Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1929, Page 17

WITR SUNDAY MORNIKG TDITION “z\smx‘c;ToA\',. n r', o i { hfi éntning Staf' ~sA.'rr.RDA\\', )[!\RCH a, NEW SERIES OF STAR MODEL 'FIFTH TILDEN GARDENS UNIT HOMES IS STARTED AT KENWOOD - TO CONTAIN CLUB FEATURES DeumvastitiosDeiiagWellRoBysotor I LA ‘ " | ‘Building Will Be in Nature of Special Inspection by Public for One Month i : / .‘ ' j : ' & A Hotel With Many Exclusive Facilitics. BY DON S. WARREN. light and ventilation and entrances| ' X 2 3 = 9 \ pLe Vi | Construction of the fifth building of cons. To the rear of the main dmtn= = X from the basement and auto yard and . A = g 3 ~ s the $3,000,000 Tilden Gardens co-opera- ro0om will be a large kitchen, and beyon: The first of the new serics of Star o sl o e 47 4 ; ; . 4 REQTiV- 3 X pera- o0 b mortel homes to be offered to the-public | it b° tholoughty' damp-prooed, plas: | 74 : ; > N ohi et Y (M | tive apartment development of M. & U5 In the area between the two rear of Greater Washington this vear. as a 1°% And ; ! ‘ - ; : R. B. Warren, Connecticut avenue and :v::‘gtnf‘flu[:«;s:lu;‘eflnlfi ;:‘:L!::nwflul:‘ e means of encouraging the building of | PERIOOMS o L 3 & & ; X 4 | Tilden street, will be started shortlv. forma gardens above. better dwellings of all sizes. types and shape, which gives opportunity to good i £ £ 3 5 0o 4 1 ; according to plans announced today by ' 1y the south wing of the club build- costs. now is under construction in Ken- | Z1ARG B O 808 BRROr 0 H s L X . oS T : ¢ } 3 N fo 4 ""hc""‘flmy- This unit will be a Iarge | jng will he a small ballroom, in size wood, Md. and will be ready for aleoci bl (LORCTTIC e Cxposures to t 4 2 i e : ¥l double building containing. in addition | 2 by 50 feet. This is designed for use month of exhibition heginning May 19. /4y Various rooms, which provides for | « e ¥ e o o R P w;) 50 apartment residences ranging in at odd times for golf driving practice, This model home is being erected for | qoc QoA OIS AL lation s : . 3 ¥y X | size lrom four rooms and bath o seven | through the instaliation of a net and the demonstration by the Kennedy- | ufl)' a5 eniarged vistas from windows. 5 % > : x . 2 28 rooms and two baths, many departures | driving pad. An inside putting “green.” Chamberlin_Development ~ Co., from " oo b8 F0 e s into 2 4 | ’ 4 4 3 . 1AW In ihe nature of special hotel and pri- | 20 by 25 feet, will be located in another plans by A. H. Sonnemann. on a 1arg. | conter hall from which stairs rise to : ] § - : 2 : # 5 8 vate club facilities. room in the building. which also may attractive site on the cast side of Ken- | yna Gooer floor. « To the left of the | B, 3 : ! o & This new unit. to be known as the ' be used for private dinners and dances. nedy drive, between Parkway drive and | contor hall entrance is had the en- e 2 5 o1 . Tilden Gardens Club Building, will be | Entrance to the garages on the Con- Woodlawn avenue, in the suburban | fronce™into the dining. room, which will ; A1 Iy 141 : L 4 N §ay located on the Connecticut avenue side | necticut avenue side will be through section. It will be suggestive of the 40714 hy 17 feet. The large bay at the | ; S } fr 1 8 5 $ . of the five-acre site of the development. | automatically controlled doors. which French provincial type of architecture ' grone will provide good lighting in ad- | * 5 ¢ 5 1 f A : near Tilden street. Later, the sixth and | will open as an automobile is driven up and offer good contrast in style to the | gition to that coming from the side 5 X 5 : ¢ Nl last of the group will be erected south | the driveway. five other model dwellings being: $pon- window. Tha pantry i located between | [ £ i pegt : £ % 5 % G {| | Of this unit. near Sedgwick street. The | The new unit will be in keeping with sored this year by The Star and which (o dining room and the kitchen at the 3 g 5 S : o v 4 | six buildings in all will occupy less than | the general motif of the whole develop= have becn ‘arranged for by the OP>Fa- | yaar. which will be 11 by 14 feet in size. a 4 e ¥ Aesaei ¥ c < : one-third of the five-acre site. ment, with English type of construction, tive Builders' Association. The' kitchen gives on a rear hall con- % » s - 4 L8 On the first floor will be located a slate mansards and fieldstone trim. Like the other model homes t0 b pecting with a rear porch with steps ¢ o % v lounge or lobby, 21 by 32 feet, where Between the new building and the site announced later, its preliminary plans | qown to the auto vard : > = 4 s 7 i ” wili be located the office of the man-|of the sixth unit will be developed a have been approved and its construc- | At the risht of the center hall will | v : " < ; 2 - ager, a newsstand, cigar stand and |landscaped stair promenade. 75 feet tion will be under the supervision of & phe'the preat living room. 17 feet deep | : s f " y : other conveniences. To the left will be | wide, following the major plan of the special Star Model Homes committee, and 22 feet wide. with exits at the side | ¢ ¢ < S a trophy room with vaulted ceiling. | central garden in the development, consisting of Monroe Warren, president | poth “onto the covered porch and the | i - flagstone flooring and huge fireplace. | This promenade will lead down to Con- of the Operative Builders' Association: | garden in the side vard. On the side 5 while to the right of the lobby will be | necticut avenue. w. .JBwakurr. xlce x;rctsldl'n]t_ln! 'hEPD'S- wall will be 4 great open iireplace with | a dining hlll.hx‘eutlmz more than 100 in —_—— trict Bankers' Association: Horace Peas- | specially dasigned mantel. Other fea- | A et A one-story wing. Atop this section will lee, president of the local chapter of | tyres of this room will be built-in book- | - SRS (7 ~ 1 be developed a formal garden. ronchm: FlLE APARTMENT PLANS. the American Institute of Architects: | cases and an unusuaily large rear win- | ! | 2 : . | by way of the adjoining high wooded | B L Ben T. Webster, president of the Wash- | dqow overlooking the rear yard. | KITCHEN i (i i e grounds above. st ington Real Estate Board; Maj. Donald | On the second floor will be four bad- 14 = % : i Off tLe main dining room, which will| The Ell & Kay Building & Invest- A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commis- | rooms and two baths. The master bed- I ls 4 H be finished and decorated in English ment Co., Inc. this week filed plans sioner, and Rufus S. Lk, secretary 0 | room oyer the living room will be pro- i 2 Colonial period style, will be two private | with the District building inspector the Operative Builders' Association. | vided with a private bath and {wo built- dining rooms, each seating about 30 providing for the construction of a five- e in_wardrobes as well as a larze closet, | . : e designed for use for private story apartment house at 1622 Puller ow, Sweeping e ‘This room will be 15 by 17 feet. Each 5 - . 3 = ) s card parties and bridge lunch- | street In keeping with its architectural | of the other three bedrooms will be £ - i | motif, the Kenwood .dwelling will be equipped with ample closet space and marked by low, sweeping roof lines. in the second floor hall will be a linen careful blending of materials, and such | press. All closets In the house will be details as the wooden porch posts and | cedar lined. Both baths will be tiled | brackets and the dormers piercing the and cquipped with shower baths. main roof will help to emphasize this | Alir space is provided above the in- character. At the same time this house |sulated ceiiings of the second-floor will illustrate the necessity of modifying | rooms to insure comfortable iempera- plans to fit the completed structure |ture in both cold and warm weather. nicely into its s;‘]llkl,m.'. Feaany - : The house will have facades of bricl of rich color. with stone ornamentation | WINNER IN' NEW A here and there, addmgI a I‘.alll'lgg\m}l!nfi‘ { N o effect to the picture. It will be situ- | fied on o site having a- frontage of| - SPEAKING-CONTEST! 110 feet and a depth of about 130 | Architect's drawing and floor plans of the demonstration house now under construction by the Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co. on Kennedy drive, feat. At the rear of the house a num- | e between Parkway drive and Woodlawn avenue, Kenwood, which will hé open to the public beginning May 19. It was designed by A. H. Sonnemam. It ha: ber of oaks and poplar tregs standing, : French provincial features, on the site will be preserved in the| W- Cameron Burton of Real Estate, i 5] LORDE S i bl bulldingz and will be tied in with the p : = . ; ] | ; | e | oard Event Will -Go to five-story brick warehouse, office build- | findings of . the appraisers are to be landscaping,’plan. ] Wil - . 3 se, | g | E The tront of he ‘propesty iii)ibs | ° BostoniN WEEDON BUYS PLANT. | s of amaiter structures, | cITY BEJNG MA_P_P_RAISED used for equalization of tax assessments. | featured by a wide sweep of lawn, | oston Next June. | 5 A | e | oy | Pollowing the 1927 Des Moines real | i apmber ok fovering Weealand »—--Av——-— | Washington Man Bids $60,000 at| - Realty Men Reserve Rooms. | Des Moines Survey to Fix Value of | estate assessment, more than 100 ap-| $0 850 interest to the sutting. A drive. | 'W. ‘Cameron Burton, winer of the Auction Sale. T first two hoicl reservations for Business District. | peals of owmers of business property | Ay v 2 - | recent. s ' 4 A o Star. e 1920 convention of the Nationa were made, with a result that upwards way will run along a side of the prop- recent speaking contest held by the Special Dispatch to The Star. Association of Real Estate Boards to be | Under a contract with the city coun- | % A i wmnmkenl vt { the house, sweeping o :':1.‘"“3 l‘*rl“;n":']:mfl Cm&‘:;l‘.um g”d Washington Real Estate Board, has| BALTIMORE., March 2.—John_ C. held in Boston. June 25 t0 28, have cil three members of the business | from the city’s budget estimates of | by F 4 been entered in the national “Home- Weedon, a Washington real esiate |ilready been received at the association's roperty appraisal e it income and was refunded to property <o e S G Sl ) R St e S R e I e e e i e L Piper, Detroit, | por S RZ:‘vmpet‘;}pn;ao:; | owners whose holdings were #hogn (o | The house will be featured by a Boston next June, according to Ben T, ® Manufacturing plant occupying the|a past president of the organization. 2 s i s have been assessed inequitably. Hence | low. wide bav in the dining rpom & il g " T block bounded by O'Donnell, Eleventh. ' may claim the distinction of the first are undertaking an actual value ap- | e proposed appraisal, whieh. cons*i- | Soriewntk ANl EhE ERERDOS Aty Webster. president of the local board. | pillon and Tenth streets, for $60.000 in | reservation, and Henry G. Zander. im- | praisal of all property within the busi- | tutes the largest appraisal undertaking | which will have an arched fop, inter- _ FOF many years the National Associa- | fee. The improvements include a larg> mediate past. president, has the sscond. ness distriet of Des Moines, The ' in the histary of Iowa, esting shutters on windows and a large tion of Real Estate Boards has held a | covered porch at the right of the house home-town speaking contest as a special et R o mal, §arden develon: | feature of its annual convention. Real- of the architectural mode is also ex-f0rs from various parts of the country presced . in ‘the’ simplieity of the in- | en'er the contest for the purpose of | terior. the plain-painted trim. tes. | broadcasting the virtues of their home il - e HADDON HALL HOTEL—Atlantic City, N. J. tured plastér walls and' the black iron| OWN and the successful contestant. is NO I N » Architects—Rankin and Kellogz, Philadelphia . awarded a silver trophy. The en- . - " 2 ; 4 m;d:x:ie“:;;g :!xr;uorsc;h:gng Benae o | A e ool D, conven: 3 00 _ Contractor:=—Turner Construction Company—New York and Phila, | June 25 to 28. er 300000 S # i A, 4 Bois Ciariiare: S Aint st ot s e T ALE Over 500,000 Straub Cinder units for, partitions and outcide wall back-up, Tn addition to the two-car garage, |nBlon at the speaking contest held last ; ey week by the local Real Estate Board, J Us l | i i ’ ;hpn:fi:m:e:r;:cfg:l?:n ;m;fxgy{:;\m_ Burton .made s alk which e ' hmng constructed with the front portion of the basement ang | Webster believes would make him a i [ J d connecting . directly with- the . maiy | Strong contender for national honors in ment will be large cold storage closet | = ‘with outside light and ventilation, a | i j . . with, ouside Nght and ventiaton: & Permanence, Fire-resistance and « Dryness are inherent ). ; B 1 7 S eIt o et e VER so often we have to “turn for those to whom “home” means | characteristics of STRAUB BLOCK MASONRY the end of the laundry chute connect- | KRR ing with the first and second floors and | BUNGALOW down™ a sale at Tilden Gardens. all that the word implies. 2 built-in ironing board, modern heat- s wi i i ;2 vty it i r T TR Did ybu, smile skeptically? Perhaps : : Even in this day of huge transactions “I ~ D e et te) yoe e i 6712 45th Street that may seem an exaggeration at first sillion dallaxs is a tidy st for AbHINGTON LONCRETE building. _This_room will h: 1 . 4 ; A ———= Toom Wi have ample Chevy Chase, Maryland ||| ilm;ghl, but there’s a sound, even purely any real estate development. That's | PROD(]CTS CORP i 7 1 . selfish, reason for it, as you will see. our stake at Tilden Gardens. Building, | Modern bungalow on Boitiitalesan it 60051 | The éntive “ah;msplwro” ik selling and managing co-operative apart. 1 South Washington, V M. 8528 feet. - Five attractive rooms ff| ‘project as Tilden Gardens depends on :'"'“; l'"“‘:’ is our-lifework. wT'i:dfll: and hath, open fireplace in the careful serutiny and investigation ardens is for us a milestone. We Jool S T e T ST S Ao oo g Re et eai i iy SEEe R 0 suitable for 1 or 2 additi enforcement of rigid requirements of future. The success of ‘these will de- ay Blicgome MGRESpeiomALl; social fitness arid financialresponsibility. ~ pend on-our past record. . Our notion of keeping faith with the public to de- Unnsual cirenmsta n ¢ serve further success is to make and permit us to offer this wholesome respect and regard for the keep every purchaser of a Warren-built charming home at this ex- || feclings of other owner-oceupants, and co-operative apartment home a satisfied ceptionally low price. Open a firm determination 1o protect their and highly pleased owner. Let us explain why for inspection Saturday and : She withren & b i 4 Do y and our investment. = g ot = ; St it e Sunday until 9 P.M. When you visit Tilden Gardens this in beautiful : turally there is no social con- week (and you are urged not to delay 1661 Crescent PL 3'8‘950 tact implied or even your inspection while A 7-room 2-bath { necessary among the . ; every style, size and ar- Dupl. 2 5 i L E Usplex iy 2N 1":;;,), Drive out Wisconsin Avenue 1o owner-residents of Tilden [} i rangement of apartment Leland Streot (just north of J1| Card . ; ? 4 Coroperative) Bradley Lane), turn enst on Lo. »ardens, any more than is available) be sure to M. & R. B. WARRFN 1o property, or phone Wiccon:in Ji community of homes, ; 4 _present owner - residents Telephone Adams 9900 apartment - or otherwise. 3 - of Tilden Gardens, and But people do like to live A d : : those of any of the other among their own sort. t o fourteen co - operative In Tilden Gardens a | g apartment buildings standard h: been set 3 o (some 370 h'om(-a) built, Massachusetts : and maintained that sold and managed by will prove a decided Warren. May we welcome it . : West Entrance to Tilden Gardens . 17 . Park attraction and advantage | 0 Tl Gdens L coon? v Health Begins at Home Maintain the health of the family by proper and bene- b ficial exercise with the HOME GYNMNASIUM. The Triangle of lncreaslng Values s This apparatus combines eight distinct exércises and ' \ | n el A aasi iy b |= can be used by all miembers-of the family, Simple to in- —between ) achusetts anc onnectic Avenues 3 EN DDENs |= stall in any basement, attic, spare room, sleeping h Woodlev Road. Over 250 homes built and under construc- | I D | garage or outside under. cover. tion. ctual improvements and home values “exceed || . $10,500,000. Wooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall " Distinetive Development of M. and R. B. Warren $25 D'?h‘:"v SIOWa _z\’l‘;"fl; }01’ lll.monlhs homes, with lots from 75 to 300 feet front. ne or Write for Information Call for Literature and List of Over 300 Purchasers Connegticut Avenue at Tilden Street An interesting booklet explaining ¥ Health Equlpment CO. . —Just south "of the Bureau of 7 - Co-operative Apartment Home . Chas. G. Graves, Mgr. g Mlddaugh & Shannon, lnc. { Standards — Phone Cleveland 6084 Ownership will be mailed on request. 1 !\htropo’lilln 4269 ESTABLISHED 1599 Lobby 15, Investment Bldg, 15th at K St. N.W. 1435 K St. N.W. “See Special Display of -Health Equipment” . ?flilllllllIlllllllllllllIlIIIIIIIlllflllllIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINI!lllI!llIIIIIIIIIHILEIIHIIIIIIIIlllIlIIllWlllIlIlIlMlfllfllflHW Sereens, Snobbishness? Not at all. Just a g™