Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1929, Page 14

14 MODERN METHODS | FEATURE KENWOOD Community Project of 200 Acres Was Fully Planned in Advance. Modern trends in methods of develop- ment of large residential subdivisions of the restricted type are illustrated in Tenwood, the new community project of 200 acres lying west of Somerset, be- tween River road and Bradley boule- vard, a seciion that just two years ago was wild with underbrush, trefs and kriars 50 as to be almost impassable. First of all, the entire section, bought outright by the Kennedy-Chamberlin Development Co., was planned as a whole. Streets and avenues for the en- tire area were laid out to take advan- tage of the natural beauties of the rolling land. A stream here and there was worked into the highway plan. All trees worthy of saving were preserved and worked into the landscaping scheme for houses. Then work was begun on the clearing out of the underbrush and briars, and grading was started on the street plan. REAL ESTATE. THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 10, 1929. WEAVER PREDICTS | CHANGED CAPITAL Washington Will Be Most In- teresting Spot in Hemi- sphere, He Believes. The Federal building program here, as epitomised in the vast Mall develop- ment project, will recreate Washington in the next 10 years and make it the most. interesting spot in _this hemi- sphere, it was declared today by John L. Weaver, prominent realty dealer, who is past president of both the Real | Estate Board and of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards. h Mr. Weaver forecasts the effect of this program on Washington, as & ef in the following atatement: “Should thsse of us who think we know Washington leave today and re- main away for a decade, a strange land would confront us on our return. The pieture is 50 elaborate that {t is be- yond my vocabulary to paint it in words. But visualize, first, this great sweep of structures, boulevards and greens which will march from the Capitol westward to the Potomac. No other city in the world will have such a thing. There LATEST OF PROFESSIONS REAL ESTATE IS CALLED ! Erecident Lowell Points Out in Ad- dress That Harvard Offers | Course in Practice. | President A. Lawrence Lowell, Har- vard University, in his address before | the convention of the National Associa- | tion of Renl Estate Boards in Boston, told the realtors that Harvard, in con- ferring degrees on its business adminis- tiation school graduates, termed busi- ness “the oldest of the arts and the lat- est of professions.” President Lowell declared that Har- vard takes cognizance of real estate as & profession when it offers a course in real estate practice in the School of | Business Administration. He pointed out. likewise that the School of Architecture | and Landscape Architecture has for | years given a course in eity planning. | “Education, religion and professions are the enduring things in life,” Presi- dent. Lowell continued. “T ask myself if you realtors are engaged in a pro- fession. A profession, I believe, means | a hody of men who are banded together | with the sincere conviction of the value of the calling which they follow. They enter thelr professions as a means of | livelihood, but they see in it something more than that livelihood. They see in it the value that there is to mankind in ite existence. They feel a loyalty 1o the members of their profession and to the institution itself. | “The real test of whether your work | is & profession is this: Do you feel that the profession to which yot belong has REAL. ESTATE, JAMESON-BUILT NEW HOMES Ready 1o Move in—6, 7 and 8 Large Rooms ON EASY TERMS 6 Choice Locations 925 Quiney St. N.W. 415 10 445 Jefferson 1501 D Sr. 1535 Tsher- wood St. N.E. 1 Square North of 15%h & D Ste. N.E. 255 11th ~ St. S.E. Sample Houses Open from 7 AM. until GIPM. A1l houses servant's toiler, wide rear and front porches. Second floors have extra gas and plumbin, ontlete, on can be easily converted inte 1we - family honses, These hauses are « 0 nveniently located, FRIGIDAIRE WITH EACH Street System Planned. Streets were laid out fo take advan- | tage of the contours of the land and a small stream or two. which were de- veloped into features of center parking strips between roadw: At the same time the streets connect as directly 28 rossible with River road and Bradley will be no parallel to it. “That is only the beginning. Stretch- ing back from it, the city will build 1n kind. How colossally it will build, I will not prophesy, but it will build to & standard that the Mall will impose on it—a finer standard, perhaps, than has ever been attained. “This will mean two things—in- | something in it of enduring value apart . from a means of livelihood. something that makes it worth while for man. | something that vou are ready to work i for, something that you are readyv to | improve, something that will make the life of your children yet to come intn ! the world better, more worth living. be- FOR SALE BY THOS. A. JAMESON CO. 206 New York Ave, boulevard. main arteries to the seetion. There are no sidewalks on this subur- ban section, and the concrete streef pavements have been given a treatment of an asphalt emulsion to provide a subdued, dark color. Trees are a feature of the section. There are seven varieties of oaks, three varieties of maples, two varieties of populars, and pines, dogwood, cedars, chestnuts and hickory. In addition, there have been planted in parkways ordering the streets about 1,000 Japa- nese cherry trees and a similar num- ber of Norway maples Has Golf Course, The community has its own golf| course of nine holes and a large stone and brick clubhouse of three stories, of modern design. adjoining a sunken gar- den and tennis courts. There are to date 14 houses. either completed or under construction, and 20 more heve been contracted for. All| have sites with wide frontage, ranging as much as 110 feet. One lot contains two and a quarter meres. ‘Work was started recently on the eonstruction of a large home of Italian villa_style for Charl W. Wright on Brookside drive near Chamberlin, while on an adjoining site work was begun on the new home for Mrs. Mary F. Kennedy, widow of the late junior member of Kepnedy Bros. Stucco and Limestone. The Wright home, being erected on a site 166 by 175 feet, set into a back ground of trees and sloping land, iz a large structure of stucco exterior with | heavy limestone base. It will have a! 100f ‘of tile of variegated color of sub- dued tones. and there will be iron grilla | about windows. There will be a Jarge| stone terrace before the front entrance. another at the rear before a rear en-| trance which overlooks a sunken gar- cien and fountain placed in a retaining | wall, above which will rise a series of | terraced lawns. a side rear wing, shielded from the gar- cen by a retaining wall. The frontal facade is featured by a series of columns supporting the portico rodf runnin across the main section of the front of the house. As designed by A. H. Sonnemann, chief architect of the company, the first floor will contain a large living room, center hall, dining room, lbrary, sun Toom, breakfast room and kitchen. On the second floor will be five bedrooms, | sewing room. three baths, two servants' | rooms and bath. | The home for Mrs. Kennedy will be, in New England. Tr will be af & com- | bination of stone, brick and rlaphoard- ing. 1t will have a shingle tile roof | of a bronze green rolor. There will be! a large garden at the side and front.| In addition to a living reom, dining| room and kitchen. there will be a bed- ro0om on the first floor. On the second floor will be three bedrooms and two baths. The garage wing will include servants’ quarters on the second floor. — A. C. MOSES CO. LEASES _ IRVING STREET GARAGE Building Will Be Used as Automo- bile Show Room and Bervice Station. The Trving Street Trving street. a ) ture. has been by the A. C.| Mosea Co. for use an automobile | showroom and service atation, it is an- | nounced by Shannon & Luchs, Ine. | The ssme real satate organization | announces that the Atlantie & Pacifie Tea Co. has closed leasing negotiations | on_the following properties: i Premises at 3649-51-53 New Hamp- | shire avenue, for a term of years for 2 total consideration of approximately 530,000: premises at the corner of Columbia road and Biltmore street, where & new market building is being erected for the company, the lease to Tun for seven years at a rental of about $40,000; property at 2715 Bladensburg Toad northeast, where a mew buildin, 1cs°' being erected, and property at 12§ 08 Garage, 1437 two-story strue- Emerson St. NW, (below), both of which A two-car garage is in | director street University. ““There are many locations in office building districts in the United States where this convenience factor has been exceeded. A continued piling up of demands by additional structures only can have the effect of discouraging the full use of the structures which e upon the sites adjacent to these areas,” says Mr. McClintock. “It is & wonder that designers and owners of office buildings have not been more alert to this situation. There appears to be no tendency, for exam nf the earlv American style as found: toward the use of the arcaded side even in new structures in districts whe traffic conditions are eritical. “The sidewalk set within the building line offers such advantages in public comfort. and In good merchandise dis- play, as well as in added street capacity. that, its widespread use in the future seems_inevitable rapidly growing districts ahould be Signed 35 that arcaded sidewalks Adummun) \l : Ban b BECERE" Among the new residences in Kenwood. Md., are the homes of F. Trwin Ray (upper) and of Fred Harveycutter located on Kennedy Build;ngs SBOuid Have Arcacied Walks, Harvard Expert Holds‘ Sidewalk convenience ceazes te exist be provided when the volume of trafic approaches 800 persons per foot of width per hour. according to the resuits of an investi- gation reported to the American Insti- tute of Architects by Miller McClintock. Erskine bureau for | researeh of Harvard|In fact, it Is a rare eity that does not | of the traffic constructed “Office bulldings 3RD AND ALLISON ST. HOMES de- | may | $5,064,120 for June of this year and later even theugh they originally are not included. Pedestrian traffic also can be aa- sisted by the use of bullding arcades. that it by walkways leading directly through buildings. There are many, examples of this type of construction. have at least one bullding of the arcade | | character. ““These arcades not only provide extra sidewalk and pedestrian capacity, but likewise provide valuable frontage, com- parable in many cases to that which opens upon the street itself.” $3.068.160 IN PERMITS, Dwellings Costing $855.000 Larg- est Item in Baltimore Granta, Special Dispaich to The tar. BALTIMORE. August 9.—The value of bullding permits issued in Baltimore in July totaled $3,068,160. according to figures compiled by the buildings engineer office. The largest item was for 266 two-story brick dwellings, val- in ues at $855,000. Last month's total compares with e 0000000000000000000000000000060000 PALAAAALLLLALLALAALAGALAAAIATHIETHS On the Highest Point in Petworth! | with $3.595,320 for July. 1928 The to- tal for the first seven months of this gear ix $23,248920. which is about $1.000,000 1ss than for the eorrespond- ing period in 1928, REMARKABLE VALUES ALL-BRICK HOMES creased population, the finest sort. of | population the Nation can give us, and increased values, The growth in our | numbers will be, as it has always been in the past, in direct ratio with the growth of the population of the Na- tion at large. But there will be added, in greatly increased numbers, those who seek the leisure and the culture of & cosmopolitan city. 1 “It should always be borne in mind that Washington presents a greater va- this hemisphere. Washin, has the normal interest of American cities, buc in addition it also has those to be found only in & eapital eity. How much greater and diversifisd will they be- come when this Wflding project has gone through? “Portunately, it is bound te give us quality, rather than quantity, of popu- lation. On the dav we attain a million inhabitants, we wiil know that we have a million of a type as high as the Na. tion can provide.” Lamber Requirements Increase. Lumber requirements the last half of 1929 in retail yards of the country, whose annual volume of sales aggre- ,ntu one -and three-quarters fon feet of lumber, will be a little greater (1.2 per cent) than were those of the | first half of this year, according to = | | preliminary semi-annual survey made | by the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Asgociation, to ascertain prospecti requirements in this important fleld of | lumber ¢o ption. i’urfiished Sample House 1538 RIDGE PL. S.E. 7,450 $250 Cash $55 Month Substantial construction, covered front porch, double rear porches, tiled bath with built-in tub, artistically decorated reoms wigh paneled walls, oak fioors, hot'water heat, built-in garage, attractive shrubbery, wide paved street, two squares irom school, stores and car line. Near new Government park. Across Navy Yard Bridge to 14th aud S—then one block werth OPEN SUNDAY AND DAILY, 29 P.M. ' National Mortg. & Inv. Corp An Exceptional Opportunity in that Charming and Aristocratic Section Just North of Wyoming Ave. and West of Conn. Ave., Facing the Million Dollar Bridge £l Nat. 5833 riety of interests than any other city in | ) cause you were realtors?” S8hipbuilding on the River Clyde of Scotland has been almost as active as in pre-war days. “Ask the Man Who Owne One” National 5526 (Just South of Harrison St., the house with the green tile roof) This is the kind of a home vou would design for vour own family. no means is st an ordinary cemter entrance plan, but rather an cxpression of what can really be accomplished when excellent architecture and good workmanship ave perfectly blended. In addition to an exiva large living room and spaciows diving voom (there's plenty of wwall space for the furnsture) there is a library den, sn- larium, hreakiast room. modern kitchen weith pantrs and a large open porch, wcomipletely seveencd. on the first flaor, baths on the second flony. The attic is insulated and flooved. car built-in garage and wioid's room and hath. basement hois s a 2- house has seveens, azonings and wweather stripping. o OPEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL DAY SUNDAY (To inspect go out Conn. Ave. to Harrison St., then west one block to 38th St.) GRAHAM & OGDEN 313 Woodsward Bldg. Theve are four bedrooms and isen The dry The Ezclusive Agents 4 Homes Were Sold Last Week atithe First Showing . . . of the finest homes ever built in Washington at this price All Brick Construction Colonial Concrete Porches Big Reception Hall with Plate Glass Mirror Doors and Enormous Coat Cleset Luxuriously Appointed Baths Built-in Tub and Shower It 1916 Belmont Road Pedestal Lavatories Brick Wood-burning Fireplaces Beautiful Large Living Room Between Webster and Allison Sts. on Third 20 Ft. Wide—6 Rooms Only 3 Porches—Garage $13.500 1'." % !\';le,o';\;sr dfiezmirehs:b.Aksen:’i-deudud kit i brick, 20.72 wide, with brick and concrete m‘ifl ATTRACTIVE FEATURES front porch. First floor: Living roam with mantel, reception hall with brick fireplace, large dining room, den, well equipped kitchen and pantry and servant's porch. Second floor: 4 BEDROOMS, screened ing porch, 2 COMPLETE TILED BATHS AND ,ADDITIONAL TILED LAVATORY off of ene room, oak flaors throughout. Maid’s room and storage room above, Laundry, cold storage and fuel reoms, maid's room and bath in hasement. Alley side and rear. A wonderiul view from preperty. Attractive greunds of private school across the way. Near pub- lic schools, churches and transportatien. The property has been recently renovated througheut and is' in excellent condition. ALL-BRICK CORNER ¢ ROOMS—3 PORCHES BUILT-IN GARAGE FRIGIDAIRE . “\An attractive hrick corner home ered concrete front porch and 2 ‘covered, screened rear ponlefl in a splendid e Large Cheerful Dining Room Screened Breakfast Porch Perfectly Planned Kitchen Screened Service Porch Oak Floors Throughout Screened Sleeping Porch Big Bright Master Bedroom Two Other Big Bedrooms Numerous Electric Outlets Paneled Wall Decoration Radio Outlets Wardrebe Closets with Lights Cedar-lined Closets Big Daylight Basement Double Laundry Trays Automatic Hot Water Heater Extra Servants’ Toilets s 39,250 Terms Colonial Buff Brick Honle to schools, s 20 n.l Wide by 32 Ft. Deep _ Si hustaadie e Manserd Roof Cevered Concrete Front Pe kitchen with eamcrete SEE THESE HOMES TODAY! 20 feet 4 inches wide by 32 feet dcép SEMI.-DETACHED—ALL BRICK Frigidaire—Two-car Garage Beautiful Landscaping Box Hedge Daylight Kitchen Fully Equipped Large, Bright Dining Reom Spacious Master Black and White Tiled Bath Built-in Tub and Shower Concrete Cellar With Toilet And Laundry Trays Automatic Hot-Water Heater Gabled Roof Garage Artistie Decaration Paneled Wallpaper Hardweoed Fl and Trim Wardrebe Cle With Ligl Sereens Throughout just Wape P hardwood floors, hot-water heat, automatic hot-water heater, screens througheut, all modern cen- Terms arranged 511,950 CAFRITZ Mpyr. Henry Wasser our representative on premises OPEN SATURDAY AFTER 4 P.M, and ALL DAY SUNDAY BOSSRILELPS. 1417 K St. National 9300 EXHIBIT HOME 4427 3rd St. N.W. OPE{J,NQ'}:LD'L;?:TD Ezhibit Home 505 Oglethorpe St. N.W. (Corner of Fifth St, N.W.) Oven 9 AM. to 9 P.M.. Realters