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Andrew J. Thomas. Industrial Housing
Industrial Housing
Table of Contents
How industry transforms a city
Industry creates problems in housing
The Bayonne Housing Corporation organized
Housing based on business principles
The social responsibility
The first group of homes
CHAPTER I
Economics of Industrial Housing
The effect of the new housing architecture
The contrast of slums
The factors of high cost
The place of housing in American history
Weaknesses in housing production
The factor of land value
Factor of public improvements
Factor of land utilization
Construction costs
Cost of house furnishings
Finance is the heaviest cost
The effect of interest rates on rentals
Mechanical equipment and woman's labor
Legal and structural requirements
Cost of operating a home
The wage-earner's income
The wreck of the housing industry
The consequence of failure: slums
Deterioration in architecture
The counsel of failure
Success found at Bayonne
CHAPTER II
The Garden Apartment
The co-operation of labor
Construction and finish
Mechanical equipment
The advance in planning
Comparison with one-family and row housing types
Economy of operation
A new type of management
Rentals in the Bayonne housing
Architectural merits—the plan
The garden environment
The playground
CHAPTER III
The Bayonne Housing Corporation
