Show GOOD USE FOR VACANT LOTS Chicago Health Department Would Permit Children to Play on Unused Un tin used Land Land Favors Favors Gardens Vacant is a misnomer for most unused city lots They may not have dwellings on them and anti in that sense they may be vacant but in very many cases they are strewn with unsightly unhealthy litter Instead of that they ought to contain that which is healthful health health- ful ful sightly sightly things objects that by their very presence tend to create good citizenship The Chicago health department evidently had all this in iD mind when it circulated these vacant vacant vacant va cant lot rules Love your neighbors neighbor's lot as you do your our own own but but be sure to love your own rubbish rubbish rubbish rub rub- Dont plant tomato cans or bish on unused land their fruiN are withered civic pride Dont allow tumble-down tumble to stand on valuable land they at are financially wasteful they create filth invite vice and lire are are a menace tc life lie S SA A fence that has ceased to be t E. fen fence e and has become an offense should be repaired or destroyed Unregulated advertising on unus unused land and s lys ys for the m maintenance e of a public nuisance School gardens are valuable ad ad- to education and recreation Tt ey can be cultivated d on an open lot lot ot Let the children play on the un UD unused u used ed land so that they may become strong and keep out of the hands of ot the law Let not an inch of land be kept in Idleness It has a divine right to bear fruit and fio flowers ers and ever serve the highest interest of ot otman man These commandments commandments says the de department department department first written and circulated by y the Suburban Planning association of Philadelphia must commend themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to all good citizens s. s |