Think Tank

March, 1978

Housing Log JamWhat kind of house has walls eight to ten inches thick, never needs to be painted and costs about half of what the conventional wood or brick house goes for? Here's one more clue--its biggest problem may be woodpeckers. We are speaking, of course, about log houses, with real, grown-up Lincoln Logs, and their popularity is booming as housing costs all over the country skyrocket. "Ninety percent of our capacity goes to people building primary homes, not vacation retreats,"...