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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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O -5 < S o ^ SB m w< S 68 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER but when these items are assessed against a small section of a town it can onlybe done at a sacrifice to the value of the community. Community Features Public Square in the main town has been established at the head of anintersecting ravine, as this point is centrally located and naturally results fromthree intersecting roadways. On the upper side of the plaza, a clubhouse ordormitory structure has been provided for and provision has also been madefor a few stores, although most of the purchasing of this community will bedone through the shopping district of Jerome. It is proposed to develop this ravine and the slopes into a rock garden witha stone wall to form the Public Square Terrace. The landscaping through the town is confined to the use of local plantswhich require little or no care. The local plant life ofifers wonderful possi-bilities for decorative effects in mass planting and graduation of color.
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ffl^\Cm VUJASF-^(fii^vV .%«>.«s U«n - PUBLIC SQUARE IN MEXICAN VILLAGE, MINING TOWN NEAR JERO.ME, ARIZONA Herding & Boyd, Architects This illustration* shows one of several special types of houses that havebeen introduced at certain points to increase the picturesque viewpoint. Ourpresent proposal does not contemplate the construction of any of these specialfeatures, it being our idea to undertake the fundamental requirements in thefirst operation and to consider several of these special features at such timeas the development of the town will warrant this expenditude. We have reserved an exceptionally well located site for church purposes,within easy access to both the Mexican and American sections of the town,upon a site which is not well adapted for housing. With moderate terracing,grading, and grouping of church buildings, school house, a gymnasium, and ballfield, these features will form a civic center, and the reservation of these sitesat this time will enable their ul

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