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FORTIFIED HILLS-THE PERFECT RESH . ■ jWCitiRF • 1 Alfa - ”**< -v** 3HPy x ‘■’jßai* * V 4MhM bmMb< - EwWWßMtttih. " ~mß|JjßSßwKEmmw^. 4l - wfgjg|.<-.wRyjTORRk--^y^w-_WWMtec^m«3wKMr 7 - *4&ra*re<*** >; * •-.“? - *•>' Utt. W. jrfw '#?£&* IKa WMffW< 41 .. ■■ »HHL ' v * . jft yvßwKl^-jg^.j *< ' y ’< Tr™???: 7 WKhB . *•* * T / \ till- Hp> \ JMf "I .. ~ _ ~ 0..... : j 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 none of the annoyances of other property on ca dollars have been spent in developing and beautifying the property, Fortified Opening on the car line are the various “Pl B Hills, the ideal residence section for the man of moderate means, is ready for the market. it * s but a few minutes’ walk from each of these ti I Many people have been waiting for this announcement. Dozens of lots could run through the beautiful drives upon which the i have been sold time and time again during the past nine years. Hundreds of inquiries parks upon which the homes front ever Ipe tn '■ have been made about them. Good prices have been offered for them. Residents are not annoyed by objectionable But the owner of this vast tract of ideal residence property, Dr. E. W. Grove, pre- “Places” are not highways of travel. They ire I ■ ferred not to sell. There are many other advantages. FortDl I And he had a good reason, too. He wanted the property developed before it was home owner need never fear of a grocery store I I placed on the market. He wanted to be able to say: iness being built next to him. Fortified H lls w- J' I. “You see what IS here,” instead of “This map shows how it WILL be.” built there. Then, too, there are race reArictiol He wanted the property to look right before home-seekers and investors were as environment is concerned, to make life pleas | given opportunities of investing their money. Fortified Hills. I 4 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. 1 But he steadfastly refused to allow the property to be thrown upon the market until his plans had l been well along toward mat m it \. In the nearly nine years he has had large forces of men working on the property, streets have i 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 *j say that, considering its size, it was the finest school building in Fulton countv. f The county supplies the best of teachers and all branches are taught as thev are in the largest city' schools. No expense has been spannl to make* Fortified Hills everything Dr. Grove had in mind when Q 'he first purchased this riropertv 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 mBS 1R slighted. As much care and pains have been given the detail of this development as if the propertv 18 i were intended for multi-millionares. if There are about 328 acres in Fortified Hills. Thegreater portion of this has been developed S and the remaining portion is being worked upon. Many men are at work now building roads, doing paving, putting down concrete sidewalks and completing the development. : 1 Fortified Hills i" ”iH<|iic m <>ihei respects. It is the only residence section of its kind in Atlanta, with one exception, and that exception is Il also the result of 1 )r. Grove » energx and activitv. I his exception is Atkins Park, adjoining Druid I J Hills. A: I It is unique in that it is laid oil in the ‘’place” system--a plan which insures residents of an ex- elusiveness only enjoyed heretofore bv the purch isersof very high priced realtv in ey pl ’isi\ T e sections. T{ In traveling over the country Dr. Grove noticed that in every city 7 the m^ 1 su l ?’ d moderate —— x means—the salaried man earning from $25 to S4O or SSO a week—was compelled stuffv one of the winding paths and rustic bridge over the brook wh: ] houses or residences built close to the sidewalk with all the dust and Ln'”A BP XN * w ted by bubbimg springs, and is the free, ha Pr v piaygt-ov» d ' M JMAN, BLACK & ( v „>■* l EtU'.S RtVA t AT THftne lieautv and exe,Lusiveness of the hivher nriced spy :iinM ' ,n ,(K3 *« d * b u « t _1 L™ r ■ , 'a'?o.’T >r nearly four miles, count nig ?' Ik I UFllian A ~ , of each resident, yet •;W EV-Mr A I — . L , .■■■• . . ■ , fll B THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. /-gnwwr-^y,»«m« v'' ’•- 1 ■■ 1 r . '_. .i\ .' JR} 1 . BBB& - IRM?/i I " E '* gMjit* : HR. -Ar ' TWO BRt3aK : - ■ r *- :-, ;; 4g4fJ ^ ■' S' f T '- : » t f-Sp i Hhklil >y w iMpi t SijHra||afflF' a - <z--.v ..- >1 A ■ -—■ 7 .-■• ■ - r ~ " . ■'■ T' c/ ■f'■ ■, ' * .~JISIEH9I « F : ' I ■ ■ - - * .33 BaflJj).-- ❖<k \ * This photograph was made to show clearly the “place’’ idea. Fortified Hills s laid off in t’ leS! streets is a little park with shrubs, trees and owers. No houses are built on these jarks, and th e Y F I I