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building-line to building-line has been shown fav- 

 orably in the development of garden cities, and it 

 is this idea that will solve the problem of a more 

 intensive use of the land about our homes. Such 

 extension will not mean replanning, but planning, 

 since, as a rule, no plans had been made in the first 

 place but the surroundings had merely grown un- 

 kempt, ugly, monotonous, and entirely lacking in 

 any idea of unity (Figs. 22, 40). 



By the carrying out of a simplified treatment 

 for the more public portions of the home grounds, 

 the individuality that we should expect to find at 

 the present time wiU not be lost, but will actually 

 be acquired, because any scheme, to be successful, 

 must represent the united thought of the people 

 interested for a definitely planned result, and not 

 the possible injustice of some experiment by one 

 person for philanthropic or altruistic purposes : it 

 should express a sort of collective individuality. 



The idea of community cooperation has indeed 

 been used successfully as a basis for the solution 

 of problems for street improvement in several 

 American cities. In the working out of these 

 problems the aim has been to secure the greatest 

 amount of individuality for every separate home, 

 and at the same time provide for an appearance of 



