Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1926. REAL ESTATE. QUEER BULDIGS FEATIRENEN YORK S}mctures Have Strange ‘Forms as They Follow Shapes of the Streets. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 28.—Some of the most curiously shaped buildings in the world are located in New xors without one of them being planned as a freak, This condition arises from their having been planned according to streets which originally were laid along twisting ads or Indian trails. The Flatiron Building is the best known, with its knifelike cdge facing north, while the southern exposure is between converg- as a similarly very few blocks up to Times Square. Broadway bis anhattan Island from th southeast corner to the northwest. The remainder of the | main streets are laid in rectangu- lar squares, which s the odd- shaped lots to appear at each section. Times Square Formation. | inter- Times Square itsel? is formed by a Junction of this sort, and is anything but square, being rather more the | shape of a nond, as Broadway crosses Seventh avenue there ®om the east and then turns north. An apartment house located at Riv erside drive and One Hun teenth street is it i curve of the I the build HILLCREST, D. C. 3 Miles From the Capitol 300 Feet Above Sea Level to attic, ful en home in a restricted Open F Drive out Pa. Ave. turn right at Alabama v marked “Hillerest” at 13th eross .the kitchen are a good thing to keep {beater and potato masher never seem | kitchen cabinet drawer. “ballooned” outward. The building across One Hundred and Sixteenth street, a companion to this one, is built with the curve inward.. If the street could be removed and the two buildings joined they would dovetail. Skyline of Art.” The new buildings, in conforming with the building laws, have also cre- ated a skyline which in the case of each bullding is beautiful, but seldom noticed from the street. The buildings above the sixteenth or twentieth stories are pyramided to allow as much light as possible on the street, but the streets are so narrow that no_proper perspective can be ob- tained to view tije upper portions. One of the few buildings not so hid- den is the American Radiator Build- Ing, south of the Public Library grounds. This tower is done inorange and black stone, each insért of the pyramid marked so that when the tower is illuminated at night it has the appearance of a great pile of coals. g SIMPLY MADE RACK AIDS IN KITCHEN EFFICIENCY Three £zl Pieces of Wood Are Required for Shelf to Care for 0dd-Shaped Utensils. Little additions or improvements in in mind. Take a rack, for instance. It can be made in a short time, vet it | Jii will be used every day. Those long, | ungainly forks and spoons, the eg; e cutlery in the | Their prope: to mix well with place is on this rack. | Three pieces are required, each a i —two 5 inches long, 2 ide; the other 2 inches wide, 16 inches (or a foot) long. The piece: re dressed down and the short block: screws through the ce. These are h, hardwood floors, en cabinet, stairway y terms. A beautiful or Inspection bridge, turn right at Branch Ave.. our_office—or take Capital Traction bus Pa. Ave. . E. ALGER & COMPANY 1732 Eye St. N.W. Model Home Furnished by Nelson Furniture Co. 1 3229 Alabama Ave. S.E. O On the Crest of Sixteenth Street Highlands then fastened to the wall with screws and a number of galvanized nails driven in a row along the front of the horizontal plece. This should be placed over the sink drain board high enough to be out of the way, or wherever it @will be the handiest. REALTORS OPPOSE DUES. Baltimore Board to Fight Higher Rate to Parent Body. BALTIMORE, August 28—The board of directors of the local reat| estate board has decided to oppose the proposal of the directors of the Na- tlonal Association of Real Estate Boards to double the dues to the par- ent organization. This announcement was made by C. Philip Pitt, secretary of the local organization.' The local board now pays $5 out of the dues col- lected from each active member to the national association. LANDSCAPE PLANNING. (Continued from Sixteenth Page.) garden, where the addition of a sim- ple seat will make a perfect terminal feature; it may be near the center, where it will frame the central treat- ment, or it may be a casual incident not marking any point of the design, but of a very great value for its out- line and for its shadows on the grass. Equally happy is a slope in the ground, which allows the use of dif- ferent levels in the garden plan, for a garden divided into various units is always more interesting than one on the level. . It 1s not necessary to have any great change in grade. A differ- ence of a foot or 18 inches will allow two or three steps, which is quite enough to mark a division in the de- sign. ~ Whether the garden {s made in- formal, with natural slope and plant- ing in irregular lines to imitate natural growth, or whether it is of formal layout, with the drop in the ground changed to a definite line in the de- sign (either a planted bank or a stone retaining wall)’ will depend again en both the tastes of the ownerand on the character of 'his existing lot. If the lot is in itself beautiful, with groups of wild trees and outcroppings of ledge which give rugged outlines to the ground, he will probably prefer to develop it along the same lines, | § adding to the beauty of it instead of changing it. If it is bare in the be- | I8 ginning he will have the choice of a Chevy wild garden, if it fits In with the sur- rounding gardens of his neighbors’ or Chase can be planted off from them, or a garden of formal layout, informally planted, perhaps, which can be used as an outdoor room of the house. D.C.. English Cottages Attractive. Walls of the English cottage are thick; so the ingle-nook, with its built- in settees, painted in the rich colors of old wood, is characteristic. For the same reason, benches or chests often were built into the window recesses and these may be painted som brighter color. u‘«-’ These New Dunigan Homes Located at Buy With Confidence—Buy a Dunigan All-Brick Home | Selling! I Should Say— (o] A= T = 1 Only $500 Cash, $65 Monthly BIG ROOMS—LARGE FRONT PORCH—DOUBLE BACK PORCH—DIS TINCTIVELY STYLISH—ELEGANT EVERY WAY. PRICE ‘INCLUDES CONCRETE STREET, CURB AND PAVED ALLEY. ‘ D. J. DUNIGAN, INC. 1319 N. Y. Ave.—Main 1267 NEICHBORHOOD—MODERN IN O 1437 Whittier Street N.W. Main 1022 (Whittier St. at 16th St.) Spanish Type House Inspect These Homes Before Sunday, Or Daily from 9 AM.to9 P.M. REAL 15 TATE Realtor-Builder s = American Type . 1414 K St. N.W. ¥!’flI!iWMIIIiHIHIIIlIIIN!|IIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIlIII||IIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIl|1IIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIII!Iill!llllllll!lfi |IIllIlI|||||lllII|IllI|IllIIIIlI[IllI|IllIIHI[|I|IIlHI|III|]III||IlIIlIlIIIIl|||HIIMI[IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIlIIlIIl = Every Possible Convenience Has Been Put in These Homes any other oy A Wonderful Value In Newer P 505 Nevada Ave. YOU want a distinctivel modern home at a real sacrifice price? Then you will fall in love at first sight with this charming English design resi- denee so splendidly situated at the cor- ner of Northamptan Street and wind- " ing Nevada Avenue, with 153 feet combined frontage, and garage to match the house. Among on terms of *5(0() Cash! HIS amount of money never bought a better home, in a better location. Take the family out—let them look these homes ovet—they will sell themselves. T 37th St.., Above Burleith Sample House 2026 37th To Imspect— Drive out R Street to 37th Street, then north to houses. Open Sunday All Day ‘Hedges & Middleton, Ine. ~ A Gruver Home Corner of Northampton Street the numerous outstanding features are the eight bright rooms, the two complete tiled baths, the wonderfully equipped kitchen, the steel casement windows, the two Mosaic fireplaces with extra fireplace in billiard room, the two attractive porches (one glass-enclosed) and the entrancing exterior and interior finishes. Yet the price is only $19,850! * Open All Day Sunday! 2 eerell S Member_Washington Real Estate Board 1417 K Street—Main 9300 Located just north of Burleith and adjacent to the new Glover Parkway, these brand-new homes stand out as remarkable values. Six large rooms, tile bath; break- fast and sleeping porches are both screened. In the kitchens—spotlessly white enamel cabinets, one - piece sinks, outside pantry, etc. Realtors 1412 Eye St. N.W. JCHITHG Built From a First-Prize Plan The plan of the house opposite won first prize in s national competition conducted by the Delineator. This Modern American Home is at 7620 Fourteenth street NN\W. From it you will see the Dutch Colonial . shown above and our other distinctive homes of Eng- lish, Swiss, Spanish and modern influence. Y ever your preference, it is most likely that you will find it represented among the homes we have com- pleted or are building. L SEE these homes. Open Sunda; 10 P.M.; every week day from 7 time by appointment. ‘BETTER HOMES Construction Company., 1030 Investment Bldg. 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