Compassion in the Treatment of the Homeless – San Jose as National Leader in the Solution of the Homeless Problem: Article draft

05/03/1990

Article Publication, Original Text

10-page draft of an article, response to the published “Not-so-soothing Surroundings at Unfinished Inn” in the San Jose Mercury newspaper about the San Jose Shelter for the Homeless. The response is trying to re-establish the accuracy of various facts and wrong assesments made by the newspaper article; it is accompanied by a draft of a forwarding letter the editor of the newspaper.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Article

Not-so-soothing Surroundings at Unfinished Inn 11/02/1990

Article

Authors:

Philip Harper

Published in:

San Jose Mercury News

References

Projects

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless 1986 to 1990

Julian St. & Montgomery St., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1989; final interior painting in 1990

Client:

Housing for Independent People - Al DiLudovico, Executive Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Carl Lindberg, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Oliver and Company, with Center for Environmetal Structure as major specialty subcontractor

Project cost:

$1,700,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by clients and C.E.S. Layout by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E

Design and construction of a shelter for homeless people, to serve 50 to 100 people, on a site of 13,000 sf. The building of 15,000 square feet includes offices, living areas with a dining hall, sleeping rooms, courtyards and gardens. ...

Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Notification that article will not be published with a recommendation for writing to the editor expressing views without accusations 07/03/1990

Publication, Article Publication, Notification

Sender:

Rob Elder, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, Ca, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter