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The article provides information on some businesspeople that helped build the city of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and describes the industrial and business district of the city. Banker, industrialist, and philanthropist Richard B. Mellon expressed his interest in residing in Pittsburgh in the long term to contribute to the business community. The blast furnaces and bridge facilities of the U.S. Steel Corp. are scattered up and down four rivers and at strategic areas in the immediate provinces. Of 200,000 industrial employees in 1928, the largest groups include Carnegie Steel, Westinghouse Electric, and Jones & Laughlin.

The article reports on the industrial development and expansion in Kansas City, Missouri. Plants are being constructed or have been completed for several companies including Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Pepsi-Cola, and National Bellas Hess and small business has also been developing rapidly. The industries have expanded geographically, into the Fairfax Industiral District in Kansas City, Kansas, into North Kansas City, Missouri and the Northeast Industrial District of Kansas City, Missouri.

The article gives information on various socio-political issues of the world. When the U.S. Congress, in enacting the new Banking and Currency law last September, provided that "as soon as practicable, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Controller of the Currency, acting as the Reserve Bank Organization Committee, shall designate not less than eight nor more than twelve cities to be known as Federal reserve cities" --each to contain the regional central bank for its own allotted district--it was recognized that probabilities favored selection of the larger number.

The article focuses on the regional development in Houston, Texas after the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has chosen the area for its Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). It says that Houston was able to build new industries, jobs, and land values including an industrial park, an employment rate reaching 621,400 in mid-1965, and establishment of building houses in Clear Lake City. Moreover, development in homes and business services have rose in Nassau Bay.

The article focuses on the Ruhr in West Germany which houses the companies Krupp, Phoenix-Rheinrohr, Demag and other industrial complexes. According to economists, the Ruhr is overly dependent on coal and steel, is too crowded and smoky and losing its workers to other jobs. In line with these problems, businessmen are taking steps to solve them.

The article focuses on some of the important questions posed by the rapid growth of the industrial park concept in the U.S. Discussing what distinguishes the industrial park from the planned industrial district, the authors analyze the advantages and disadvantages of a park location for business management. They discuss firms that are most likely to find an industrial park suitable. Given the economic advantages of industry to a community, the authors discuss reciprocal responsibilities on the part of business and community. The authors mention the trends and problems that are likely to shape the future development of industrial parks.

The article discusses industrial land planning the United States. Modern industrial facilities need locations that have encroachment protection, available transport, unbiased pollution controls, and large sites that are part of the local community's plan for growth. A shortage of industrial sites results when zoning codes and land-use policies are established to keep industries out of specific areas. Topics include a court decision in a Newington, Connecticut zoning case, the trend in land requirements for single-story factories, rural-urban fringe communities, and an industrial land program that amends zoning law to prohibit residential construction in an industrial zone.

The article presents information on IBM United Kingdom Ltd.'s (IBM-UK) new plant in Inverkip, Scotland. It is stated that for International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), IBM-UK's parent, Inverkip will serve as base for entering the markets of Great Britain. Scottish Industrial Estates (SIE) has said that it would build a plant to IBM specifications and rent it at a quarter of normal rates, along with a 20-year option to buy.

The article focuses on the role of banks in financing the economic expansion projects of the Ninth Federal Reserve District in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It informs that the banking of the district emphasizes on group banking system. It tells that Northwest Bancorporation Inc. and First Bank Stock Corp. controls 12 percent of the district's banks. It further discusses whether group banking system would adapt itself to the prospective economic problems and opportunities of the district.

The article features the Nela Park, an industrial park in East Cleveland, Ohio by General Electric Co.'s National Lamp Works. The area used to be a grape-vineyard with run-down farm-houses, was purchased and transformed as the headquarters of National Mazda lamp manufacture. The plant's maintenance is handled by a Buildings and Grounds Committee of five members. An overview of the upkeep and planting in the area is provided.

The article discusses the latest industrial and economic developments in Brazil as of July 1950. It cites the booming industries in the Estado of São Paulo, Brazil, including coffee, cotton and diamonds. São Paulo's economy is mainly dependent on agriculture, with the estado accounting for 51% of the country's coffee production. The other products from the estado include beef, bananas and manufactured goods. It also cites the Indústrias Reunidas F. Matarazzo (IRFM), which is the biggest industrial estate in São Paulo.

The article presents information on the industrial development program of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, during 1951. It is stated that the city has a favorable location as a marketing and distribution center, due to which businessmen and civic leaders came up with an 80-million dollar highway-industry-railroad moving program. The plan provides for at least nine new industrial districts throughout the city, along with an integrated system of express highways to serve them.

The article presents information on socio-political conditions. Until the last general election state of Alabama had been an island of liberalism between the Scylla of Mississippi and the Charybdis of a Georgia which had relapsed into Talmadgism. But on November 5, 1946 Alabama voted to adopt the Boswell amendment to its constitution, an amendment which will set up the most highly restrictive voting qualifications in force in any state in the Union. The leaders of organized labor and many newspapers opposed the amendment, but the rank and file of labor in the large industrial districts failed to go to the polls.

The article discusses the emergence of Nigeria's capital city, Lagos, as West Africa's leading business center. Following the independence of Nigeria from British rule, some U.S. companies such as Gulf Oil Corp. and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. showed interest in the country, with its untapped natural resources, a good measure of political stability and a tax incentive program to lure foreign capital. The aid provided by the Rockefeller Bros. Fund to U.S. and other Western investments in Nigeria is mentioned.

The article reports on the beautification approach of Miami builder and real estate operator William C. Webb for industrial facilities. It notes that Webb has practiced industrial face-lifting in his Sunshine State Industrial Park, a 330-acres of light industry and warehouses surrounded by greenery. It notes that Webb personally approve all the building and landscaping plans in which no smoke stacks are permitted to provide pleasant surroundings that would improve employee morale.

The article offers information on the industrial developments in Dallas, Texas. It highlights the two projects in the city, Airlawn Industrial District, developed by the company Katy railroad, and Trinity Industrial District developed by Industrial Properties Corp. The article discusses different aspects of the projects including the investments and the challenges faced by the developers.

The article discusses a comprehensive study conducted by Harvard University's Professor Raymond Vernon on the New York region's growth factors until 1985. The study concluded that the region will still be the leading industrial and commercial area in the U.S. It is also predicted that the population of New York City will drop slightly, but there will be more jobs available. The study was sponsored by the Regional Plan Association.

The author relates his experiences in visiting several cities in Russia. He observes that young Russian girls are very demure, wear no lipstick and often braid their hair in long pigtails while the young boys are well behaved and respectful toward their elders. He found out that there is no Intourist bureau in an industrial town in the Southern Ukraine. Factories have gardens for the pleasure of their workers.

The article focuses on the industrial areas in the U.S. as of January 1946. Pennsylvania is still regarded as the foremost heavy industrial state. In May 1945, the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 10% reduction in Southern and Western railroad freight rates for manufactured articles.

The article reports that Clearing Industrial District Inc. has purchased twelve acres of unused land from American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. for post World War II development into a modern manufacturing district to be known as the 95th Street Section in Chicago, Illinois.

The article presents the regional market outlook for the U.S. for 1943. It expects an increase in arms employment in Boston, Massachusetts and in mining and quarrying in Vermont. It predicts that material shortages will affect the metropolitan clothing industry in New York. It adds that there is a continued expansion in employment in most industrial centers in Chicago, Illinois, but the shortage of manpower is the chief concern.

The article discusses the strategy used by the different cities in the U.S. including the New York City to adopt the idea of industrial parks in suburban areas to avoid the relocation of manufacturers in 1969. The city government of Cleveland in Ohio is converting the Gladstone Renewal Area into a park for the light manufacturers. According to Cleveland redevelopment commissioner Fred Pizzedaz, the improvements made by the city is slightly less expensive than suburban industrial tracts.

The tremendous campaign of textile interests in Rhode Island against the AAA processing tax undoubtedly helped to defeat Antonio Prince, Democratic candidate for Congressman, in the recent election. But apart from this factor, the sweeping victory of the Republican judge, Charles F. Risk, in the First Congressional District cannot be interpreted as a repudiation of the New Deal. The collapse of the Democratic Party in an industrial district which nine months ago gave Senator Francis B. Condon a 21,000 plurality must be charged to a deep seated division within the party organization and to an intense racial feeling which gave impetus to an effective whispering campaign against the Democratic nominee. The vote was also a gesture of resentment against the recent operations of the Democratic machine.

The article discusses the high levels of house rents in the U.S. The housing shortage has been blamed for around one-tenth of the rise in rents and real estate prices. A large increase in building operations is noted in 1920, especially in dwelling construction. It cites the big flow of rural population into the industrial districts during the war period. Particular focus is also given to the impact of wage increases on rental rates.

The article focuses on the issue of housing abandonment in the U.S. It says that the problem of housing abandonment is prominent in industrial districts of the East and Midwest. The author says the abandonment is caused by a host of problems including crime, shifting populations, economic squeeze and the general tendency of Americans to waste. Moreover, many slum landlords no longer find their business profitable. Also, many landlords took their profits years ago without maintaining their buildings, and the massive repairs needed now are beyond their means which is why they find it better leave the property to rot rather than repair. The author also observes that private builders should be encouraged to put up luxury apartments which would alleviate the situation.

The article reports on the plan of air-minded firms to build fly-in industrial parks that have an airstrip in the U.S. It mentions that the plan to set up about 200 shop in fly-in industrial parks with airstrips aim to offer businessman and flying executives greater mobility and eliminate time-consuming delay through bypassing airports, taxis and traffic during business travel. It notes that the air park sites will attract light industry and other high-value-products.

The article discusses U.S. chemicals company Air Reduction Co. as of July 15, 1959. The author focuses on the company's owner John Hill, chemical plants in the industrial estate of Calvert City, Kentucky, and acetylene gas. Also mentioned are a calcium carbide plant, acetylene derivatives, and sales and profits.

The article reports about positive prospects for new buildings in the Clearing Industrial District in the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois.

The article looks at a scheme that would cut the 83-acre plant in southwest Chicago, Illinois into half to transform it into an industrial park and shopping center. The 150-million U.S. dollar plant was built by the U.S. government in 1943, which was eventually turned over to Dodge Division of Chrysler Corp. for manufacturing B-29 bomber engines. The plant will be called Ford City by a group headed by Harry F. Chaddick, which formed into Chicago Industrial District, Inc.

The article reports that a municipal golf course will be built by the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, with the support of several business entities. The golf course is being built in place of the current golf course which will eventually be turned into an industrial park. The city is running short of industrial space which is resulting in the relocation of businesses and loss of jobs in the area.