Show 1 WN t i t. t I BUILT BUIL ALONG MODERN Eastern J Journal Gives Excellent Example Ex Ex- ample emple of How Subdivision May MayBe MayBe Be De Laid Out to Advantage We Ve have recently received ed circulars describing one one real estate de now under way which excellently Illus mus Illustrates a new stand of the employer ere In this case the manufacturer manufacturer- had a tract of wooded well well land rising from froma a river bank In gentle slope acquired d nt at a n reasonable price se several years ago and offering every opportunity for enlightened treatment Half a century century cen cen- tury ury ago ngo this would have ha been defaced defaced defaced de de- faced bythe erection of primitive barracks barracks bar bar- racks ov overhanging the river built as as' near each other a as s possible and run up into the air nir hs as marty malty stories as ns the most exhausted employee could manage manago man- man ago age to climb at nt the end of of the days day's work A pestilential eyesore would have been created to dishearten those c condemned to dwell within It It and to rebuke the town it defaced Under nd r the new dispensation another motive prevailed A first-class first architect architect architect archi archi- experienced Jn town planning was employed the acreage available for forthe forthe forthe the settle settlement n ent it ws desired t to found nas was studied a str street pla loh basdon the the natural advantages of oi the site site had and avoiding a the wasteful and extravagant extravagant ex ex- tra checkerboard system too pre nJ prevalent nf In t the the pa past t. t was laid out of the nearby c city l the company's works works- and the established centers of public Interest was considered considered considered consid consid- ered th the exposures of the various lots received the weight they deserved and anda a comprehensive plan for the community community community com com- was was' worked out Art for arts art's sake was not encouraged but art as asan asan an efficient handmaiden of had a free hand Monotonous uniformity of houses was avoided by modifications of the st standard nd rd types adopted based on the site chosen for each structure stricture Two principal thoroughfares thor thor- crossing th the tract were made broad enough for general traffic the tire other streets ar are narrow as to roadway roadway- but well equipped as to tree tree- planting space grass plots grass plots and side sIde- walks The common error of attemptIng attempt- attempt Ing to make every residential street streeta a boulevard was avoided the not Infrequent Infrequent Infrequent In In- frequent mistake of establishing alleys was not committed Ginger bread mock heroics the monumental works of so many commercial suburban suburban suburban sub sub- urban communities were studiously evaded Boston Boston Herald |