POSITION AND PLAN 21 
that; cut off even the eaves by choosing a de- 
sign that permits such treatment, and put its 
wall exactly on the line. Plan a basement ser- 
vice entrance on that side, with all passages, 
storage spaces, and presses on each floor like- 
wise along its blind expanse. It need not be 
a blind wall in the building of it unless the 
next door dwelling makes this desirable; but 
think out the plan so carefully that the neces- 
sity for closing up whatever windows it may 
contain, should it arise, will work no real dis- 
advantage to the interior. For even the nar- 
row strip of land which would be sacrificed on 
the other side if the house were set only a few 
feet from the line is precious, meaning as it 
does an absolute waste of anywhere from one 
hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty 
square feet — according to the length of the 
house — which should and might just as well 
be conserved in one with the ground on its 
sunny, living side. 
And here is the second: If the other sort of 
house is to be built, carry it all the way across 
the lot, right up to one or both boundaries; 
and make it as shallow as convenience and ex- 
pediency will permit, keeping both its side walls 
blind. There are two reasons for this very 
radical obscuring of side walls and eliminating 
of passage space at the sides, beside the reason 
