[Dialogue] renovated kitchen at 4750

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Terry, do you have kitchen(ette)s in your apartments?
Jann
 
 
In a message dated 4/11/2012 11:52:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
wandah70 at gmail.com writes:

A  "fantastic" renewal of a very important space in the life of the ICA  
building.  I love the urban garden too!

GREAT JOB!!!

I look  forward to participating in the feasting dynamic in this space  
someday.

Wanda

> -----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 (t
hough there is a growing  group of staff who are choosing to live here as 
well). It is a very dynamic  community environment.    
> 
> Terry
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