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fittings at each floor level to allow connections to individual 

 apartments. 



You could step into your rented space and then arrange 

 your apartment to suit yourself. The outside walls could be 

 clear, translucent, or insulated opaque units. You could move 

 them inward in the summer to form private outdoor terraces 

 and to shade the interior from the sun's rays. In the winter 

 you could move the walls forward to permit maximum sun- 

 light to enter your apartment. 



The exterior wall sections would be part of the building 

 assembly. But the partition sections could be either purchased 

 or rented from the owner. Closet and wardrobe units, ob- 

 tained the same way, could be used as partitions to divide the 

 space in your apartment. These easily arranged, prefabricated 

 units would give your apartment great flexibility. It could 

 be altered as family conditions, or your moods, changed. 

 That "ole devil" standardization would not bother you. 



Finished floorings also would come in sections that could 

 be quickly put down. The plumbing fixtures, bathtub, toilet, 

 lavatory, kitchen sink, and other units might be either rented 

 or owned like your furniture. 



"The tenant's investment in parts purchased by him," ex- 

 plains Sanders, "would always have a trade-in value, just as 

 with vacuum cleaners, refrigerators and radios. If necessary 

 for any reason to move to another location, similar apartments 

 could accommodate the parts you owned. And if moving into 

 a home instead of an apartment, the incorporation of this 

 equipment would absorb in long-term buying some of the 

 financial shock of home building and ownership." 



Sanders likewise points out that owners, as well as tenants, 

 would share the benefits of the new apartments of tomor- 

 row: 



"The initial building investment would be minimized, since 

 the purchase of the standardized parts would be according to 



