New Libraries Are For People
Pitts field shows support for a bond issue to replace the Athenaeum with a modern public library designed by Terry F. Hallock. The plan emphasizes user access, air conditioning, carpeting, acoustical ceilings, and generous space for patrons, staff, and collections.
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Pittsfield
Athenaeum
Robert G. Newman
Terry F. Hallock
Russell, Gibson & von Dohlen
Newman
Hallock
Wendell Avenue
Public library design features three levels and sun control
The plan outlines a corner site with entrances on East Street, Bartlett Avenue, and Wendell Avenue to separate children and adults. Lower level houses children and teens reading areas, a reading terrace, bookmobile facilities, and a story hour room. Main level offers open stacks, carrels, and a central reading space. Second level provides offices, conference rooms, expansion and reserve stacks, cataloging, and staff spaces. Exterior will blend red brick and prestressed concrete with Berkshire Common and town hall nearby. The architect asserts the project is costed accurately and a good city buy.
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East Street
Bartlett Avenue
Wendell Avenue
Hallock
Berkshire
Town Hall
Park Square
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Ins
Stone
Museum of Modern Art
New York
U.S
New Delhi
India
Brussels
Warren J. Haas
University of Pennsylvania Library
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Land Labor and Interest Costs Hindering Low-Cost Housing
Washington reports that reducing housing costs is imperative for providing decent housing to low income families. The National Commission on Urban Problems notes land prices drive costs, with 1966 land prices up 259 percent since 1946 for single family homes, while rising interest rates inflate debt service. Wages in building trades also climbed, but the study sees progress via prefabrication and cooperative models to lower costs for consumers.
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Washington
National Commission On Urban Problems
Commission
Paul H. Douglas
Occasional Sonic Boom Helps Houses Says Official
H Wiggins Jr a government tested director notes occasional sonic booms may benefit buildings by relieving accumulated stress. He cites low level booms around 2 pounds per square foot as the most plausible cause of slowed deterioration and aging in houses.
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Wr. H. Wiggins Jr
Wiggins
Work Starts On Library At UMass Amherst
AMHERST The University of Massachusetts begins construction on a 28 story central campus library designed by Edward Durell Stone with a completion target of summer 1971. Daniel O Connell Sons of Holyoke as contractor, total cost 16.8 million dollars including 2.43 million in federal grants under the Higher Education Facilities Act.
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Amherst
University of Massachusetts
Edward Durell Stone
Daniel O’connell
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Terry F. Halleck
Berkshire Athenaeum
Aire Af
Lnsie
Erick
Isinge Ronon
Edun
Paanily Revue
Sree
Odin
Baterials
Maisend
Franklyn
Withers Landers Road
Lee
Wilding En Mariija Ava
Douglas
Umass
Kaiser ~ Reynolds
ALCOA
Harry Vincent
Harry Vincent Office & Warehouse
Don Valenti
Harry Vincent HI
Hatsatenic St
Rudy
John Stritch of
Hinsdale
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