Congratulations on the transformation of 
the community family style kitchen!  I am sure the old walk in freezer 
and old stoves were not necessarily very green in keeping with the 
challenge to move into the future! Looks great, and exciting changes for 
all!  I saw the picture of Lela and Larry and Marge and the whole group.

Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook

On 4/11/2012 11:55 AM, Terry Bergdall wrote:
> Don (and to all who might be asking the same questions), the first 
> floor kitchen was closed a long time ago (in approximately 1990) with 
> a new one being established in the southwest corner of the Lawrence 
> wing on the sixth floor. It is this 20+ year old kitchen that was just 
> renovated. As I mentioned in an earlier "amendment" to my original 
> message, a new greenhouse has been created in the corner. Besides 
> herbs it will produce green leafy salad produce and some tomatoes. I 
> am working on growing arugula.
>
> Some of the current residents, and their guests, who you might 
> recognize are Ed Feldmanis, Marge Philbrook, Lela Philbrook, and her 
> father, Larry, who was visiting from Taiwan, Pam Bergdall, Dennis 
> Jennings, James Addington, and Cheryl Hood, who was visiting from 
> Seattle. Most of the others were residents that you probably don't 
> know and some of ICA-USA's current staff:  Lesley Showers, Nina Winn, 
> Fara Taylor, Tyra Taylor, and Seva Gandhi. I wish you all had a chance 
> to personally meet these very fine people (and the rest of the staff, 
> all of whom are terrific).
>
> There definitely is no lunch cafeteria for daytime offices (which 
> implies a cook and commercial food service). The image of the new 
> kitchen is sharp contrast as a "shared family-style community 
> kitchen." Everyone has their own cupboard and storage basket in the 
> refrigerator and freezer. People can choose to share prep & clean-up 
> of meals with selected others, or not. We have tried to incorporate 
> basic features of "co-housing" principles into the design. These 
> provide space that allows community life when desired -- and 
> individual life when that is preferred. These co-housing features are 
> key component, I think, to creating a successful community residence 
> today. The new kitchen is certainly catalyzing a new discussion among 
> the 25 or so of us who currently are living on the upper floors of 
> 4750. It also is expanding our interpretation of "community" because 
> it also involves ICA staff who work on the sixth floor during the day 
> but who do not live here the rest of the time (though there is a 
> growing group of staff who are choosing to live here as well). It is a 
> very dynamic community environment.
>
> Terry
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Don Hinkelman <hinkel at sgu.ac.jp 
> <mailto:hinkel at sgu.ac.jp>> wrote:
>
>     Lovely pictures, Terry.  Makes me want to come over and join you
>     all for dinner!
>
>     By the way, is it actually in the same location as the old
>     commercial kitchen on first floor?  Or on an upper floor?
>     Does it mean that the kitchen serves as lunch cafeteria during the
>     day for all the offices, as well as a breakfast/dinner area for
>     residents?
>     Was that a herb garden I noticed? That seems in keeping with the
>     new name of the building "Green Rise".
>     It would be nice to see the names of all the people (I recognize
>     only a few faces) on the "Group2" photo.
>     http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenrise/6911236254/in/set-72157629768903539/
>
>     Cheers,
>     Don
>
>
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