Masonry Magazine February 1976 Page. 20
The Temple, designed by Samborn, Steketee, Otis & Evans of Toledo, is a memorial to brick and masonry construction. Brick, used inside as well as outside, was chosen for aesthetics, favorable cost and a minimum of maintenance.
The bricks, supplied by the Kuhlman Corp., have a texture and color which are described as a "range of muted brown and gray" by Stanley Corl, Kuhlman sales manager, while the designers of the building describe them as "earth tone".
Walls in the Temple are loadbearing. Bar joist and pre-cast plank were used in support areas. The sanctuary, chapel and social hall are framed with laminated wood beams and deck with standing seam metal roof. Floors are carpeted; hot water radiation is used, and there is an air distribution system for air conditioning and exhaust.
Walls of brick and an all-wood ceiling are distinctive characteristics of the Temple's chapel.
Storer Construction Company was the masonry contractor: Stanford Thal, the general contractor.
In addition to being an outstanding example of masonry and brick construction, the Temple has a roof that's a traffic stopper; an interior ceiling which stimulates the imaginations of those who worship under it, and a plan that encourages people to "come together" and share the good things of life.
The 44,000 square foot Temple, occupied by Congregation Shomer Emunim, was dedicated early in 1975. The sanctuary seats 450, but capacity can be increased to 900 via a moving wall which opens onto a spacious recreation hall in the rear. Used normally for social events, the hall in turn can be divided into three separate rooms, depending upon who is using them and when. One of the three areas even has a dance floor.
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The complex was built from a Samborn-Steketee "super-plan" with facilities for worship, education and social life. A reform congregation, Shomer Emunim serves Jewish communities in Northwestern Ohio as well as Southeastern Michigan.
The new center hums with activity seven days and evenings a week. The school area, including a nursery, are in use daily, and a neighboring community center offers recreation and athletic facilities.
Called "flow corridors" by the rabbi, the passageways are wide and look more like rooms than corridors. Their bricked walls and excellent lighting give them special warmth, eliminating the cave-like appearance of most hallways.
Throughout the building, color abounds on walls, floor coverings, furniture and fixtures.
Outside, The Temple has a look of its own. The roof line shoots into all directions. This is due, of course, to the unusual design of the interior space.
Washington Wire
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ing by about 6%. That's a little more than business or academic analysts forecast.
They are assuming a continuing pickup in consumer spending. Consumer attitudes would have to remain confident in months ahead. People would have to be willing to cut their rate of savings a little; that rate is still at a very high level.
THE ANALYSTS WOULD BE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 6% except for one thing the continuing disappointing weakness in business' capital-spending plans. An early survey of spending plans had hinted a moderate plus for this year, with increasing outlays expected as 1976 moved along and business improves. Indeed, economists were hoping that a Commerce Department survey in January would reflect improvement-showing more strength than the fall's soundings.
Instead, the Commerce Department report implies a weakening in this very critical area. Businessmen said they planned increases of 5½% in dollar terms in 1976, but more than wiped out by a 9.7% rise in costs. While forecasts may be topped as the year goes on, as they have been during the up-phase of previous business cycles, most economists don't see a strong rise in capital spending soon-not until the second half of 1976 or even the last quarter.
FEARS OF A SLOWING DOWN LATER IN 1976 HAVE GIVEN WAY to optimism about the reverse-to a growing conviction that the economy is more likely to gather momentum as the year goes along, rather than lose it. There also is a feeling that 1977 will be a year of steady rise as well with no slump.
Al Summers
Construction Company
825 MONROE STREET EUGENE, OREGON 97402
Your corporate symbol-an important element in the business sector. Let it be descriptive, imaginative but above all one that reflects the nature of your business. This eye-catching one by the Al Summers' firm of Eugene, Oregon, shows what can be done with a simple line drawing. Put your best foot forward!
masonry
February, 1976