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The Norman Blumberg Apartments, also known as the Blumberg Homes, were a 510-unit high rise public housing complex in the Sharswood neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority , they were viewed by many as a symbol of the City's failure to address concentrated poverty and crime and were ...
Lustron Garage 45 N. Ashburton Rd, Columbus, Ohio; Lustron House 2452 Lockbourne Rd, Columbus, Ohio (Newport model) Lustron House 160 S. James Rd, Columbus, Ohio (Newport, basement garage, moved from Lustron factory) Lustron House 79 S. Hamilton Rd, Gahanna, Ohio (3-bedroom) Lustron House 188 Welsh Hills Rd, Granville, Ohio (basement)
Imperial 12-by-26-Foot Metal Garage. The Imperial by Duramax is constructed from galvanized steel and reinforced with metal-inserted columns. It can reportedly withstand up to 20 pounds per square ...
Led by Chicago industrialist and inventor Carl Strandlund, who had worked with constructing prefabricated gas stations, Lustron offered a home that would "defy weather, wear, and time." [ 2 ] Strandlund's Lustron Corporation , a division of the Chicago Vitreous Enamel Corporation, set out to construct 15,000 homes in 1947 and 30,000 in 1948. [ 1 ]
The buildings are surrounded by lawns and gardens, a rarity in the fairly urban setting. The complex features a unique indoor swimming pool which is lined with Mercer tiles and has a retractable roof. Alden Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The United States used prefabricated housing for troops during the war and for GIs returning home. Prefab classrooms were popular with UK schools increasing their rolls during the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Many buildings were designed with a five-ten year life span, but have far exceeded this, with a number surviving today.
Uninhabited prefabricated council houses in Seacroft, Leeds, UK "Prefabricated" may refer to buildings built in components (e.g. panels), modules (modular homes) or transportable sections (manufactured homes), and may also be used to refer to mobile homes, i.e., houses on wheels. Although similar, the methods and design of the three vary widely.
Recently developers have started to employ adaptive reuse projects, converting them into loft style housing; so much so that many have termed the neighborhood "The Loft District". [4] In 2010, the Callowhill Industrial Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places .