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should not enter at the corner. If it is necessary to locate the walk or 

 driveway close to the cornef, the entrance should at least be some feet 

 away from the junction of the property line. (Fig. 19). 



The walks and drives should be as direct as possible; they should 

 never follow, a curve which would seem to carry one away from the 

 place desired. Often, especially upon a small place, a straight drive 

 will be the most desirable. The lines of the street in most cases are 

 straight and the straight drive is, after all, repeating the lines of the 

 street in a harmonious way. On more pretentious grounds the straight 

 drive is somtimes used as a formal axis to the house; the prospect of 

 the house then being to the side opposite the street. (Fig. 17). When 

 the driveway is placed close to one side of the property and parallel 

 to it, a straight drive would be most desirable, for it thus becomes a 

 part of the border arrangement and does not interfere with any other 

 space which might be desired for the public lawn area. 



When a curve seems desirable, as is often the case in steep grades, 

 it should be an easy, graceful one and seldom, if ever, should a pro- 

 nounced reverse curve be used when the house is within one hundred 

 and fifty feet of the street and especially not when the whole walk or 

 drive comes in view at the same time. (Fig. 20). 



Every effort should be made to secure a pleasing, curve and one 

 which will take care of every demand made upon it. One will notice 

 that pleasant curves are made by the country dirt roads where the 

 pleasing lines have resulted from the natural course of traffic rather 

 than from any lines set down by man. In most cases no hard and fast 

 engineering methods need be followed in laying out a course upon the 

 ground. The drive should be staked out and sighted until a pleasing 

 effect is assured. Then, where possible, it should be tested by driving 

 over it before construction is started. 



Fig. 18 Driveways should enter the property at right angles except where the 

 preponderance of traffic is from one direction 



