Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1930, Page 15

REAL ESTATE. TALKS OF PROBLEMS N CITY PLANNING Architect Outlines Conditions in Business Centers and Outlying Areas. BY CHARLES H. CHENEY, ! Chairman, City and Reglonal Planning Committee, American Institute of Architects ‘Two problems are to be reckoned with in planning local n!lghhorhood‘ business or convenience centers in the cutlying residential areas of cities. The | first is to plan for and zone the best | placing of the various businesses within | and about the center, so that as the number of businesses grow up they will be fairly permanently located. Garages, ofl stations, tin shops, plumbing shops, dyeing and cleaning works and undertakers (so called light industries) are not good neighbors for certain retail stores, nor do they at- tract the same kind of customers. Also they are almost always of the lesser | rent paying class which seek the outer fringe of older established business dis- tricts, but will often crowd into promi- nent locations in local centers in a way to deter seriously needed high-class re- tailers from coming in. Hence two kinds of retail business zones need to be established at these centers. Experience in Business Centers. ‘The second is to get the business centers started, to get any kind of business to locate there successfully and to get people in the habit of trading there. Another important consideration is the shape and location of local business centers. A center on a major traffic highway, reaching for several miles or far beyond the center (away from the downtown section) and carrying a heavy through traffic in both directions needs open space for the local shoppers to get off the highway and to turn into good parking space easily and safely. ‘Thus an open square or oblong plaza. with through traffic street going by at one end, is a common arrangement and a fairly successful one. If some ot ihe | main local traffic streets lead out of the other end of this plaza the stores around it will do better. If this local center is of considerable importance, say the biggest center for a distance of several square miles, the central plaza or open space may even succeed better if it is one block away from the main highway, with proper connection to it, so that the trucking and through traffic of small purchasing ywer can by-pass and leave the rich R:éll retail trade to be freely and unin- terruptedly served. ‘The shape of local traffic centers may vary from an oblong to an octagon or even a large circle, although too great a separation across the plaza will be felt by certain classes of stores. Generally speaking, these local centers must build up very near the traffic center to be a success. Trend on Highways Cited. On State highways and important country highways the most recent trend is toward providing parallel service roads, shut off from the central high- way by a curved barrier of trees, so that through traffic will not be interrupted by the stopping and parking for local business, and local business in turn may NEW DETACHED HOME Brick and Frame ‘ $12,500.00 One Block From Conn. Ave. Excellent and convenient loca- tion, on large lot; containing all modern features, including two full tiled baths; all large rooms; detached garage, floored attic, h:crdwood floors, open fireplace, e Drive right on Legation St. from Conn. Ave. to Nevada Ave. and home with our sign. Open All Day Sunday J. £. Bouglass Co. 5423 NEVADA AVE. | I I | 1621 K St. N.W. Met. 5678 ‘ HOME PURCHASED FOR PASTOR Residence at 5124 Chevy Chase parkway recently acquired as the parsonage | of the St. Paul's English Lutheran Church. Henry W. Snyder. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, It is occupied by the pastor, Dr.} offer convenience and safety to those who desire to stop and trade. Harmany of color in business groups is another important factor. There can be little doubt that high-class retail trade from a highly restricted resi- dential neighborhood is sympathetic with a business district presenting a harmony of design and color, as well as good arrangement of access to the stores. If to this there be added a touch of quaintness, the use of the Old World methods of arching the streets, arcading the sidewalks, etc., the district becomes notable immediately. Arcading of business buildings is a striking architectural feature which has much to be said for it in areas of great Summer heat if the arches of the arcade are high enough and the pas- sageway deep enough. BEITZELL AND HORNING FORM REALTY COMPANY New Firm Will Center Activities in Chevy Chase Gardens and Marietta Park. J. Garrett Beitzell, formerly sales manager of the Cafritz Construction Co., and Joseph F. Horning, formerly of the Horning Realty Co., have formed the partnership of Beitzell & Horning and this week opened offices in the Tower Building for general real estate busi- ness. Announcement is made that the new firm will take home-selling operations in the Chevy Chase Gardens section and also will represent a number of buflders in Marjetta Park. Mr. Beitzell was with the Cafritz Co. NORTH CLEVELAND PARK 950 3716 WINDOM PLACE N.W. $11 (Drive Ave. out Conn. Van Ness to 37th, ment in_ value. Come out and see Open Sunday, 10 AM. to 9 P. R. M. HOOKER Tower Building A Private “ARMS Nothing to do with battleships but a lot to do with spending less and getting more for their ARY and Bill held an im- and agreed that they preferred the comforts and conveniences of apartment residence—but that there was absolutely no sense in paying rent year after year, collecting a slim bundle of receipts—when they might own their own apartment home in Tilden Gardens, pay no more each month than they are now paying, and in a remarkably short time, own their own home. For instance, they found that this apartment of Foyer, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Two Bed- BED ROOM look on the Center Gardens as well as 12-8"% 147" on Connecticut Avenue, could be pur- chased for a very reasonable initial payment, and total monthly payment (including all expenses) of $110 per rooms and Bath, with month, actually less a wonderful out- b to Bureau of Standards. on north to Windom and see our OPEN sion.) Located at the above address is the value unusual. A very moderate priced home in a high priced location, which assures you of an enhance- The house is semi-detached, constructed of brick and stucco (half timbered), has a garage to match, and incorporates in its six nice sunny rooms every possible modern appointment including a pretty open fireplace, oak floors throughout, panelled papering, Sanitas itchen, Frigidaire, hotwater heat, automatic heater, laundry, many electric outlets, two cedar closets, v tile bath and shower, two extra large closets and a complete lavatory in the master bed room, bright cellar, cellar toilet, a roomy and floored attic, in fact, many other modern and useful feature:. | for seven years, serving during the last | four as sales manager. Last year he | was chairman of the sales managers’ | S section of the Washington Real Estate Board. Mr. Horning has been in real estate business here since the close of ithe World War. | 7o ® Buys English Dwelling. Charles A. Roach has purchased the | semi-detached English brick dwelling at | 3718 Van Ness street from W. C. & Phelps, who handled negotiations. The | house contains six rooms and two baths. Kalmia Road Dwelling Purchased. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Surine have pur- chased the brick dwelling at 1326 Kalmia road, Henry J. Connor, who handled the transaction, reports. The house contains seven rooms and two baths. The attic is finished as a roughly plastered studio. CHEVY CHASE MARYLAND BUNGALOW Price, $6,950 Terms DETACHED 8 _ROOMS AND BATH HOT-WATER HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS HARDWOOD_FLOORS OPEN FIREPLACE ATTRACTIVELY DECORATED J. DALLAS GRADY 1010 Vermont Ave. N.W. Dist. 9179 west ery deep double back porches, white 3716 Windom Place M., and Every Day from 1 to 9 Metropolitan 2663 PARLEY” money., portant “conference” — BED ROOM WK 27" than the rental for far less desirable apartments. And of the monthly payment, pra tically ONE-HALF represents a sav- ing, an investment that pays for the home in a very short time, leaving only an operating expense of about $35 per month. You will be pleasantly surprised at the pronounced economy of resident own- uvinG ROOM DINING ROOM 13-3°019-6" 13X 136" | A. N. Miller, it is announced by Boss & | PRIVATE BUILDING REVIVAL IS NOTED D. C. Report for December Shows Permits for New Proj- ects Totaling $2,351,330. A revival of private building opera- tions in the District was started last month, according to the December re- port of permits issued for new opera- tions, made public today by Col, John W. Oehmann, building inspector. The total cost of new work approved last month was estimated at $2,351,330, more than double the total for No- vember. ‘The report is more impressive because of the fact that there were no projects running more than $1,000,000 in cost, the largest being an $850,000 convent. Another feature of the ‘December permit report is that there were no plans for apartment houses approved during that month. Plans were aj proved, on the other hand, for 26 pri- vate dwellings having a total estimated cost of $894,400. Permits issued in December were as follows: g3333883E [ - porae S8 & Repairs Dwellings Warehou Concrete. e METAL. Garages .. Bae B o e Motors ... Elevators Boilers . HER tached on wo1 of guarried stone. Bt. to Linnean Rd. 1417 K Street When You Beautiful New In the beautifully de- veloped Trinidad sec- tion, just morth of Florida Ave. N.E. Only two squares from Sears- Roebuck. showers; many distinctive As Low as $7,9 717 Union Trust Bldg. ameson-Built Now Ready erchip at Tilden Gardens, charmed with the beauty of the gardens and grounds, and captivated by the spacious rooms and clever arrangement of the apartments. Inspect Tilden Gardens today, and learn at first hand the many advantages of living in this outstanding co-operative apartment. Exhibit home, tastefully fur. nished by W. B. Moses, open every evening until 9 p.m. TILDEN GARDENS A Development of M. and R. B. Warren Connecticut Ave. at Tilden Street Phone Cleveland 6084 and east to property. BORETELPS Realtors D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY Finds Service of Landscape Artist Of Value on Small Property Acrcage BY RICHARD S. CHILDS. ‘The word “landscape” scares away a vast amount of the proper business of the landscape architects. People jump to the conclusion that they have no work for a member of this profession because, forsooth, they do not own a “landscape”; that landscape architects will not look at anything less than a 10-acre estate or a public park; that our country house with its modest acre or half-acre is perforce to be nested in such “bushes” and such fashion as our own expertness may contrive, ‘This is to testify that I, for one, have employed a landscape architect for a city back yard, a country home of an acre-and-a-half and a cemetery lot, and that, by employing the landscape artist, I saved far more than enough money to cover the fee on each job. And, most important of all, I have achieved the desired results—perma- nent charm, beauty at every season, the gasps of delight from my guests and the qulet satisfaction with which I look forth from my windows. ‘The back yard came first. It was a dark hole between brown, solid, 10- foot fences. The landsca) architect made a sketch and furnished an esti- mate. My wife and I studied the plan, cut out certain items which were not worth to us what they would cost, and let the work proceed. A stucco wall, roughly troweled to give softness of texture, replaces the back fence, low walls at the side let in sunshine, air and a needed sense of spaciousness, a simple stone seat, backed with a green lattice and flanked with twin spires of cedar richly green against the gray back wall, give us a balanced background; delicate green tangles clamber the side walls and rho- dodendrums mass in the corners. The cedars and rhododendrums, chosen because they will be green all ‘Winter; vines of a kind that live and | grow in such shade; shrubs and a small magnolia, chosen to give color or bles- soms early in the Spring, before we leave for the country; a slender allan- thus tree, because it grows swiftly. A coping of brick gives an edge to the cen flagstone paving and graceful green gates guard the area steps. Our neighbors on both sides, artis- tic people, too, attempted to match our yard. One put a green trellis on a yel- low fence and a fringe of shrubs that 2816 Brandywine St. Forest BHills A unique and beautiful home. De- mderful lot. Built entirely Siz rooms, 3 baths, oil burner, 2-car garage. Fine shade trees. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Drive out Conn. Ave. east on_Albema; t rth north to Brandyw National 9300 Time Well Spent Visit These Exhibit Homes 1207 Owen St. N.E. ¢ 216 17th Pl. N.E. Adjacent to Eastern High School, in a new restricted neighbor- hood; the mearest to e downtown. Six large, well arranged rooms; tiled baths with features, including chestnut trim, hardwood floors, radio outlets, large porches and the new Green Jacket heating system. Garages built-in. By comparison—the best buy! 50 Very easy terms Robert W. Savage Nat'l 6799 Or Any Broker odel Homes 6, 7 and 8 Large Rooms for Inspection 415 to 445 Jefferson St. N.W. 914 Quincy St. N.W. 1337 Taylor St. N.W, 1521 to 1527 Isherwood St. N.E. Isherwood St., One Square North of 15th and D Sts. N.E. 1601 to 1619 D St. N.E. Inspect at Once The architecture of these fine homes has been carefully designed and se- lected by our experts of superior home designs. The material also has been carefully selected. All labor furnished by skilled mechanics of the best grade. These homes contain six, seven and eight large rooms, tile bath and built- in tub and shower, one- piece sink in kitchen, extra large porches front and rear. Oak floors, latest fixtures; floor plugs in each room and lots of extras. Frigidaivre and Garage With Each House FOR SALE BY THOS. A. JAMESON CO. 906 New York Ave. ¥ “Ask the Man National 5526 Who Owns One” 18, 1930. Association of Real Estate Boards dur- ing 1930 will come before the division for discussion in its sessions at the annual Midwinter meeting of the asso- ciation in Phoenix, Ariz, January 23 to ‘The model appraisal of an office building is to be made by Henry A. stucco wall (which was ¥ood idea, ex- | Babcock, Chicago, chairman-elect of the cept that the workmanship was defec. |appraisal division; Philip W. Kniskern, tive and the molding flaked off) and |New York City, will prepare the ap- attempted a pergoda, which, when | Draisal of the single unit dwelling; done, was found 50 per cent toe mas- |E. L. Somerville, Minneapolis, will be sive for the space and which needs very |responsible for the appraisal of the different plantings from those which | apartment building, and Maurice F. were adopted. The effect is simply all n; ‘Nelther nelghbor sought an_experi- enced adviser and the results disclosed the impracticability of their amateur planning. It looked easy, but it was more technical than it looked. | MEETING TO DISCUSS APPRAISAL REPORTS | & $9,250 4417 3rd St. N.W. (Near Grant Circle) New attractive 20-ft. Colonial-type tapestry brick home, 6 large rooms, 2-toned tiled bath with shower, natural trim throughout, Fri g idaire, “garage, screens, 3 large covered porches, massive closets with electric lights, and many other attractive features. all died. The other hed our gay Discussion of the four model ap- praisal reports being prepared for publi- cation and distribution to members of the appraisal division of the National 3-Rm. Apt. Living room, bed room, kitchen, din foyer, Fri Front corner exposure. Reasonable Cash Payment $32.50 Monthly Pays EVERYTHING Only one at this low figure Much Cheaper Than Rent OPEN FOR INSPECTION ALL DAY Apt. 102 3018 Porter St. M. & R. B. WARREN 14th & K Tel.—Cleve. 2924-2453 Just Completed MILLER— Designed Buile English-type Home of Eight Rooms ‘Three Baths ‘With Lavatory on First Floor 2-Car Garage Large Lot Open for Insptrtit;n Sunday, 10 A. M.-9 P. REALTORS—DEVELOPERS 1119 17th St. N.W. _REAL ESTATE. B3 Reidy, Worcester, Mass., will make the valuation of the store building. i Will Attend Conference. Monroe Warren, president, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary, of the Operative Builders’ Association, will leave Wash- ington today to attend the Middle At- lantic conference of the Building Own- ers and Managers' Association to be held in Wilmington, Del., Monday and Tuesday. They will spend Sunday in- |specun; a large co-operative apartment development in Philadelphia. Unusual Values | Convenient Terms * $9.950 Colonial-type 8-room, buff brick home, 2-color tiled bath, daylight kitch- en, Frigidaire, breakfast room, sleeping porch, built-in garage, hardwood floors and trim, screens, covered concrete porch, coat closet with plate- glass mirror door, instan- taneous water heater—21 built—only 1 left. ] Convince yourself by an inspection. Open and lighted until 9 o’clock. CAFRITZ Dist. 9080 3309 35TH STREET N.W. JUST NORTH OF MACOMB STREET M. W. C. & A. N. MILLER Decatur 0610 4339 GARNFBEFELD" 'S ing an unusually large lot on an dence of French Norman design most imposing appearance. ‘The i rangement of its eight spacious r Open Sunday 10 AM. to 9 P.M. REALTORS 1119 17th STREET Wesley Hrights "THE GARDEN SPOT OF WASHINGTON” Situated only one-half block from the Park and occupy- affords a magnificent view, this beautiful resi- three modern baths will appeal to the most discriminating home seeker. W. C. & A. N. MILLER T RYETES elevation that presents a nterior ar- ooms and Attractively Priced DECATUR 0610