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LEWIS MU~HORD SllIdcnl of hou sin g L(Wi~ 111u1II ord ltl nJ tow n planni ng is the aut hor of T lu Sto ry (J Utopias Slicks awl SI(Jl If and The Golden D ay

J What is it

2 Why IS it

3middot Where IS it

How oldisit

s Who has it

6 middotW hat is wrong wi th it

7 What rrsults from it

8 middotWhat has been done abo ut it

9 Did tb a t help it 2

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QUIZ NUMBER ONE 4 bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull

10 Whati s thi s

I I Why is this bull

12 Where is thi s

13middot Who has thi s

H ow old is thi s

Who did thi s

middot

16 H ow did they do this

17middot What arc the main differences in thi s

middot

18 V hat is the result of this

middot

19 Vhat signi fi ca nce has thi s

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bull 20 W ho Jives a t S---

2 1 Why do they I ive there )

2 2 Can they afford to live there

23middot Who o rg~ ni zed C H C

24 H a its wo rk bee n su ccessful

H ow has C H C fared fi nanc ia lly

26 Has C H C g rown

27 Wh o a re in C H C

28 H as C H C any in terest In othe r aspec ts of the H P

29 hat lesson ca n be lea m et fro m H Cs ex per ishycncc

30 Wh at will he lp

31 hat is necessa ry

32 vh at is the ultimate answer

33 Wh at is the only answe r

34 Wh at have othe rs done about it

35 W hat wi ll yo u do abo ut it

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-bull bullbull

9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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THE ~estion Boo~

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LEWIS MU~HORD SllIdcnl of hou sin g L(Wi~ 111u1II ord ltl nJ tow n planni ng is the aut hor of T lu Sto ry (J Utopias Slicks awl SI(Jl If and The Golden D ay

J What is it

2 Why IS it

3middot Where IS it

How oldisit

s Who has it

6 middotW hat is wrong wi th it

7 What rrsults from it

8 middotWhat has been done abo ut it

9 Did tb a t help it 2

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QUIZ NUMBER ONE 4 bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull

10 Whati s thi s

I I Why is this bull

12 Where is thi s

13middot Who has thi s

H ow old is thi s

Who did thi s

middot

16 H ow did they do this

17middot What arc the main differences in thi s

middot

18 V hat is the result of this

middot

19 Vhat signi fi ca nce has thi s

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bull 20 W ho Jives a t S---

2 1 Why do they I ive there )

2 2 Can they afford to live there

23middot Who o rg~ ni zed C H C

24 H a its wo rk bee n su ccessful

H ow has C H C fared fi nanc ia lly

26 Has C H C g rown

27 Wh o a re in C H C

28 H as C H C any in terest In othe r aspec ts of the H P

29 hat lesson ca n be lea m et fro m H Cs ex per ishycncc

30 Wh at will he lp

31 hat is necessa ry

32 vh at is the ultimate answer

33 Wh at is the only answe r

34 Wh at have othe rs done about it

35 W hat wi ll yo u do abo ut it

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-bull bullbull

9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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LEWIS MU~HORD SllIdcnl of hou sin g L(Wi~ 111u1II ord ltl nJ tow n planni ng is the aut hor of T lu Sto ry (J Utopias Slicks awl SI(Jl If and The Golden D ay

J What is it

2 Why IS it

3middot Where IS it

How oldisit

s Who has it

6 middotW hat is wrong wi th it

7 What rrsults from it

8 middotWhat has been done abo ut it

9 Did tb a t help it 2

Sunnyside Gardens Digital Archive wwwSunnysideGardensus - Courtesy 3600 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

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bull It bullbull bullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull t bullbullbullbull bullbull

QUIZ NUMBER ONE 4 bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull

10 Whati s thi s

I I Why is this bull

12 Where is thi s

13middot Who has thi s

H ow old is thi s

Who did thi s

middot

16 H ow did they do this

17middot What arc the main differences in thi s

middot

18 V hat is the result of this

middot

19 Vhat signi fi ca nce has thi s

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bull 20 W ho Jives a t S---

2 1 Why do they I ive there )

2 2 Can they afford to live there

23middot Who o rg~ ni zed C H C

24 H a its wo rk bee n su ccessful

H ow has C H C fared fi nanc ia lly

26 Has C H C g rown

27 Wh o a re in C H C

28 H as C H C any in terest In othe r aspec ts of the H P

29 hat lesson ca n be lea m et fro m H Cs ex per ishycncc

30 Wh at will he lp

31 hat is necessa ry

32 vh at is the ultimate answer

33 Wh at is the only answe r

34 Wh at have othe rs done about it

35 W hat wi ll yo u do abo ut it

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9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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bull It bullbull bullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull t bullbullbullbull bullbull

QUIZ NUMBER ONE 4 bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull

10 Whati s thi s

I I Why is this bull

12 Where is thi s

13middot Who has thi s

H ow old is thi s

Who did thi s

middot

16 H ow did they do this

17middot What arc the main differences in thi s

middot

18 V hat is the result of this

middot

19 Vhat signi fi ca nce has thi s

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bull 20 W ho Jives a t S---

2 1 Why do they I ive there )

2 2 Can they afford to live there

23middot Who o rg~ ni zed C H C

24 H a its wo rk bee n su ccessful

H ow has C H C fared fi nanc ia lly

26 Has C H C g rown

27 Wh o a re in C H C

28 H as C H C any in terest In othe r aspec ts of the H P

29 hat lesson ca n be lea m et fro m H Cs ex per ishycncc

30 Wh at will he lp

31 hat is necessa ry

32 vh at is the ultimate answer

33 Wh at is the only answe r

34 Wh at have othe rs done about it

35 W hat wi ll yo u do abo ut it

Sunnyside Gardens Digital Archive wwwSunnysideGardensus - Courtesy 3600 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

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9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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2 2 Can they afford to live there

23middot Who o rg~ ni zed C H C

24 H a its wo rk bee n su ccessful

H ow has C H C fared fi nanc ia lly

26 Has C H C g rown

27 Wh o a re in C H C

28 H as C H C any in terest In othe r aspec ts of the H P

29 hat lesson ca n be lea m et fro m H Cs ex per ishycncc

30 Wh at will he lp

31 hat is necessa ry

32 vh at is the ultimate answer

33 Wh at is the only answe r

34 Wh at have othe rs done about it

35 W hat wi ll yo u do abo ut it

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9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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9 ANSWERS i i bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull

QU I Z NU MBIlt I ONE 1 I he huusing problem

2 Ikca usc people who suffer from it cant remedy it and people dlo Gi ll remedy it don1r know it exists

3 In i(W York and cnry other hig citro -t As old as the c ities themselves

5 Va~c ea rners and lither fami lies o f moderate income u Everythin g No li ~ ht 110 air t rowd cd insan itary dwcll ings no

place but l it strccls for childrcn to play and not a blade of grass for miles a rOlilld

7 All hUlIlan ill s C rime says the penologist tli scasc says the medic late l11ar ria~cs ~a~s the divine the jazz age says the reformer

H I t has hccn invest iga ted and legisla ted against- fi rst ill IS37 and as oftell 15 conn nicllt thcnaftc r

9 The invest igations are ge tti ng bigger and hetter- nor rhe houses

10 Sunnyside Gardens mudel cummunity

II BcluSC a group of thoughtful men and women had a w o rkable id ld

12 SUllIlside ( Bl iss St ree t Suhwn Srltion ) Long Island C ity about 2() tninures from T imes Sqllar~

IL Somc 750 fam il its of Ilweieratf imollle and there will bc 600 morc hy iI ) 1l2H

l ook ( th a ll thretmiddot years

15 Cily Housing Corporatiull a limited dividend company organ ized tu huihl he t te r homes and cOlIlIllunities_

16 Eliminating speculative profits by operating throug h a limi ted divishydend company was the first step Next came a sc ienti fic attack technical ex perts research mass-productioll so as to br ing the lwncfi ts of hig husiness methods to bea r 011 the housing problem

17 On ly 30jr of the land is cove red by buildings the remaining 7000 hc ing dcvorcd to ga rdens and playg rounds The houses ltlrc of subshys tantial h rid const ruction huil t only two rooms deep so that evcry roo m i~ all Ulllsidc ruom A nd in ad di t ion to la rge in te rior garshyde ns and pla y~rtlll lld ~ in eltl cb block tberc is a three acre park with tennis courts ha eha ll and hasket-ball fields for Sunnysidcrs

bull ANSWERS

bull bullbull I I bull bull bull I I bull bull bullbull 18_ $7000000 w orth of OIlC two lIld t h rce fa mih huuses and apart shy

ments se tt ing a new stand l rd of housing fo1 moderate inlollu flInilies a nd g iving them an opportuni ty to live hea lt hie r happier lives

19 It proves t hat by large scale operat ion and eiimin ltltill spec lilati profis it is posib le to ma te ri ally imp rove housc and hlock plall~ provlde large ga rden an~ playg round areas and Pllt hOIll(-OIHrshi p lnthlll reach of the famdr of moderate mean s

20 The butche r the baker the cand lc-st ick ma ker hr icdanrs wri t shyers carpcnters actors chatlffeurs and Ilu mhtr of iif lY otll e r t rad es crafts and profess ions

2 1 Becll~se it offe ls 111 opportti lli ly iol rea l hUl11 e-nwkill l ah llndUlt SU ll sHlle a nd lIr gardens and playru ulld s pcnnlIwntlr prov idcd and a splcndid place for rea rill g a fam il y

22 ~rhc houses a rc sold on an easy fina nce plan A fte r pa~i ng 10lt1shyIf1 cash monthly charges cove ring amortizatiUll interest taw water ra tes ins u rance and gard en upkeep amOU1l1 to ahuut t11 a room a mon th ~

23 P- group o f eH I1 Cst mcn and WOlllen headed hy A lcander lI BI~g ho for many years was a s llcccss ~ 1I 1 real tmiddotmiddott ate operator and btllicic r HI New o rk Associa ted wi dl him 0 11 the hoa rd of di rcc shytOfS ar~ promincnt (inancier mCII of huillc s and lead e rs in (ii and sllclal welfa re IIl I)V tmiddotlIl ent (N al11e~ (HI Pa~t II )

2-1- The tkmand fo r Sunllys id (~ IlOuses has g ro n rapid h f rolll lar to yea 1 Before one oi the ne- 1927 howes hlci hC~11 lOlllpl~r cd t here was it wa it ing list of more th an forty

25 Vith equal success Six per Ctn t d ividends ~h c maximum fixed by c h arter ~ have been paid sin ce the compall~ was orga nized and a surplus of $250000 acc lIlIlul attd

26 ~s rapdly ltI S the SlInnys idc comll1unil y i t~elf In l l a rch 1921shy~ lIl1llys ~ dc was 1 vaCtl n t 70 acrc trllLt and 110 there art 750 fa m ishyIlcs h VlIlg the re VI II II th t work as sta rted r lint was j lI t a h a l~(lflll of stockholder and no therc a rc 525 SLud slIhn iplio ll shyhldl amou nted to less tha n ~C O()()()() 11 0 tota l ~223 1 DOl I

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1 l en and women from all walks of li fe w ho recognize its investshymen t value lIld a rc in teres ted in the use to w hich their m Olley is put

C ity H ousing Corpora tion is in terested in all phases of the housing prob lem I t made the fi rst offer to undertake a tenement replaceshyment projec t unde r the new State H ousing L aw th rough a submiddot sidiltl ry company and has agreed to underwrite $ 100000 of the capital of t his company

Th at limited dividend housing companies arc t he probable solution to this problem J ts successf ul plan of operation ca n be used effect ively in every city w here the housing p roblem exists and that means ci ti es everywhere

Add it ional capital so that Sunnyside may be completed as rapid ly as poss ibl e ltl nd the successful work of the C ity Housing Corporamiddot tioll expanded A second Sunnys ide is being planned now a nd thell rhe compm y hopes to achieve its goal- the building of a complcte rcgio l1 Ol il y planned ga rden ci ty

StOCk Su bscription

f CITY HOUSING CORPORATIO 587 Fifth A enll e New York City

T he rcby subscribe to ha res of 670 cUllluJ at ive Common Stock of C ity H Ollsing Corporation at the par va luc t hereof ($ 100) and

D 1 enliose $ in full pt ~ middotm e ll t

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d Limited DividClld COlllpanshyOrganized to Build Beller HOllies and Communities

587 Fifth A venue Kcw York C ity

Board of DirectO u

V iccmiddotPluidfmt

Dr Felix Adler J ohn G A~ar Leo S Bing Charles S Bird Jr Thomas C De~ mon d Doug la L Elli mlln PImiddotof R ichard T Ely

William Sionne Cofii n

Arthu r Leh ma n FIa nk Lord V E verit Macy J oh n Mu rti n Mrs J oseph M P roknuc r Mrs Franklin D Rooscelt Robert E Si mon

Ad viury Boa rd

F rederick L Ac ker ma n Thoma Adam Challea B Barnes George Cordon Battle M J6 J uli us Bern heim R J Caldwell Will iam M Chadbourne Il iehllnl S Ch ild Urinn C Curt is Dr Hen ry V Darli ng ton Mrbull Geo rge Draper Otto M fo~idlitz DI J ohn L Elliott M onis L E rnst Dmiddot Lee K F rankel 1 Edw in Goldwasser Pm f Robert M H ail NOI man H apgood George J Hceht Arthur M H ClIs Arl tJu r C Holden

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Ln llso ll Pu rdy R Seeboh n Roun1ree Belll uld L Shientng M 1middot1 V G Simllhovltch Clarcnce S S tein S tevhen F Vourhee D E verett Waill Min Li llian D WRld Allen Wardwell Gaylord S Whil e W righ t

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