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How would you like sunshine
every day...when you want it?
GREATER SECURITY - PEACE OF MIND
- THE ULTIMATE IN TRUE PRIVACY!
Cut insurance, heating, maintenance
costs to practically nothing. Reduce sinus, allergy and asthmatic
annoyances - Dust but once a month.
Fantastic . . . An impossible dream
. . . the perfect way of life for
future generations? Not at all - it's here NOW! You can see these
exciting new ideas - and many more - at the revolutionary Underground
Home exhibit at the New York World's Fair, Avenue of Transportation
(Block 50), between the Heliport and the Ford exhibit near the
Western entrance.
Create your own private world . . .
shut out noise, dangerous intruders,
storms, pollen, air pollution . . . Control your climate electronically
. . . "dial" Spring weather in midwinter, sunshine
on a rainy day, high noon at midnight . . . grow luxuriant flowers
under artificial sunlight in a garden 15 feet beneath the earth's
surface. Use your land twice . . . build a swimming pool, playground
area or woodland park right over your home.
Terrific . . . these
advantages and innovations truly sound wonderful, but what IS
an underground home? What does it look like and how "different"
is it? The visitor is in for a surprise!!! After following a
wide, spiral staircase down into the subterranean entrance, he
will enter a luxurious, ultramodern ten room residence resembling
an elegant above ground home.
The difference . . . the reason for all
these marvelous improvements and benefits . . . is WHERE it is
built -15 feet down!!! Entirely new concepts and techniques in
architecture, construction, interior design, lighting, ventilation
and utility installations make the home the most advanced
of all the futuristic World's Fair structures.
It is built, like a ship in a bottle, inside
of an oblong shell of waterproof concrete 130 feet by 90 feet
wide. The shell's concrete top, 36 inches below the surface,
is covered by the earth's insulation. The Underground Home is
thus protected from the ravages of nature, the physical and psychological
assaults caused by our industrialized society and the population
explosion.
By "dialing" the proper blends
of electrical sunshine, twilight, moonlight or starlight, and
mixing the correct formulas of heating or cooling, occupants
can regulate their own climate, scenery, barometric pressure
and even the season of the year.
From inside the Home, occupants may look
out through sliding glass doors onto a "sun drenched",
inviting marble terrace where flowers bloom, a fountain splashes
and tropical fish swim in a pool. When ready for bed, raise the
window, and a refreshing breeze from the shell stirs the draperies,
inviting sleep.
UNDERGROUND LIVING DOES MAKE SENSE AND
HERE'S WHY:
IT COSTS LESS -
heating and cooling bills are negligible - the earth's insulation
insures a constant temperature, total utility costs are cut to
one third; no weather damage; impossible to burn; insurance costs
reduced to one eighth; home lasts forever, no fading of draperies,
carpets or furniture; no need for roof repairs, storm windows,
etc.; it's easier to keep clean. In addition to all this - you
have DOUBLE USE OF YOUR LAND.
HEALTHIER, CLEANER, QUIETER LIVING -
asthma, sinus, allergy and chronic
cold sufferers receive almost instant relief in abundant, dry,
stimulating filtered air. It can be pressurized to any altitude
- much like a plane cabin. No dirt means less house work and
more time for recreation. It's QUIET, easier on the nerves, perfect
for relaxing and enjoying good music. But most of all, it offers
the average man the proverbial island unto himself.
THE UTMOST IN SECURITY - lessens the likelihood of human intruders; protection
from storms of all types; is impervious to nuclear fallout.
The underground concept is not limited
only to residential construction. Indeed, the numerous advantages
are just that much greater when applied to underground apartments,
factories, motels, shopping centers and restaurants.
The World's Fair is the fourth such home
to be built by Jay Swayze, Plainview, Texas, business executive
and home builder. He, his wife and two teenage daughters have,
for the past two years, lived in their underground home which
has been visited by over 20,000 people.
Special group tours may be arranged. Admission
is only one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. A
complete, colorfully illustrated story of the Underground Home
and Underground construction is contained in a booklet available
at the exhibit for $1.00 or by mailing a check or money order
to Mr. Jay Swayze, President, Underground World Home Corporation,
P.O. Box 1827, Flushing 52, New York. A specially trained staff
at the exhibit will be prepared to explain how you too, can have
an Underground Home.
List of
participating sponsors
for the Underground World Home |
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NAME OF SPONSOR
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MATERIAL
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Allen Industries, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois |
Carpet padding |
Century Furniture Co.
Hickory, North Carolina |
Furniture |
Channel Master
Ellenville, New York |
TV Antenna System |
Cohn-Hall-Marx Company
New York City, New York |
Draperies, Upholstery and
Bedspread fabrics |
The Englander Co., Inc.
Chicago 54, Illinois |
Bedding |
General Electric Company
New York City, New York |
Appliances, heating and
Air Conditioning, Home Entertainment, TV, Switch Gear Equipment,
Wiring Devices and Bulbs, Textolite |
A. & M. Karagheusian Co.
New York 16, New York |
Gulistan Carpets |
Kenbury Glass Works, Inc.
New York 11, New York |
Bead Art |
Murals, Inc.
New York, New York |
Wall Coverings |
Rheem Manufacturing Company
New York 17, New York |
Plumbing fixtures |
Robbins Floor Products
Tuscumbia, Alabama |
Vinyl Floor Covering |
Schlage Lock Company
New York 1, New York |
Door locks |
J. P. Stevens and Company
New York, New York |
Linens and uniforms |
Scroll, Inc.
Miami 64, Florida |
Patio furniture |
Steinway & Sons
New York, New York |
Grand piano |
The Thomas Organ Company
Los Angeles 48, California |
Organ |
Yeoman & Smith, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Cabinets |
Benjamin Moore Paint Company
New York, New York |
Painting |
Victor Oolitic Stone Company
Bloomington, Indiana |
Stonework |
Jay Lighting Mfg. Co., Inc.
Brooklyn 38, New York |
Chandeliers |
Beacon Lamp Co., Inc.
New York 1, New York |
Lamps |
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