New York, ultra-modern city of the world, is not what it was. No, it is getting shabby. In fact, to clean up its dilapidated buildings, give them a coat of paint where needed, mend old roofs and attend to plumbing repairs would cost the colossal sum of £200,000,000. This Is the figure arrived at by the Johns-Manville statistical research department after studying the matter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19551, 5 February 1938, Page 8
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