Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 19

‘REAL ESTATE. - THE EVENING JANUARY BUILDING PERMITS DECLINE Bpartment Construction Out- strips Private Dwellings, Report Shows. Building operations for which per- mits were isseud during January fell off tremendously from the volume re- corded in December, last, and also in contrast to the total for the opening month of 1928, showed a heavy de- cline, it is revealed in the official monthly report just issued by Col. John ‘W. Oehmann, building inspector. Private construction programs ap- proved last month had a total cost esti- mated at $2,558,445, whereas the total reported for December was $7,787.630 | and the total for January, 1928, $4,629.- | 895. The volume recorded in December, however, was the high point of the past year and was regarded as abnor- mally high. due to several large opera- tions which were started as the year | closed. after months of preliminary | planning. Apartment house construction started last month outstripped dwelling con- struction, Col. Oehmann's report shows. | There were plans approved for three | apartment houses having a total cost estimated at $1,200.000. while permits were issued for 114 dwellings of various “SETBACK" IDEA By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—The “skyscraper” type | of architecture, with its skylines broken | to conserve light, has been applied with unusual emphasis to the recently com- pleted parish house of the Church of the Heavenly Rest and Beloved Disci- ple here, the first unit in a $3,500,000 group. One of the severest tasks confront- ing architects in New York is the ra- tioning of daylight in thickly bullt up sections. In the construction of this | church group particular attention was paid the “islands” of light left between towering walls. The church itself is rapidly approach- ing completion. It stands on an up- town Fifth avenue corner, looking to the west over Central Park. The height of this edifice is so great that exceptional precautions had to be taken lest it overshadow the parish house, constructed directly to the rear. This was accomplished by setbacks, IS APPLIED ‘ TO $3.500,000 CHURCH GROUP tive purpose. ing from one to six stories. window of the church free from shadow. dence to the south. ple. windov:z. a church. thoroughly in keeping with the Gothic architecture, but also serving an effec- The result is that the parish house | appears in a series of steps, breaking | back from the church, its height rang- | ‘This not only has provided the parish house ample light, but has left the great east | _Another “island” of light appears to the south of the church, where a low cloister has been imposed between the towering walls of the church and a resi- A carved stone doorway leads through this cloister to the tiny Chapel of the Beloved Discl- Thus light is promised the south Setback ideas of construction have been prevalent in office buildings for years, but this is believed to be the first time it has ever been applied to STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1929 WHITE HOUSE ROOF PROVIDES GAVEL Local Chapter of American Institute of Architects Installs Officers. A gavel turned out of a pine timber taken from the old roof of the White House in 1927 during rebuilding of the roof structure was presented to the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects at its meeting Thursday evening at the Cosmos Club by Willlam Partridge, chairman of the chapter's committee on education. ‘The meeting was marked by the in- duction into office of the new admin- WEALTH OF NEW YORK GAINS OVER BILLION Board of Taxes Reports Total for the Year of 1929 as $17,445,731,435. board of taxes and assessments today reported that real estate, personal prop- erty and franchises, the real wealth of classes having an estimated total cost of $811,500 Permits were issued in January as| follows: | Value. | $653,400 1,200,000 | 4,200 | 11,500 | Permits. Bldgs Dwellings “ T Apartments Garages Stores the metropolis, had increased by a bil- {lion and a quarter dollars during the past year. The total on the assessment roll for 1929 is $17.445,731,435. For 1928 it was $16,154,086.949. New York Construction Drops. During the week ended February 8 new construction started in the metro- ‘iDOCTORS REPORT FOCH | By the Assoctated Press. of Mars | this morning was 99.1. | . A bulletin issued after the examin | tion said: | “There has been a slow, progressive amelioration in Marshal Foch's condi- in temperature and cardiac irregulari- ties. There is good diurresis and there has been a galn in appetite. Repose | will be necessary for several days more, however, (Signed) “Drs. Degennes, Daveniere, He‘lt Bower, Laubry and Jules Rea- nult. 2 GAINING IN APPETITE PARIS, February 16.—If the progress 1 Foch continues he will soon be allowed to have some visitors, five | doctors who made a thorough examina- NEW YORK, February 14 (#).—The | tion of him this morning said. The most | favorable sign of his recovery is a gain |in appetite, they said. His temperature | tion. There are still small irregularities istration, headed by Horace W. Peaslee, former vice president, who at a recent meeting was elected president. George Oakley Totten took office as first vice president; Fred V. Murphy, second vice president: Gilbert I. Rodier, secretary, and W. H. Irwin Fleming, treasurer. ‘The chapter took a step toward greater recognition and co-operation with arts and crafts related to archi- tecture in the election of three chapter affiliates, provided under a recent amendment to the organization's by- laws. The affiliated members are Carl Mose, sculptor; Charles W. Eliot, land- scape architect, and John J. Earley, craftsmaj The chapter at this dinner session was addressed by Andrea Cottul, at- tache of the Egyptian legation here, and by Mr. Earley. Mr. Cottui in & discussion of his impressions of devel- opment of distinctive architecture in America paid a tribute to the Ameri- can skyscraper. He declared there is “very great beauty in the high buildings in America” and also lauded American art gallerles, Discussing the revival of interest in artistic and educational work in his own country, Mr. Cottui declared that the “glory of ancient Egypt still is alive,” and suggested that Americans would find an exhibition of Egyptian art in Washington highly interesting and valuable. ~The anur directed Maj. Totten, chairman of the lectures and entertainment committee, to con- sider the possibility of such an.exhibi- tion. Mr. Farley discussed revolutionary progress which has been made in recent years in artistic conc:.te work through employment of the aggregate to give form, color and texture to the surface of a concrete wall. This type of de- velopment had its first practical dem- onstration here in Washington in the s of the landscape plan in Meridian 1l Park. Here by a radical depar- ture in process small stones were made to appear on the e: ed surfaces of the wall, which, after being scraped and washed with acid, gave a rubble stone effect to the concrete body. Francis P. Sullivan gave a review of a new book on the work of cotemporary sculptors, painters and architects. DETACHED 9 ROOMS electri of ground crete front 317 Woodward Bldg. ed with heavy, oolness in DEPQRTED NUNS AWAIT HIPS AT VERA CRUZ Seven Spanish Catholic Women Charged With Violating the Re- ligious Laws in Mexico. By thl isted Press. MEXICO CITY, February 16.— Seven Spanish Catholic nuns awaited the first boat to Havana at Vera Cruz today, after their arrest at Tacuba, near here. Subsequent charges of vio- lating the religious laws were filed and they were ordered deported. ‘The mother superior among the seven said they belonged to the Order of Hermanadas Desamparadas. They were arrested yesterday in a home for the aged which they maintained, where, it was charged, they led a convent life, Ilil violation of the Mexican constitu- tion, Government agents have closed two printing shops and confiscated more 1347 Montague St. N.W. STONE HOME $14,500.00 Lot 50x132Y, 81k blue e Summe akes a real suburban hos , lined with flower boxes, is IT I8 THE LAST OF THIS ESTATE OF 11 HOMES. EASY TERMS PAUL MAGOFFIN Exclusive Agent Phone Main 3023 REAL ESTATE. than 10,000 handbills of an allegedly inflammatory nature here. The shops, it is charged, have been turning out quantities of anti-government propa- gands based on the execution of Jose de Leon Toral. e United Lutheran Church maintains 13 theological seminaries in the United States and Canada. 19 Honor Guests Listed for Dinner. Maj. Gen, Omar Bundy, prominent figure in the World War, and Elwcod Street, director of the Washington Community Chest, will be guests of honor Wednesday at a George Wash- ington dinner of the Washington Alumni Association of Beta Theta Pi, college fraternity. The gathering will be held at the University Club at 6:30 p.m. Modern Brick Home Thirty-five Feet Wide 3602 New Hampshine Ave. N.W. Just Above Otis Street $9,95 Center Entrance EASY TERMS Hall Plan Six Big Rooms—-Tile Bath— Hot-water Heat—Electricity Fireplace in Living Room Built-in Garage OPEN SUNDAY AFTER 1 P.M. Hedges & Middleton, nc. Realtors 1412 Eye St. N.W. 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