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diamond or diamonds, and an area which may be used for football, soccer, 

 and in the winter for skating. There should be a running track, four laps 

 to the mile if possible, enclosing the field used for football and soccer. In 

 this field provision should be made for facilities for the regular field events. 



4. Area for Location of a Community House or Field House. The dis- 

 tinction between a community house and a field house in this book has 

 already been noted (page 45). The area necessary for either of these struc- 

 tures will depend, of course, on the size of the building. Either of these 

 buildings should be set back from one side of the playfield ten, twenty or 

 forty feet, depending on the size of the field, so as to give a proper setting, 

 and should be so located that it will be readily accessible from all the divi- 

 sions of the playfield. Sometimes a proper setting would be on the line 

 marking the division between the boys' and men's athletic and games area 

 and the areas devoted to the athletic and games field for the women and 

 girls and the children's playground. 



The interior arrangements possible in community houses and field 

 houses are discussed in the Chapter on "Construction Notes" (pages 397-399). 



The site for the swimming pool should as a general rule be a part of 

 the area set aside for the community or field house. If not an integral part 

 of the layout of this area, whereby the baths, lockers, and dressing rooms are 

 located within the community house or the field house, it should at least 

 be within the area set aside for structures, that is, within fairly close prox- 

 imity to the community house or the field house. 



Wherever the site of a junior high school or a senior high school is large 

 enough to serve the purposes of a neighborhood playfield these buildings, 

 especially if they are modern, will possibly provide all the essential facilities 

 of a community house and a field house. There are instances where modern 

 grade schools have both sites large enough and indoor facilities ample 

 enough to serve as well equipped playfield centers. 



5. Parked or Landscaped Area or Areas. A definite area should be set 

 aside in all playfields of ten acres or more for the development as a small 

 neighborhood park. This should be equipped with benches, tables, band 

 stand and drinking fountain or fountains. It may be possible so to con- 

 struct the band stand that it may be used for a small outdoor theatre. Not 

 infrequently, areas of the neighborhood playfield type may naturally possess 

 a wooded area, and often the topography is such that a natural outdoor 

 theatre is possible. In the selection of areas for playfields it is desirable to 

 secure properties that already possess a combination of natural landscape 

 and open fields. It may seem incongruous to suggest a neighborhood park 

 as a part of a neighborhood playfield because the purposes of such a park 

 are so distinct from the purposes of a playfield, but many people secure 



