The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-12
IN
E. Ypsilanti
tobeOpened
Federal Unit to
Accommodate Men
From Ford Plant

Dormitory No / in the East
ipsilant! area will be opened for
occupancy Monday. Housing Man.
ager c, X. Taylor said today. The
opening is so days ahead OF the
most recently estimated schedule
Two hundred men will be accom-
modated.
Fourteen other dormitoTies. parJ
Of the project begun by the Federal
Public Housing Authority last DC
tober two miles east Of Ypsilaui
on highway 40. l12. will be reaig
Tor occupancy within six weeks, lf
is estimated.
Carleton T. Sharpe. director OF
F.P.H.A.. for the 18Th region com.
prising the states OF Michigan,
Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
and Sherwood Reeder, area director
from Detroit, made an inspection
tour OF the building late Thursday
afternoon aad pronounced il salts.
factory.
The project consists OF 63 acres
OF ground and in addition to 10
dormitories which will house more
than 5000 men and women, will
have two community buildings and
two administration buildings. one
administration building will have a
post office in it and the other Will
have laundry service for tenants.
barber shop, beauty parlOr and shoe
repair shop. A AZ bed infirmary
will also be completed along with
the other structures and will pro
vide dental and medical service as
well as hospital accommodations.
The services will be available on
the basis of private professional
engagements. All details of the OPP
GRAFTON Of the infirmary are not yet
worked out.
The community buildings will in
clude a general assembly hall, seat
ing about LOCO persons. 1t is TO be
used for church, motion picture,
union and other group meetings.
The assignment of the hall is under
the jurisdiction of Housing Man
ager c. r. Taylor. The community
hall will also have recreation room,
tap room, cafeteria, soda fountain
and news stand.
Ready Soon
A dormitory Tor women is eX'
pected TO be ready in about two
weeks. All 10 dormitories are up
now. but inside trim and furnishing
will take another six weeks.
Dormitories have rooms for one
and two man occupancy. Besides
sleeping facilities. each .dormitory'
which is to be heated with hot air,
W" have a lounging room, a lobby
] and a large wash room with show
ers for men, and both tubs and
| showers for women occupants. The
| fixtures on the wash bowls are non.
/ metal and represent advanced de-
velopment in plastic plumbing fix
| lures.
Dormitories have liuen rooms,
phone inches, and large storage
rooms for trunks. Instead OF car
peted concrete floors like the first
| floor. the Railways and rooms OF
/ the second floor of each dormitory
will be covered with asphalt tile
and rugs. There will be no garages,
but parking spaces adjacent to each
dormitory will be reserved for each
guest. The atmosphere of the en-
tire housing project will be pat
termed after private and modern
| hotel.
The whole picture says Mr.
/ Taylor. lis to care for Immigrant
workers at the Bomber Plant and
| for those who. working there, can
show that they are living under
sub.standard living conditions. or
course, the present plans are said
/ to be that after the war is over the
housing project will be dismantled.
I II is modern in every reasonable
meaning OF the word as 1t now
/ stands. Iandscaping will be carried
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