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By Christine Brun, Special to the U-T6:06 p.m.Sept. 12, 2014
As summer slowly drifts away, I turn nostalgic thinking of neighborhoods where folks sit on porch swings. Ive never had one but, admittedly, long for a shady overhang similar to those I read about in novels.
My family moved to San Diego in August of 1958, to the northernmost edge of town. It was a new subdivision of ranch-style homes with big backyards on a canyon in North Clairemont; there was no University City then. We had rattlesnakes and scorpions galore as the wild mesa had been disturbed by the recent construction.
Porches were minimal; yet, because everyone had four or five kids, we were outside on the street during the summer. Mostly, I had my dreamy seeds for front porches planted by visiting my grandmothers Los Angeles home. It was a Spanish Revival and had an enclosed front patio that was protected by a low stucco wall.
I knew that Mission Hills and Bankers Hill had loads of generous porches, because I rode my bike through those areas as a kid. I found traditional houses intoxicating, not so much because of specific architectural styles, but because they appeared welcoming. South Park, North Park and Golden Hill also have bungalows with porches. We have pockets like Bird Rock and Kensington that feel cozy through style, scale and those alluring front porches.
I now live in Bay Ho, where neighbors are friendly, but I know that we could chat even more if warm evenings found residents sitting outside. My father grew up in New York City and recalled how folks would hang out on the stoops. I played with that mental snapshot many times, imagining how it would feel to be visiting outside as the evening gradually grew cooler.
Where do we all hang? Concealed in the backyard so that we dont have to interact at the end of a long day? In front of our huge TV screens, hiding from other humans? Having kids helps with the human interactions; children knock on the door to play, and suddenly there is an interface. But what about people in different phases of life and without little ones? What brings them together? You cannot know someone that you dont ever see.
How much better might we feel if we could talk with one another in a casual way? And how much wealthier would our neighborhood life be if we knew those who live three doors up and five doors down? I definitely get the feeling that some people would rather not be bothered and view a neighbor as potential usurper of precious time. After all, there is randomness to who neighbors are and where they are from when you live in our county. San Diego neighborhoods may not be the same as long-established ones in Ohio or Indiana, where families might live continuously for generations. Nevertheless, is it really better to hide away in the backyard? How I envy those porch swings in South Carolina or Virginia.
The prototype cottage shown here was developed as a solution to the FEMA trailer, immediately post Hurricane Katrina, by architect Marianne Cusato, author of Getting Your House Right and The Just Right Home. While space was limited to 300 square feet, the architect felt strongly that a front porch was imperative if she was to deliver a sense of comfort to homeowners who had just lost everything and were used to the features of old houses.
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Front porches are mighty neighborly
You often hear people speak with wistful nostalgia of a time back in the day. Everything was brighter and more cheerful then, you were friendly with all of your neighbors, and you spent many long summer nights gathering on one anothers porches. That might be idealism talking, but its certainly true that these days we rarely look up from our iPhones to notice the people aroundus.
Spokane photographer Marshall Peterson is looking to recapture that sense of kinship by spearheading PorchFest West Central, a celebration of art and community that will take place Saturday afternoon in and
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When: 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: West Central neighborhood
Cost: Free
For a map of participating porches and a complete list of featured performers, visit http://www.porchfestwestcentral.com.
You often hear people speak with wistful nostalgia of a time back in the day. Everything was brighter and more cheerful then, you were friendly with all of your neighbors, and you spent many long summer nights gathering on one anothers porches. That might be idealism talking, but its certainly true that these days we rarely look up from our iPhones to notice the people aroundus.
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PorchFest builds on neighborly spirit - Fri, 12 Sep 2014 PST
Brian Eason, brian.eason@indystar.com 4:15 p.m. EDT September 11, 2014
Thursday, September 11th, 2014, the Kirsh family sits on their front porch in Carmel Indiana. Left to right, Jacque Kirsh, grandson Holden Kirsh, age 1, Steve Kirsh.(Photo: Michelle Pemberton/The Star)
CARMEL Music venues don't get much more intimate than this.
A few blocks north of the state-of-the-art Palladium concert hall, more than 40 acts will perform in a Carmel neighborhood Sunday afternoon, using porches for a stage.
Organizers have high hopes that the quirky event, the city's inaugural PorchFest, will turn into an annual showcase of emerging musicians as well as the suburb's revitalized urban core.
For its first year, 43 acts will play on 20 porches along around three square blocks of the Arts & Design District northwest of Main Street and Rangeline Road. City Councilwoman Sue Finkam, the event chairwoman, said they're going for a laid back, grassroots atmosphere, with festival-goers bringing their own lawn chairs, food and drink.
Think of it as a small get-together with friends, gathered around an acoustic guitar except with more music genres, a larger audience and likely more talent than the last porch-side concert you attended. Finkam said a panel of judges whittled down the field from close to 70 applicants, and all but a handful were deemed "performance ready" for the 40-minute sets.
The lineup will play from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and includes rock, blues, folk, and classical; acoustic sets and amplifiers; four-piece bands and solo acts. Plus, with as many as eight artists performing at once, visitors will have a plethora of alternatives if they find certain performers not to their tastes.
The original PorchFest was held in 2007 in Ithaca, N.Y., a city of about 30,000. Seven years later, Ithaca has seen the festival grow to 137 artists, and offshoots have sprung up in more than a dozen cities around the country.
Finkam said Mayor Jim Brainard suggested the festival last year after seeing another PorchFest elsewhere, and the idea took off from there. And while the music is the biggest selling point, Finkam's said she's most excited about the potential it has to connect people to Carmel.
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