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18 FORTIFIED HILLS THE PERFECT REST OhMMBF wßi aßw&TOraXOTk'' * -..* ?- > i irf|p- . <. ■- IKIiMEwaM Wil> ;A ’jar£ MHhl- %-■'» 'lsilllf SSI B'lßfllil 7*' y?W* sSi^Tfei3»aK^^K®R , W F '" Jw&iWsßnF’ *T r **T i IL ■ 3 wM wOBBB" ■«., ~<y%» < t HB ISSißffi 4'* •_* * - ,«iHi »tt >AV i^-<r-*/-■ ■■ BmMB I . .. M^pci ' j I ■ ■■ -Fb®' .. ' ■' * ’>Jr “<*«*»■— • . ? - ■ \ w-i Lxu.- ' i«L' l " , !r , ”* < ‘ ~> " > - •>»y*atatae , t»»**< 1 - —.— ■—- —— -"—' - I ■ _-■■»—..»■ This shows one of the older “places" where the trees and shrubbery have had a chance to grow and where persons who work in the city are only twenty minutes from their homes by trol ley. They have a chance to enjoy nature and pure air away from the dust and heat of city streets. AFTER nearly nine years of labor, during which time hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in developing and beautifying the property, Fortified Hills, the ideal residence section for the man of moderate means, is ready for the market. Many people have been waiting for this announcement. Dozens of lots could have been sold time and time again during the past nine years. Hundreds of inquiries have been made about them. Good prices have been offered for them. But the owner of this vast tract of ideal residence property, Dr. E. W. Grove, pre ferred not to sell. And he had a good reason, too. He wanted the property developed before it was placed on the market. He wanted to be able to say: “You see what IS here,” instead of “This map shows how it WILL be.” He wanted the property to look right before home-seekers and investors were given opportunities of investing their money. A few exceptions were made in the part of this tract which was developed first. Dr. Grove erected several handsome stone bungalows and sold them along with the lots to a few. But he steadfastly refused to allow the property to be thrown upon the market until his plans had been well along toward maturity. In the nearly nine years he has had large forces of men working on the property, streets have been laid out and paved. Cement sidewalks have been put down together with curbing. Beautiful parks have been laid out and carefully cared for. Rustic bridges have been built over the little streamlets. Substantial stone and concrete buildings have been erected. A hand some school was one of the first buildings erected. And Professor Brittain was kind enough to say that, considering its size, it was the finest school building in Fulton county. The county supplies the best of teachers and all branches are taught as they are in the largest city schools. No expense has been spared to make Fortified Hills everything Dr. Grove had in mind when he first purchased this property and began the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars upon it. Everything that has been done has been done in the best manner possible. Nothing has been slighted. As much care and pains have been given the detail of this development as if the property were intended for multi-millionares. There are about 328 acres in Fortified Hills. Thegreater portion of this has been developed and the remaining portion is bfeing worked upon. Many men are at work now building roads, doing paving, putting down concrete sidewalks and completing the development. Fortified Hills is unique in other respects. It is the only residence section ot its kind in Atlanta, with one exception, and that exception is also the result of Dr. Grove’s energy and activity. This exception is Atkins Park, adjoining Druid It is unique in that it is laid off in the “place” system—a plan which insures residents of an ex clusiveness only enjoyed heretofore by the purchasers of very high priced realty in exclusive sections. In traveling over the country Dr. Grove noticed that in every city the man of moderate means—the salaried man earning from $25 to S4O or SSO a week-'-was compelled to live in stuffy apartment houses or residences built close to the sidewalk with all the dust and noise . . and impure air of the city. So he conceived the idea of developing this vast tract into a section for salaried men where there would be the beauty and exclusiveness of the higher priced sections. The property fronts on the River car line for nearly four miles, counting both sides of the street. Ihe car line is practically at the door of each resident, yet it brings with I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, eTUNE 29, 1912. Mr z W""'i- 1B .. -.a.-- E K "Ik aWMfa 114 MWBt -<»ok ? -MMB.jlw- 1 • -W iMsWi V *l. WwSlaK ’TI v J >* ' 1 "' . ;'J; ,x^ 5 ,r ■ : -" >\ ’ wX^^W E '■'?»•?'■ . ■•■' 1 ’'■ - - ■ “ '"■■■ - T fWW <■ p .'bs' ,<r This photograph was made to show clearly the “place" idea. Fortified Hills is laid off in ese streets is a little park with shrubs, trees and owers, No houses are built on these parks, arid tl M •. r . 1 r 1 it none 01 the annoyances of other property or ce Opening on the car line are the various ‘P it is but a few minutes’ walk from each of these es run through the beautiful drives upon which thi 1 parks upon which the homes front ever be is Residents are not annoyed by object ionab ? 1 “Places” are not highways of travel. They are p There are many other advantages. Fort: ic home owner need never fear of a grocery store o iness being built next to him. Fortified Hills wis built there. Then, too, there are race restrict ir as environment is concerned, to make life pleas ir Fortified Hills. TURMAN, BLACK & ( Successors to S. B. Turman £ 203-8 EMPIRE BUILDING 11 SB* i lisp - ■ ■ ■ - -fr One of the winding paths and rustic bridge over the brook »h brook is fed by bubbling springs, and is the free, happy playgrou id