Tag: neighborhood

Occupying My Living Room

10.30.11, 2:23pm Comments (5)

Corbyn Hightower's family can't Occupy — they have school-age children, babysit, have no car, and live twenty miles from the closest site of activism. But they're feeling the effects of the movement as it ripples through their networks and informs almost every conversation. Read more »

Princely Produce on a Pauper's Budget

By Corbyn Hightower

08.11.11, 6:23pm Comments (1)

Sometimes I think we are the only family at the grocery store that buys collard greens and kale. We go through the line and, inevitably, the checker has to look up the code on her laminated cheat sheet. Read more »

How to Build a Better Block

By Jason Roberts

08.02.11, 7:47am Comments (0)

The organizer of the first Better Block Project in Oak Cliff, Texas explains how to improve your neighborhood, grassroots-style. Read more »

When Life Gives You Crabapples, Make Something Somewhat Palatable

By Corbyn Hightower

07.28.11, 1:29pm Comments (4)

Start with a dilapidated but cheap house. Move there under duress perhaps, maybe because it’s cheaper or because you need safe haven from things that are harming you. Read more »

Talking About the Debbies

By Corbyn Hightower

06.05.11, 5:32pm Comments (0)

In the latest entry in her recession diaries, Corbyn Hightower takes a look at how children understand poverty. Read more »

Indy Hall Coworking Expands To Offer Cohousing

By Beth Buczynski

05.07.11, 5:39pm Comments (0)

Independent's Hall, Philadelphia's most cleverly-named collaborative workspace, recently announced a project that will bring the coworking values home...literally. Read more »