You Can Go Home Again
For our feature “House Proud,” page 24, readers share touching memories of growing up in homes built in the ranch style, that stalwart of the suburbs. Based on California architecture that had open floor plans for ventilation, the ranch proved ideal for young families and for life in the suburbs, where the door was always open for a chat and a coffee or, as Judy Jones recalls in “Home Sweet Homes,” page 26, for an afternoon of TV viewing with all the kids on the street. Open-concept living became a philosophy of community life, especially in the 1950s and ’60s. This was a golden age for growing up, when kids burst out of the house on Saturday morning for a day of adventure, Mom waving them off with a quick “Be…