Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1930, Page 13

REAL ESTATE BUILDING NEWS B—-1 i Hom i GREATER WASHINGTON AS VIEWED BY EXPERT i Skilled Observer Predicts Period When Capital City Will Spread Into Far Distant Areas in Maryland and Virginia. WASHINGTON, D. T, " SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930. he. FEpening Sk, e-Owning and Building Section for Washington and Suburbs Architectural Insight Is Innate in St g/STANDARD OIL BUILDING e CONSTRUCTION HELD NEAR Drawings of Proposed Development on B Between Second and Third Streets Are Submitted to District Officials. BY DON S. WARREN. IME will come wien there will be, to all practical purposes, no undeveloped iand within the District of Columbia. This in no- Washington headquarters for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey on the large site on the north side of B street between PROSPECT of an early start in the construction of the new Second and Third streets, loomed this week when drawings - wise will halt the growth of the National Capital, nor will it stop the physical character of Washington from becoming greater and greater as years come and go. This is true, first, because Washington can farther into the far-flung suburban areas of Maryland and Virginia, in continuation of a trend already definitely established. even a sturdy building has a rather definite lifetime, due to the twins, obsolescence and depreciation, and old landmarks will con- sinue to be razed to make way for new and finer structures. 8. G. Lindholm, engineer of the Zoning Commission, has just ompleted some interesting studies of the growth of Washington in the light of zoning history and the manner in which the city is growing. He estimates the number of years remaining before areas mow zoned for certain uses will be so developed. This data is being presented to the Zoning Commission for its Buidance in possible changes in goning regulations to the end that the future complete develop- ment of the city may be more perfectly balanced, keeping step so far as possible with popular demand, but, of course, consider- Ing the character of the National Capital. Prediction Based on Zoning History. Mr. Lindholm finds, from his study . Bt local zoning history, that if popular Wemand should continue at present rates “A” restricted and “A” semi- Yestricted areas, as yet undeveloped, the residential “B,” , and “D” areas -will Buffice for 10 years for row houses only, and there will be left only the “A” area for the needs of the apartment houses snd such dwellings as will be located Bherein. “The present yearly demand for :parttment house sites is 705,000 square leet. and the total supply of unoccupied %A’ area 27,000,000 square feet, of MWhich 22,000,000 are located in dis- Bricts where very few apartment houses have been built,” the engineer states in his report. “The remaining 5,000,000, if given entirely to apartment-house gonstruction, will last but seven years.” These figures, Mr. Lindholm states, Bhow the pressure which the several types of buildings make upon the areas in which they are permitted and fore- cast the inevitable demands that will be made to have “A” restricted areas Kezoned to permit wider use. Zoning Ordinance Quoted. “The Washington zoning ordinance,” fhe report continues, “went into effect August 1, 1920, and defined the use, height and area districts according to the best standards of that day, and was in advance of most standards of #hat period. “Since then great improvements have been made in the ordinance; family dwellings have been segregated from the apartment houses by uhblhm the ‘B’ restricted and ‘A’ restri districts; a_wider latitude has been g‘v:n for uublmm? public garages in residential and first commercial gones, and various changes have been fnade affecting smaller areas. *Zoning, however, failed to check the vercrowding of the land by popula- gion. The records show that in the residential districts apartment house tenancy resulted in crowding 125.5 fam- flies per acre of lot area in ‘C’ and ‘D’ - areas, of 76 families per acre of lot in *B' area, and 365 in ‘A’ area, in buildings erected under the zoning tions. The result is due not only the absence !m& the regeuhua‘m:‘ 3! bny check uj e number of - ln"a or upmporurunmb units in the building, but also to the generous smount of lot occupancy permitted in freas along highways and to the method ©f locating the area boundaries. Narrow Streets Permitted. “The highways were paralleled with parrow strips, 100 feet wide, or where fot lines were recorded, the depth of ghe lot. These strips then were given a ning far more generous in the mount of permissible ancy and height than the surround- g areas, Invited by this generosity, e apartment house took every ad- antage of the situation, with the re- (Continued on Third Page.) Just Off Lincoln Park 134 12th St. N.E. A seven-room brick house, newly painted and papered. Modern in every respect. Screens and awnings, large back yard, 2-car brick gar< age on 30-foot alley. We can make price and terms right on this home. VACANT. Open for inspection Sunday and Monday, or for appoint- ment call— L. E. Breuninger & Sons HOMES OPEN Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day PECT; Drive out 16th of Alaska Avemue ad, turning right E. Brooke Lee, Pres. P. Blair Lee, V. Pres. Curtis Walker, Treas. lot occu- | d read farther and Again, CITY GAINS URGED AS BUILDING GUIDE Lusk, in Review, Calls Atten- tion to Error in Estimate of Last Ten Years. ‘Washington builders should be guided in the amount of new residential con- | struction built for sale by the latest! census showing the rate of growth in population here, which is less than has been estimated during the past 10 years, it is stated by Rufus 8. Lusk in second current business review. There has been an error in the past in estimating the rate of Washington growth per year, and the new as shown by the official census must be considered if a surplus of housing on the market is to be avolded in fu- ture years, he points out. Misled on Rate of Growih. “The Census Bureau,” he states, “led us to belleve that Washington was growing at the rate of 12,000 a year between 1920 and 1930, whereas it ac- tually grown about 4,800 a year. This is at a rate no faster than the city had between 1910 and 1917. There is no reason to believe that it will grow any faster during the next 10 years, but the growth of the metropolitan area (Montgomery, Prince Georges and Arlington Counties and Alexandria City) has been just as fast as that of the City of Washington itself. The combined growth of these outlying areas during the last 10 years has been about 47,000 persons. “In wnalderln&.the amount, of resi- dential bullding it may be done prof- itably, we can be guided considerably by experience. Between 1910 and 1917, when Washington was growing at a steady, normal pace, there was actually erected one new housing unit for each two increase in population. If this ratio can be continued, it means that not over 4,750 units (houses and apart- ments) can be erected in the entire metropolitan area. The probable maxi- mum that can be erected in Washing- ton is about 3,000. Work Pace and Population. “This would indicate that residential construction cannot within the District of Columbia itself at a very year. P- ulation of 4,800 means the creation of less than 1,100 new families per year. It is, of ‘course, necessary to erect a great many more housing units than the normal increase in the number of |4 families, because hundreds of units are torn down each year and as many of them actually become unfit to lve in, “It is well to face these facts. They show the readjustment the building in- ustry has undergone since 1926, when 7,700 units were started, and in 1925, when 8,200 units were started. 4 Construction Triumph! CLEVELAND PARK New Detached Brick $21,500 . - 3505 Reno Road at 34th and Ordway ct and builder have efforts he best advantag cr without a fault in plan and de- sign—or a flaw in construction. Four big bed rooms, big floored tttic, 2 tile baths, extra lava- ory, cement front porch, full- width breakfast and porches, fireplace, daire. High elevation with marvelous outlook. Deep shaded lot. Open for Inspection GE AMtoaker Met, 2663 nsurpassed on oday’s Market £l 4503 Striking new, center- hall brick residence, replete with interest- ing features. Oil heat, electric refrigeration, three baths, firgt-floor lavatory, Craftex walls, two-car built-in ga- rage. 5 OPEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY to to Reached via Allison St., turn Argyle terrace. sulcgsson L, shury COM| INC. 1418 Eye Natl 5903 16th St west 6’0’" UBINE! arn or his | adapted and modified to meet present- parting taste to its students. The qual- ern it. skill in draftsmanship can compensate | could come to defining it would be to say that it has in it something of something of tradition. from the original source, but have been modified and adpted to their environ- parent also certain details which char- acterize the homes or in the exquisite iron nial homes of the South. Jefferson's heritage that modern American archi- French and Dutch many fine examples which are to be Ancestral Home Virtues Must Be Modern. > GAP IS BRIDGED BY GOOD TASTE Colonial Examples Show Blending and Cate in Designs. BY BRADLEY DELEHANTY. Our English ancestors have left us many fine examples of homes which, except far the modern changes in sani- tary and other mechanical conveniences, serve as models for our present- houses, But something more than a model is needed. The traditional vir- tues of the ancestral house must be day requirements, and in m: g that transition it is good taste which suc- cessfully bridges the gap. It is my conviction that no architec- tural school or college, though text- books and lectures, is capable of im- ity cannot be arbitrarily developed, for there are no rules or regulations to gov- It is innate, and no amount of for its lack. The nearest that one breeding, something of environment, ‘The examples of Colonial architec- ture, which are to be found in New England, Maryland and in New Or- leans, illustrate, I think, the point at which I am driving. In these fine old homes taste is immediately apparent. The designs have not been taken bodily ments, and they express the taste of their owners and builders. In different localities there are ap- houses, as for example, in the doorways of the New England ‘work in New Orleans and the Georgian Colo- home at Monticello is an example of the latter. It is not alone from the . English tecture draws its ition. The early lers have left their impress on our civilization in the found l:f:emylvml‘, New Jersey and New Y There are splendid houses being built today which show the influence of the French manor house and Dutch Colo- nial types, adapted to their present-day < So e e% % % & 2% Ky 20-6% 6% % % el alsdedeadesdeadedododeadoadeadoadradodoadoadoirr o al oot oo atroteodes were presented to District government executives for a pre-official * ins; needs and environment. These and cer- ! BU”_DING COMB|NE SHDWS tain of the Georgian Colonial houses | represent, the patrician heritage as op- | INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP posed to the peasant styles, which are to | be found on Cape Cod, for example, | and in the farm houses of Long Island. architect has a wealth of material at his posal all is only a collaborator. a thought-out idea for a house. er they go over the program, decide on | the number and size of the rooms and the architectural style. thing is fine. that he has found an intelligent and sympathetic client, sets to work and draws up his four elevations. Let us | assume ‘Then when he has prepared the floor plans he submits his arrangement to the client. The latter is highly pleased, s0 pleased, in fact, that he rushes home with it to his wife. stopping with them. There is a family eond;“’:'w be d each has is gof great, and es an idea for a change that will make it even greater. cl and he may, and often does, keep on modifying them after the actual work on the house has been begu sult is that these “little changes” ruin the purity of the design, but the archi- tect is compelled to go ahead because that is what the client wants, o'dock in the don ving “Don’t you think you ought to have a sleeping porch over the nursery?” From all these varied sources the But the architect after Assume that client comes to him with & clearly ‘Togeth- dis) 1. So far every-| The architect, congratulating himself$ that they are in good design. It happens that some relatives are Every one thinks the house that “How about putting kitchen is?"” room where the By the time they are through the jent has revised his original ideas, n n. The re- el By touching a switch in London at 6 m tralia, declaring the show open. Organization Formed to Encourage Home Owning Adds 15 Asso- ciations to Its Rolls. ‘The United States Building and Loan | League, country-wide organization of | building and loan associations, organ- ized to encourage home owning and to | provide business aids for individual members, reports a growth of 15 new member associations during the past 30 days. The league has recently opened & new national office in Chicago whose business it will be to develop new pro- grams for the local associations. ‘The new league members include the Eastern Building and Loan Association, Washington, D. C. The enfollment of this association makes a 100 per cent membership in the league for the Dis- trict of Columbia, there being a District Council of Building and Loan Associa- tion in the Capital City similar to the State - organizations 'in the varlous 8tates. The 100 per cent membership means that all of the building and loan associations in Washington belong to :he cou:tlgu lbnd also 3 the national league, thereby giving the league great prestige in this area. ¥ The Cambria-Majestic 132426 Euclid Street N.W. 3 Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Porch, $55 ° pooge ® % K3 s’ 2 "’ redosdoadsalradoafradoadoadoairadradsaired % "’ raoadosdoadrafradesdsafradocds rdocdoedoodrad This English style home of brick and . half-timbered stucco, is nearly completed. It contains = spacious living 100m, dining room, kitchen, pantry, three bed rooms, two tiled baths, covered side porch, bullt-in garsge, Gen- eral Electric . refrigerator, Sanitas (wishable) walls in kitchen and over tile in bath rooms, and other ‘modern festures. Immediate Durchase will permit you to select certain features, such as wall paper, electric- fixtures, etc. The woman of taste and dis- crimination will revel in this opportunity to plan sign her home interi oo odraleafed Please Don’t Overestimate 7102 Meadow Lane, Chevy Chase FROM the illustration above (of course, the house itself, now nearing completion, is more attractive in reality), from the description of its many features, from the loc: end environment, you might readily expect this home to sell for several thousand dolla; of ‘itl actual price. Your personal inspection. of the property will only increase your But don’t let this stoj ou design, planning and sturdy con- struction. And you will be delighted to find that the price is only ............ Visit Meadowdrook at once. Ezhibit and_all day Sunday and Monday. o _Columi ountry Club, Spring Hiohway, one block to property. j/ TR A WARREN DEVELOPMENT IN CHEVY CHASE - you from visiting Meadow- 15,500 Drive out Comnecticut Avenue turn west (left) on Bethesda-Siiver the Price! %o % o 0% % %% %% L 4 drofrafeaioadee & AR ' eafearalradyodsodoodsodeairadredoedsedss oot far ion in will be delighted with the ooeofoedoatoaioadradsadsadssd Home open_ Saturday evening, Y "* % Telephone Wisconsin 2764. e eodeegoodralodoadoed id i e o 3.1 An increase of 3.1 points in real es- tate market ‘activity index for July over the figure for June is reported by the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards following the compilation of its regular monthly index figure on real estate activity. real estate market activity for July is 69.8, the association finds. ACTIVITY INCREASES Per Cent Increase Is Noted in July by Realty Boards. ‘The figure indicating ‘“OW“O00000000000‘“0000000000000‘ 3 * - * * b $ * 3 * § 3 * 00000004 > 1327 Kalmia Rd. OPEN SUNDAY AND DAILY 0000000000000 000000000. BAYARD PARK | FARADAY < i 9000000000000 00000000006000 5 Built—4 Sold You should see th}s one remaining home in our Kalmia road devel- opment, adjacent to Rock Creek Park. Un- der $20,000, and ’way above competition. De- tached with wide front- age; 4 bed rooms, 2 baths, two-car built-in garage. b b Sy 1418 Eye St. Nat'l 5903 FORT PLACE MODEL HOME 4456 Faraday Place $12,850 Open every day for In St nne's Patis tion. Accordiny finally by o of six stories, having limestone facades. ({ont':ge of 335 feet on B street and 71 feet on Second and Third stree! Present plans call for provision for a service station on the ground floor, a garage on the sixth floor and for offices for the corporation on the second floor. The present quarters of the re- gional Standard Oil Co. are in the building at Pennsylvania avenue and Third street, which is to be razed in the future as Govern- ment development projects are carried forward. | Mayer & Co., proprietor of the fur-|man, builder; George T. Santmyer, niture store locatex street, revealed construction of house building to be erected on the rear part of the store premises. Plans for the construction of the building, having an estimated cost of $60,000, were filed with the District building inspector, Col. John W. Oeh- mann, with an application for permit. to present plans, which are yet to be passed upon cials of the corporation, the new development will be ‘The building will have & Frank L. Wagner, Inc, will be the builder and plans have been drawn by A. B. Mullett & Co. Plans for the construction of 10 dwellings were approved by the District during the past week. Permits issued included the following: Albert A. Footer, owner; L. H. College- 419 Seventh | architect: to build two 1-story stores, o this ook or ttn | 3333-35 Connecticut avenue (0t 19-806, n° eight story ware.| Square 3218): to cost $15,000. E. W. Snoots, owner, builder and de- signer; to erect one 2-story stone dwell- ing, 7130 Alaska avenue (lot 32, square 2736) ; to cost $12,000. Alfred Harveycutter, owner; Morrison Bros., buflder: Charles E. Dillon, de- (Continued on Third Page In Charming Chevy Chase et 4513 Ridge Street One of a group aof attractive, new homes having six well arranged cooiin, iiladiibathisan e eoiaslirely equippéd kitchen. Separate garage. The walls of the living room, dining room, kitchen, halls and bath are fin- ished in Sanitas, the living and din- ing rooms being wood paneled. This s a wonderful value. inspection until 9 P.M. To Inspect—Drive out Connecticut Ave. to Bradley Lane; turn left (West) on Bradley Lane, three squares to East Ave., then right (North) on East Ave. one block to Ridge St. M. and R. B. WARREN Builders—Wis. 2873 It ‘Will Be A Sign of Distinction To Own One of These o The First Showing of Our Faraday Place’ Homes Early American and Dutch Colonial Detached Houses The Most Unique Strcet Entrance in Washington e Price for Corners. ..$12,500 Other Houses ......$10,950 "A BEAUTIFUL street with harmonious- ly designed, well built homes is what you will find on Faraday Place, which will new detached be composed \of thirty pe Daily 9AM. to 9 .M. homes, within a few hundred feet of Fort Bayard Park, a U. S. Government reserva- tion. These homes are being built with the same pride and care in details of de- sign, construction and material which always distinguish our efforts in home construction. Such features which are found only in far more expensive homes are embodied in these houses and, best of all, the guaranty of a firm with nearly a quarter of a century’s experience is back of each and every home. LARGE ROOMS, MODEL OPEN FIREPLACES, LARG! AIRES, BUILT-IN GARAGES, OLD-FASHIONED _AND AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES. - SEE ALSO KITC] OUR FORT BAYARD PARK homes at 44th HOME, edrooms (4 rooms on Tat floor), | h i [l i match—9 SOLB—3 LEFT—Price, $10450. " Smah and Bran i Sts—MODEL 44th St.—Detacl cash payment, balance like rent. 'HENS, REAL E_ATTICS, FRIGID- SLATE ROOFS, MODERN PAPERING S & PH OWNERS BOS 1417 X 8t 4611 ELPS National 9300