A Comparison of Two South Phoenix Neighborhoods
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Subdivision Identity & Landscape Survey Data Sheet #1
DOBBINS CREEK
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|
Subdivision
name |
Dobbins Creek (Planned in
harmony with nature) |
|
Development
type(master planned, tract, custom) |
Tract |
|
Mean
house value or range |
$110,000-300,00+ |
|
Ethnicity
& Race(% Anglo/Black/Hispanic) |
Too new to tell |
|
Number
of houses |
200 |
|
Identity
tag (based on team members' fieldwork observations, with brief
gloss) |
"10
Minutes from Everything" is their marketing slogan; the signs
are inside and outside of the development. |
Subdivision
Landscape Signatures
Institutional
|
Cul-de-sacs |
Yes |
|
Epitome
space |
Secluded
island oasis |
|
House
style variety |
Sonoma/Tuscany/Valante' |
|
Size
of lots & homes |
1397-3698
sq. ft. homes, lots not very big at all.
|
|
Turf
markers |
Gated
community/block walls around perimeter. |
|
Other |
HOA's
and CC&R's (need
mention?) |
Personal
|
Anti-crime
features |
Home
within a gated community |
|
Front
yard enclosures |
Some
homes have courtyards |
|
House
ornamentation |
Too
new to tell |
|
House
color variety |
Beige
to darker beige |
|
Individualistic
mailboxes |
Locked
cluster mailboxes |
|
Xeriscaping |
Yes |
|
Yard
art |
Too
new, so far only the plants, rocks, etc.
|
|
Other |
|
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Subdivision Identity & Landscape Survey Data Sheet #2
A Place With No Name
|
Subdivision
name |
None
given |
|
Development
type (master planned, tract, custom) |
Ad
hoc-individual home builders |
|
Mean
house value or range |
Property
probably more valuable than the houses.
Estimate 150,000 to 300,000. |
|
Ethnicity
& Race
(%
Anglo/Black/Hispanic) |
Black,
White and Hispanic but don't know percentages. |
|
Number
of houses |
~30 |
|
Identity
tag(based on team members' fieldwork observations, with brief gloss) |
To
each his, or her, own |
Subdivision
Landscape Signatures
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Institutional
|
Cul-de-sacs |
None---very
easy to get into and out of. |
|
Epitome
space |
None
designed |
|
House
style variety |
Varies
greatly |
|
Size
of lots & homes |
1/4
to 1/2 acre |
|
Turf
markers |
None
by the institution |
|
Other |
No
HOA's or CC&R's assumed because of the conditions of some of the
homes, especially the yards. |
Personal
|
Anti-crime
features |
Surveillance
warning signs |
|
Front
yard enclosures |
High
bushes, chain link fences, wrought iron fences, brick walls |
|
House
ornamentation |
Every
single house has its own unique style |
|
House
color variety |
From red brick to beige
stucco |
|
Individualistic
mailboxes |
Yes,
but very few are custom designed |
|
Xeriscaping |
Many
of the houses have desert yards but I would not consider them xeriscaped.
|
|
Yard
art |
Flag
poles, windmills, wishing wells, bird baths, and collections of other
stuff. |
|
Other |
|
LAST UPDATED 4-7-2002