Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1924, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924, REAL ESTATE. 17 Need for Inexpensive Homes Seen as Boost to Building Capital Appears to Have Enough Apart- ments and Office Buildings, But Demand . for Moderate-Priced Residences Lasts. There are ample prospects for con- tinued building activities in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Despite the fact that this year the value in new con- struction has dropped, this does not Seem to indicate that Washington has passed the peak of its building boom. There is not much question in the opinion of the majority of those in- trested in the real estate development + of Washington that large apartment houses and office buildings have, for the present at least, reached a point Where they are beginning to over- load the market. but the demand for houses. especially of the moderate priced dwelling ver; large and there lies the field for activity. Figures lead one to believe that there is plenty of construction yet to be done in the District of Columbia l!’l the way of supplying the National Capitol with a quantity of fairly inex- pensive hnmq-s When it is considered that the District of Columbia has a Population of which 30.3 per cent own their own homes as compared with the 45.6 per cent of the total popu- lation of the entire United States who own their own hom it seems as if there is some catching up to do espe- ¢lally when a metropolis such as New York City with its poor, its many fac- tory workers and tenement dwellers hn.: a home owning percentage of 30.7 and Ohio 1 ahead with a perecentage of 51.6 of home owners in its population, ‘Washington Expected to Grow. While, since these figures were tak- en in Washington. there has been a trend toward supplying the need for the cheaper house, it is understood that the census bureau estimates on the basis of normal growth. While the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company which keeps a corps of statisticians with a watchful eye on the decline and growth of thc cities of the country gives an esti- mate that the District of Columbia Will have a population of 650,000 in 943, this is the estimate upon which +they are preparing for business and is a conservative one. They l0ok for the city to hit the half million mark about 1930. Only six-tenths of the population of | the District live in residences cither rented or owned. Of this number the colored population is ahead in occup: ing homes. Three-tenths of the popula- tion live in flats, boarding houses or rented rooms and one-tenth in apart- I ments. Three-fifths of the white popula- tion live in owned or rented residences, while almost four-tenths of the colored population live in residences Not only do these figures indicate a field for the building of homes. but the business and commereial development of many of Washington's former res dential ~thoroughfares is sending the former residents of those streets into the market for new homes. But a great majority of the public here has shown that it wants the moderate-priced home. The success of the several experiments in this: direction and the response to these undertakings by the homeseckers of the District have proved that. 8 More Families Than Homes. There is an excess of about 20 per cent of families in the District over dwellings. Fifteen years ago this excess was only 13.4 per cent. This. however. is a much’ better showing than that made by the entire United States, which has 1721 Jackson St. N.E. Attractive frame deta: of 7 rooms and bath, modern_improvements, rage. In fine condition. A tial home at the right price. 1407 Delafield St. N.W. Beautiful detached brick rexidence This exclusive location. in ing 8 rooms and bath, a.m 1. ma room, ete. This home represents one of the best buss in Saul's Ad dition, and your prompt inspection is urged. Main 3830 e e T TR R L LT 7T 2O 2277 e LI L L LA ELN AL LI L LLL L LA 2 N 1119 17th St. (771117 T LI LI LI L7111 E A now an excess of about 37 famiiies. over dwellings, and which had in 1910 cess of dwellings. The home building associations are less and less each year called upon to nance new private individual. have almost without tion had considerable increase in de- posits and a large increase in the call from the home buyer to refin: home purch: ker They homese and more building associations to assist him to buy his home rather than to help him build it. Building Loan Fund Increaxsd. home to their increased dem seekers for re-financing, assisting lator in his construction work. That people of the District are be- coming increasingly interested in the prospects of eventually evigenced The rially home the League bers the The money for a moderate priced dwelling. REALTY BOARDS ACTIVE. The Pittsburgh Real Estate Board |make a place for a small lavatory |modern conveniences. Thus we weave has appointed a committee to select land the hallway is made more at-|into the yesterday the comfort and a building to be purchased as its|tractive. There is a Iarge opening |practicability of today. What could own home. The Toledo Real Estate |between the hall and the living room, | be more pleasing? Board will soon break sround for @ [and one gets a view the full length | Since the prices of materials and home of its own on Courthouse|of the house when entering—and, labor vary considerably in different Square, the Toledo civic center. The |deed, almost the full width, for one |localities, we do not attempt to give building will be a three-story cul|has to take only a step in to the |a definite estimate as to the cost of stone structure, with exeuctive offices. clubrooms and an_auditorium. Chicago plans to open a campaign for a per- manent board home foillowing a mem- The Derahip campaign not yet completed, | small sewing room, each with ample |ing costs HOLY LAND MODERNIZED. | hich 437 were built in 1923. el a o » " 23 i . * |Aviv is 100 per cent Jewish and boasts which has already increased the |c et room and an abundance of win- For further information as to pro- of having floated the first Jewish mu- bgard’s active membership almost 50 | do If, when this house is built, the |curing building plans for this house nicipal loan in history, the money per _cent. The board’s active mem- |owner does not want a maid's room, (design No. 14 #end a stamped and | New Homes Built, Cities Re- having been raised last vear through bership is 1,175 her bath could be eliminated, making |self-addressed envelope to the Real New York brokers. The city has| A speakers’ bureau. to nm;: to the Lh'rz:hrnnm much narg;r. e Estate Editor, The Evening Star. planned, Report States. modern water supply. electric lights | various organizations in the com- is house is 41% feet wide by 3312 (Copyright, Georze Matthew Adams. B y munity the facts about the city ;‘u feet deep; therefore, we would need g Matthe: el American h;usu of ll’"‘ 'H;Hfi mod. | and drainage plant. the state, has been organized by theat least 50-foot lot on which to ern type are being built in Palestine Ablkee at Hsta o: he i stice, with i i B P . Man o Renr B b, e | R, But e, g0 dizelt et wsiin | REALTORS TO CO-OPERATE |at the rate of one thousand vearly. | Paris to Finish Paving. . = o e Na~ o = A according to a report receives y e , coming general throughout the Na |bega for u much largef lot—a lot| Samuel Untermyer. president of the | o The city of Paris plans to complete oAl Ao o e n the | i dignified old trees thickly set. & | Will Ai@ Work of New Commerce | Paiestine Foundation Fund. from the | 1UFing the current year its repaving Boards, for conducting through the W matured evergreens a ’ Jerusalem heddquarters of the organ. | PFOSTam contemplated in the posi- local real estate board a permanent |some of the flowers that our mothers Division. e war loan for restoring municipal campaign to bring to the people of |loved and would have planted in their | - : “This building activity is made pos- | €9uipment, and to expend additional each locality the value of their own |gardens and around the house, and -operation between the domestic | iy 1. ifirgely through long.time loana | funds_which will bring the total to community ~ resources. These_ re- | the charm would be complete. commerce division of the Department | granted by the General Mortgage | OVer 55.000,000 francs. “The work to | sources are the foundation of“real | There are many effective ways of |of Commerce and the National Asso-|Bank of the Palsctine fosndating |be done 'involves 811000 square | estate values in the community. The |painting this house. The most popu- |7 © s N fund, to which American Jews have |meters of paving, part of which is Milwaukee board proposes also to|lar. perhaps. is to have the house | ciation of Real Estate Boards to pro- | {ohih, 10, WISt Ammerican Jews BOve |15 he wood block and part asphalt launch a campaign to acquaint the | white, the shutters forest green and mote efficiency in the industrial [ years since its establishment in the | TéSurfacing. An experiment is to be public with the meaning of the term “realtor. Publication ciation of Real complete record of the discussions of its 1924 annual convention, ton, has been furnish for real estate boards, sses and real estate operators everywhere an up-to-the-minute the and opinion in all fields of real estate The record will compris tate cl count of activity. volume: Tors. 227 Bryant St. N.E. Beauti 6 rooms and bath, containing a.m.i last report of Loan and Building Asso- ciations sho ship of an increase in asse United States there crease in membership of more than a million persons and an increase in as- of almost half i billion people who in the ar YX::";I"]: U»;’:f the odor of the cooking out of the|and a chimney made of these would the building and loan 4= lrest of the house. The cellar door is |give a far finer appearance to the ociations are those who are 100KIDE | lose to the kitchen. There are muny [whole house—for thelr beauty ine Realtors Distribute Record. LT TR T O VR ATTRACTIVE OFFERINGS Inspect at Once 1215 8th St. N.W. Substantial downtown home of 10 rooms _and Space for excellent bought at an attractive price and on reasonable terms, WARDMAN 1430 K Street N.W. Where Can You Find A Comimunity of Moderate-Priced Homes With All the Natural Environments That Are Offered in WESLEY HEIGHTS? The above group of “Miller-Built” homes can only give you a slight idea of what we are offering in this wonderful subdivision, where nature is trying to outdo our artistic development of homes. You owe it to your- self and family to see these homes—as few people appre- ciate or realize what we are offering. To inspect: Take Wisconsin Ave. trolley or motor out Mass. Ave. to intersection of Mass. and Wisconsin avenues, thence west on Jewett St. (now Cathedral Ave), which feads into Wesley Heights. W. C. & A. N. MILLER Realtors R 2R three-car garage. S able for Doctor or Undertaking Par- An excellent buy. - Dutch Colonial,With Home-iness and Old-Time Charm. The most popular house in the east today is unquestionably the modified colonial, especially the Dutch colonial Ideal, and the popularity of this type of architecture Is spreading through- out the country. One would make no mistake in planning a modified co- lonial anywhere. In this housé the hall is put at one side, which gives a living room at the right and a dining room opening |from it by a wide door to furnish a per cent of per cent of families in ex- homes "to be built by the excep- nee his e. In other words, the |larger sense of space. The sunroom f ; e S~ in the District Is more can be treated in many different : - T calling upon the home | 2 ; . | ways. The division indicated between dining room and sunroom can be left out entirely or made of glass or {grille, as desired. Or the sunroom could be converted into a conserva- tory if preferred, or the dining room oxtended in a straight line with the d of the house—which would save 4 trifle in the cost of building, but would not be so picturesque. This sunroom gives a small “desk space” to the owner's bedroom, a space that can be used to air blankets or con- associations in addition nd from home are mate- building specu- the purchasing the fact that United States by of the an increase in mem- 00 for W hington, with | verted into a little garden. Of 32.569.000. In| The kitchen has been planned for |try not to get the dull grays and al- convenient housework. It has its own service porch, and the pantry between the kitchen ana dining room facilitates serving and helps to keep most black stones that so many use. Stones that are opalescent in tone y be found in almost every local- Wwith a little interested search, dolla; ers for dishes as well as dry and they onvenient dres foods or kitchen utensils, are placed in the most places. In the front hall, by turning the first risers of the stairs sidewise, you creases with age, the tones soften and the chimney becomes a most notice- able bit of beauty This little house has the wonder- fully charming exterior of the olden days, but the interior is one of most living room to get the vista through the dining room or the sunroom. Thus the house would seem much larger than it really is. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a building according to this plan, but sugkest that you suit your pocketbook as to the kind of materials to be used and then consult a local builder for detailed information as to the build- Board Real Estate the roof a slightly darker tone of the same green. ‘We have seen this house with the lattice and shutters a rich peac k blue, and the fence and birdhouse in tihre garden painted the same shade of blue. This strikes an unusually mod- ern note and brings the house and garden into close sympathy. If so noticeable a shade of blue is used, great care should be used in the planting. All reds and pinks should be avoided and rich shades of blue and yellow used instead, with many white flowers and evergreens. The coloring of this house can aiso be worked out most satisfactorily in hades of gr In selecting stones for the chimney, S United States,” the report states. “These American houses, mos| them are gradually converting the anc! run down cities of the Holy Land modern, spacious and clean towns suburbs. All the new Jewish sect are laid out by planners and the same hygienic ditions and sanitary improvements growth of American cities is the ob- ject of special committee which has just been appointed by the na- tional association’s industrial prop- erty division. The committee will confer, time to time, with officials of the domestic commerce division, organ- ized a short time ago by Secretary of Commerce Hoover. The new depart- ment branch has special facilities for the study of industrial property and for assisting in the solving of indus- trial problems. Members of the special committee are: William Merriken, Baltimore; Edgar C. Neal, Buffalo, and W. Mal: colm Gra: Brooklyn. i a by the National Asso- state Loards of the from n Washing- in order to real es- undertaken and modern European homes. a, es building activity in Palestine is best modern praci Aviv, which was founded nine Russian Jews. It tion and contains 1. qm Come out to— OLUMBIA PARK SUNDAY 7th and Ingraham Sts. N.W. And See the Best and Lowest-Priced Six-Room Homes in the NORTHWEST SECTION (7__bedrooms). it bath L tapestrs brick home of condition. Can be TR Sl WITHOUT FRONT PORCHES All Have Double Back Porches EASY TERMS TO INSPECT: Take 14th street car marked “Takoma” to 7th and Kennedy Sts., walk south two blocks, or 9th St. car to Ingraham St., walk east. Transportation best in cify. D. J. DUNIGAN Phone Main 1267 A 1319 N. Y. Ave. Main 1790 V211007711177 01 71111 LI LIS AL L LD I L1 172212277 It two-family concrete 'buildings, experienced town found there that one sees in American “The most remarkable example of in 1909 on a barren sand waste by a group of is now a modern, thriving city of almost 17,600 popula. 0 buildings, t of vision for maintenance during a | ient, |period of fifteen years. This con- into | tract will involve 50,000,000 square and ions con- are Tel- of 5 00 e ) 11181 meters of wood blocks, tenance of which will be guaranteed by the contractor's deposit. Demand for sm; is very large in New York city. tors in that metropolis have reported a ]cvm!lderablo increase in apartment sales. Because of clever interior planning, this attractive house seems much larger | than it actually is. | made with a system by which a con- tract for paving shall include a pro- the main- Small Apartments in Demand. all type apartments Real- A number of large loans have -Sample House, 4315 15th St. N.W. 14,500 Terms to Suit Price been made on apartment construction Dprojects. S JUST COMPLETED 2 Sold Before Completion 5 NEW HOMES On 15th St. N.W. The decisions of the Zoning Com- mission are of vital interest to the realtor, merchant and resident of the District of Columbia, and in these decisions rest, to a great extent, the development of Washington, both trom a cammercial and architectural aspect. At least one member of the Zoning Commission expresses himself as be- lieving that the people of the Dis- trict will have faith in their prop- erties and their values when they feel their real estate of all types is pro- tected by regulation. Glves Opinions in Pamphlet. A member of the commission has expressed his views of the needs, working and results of zoning as ap- plied in’ the District in a small pam- phlet. This statement declare, in Zoning is a conscious, intelligent effort to direct the building of a city in accord with a well considered plan. Like good housekeeping, it provides a place for everything and tries to keep everything in its place. Like good industrial management, it plans for orderly growth and expansion of the plan. “The Atlantic City Planning Com- missiontruly declared that without soning the individual owner is pow- erless to prevent the destruction of the value of his property. Only by submitting te some restriction on his own is he himself able to secure pro- tection. Zoning is a practical, civic application of the golden rule Prepare State Act. ‘The advisory committee on zZoning appolnted by the Secretary of Com- merce prepared a standard state zon- ing enabling act under which munici- palities may adopt zoning regula- tions, as follows: For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals or the general welfare of the commu- the legislative body of cities is empowered to regulate and rest 't the height, number of stori and size of buildings and other struc- tures; the percentage of lot that may streets. community, houses. built and under construction. Middaugh & DESCRIPTION These homes consist of six large rooms and reception hall, colorial stairway, 2 baths, one a shower. enamel. No. 1 white oak floors throughout entire house. Kitchen fully built-in ice box in pantry. gas stove. than 20 feet wide and 35 feet deep. house. T all the good features. 1416 K Street French doors petweer living room and dining room. Large one-piece porcelain sink and The three bedrooms are unusually large, due to the fact that the houses are more There are three porches 10 feet wide Concrete front porch with very attractive store railing. Come out and be convinced. TO INSPECT Take 14th Street Car to Varnum, walk ome block west to property, or take the 16th Street bus. REALTORS—Owners and Builders e The Triangle of Increasing Values —between Connecticut Ave., Massachusetts Ave. and Woodley Road (Cathedral Ave.) 238 acres. Zoned or restricted against apartments, stores and Over 175 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 Actual improvements and home values exceed $7,000,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). Inquiries re- ceive intelligent answer without annoyance. Established 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 Member Washington Real Estate Board. I Advantages of Zoning Plan Are Outlined by Commissioner Great Value in Protecting Property Own- ers From Erection of Types That Would Bring Losses Is Cited. be occupied, the size of vards. courts and other open spaces; the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trace, industry, residence and other “Such reguiations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan, and designed to lessen conges- tion 'in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the ade- quate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other ' public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with rea- sonable consideration, among other things. to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for par- ticular uses, and with a fiew to con- serving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such municipality To be sure, not zoning alone nor incomplete nor ill-considered system of zoning can accomplish all these things. There is no cure-all. But it is certain that these desirable things cannot be accomplished without zon- ng. Zoning Called Suecess. “That zoning has been successful its practical application is shown the opinions of affected interests The annual report of the Invest- ment Bankers' Association of Amei- ica contains the following statement “The desirability, for both practicai and esthetic rcasons, of limiting the height and area of buildings and seg- regating business property frou res- dential districts has_brought about the establishment of zoning ordi- nances in many of the principal cities of the United States. The cities thus affected have gone through a period of understandable unsettlement and The correctness of the principle of zoning ordinances may now be said to have been generally recognized and has b upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States. As time goes on, the benefits of such ordinances should be more and_more apparent and the inequali- in adjustment Massachusetts Park Six miles of improved Park Shannon, Inc. 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