The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . arrangement, but drafting and thesis—altogether thirty toforty points—especial attention is directed to the following, in the plansthat are shown: The readiness of communication between the factory andall parts of the tract, the admirable orientation of lots, their symmetry andappropriate size. In Miss Simpsons plan, the northeast diagonal, which offers the nat-ural entrance to the tract for persons coming from the city, terminates inan attracti


The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . arrangement, but drafting and thesis—altogether thirty toforty points—especial attention is directed to the following, in the plansthat are shown: The readiness of communication between the factory andall parts of the tract, the admirable orientation of lots, their symmetry andappropriate size. In Miss Simpsons plan, the northeast diagonal, which offers the nat-ural entrance to the tract for persons coming from the city, terminates inan attractive civic center. This is also given interesting axial relationwith other streets, and while adjacent to the business street, is not directlyon it. The importance acquired by the small park which balances this, theshort and attractive street vistas, the gardens in the interior of someblocks, the retired lots in the interior of others—especially the arrange-ment in the southwest corner of the plat, and the placing of a center park-ing strip in needlessly broad Spelter Avenue, are points to be observed. The 19 17 Reptonian Seventeen I7S 111. mill • t::^.V^TirH # :-S £.X.£ F#ffl


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