struction and poor construction is not great and is speedily amortized in reduction of repair bills.
Every phase of the development has been carefully handled by the architects. The street paving is concrete throughout. It was at first planned to build tar-bound slag roads, but as it was impossible to get enough tar for the work, concrete was substituted. The main thoroughfares of the community are 24 ft. wide, while the adjacent streets are laid out with a minimum of 20 ft. width. Threefoot-wide sidewalks are to be found, with a planting strip to an average width of six feet in which 220 plane trees have been set out.
The house lots average 100 ft. in depth and are from 25 to 40 ft. wide. Thirty-two hundred privet bushes were planted in hedge rows which mark each property line between the lots. The houses are so located on the lot that in every case there is room for a driveway should the tenants wish to put up garages at the rear of the property.
The houses are lighted by electricity, while natural gas is used for cooking and heating. Twenty
five of the houses are heated by hot water; the others having stoves, and a gas radiator placed in each bathroom. No cellars have been provided due to the fact that the Kanawha River often overflows its banks and considerable flooding of basements might have resulted. Just south of Eighth Avenue the plans show a contemplated athletic field, bandstand and shelter, and, as the project is further developed, additional features for the recreation of the workers and their families.
A distinct feature of the development lies in its proximity to the munition plant. It is but seven minutes’ walk to work, and so handy that many return home for the midday meal. The failure of many housing projects, especially those erected to take care of shipyard employees, has been traced to the fact that the center was not only too far away from their work, but also too distant from the city, where they might care to go for an evening’s diversion. But that is not the case at the Naval Ordnance Development, where the thriving city of Charleston can be reached in a very short
FRONT ELEVATIONS, TYPE A
REAR ELEVATION, TYPE B
FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS, TYPE BFRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS, TYPES E AND I
Every phase of the development has been carefully handled by the architects. The street paving is concrete throughout. It was at first planned to build tar-bound slag roads, but as it was impossible to get enough tar for the work, concrete was substituted. The main thoroughfares of the community are 24 ft. wide, while the adjacent streets are laid out with a minimum of 20 ft. width. Threefoot-wide sidewalks are to be found, with a planting strip to an average width of six feet in which 220 plane trees have been set out.
The house lots average 100 ft. in depth and are from 25 to 40 ft. wide. Thirty-two hundred privet bushes were planted in hedge rows which mark each property line between the lots. The houses are so located on the lot that in every case there is room for a driveway should the tenants wish to put up garages at the rear of the property.
The houses are lighted by electricity, while natural gas is used for cooking and heating. Twenty
five of the houses are heated by hot water; the others having stoves, and a gas radiator placed in each bathroom. No cellars have been provided due to the fact that the Kanawha River often overflows its banks and considerable flooding of basements might have resulted. Just south of Eighth Avenue the plans show a contemplated athletic field, bandstand and shelter, and, as the project is further developed, additional features for the recreation of the workers and their families.
A distinct feature of the development lies in its proximity to the munition plant. It is but seven minutes’ walk to work, and so handy that many return home for the midday meal. The failure of many housing projects, especially those erected to take care of shipyard employees, has been traced to the fact that the center was not only too far away from their work, but also too distant from the city, where they might care to go for an evening’s diversion. But that is not the case at the Naval Ordnance Development, where the thriving city of Charleston can be reached in a very short
FRONT ELEVATIONS, TYPE A
REAR ELEVATION, TYPE B
FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS, TYPE BFRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS, TYPES E AND I