CONSTRUCTION DETAILS— DRIVES AND WALKS 



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Fig. 26— An attractive driveway arrangement where a house is centrally located on a large 

 city or suburban lot 



located in the rear of the house, unless formally treated as the front 

 or main driveway. For an easy turn with a large car or truck, a 

 diameter of at least seventy feet is necessary, measuring from center 

 to center of the drive. In most instances the drive should be 

 straight at that section which runs by the side or front of the house. 

 This suggests that a turn of roughly elliptical shape is more practical 

 than a perfect circle. Where there are two entrances the whole main 

 drive can be made a half circle, or a section of a circle (Figs. 26 

 and 27). Sometimes space can be saved by making a party drive 

 and turn; this plan is especially useful where space is limited (Fig. 31). 



KINDS OF WALKS AND DRIVES 



Cement (Fig. 32 A). While rather severe in outUne and cold in 

 appearance, cement is perhaps the most practical material for the 



