The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01
SPOTS Ingesde The upper picture shows the

DSduly SpOtS dl 1iSi
trict west OF Twin peaks. and .es-
peciaIly Ingleside Terraces. which Will
be brought within 20 minutes COM
Portable ride of the civic center when
the tunnel authorized by the board
of supervisors is completed.
IngIeside Terraces. although com
paratiyely new residence park, has
long since passed the pioneer stage.
All permanent improvements are:
completed and there are more than
SO houses built in the tract, ranging
IN value from 5000 to $4,000. Forty
two happy and contented families are
now living in this high class, :. re.
stricted residence park. ::
A man from Missouri coined the.
expression: show Me- but Manager
Leonard has copyrighted the Tngle-
side Terraces slogan: Come See
That's AIR
Manager Leonard goes on the.
theory that if prospective pur:.
chaser will come to see Ingleside Ter-
races he will invest in a domestic.
The records Of his company in point
of sales during the last two years.
bear out his theory.
CITY ENGINEER PAYS
TRACT HIGH TRIBUTE
Perhaps the highest compliment
eyer paid to a san Francisco resident
park came from City Engineer NJ ~.
O'Shaughnessy short time ago when
in a public address he referred to the
extremely high character OF improves
Inents in Ingleside Terraces, and es-
pecially the superior street work
On the evening of October 10 last.
more than 5000 persons went to- In
gleside Terraces and witnessed the
most artistic outdoor pageant ever
enacted in Sans Francisco when the.
worlds largest sun dial was dedi-
Gated.
Ingleside Terraces. owned, de-
veloped and improved by the Urban
Realty Improvement company, conr
tains $4,000 acres. in which are five
small parks or parklets. and has on
its western border, adjoining Junipero
Sierra boulevard, parking 80 feet
wide and three-quarters Of a mile
long. All of these parks are being
eight miles of fully improved streets
are TO be dedicated to the city and
county of San Francisco for public
use. Ali of the streets. parks and
parking will be cared for wholly at
the expense of the company, until
December 81, 1915. 81
At about the center of the tract
there is located a new and novel fea-
ture Consisting of a sun dial and
f~1 L n. 10 f<ar
altogether constituting the largest
sun dial in the world. In the center
of the park is the dial proper, "a feet
in diameter, in which a marble
gnomon rises 28s feet ins height, cast
ing such shadow that the hour of
the day may be read block away:
The walks in the park are so ar
ranged as to form at the entrance
the main points of the compass, and
the intermediate points are occupied
each by column. the four columns
portraying the four classes of archi-
lecture. Each of these four columns
supports g large urn ornamented on
the side with al1egorica1 figures in
bas relief. representing the four ages
of man. the four seasons of the year
and the four periods of the day :
STONE AND IRON ENTRANCES =.
FEATURE INGLESTDE TERRACES
Street lighting is one of the dis
tinctive features of Ingleside Ter
races. To the end that the residence
park shall be one of the most bril-
liantiy lighted places to be found
anywhere, graceful metal frames are
plentifulIy distributed along each
street, upon which are trained climb
ing roses and vines, while from them
are suspended brilliant electric lights
At each entrance to Ingleside Ter
races are massive electric lighted
portals Of stone and wrought iron.
serving at once to give the place an
air of refinement and exclusiveness.
Light, air and sunshine and place
for the children TO play, have been
among the chief considerations in
connection with the beautiful subur-
ban homes already built in Ingleside
Terraces, and are conserved in all
plans and pranarations for building
AS the apartment house is forever
barred from Ingleside Terraces. the
no Children" sign will never appear
in this residence park. Manager
Leonard says that in the development
of Ingleside Terraces as home COM
munity, one of the chief aims has
been TO give the children pleasant
surroundings which will themselves
exUde good taste, culture and refine
ment. In carrying out this important
and wholesome feature of the resi-
denee community it was necessary to
make restrictions which will stand
as covenant between the Urban
Realty Improvement COMPANY and
the dwe1lers within the tract
Numerous forms of cultured amuse-
ments will be provided. The Farra-
gut primary and grammar school, one
of the best in the city, is on one
side of the tract, and the Paul Revere
school on the other side
Ingleside Terraces. a place of beau
tiful homes, offers all the attractions
of a well ordered private park, in
addition to all those conveniences
and facilities demanded by the con-
drmed dwellers in cities. 1t is well