The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . in his plat circles entirely around the property. It misses his civiccenter, and shopping district—the latter a notable feature in his plan—but provides a good idea of the residential character of this tract, whichis its essential character. It gives very easy access to all quarters, in-dividualizes the tract, and creates pleasant and ever-changing Avenues breadth is not utilized, but on the other hand an admir-able feature
The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . in his plat circles entirely around the property. It misses his civiccenter, and shopping district—the latter a notable feature in his plan—but provides a good idea of the residential character of this tract, whichis its essential character. It gives very easy access to all quarters, in-dividualizes the tract, and creates pleasant and ever-changing Avenues breadth is not utilized, but on the other hand an admir-able feature of this plan is that no lots front on the interurban right-of-way. Both civic center and shopping center do, however, convenientlyabut on it. There are interior allotment gardens, but no retired lots in theinterior of blocks, while, as an offset, some extra large lots are provided inthe northwestern (the highest section of the tract). It is fair to add that the judges found it extremely hard to choose be-tween these two plans, the grades resulting from the total of points beingpractically the same. The 1917 Reptonian Nineteen ^M^W««©®S;. Second Prize W. A. Strong Twenty The 19 17 R ept onian Senior Design L. B. Hiebel Notable features of the plan by Mr. Hiebel, to whom third prize wasawarded, are the short and elaborately designed streets connecting thebusiness and civic center, the southeastern diagonal, the several minorstreets with turning places in the center of the block, the good school sites,the well-developed playground in the southern portion of the tract, theutilization of the lands abutting the interurban right-of-way, and the occa-sioned reservations in the interior of the blocks. His lots are generallywell proportioned and show considerable variation in size, to meet therequirements of the variation in wage schedules. The 19 17 Reptonian Twenty-one
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