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<br />. Interrelationships: <br /> <br />o Many houses are close beside one another, separated only by a narrow driveway or less. <br />House designs (e.g., facing gabled roofs) and living patterns acknowledge this compact <br />pattern and respect the importance of adjacent neighbors' privacy along this interface. <br />o Small front yards are semi-public spaces where residents of a house may observe or <br />interact with pedestrians or adjacent neighbors. These areas provide a graceful <br />transition between street life and life inside the house. <br />o Most rectangular lots have private backyards with lawns, gardens, or landscaping. In <br />this area, a house's residents have a general sense of spatial openness, relative <br />insulation from immediate street noise, and a fair degree of privacy from other <br />neighbors viewing backyard activities. <br /> <br />. Cumulatively there's an extensive amount of natural vegetation and wildlife. <br />o Many lots have vegetable and flower gardens and/or extensive, informal landscaping. <br />o Numerous large "heritage" trees and many medium-sized trees. <br />o Extensive wild birdlife and small mammals (e.g., squirrels, raccoons, and bats) <br /> <br />The elements listed above interrelate in important, sometimes subtle, ways to create the <br />ETN's special character. The people, the spatial elements of the neighborhood, the implicit <br />interrelationships among adjacent properties, and the natural elements are the most important <br />determinants of this character. <br /> <br />November 1, 2005 <br /> <br />Chambers Revisited - Neighbors' Report <br /> <br />IV <br />