Lenox Hotel Converted to Apartments
Lenox Apartments reopens the 55 year old Lenox Hotel as ten rental units ten furnished and ten unfurnished? Wait. The article states five furnished and five unfurnished efficiency apartments for immediate occupancy on a lease basis. The renovation included removal of interior partitions, new insulated sheet rock, rebuilt roof, canopy and patio, bright hallway with large glass doors, central antenna for TV, beige nylon carpeting, and vinyl linoleum in kitchens. Fire safety upgraded with extinguishers, Birch doors, steel fire ladders, and emergency lighting. First floor offers store and office space, basements house laundry with two coin operated machines, tenant storage, resident manager apartment, and a large room for store space. Heating is oil fired with hot water circulation. hot water from a 12 apartment gas fired tank. Utilities included in rent except gas for kitchen ranges.
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LENOX
Lenox Apartments
Board of Health
Pioneer Credit Corp
Lenox Board of Health
Pioneer Credit
Plan to tame the automobile sparks urban reform ideas
Morris Ketchum Jr of the American Institute of Architects argues cars overwhelm cities and advocates a platform city concept: pedestrian cores with underground parking, parks around downtown, and satellite suburbs built on natural terrain. Cites Hartford’s Constitution Plaza and Shreveport as examples. Proposes road links for cars and buses to connect city, suburbs, and countryside.
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American Institute of Architects
Morris Ketchum Jr
U.S
Ketchum
AIA
Constitution Plaza
Hartford
Conn
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Okla
Reston
FHA Sanctions Loans for Neighborhoods
The Federal Housing Administration launches a program under the 1965 Housing Act to insure loans for land purchase and development into home sites. Loans up to 10 million dollars, seven-year term at 3 percent, may cover land, water lines, and streets. The aim is to assist private enterprise in supplying improved building sites for the growing urban population.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Stock Panel Doors Make Storage Wall
To hide unattractive storage areas in basement recreation rooms a wall of ponderosa pine panel doors is suggested with a fixed center door and hinged side doors. Opening either end door provides access. doors come in stock sizes and designs and can be decorated with decals or jumbo playing cards for a finishing touch.
Prudential Center Spurs Boston Redevelopment Boom
Urban Land Institute highlights the Prudential Center as a catalyst for central Boston redevelopment and rising investment in adjacent areas. Projects totaling about 150 million on a former railroad yard and a 7.5 million mixed use plan on 31 acres fuel a citywide growth view with increased tax revenue projections and new housing, retail, and religious facilities. The center, featuring the 52 story Prudential Tower and War Memorial Auditorium, is described as a symbol and moving force in revitalizing the city.
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Central City
Back Bay
Boston
Prudential Center
Urban Land
Urban Land Institute
ULI
John T. Fallon
R. M. Bradley & Co
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Christian Science Movement
Fallon
Prudential Tower
War Memorial
Sheraton-Boston
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Usis Central City Council
United States
N.W
Washington, D.C
Foreclosures Steady In Third Quarter Of 1965
Foreclosure rate on savings and loan mortgages held by FSLIC insured institutions remained largely unchanged from Q2 to Q3 1965. Total foreclosures stood at 1.43 per 1,000, slightly below the revised 1.48 per 1,000 figure for the prior quarter, with FHA loans down sharply and VA guarantees easing from the previous quarter.
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Savings and Loan
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
John EB. Morne
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
FHLBB
Don’t Wait For Spring To Remodel Your Home
Do it now after Christmas when plumbers are least busy and can devote full attention. The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Information Bureau says contractors can coordinate plumbing tiling electrical work and more, often with better pricing. You deal with one contractor who arranges financing on easy monthly payments.
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Lenox Apts
Berkshire Oil Heat Council Inc
the House of Carpets
Tyler St
Western States
Cloverdale
Pittsfield
Edward J. Mottarella
AL Robert Sr
Lee
North St. Pittsfield
Touraine
E. Caligari & Son, Inc
Church Street
KEY Roofing CO
Fairview Street
Dresser-Hull CO
Railroad St., Lee
New West St
South Street
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