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Dangling- on h ook of a large er ne,,pre-assembled kitchen
and bath room unit is hoisted ornr East Fifth Street on
Lower East Side in "instant rehabilita ion" demonstration.
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]\foments l ter, unit is lowered towa cl roof of the building
for whic 1 it is destined , an unoccupied old-law tenement
in which a hole has been made from the roof down.
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Experiment Testing '
New Rehabilitation
---· · Me t hods Here
By STEVEN V. ROBERTS
A gian t cra ne swung a prcasscmo!cd kitchen and bathr oom unit thtough a hole in
the roof of a five -story oldJaw tenement on the Lower
East Side yesterday. Within an
hour workmen had bolted it
into place and would have had
it r eady for use except for the
plumbers' strike.
The job was part of a progr ess report on "instant rehabilitation" - a n experiment t hat
aims at cutting the time for
r enovation of a slum building
to 48 hours.
vVhrn the experiment began
la~t A;, · : the plc.n was to tr.st
new mac<'rials and r ehabilitation techniq ues on t wo unoccupied tr·ncments at 633 and 635
E ast F ifth Street. Conrad E ngineer.,;, t'.1e California company
that is conducting the experiment said It would be ready
for the 48-hour trial on No. 637
in midsummer.
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�New York Times - 11/30/66
The four-month stri ,e of con-,
strnction p umbers and other
del:.w s have set back the f inal
triai' until Feb111ary or March,
accordi ng to Edward Rice, president of Conracl Engineers.
When the glistening bathrooms and ki chens were in·stallcd yesterday at No. 635,
structural defects in the 70ye;i.r-old tenement caused the
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unit to rest. at le:i.st an inch whether <,>ld_-Ta_w !enements aret·~~t~estions" the wisabove the ex1stmg floo r.
worth r enamllutmg. Peter L . Q..QI\:) 01 rt:, uvaun:; t.ne tenedirector for 1:1J6iR oii:!.h~r"Easc Side,
This seemed to symbolize the Abeles, housin
c~~us . an: ong- hou.,:Sin_g __ex- ~ -f.i0L!,_tor.J:m= .t.~!]nJ)- Th_ey_ cover l:i5 per ce t o!their
per~s on'""'insfan r c1ITtb!ll_ta- !2JlV~~'~ 1~iz2g-E:~J'~~ the bmldmg lots and front. on
tion"-that i t is a prom:smg currcnc expern ~ b!.lk.,'j_aid he streets only 60 feet wide.
experiment that has produced =
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some, but by no means all , of
the answers to the problem
of renovating slum housing.
]\[orcovcr, t:1e experts beJicYc, it should be only the berrinnin"' of an intensified refearchO program to !ind better
technical and financial tools to
produce decent housing in the
ountry's slum areas.
\rr. Rice noted that many
const. uction materials had been
·tested in the fi rst building. The
-tenement now cont2.ins vinyl
.f loors that require n o r efinish·n"' for 10 years, ceramic bath!i·o~m tiles that stick together
i\vithout liquid cement and wallb oard that is so tough that
workmen had trouble cutting
holes in it for electric wiring.
E:.;:pandablc windows t at
adapt to the irregular shapes
of the old window frames have
·been installed. Garbage chutes
lead into a Swedish device that
compresses the refuse, disinfects it, and even sprays it
with perfume.
Two one-bedroom and one
three-oedroom apartment will
be buit on each floor of the
tenement buildings. The average
development cost will be about
S13,000 an apartment, Mr. Rice
estimated, as opposed to about
$23,000 for new construction.
"There is uch a tremendous
need for better housing in New
York that it is worth r ehabilitating these tenements," he said.
He asserted that the cost of
demolishing the city's 43,000
old-law tenements - those built
before 1901, with minimal standards for ventilation and sanitary facilities - would be pro-,
hibitive.
Housing experts a re debating
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-~ ' . J' _.__ .. '•••n
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···t :
.
~.
t<<ff:.·
1-3
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u:,
...
iI
,.,.;
··:1· /!; ..
~-· it'.. ,
?
,J/t·
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i
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f
I
!
l
,-.
.
-
.
•,
.
:...
.--~~-::--
,
.....
..,
' l
I,
:.....:..... -~
£'·
~I'.
--~~-1· :,/
-··
Dangling- on h ook of a large er ne,,pre-assembled kitchen
and bath room unit is hoisted ornr East Fifth Street on
Lower East Side in "instant rehabilita ion" demonstration.
,..,... -·-·---~-~--......
.
-· -
-
L,
,,,._ . .
'
]\foments l ter, unit is lowered towa cl roof of the building
for whic 1 it is destined , an unoccupied old-law tenement
in which a hole has been made from the roof down.
~-....,.;•. ·-----.
l
Experiment Testing '
New Rehabilitation
---· · Me t hods Here
By STEVEN V. ROBERTS
A gian t cra ne swung a prcasscmo!cd kitchen and bathr oom unit thtough a hole in
the roof of a five -story oldJaw tenement on the Lower
East Side yesterday. Within an
hour workmen had bolted it
into place and would have had
it r eady for use except for the
plumbers' strike.
The job was part of a progr ess report on "instant rehabilitation" - a n experiment t hat
aims at cutting the time for
r enovation of a slum building
to 48 hours.
vVhrn the experiment began
la~t A;, · : the plc.n was to tr.st
new mac<'rials and r ehabilitation techniq ues on t wo unoccupied tr·ncments at 633 and 635
E ast F ifth Street. Conrad E ngineer.,;, t'.1e California company
that is conducting the experiment said It would be ready
for the 48-hour trial on No. 637
in midsummer.
'-:'!\
,::[.:}k'.,;_foj ·. ;f
i
i
j
I.
'
~= ~ .....
'. {
.. ~ ; . t
·,:..--
f~ .•
,'"
�New York Times - 11/30/66
The four-month stri ,e of con-,
strnction p umbers and other
del:.w s have set back the f inal
triai' until Feb111ary or March,
accordi ng to Edward Rice, president of Conracl Engineers.
When the glistening bathrooms and ki chens were in·stallcd yesterday at No. 635,
structural defects in the 70ye;i.r-old tenement caused the
.
.
- ·
•-::;:.:.:,;::.;;.;.;.;;.....,.;;.:.;.;;...,.:.
,
unit to rest. at le:i.st an inch whether <,>ld_-Ta_w !enements aret·~~t~estions" the wisabove the ex1stmg floo r.
worth r enamllutmg. Peter L . Q..QI\:) 01 rt:, uvaun:; t.ne tenedirector for 1:1J6iR oii:!.h~r"Easc Side,
This seemed to symbolize the Abeles, housin
c~~us . an: ong- hou.,:Sin_g __ex- ~ -f.i0L!,_tor.J:m= .t.~!]nJ)- Th_ey_ cover l:i5 per ce t o!their
per~s on'""'insfan r c1ITtb!ll_ta- !2JlV~~'~ 1~iz2g-E:~J'~~ the bmldmg lots and front. on
tion"-that i t is a prom:smg currcnc expern ~ b!.lk.,'j_aid he streets only 60 feet wide.
experiment that has produced =
-================,--- - - - -=--- -"""'"'
some, but by no means all , of
the answers to the problem
of renovating slum housing.
]\[orcovcr, t:1e experts beJicYc, it should be only the berrinnin"' of an intensified refearchO program to !ind better
technical and financial tools to
produce decent housing in the
ountry's slum areas.
\rr. Rice noted that many
const. uction materials had been
·tested in the fi rst building. The
-tenement now cont2.ins vinyl
.f loors that require n o r efinish·n"' for 10 years, ceramic bath!i·o~m tiles that stick together
i\vithout liquid cement and wallb oard that is so tough that
workmen had trouble cutting
holes in it for electric wiring.
E:.;:pandablc windows t at
adapt to the irregular shapes
of the old window frames have
·been installed. Garbage chutes
lead into a Swedish device that
compresses the refuse, disinfects it, and even sprays it
with perfume.
Two one-bedroom and one
three-oedroom apartment will
be buit on each floor of the
tenement buildings. The average
development cost will be about
S13,000 an apartment, Mr. Rice
estimated, as opposed to about
$23,000 for new construction.
"There is uch a tremendous
need for better housing in New
York that it is worth r ehabilitating these tenements," he said.
He asserted that the cost of
demolishing the city's 43,000
old-law tenements - those built
before 1901, with minimal standards for ventilation and sanitary facilities - would be pro-,
hibitive.
Housing experts a re debating
2.
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