New Urban News

Was catching up on filing and found my sample copy of the New Urban News. The subtitle says it is “covering design and development of human scale neighborhoods.” The content is billed as being for “planners, developers, architects, builders, public officials and others who are interested in the creation of human-scale communities”.

I see it as a resource for advocating ideas, and a report on community design trends, as well as new projects and legislation. The website seems to get richer and richer each time I visit.

Windows and Ivy on PCH

Taken through the front windshield as we inched by on the Pacific Coast Highway. I love beautifully crafted windows, and every one is different. Without them, all that ivy would just be… well, ivy.

Defining Community (a start)

com·mu·ni·ty
–noun, plural -ties.

1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2. a locality inhabited by such a group.
3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars.
4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe.
5. Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule.
6. Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property.
8. similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests.
9. the community, the public; society: the needs of the community.

American Psychological Association (APA): community. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved June 15, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community

Chicago Manual Style (CMS): community. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community (accessed: June 15, 2007).

Modern Language Association (MLA): “community.” Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 15 Jun. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/community>.