#make work project

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"REBUILD SLUMS ON CITY LANDS BOARD IS URGED," Toronto Star. January 17, 1934. Page 1 & 2. --- New Housing Plans for Toronto Submitted by Large Delegation ---- WOULD MAKE WORK ---- Speaker Claims 15,000 Families Have "Doubled Up" Since Depression ---- "Something must be done and only public bodies can restore the credit curtailed by banks if we are ever to put our men back to work," James Craig, past president of the Ontario Association of Architects, told board of control to-day. He headed a large delegation from architects, building trades, and women's organizations to lay before the board a new housing plan for Toronto.

Asking for $2,500,000 in civic aid to finance the building, Mr. Craig said the plan would pay $2,000,000 in wages, provide cheap housing for 750 families and convert a dead asset in civic lands into a live one.

The expenditure of each $833,000 would have a return value to the city of $1,666,000, he said.

The city was still under-built, he maintained, pointing out that 15,000 families had doubled up here since the depression began. He did not refer to apartment houses.

"There are many slums in Toronto," he said, citing Hon. H. Н. Stevens' challenge to rebuild slum areas.

"Look in behind the city hall and you will find a rabbit warren. Look even in your areas," he urged. "I challenge the right of any landlord to exact rent."

Con. McBride wanted to know what he meant by Mr. Stevens, the minister of trade and commerce.

"Are you questioning Mr. Stevens' statement?" asked Con. Simpson, smiling.

"You just mind your own business, Mr. Simpson?" retorted Con. McBride.

"The construction industry in Toronto is coming very close to the ragged edge," Mr. Craig pointed out. "Since 1929, it has dropped 86 1-2 per cent. When we contrast it with industries protected from 20 to 40 per cent., we realize the members of the building industry are truly the rugged individualists in this country."

Example From England Mr. Craig reminded the board of a recent statement by the ministèr of finance that public works should be restricted in periods of prosperity and encouraged by public bodies during depression.

"That is just exactly what this board has been doing for the past four years," interjected Con. McBride.

Mr. Craig said that in England 2,622,000 houses have been built, at the rate of 147,300 a year, subsidized by the state and local governments.

Mayor Stewart: "I believe in public ownership, but there is a limit. Do you think it is good business for us to take the taxpayers' money and compete with men who make a living from it?"

Mr. Craig: "In, principle I agree, but we have carefully picked building sites in are areas in which there is no speculative building to-day."

Con. McBride: "Do you suggest the city can build more cheaply than the speculative builder?"

Mr. Craig: "In that it can borrow money more cheaply."

Con. McBride reminded him that the city had gone into two previous building programs and was still paying deficits.

Were Not Successful "My view is this should not be a dividend paying proposition," stated Mr. Craig. "It should be a liquidating project."

"As an investor you would judge me by my past performances," Mayor Stewart said, pointing out ventures of this nature undertaken by the city in the past have not proved successful.

The proposals presented were referred to civic officials for a report. Might Involve $2,500,000

The plan submitted by the delegation was that city council vote funds not to exceed $2,500,000 to construct housing for 750 families on 9.983 feet frontage of city-owned vacant property now valued at $554,257. The money was to be raised:

(a) partially by grant and partially by borrowing from the Dominion and provincial governments;

(b) borrowing from the Dominion government under the relief construction program;

(c) borrowing through an issue of debentures, with or without a federal guarantee.

The plan sought the retention of three additional architects by the civic architect's department to look after the general administration of the project and allocate the work among local architects. It also sought repeal of by-law 4547, which demands that all civic building plans be drawn by the architect's department.

There are hundreds of families housed in congested downtown areas, in buildings unfit for human habitation," the brief read. "These properties cannot be condemned because no better accommodation is available in central locations at low cost. Private enterprise has failed to provide decent living accommodation for the $1,000-a-year man with- in easy distance of his place of employment. Proper housing at low rentals, is a social and civic obligation, recognized in England, United States and all through Europe."

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

[captain-astors]

Redraw of that one variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #3. I love Nightcrawler dearly.

[chalkrub]

pwyw thingy from previous opening 🌸

[finifugue]

'the F1 movie needed to have Brad Pitt fuck his female engineer because there needed to be sexual tension!' BORING. If they wanted sexual tension they should've made it historically accurate and true to real life and had Brad Pitt fuck his teammate

[orionfrommars]

More Elita and Bee bc I love them very much

I was also inspired by @crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington overly emotional optimus ♡

[Please do not steal, trace, repost or modify my work]

[adaki]

Do you draw Nina the killer perchance..

Yes and I end up disliking the drawings every time without fail but I thugged it out to give u this

[zan0tix]

ALPHA KIDS: Draw your best friends!

DIRK: I'd say I'm better at one on one character interaction work of the more intimate variety, but I think this piece came together nicely. DIRK: Fun for the whole family style wholesomeness, any motherfucker in the radius of a screen displaying this image will instantly get hit with a sore case of heartburn and their tear ducts will clock in overtime at the weeping factory.

ROXY: im so proud of these i think these are my best designs yet :3 but omg dirk callie and jake were SOOO peculiar about their damn designs over my shoulder. jake wanted me to clarify that even in pink pen form his little guy is BLUE. so there. sigh this is the one occasion they could take notes from janey.. JUST LET LE ARTIST WORK!

JANE: Boy! I don't draw often but I always was fond of calligraphy growing up. I was kind of inspired by all of the other's works, but especially Calliope's swirls she puts in her art. It's very fun to add!

JAKE: Im not quite the best with posing, but i find the head very fun to study! Especially skulls.. so good ole calliope makes for the perfect muse! (hehe)

CALLIOPE: i realized i hadn't ever made a piece with Us in the same place at once. u_u CALLIOPE: bUt since it's reality now here's all of Us together, United at last! ^u^

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[coffinshaped]

A little LoveStory doodle comic!

Click Clack is soooooooo cringe! EVERYONE POINT AND LAUGH AT THE RODENT!!!!!

I’ve been wanting to draw this for a while heehee!

[pidgydraws]

💙 comfort 💙

i haven't had time to finish anything lately~ but i can't stop making new sketches lol

[avanii]

Handmade Hisuian Typhlosion plush! He measures 70 cm nose to bum (95 cm to tail tip) and is weighted in all paws + knees. Features hand-painted eyes and magnets in each spot. At a later point I will make the faux fur flames that will attach via magnets. A super soft and cuddly plush! Gives extra warm hugs thanks to a removable heat pad made of cherry stones in his belly.

See how I made him here!

[catnippackets]

ideas for casual low-stress art projects if you want to work on something creative during the new year

dream journal: you can either write down every single dream you have so you can look back on everything, or just write down the best ones and add little drawings or collages to embellish them

weather blanket/scarf: create a legend for which colour matches each temperature/weather and then knit one row every day so by the end of the year you have a little reminder of what the weather looked like this year

junk journal/scrapbook: collect misc things like labels/ads/stickers/receipts and make little collages with them in a book

everyone add on ideas

[sergeant-angels-trashcan]

idk i just. i gotta say there is something so powerful about having two alpha male coded characters discussing their emotions on a rooftop while grappling with overt suicidality and having the most alpha of the two not only providing emotional support and words of affirmation but actively endorsing therapy. admitting that he goes and it helps. do you understand how insane that is. they really wrote jack abbot to be in the middle of a venn diagram of suicidal demographics and said we're not going to leave him there, we're going to make him be the one who is advocating for the mental health care of healthcare workers. Do you get this. he's a white male veteran between like 18-50 who undoubtedly has access to a firearm. he's disabled, he works in emergency medicine as an attending and we have no idea what kind of support system he has outside of work. like. that is a man i would be actively worried about in my workplace. that is a man who knows how to kill himself and make it stick. and he's talking about his therapist out in the open. the amount of stigma and internalized masculine ideals and military masculinity he has worked through. do you. do you understand. do you understand what an incredible character jack abbot is. i'm tearing up. robby is terrified someone will find out he has ptsd and panic attacks and jack is telling him it's okay. implying he has them too. it's okay because you came out and went right back in it. you were who we needed you to be, and it wasn't fair and it's okay to not be okay. it's okay to need help. jack. jack abbot said those things.

jack abbot you have my entire heart

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[bleucalire]

Azi ☁️💙✨

[multiverse-singularity]

Wanted to draw something cute before exams!❄️❄️