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 300 iSloan's Architectural Review and Builders Journal. O'ov., TWO ADJOINING CITY DWELLINGS. OUR present illustration represents Two Dwellings, which are well adapted for either city or suburban residences. When erected in pairs, with a side yard to each, they are capa- ble of being made most compact and convenient in their arrangement, a width of from eight to twelve feet being given to each yard, leaving an open space of at least sixteen to twenty-four feet between the houses. By this means ample room is obtained for the insertion of side win- dows, or a bay-window, should such be desired, both for the admission of light, and the purpose of giving a better cir- culation of air to the central portion of the house. It also has the advantage of giving access to the sun, both upon the side walls and on the grounds, there- by conducing greatly to the comfort and health of the inmates. The buildings are each twenty-four (24) feet front by sixty-three feet eight inches (63 feet 8 inches) deep, including the thickness of the walls, but exclusive of the Bay- Window, and Verandah in the rear. They are four stories in height, with Attics, and a basement Kitchen beneath the Dining-Room, which, as will be seen, is located in the rear. The First Story is fourteen feet four and a-half inches (14 feet 4| inches), the Second is thirteen feet one and a-half inches (13 feet 1^ inches), the Third, eleven feet ten and a-half inches (11 feet IO5 inches), and the Fourth ten feet seven and a-half inches (10 feet 7^ inches) — all from floor to floor — and the Attic story is the usual height, of about eight feet six inches (8 feet 6 inches) in the clear. Entering the first Suite of Rooms through the Vestibule A — the floor of which should belaid with English encaus- tic tile, or marble, varied in color, and, in either case, finished with a rich border, and the wall lined with white marble, about two feet six inches high, paneled and moulded with cap and base, from First Floor. the vestibule through the hall — we come to the Parlor, B, a fine room 16 feet by 24 feet, passing through which we reach the Library, D, 16 feet by 16 feet, and, beyond, the Dining-Room E, at the ex- treme rear, 18 feet deep by 19 feet wide, having a Bay- Window at the end, nine