Green Building: Going…Going…Green!

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VI. Living Lanes

You are probably wondering how we got this past the fire department? This Living Lane is connected to another Living Lane to the West via a Fire Lane that looks like a driveway; so the fire truck can drive through. This fire lane/driveway also serves as a pedestrian and bikeway connection to the next Living Lane.

As a result, we have a very fine pedestrian and bikeway grid, which is a crucial encouragement to pedestrianism. However, we have severely limited the automobile to our main Neighborhood street.

The private Living Lanes allow us to attract what we call the middle third of the market – those buyers who want a more neighborly lifestyle but also want a lot of privacy. These are the buyers who like a little more neighborliness, but they still want conventional suburban houses with front accessed garages. We provide the best of all worlds – the quintessential cul-de-sac, a narrow private lane that's safe for kids and tough on outside cars, a neighborly cluster of houses with a shared gathering place and play place, all combined with a conventional suburban house with front access garage.

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