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Garnier’s “large public bath […] with
many dressing rooms and baths [and]
showers” was however not reproduced
in Arvida, as every house had its own
sanitary facilities—in accordance with
standard North American usage. Jacques
Gréber had expressed astonishment, as
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we have seen, at this particularity of
North American housing.
The first part of Arvida to be built, called
Section A, was of course the part closest
to the smelter (fig. 49). But the first residents
found many more benefits there
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fig. 45. ArvidA’s first united church, circA 1930. | sOciété histOrique du sAguenAy. fig. 46. July 31, 1929, Of the ArvidiAn: the sAguenAy vAlley
demOcrAt. | PrivAte cOllectiOn.
fig. 47. the eArliest ArvidA residents still vividly remember the rOle thAt
cOmPAny-PrOvided sPOrts fAcilities And recreAtiOnAl Activities PlAyed
in life in the mOdel city. hOckey gAme circA 1940. | PrivAte cOllectiOn.
fig. 48. ArvidA wOrks, “street sign POst,” 1928. | ville de sAguenAy.
than that of living close to their place of
work. To grasp the novelty of this city,
we need to picture ourselves in Tony
Garnier’s world, a world in which houses
where each bedroom had “at least one
window” could seem like a dream. It
was no small challenge, as the company
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