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Walsh, Harold Vandervoort was born on September 20, 1892 in New Windsor, New York, United States. Son of George Ethelbert and Anne Vandervoort (Gleason) Walsh.
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Immediately after the war the housing shortage made itself very evident, because the landlords discovered that it existed, and realized that they had it within their power to exact extortionate rents. Statisticians got busy and put their heads together and informed the public that within the next five years there would have to be built some 3,300,000 new homes to properly house the people. The building magazines likewise were predicting great things in construction, and all in the building industry were looking for fat years of prosperity, for here was the need and there was the pressure of the high rents. Why should not the thousands of families that had waited build now, when they saw their money going to waste in high rents.? All kinds of advertisements were sent out to urge the public to build, and own-your-own-home shows sprang up in every large city, and one could find plenty of builders who would say that one should build immediately, before prices went higher. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Walsh, Harold Vandervoort was born on September 20, 1892 in New Windsor, New York, United States. Son of George Ethelbert and Anne Vandervoort (Gleason) Walsh.
Student, City College of New York, 1909-1911; Bachelor of Architecture, Columbia, 1915.
Professor architecture Columbia, 1919-1935. Also consultant architect, writer. Professor emeritus school engineering and architecture City University of New York, from 1959.
Free lance lecturer
Director special course architecture for members American Society Illuminating Engineers, 1930, 40. Architectural consultant on advisory committee to prepare master plan for future development of campus and buildings for Queens College, New York City, 1940-1941. Member committee on fundamental equipment President Hoover's Housing Conference, 1931.
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2d. Lieutenant United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Registered Architects. Member Architectural League of New York, New York Association Arhcitects, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Artists Professional League, Municipal Art Society, New Rochelle Art Association, Society for Advancement of Engineering Education, New York Society Architects, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Helen Harper Loucks, February 15, 1918. Children: Jeanne Vandervoort, Myra-Claire, Winifred.