The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
Bronx Faces
Spring, UNo
Letter Interests
Borough More
by HID. QUIGG
United Press Stan Correspondent

New York, March l5-CUP)-The
Borough of the Bronx, a part Of
New York City, containing l,437,000
gentle persons and $500 wild beasts
and holds, braced itself today for
Joint onset Of spring and the Sc
curly Council OF the United Ma
tons.
The Bronx, a 54-square-mile
borough lying north of Manhattan
across q feverishly yellow stream
called the Harlem River, is the
home OF the Yankee Stadium, one
of the worlds largest ZOOS, and
Hunter College for girls,
In the Hunter gymnasium, lately
preoccupied with boomers, middle
blouses, and bobby-pins, the U.N.O,
will have its interim seat-the focal
point of which will be an l8-chair
flat-top, elliptical, mahogany ply
wood Security Council table set
squarely atop the center circle OF
the basketball court.
Opening Delayed
The opening council session was
originally scheduled for the first
day OF spring, March 81, but has
been postponed four days. That
will not alter the March 81 dead
line set by the alteration contractor
for what the architects describe as
the fastest construction job in
HiStory-l7 days for an ordinary
nine-month job that will convert
the so by 100 foot main gymnasium
into a council chamber which ac-
tually will be an acoustically-treat-
ed sound studio.
The remainder of the job will be
tearing up the interior Of the three
story gymnasium, boarding over
the swimming pool to provide
room for Western Union, convert
ing the girls hair-drying room into
a photographer dark room, install
ling a press lounge in a former
corrective room" turning locker
rooms into press quarters, a sun
deck into a working press room
and offices formerly occupied by
the Waves into secretariat Offices.
The architect swears that by
March q there want even be a
Whit of a ladies gymnasium.
The exterior architecture remains
strictly from Hunter-the gym is
one of the four stone buildings OF
the College. Overflow secretariat Of
fees will go into nearby Davis Hail,
which is connected with the GYM
naisum by a base yent-level tunnel.
The gymnasium was part OF the
Waves. biggest training center dur
ing the war, and in mid-conver-
sion into a dignified world-parha-
ment house its appearance is high
~ diverting. Ladies rooms have
been converted into mems rooms
simply by changing signs, Scales
and height indicators stand for
lornly in halls beside in-moving
desks, switchboards, and myriad
telephone booths.
Floors Decks"
Much OF the Navy Technology re-
mains in signs. The floors are mark
ed decks" The future UP. Office
is hard by "Womens Head en-
listed Personnel" There are hum
dreds OF showers. Western Union
men entering their greenfield PAL
ace will find that under no con-
dition may anyone enter before
using the footbath for five (5)
minutes
OF a hugh locker room which Is
Being partitioned into press quar-
ters there is a press lounge which
will have a bar. and next TO 1t !:
newsreel and television lounge
Inside the rooms are parallel bars
exercise rings and ladders ano
other posture correction device;
There is another corrective room
for radio men on the other side OF
the building.
The Council room on the third
floor Is already completely unrecog-
nizable as q basketball court. A
corcrete- plank raised floor Is be-
ing bullt over the gym floor, ane
false ceiling OF sound-soft ma
terlal Is hung below the girders.
On g raised balcony on one sid'
r Tile room are II sound-prooi
-e3ated booths Whit. VI
10 radio broascs ans s.Ad.o.
ole televislon studio, and = taiA'