Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 47

DEVELOPMENT vol. cxxxra- a OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1940 Ml NO. 112 FARM HOME IN MORAGA Homes Built Year Round WOODMINSTER LIGHTING SYSTEM READY Goes Ahead Rapid Progress Is Reported; Colored Lights to Be Turned On BUILDING Amphitheater Warm, Dry Climate Favors Construction East of tne Hills Horn construction is practically year-around activity in Moraga Estates and Moraga Woodlands as a result of the warmer, drier climate on the eastern side of the Oak Rapid progress is being made in the construction of Woodminster Memorial Amphitheater in Joaquin Miller Park, and the announcement has been officially made that the beautiful color" lighting system will be turned on for the enjoyment of Oakland residents tonight. This memorial is nestled on the hillside, rising 400 feet up a cascade to the Temple of Honor site on the summit. Half way up the out-of-door theater is being constructed This is one of the California Farm House residences that are proving so popular in the suburban tracts of the Fred T.

Wood Company. Moraga Estates and Moraga Woodlands are located just beyond the tunnel in Contra Costa County. with a seating capacity of 5000. A general park development plan of the entire area is being carried on at the same time. Roadways, parking area for a thousand cars, a community kitchen, comfort stations and group picnic areas will all be completed at the time the theater is dedicated probably about April or May of next year.

FIRST OF KIND land hills, according to red i. Wood, head of Fred T. Wood, Incorporated. Wood began the development of these two Contra Costa County properties shortly before the opening of the Broadway Low-Level Tunnel and the volume of building site sales and home construction reported has been consistently large from the beginning, with a steady acceleration since the first of this year. The two properties are located on Moraga Highway, extending south from the junction wjth Tunnel Road which is said to be an easy 15-minute drive from downtown Oakland.

"The foj building sites and new homes in Moraga Estates and Moraga Woodlands has been Increasing by leaps and bounds since the early Spring of this year," Wood states. "There are 20 homes under construction in the two properties at the present time and plans are being drawn for many more. Bequests for plans for new homes and for estimates of construction costs have been coming in as fast as our building department can turn them STREET SCENE IN SHEFFIELD VILLAGE Bali wm PR iP HfQf Jsj Oakland will enjoy the distinction of having the first out-of-doors amphitheater with remote controls of lighting and sound, according to Edgar M. Sanborn, forester and administrator of new construction of the Oakland Park Department. "The advantages of the console control system are so revolutionary and so numerous that within a few years it will bring about sweeping changes in technique," Sanborn states.

"The system permits the maximum of 1296 different lighting combinations. The electronic control makes for infinitely smoother and keener gradation of color lighting and does away entirely with the cumbersome me out. There is every indication xnai wf will hp buildins new homes at top capacity throughout the Fall and Winter. "The warm, dry climate in Moraga Estates and Woodlands enables us to build all year and that same advantage has much to do with the popularity of these properties. The large size of the building sites is another joy to people lnrnn nf'Plltnmpd In citV chanical dimmers and switches.

This system is also 25 per cent less expensive to operate. tnit. oil r.f ihr.n- liioc Thov nnnrp- From the back of the theater, waterfalls in pools eight in number The remarkable development that is taking place in Sheffield Village, the project of the E. B. Field Company at Foothill and Durton, is indicated by this attractive view along Covington Street, one of the new thoroughfares.

Several homes are open for inspection. down the hillside, cascading through a slate stream bed. At the base there is an electrical fountain. Here the music of playing water and of ciate the seclusion they can have, and the sunshine and the free circulation of air around their homes. All of the attractions of the country re here, along with the conveniences of the city, such as paved roads to every site, gas, water, electricity and telephone services.

Many beautiful, large building sites are till available at law prices and on 1 colors as soft as those nature has A 'BUILT-TO-ORDER' HOME chosen for this spot will soothe, not shout. Even the time of the color The development of Joaquin Miller Park by the Oakland Park Department Is nearina completion, and the dedication Is scheduled fo early in the coming year. Tonight the great lighting system, permitting 1296 different combinations and gradations of color, is to be turned on for residents of the community to enjoy. -ry-y v-yyy yy-yy-yy y.y.-v.-,:- yyyyy-'y yyy M- cycle will help to create this har monious restful atmosphere. The usual color cycle of a fountain is easy terms.

rioin properties juivc imi FHA approval." 2Mi minutes but special equipment has been designed to produce cycle lasting O'fe minutes. It will be St. Brigid and de Caen varieties ar best known. Blooms last for six to eight weeks on thin, wiry stems. St Bavo anemones are most effective used in drifts or in borders.

anfunique display in ponect accord Supplementary Blooms Make Harmonious Garden Effect with the sylvan background which Sheffield Village Has 4 Homes Open it will enhance rather than obliter ate. 6000 TREES "Less spectacular improvements today at four new By GEORGE C. ROEDING JR. Open for inspection 6heffield Village, are Just as the minor chords in a miN homes, attractively priced with ail sical composition often determine the harmonious effect of the whole, so do the many so-called "minor bulbs" the beauty and color of the garden. Though many larger bulbs with better known names may bloom forth as the major notes, these supplementary blooms along with daffodils, and continues on into tulip season.

A mass effect is obtainable in almost no time; because three flower spikes grow from each mature bulb, and numerous offsets grow from the old bulbs each year. Full sun or very light shade is preferred. Although Heavenly Blue is the best known strain, Armenian muscari has larger blooms and of a clearer shade. Their honey-like fragrance is pleasingly refreshing. Birds stay away rrom muscari, but not so gophers.

An eagle eye must be kept on muscari to rescue them from the gophers, but the profusion of bloom is well worth the trouble. Vivid reds, salmon pinks and bright lavender blues can be obtained in anemones. The St. Bavo, can easily add to the brilliance of This is an attractive, low-cost farm house, featured by the Bechtel Construction Company. Under FHA supervision, it can be built for approximately $4500 on a level site; it is a six-room home.

the features that make life more pleasant and comfortable. This is the statement of E. B. Field of the corporation handling the property. "If I were a home seeker, looking for a real bargain in the bay area, don't know where I could go to find anything which would even approach these 'specials' which are how offered for sale at Shefield Village," declared Field.

"Visitors ere charmed by the individual design, the modern and scientific arrangement of rooms and the attractive color schemes within and without. Built for all weathers, they represent the last word in the floral composition. Wood hyacinths, a member of the FOR SALE S-room home just completed. LarO rooms, fireplace, colored bathroom, tile, large closets, partly planted grounds. Bargain.

Payments only $34 MONTHLY Open Sunday JOSl Slat An, Drive out Foothill or East 14th Street Or call Orlnda 5121 Squill family, famed for its medicinal syrup, is one of the most adapt- iblr, often growing to a height of 20 District Meetings inches and forming a mass of color in sunshine. Technically known as have been the planting of some six thousand trees and eight thousand shrubs along the parkways and highways. Traffic channels are being landscaped and planted to colorful perennials. "There are three master projects now in operation in the Oakland Park Deoartment: One in the mountain parks or hill lands amounting to one in all of the various city parks for $765,000, and one on the street trees amounting to $160,000. "In the city parks project, large trees up to 18 tons are being moved, paths resurfaced, trails being built in wilderness areas and many construction projects such as rebuilding rock wall around Lake Merritt, landscaping new park areas and generally Increasing and making available additional facilities in city parks In every section of Oakland.

"When this million and one-half dollar program is complete in about 30 months, there is no question but Oakland will have one of the outstanding park systems in the United States. We have everything given to us freely by nature and we only have to properly plan and make available these facilities." Scillas, they like a lightly shaded lo Are Set by Board MORRIS PLAN TAKES LONG TERM LEASE Negotiations have been completed with the Morris Plan of Oakland by Lionel Wachs Company, business cation with fairly loose soil. Best planting depth is about three inches, but they may carry a little without harm. Most effective way to plant them is in but they increase rapidly, and a thin planting becomes a mass a lew years, ui great ad vantage is the fact that they are For the nomination of candidates for election to the 1941 directorate of the Oakland Real Estate Board, district meetings are to be held during the coming week in each of the three directorial districts, at which 22 or more are to be chosen from which 11 are to be elected during the second week of November. A meeting of all brokers and Built-to-Order -Homes are Popular The Bechtel Construction Company plan of building homes to order for owners of lots is proving increasingly popular in the Eastbay district, according to the company.

At present they have 12 homes under construction and are making plans for as many more, all of which will be started in the near future, it is stated. "Our complete plan includes not only the building of homes but assisting in all details of financing as well," says T. R. Bechtel. "We find that the majority of people who have a lot are anxious to build, but hesitate in a number of cases, owing to a lack of knowledge in disliked by gophers because of their family enjoyment over the years, he added.

"Superlatives have been used so frequently that they have lost their value in real estate but I don't know where they would apply better than in these few houses which are available at low cost with easy monthly payments under the Federal Housing plan. "Women are enchanted with the sparkling kitchens which are designed for maximum results with a minimum of effort. The men folk enjoy the comfortable living room with its fireplace and outlets for every gadget of this inventive age. bitter taste. Also, scillas are not bothered by birds, as nre bedding property leasing specialists, whereby Morris Plan has entered into a long term lease on the space they now occupy, at 1763 Broadway, together with the adjacent store room at 1767 Broadway which will greatly expand their present facilities, it is announced.

Soon after the first of the year, the entire building fronting on Broadway will be re- ancFborder plants where there are many shrubs. Their white, lavender- pink and blue shades adapt them to any color scheme. salesmen in District Number 2, tie Delightful fragrance and a slightly North Oakland area, is to be hKl i modeled and occupied by the Morris Tuesday evening, October 22, at; Plan. Mortgage Insurance Through its insurance of mort the offices of Parker and Scott, 536 nodding spike of bloom recommend the Scotch blue bell, popular name for scilla nutans. Taller and more erect than the Scotch blue bell is its Spanish cousin, the Spanish blue bell Lake Park Avenue, at which four Sunny, with front yardalready planted to lawn and gardn and gages on residential properties, the E.

B. Brower, general manager of Morris Plan, states: "The splendid increase of local business and the great growth of the Metropolitan Oakland Arpa has nerpssitntprl this more brokers and two or more aV At Federal Housing Administration back yard ready for service aa Salesmen are to be nominated. play, these homes represent financing, and are pleased to avail On Thursday evening, October plays an important part in the betterment of bousing conditions. It encourages high standards of de ful planning combined with the and expansion and improvement. After 'themselves of our experience the alterations are completed we facilities In this respect or Spanish wood hyacinths, scillas-campanulata, which has been developed in a wider color range.

The cheerful little blue flower called the grape hyancinth, or mus-cari, blooms earlier than scillas, efficient construction of master builders." sign, planning, construction, and ma "Another advantage," Bechtel 24. a similar meeting is to be held at the offices of E. A. Robey and 4622 East Mth Street, at which brokers and salesmen of District Number 3. the East Oakland area, will nominate at least four brokers terials on all properties that it in sures.

will have one of the finest banking offices in the State, which should accommodate our ever increasing business and be in keeping with the growth of the area." and two salesmen. Brokers and salesmen of District continues, "in dealing through us, comes from the fact that we have 300 plans of completed homes to which they have access, enabling them to decide upon the style of home best adapted to the size and shape of their lot. "Our office and showrooms at 3810 Broadway are open every day and evening, including Sunday. HOME PLANNING CONTRACTING We plan and build a yeo want it. Get oar firures if you hare plans.

COAST BUILDERS No. 1. Arcaidr, Ray BIdr. TE-8040 Architects today recommend lower ceilings, having established the fact that any space greater than 12 inches above a window head is of no cooling value unless ventilated. Number 1, downtown Oakland, are to meet at the offices of the Realty Board in the Ray Building at 4 p.m.

Friday, October 25, to nominate as candidates at least eight brokers and two salesmen. Of the 21 members of the Realty Board directorate, the terms of of lice ol 11 elected directors expire Here is an organization of specialists in ideas for distinctive homes suited to these beautiful, big sites and this gracious, smart way of living. They can help yon select a building site, plan a home suited to it and incorporating your ideas, estimate the cost, help yon arrange a loan, and build the hifme. You are cordially invited to visit the beautiful homea this organization has designed and built in Moraga Estates and Woodlands. Sketches for new homes on selected sites may be seen at the office any day between 9 and 5 without obligation.

Visit these properties TODAY. Drive through Broadway Tunnel into the sunshine and follow Tunnel Road to) the junction with the Orinda and Moraga Highways. THAT IDEAL HOME is waiting for you! LINCOLN HIGHLANDS The Ideal Spot for Your New Home RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OAKLAND NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION 5 rooms, 6 rooms, 7 rooms Built by A. R. LAPHAM, Builder of The Better Class Hornet at the end of this year: These are Zura E.

Bells, George G. Block, L. F. Cunningham. Richard A.

Fene-lon, John W. Fitting Emil Fritsch, Edgar M. Hayes, Walter Luihn, F. Bruce Maiden, Paul Pause and Wit- lard W. White.

In addition, the terms of office of two directors-at-lara WiU'am W. Bradley and Warren fucker, expire at the end of the year, their successors to be selected by the elected directors at their organization meeting in Jan-, uary. Drive out today and see the smart, new units just opened for inspection in Oakland's fastest selling residential district. They won't last long at present prices. Small down payments and easy monthly installments.

New Homes Open for Inspection Sketches and Plans for Selected Sites. Fine, Urge Building Sites as low as $850 on Easy Terms. approval. City Utilities and Conveniences. MULFORD GARDENS Fire safe, Insulated, Termite proof, Permanent, Economical Ideal for both residential and commercial work Send for Literature E.

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6. MARKHAM 8 CO. MAIN OFFICE 4144 Coolidge Avenue AN dover 5544 per month Sheffield T)itta9 (E. B. Field Corporation) Foothill Blvd.

at Durton Ave. Telephone SW eetwood 6123 Lot 80 ft. 200 ft. PHIL HERATY 2210 W. 132nd Ave.

SW eetwood 6519.