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...products so fast that industry is hard pressed to keep pace with demand. Almost anything new catches on instantly. Three months ago, Denver's Rocky Mountain News started a do-it-yourself column, In one of its first articles it explained how to build an aluminum carport. By noon the next day, the News switchboard had received 200 calls; seven local firms immediately went into the business with carport kits, and so far have sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: The Shoulder Trade | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...Levitts' standard house (two bedrooms, a study-bedroom, bath, kitchen, living room, carport with storage space) will sell for $10,500. For those who can pay for more, there will be a bigger house priced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: For 60,000 People | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...back to the street corner on an acre lot. The short arm of the L is a big living room, the angle contains kitchen and bathroom, the long arm a hall, two bedrooms and a study. All the rooms face inward, opening tall windows on a garden space. A "carport," roofed and enclosed on two sides, saved money on a garage. About $400 was saved by omitting radiators and heating the house by steam pipes run under the concrete floor slabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 31, 1938 | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

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