Home Builders Fight Excessive Lot Sizes in Mass
Robert Smith, president of the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts, denounces three acre plus lots as unfair to moderate income buyers. He backs Senate Bill 276 to cap residential lots at 3,000 square feet where water and sewer exist, and 15,000 where water is available, warning the trend hurts builders and the state economy.
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Massachusetts
Robert Smith
Home Builders Association of Massachusetts
Boston
Smith
Carlisle
Topsfield
Westwood
No Paint Siding Advice Promotes Cedar Grain Finish
If you skip painting, consider weathering siding to a soft ray color. Western red cedar siding is recommended for a nonpaint and nonstain look. Leave the wood raw.
Plastic fabric ceiling tried at New York World's Fair
A new plastic fabric ceiling technique for the Festival of Gas pavilion at the New York World's Fair replaces plaster with a high quality light reflecting surface at low cost. The 30,000 square foot ceiling used 14 Super-Pilmtex panels, saving an estimated 48000 in scaffolding and costing 18000 for fabrication and installation by Edward L. Burham Co.
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Edward L. Burham Co
Brooklyn
Walter Darwin Teague Associates
Tuscany Mills
J. P. Stevens & Ca
Edward Durham
Durham Co
Total Energy Concept To Cost Less In Buildings
A National Better Heating-Cooling Council report highlights the total energy concept as a single plant system for lighting power heating and cooling in complexes such as shopping centers and schools. The concept uses waste heat from power generation to supply hot water steam space heating domestic hot water and climate control while minimizing heat waste through hydronics and heat recovery.
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National
Better Heating - Cooling Council
Total Energy
Onch Aeennmati
Half of City Street Put On Market For Estate Settlement
Real estate notice offers seven houses on one side of Testher Tenace from Fenn Street to Silver Lake shore for sale. One half of Es ther Terrace belonging to Renator Isador Goodman may be sold individually or as a whole. Prices range 4500 to 5900 dollars.
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Renator
Isador Goodman
Esther Terrace
Testher Tenace
Fenn Street
Silver Lake
Goodman
Capitol Housecleaning Brigade Faces 1644 Acres of Floor
As the 88th Congress closes 1963 the Capitol faces a massive cleanup: 546 rooms, 1644 acres of floor space, more than 100 chandeliers, 160 paintings, 83 statues, 64 busts and other art. Crews must wash, replaster, repaint, repair wiring, and dust every nook before the next session. The Brumidi Corridor and the dome receive special, painstaking care, with the ceiling repainted every four years using 1000 gallons of paint and related materials.
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Washington
Capitol
National Geographic
England
Senate
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