For the sake of comparison, I assume that every lot as 

 illustrated is of a depth of one hundred and thirty-five feet, 

 which is about the average we meet with in the modern city. 



KINDERGARTEN ON A TWENTY-FIVE- 

 FOOT LOT. 



If such area be on an inside lot, it should not be improved 

 for our purposes. If owned by the school department, it 

 should be utilized as an income-bearing investment for pur- 

 poses for which it may be suitable. Plate number one shows 

 the improvement of a corner lot of such dimensions and 

 demonstrates that it is possible to get proportionate returns 

 from it. The improvements must be limited to a house 14 

 by 50 feet, the necessary shelter which may, at times, 

 during pleasant weather, serve as an extra schoolroom 

 sandcourts, swings, and teeterboards. We find room for a 

 spot of green and use the narrow strips along the property- 

 line for toy-gardens. Playtoys, and other apparatus, as per- 

 haps hammocks and the like, may find accommodation under 

 the shelter. 



KINDERGARTEN ON A FIFTY-FOOT 

 LOT. 



Here, as in the previous case, the lot should be on a cor- 

 ner. Light and air are essential to our purposes if satis- 

 faction is to follow our efforts. I illustrate three cases, the 

 designs of which are conditioned by the location of the 



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