New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
Greatest Home
Building Show
Opens Here
OOH Rcg't Armory Turned
Into Mecca for Those
Who Want to Know How
TO 3 e co m e Owners

slogan throughout this week In many
ways and in many quarters everything
thosc words mean will be driven homo
to tho rent paying, fat-dwelling popu-
laton Of The city. own Your Home"
viii bn told wherever interests are
found that lool. to better housing o.
the multitudes Of the metropolis. But
the most Interesting story Will be told
al the 69th Regiment Arrnory, Lering
ton Avenue and Twenty Street,
where for the next eight days every
feature of suburban life and that is
the real Gown Your Home feld-UIn
be presented in most attractive man
ner.
Lest some reader may be suspicious
that this campaign for individual home
ownership is a scheme fostered by
speculative real estate interests, let u
be said right here that the "Own Your
Home movement - the one real tar
gible effort to solve the housing prob
lem in practical. economical manner.
And while those VINO devote their time
and efforts 70 this solution Will maae
a compensating profit. It can be said
authoritatively that this capitalization
of the own Your Home" movemerr,
that has been sweeping the county
during the last few years belongs T.
no group of real estate men nor builc-
clg. but is the result OF the comblnec,
enorts Of public and private interests
20 give the people Of New York proper
/ living accommodations at reasonable
rates.
Every man who rcnts an apartment
or a little house must have had borne
/ i'm on him many, many tlmes in the last
few years the merits OF home owner
shin. The revolt against rent-paglrg
was never 90 great, and now that ths
ideals which were strong IN the cary
citizens of this country, when every
family owned the roof over its head,
have been revived, It IS likely that
there will be witnessed in America n
the next few years the greatest home
building movement that has been de
voloped in any country.
The Gown Your Home" exhibition
seems Ike an answer TO the many IN
Quirles for Information as to how -
Get beyond a situation that has tested
and is Still testing ones patriotism,
citizenship and happiness they have
never been tested before. The law %
supply and demand. economically equi-
table in most cases, IS not really fair
when applied to housings, because this
condition was not brought on the cou1-
try by any act OF the people them,
selves. but by the war which could not
be avoided
All One Wants to Know
It Il reasonable TO believe, T viev %
the wide interest which has been dis
played in home owning, that tho e1-
hibition Will be the greatest and most
valuable from an educational and eco
nomical standpoint that has ever been
staged in New York No matter what
your problem may be. It's solution car
be had at the exhibition. This means
that If YOU are desirous OF building "
owning home. whether it be a bunga
low or a full-iedged dwelling, and you
do not know how to set things moving
toward that end, there are scores of ex-
pcrts al the exhibition who will help
you push of into the realm OF lnds
pendence.
They viii give you impartial advice
rs 10 whether your capital or your in
come viii permit you to buy OF build
such a home as you desire; whether l.
is best in such type OF dwelling 10 in
stall this kind Of heating plant or what
kind of material is best for flooring iu
a house near the ocean; or what is the
best building material TO use in the
construction OF home in the noun
tains or by the seaside, or whether tile
roofing is better in this climate than
shingles.
You can ascertain IN momen. ths
relative costs of construction OF vari-
Gus types OF buildings. The cement in
dustry is we'll represented by experts
who viii readily give you the benefit Of
| years Of practical experience In the
construction field and in the laboratory
! Of research in this important building
| material. They will tell you within :.
few cents what it will cost 20 erect
: home of any character or any size in
cement. They will tell you how TO do
it, when to do il and why you should do
II. A world Of information on the sub
ject Of cement construction is held by
these men
If interested in brick the field Of in
, formation for you is as wide that on
=, cement Experiments have been made
By the brick industry which are inter
esting and should be known by folks
. who contemplate building with brick.
, There arc perhaps as many styles In
brick as in women's wear.
t Feature Of Show
Feature Of the exhibition is full
sized five-room house Of stucco finish.
It IS Italian in design and is complete
in every detail. Not only is this true
so far the building is concerned. but
it is decorated, lighted, heated and fur
nished 1t is ready for occupancy. The
: entire show centers around it. Every
:, exhibitor is represented in It.
| Lumber is primitive home building
material. The Indians OF the South
west used mud in building houses. but
! the intrepid white man who pushed
into the forest and reclaimed the vii
derness used timber in building his
| home.
| With the spread of civilization there
came a change; buildings became less
| fortrcsseS and more homes.
| The frame home of to- day that is to
| be seen at the exhibition represents
centuries of evolution and progress.
steady refinement. Lumbermen have
a message to convey TO those who are
planning homes.
| How to Plant Garden
| This is one Of the most interesting
sections of the show. Nurserymcn
and landscape architects are there 20
tell how best 10 set off house anf
where a home should be located on =
site 10 give it the best surrounding
| possible.
The exhibition comprises scores Of
shows, or exhibitions. all of which per
tain TO the house and its maintenance.
They are real estate and building. ar
chitecture, city planning. landscapirg
household economics, mortgages and
loans, building material and equipment,
and cement and lumber.
/ The field of finance will interest
many. 1t is estimated that not more