Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1929, Page 15

REAL 18 MARKET UNITS SO0N T0 BE BULT Contracts Awarded for Two Groups of Stores Thirty, and Twelve. Plans for 18 more units of the 84000000 wholesale and retail market ~ venter 1o be developed by the Union | Market Terminal Co. on a part of the Pattersén tract, Fifth street and Flor- ida avenue northeast, will be filed with the District building inspector shortly, it was announced today by Phillips & Caldwell, agents -for the market com- pany, an organization of local commis- sion merchants. Contracts have been awarded to the Charles H. Tompkins Co., and work is-to be started soon after the issuance of building permits. There are plans for cpnstruction of 42 units In market development on the 85-acre site acquired from the Winslow estate. Plans for the first group of nine build- ings of 12 units were filed a week ago with the building inspector. There are to be two groups of stores, one contalning 30 units and the other 12 units, in addition to the $300.000 plant to be erected by Joseph Phillips & Co. The buildings will be of two and three stories. The average store unit will be of light face brick construction, with con- erete roof. It will be 70 feet deep and 20 feet. wide and will have a 25-foot alley in the rear for shipping purposes. | A canopy of concrete, pierced by a skylight, will extend from the top of the first story to the curb, a distance of about 50 feet, it is announced. The canopy will be supported by concrete Doric columns. There will be & similar 15-foot. canopy in the rear. Room for Big Truck, A feature of the stores will be that a truck of average size can be driven into the store, if required, for deliveries. At the front and rear will be doors 12 feet wide, running on grooves. and which may be pushed out of the way in wall space. There will be a separate smaller door for entrance in cold weather when it is not desired to leave the whole front of the store open. Henry Klein, long engaged here in the commission business, and N. J. Ward. president of the Washington Chapter of the National League of Commission Merchants, have been ac- tive in organizing the project. News Rriefs and Observa- tions Concerning the Tocal H i William J. Flather. jr.. of the firm of Glover & Flather, who is chairman of Business, the appraisal committee of the Wash-| ington Real Estate Board. is taking his anpual vacation from business cares. He ix at his lodge on the Brule River. in Wisconsin, where he will enjoy the out- of-doors for a period of about six weeks. * ok x Insurance Rule Sought. The United States Emploves' Com- pensation Commission will hold a pub- lie hearing August 12, at 10 a.m., at its nffices. in the Investment Building. on a subject of interest to owners and managers of local apartment houses, when it will consider the question as to whether the swner of such property or the real estate firm or other managing agent should provide for the compensa- tion insurance for apartment house em- ployes, | * X X X New Home for Firm. The Cunningham Plumbing Supply Co.. Inc., this week moved to its new home, at 1-03-05 Twenty-sixth street The opening was marked by a recep- tion and buffet Iuncheon Thurstay The new building is of two stories and | has a frontage of 100 feet and a depth | of 187 feet, providing a floor space of ahout 40,000 square feet. The firm was established and for 12 years located at | 1234 Pennsylvania avenue, in the great triangle being taken over for the Fed- eral building program. 1 TR Campaign for Garages. The Operative Builders’ Association, ! eomposed of a score of the most active | loeal building concerns, has started a | new campaign for a change in the Dis- | triet zoning code to permit construction | of garages In basements of apartment | houses for the use of tenants, without | the necessity of obtaining consents from | adjoining property owners. | The association is making a deter- | mined effort to obtain a public hearing on the plan. The Zohing Commission | Iast Fall declined to grant a hearing on the subject. The association contends | that there is no valid reason to require | consents from adjoining property own- | ers, since such garages, for the storage | of ‘tenants’ ears only, are neither un- sightly nor dangerous under proper reg- wlation. They are. rather. it is co tended. beneficial in removing ears or- dinarily parked overnight in the streets | and in providing additional service for apartment house tenants. | The association’s petition for a hear- | ing, filed by Rufus S. Lusk, executive | secretary, states in part: { Cites Other Cities. “You stated at the time this hearing | (last. September) was refused that most, | cities did not permit such garages. That, jx a statement of what. the regulations are in many cities, but in_practically every city it is always possible to obtain | A garage in an apartment, house through | an application to the zoning board of | appeals. On my recent trip to several cities {0 investigate zoning. I saw many | 0000000000000 004¢ 400 Emerson St. NW. ALL-BRICK CORNER 6 ROOMS—3 PORCHES BUILT-IN GARAGE An attractive tapestry brick corner home with cov- ered concrete fromt porch and 2 covered, screened rear porch a splendid new home community in the Northwest, con: t to schools, stores, churches bus and car lines. Rece rooms, tile bath with built- in tub and shower, bright kitchen with Frigidaire, concrete cellar with laund: toilet, garage, paved street and alley. In excellent condition, just d heat, automatic hot-water heater, sereens throughout, all $11,950 CAFRITZ the | ESTATE. ! fl examples of garages placed in the base- ment of apartments or under grass| courts where the zoning regulations did | not permit such a garage, but whick the | 7oning board of appeals did permit. The | appeal board considers each case and | if the builder constructs his garage o as to be neither dangerous nor unsightly. | he almost automatically gets permission | | to have such a garage in an apartment. “We have no zoning board of appeals lin the District and the right to be | heard in these cases is denied us, so that if it is impossible for a builder to get consents of surrounding property owners it is impossible to place a garage {in_that building. “If we had a zoning board of appeals we might not request that the regula- | tions be changed so as automatically | permit garages in apartments with cer- tain safeguards. The only way that we can obtain what we believe is necessary ! for the general welfare is to have a | broad ruling of the commission permit- | ting garage: | Costly Homes Being Built. | Hedges & Middleton announce that | four new dwellings having a total cost {of approximately $195.000, including | land, are being erected in the Forest Hills section under sales contracts re- cently closed. A Georglan _colonial dwelling costing a total of $75.000 is | being erected on Chesapeake street, for | William A. Paul. A, stone colonial house, costing a total of about $45.000 is being erected for Joseph Kreiselman on Linnean avenue between Albemarle and Broad Branch road and an English brick and timber house costing about §30,000 is for Benton J. Webb. The | fourth house is a colonial brick costing about $25000, James E. Cooper is the { architect. R | Mampshire Gardens. The Shapiro Construction Co. has started the erection of the last of the first group of nine co-operative apart- ! ment buildings in the first group of the | project. of the Hampshire Gardens De- ! velopment Corporation in the section between Third street, New Hampshire avenue, Emerson and Farragut streets. | The first building of this English style development was started in April. * % X % Northgate Growing. The N. L. Sansbury Co. is continu- ing with the development of Northgate, | which is o be a group of 25 individual | style detached houses on the north J side of Kalmia road between Thirteenth | and Sixteenth sireets. They will be of | Colonial. Georgian and English cot- | tage types. All have fwo or three baths | and two-car garages, the number of rooms of the houses ranging from six to nine. LR Dulin & Martin Home. The firm of Dulin & Martin has moved into its new home in the first three floors of the building on the southwest. corner of Connecticut avenue and L street, erected by the Ward- man Construction Co. from plans by Frederick B. Pyle, in ecollaboration with FIRIY SHOWING of 1327 Kalmia Rd. Open daily until nine p.m *19, Owners 10060000600000000 GROUP_ OF BUILDINGS 1 Drivé out to end of 16th St. and turn’ right on Kalmia Rd. Nl Sanshury THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON., D. C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 3. 1929. PROJECTED in the Patterson tract, Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast, for the organi | architects of the Wardman concern Plans now are being laid for the formal opening of the store in the Fall. Approximately 50.000 square feet of merchandising Space are provided for the concern in its new home. The ‘firm for 37 years was located in the old buildings east of Thirteenth street and fronting on both F and G streets. The ! concern is one of Washington's oldest business enterprises still operating. The new building has a frontage of 51 feet on Connecticut avenue and 141 feet on L street. The first floor is largely early American in style, with marble floor, walnut trimming: a small area at the rear under a mezzanine fin- ished in a modern motif and another | small section showing Italian influence. Space for Departments. ‘The major section of the street level between the two entrances is devoted to art objects, glassware, silverware, and an entirely new department, jewel- | ry. To the right of the L street en- trance is the housewares section, while above and facing this entrance is 2 mezzanine floor with gift shop and lounge. To the left is & stairway lead- ing to the hotel department in the basement, which also houses the stock rooms, receiving, marking and shipping | depariments, an incinerator for trash, water cooling system and similar requi- sites- of the modern merchandising es- tablishment. Delicate Nile-green walls and green carpeted floor on the second floor pro- vide an effective setting for draperies, furniture, interior decorations, lamps and the private offices of T. C. and Horace Dulin. Glover Park Home Sales. B. H. Gruver announces that since the development of the Glover Park section of homes was started about two years ago sales in the sectjon have amounted in total value to approxi- mately $1.000000. The houses are of modified English style. There are from five to ten houses in a group. Three new_groups now are being completed, on Benton street between Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets and on Thirty- ninth street between Benton and W streets. ‘The cost of building houses in Eng- | land today Is four-fifths of what it was three years ago. Inspect Sundd): ' 4407 16th St. NW. Reduced From $55,000 539,500 Another completed home in the group of which the Wash- ington Post Model Homes has been the exhibit house is now ready for your in- spection. + <« . The home piclurt;d aboye, containing four bed- two baths, and two-ear builtsin rooms, garage—is offered at -~ 750 Builders *| bullding.” MARKET CENTER | ar when erected on the large site ion of commission merchant LOCATION BASIS | FOR OFFICE RENT | it A | In an office building it is Jargely the location that determines the rentals ‘m be paid by tenants, while for an apartment the transportation facifities jcome in for prime consideration, in | the opinion of J. Alvin Register, Jack- sonville, Fla., a member of the execu- | tive committee of the National Asso- | ciation of Real Estate Boards. “The office building is even more sensitive to the influence of location upon its career, than the apartment Mr. Hegister declares. “Very often the earning capacity of an dffice building is impaired by the misplace- ment of even a block or two. The governing factor in its profitableness is its accessibility to the people who are likely to patronize its tenants, An office building located at a disadvantage has to depend entirely upon | to whom location is not. essential. Such | tenants will not pay the highest rentals | for their space. “This is an important fact for the appraiser to recognize, because the value of any investment building is dependent _upon its natural earning | capacity. The cost of maintenance and operation of a badly located building is the same as such expenses for the building with the very best of loca- tions, therefore, if the best rentals ob. tainable in the poorly located building will not pay a return on the invest- ment, a large progbrtion of the original cost must be considered a loss.” . Rhodesia expects a record corn crop this year. . — | Middleton, tenants | T3HOUSE DESIENS- " ARE COMMENDED | Architects” Advisory Council | Approves 34 Other ~ “Building Plans. Designs for 13 dwellings were com- mended at a recent meeting of the Ar- irhunfl': Advisory Council in the office | of Maj. Donald A. Davisen, Assistant | Engineer Commissioner, in charge of 7oning and building work. Thircy-one other house designs were given an “ap- proved” rating and plans for an office building and two stores also were placed in_this classification. | The plans commended by the jury for architectural features were for a dwelling for 4545 Linnean avenue, de- ‘signed by James E. Coopgr, the cost | being estimated at $20,000, Hedges & | | owner; for a group of 11 | éwellings ' at 1539-1559 Forty-fourth | street, Waverly Taylor, architect, to | cost. $115,000, WaVerly Taylor, Inc..; owner, and for a dwelling at 2701 Thirty-second street. James E. Cooper, | architeet, to cost $25,000, Norman W. | | Oyster, owner. | ““The 'plans given an approved rati were for office building. 1147 Connecti- | cut avenue, Matt B. Schmidt, architeet, $80.000 eost, Graham Realty , Co., ' - Marietta Park’s Best Have You Inspected the Sample House At 5735 4th St. N.W (Corner 4th & Nichelson Sts.) Semi-Detached Brick 7 & 8 Rooms—2 Baths All rooms large, big kitchen, built-out pantry, Frigidaire, built-in garage. cold storage room and coal bin under ce- ment front porch. Nice lots. YOU SHOULD SEE THESE HOMES Open Daily Until 9 P.M. Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th St. N.W, North 0962, A Corner Home In Petworth Frigidaire - eened thruout— built-in garage—spacious bedrooms— cement porch—pantry off the well equipped kitchen—every comfort and convenience is included, Exceptional location—just a block from Sherman Circle and the bus. Churches, schools and stores nearby. Open every day and evenings until 9 p.m. Plan to see this home Sunday. 4633 5th St. N.W. Corner of Crittenden St. "D. J. DUNIGAN., IN 1319 N. Y. Ave. Nar'l 1267 4425 LOWELL ST. This Charming Home In Wesley Dreights Is Offered for $13.950.00 7 Rooms (4 Bedrooms)—Bath—Breakfast Nook Lot 50x150 Terms Arranged OPEN FOR YOUR INSPECTION SUNDAY FROM 10 AM. UNTIL 8 P.M. o REAL*ESTATE: 5 owner; 1 dwellings, 3800-3812 Ben- | ton street, George T. Santmyers, archi- | tect, $35,000 cost, D. C. Gruver, owner; dwelling, 4717 Linnean avenue, J. E. Cooper, architect, $10,000 cost, Hedges & Middleton, owner; 10 dwellings, 555- 573 Twenty-third street northeast, ‘ George T. Santmyers, architect, $50,000 | cost, Charles D. Sager, owner: dwell- | ing, 1357 Iris street, H. L. Breuninger, | architect, $12,000 cost, L. E. Breuninger | & Sons, owner; stores, 1245 F street and 1214 G street, A. P. Clarke, jr., archi- tect, $70,000 cost, estate of M. W. Bev- | eridge, owner; 7 dwellings, 517-529 Ogle- thorpe street, George T. Santmyers, ar- chitect, $62,000 cost, Shapiro Construc- tion Co., Inc., owner; dwelling. 4811 Rockwood parkway, G. E. MacNeil, ar- | chitect, $11.200 cost, W. C. & A. N. Miller, owner; dwelling, 4851 Glenbrook | road, G. E. MacNeil, architect, $11,200 | cost, W. C. & A. N. Miller, owner: 3 dwellings, 5720 Fourth street, Frederick B. Mills, owner and architect. 1,300,000 APARTMENTS. First One B:l"t h;AN; York City Only 59 Years Ago, New York City's first apartment was built only 59 vears ago. Today-the city has 1300000 apartment buildings. About 70 per cent of the city’s people now reside in apartments: in the Is- | | | | | land of Manhattan proper, about 90 per cent. fer. Proportionately similar growth Chicago's earliest modern apartment has taken place in practically all of our buildings appeared during the World | cities. Fair of 1893, ‘Today It has 560,000 suck{ i i | ngs, wi annual rentals of Ve . $450,000.000, providing 80 per cent ou,,,,fi,:';,',":,.“ibf.t&'“.‘# e its population with that mode of shel- feally = Near Wai;:r. Re:a Hos;u;al CENTER HALL PLAN REDUCED $2,000.00 This detached corner home of stuceo and cement construction contains six well planned rooms and fully tiled bath with shower: Jarge living room (with real fireplace) two French doors opening on cement porches: oak floors first, and second floors, Jarge kitchen and pantry with built-in refrigerator: large coat eloset opening from hall. Attractive corner lot beautifully landscaped. facing cement street, equipped with garage and located close to school, atores and cars, INSPECT ANY DAY NO. 700 FERN STREET N.W. Open Daily and Sunday, 2 to 9 P.M. See Mr. J. W. Schacfer on Premises or Phone National 0856 Evenings Shep. 2641 That Familiar Ex pression— “IT'S NOT THE HEAT That Causes Discomfort IT’S THE 3639 and 3641 WARREN STREET North Cleveland Park Be Convinced by Compaging These Homes at $13.750 with any others in Washington HUMIDITY!” Docs NOT apply to these Warren Street homes in Nerth Cleveland Park. Here. on one of the highest points in the city. many feet ahove the level of the Potomac. there is ALWAYS a RE- FRESHING BREEZE —pleasant evenings and cool nights! You'll like, too. the many OTHER advantages of these Warren-built homes, carefully planned and designed. and painstakingly built. to afford vou MAXIMUM living comforts and conven- iences at a MINIMUM cost —and on terms that will make vour‘hank account smile with relief. Honses may he similar, hut HOMES should he DIFFERENT! THESE ARE—in so many ways—they must he seen to be really appre- ciated. Of the six homes recently completed in this gronp. fonr have heen sold. and only two are left. Don’t miss vour opportunity to visit these remaining two delightful homes he- fore they are sold. Open and lighted every day until 9 p.m. Todav. drive ont and inspect these modern dwellings. designed for the NEW REQUIRE. MENTS of a NEW AGE. Go north on Wiscon- sin Ave. to Warren Street, then east to 37th Street: or from Connecticut Ave. turn west on Van Ness Street to Reno Road. turn right to Warren St. M. and R. B. WARREN Telephone Cleveland 4472 First Showing--- 20 feet 4 i of the latest and finest nches wide x 32 feet deep SEMI-DETACHED ALL-BRICK HOMES Ezhibit Home 505 Oglethorpe St. (Corner of Fifth St. N: Open 9 AM. to 9 P.M. Come Qut Sunday! See! Compa re ! Delightful Screened Slccpi;u' Porch Two Other Big Bedrooms uperior—Point for point- to any homes you've inspected at anywhere near this price! Big Bright Master Bedroom Ever Built in the City of Washington At $9.950 ° Latest Frigidaire Two-Car Built-in Garage BeautifulEdunping P4 Box Hedge £ NOTE THESE FEATURES— All Brick Construction Colonial Concrete Porches Big Reception Hall with Plate Glass Mirror Doors and Enormous Coat Closet Selected Hardwood Floors Throughout Luxuricusly Appointed Baths Built-in Tub and Shower ‘Pedestal Lavatories > Brick Wood-burning Fireplaces Beautiful Large Living Room Large Cheerful Dining Room Screened Breakfast Porch Perfectly Planned Kitchen Screened Service Porch N.W, "W.) offered at $1,000 less than any other home of similar appointments Numerous Electric OQutlets Paneled Wall Decoration Radio Outlets Motor Out Mass. Ave., Crossing Wisconsin Ave., Then Turn Left Into Cathedral Ave., Whick Leads to Wesley Heights. Built and For Sale By W. C. and A. N. Miller 1119 17th St. N.W, . Decatur 0610 Wardroom Closets with Lights Cedar-lined Closets Big Daylight Basement Double Laundry Trays Automatic Hot Water Heater Extra Servants’ Closets