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THE PLAN OF THE PLACE 



make and to maintain. Most places have too 

 many, rather than too few, walks and drives. 

 Small city areas rarely need a driveway entrance, 

 not even to the back door. The back yard in Fig. 

 142 illustrates this point. The distance from the 

 house to the street on the back is about ninety 

 feet, yet there is no driveway in the place. The 

 coal and provisions are carried in; and, although 



1G.">. Protecting a tree in filled land. 



the delivery men may complain at first, they very 

 soon accept the inevitable. It is not worth the 

 while to maintain a drive in such a place for the 

 convenience of truckmen and grocers. Neither 

 is it often necessary to have a drive in the front 

 yard if the house is within seventy-five or one 

 hundred feet of the street. When a drive is 

 necessary, it should enter, if possible, at the side 

 of the residence, and not make a circle in the front 

 lawn. This remark will not apply to large areas 

 of a half acre or more. 



