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Federal Works Agency - John M. Carmody, Administrator Vol. 2, No. 4 - July 23, 1940 U. S. Housing Authority - Nathan Straus, Administrator
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Utloa PI'OJeCt Opens Defense Council Borrows Navy F amllles To lee
Named for War Hero Two USHA Staff Members In Honolulu PI'OJCCt
Adrean Terrace, USHA—aided low—rent Two USHA officials, Dr- Roherl C- One-Thirdof“Kamehameha”Homes
' housing community in Utica, N. Y,, is a \Veaver, Special Assistant in Charge of Blade Available [0 Navy Personnel
two—fold symbol 0f democracy. It was Racial Remnons’ and JOIm W' Edel' First concrete evidence of defense housing
named for Fil'St Sergeant Charles H- ma; i’f m]: Delpmy (ixdmiilisnxyris action is reported from America’s “Gibral-
Adrean, who, after havin received the Dis- Sm a lthe een Dane to He ViS- . - n - .
tingutshed Service Crossgfor gallantry in my “mission '0 ”18 COW“ 0" iiiiidthiiiiifimfii;gel-Eisesfiiheiigfigi‘iii
action, died from wounds received in the NationfllDefense- 1. t . d ~t th f All" fN .
World War; and it provides an American D1" Weave" Will “SSiSl MF- Floyd ale “1”]: toveld 0t I: 211,111,18st avprer—l
' ' ' standard of housing for 213 low-income fain— ' “Reeves, Exec“‘i"° Asgism-“l for Labor ‘ 3:12:30 15b: loneShilt .afd: 5- 2:321:11 eaiit " ' ' ,-
ilies formerly deprived of decent living con- Supply, in coordinating ”Cial "’1‘" USHAI d sel. tel en S 1551114115 ‘3}?1
ditions. lions problems in connection with ‘ (1 five 01mm]? 3:161 :31ng t ' h mond .y
First families moved into Adrean Terrace Negro labor and in training Negroes £181 lwle Mfg, we bu.“ e1 1638 ct arget tm
on June 1. In their new homes, designed for special skills in the defense pro- “121111?ufuthurgs’a‘lvhile’iiccorgirlfri: 351:1:
for economy, efliciency, and comfort, they gmm' Mr' Edelm‘m Will a“ “5 “on" sha kl: antf1~u:-dowusho§ellu loinmand
pay an average Of $22.44 a month for shel- sultant to Miss Harriet Elliott, Advisor 1‘ is as hi It as $40 ne _ monih' 1:01”. liare h 1-
ter, light, heat, water, cooking, and refrig— En CORS‘m‘S“ If? “£60193; He Wi" 16:11.1 alone.”g p 1 S e
. eration. The are families Whose annual e conceme cue y w' consume" ~ -
incomes are algout $800 and who until they organiz‘lfions‘ - Thise hlgh rhents, coupled Wlth a badfiltius:
moved into Adrean Terrace, were living in mg}: orgigeiq avefc1eiaited -a :fivelrel S de tel
houses which lacked sanitary facilities or V1 d l C' H p131 emf l1 avy am 19:51:; Ice SanS as
were structurally unsafe a ec ‘ “y ouses 233m? his fugié‘cfiiepiiiieii’ rsnore 23$
-, According to a survey by the 10631 Real First Of Kind in U S Some time ago the Hawaii Housing Author—
Estate Board in 1937, only 1.9 of the dwell— ' ° ity responded to the Navy’s request for as—
- . ings in Utica were vacant, and most of these The Nation’s fil'St city-financed PUhliC sistance by promising to make available one-
were either uninhabitable because of struc- housing project opened its door to 60 fam- third 0f the homes in the Kamehameha Proj-
' . tural deficiencies or too expensive for low- ilies when moving vans arrived at Vladeck ect for 0001113311037 by the families 0f Navy
income families. It was found that more .Clty Houses, New York Clty’ Mohday morn— personnel.
than 2 000 Utica families would qualify for mg’ Jilly 19- Thls mOdel‘n housmg PTO-tech .35 15 “.“del‘StOOd. that Navy families ad‘
tenanc’ in a ro'ect with rentals as low as fronting on the newly developed East RlVel' mitted Will have 1ncomes that average no
. .y p 9 Drlve, replaces some of the most notorious higher than those of resident families now
those in Adrean I‘errace. (Continued on Page 2) living in substandard homes, although the
“—5— former need not have been occupying slum
; homes in order to qualify for the project.
_ rer'totoao Bmlt at 0‘“ avelage total development 005’“
) , ,3 of $4,700 per home, Kamehameha consists of
- H V ». ' . i " ‘ one- and two—story row houses, with ample
_, ._ . ,. ,.-._.a........,,m.an._,le'e‘awasa-MSW....,genes“,“and.. -,.;.- _- gal-dell space provided for each family-
. .gw» MM , Maintenance of landscaped areas will be
‘ ,. ‘ «mo-mantwfiwflwtvc largely taken care of by the tenants them—
, ,. ,nwm " .4» . " x ‘ ' selVeS, an aid in keeping rents 10W-
' onetatfi'rt““l;. Despite its world-wide fame as an “island
- I e ,W. ( :: Wf"‘3\&,m» . iyLS/I ”ie paradise,” Hawaii has slums that, according
”W3 _ . g, 4;)“;4" %. , 3 h ” 1‘3"?!” to the local housing authority, “are difficult
gggggagwé” i W} *" “" ””3” inL§;“$l/'; to equal for their dilapidation, squalor, dirt,
winti' ' V , f} f it” and a dangerous lack of sanitation.” It is
- ., one!“ , j a , .‘fiwe‘o estimated that at least 3,500 families among
. . ,titfiktwé“ 3 «V'W‘ ¢@%‘1m’& the varied racial ‘ tl t 'k th
3.,wazefiaéojw :2 ”f"? (k ._ , 3' ”’ populatlon—Hawallans, Japanese, Chinese,
,a.‘:1 Jé£%f' 4’2”” ,, , 3):? others—are living under intolerable condi-
“v’ to” ttons Hannah, me, and other municipal—
:1 r orator“ " itles throughout the Territory.
x '11,?” f? gaggfi‘ggifgiw _ Kamehameha’s 211 clean, attractive new
' ;. tinting? ;,%¥M"“‘ fag“ {51; '. , ,. low-rent homes will replace the type of hovel
_,, a; ’K’ffjmfflw a;;~_m~ w ' ‘L;,,_,,,,,;»,Wt 9 described in the following quote from the
. motes” «oar-oat Honolulu “Advertiser”
( fiéfiza;‘ifv %”€Wf@o:%:$’i‘ “Just a few steps away from this bath-
Average family income for fenani‘s in Adrean TerrdCE-‘tg‘fifunif USHA projecf in Ufica, 3711:: lflsie: ghfleihjscqliiiltggslelidgz (32111533:
N. Y., IS expecfed fo be abouf $800. (Cuntinued on page 3)
the tiamnles .,

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Brlstol F lrst To Build 5; y . “izfiéfifi'fivfltfitlfig' X
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Prolect 1n Vlrglma 9: - 3 . €35,33ng All?" .
r. > , .. - , , (2‘: Neil-é: Kin.“ ”‘ " ' '
Placing a sealed copper container in a ’13-“ l 3 ’fiw“; '1 1 £ng 2 1
concrete block bearing conspicuously the nu— M33 1 g ,. '. ‘ y,”"駧% . ‘ 1". '
merals 1940, Mr. C. P. Daniel, Chairman of “4‘“? i.” .1 «if - ,._3“"‘fv>~ . If“: ,3 .3"
the Bristol, Va., housing authority, officiated ' t” in d fig ,55? 3v , . I , 1 ,1...
at cornerstone-laying ceremonies for a low- ‘ a '9»; g l f if .3? :3
rent housing project which, he said humor- 73??? i‘ 3‘51 14-» w 4; 3 l3 3 . 3,3"
ously, “150 years from now a bomb may lay 3‘": 313:? Va .3 3 3,3 1:”;4 ‘3 ,7 ’ - 3" '
into ruins exposing to public View the con— {1 if? r i 91: . . .3 . .. . '
tents of the cornerstone we are laying here ‘31m5“331:3‘fi"?gt3v 3 Q: ,L " ‘lxg 31:1: aliggfy‘ai.73
William L. Rice Terrace, fittingly named iatgffif‘fig 2 ,3 ‘;.- j "W gwfi’lz ' €9,233:
for the first mayor of the little Village of it”; 1c...“ , ' ”/3 ' - $-11 1. \1...” ’ 3‘
Goodson, Va. (now Bristol), is the first . ’ 3 an?" i (if: 1;, R3 3% 1“?“ 1.1:.
USHA project to get under way in the State . . 10'3‘ ‘4 I: if"; {3 I I an“: ..’J¢f
of Virginia. It will provide new homes for _ wmirfi*a~!£, : *3 2 -333 @5533: {&*‘§_;,w:‘§‘
13610w—income white families at rentals well 1,63; —$'$7:3: "ffiée “.~ 2;. “ml ‘1 "w ”5;: .m‘,%§'u3:/:'A';3
within their means. A second project, pro- (3.. "”13; ' 33 ' 1 .~- 1 ... 333 2731.3»: f,» . ‘. ,3: 1' ‘wwr'figzfi‘ag‘ng
viding homes for 68 Negro families, is being 5’31 3"" $333.3; wf, 1 - ' {3&1 . 31 3 , /- 31113:“,6" ”Ziggx.
”5““th 1“ mum“ ‘Vlth the TM 3.», ‘1.» g“; “2: “Z W‘s”??? -iir~1‘"
Public Housing and Public Schools -41.g§yr%’c’fifgagf/.mgg_;-‘fwfgj,‘3£fi“,.,::~\:&::: .
Commenting on the N ation’s housing pro— / .1 373%,“ @gifi,ww§&11dwfc,uifim y: ”‘“' ' ’ 3,1 ,1
gram, Mr. Daniel said that “publicly sup— . --:/ . ”,3. 532/ airs“
ported housing facilities to provide mod— wwll "g‘é‘m’f " {“1 3 :1333r134y 3:932:33”.
ernly equipped residential quarters for fam- 3? 3 ...11.@;i+«%}:51‘ 3I_ 1. «5“ J~‘~*ff}”éf‘ . '1 - 3 M3».
flies in the low-income gl'OIID probably are .5. 3.21"”? "‘" if“ /‘~ ..r-v~‘x:-:.-....'”w;. A w. «W'
as revolutionar toda as was the ublic
school a centuryyago, hint may soon gal; the This picfure of a Paducah (Ky.) shack dweller, his wife, son, dog,
Nation-wide support aCCOYdEd DUbliC educa- and home, recenfly won firsf place in a confesf sponsored by fhe Cify
tlo'l‘lhe Bristol “Herald-Courier” warmly con- of Paducah Municipal Housing Commission. If was faken by E. Earl
gratulated the local housing authority, re- Curfis, 718 Norfh Twenfy-fiffh Sfreef, Paducah.
maiking that, “17111.16 a3numbe1 01: Viiginia Mr. Curtis received $10 for winning first mission, announced the results of the con-
c1ties are coopeiating in the public housmg 1 0th ‘ . (1 th .3 ‘d f 1 t t ft th . d h d t died carefull
program, “some of the leading cities of the p ace. e1 Winners an eii awai s 0- es a er e ju gesi a s u y
State are backward in that respect. Those low: Garnett 3W. Shook, second, $5; Jack all the pictures submitted.
cities will make no mistake by following the House, third, $4; Tom W. Threlkeld, fourth, 3 Two USHA—aided projects are under way . .
example of Bristol and hundreds of other $33; F. M. Avery, fifth, $2; H. L. Deem, Jr., in 3Paducah: Thomas Jefferson Place, 12.)—
communities throughout the country Sixth, $1; Edward Thompson, seventh, $1; unit community for white families; and
“Conversion of slum districts into 1:33“)er and3John l’roctor, eighth, $1. 3 Abraham Lincoln Court, 74-unit community
able residential districts is a distinct gain 3S1las Mitchell, Executive Director of the for Negroes. Both projects Will be ten-
for any community. The slums are breed- City of Paducah Munic1pal Housmg Com- anted by the first of the year.
ing places of Vice and crime and disease. A '—-———_——_—-—_——_——
community which rids itself of its slums Vladeck City Houses dwelling units, 88 percent 9f WhiCh were 1“
rids itself also of these menaces.” old—law tenements, mostly in bad condition.
Bristol, in Washington County, Va., is (Continued from Page 1) Approximately 4,300 persons formerly lived
only half of “greater Bristol” which is di- ' - , on the site.
vided by the Virginia-Tennessee boundary, 58111111: buildings on New York s Lower East Unlike other new projects of the NYCHA,
and extends Into Sullivan County, Tenn. The second of the four buildings in the Vladeck City Houses is financed3entirely by
State Line Bisects Town city-aided project will be finished this week, local sale Of New York Clty Housmg Author-
, 1 _ 1 l, . and a second group of 60 families will move 1ty bqndS- These bonds are guaranteed is, to
3According to the WPA guide book3,3 Vi3r— into it Monday, July 22' As rapidly as the princ1pal3 and interest payments by the city,
ginia3, A Guide to the Old Dominion, Bris- other two buildings in the city project are “71115311 W111] make subSIdY payments to the
tol, Wlth crowded narrow streets, 15 591.33" finished families will move into them By prOject in order to maintain its low-rent
ngltfifi figtmt BllrlStOth 13920, €111§3b3y tshce inc— early August it is expected that the first of character. Rents will be somewhat higher
nghoighawilggg phisicifif; Sthe 1,30 GEES; the buildings in the adjoining USHA—aided a? Vlade01< City Houses than 111 the USHA;
studded with 35 churches, are separate mu— DI‘OjECt, WhiCh Will provide apartments £01“ aided prOject, Vladeck Houses. It IS antiCi-
nicipal units, each with its city government, 1,531 families, will be ready for occupancy. pated that _th‘? project W111 be the most
post office, school system, and water supply. Vladeck City Houses consists of four (5— nearly self-liquidating development Operaled
Though a mart for produce from fertile story fireproof apartment buildings with by the New YQI‘k Clty 391151ng Authority,
lands near by, Bristol, Va., derives its brisk self—operating elevators The buildings oc— and that the income limits Will make it
tempo from the production of iron, lumber, cupy only one—third 01.5 a 2—acre site the possible to take care of the great majority
textiles paper, and 195011811” _ -. - - ’ of the original occupants of the site.
Maydr T. W. Preston of Bristol one of other two thirds of which Will be land- Th V1 (1 k Cit Hous ent hedule
the speakers at the cornerstone-laying cere- scaped to prOVIde play space, garden walks, .- 1 31 a 3ecf t'l:‘t' . es r SC
monies, praised the project and those con- and benches. Vladeck Houses, neighboring inc u es COS 0 u I 1 ies.
nected with its development. USHA-aided project Will cover more than —-—‘—'——'—‘
Actual construction work on the Bristol six city bIOCkS bounded by Jackson, Madi- .mafiffient ,angjfngggk
projects was started early this spring, and SOP, Gouverneur, and Water Stl‘eetsi and __(.....g-_.v, if-.. .m._—_
it is now about 30 percent complete. Both Will also extend through the center of the 3% rooms $670—$685
projects will be occupied before the first of bIOCkS from Madison to Henry Streets, and 41?, rooms 720. 735
the year. James McCrary is Executive from Water Street to the East River Drive. 51/73 rooms 7345_ 7.60 . .
Director of the Bristol authority, and Clar- The tWO projects are being built in one —"——————-——-—
ence B, Kearfott is architect. William of the worst slum areas in the Lower East Selection of families to live in the two
Blackley, Hal H, Harkrader, Ross McClure, Side, where 172 buildings formerly stood. projects is being made from among the
and Carroll Kidd are the other members. These buildings contained a total of 1,917 19,000 applications received by Feb. 1, 1940.
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e V OJBCt eatures 0V6 U A Pub/icafions Available 01‘ fhe
Interlockin Row House I lnit G°”’”"’e”’ P”""""5‘ 0““
g The following publications are avail—
. . The Housing Authority of the City and Mountain region and the center of a large able for purchase at the Government.
County of Denver, in the development of the and prosperous livestock industry, as well Printing Oflice:
Lincoln Park project, has achieved an in— as for agriculture, coal mining, and consid- , Y .
genious adaptation of unit plans to special erable small manufacturing. This expan— 11I351¥§li2G THE SITE d(Bulletnli) _NO‘
local conditions. The sketch (below) shows sion has been attended by an increasing lack 60 nt y an 1006 ule). rice,
a clever interlock of a one— and two-story of decent dwellings for the city’s low—income ce s.
unit, used at the end of a two-story row. families. _ . . . INTRODUCTION TO HOUSING, by Edith
Bedrooms for the one-story unlt are on the The causes of bhghted conditlons 1n the Elmer Wood. Price, 30 cents.
first floor of the two-story portion, and the various districts in Denver are twofold. A
two—story row house has only the living room large part of the Denver slums consists of WHAT THE HOUSING ACT CAN Do
and kitchen on the first floor. All bedrooms old buildings which have changed hands and FOR YOUR CITY. Price, 20 cents.
are on the second floor. use since they were first constructed. The S‘ th t'tl ‘ 'dl .
Plans for the Denver project call for rest are houses which, according to present itlnfce 4. $8913.] es aietrgpil y gomg
flats, row houses, and apartments. Homes standards, would have been designated as g“ (i pldnl ’1 1;.Sltlg1ges e “at Oldels
will be provided for 346 of Denver’s low— substandard at the time they were built. e p ace 1mme 1a e y.
income families. Lincoln Park .is one of Such residential construction as has gone Orders should be addressed to Su—
three projects 1n the Clty for which USHA ahead In Denver since 1930 has been largely perintendent of Documents, U. S. Gov—
funds have been made available. beyond the reach of low—income families. ernment Printing Office, Washington,

. Originally famed as the center ofma great The result has been a very real housmg D. C., and cash or money order
metal mining region, Denver has become a shortage, to remedy which the local author- enclosed. ‘
distributing point for the entire Rocky ity undertook its program.

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I" 3% H a Io'° x ‘20 I CHI 1 cut Housmg thcl alul e
I 5- . HOUSING DOES ITS PART, by Nathan Straus.
- Current History and Forum, July 1940, pp.
L = 37—39.
I ' ‘ —_E I. “The . . . approach to the problem of housing in
I _ I these times seems to me to steer a. wise course between
.. .—*—— the extreme of alarmist pessimism and the extreme
D of blindfolded overexuberance."
. . I A discussio: othhousing‘Aund defense. Mr. Stra}uls
.- point: out t it t USH 1rogrr [ t ,
. _____ — easiest to harnlioniz: with the )defer’ird Iliadhifieiiy. It
I — is comparatively inexpensive (”When a family of low
I = income is helped to live in decent housing for a full
_ generation, the whole cost is less than one broadside
I — from one of our largest battleships in target prac-
— rice”). and its services are absolutely necessary. Mr.
- Straus quotes Department of Commerce vacancy sur-
t sh v that 'n k )y cities likz Buffalo, Camden,
I B'R"35¢ B'R'88¢ Region? Deotl‘oit, Bdltimbre, Dallasf Seattle, and San
° 8 ' 8 ' Diego vacancy ratios are lower than 3 percent, and
I I4 Xq q xq ' c often 'ls low '1s 1 percent
HOUSING HOLDUP, by Karl Detzer. The
‘ L—_ _ _ _| American Mercury. July 1940, pp. 324—328.
SEQ-:OND FIL®®R An account of the buildingr restraints and price fix-
ing uncovered by the Department of Justice. and the
v outdated, unfair building codes that conspire with the
' rackets to keep building costs high. The author urges
, . _...——-..A_mr .=- - -~ » .. , concerted action of all citizens in a drive on the evils
__ ¢ iI prevalent in the buildim: industry.
U-C' ———~~el P652329, I éflgg —~—--‘ A NEW REMEDY FOR AN ANCIENT EVIL, by
. I I K'D'Hsa I - EI Vance G. Ingalls, Assistant Corporation
'4 x I0 ._I I Counsel, City of Detroit. 25¢. 14 pp.
I B -- Mimeographed. Distributed by the Citizens’
_ ' I ”H“. Housing and Planning Council of Detroit,
, - U‘C" ' 1719 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich.
- I .
- ' I A z 't‘ -1* 1‘3.- r th' 14le l: *kground hr 2C-
. m I _——~'—:___ ~ — _ '_ _— quirrilngillzihd ii()ll?(ltll:;)ll:%ht)ll:l11:! 1.:1'1)id:ts by condemiia-
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l = rotting fruit peelings, corn cobs, and other
i - stagnating rubbish. The sewer runs right
I B'R'86¢ L'R‘ i70¢ .- below the houses, if indeed it can be said to
g IO°X 85 IZ‘X I34 U I run. Just above it there is a house which
. L'R'I7O B‘R‘SO __ __ rents for $25 a month where 10 people live
H‘X|5° I aiquz _— _ in crowded squalor. The house is a wreck,
’ = ‘ and yet, like the other houses in this district,
l' it is never without tenants. There seems
‘ if“ [RSV [FILEDGDR to be no other 1 t ”
. p ace 0 go.
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.1!“ %2\?§/)? ”' wééi} i ' 1‘ §i§‘;§fi§%“ '1" 1‘; 1 __i, ~33. $61,000 $53,300 .
_ affliffii’k 3: ' r " .. ‘ . ,
w :5 {is-‘6‘» Swimkiig'f’” "523‘ ' ‘ . ‘ '6 3W '
‘ ~2 '~ 4/ A V , -,,,';__ 1' 'E 1‘; f' i i a i TAX DEFICIT -
i' i ;;, - . . ‘ i"; ' 3; 1‘" I fly; ‘ CRIME FIRE TAXES
3.». ~- ,_ if} , ' ' L"; I WWW” " T: PER s UARE MILE
Y ‘i M“ I , ~' 2*»W "
2.19:; “a! i ,7' 41,, I 5! is! , l , “y?” ’ , I, —___
u... ‘M l I; l "fill . w. “ $131.2
.4! ' .~ Wine/.5- 1: WV . = . - $115,000
an» I“ wiwe AVERAGE
‘ '3”! ”341". W I" *“X’a‘énfiiww
1 4: . 3%.“ w“ “2,, $33, ~ mflfifvflfiz‘ :‘VSKVQE‘J‘fi
I... :a _ r, . ., Maryanne ,
Seven ouf of fen of fhese new USHA homes in Moum‘ Hope, W. Va., will be occupied
by file families of miners from fhe nearby bifuminous coal fields.
' __H- $7000 $9,200
. . o o 5
Schedule of Bid Opening Dates 1 Pennsylvanla HOUSng Asso’n CRIME FIRE TAXES TAX EXCE S
E— . . PER SQUARE MILE
Local authority and project i Number of Daic of hid LauHCheS New PerlOdlcal , ,
number units opening, 0 J 1 1 ‘ (i th fi‘ 1'. . f Tie The answer IS nobody profits; but every-
~7r \fl—Hr“ n u y . appeaie. e .15 issue 0 l body in Jacksonville, Fla, pays for slums.
Pennsylvania Home), _offic1al Olga? 0f the The chart is taken from Housing Comes of
Athens (Ga-’3‘1“A>~»‘ 100 8— 1‘40 Pennsylvania Association of Housmg Au—
3. 1 - M 1_ , l 8 _1 _40 . . . . . . . Age, first annual report (1939) of the Hous-
1‘1 ““1010 i L 2 3)“-- 68 8 3 thorities The ublication Is multilithed but - - - -
Beverly (N.J.~]8e1)_,m: 71 #25740 ' f dp _ f ‘th . 't . t, b ing Authority of Jacksonv111e, Fla. Copies
GNPHS Chris“ (TRY— ‘ 352.5003 asThun Sblal‘: (.n wiringg 1d 15,6 3 i of the report are available upon request to
3—4, Defense)._,,.__.,,- 250 8—10—40 131111th Na 01 Size W e a 0P 9 3 Ray 0. Edwards, Executive Director, 3905 .
Detroit (Mich.—l—4)..-._ 2 150 $30—40 that time, Wllfh 4-page issues expected. Brentwood Avenue, Jacksonville, Fla.
Hammond (Ind—110* The name is only temporary. A contest The 31—page report is illustrated with ‘
PR) 400 8—12—40 is underway to choose a permanent one. photographs maps architectural drawings
Mzii’gogncry) (Ala—oi i 424 . 7 26 40 The contestant or contestants submitting the and small woodcuts It contains a history
0 01150 — 7 - ' . - . ~ . .2 . _ - .
N ’- Y '1' 0 ~ N Ye Winning name W11} ieceive flee 1 years of the public housmg movement in Jackson—
0“ "I ‘ 1‘.‘ ( ' ' re ular niembershi In the Penns 'lvania - - - -
3—o)i 1, 166 7—31740 Ag . .. f H I.) A th 't' :y Ville, a textual and pictorial reView of pres-
Pawiuckct (R. l:2~1)..l 220 $25410 ssoc1atio‘n O ousmg u. on ies. . ent housing conditions, and brief outline of
In addition to State housing news and edi- future developments One of the more in— ‘
Pensacola. (Fiafififigy ‘ torial comment, The PennsyloomuHouseran- teresting pages is entitled What Our
Dofcnsc),,_ 200 ‘ 7725—40 nounces contract awards, projects approved, Leaders SCH]. Convincing endorsements of .
Phoenix (Al‘lz.~l~2),.,,,,i 1:30 ‘ 8v P40 project openings, and the creation of new au— Jacksonville’s housing program are printed
P011“ (P.er~n)m_,,.._g 340 843410 thorities. On the fourth page is atabulation , - . . ..
Portsmouth (“L—671 l . 1 . . _ undei pictures of Mrs. Gemge W. Tiout, . _
Defense), mw’i 400 3-13740 7%“ng thelfstatus Of a 1 hausmg projficlts 11} President, City Planning Advisory Board;
San Juan (P.R.~2i4),,,,l 84 8~13~40 the state, a 16‘1qu planne to keep a, 003‘ Mr. W. S. Criswell, Judge, Juvenile Court;
‘Naco (Tern—1071)....” _‘ 103 l 844—40 housmg authorities currently informed on Mr. “7. Q. Dowling, Chief, Fire Department;
Washington (I).C-*1~-’l).i 313 3* 0’40 the Progress 01' “lleldual programs. , and Mr. A. J. Roberts, Chief of Police.
“dividing (W.\'a: 3,2) 1 302 1 7724740 This is the second State housmg associa- The Jacksonville housing authority con—
E tion to issue a periodical, North Carolina eludes its report with four important recom-
1'l‘licn-isusuallyaBO-daypm‘iod liciwccn hiiladvm‘lisingx haVlng' launChed a SucceSStUI FUbhcat/lon mendations. City planning IS stressed in
““1 "““‘1“"““‘~’ some months mm the following terms~
.. “The best hope for rational action lies in
\\ eckly Construction Reports a city plan integrated with plans for public
_\—\1—|__ housing. A city planning commission could
, Week ended Week ended ' Week ended possibly foresee the most efficient use for
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L July 12' 19"“) | MINI 19’”) JUL" 1"" 1939 every part of the city area for the next 50
— V" '77-” ‘i' '7" WAIT" ’fi '7 WP AP "‘7" wl—Pha “H— years. The local authority and the City
Number of projects under construction 1,,,, ,, 228 225 55 Planning Advisory Board, working together,
Number of dwellings under construction 1M, 85,800 84,927 24,600 Should be able to say how much low—rent _
Total estimated over—all cost 3 of new housing...“ $378,372,000 $375,013,000 $116,313,000 housing is really needed in central areas; .
Average over-all cost 2 of new housing per unit , $4,410 $4,416 $4,728 1 - 1 lun st 5 -f a] 7 like' t b b- .
Average net construction cost 3 per unit $2 760 $2 762 $2 941 wnc 1 S 1 1. e ’ 1 1.3’ are ‘y. 0 e a ~
" ’ ’ ’ sorbed by busmess or industry, which should
I . . be made into parks, and which would lend
Includes projects which have been cmnplclcd. . . . .
2 Includes; ((1) Building ihchousc. including siruelui‘al cosisanil plumbing,heaiiiifl, and electrical installation; ([1) dwcll- thelnSBIVQS t0 higher-priced housmg by pI‘l—
inc equipment. arcliilccls‘ recs, local IllllllilllFll‘flllVl‘. expenses, financial charges during constructimi, and contingency ex- vate interests Within walking distance of
pcnscs; (6) land for pI'cscIII development; (d) nondwelling facilities. ,,
3 The cost. of building the house, including structural, plIiIIIliiiig, healing, and electrical costs. centrally located offices.
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