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HOUSES AND TOWN HOUSES COMPATIBLY COMBINED } The Trails it Woodfield in the Chicago route to the recreational complex for tached houses select an individual lot, suburb of �* 1 much as in any subdivision. But at The the six-to-tan-units-per-acre category. The site was basically prairie land, Trails, the house is designed to be $� Y ouses and town houses are with few natural amenities. The de- placed on one of the side lot lines. This mixed together around a system of veloper used the best of these- and concept, called "zero lot lines,' gives looping streets. added man -made features in sonic the family full use of the space between The plar shows only a part of the areas. The large berms in the photo- their house and the neighbor's on one whole community, with the detached graphs above are one example. They side— instead of splitting ' that space houses nearest the curved collector help separate groups of houses and help V street at the top and the town houses create interesting vistas on flat land. 14 at the bottom of the loop. A wide grassy Such improvements take time and add the single side -yard area is completely strip runs t rough the area, separating costs, but sincere developers realize private. ilk" } The Trails it Woodfield in the Chicago route to the recreational complex for tached houses select an individual lot, suburb of Roselle took top honors in pedestrians, young and old. much as in any subdivision. But at The the six-to-tan-units-per-acre category. The site was basically prairie land, Trails, the house is designed to be Detached ouses and town houses are with few natural amenities. The de- placed on one of the side lot lines. This mixed together around a system of veloper used the best of these- and concept, called "zero lot lines,' gives looping streets. added man -made features in sonic the family full use of the space between The plar shows only a part of the areas. The large berms in the photo- their house and the neighbor's on one whole community, with the detached graphs above are one example. They side— instead of splitting ' that space houses nearest the curved collector help separate groups of houses and help into small, unusable lawns. Each house street at the top and the town houses create interesting vistas on flat land. is designed with a windowless wall so at the bottom of the loop. A wide grassy Such improvements take time and add the single side -yard area is completely strip runs t rough the area, separating costs, but sincere developers realize private. this system of loops from the next. The their long -run value. Carefully planned fences are also in- green strip ffers a safe and convenient Families who choose one of the de- eluded with every house to add to the BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, APRIL, 1973