Architect and engineer . MODEL FOR THREE HOUSES IN SEACLIFF, SAN FRANCISCOGeorge E. McCrea, Architect Gr: EORGE E. McCREAS office in San Francisco, has just finished a test ofpatience and inventiveness—a quarter scalemodel of three homes for Allen & Co. to bebuilt in Seaclifif, costing approximatelythirty-five thousand dollars each. Mentally one is transported to a suburbandistrict of quiet gardens where childrenseemingly could grow and bloom with theflowers and where everyone should behappy in a real home. The amounts of party ,Lclk wall are negligible and each house is ar-ranged to coord
Architect and engineer . MODEL FOR THREE HOUSES IN SEACLIFF, SAN FRANCISCOGeorge E. McCrea, Architect Gr: EORGE E. McCREAS office in San Francisco, has just finished a test ofpatience and inventiveness—a quarter scalemodel of three homes for Allen & Co. to bebuilt in Seaclifif, costing approximatelythirty-five thousand dollars each. Mentally one is transported to a suburbandistrict of quiet gardens where childrenseemingly could grow and bloom with theflowers and where everyone should behappy in a real home. The amounts of party ,Lclk wall are negligible and each house is ar-ranged to coordinate with its neighbor ingaining the maximum of light, air and pri-vacy for each without expense to another—an asset of group planning. The architecthas made fine adjustments, impossible toneighbors, though ever so willing in model is an excellent one of itstype. Each portion is in scale, even to thegarden furniture shaped of wire and bits ofboard apparently by specialists hands! An 87. REAR ELEVATION, THREE HOUSES IN SEACLIFF, SAN FRANCISCOGeorge E. McCrea, Architect exclamation of pleasure cannot be repressedas Mr. McCrea tells you of how this andthat were created even to the wrought ironof lead wire, etc., cleverly pierced andshaped. Indeed the model reflects knowl-edge of things as they ought to be. One might say Everything is there,but would you realize that each flower andchimney pot is carved in wood, each rooftile is carved of linoleum, each ridge tileis modeled in an adhering gesso-like mater-ial (sold by stationers under various tradenames). Would you know LePages isstock for glue, being in and under abouteverything from paint to velveteen structure was all planned and the maintimbers and veneer base precut at the mill. Sheet linoleum for walls, roofs, walks andaccessories is perhaps the most novel appli-cation of any material used. Capable of yielding a subtle softness of line, it requirescareful fastening by glue or brads at alledges and so
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