Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 77

DaklanD Ctibunc SEPTE3EBER 19, 1923 APARTMENTS BY DLL OPEN TO VISITORS end sales resistance very much Shett Mrltd'Work and Chimney of lA KROLL APARTMENTS by New Kroll Aphrients in Arbor Villa Open tcf Visitors lessened in the Installation of high class Water beat era Many people assume that the construction and materials are In accord with the installation of the few comforts that are on display fpr their benefit." STILE uveriooKins rara oouievara irora a dominant Dosiuon. mi mic auamuciu structure, uum uv mucu uu aui j-muu, w.uiuuij m. design architect "Willis C. Lowe, stands completed today i t. i 'i.

-i I iiani mmnlnt.J tnJiv -Tli riiii'Mino wat nfrtnl mi driip rif terracei. It contain 27 anartment H. Monsen Lake Yellowstone, in Tallow- units, ana 18 considered the last worq in apanmsnt planning Sheetmeta! Contrsctort 3480 CHAMPION ST. Fruitvalt 6198 NEUTERS TO LINE stone Park. Is the summer horn for thousands of pelican that mi grate to this Inland aea from the Guirof California.

Splendid Structure Has Commanding Location in Arbor Villa on Park Boulevard. Firm Now Competes On Automatic and Storage For Homes. 1 i I SUNDAY nuuo r.i ADDS I A COMPLETE "Goncealo Installation To provide maximum comfort in the beautiful Kroll apartments, a complete installation of "Concealo" cabinets and built-in The Ruud Manufacturing com pany Fltteburg announce that It haa added two new heater to their line. This now permit them to compete both In the automatic and the storage heater for the small home and the apartment house trade, they state. J.

C. Seagrave, manager of Pol- 1w lara's, tne Alameda county dlstrt butor of Ruud heaters, said: features has been provided. "Concealo" refrigerators and porcelain kitchen cabinets are the last word in domestic efficiency. CONCEALO FIXTURE CO. i i.

"Building contractors and apartment house owners will appreciate 1i 1 1 a neater made and built according to Ruud's standard for Ruud ha been the standard for over (7 year. "Eastbay builders hare long appreciated the fact that a home built for sale Is disposed of rery quickly Phont Utrrtu 3473. 1339 12th St. Grand of thet Opening I gar vrff -'i I A rl- 4f I- manager, C. P.

Murdock, Incorporated. "A great deal of development work haa been done since the prices vers set with the result that values have Increased greatly. The man who buys from us now receives the advantage of all this. "Arbor Villa is the most successful subdivision ever undertaken by this company, and investor who want to share in the opportunities it offers must act quickly." and commands a fine view. Because of these natural advantages, the Murdock company states that Arbor Villa has set a record for rapid sales with the result that only a few sites for duplexxbunga-lows and apartment houses still remain.

"The sites which we still have for sale in Arbor Villa offer exceptional opportunities for large profits," states Earle S. Beatle, general sales KROLL APTS- Designer of the "Kroll" Apartments tuated on a knoll In Arbor Villa Just off the. lower end of Park boulevard, on the corner of Ivy Drive and Carroll street, the Kroll apartments, built at a cost of $125,000 by Albert and Paul Kroll, commands a unlqule view of the city and surrounding hills. A descriptor! reads: "Taklnpr advantage of the high bank and hill side, the -building was erected on a series of terraces, the lower levels being used for garages and the upper levels for the various floors which follow the general contour of the land. "In the basement on the lower level are 17 separate private garages and the boiler rooms, the entire construction of which Is reinforced concrete, including all walls, floor and ceiling.

Being without any communication to the upper floors of the building makes this portion practicably fireproof. "The roof over the parages forms wide terrace, extending along the entire 200-foot frontage of the 'building, with an ornamental art tone balustrade end-having- flower beds with brick coping planted with trees and shrubbery. The main entrance to the building is from this terrace through an elaborate art tone portal reached by stairways leading up at the center. "The upper part of the building consists of three floors on various levels containing 27 two and three room apartments, a spacious lobby, wide corridors, store room for each tenant, etc. "The entire exterior of the building Is finished with red brick, tb principal elevations being trimmed with cream-colored art atone, making a very pleasing contrast In olor.

"The apartments contain spacious rooms with all the latest conveniences, 20 of the apartments being completely "The living rooms are provided with the latest type of wall bed, with large dressing closet 'fitted with built-in dresser and mirror; the bath rooms are large, with built-in tub and shower, and the kitchens are models of convenience, containing all the latest Ideas In built-in features, such as ice box, cooler, broom closet, Ironing board, kitchen cabinet with porcelain table, flour bin, gas range with ventilated hood above and a service closet, being a special feature, having a locker with doors opening into corridor and kitchen for the use of Janitor and tradesmen, to eliminate passing through the apartments. "Each apartment has a dining nock with china closet and hardwood floor, separated from the kitchen by an arched opening and Connected to living" room through French doors. "The apartments afe provided with steam heat, hot water, radio and convenience plugs, latest lighting fixtures, hardwood floors, except the bath which are tile, and the. kitchens, which have linoleum, "A garbage chute Is located in the janitor's closet on each floor and is connected to a garbage burner in the boiler room. "There has been no expense pared in making this one of the most complete and modern apartment home buildings in the city ef Oakland.

"The building was designed and upervised by Willis C. Lowe, architect, and constructed by Albert Kroll, general contractor. WILLIS C. LOWE ARCHITECT BUILDERS' EXCHANGE BLDG. 354 HobartSt.

Uhside'6750 OPEN FOR INSPECTION AND LEASING, IS THE FINEST APARTMENT IN THE EAST OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. STANDING ON AN EMINENCE ON IVY DRIVE ABOVE PARK THIS BEAUTIFUL BRICK STRUCTURE ENJOYS A COMMANDING VIEW OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE. 27 two, and three-room apartments, furnished and unfurnished, with breakfast room. Steam heat, hot- water, janitor service. AH latest convenience, such as porcelain top cabinets and refrigerators, special design lid top stores with heat control, intercommunicating phone service, separate built-in radio aerial for each apartment, tiled baths with complete shower; tradesmen's lockers, garages, etc.

Furniture and hangings from SloanesV ALBERT arid PAW, KROLC HISTORIC SPOT UESIDER! REALTY TRACT market early In 192 5 by C. P. Murdock, Incorporated, its development along the lines of valuable, dowrftown property has been rapid with the result that closeto a million dollars Is Invested In lots alone, according to reports from the Murdock company. Krohl apartments now being opened on Arbor Villa are pronounced a fine example of the development for which the tract is particularly suited. It' has transportation on two sides, is within seven minutes of downtown.

Oak- BUILDERS AND OWNERS Psnl Kroll, Mgr. Phont GUncourt 6406 One of the historic spots of early Oakland la rapidly losing, its original appearance as apartment houses, duplex bungalows and other structures rapidly cover those portions of Arbor Villa which F. M. "Borax" Smith maintained as the game preserve of his elaborate Park boulevard estate up till a short time ago. Since the property was subdivided and placed on the Landscaping and Gardening ri i At Kroll Apartments AZAR NURSERY 2642 35tH Avenue Phone Fruitvale 3827 CARPETS and LINOLEUM KROLL APARTMENTS 1929 BROADWAY -r ALL (Framing and finish) for the KROLL APTS.

by Walter Erickson BUILDER Office 3332 Hopkins Street Fruitvale 351S Res. Ph. Andover 1039 Land Settlement Association, of which J. V. Mendenhall of Stockton is president.

Among the speakers at the conference are expected to be J. V. Mendenhall, president of the California Delta Farms; L. Sea-graves, general colonization agent of the Santa Fe; A. G.

Coon of the American Railway Association, John C. Forkner, farm land developer of Fresno; Peter Hanson of Glendale; G. Hughson of Fresno, Thomas W. McManus of Bakers-field, district vice-president, Invited to address the banquet are Harry H. Culver, president of the California Real Estate Association, and Frazler O.

Reed, former president. Congressmen H. E. Barbour of Fresno and Arthur M. Free of San Jose have been invited to address the conference.

LATHAMSOUAf. DING OPENS OCTOBER We guarantee the roof that protects the KROLL APARJMENtS M. L. Roofing Company 9224 Foothill Blvd Phone Elmhurst 841 for the "Roofers that know how' Rip Van Winkle WALL BEDS BUILT FOR Peaceful Restful Slumber INSTALLED IN THE Kroll Apartments RIP VAN WINKLE WALL BED CO. 792 Twenty-second Street Oak.

141 and Oak. 142. mmIu mt the GAS RANGrES MADE IN OAKLAND are among ths superior, facilities installed in the beautiful KROLL APARTMENTS Square aaUdina; I aanounoed for Oeteeer 1, br the Latham Square Ooryoratioa, wnera ef the prop erty, a fourteen story eiaaa A huUdlac. wtth two basement floors or the accommodation or tenants Automobiles, Is located strategical ly at the intersection of Broadway, Telegraph and Sixteenth streets, in the midst of the shopping district. public utility offices, banks, and elose to the postoffice and city kail.

This location was selected only Srter an appraisement of alt condi ona that have been found to tt- reet, office building localities in thia and many eastern cities," Stat Roy Dlggt, secretary of the 'Only a Few Lots Still Left In arbor Villa the famous downtown estate of T.M "Borax" Smith i The rapid sale of Arbor Villa is one of the best indications of its value. Very soon the last lot will be sold. Then you can only buy from someone who purchased from this com', pany, and you urill have to pay his profit. Sidewalks, paved streets, sewers, apartment houses' and duplex bungalows have added greatly to the value of Arbor Villa property, yet our original prices on the lots that are left stilf stand. It's a buy you cannot match anywhere.

Compare it? advantages- 7 minutes to 14th and Broadway; transports' tion on 2 sides; frontage on Park Boulevard, the coming great north and south artery of the East Bay; and our easy terms promise a big percentage of profit through resale before the full purchase price is paid in. VISIT ARBOR VILLA TODAY and have our representative point out to you the lots that are still open. Notice the solidly settled condition of the surrounding neighborhood and the building that has been done in Arbor Villa. Consider the fact that there is no more land like Arbor Villa left. 1 you want to make a big profit on a small investment, tal terms to our representative.

P. MURDOCK, INCORPORATED mAn sales office executive offices 14th and Alice Streets 10th Floor, Syndicate BIdg. Phone Oakland 5S80' Phone Lakeside 1600 Oakland, California "Watch Park, Boulevard Grow' corporation, "in Detroit, cieve "Pryne" mail box equipment in the Kroll apartments. A California Product Pryne-Robinson Co. 1410 Madison St.

Oakland 4320 land and New Tork, experience has yroven that locations around a square from which the main lie lines radiate, is an Invaluable site for the office structure, Latham Square is within 850 feet of street car lines running to every community of the Eastbay district, and still is unhampered by over-congestion. It is also predicted that Telegraph avenue will shortly Building Material for the KROLL APARTMENTS furnished by La Casa Grande Owner will share the remarkable advantages of a magnificent home, rising above the waters of Lake Merritt at Grand and Euclid Avenues. Each individual owner of an exclusive apartment will enjoy ideaf surroundings and luxurious service, carefree from worries, close to the center of town, permanently potected in a gilt-edged investment. Learn more about this the new home-plan of TODAY. see great activity, In theater ana store construction.

"The Latham Square building is modern in every respect, and has many innovations, with high-speed levators, and an office arrangement with great economy of space. Due to the design, 95 per cent of the office space has outside light. There are a total of J90 offices In the upper stories, with stores occupying the ground floor. 'From the second to the eight hfloor, offices will be for the use of the medical profession only, while above the eighth commercial offices will he All Rough and Finish HARDWARE for KROLL APARTMENTS Supplied by B. SIMON Hardware Co.

A Complete Line of All Kinds of Hardware 7th and BROADWAY Phones Lakeside 7816-7817 Fcnrm Lands Men to Rhodes-Jamieson Company Meet in Modesto "The Home of Full-Sac'. Oakland Alameda Telephone Oakland 770 The farm lands question, uppermost in the minds of thousands of real estate men and colonizers in the West, will bo the subject of an all-day conference to be held Saturday, September IS, at Modesto, under auspices of the California Keal Estate Association, according to announcement today by ley Clayton, chairman of the state association's farm lands division. The morning session will be in charge of the officers and directors of, ths California Approved 101 Franklin Oakland Phone Lakeside 242 i iaiiiaia4ajiaaaaiaikiix-.