European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Modern " try is Triatek .hf1"ssg f 3 t j ? 4 i it r a i a act Vili first sgt Thomas , of h co. Irth inf Isi div with his wife Bettyjo and their two children. Colleen 5, ant Richard. 3, in the spacious living room of their Home in the Ascham f in Buff project right m sgt Williamf. Garland of he co 18th inf. Is shown with his wife Helen and their three daughters Glenda Lee 7, Billie to 6, and Sandra Elizabeth 3, in a cozy Corner of their living room in . A stars and stripes report cleaning time is coming tip and the ancient wish of House wives to leave this Grubby place and Start in with a new House May be More than Idle dreaming this year. For army and air Force housing projects Are in the Mill and the end of the critical housing shortage is in sight at least to keen eyed architects. Neucom Engineer division officials say the units under Way. Either built entirely new or converted and rehabilitated from a scenes. Former displaced persons Camps and War damaged structures and other projects contemplated As funds become available will take the desperation out of the plea but where am i going to get a House for my family almost daily now families Are moving into some of the 962 units under construction by the army or the 1,445 under Safe construction. All new construction now under Way will be completed by  projects under construction or just completed embrace a Schaffenburg 156 units Heidelberg 108 Hanau Argonne kaseane110 con sisting of 48 family units 12 additional family units for female billets and a 50 unit Bachelor officers quarters with an integral mess Hall Mannheim 120 units Aschaffenbur Heidelberg and the Argonne Kaseane units at Kana Are new. Mannheim is a conversion from a former International refugee organization Structure. Safe projects take in Frankfurt Atterbury betts21fffrankfurt Hospital area51 Wiesbaden 398 Munich 475 Rhine main air base 224, and Mainz Kastel 78 units. All but the Mainz Kastel project Are new construction. Additional rehabilitation and con versions by military posts Are providing 58 units at Augsburg 107 at Heidelberg 54 at Niernberg 206 at Stuttgart 18 at Wetzlar and 45 at Wurzburg. Thus the army is building a total of 384 new family unite and Safe 1,097 for a grand total of 1.481. Converted units include 588 by the army plus 348 by Safe for a total of 936. All this Means that 2,80? units Are available or will be soon in the  this is not the end of housing plans Tor occupation families. Already approved. And in the first phase of planning Are 330 new apartments and conversion of 360 renovated units for the. Army and 224 More for Safe. Most of the new construction consists of three Story buildings with 12 apart ments per building. Basements contain the heating pliant laundry and storage facilities and attics have maids quarters and children s play areas. Average floor space for a two bedroom apartment is about 1,150 Square feet and for a three bedroom unit about 1,400 Square feet. The Heidelberg project costing about 4,300,000 Marks is scheduled for completion this month. It is the prototype for most of the new construction. Located on Rome Strasse within shouting distance of Neucom he the development blends american and German architectural and construction practices. Each apartment will have terrazzo and tile in bathrooms and kitchens almost to ceiling height exterior stucco finish combination tubs and showers Central heating and outsize windows. The apart ments open onto a Central Parkway with service entrances to the rear. Parking areas Are Laid out in the rear. Attics con Tain 1,000 Square feet of children s play area for each half building while base ments contain laundries and drying rooms local. German authorities participated in the designing since the apartments ultimately will revert to the germans. One German contractor came up with a postwar Vin Rinkle in construction rubble Concrete. It uses crushed rubble trucked from Mannheim whih a plenty instead of crushed Rock. The con Crete was poured into wire mesh frames to form Wolfe t5 inches thick and this extra thickness combined with the to Rusness of tie Concrete will provide a unusual degree of insulation according to engineers. Another project which might be Sakenas a Model of new construction is the Safe development at Rhine main foundation have been poured for four buildings each of which will contain 56 apartments. Located just outside the main Gate of the base the buildings Are scheduled for occupancy in july. The land they occupy formerly was Timber continued on Page .6 the three Garland daughters left enter the dining room of their am men at a Schaffenburg note t re built in China closets which flank the Entrance Repato info the Schrank below the fays gather in the Kitchen of their apartment while mrs. Fay mixes a cake. The electric refrigerator at right is Brand new As is the electric stove. The arrant Femme cabinets an Eto Seis provides ample space for storage and work tables. To j i h1 if i i j feature Section scam Naraini Gsg &