By the middle of July the pavement on the hill holds heat well past supper, and every patch of green in Fairview earns its keep. Elias lasncape services keeps those patches thriving — mowing on a tight schedule, trimming the curb strips and the sliver of grass beside the front steps, and clearing away what the week has dropped. Cutting a little higher through the hot stretch keeps the turf shaded at the root; it is the sort of small decision that separates a lawn which survives August from one that merely endures it. Fairview is dense and vertical, its yards measured in feet rather than acres, so nothing can be rushed or fudged. When the evening light comes low along the street, an even, deep-green strip in front of a house reads like a small act of order.