The Creation of a Site 
reformed and beautified rear gardens of the 
surrounding houses. 
The principal but narrower front of the 
house faces west, and overlooks from its 
verandah and balcony all of the beflowered 
grass plots which form the rear lots of the 
houses around the three sides of the square, 
some idea of which may be formed from the 
accompanying illustration. Nearly all of 
the board fences have been removed and 
replaced by low, inconspicuous iron railings 
under an enlightened neighborhood con¬ 
science, aware of being viewed by an expert 
one point, viz.: that his family rooms should 
be free from intrusion. The house has no 
cellar, being entirely above grade except 
for the foundation walls. An examination 
of the plans will show that the living-rooms 
are in the second storey, entirely free from 
possibility of intrusion. This suite is charm¬ 
ingly arranged and will be shown in photo¬ 
graphs in a later issue. An electric latch on 
the lower side entrance door is operated from 
the pantry. 
The floors of the hall, vestibule and coat 
closet are thoroughly waterproofed and laid 
LOOKING WEST 
and critical eye, and those bounding the 
alleyway, seen in the centre of the picture, 
are soon to disappear. 
In consequence of those various operations 
the owner has secured for himself an ample 
site at a very moderate expense, and has the 
sole possible frontage on this interior com¬ 
munity park. He has also secured a much 
quieter site than his neighbors, as the traffic 
on his frontage street is inconsiderable, while 
on one of the immediately outlying streets 
there are double trolley lines. 
1 he plan is unusual and was especially 
arranged to meet the wishes of the owner on 
with red tile covered with rugs, and the hall 
is heated by the furnace supplemented occa¬ 
sionally by a fireplace not shown on the 
original drawings. On this question of 
heating, it may be remarked that ten tons 
of coal sufficed for the past long and unusu¬ 
ally severe winter season. 
As may be seen the upper floors contain 
five bedrooms and two bath rooms with 
additional wash basins in three of the prin¬ 
cipal bedrooms. The cost of the house, 
which is of brick, covered with roughcast, 
was seven thousand dollars. The electric 
light poles shown in the photographs are soon 
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