A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing Page: 7
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The amount of land area that is provided for each family should
be as large as possible, having due regard for economic conditions.
However, the larger the lot area, the greater the lenghth of street,
sewer and water mains, etc. required per family, the greater the distance
to be travelled for certain services such as garbage collection per family,
and the greater the cost of improvements per family. The larger the lot,
the more expensive the development unless the standards for provision of
public services and facilities are lowered. However, even with medium
family incomes, large lots are practicable, but only where the developments
are quite complete with only a very few vacant lots and no intervening areas
of vacant land. Residential development in the outskirts should not be so
sparse or spotty or of such a low density that reasonable standards of
public services and facilities cannot be provided at a cost commensurate
with family income.
Desirable Neighborhood Characteristics.
In order that the residential neighborhoods be good places in which
to live, with values that can be protected and maintained, they should con-
tain certain essential features, such as the following:
l, The neighborhood should be homogeneous in character of develop-
ment, ice. it should consist virtually of single-family homes, or of duplexes
and multiple buildings, There should be a similar population density or
lot area per family throughout a neighborhood.
2, The neighborhood should be of sufficient size to maintain and
protect its own environment; for example, the area ordinarily tributary to
an elementary school0
3. The neighborhood should be provided with all utilities and
essential community facilities, including a combined school and community
center and properly located shopping districts.
4. There should be adequate park and recreational areas, Ordinarily,
10 per cent of the area of the neighborhood should be devoted to this purpose.
5c The neighborhood should have definite and recognizable boundaries
such as major streets, railroads, or marked changes in land use or ethnic
character.
6. Arterial highways of a capacity and design to provide for all
through traffic should go around and not across the neighborhood
The entire residential area of the city should be organized in neigh-
borhoods containing as many as possible of the above features. It should
not be an amorphous mass merely occupying those areas not needed for some
other purpose0
The number and character of the various neighborhoods should be
related to the income groups and future land use needs of the urban area0
An attractive residential character should be maintained in each neighborhood,
decade after decade0 Each area should be such an attractive place in which
to live and raise children that, when a structure become obsolete, it would- 7-
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Harland Bartholomew and Associates. A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing, report, December 1944; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803915/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.