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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ployment and shows howchanges and rates of change of these factors maybe interpreted to give clues to a citys futuregrowth. While the study relates to Sacramento only, themethods and procedure can be applied by plan-ning commissions and other organizations to fore-tell and assist in molding the growth of other com-munities. APPRENTICES Building industry apprentices number approxi-mately 105,000 at present, according to the Ap-prentice-Training Service of the Department of La-bor. Industry spokesmen predict this will fall shortof coming needs, though it is greater by three orfour times than any previous peak. MARKET SOFTENING The residential real estate market is softeningup, with some exceptions. Transactions are stillnumerically above the 1945 peak, but there isdefinite evidence of buyer resistance on both newand old houses. A recent statement of the U. S. Savings and LoanLeague indicates that the peak has passed on oldhouses, and prices are now expected to level off. APRIL, 194 7 17
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This aerial photograph shows part of a project which is alleviating the housing shortage at Northwestern University, Evonston, Illinois. Thehomes were furnished by The Steeicrcft Mfg. Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, who shipped all parts in convenient bundles to the campus grounds.The entire project, which now provides shelter for opproximotely 1000 veterans and faculty members, was completed within 90 days. PREFABRICATION -What is it? Thousands of home-seekers across the country,desperately searching for a solution to their mosturgent personal problem, are centering their atten-tion on the magic word prefabrication. What is prefabrication? The word has been sobandied about that it has come to mean manydifferent things to many different people. Technically, prefabrication as the term is ap-plied to a home is where the floors, walls, ceilingsand roof comprise sections or panels which werefabricated in a shop or factory prior to installationor erection on a foundation. It is diametrically oppo

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