, 1876-04-23
The Good Sense aud Artistic Spirit Visi.
BILE in Every Portion Of Adine
Square,
4 Unique and Charming Residence Quar-
ter: It's Attractions and
Advantages.
4 Handsome Unity Of the Rural and
Metropolitan.

terror of home NAV be ever 80 beautiful. bu
il the front windows look out upon dust,
street OF q row Of struggling rookeries across
the way, or if the rear view gives only disma
roof-tops, back-kitchens, sheds, and stables fol
its vista, it is but question OF time for the eyf
and the heart to weary and to long fol
change. The family that lives = generation
through in one house in any Western city Il
| phenomenal
THE ALMOST 1SvAn1ABLE RULE
| is to wander from one spot to another, Vainly
seeking for permanent location and rest. The
] house which is built and furnished at a heavy
expense. and which il intended to be at least tho
III few years,-sold or rensed, while the orig
| inal occupants incur fresh cost for new eatab-
| 1iehment elsewhere.
In Europe. families live in the same
homesteads for centuries, the nanor-house being
| handed down from father to son Us the
| prondest Of logacies. In the Eastern States
this attachment to single time-bonored homo
| is not uncommon but Chicago knows, az yet Of
no such rule, and We stray from one quarter Of
! the city to smother, as restless as Arabs.
THIS UNEASY srIR1T,
which is wholly prejudiclal 70 comfort and
general peace of mind, besides initiating
against the general and individual prosperity Of
the community, ia likely to be finally conquered
here Al it has been in the Older portions Of the
world.
Tho single clement necessary to bring about
this change is to make everything IN and around
our homes 80 ATTRACTIVE that the craving to e1-
pertinent in other directions will be impossible.
A great step in this desirable way has Just been
made. Tho good Judgment and vigorous action
Of one mum has given thrifty life to a building
enterprise which il the pioneer Of its kind, and
must ever remain an admirable model for future
workers in the same commendable line.
YEARS TINE
has seen magical work effected on Vincennes
avenue. just below Thlrty-seventh street. It
has seen the inception, carrying forward. and
realization of a plan OF private residences
which for convenience and beauty is unsurpassed
in the United States. A contemporary journal
has recently commented upon the striking ad-
yantages and many e1celencies Of the place,
and Tie Tribune, after thorough Inspection,
can bnt Join heartily in all that has been said
THE NAME OF ALD1NE SQUARE
has been bestowed upon tract Of land and it's
striking improvements situated at the locality
mentioned. To those who have not yet visited
the place the name carries no particular mean
ing or suggesiiyeness. To those who have, and
their number is already large, Aldine Square
means an assemblase Of carefully-uesigned
and handsomely-bullt homes. grouped SYM
mctIicallv around a charming paEk, the ri hole
forming the brightest and most cheerful resi-
denco portion Of Cu,cago. Tho enterprise WAS
conceived and has been matured by U. P.
Smith, Esq. tho owner Of several acres in the
neighborhood named, who had long intend
cd to improve his property in man-
ner that would rebound to the clty's
good name aud to his own material benefit.
After patiently celebrating his project md get
ting his ideas upon the subject into practical
shape, he proceeded to put them into taugible,
enduring form, and AIdihe Square began to bud
into existence about oua year ago. No minute
has been wasted since that time, and at the
present writing the work is mainly finished, and
portion Of the houses nave been secured by
owners, who, we venture to predict, will never
care to look elsewhere for permanent homes.
Aldino Square consists OF q continuous series
Of elegant two and three story atone structures,
lining
THREE g1DEs
OF spacious and beautiful park. There are
twenty four houses altogether, and all are OF
handsome design and finish, within and without.
While an artistic unity OF exterior has been
presented, special care has been taken to avoid
monotony, and thorough variety exists in compa-
ny with perfect general harmony OF detail. The
buildings are OF light stone in some instances.
and Of dark in others. There are plain
fronts and swell fronts, and tho TACT
that portion Of them are three stories high
while others adjolniog them are = story lover
gives effective broken sky-lines all around The
dwellings, are conveniently arranged, and are
tinlsheo4 inside and out, With the utmost care.
The housea have frontage Of % feet and up
wards, with common depth to the lots Of lbs
feet, the rea1s Of all the lots coming upon
alleys.
Among the iunumerable novel conveniences
~ |A0 p4"~" 40 11yrpT-sT4n1r f''1'o
which haa ham hn,it hahind tba honsea At the
sonthwest coTner % of the aouare This is airv,
commod1ons Ias Recommendations for aeyanty
s,nraas and 1,as baen lesson tn m exnerienred
i;rarvInnn rhn ia niedred to keen a frst-cIass
estahlishnent, 1he Horeas and CARRIAGES owned
s,v rsa;dents ~ the snnarc vii ha cared for here
af minimum tieures and teama viii ba On hire
far thoHe Who do not desire % maintain their
nrn % to1o.onte A. omnibus IN to bn nm h.
twaan t"n na4 tho eouara and the Donplsa
rfaca railroad dannt whcnevcr the weath.
e. a. ;s had Tha s,abla is to ba in teleeranhio
o. - to .;th avarv honso IN tho snne-a
= rnot, 4o,1"had ~ INV rasdence sonndine an
a,n.,no;stor - IN ,ha stah,a aud hrino,np man
a., w1,n,n ordara NOV ha aGyen.
pnt 5.eD;to tho o1arorca and vnanHold co,n
+o-ts ~ +ha hn;1dnac 1ye ara ;nc',ned to think
that +ho araat and faat;no attraction of Ait1ne
snnaTe Vii as cenrro in
04o11' WAL ~e Tae nr.rr,r7u PARK
This atretoh Of nlassura Ground living in front
of tha homes ia studded with Iareo bealthy |
trasa md conta;na a f;ne cfear nond in the |
m;ddia of vh;ch era t1o husv Yonnta;ns- and
over yhich is throun erscefuI bridge. A
hroad Tn.cadamzad dr;va rn6s cle.r aronni the |
narx. % and eharming paths twiue in and out