Pittsfield Builder Show Home at North Adams Open House
Pittsfield builder Phillip Cettd, living at 2 Worthington Street, wraps up a four day open house of a model ranch style home on State Road near Country Pedlar Store. The $23 500 house has 64 rooms? no, 64 rooms incorrect. 64 room house with 78 foot frontage and 158 foot depth. Western lumber oak floors fireplace three bedrooms parlor kitchen dinette mud room one car garage and 144 bathrooms with ceramic tile. Powered by oil fired forced hot water heat. Dinette opens to patio. front brick patio. large closets double wall sink garbage disposal built in electric oven full concrete basement city water sewer. annual real estate tax 830 dollars.
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North Adams
Phillip Cettd
Pittsfield
Worthington St
State Road
Cetti
Bathrooms Top Remodeling Projects
In sheer numbers bathrooms constitute the biggest market for home remodeling. Building Supply News estimates 16.5 million bathrooms in the country need modernization for space privacy or desired features. Larger families require bigger baths or extra facilities, and population mobility drives renovations across multiple homes.
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Building Supply News
Old-Type Lumberyards Vanished for Marketing Shift
The lumberyard era faded as supermarkets for building supplies emerged, changing buying habits and boosting a consumer oriented market. Women increasingly direct purchases while chains spread across 12 to 15 acre centers with 3000 items. Postwar housing boom fueled expansion and product diversification, transforming dealers into broad suppliers.
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Armed Services
Shopping Center For Eggheads Opens in Chicago
Harper Court in Chicago adjoining the University of Chicago opens as a quirky arts shopping center funded by a Small Business Administration loan. Founders include Mrs. George Beadle and Enrica Fermi widow of the physicist who created the first nuclear chain reaction. The center houses shops selling architectural antiques music instruments books ceramics and crafts and aims to boost urban renewal culture and the local economy.
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Chicaga
Chicago
Small Business Administration
University of Chicago
Harper Court
University
William Rainey Harper
George Beadle
Enrica Fermi
Chicago University
New Housing Act Seen as Aid For Rural Areas
A modest amendment to the new housing bill expands Farmers Home Administration activity in nonmetro areas. The program adds government insured loans to direct loans, aiding low and moderate income rural residents who cannot obtain private financing. Interest rates will be 5 percent for low to moderate income families and 5.75 percent for higher income groups, with an insurance premium deducted from the interest. The plan also covers buying lots, boosting realtor and building supply business in small towns and rural districts.
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Farmers Home Administration
Budget Bureau
Congress
Treasury
Federal Housing Administration
Five-Point Prescription for Urban Renewal Proposed by ULI Official
Hunter Moss of Miami writes in Urban Land on downtown renewal stressing five key ingredients. He urges sufficient income, realistic market studies, sophisticated design, top rental management and proper promotion to avoid empty buildings, plus efficient management and favorable tax and financing policies. He notes FHA and Farmers Home Administration roles, expanded town eligibility to 5500 population, $300 million annual loan cap, and modest housing costs about 1200 square feet at $12,000 each.
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Urban Land Institute
Hunter Moss
Miami
Fla
ULI
Central City
Urban Land
Washington, D.C
North America
Mass
Moss
Federal Housing Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Center City
18Th Street
N. W
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