Fred L. Lavenburg, who established the Lavenburg Foundation, sailed on the Berengaria to study housing in the principal European cities.
Workmen have begun tearing down a row of tenements in Goerck Street, between Stanton and East Houston Streets. On this site will be erected a modern apartment building with low rentals.
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