[Dialogue] renovated kitchen at 4750

[Lawrence Philbrook]

It is a great space and was a great party.  It was a pleasure to be a 
part even briefly of a profound moment

With respect, Larry

Lawrence Philbrook, Certified ToP Facilitator
Director, Institute of Cultural Affairs Taiwan
www.icatw.com Tel: 8862-2871-3150 Fax: 8862-2871-2870
Skype: icalarry

President ICA International/ Member Global Leadership Team
ICAI Office c/o ICA Canada, 655 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON.  M4M 1G4 Canada
www.ica-international.org


On 4/12/2012 2:08 AM, Ellie Stock wrote:
> Congrats on the new kitchen, Terry, et al!
> Carleton and Ellie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com>
> To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 10:55 pm
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] renovated kitchen at 4750
>
> 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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