First use of glass block in Muncie to be used in public garage

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Evening Press

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 42, no. 268, p. 9, col. 6

USE GLASS BRICKS

IN PUBLIC GARAGE

The first partly glass brick struc­ture to be put up in Muncie using the new glass product of the Hemingray Division, Owens - Illinois Glass Company, here, will be a mod­ern, two-story and basement, ramp type parking garage at the corner of Howard and Walnut Sts., to be put up by A. G. Owen. Other materials used in the building will be reinforced concrete and steel. The "lubritory" on the ground floor will be of steel and glass bricks, with Neon tube illumination. Mr. Owen says the garage will mave [sic] have a capacity of 200 cars and will be ready for use by the fall of 1936.

Keywords:Hemingray
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:August 14, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;