Crates, Kegs, and Belonging: Making Places for Identity in a Midwestern Back Alley

Sandin, Karl

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“…Geisler [11] and Perry [12] examined the use of libraries and private businesses as urban hybrid spaces allowing homeless persons to maintain a non-homeless persona while simultaneously seeking shelter. Similarly, hidden spaces such as alleyways can serve as identity forming spaces as well as squatting places [13,14]. Attending to physical details of urban life, Hopper [3] described how the homeless use New York City's parks, alleys, steam tunnels, and airports for daily survival.…”

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Homeless Interactions with the Built Environment: A Spatial Pattern Language of Abandoned Housing

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Research demonstrates that homeless individuals use urban space in adaptive and endemic ways. Investigations at city and neighborhood scales would benefit from attention to homeless use of abandoned housing. We employ the pattern language approach developed by Christopher Alexander for twenty-two abandoned houses in Newark, Ohio. We use statistical and geospatial data analyses to evaluate hypotheses related to prospect and refuge site qualities, accessibility, and attractiveness to homeless persons, and the proximity of sites to resources. Factors related to prospect/refuge, accessibility, and resource proximity were consistent with the hypotheses. Results can be grouped into four distinct patterns: ‘Hiding Places,’ ‘Welcome Mat,’ ‘Shelter (Un)becoming,’ and ‘Proximity to Resources.’ Based on these patterns, we conclude with recommendations for officials and organizations addressing homelessness.

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