Alley Living is Good?

Narrative from the Rosedale-Nevitt-CPD Zoning Code Update Meeting

May 26, 2009 By Granny Kevin D

I sat in a group of REALLY nice ladies, and our assignment was to identify the context of what we thought was best for Rosedale. Their knowledge of the neighborhood was great, they’d lived there a long time, moved at least twice within Rosedale, and even built new homes over closer to Yale.

Granny Kevin: “Carriage homes behind single family homes down by Broadway make sense”

LADY#1: “Oh, I don’t think so, we used to live down there and there’s a bad problem with vagrants in the alley.”

G.K.: “Carriage homes are perfect for that. There’s less mischief by people in that alley because they know residents might be watching out their window down on the alley”.

LADY#2: “That’s true, but I would NEVER want to live on the Broadway-Lincoln alley”

GK: “No, but what if you were a waitress working in a restaurant on Broadway, sick of roommates and apartment buildings, and only making $1600/month? Wouldn’t you just love it?”

LADY #1: “I guess you’re right!”