Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1929, Page 15

~ SKYSCRAPERSTYLE REAL ESTATE CHANGES RAPIDLY Buildings Must Have “Faces Lifted” to Keep Pace | With Times. | + “The American skyscraper office ‘bullding of today is changing so rapidly that it is impossible to build a structure | which will be the last word 10 years from today. As a consequence the prop- ‘erty manager, who has the task of keeping such a building at its maxi- mum usefulness, has to face a con- stant problem of keeping in line with the march of engineering progress.” This is what J. W. Bamford of Pitts- burgh, Pa., brought out in an address before the property management divi- slon of the National Association of Real Estate Boards at the recent annual con- vention in Boston. Mr. Bamford talked on the “face lifting” operations which | the modern office building must con- stantly be subjected to if it is to meet the competition of its newest neighbors. | Skyscraper Is New. Mr. Bamford said, in part: “Nowhere else in the world can be found buildings comparable in size, convenience or luxuriousness to our American temples of business. | “It is very difficult for ws at times to recall that 30 or 40 yeas ago, the | skyscraper office building diy not exist. ‘The invention and the impAwement of the hydraulic elevator made % possible to erect buildings of 10 or 13 stories in height. Then the development of steel frame structures, with the sim- rliflcnflon of foundation problems and lessened wall sizes which hitherto had carried the entire weight of a building. nfde it possible to dream of 20 to 25 | story buildings. The invention and im- provement of the electric elevator | pushed the limit still higher, and the s’::gles made by leading American arch- ts and engineers along the lines of | wind stress, carrying capacities of steel | TRADE BOARD RECEIVES htenm% Droper(;lls;rlbuuog]nf the loads. | BID FOR FURNISH'NGS etc., have made it possible to erect a Sciiting to sy kewwn hsight with | S FO! practically no danger from failure of | = materials. | Local Firms Will Be Given Con- “Nowadays we may build & business building over as large an area as we tracts for Equipment for ASSUME WARDMAN CHAIN MANAGEMENT YNOER WOOD PHOTDS . Officials of United Realties, Inc.; who | have taken over management of various | Wardman hotels and apartments here | under the recently closed afliation | agreement. They are (upper) Dick R. | Lane, president; J. R. Lane, chairman of the board, and (lower) George E. Allen, general manager of the United Realties Corporation. _ Under their management will be Wardman Park Hotel, the Carlton Hotel, the Highlands, Stoneleigh Court and other large prop- | ertles. .lard Hotel, and Arthur* Carr, | realtor. Equipment and furnishings are to purchased for a directors' room, the ex- ecutive secretary, & reception room, lounge and library, a large meeting room ‘and working quarters. The new offices will occupy virtually all of the i spgce of the second floor in the front wing of the building. local | BUILDING PERMITS INBALTIMORE DROP Two-Story Brick Dwellings Form Largest Item for First Six Months of Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 20.—Two-story brick dwellings continue , the staple building construction in Baltimore, ac- cording to a report of the bureau of buildings, for the first six months of this year. For this period the cost of new | buildings for which permits were issued | amounted to $12,815400 and of this | two-story brick dwellings accounted for $5,327,000, the number of these struc- tures being 1,364. Two-story frame dwellings also | formed a considerable item in the six- months period, permits for 280 such houses at a total cost of $1,417,500 hav- ing been issued. Next to two-story brick dwellings, manufacturing buildings and ware- | houses formed the most important divi- | 456,000 and comprising 21 buildings. Third in monetary consideration were | 1,050 garages, tanks, stores and sheds | with a total cost placed at $1,756,900. |~ Total comstruction for the first six | months represented $16,817,300 and as | 1t is customary here to add 20 per cent | for undervaluation, which would bring | the total for the periodsup to $20,180,- 4. 760, which is several hundred thousand | less than for the corresponding period | of last year. Capt. Malcolm Campbell has besn searching the Sahara Desert for a suit- able spot to try out his latest speed car. | sion_in new construction, totaling $2.- | Pope Once Forced Property Owners To Improve Sites [— In the seventeenth century, in Rome, people were not allowed fi hold vacant land if they not improve it within a reason- able time and some one else would, Estate Boards weekly story for property own- ers. - This law, which emanated ‘ from the Pope, was spparently designed to improve and. beau- tify Rome and the other towns where it was in force. Thus, if a prospective buyer would agree to build on & site the owner had to sell it, i he himself had no in- tention of building. Now, how- ever, owners of real estate can hold it as long as they like and walt for increased values. {NEW BUILDING IN U. S. - SET AT $3,265,060,000 Volume Slightly Less Than Last Year, but Experts View Future ‘With Good Prospects. New building in the United States for the first six months of the year was valued at about $3,265,000,000, ac- cording to a summary report today by a national building material company. This figure is based on reports from | several hundred citles and towns. A. E. Dickinson said that while the | volume for six months had been | slightly under the total for the same period last year, there is a splendid outlook for the next six months. “High money rates have adversely affected certain types of building,” he sald. “The apparent decrease in specu- lation in securities should release funds for sound investment.” 4316 15th St. N.W. 75 rming Chevy Chase Home At the Crest of a Knoll Amid a Grove of Pine and Shade Trees Lot 75x130 e Colonial Detached Brick Residence 14 Leland Street Chevy Chase, Md. In that beautifu’ wooded section ;'ust west of Conn. Ave. —between the two Country Clubs A HOME to enjoy—ALWAYS. Space is too limited for an adequate description—you must come out to actually SEE and APPRECIATE this lovely home in its picturesque setting. p’l‘l’lel‘e3 are EIGHT com- fortable rooms—rooms in which you can REALLY LIVE—2 tiled baths, maid's room and bath—a first floor library, 4 splendid bedrcoms, master bedroom with private bath. lovely screened porch—every possible con- venience, ELECTRIC REFRIGERATIOM and OIL HEAT. Private driveway to a 2-CAR BRICK GARAGE. If you are seeking the UNUSUAL—we urge your prompt consideration—NOWHERE can you find a better value. G Open Sunday from 11 to 6 Schwab, Valk & Canby 1704 Connecticut Ave. Exclusive Agents wish, and we may carry that build- ing to any height we wish, pro- wided, always, of course, that we eed along the lines of sane, sensi- le engineering practice and architec- tural design, and provided also that we observe the building code regulations of our community, the 20ning TeguIStons, | cateq on the second floor of the Penn- | the regulations for the safety of the New Quarters. Bids have been received by the Wash- ington Board of Trade for equipment and furnishings for the new quarters for the organization, which will be lo- (Between Varnum and Webster) Excellent Resitlential. Location. A Colonial Tapestry Brick Resi- sylvania avenue wing of The Star Building. nishings are to be let to local firms. public, etc. Helght Limits Space. Contracts for the new fur- | “However, the higher we carry our | The matter is under the direction of | building the more space we must take | a special committee, consisting of Rob- | out of rentable arca for stairways, eleva- | ert F. Beresford, local architect, who tor shafts, pipe shafts and the like, and | drafted designs for the remodeling op- if we carry the building too high we | erations; Frank S. Hight of the Wil- will have proportionately diminishing | lard, Inc.. the new owner of’ the Wil- space left to rent. Economic considera- — tions enter into building heights, and are much more effective than legal | ways resulted in failure. The only sure statutes in limiting tall structures. | “The experiment of reducing rental | competition from newer buildings is by rates as the building grows older is an | modernizing the old structure, charging method by which a building can meet | appeal to the pocketbook of the Ameri- | an adequate rental for the improved ap- can business man which has almost al- ' pearance and service.” Residence of Ernest W. Smoot 2920 Forty-fourth Place—One of the neighbors of the Exhibit Home. Wesley #Heights Convenience and Beauty - wESLEY HEIGHTS combines the two para- mount considerations in the selection of & home—convenience of location and beauty of environment. In the midst of this nature’s wonderland where the din of town never intrudes, one can hardly believe that in the short span of ten minuies you are in the heart of the busy city. Nowhere else is suburban beauty so con- veniently linked to urban activity. Truly in the city but not of it—nearer to its cen~ ter than the Bureau of Standards; closer even than the Soldiers’ Home lies this Garden Spot of Washington—reached over the magnifi- cent Massachusetts Avenue Boulevard that steadily climbs to the towering crests of Wesley Heights. The natural beauties are forever secure by Government parkways~which form a barrier to disfiguring encroachment, and provide the superb scenery into which the artistically designed homes have been set— creating unusual effects that add to t.he charming picturesqueness. The musical rip- ple of natural springs mingling with the soft notes of chirping birds and the gentle rustle of leafy boughs play a symphony of peace and contentment. Exhibit Home 3013 Forty-fourth Place In this home you'll find splendidly expressed the superb taste of Miller design and the excellence of Miller built. . Open from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. every day and evening, including Sunday. Motor out Massachusetts Avenue, crossing Wisconsin Avenue, turning left into Cathedral Avenue to Forty- fourth Place and left one-half square to the Exhibit Home. W. C. & A. N. MILLER v Founders of Washington’s Exclusive Community £ 1119 Seventeenth Street Decatur 610 “OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY dence; Colonial Front Porch: Six Spacious Rooms: Tile Bath; En- closed Sleeping Porch; Beautiful Living Room with Open Fireplace: Screens Garage. and Awnings; The Entize Property in New House Condition The Price is $10,500, on Reason- able Terms. [SHANNON- & LUCHY 1435 K St. N.W. National 2345 [o— D T o ANNOUNCING A New Operation 3RD AND ALLISON ST. HOMES Between Webster and Allison Sts. on Third A Revelation in New Home Values EXHIBIT HOME Colonial Buff Brick Home 20 Ft. Wide by 32 Ft. Deep Slate Mansard Roof Covered Concrete Front Porch 2 Screened Rear Porches 10 Ft. Wide Reception Hall With Coat Closet And Plate Glass Mirror Door Beautiful Living Room b Large, The Bright Dining Room Daylight Kitchen Fully Equipped Spacious Master Bedroom the entire city. C venient to schools, stores, churches a n d transportation, they enjoy many unusual features which you should see before inspept buying. Be sure to these new homes today. CAFRITZ 2 Other Large Bedrooms Black and White Tiled Bath Built-In Tub and Shower Concrete Cellar With Toilet And Laundry Trays 4427 3rd St. N.W. The startling success of the new Cafritz Lifetime Homes on Alli- son Street between 3rd and 4th, resulted in the sale of that group of $9,250 homes before completion. Beautiful in de- sign, of all-brick construc- tion with many features of equipment, decora- tion and finish found only in higher- priced homes, this new operation has also met Automatic Hot-Water Heater Gabled Roof Garage Artistic Decoration Paneled Wallpaper Hardwood Floors and Trim Wardrobe Closets With Lights Screens Throughout Terms Arranged to Suit —Semi-Detached. Bricks— First Time—Open—For Inspection In Marietta Park—All New Homes Where Every Owner Is a Booster Just 1 Block from Beautiful Fort Slocum Park Before buying look over this new section—and see these most complete homes Many added and attractive features, the best of decorations, all modermistic lighting fixtures, houses fin- ished in white and natural hardwood trim. 7 and 8 well planned rooms, beautiful large bath with pedestal basin and shower, also lavatory from front bedroom (4 bedrooms), 7 large closets on 2nd floor, including large cedar-lined closet. Coat closet in hall on 1st floor. Built-in closet in dining room. Kitchen and bath walls covered with Sanitas, Tontine shades, large outside pantry with Frigidaire, bright roomy ceilar, cold storage room and coal bin under cement front porch, built-in garage, nice front, side and rear lawns, PRICED TO SELL TERMS ARRANGED SAMPLE HOUSE OPEN DAILY TO 9 P. M. 5735 4th St. N.W. (Corner of 4th & Nicholson Sts.) WAPLE & JAMES, Inc,, 1226 14th St. N.W. BUILDERS s North 0962 Old Chevy Chase VACA s $15,750" Oxfard Street This distinctive English type home in Section 2, a residential community unsurpassed for,its excellence, is offered at a price several thousand dollars under its real value. There are 7 delightful rooms and 2 laths; also maid’s room and bath. Large celotexed room in attic. The large lot is well landscaped. I-car garage. This Is a Most Unusual Property and May Be Purchased On Very Reasonable Terms « - OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY EDW. H. JONES & CO., Inc. 5520 Conn. Ave. Chevy Chase Properties Cleveland 2300