Masonry Magazine February 1972 Page. 26
Senior Citizen Housing
(Continued from page 18)
with Isabella land and a loan advanced by the State of New York's Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
Weiss Whelan Edelbaum Webster designed the structure to include corridor hand rails, bathroom grab bars, raised electric plugs, pull chains on all lamps, and no door sills. There are automatic elevators, watchman service, cheerful lounges, a library, laundromats, etc. A coffee shop, beauty parlor, physical therapy, dental, ophthalmology, X-ray, psychiatric, and other medically-oriented facilities are available to the residents at nominal cost.
Hillcrest Resembles Hotel
The 14-story Hillcrest Hampton House in Orlando, Fla. is a $2,000,000 structure financed with HUD 202 and FHA 236. Designed by architects Broleman & Rapp, with Val Villanyi-Havsner as structural engineer, it is a concrete frame and flat slab structure with exterior of stuccoed concrete block. The attractive interior includes intercoms, bathroom grab bars, and other special features for the elderly. The landscaping includes palm trees and pools, and passersby could easily mistake it for a resort hotel. Its 156 apartments for 250 occupants rent from $75 to $120 a month. Work was performed by general contractor Innanen-Bankston Construction Co., Orlando, with Melbourne (Fla.) mason contractor Charles Middleton.
14 Stories in St. Paul
In St. Paul, Minn., Brooks Cavin Architects designed a 14-story, 11,865 sq. ft. highrise in conjunction with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the aid of the Housing Assistance Administration low-income housing for elderly program. Cost, without land, was $2,108,610. Design solutions included natural light, cross ventilation, 96 one-bedroom apartments and 51 efficiencies. Amenities, giving the elderly an improved environment, include a community room, library, kitchen, lounge, workshop, and social director's office. (See cover picture for exterior design.) The building has contemporary brick loadbearing walls and interior exposed-brick walls providing pleasant surroundings with maintenance free features. General and mason contractor was Adolfson & Peterson, Inc., Minneapolis.
San Francisco Precedent
The first tall masonry building to be constructed in San Francisco in 56 years has been built by Smith & Haley Construction, Inc. as a turnkey project with the Housing Authority at 1760 Bush Street. It's a seven-story, 108-apartment, senior citizen low-rent structure built of 8x8x16 concrete blocks. The mason contractor was Person & Western; general contractor was John E. Branaugh & Son.
Since the 1906 earthquake, Bay Area masonry buildings have been limited to 35 ft., but that's been changed due to today's methods of reinforcing. The design by John Sardis & Associates, who were also the structural engineers, called for loadbearing concrete block walls laid from the foundation to the first floor ceiling. Then hollow-core concrete floor planks span between the loadbearing interior and exterior walls.
Once the floor is installed, the loadbearing system makes it possible for other trades to work in a clean, dry place while another floor is built overhead. Shoring is eliminated, and scaffolding is needed only for the next story of wall being erected. The hollow-core floor and block walls give the elderly occupants maximum fire protection, deaden sound transfer, and are relatively maintenance-free. The $2,061,491 project, including land and other costs, rents from around $35 to $55 for its 108 units.
In its nationwide look at housing for the elderly, IMI found that there is a growing number of apartments, either completed, underway or planned, to provide senior citizens with a happier, healthier environment. For most occupants, the masonry structures represent comfortable living quarters, companionship, an escape from loneliness, and a rent schedule they can afford.
Mason contractors and BM&PIU masonry craftsmen have been playing vital roles providing the nation's low-income aged with decent living conditions and should increasingly join in community efforts to encourage more quality masonry construction to meet this housing need.
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Robert G. Evans Company (Target)
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Getman Brothers Manufacturing Co.
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masonry February, 1972