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<br />� of ali t�nants. There are many �ther ways builder n�eds a manager wha can create �nd manager wcauld be a retired e�ementa ,
<br />in ; which parents can help, and all are sustain th� Yight kind vf atmosphere. There school priricipal "with a real gift foi.�com• ��
<br />ef�ective in .getting tenants to: identifp is n� agreemenit an the kind of person 5est rczunicating with this age group and their
<br />favarably with apartment management, suiced:fax that role.
<br />Similarly, same apartrtaenz mana ers have ` Brodsk ° parents—someone who has a deep .urider- ,' �..
<br />,� � �� y prefers men as mar�agexs, be- standing oi the thiriking patterns� and '�
<br />induced c�lder children ta help supervise the cause thcy h�ve a little more autharity." motivations of young children. ` '
<br />accivities of yaunger children. That arr�nge- Hickman, on the other hand, believes that "Whoever the manager �is, his job wil� be '.
<br />,' ment keeps a!l of the`kids under conrral: "men da not make good managers." 'i'he easier if the �,rojecc has beeri desi�ned�for the'
<br />T� get cPnant vc�lunteers, an �parc�ent Nelson report suggests that the ideal needs and problems of chiXdre�a." .` �
<br />, Fa�x�.��y �p�rt����s r�quir� s ��c��� ���i � �nd �� .� a � � o ,M� - .. �
<br />P � p ����� ���� ��e g�� w�z�d �.�,
<br />�� It's impcissible to plan a! �amily-apart- While just about every apartment builder yards (wereJ unusable for week� after, a.. ��
<br />� ment projec.t without cansidering the liv- knows ; that a buildang with a double- rain. ." '
<br />,ing patterns o# clzildren and parents. loa de d carri dor x�i ll run up maintenance In che units th,emselves, build��rs rarel •-
<br />S�me Calif�xnia vuilders believe; that the costs, nat everyone is aware af ehe dangers make major cc�ncessions �t� children's ca- �•
<br />` Ring �ir��hers made a major "mistake when of placing to� many units on one stairwa
<br />: che Y pacity for damage.
<br />,� y put up three•str�ry build'zngs at The in a family project. Says Hickman: "You can't create an en ��
<br />' H�arher. ' Says $ob Friedman, senior vxce presidenr vironment `that a k�id can,'t �destroy. , And
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<br />"�irst;, they have �to put in an elevatc�r, of Carl Freeman Associates: "If you pur the mare damage-proof you try to�make the
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<br />and that's'." e.cpex�sive;" says c�ne l�uilder faur to , six units on. a single stairway, unit, the bibger the challenge to the kid who
<br />wha;has visited the project; "Tlien they you'll liave too many kids c�ming out af the is descructive."
<br />' �uii into. resistlnice #r�m the mother whn units,`and you can`expect noise and main- The�e are thin s which a'
<br />` thinks that- the :elevat�rs are gning ta be tenance problems." Fxiedman says his however, :tci reduce maintena ce,: bnd Shey T
<br />tzed iip.all day by kids riding up and da�vn campany "has given. up o*� grass" in front usuall}� entail� such things as "m�re� tile in :'+
<br />� 'or pushing all �of the buttor�s. She' has vi- af buildings,' uszng grc�und caver instead: the bath'room, heavier use of `laminafed
<br />'� sic�ns c�f Iug�irzg h,'er kids up and down three 5culptured terrain _(moundin is '
<br />�i��]tS tJE 5t�1x5." S) gaining plastics on interinx surfaces, vinyl_ wal(-
<br />populaz�ity. ` coverings, and blackhoards and bulleti�
<br />� The Heather is b�lieved ta be rentirrg "Sxna]1 Ghildren not °
<br />yet interested in boards �n walls or c;lnset daors:
<br />mbre slowly ch��i antici}�ated, and builders g�mes," states the Nelsan report, ''enjoy Initial cost can be reduced by devising "
<br />`wlio have tnured the' project (and they these contoured 5urfaces that rnake even ways to make smaller units satisfy tenants'
<br />include alm�sc e'very build�r in California the graund a'play thing' that y�u can roil needs. The �1els�n report borrows an: idea
<br />wha is interested in eracking the fazilily- ar s�mersault` down and run up. Cont�ur- From single-family hai�iebuilders: the mas -"
<br />� apartment nZarket) e�ntend - that it's the ing, combzned with landscaping of the ter bedro�m �suite with an` alcove to be u�sed � '
<br />third-story ��art�rtents which are.mc'ving ridges, can define �r fxame play areas, as a bedraom for a child four years old'or, �
<br />'sli�wly, '
<br />� makin,g them look like s�mething. special, y�unger. '
<br />The �-Ieather s problem illustrafes the and giving a tivell-designed gzoup of play "With this small'bedro�m'; a couple with
<br />� dangers which characteriz� the family- pieces rnore impnrtance, and the appear- a young child can live in a 700-squaXe-foot
<br />''apartmez�t market, hccause the project is arice of m�re substance, than if spotted two-bedrs�om �unit," the report says;- The
<br />�. atheri���5e regarded as an outscanding ex• around a lar e flat area.
<br />� alc�ve could also be added'to a tw�-bedre�om '
<br />arriple of hiiw a family project shc�uld be Outda�r lighting also has ta be planned unit and markeced as a three-t�edrnom �
<br />desi��ed. '� with :children in mind. Carl Freeman a�artment. The report sug�ests that the;al-
<br />�tates the Nelson report: "A real effort Associates, which`has as much experience cc�ve could serve as an of�ice'or 'se�vi'ng
<br />h�s been made at The Heather ta meet the as'any�ne in the family �market, made the room if it is not needed as a bedroo.,m.' �'
<br />ne�ds . c�f . this rental g x a u g; T h e ,' a p a r t- m i s t a k � o f u s i n g; s t a n dar ds 2' hig h. " T hey S hare h�lder's Capital Carp. caf Los� Asi-,
<br />ments are bach :single-level and tc�wn- azan�� last," says' �riedman. 7'hey 'were gel.es is building a project in which it`makes.
<br />hc�use unzts in tw�• and three-stary build- replaced by standards 8' high. the children's bcdronm serve double dut ..
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<br />ings built amund; a twa-car �ark in th� The location of }�lay areas can be trouble- Callin chem " %� ' ` �'�
<br />g Jack,and Jill rooms, S�i�are-
<br />��nter' of the project. The site plan is s�me. Placing ane large playground in the holders will separate the �r�oms wich a,,'`^
<br />. tight, understandaUly, due ta the needed centcr �f a group nf aparcments affords sliding partitian. ��hen: ,the partitinn is re- .�'s
<br />density, buc �thc c>pen areas' are so wel] �arents 'the �ppc�rtunit}• tci supervise their tracted, the tw� b�drot�ms �ccc�me� a 29' x '
<br />don� ihat the tiglita�ess is ade;luately re- children without leaving the units. But 10%z'playronm. ' '� `"��
<br />lieved...: , This �mject reinfc�rc:ed .,. the" it also creates a concentrati�n af noise. ,vlore cost-reciucing design ini�ovacions �,
<br />v�lidit}� of the ccme�pt �f c�ffering qt,iality For that reasoti; there seems ta be a tendenc�� can be expecccd in the nexf year; becausr'� .�.��
<br />a�artmcnts t� yaung familics,` I�ut at rents �mong :builders to favor several play arcas as in n� c�ther ;y�e r�f h�using, fl�nily apart- °��
<br />they can aH�r�, It; als� s��o�ved .._, that scattered throughout a prniect. ments invite c:c�crimentation. The�demai�d �, �j
<br />relatively ; hi�h density can l�e ��chieved Dxainage in play areas should be g�od is substantiaL• the challengr is t� s�tci�f}� it �;°.�:,
<br />�NI']�1'� IICCCss;ary in a family prc�ject;if the enc�ugh c� make the areas use�ble ehe day wichout pricing tne. aparcmcn;ts� c7ut c�f.� chc.'
<br />r�pen arcas arc� handled,�vcll," ' after a rain. Of rhe prc�jccts survcyed Fc�r rzzarkct, ���
<br />I�ut :thc�rr is 1m�lc : �ppc�rtunify #rar the Nelson rcp�rt, `nlost of thcrn �vere Anc! -'fc�r huild�rs whc> find�, thc� ri�;lit'� .
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