Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1930, Page 17

APARTMENTS ngning gtaf . SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930, APARTMENTS rd * WITH SUNDAY MORNTNO FBITION . Huge Multi-Family Residential Building ‘Industry Boosts D. C. Growth APARTMENTS REPRESENT TWO ZONING DECISIONS GIGANTIC INDUSTRY HERE AID APARTMENT GROWTH R A , i O Sweeping Change to Physical Characier e, . ’ s i Rulings Permitting Taller Buildings and Garage of Capital Brought by Construction SR S S (8 ' £ Space Are Pictured as Boon to Builder, Programs of Builders. : ; ) ' Operator “and Dweller. WO decisions by the Districi Zoning Commission during th past year will prove of benefit to the general appearance of portunist represent a means of easy residence, where work the city and will prove of value in a number of ways to both and responsibilities are minimized, constitute a tremendous | |- ¥ g ~ the builder of apartment houses and the tenants of such and important industry. T = | g s housing units. Apartment builders have brough a sweeping change to the physi- ' ¢ This opinion was expressed today by Rufus S. Lusk, executive cal character of the National Capital and behind their construction g B secretary of the Operative Builders' Association, in a prepared state- lies a world of employment for building tradesmen, business for > e " e ment to The Star. financiers, property managers and armies of janitors. The two changes, approved by the Zoning Commission after length Their construction has brought gain in no small measure to study, permit the construction of eight-story buildings, areas having owners of apartment sites and to real estate agents who negotiated = formerly a 60-foot height ]lmitatiorg providec the bulk of the taller sales and, more important, they have brought huge sums into the % > * - - building is not larger than the lower and wider ones formerly allowed: coffers of the District Government in the form of taxes. . 3 and permit the provision of storage garages in apartment buildin An indication of the size of this\,—™ R i P - without the former necessity of obtaining consents from adjoining phase of the construction indus- | average Washingtonian does not ap- # " 3 5 property owners, provided the District Commissioners approve such try here may be seen in the state- | Preciate the advantages of home owner- > . i plans. ment that, exclusive of the cost |ShiP. The answer lies rather in the 5 5 4 S Z While voicing full approval of |and traffic should be zoned for apart- t 51¥ | facts of the economic conditions here, : 3 o ; g Pp! el of sites and building flnancmg.imuph,d with the ability and willingness | $ « % 3 4 - i _ e these changes in zoning, wmch‘m?,'%‘-'-. AlapaTtimEbbLdonistruetion the cost of erecting apartment | of the builders of apartment houses fo ¢ : - A o ont will be followed by a correspond- | o "FAIE A5 IRAFIOT, fagstretion houses here in the past two dec- | construct the types of apartment resi- ot . ¥ : h " e 5 ing change in future apartment “Apartment houses, particularly on ades amounts to more than $131,- | dence which they figure tenants will be 3 4 > . . & 'y developments, Mr. Lusk declared | undeveloped ground. have been and are 657.743. “;f :‘L’d ;“""lil"g,:" upport. | i : el - 1 : that the zoning of the District being erected almost entirel Even this figure should be higher, |, First of all. the employment offered | ) i 1 i i = 5 50 as to restrict apartment house few streets. Arterial highway: much higher, because of the change in | Nre by the Federal Government has | ? ik x construction largely to arterial been zoned in many cases to permit the the buying_power of the dollar during | 2ttracted to this city thousands of per- | I it 7315 ik Y tate anc nat | erection of apartments The territors the past 20 years. For instance, a|SonS Who earn but a medium salary e “ 1 nghways was a mistake and not | yhich they traverse. however, generally | The average Government workman de- g ; v in the interest of the city as a y study made by Tax Assessor William 5 | 3 — ; y as excludes muti-family dwellinigs. As a B e T O owaMam | sires convenient residence few could af. | ; ; 4 T Bs e : : whole. | result of this type of zoning. streets ford on their salary. The apartment . s i n Vis-+ an apartment house bult in 1028 cast | (010 1y (" Salery, The apartment | Apartment_developments should be SUCh as Connecticut averue fixr;;imws;. rom 60 to 70 per cent more than if it | g, £ ; e . v col had been b“m‘z" 1914, ‘?};rrh;n'd costs Io; resm‘evnce, and wr'nl»,‘ 2 - % ” :: eparated 'frnm private home sections.| tent with apartment structures backing p ¢ | the advantages of a private home were R \ p & i é but there ‘are many who believe, Lusk | up on homes erected in their rear. Site Cost Adds Value. ‘Lr:rtr; t{lr:;":mrx?:; ,5;".{,’}5? a certain tn‘e-‘ 3 L wR § s reports, that areas containing several| _~On account of the scarcity of these wrafn::cp“&mnmf:qr nl;:-r'l\m‘c‘:r‘:“l'::in ;‘3{,:;‘; s hihgioas ot Dl ate SHsmsstior | blocks and apart from commercial noise (Continued on Third Page.) the past two decades could be ascer- | Sale at a very wide range of cost. but tained, the resuliing amount of money | Official studies show that the average 3 actualiy invested in fuch . projects C:St of & house here is greatly in excess : 7 3 ! would be correspondingly and heavily | of, those in ‘other cities. ~This may | . ; ; | - : Y b o F A Buildi < increased. The study by Assessor | Merely mean that the average home | o S ¢ | . ine partment uildings n the | that has been erected in Washington | Richards showed that the cost of apart- o L | . ment. house sites ranged from 15 to 25 | [* Iote pretentious than the average ; : Milli Doll B id Secti per cent of the tolal expenditure for | home erected m comparable cities. The - > > : . : : ‘ Hlton-Uollar Dridge Jection apartment house projects. e o Obriotly fartunte. have been made | ital. which offers hundreds of advan- - tages not to be found in other cities, = " in the sale of apartment house sites. | n8uSy It 10, % N o o § : : : THE ST. ALBANS 2701 CONN. AVE. N.W. tnvestors. Oceasional forecioeure gales |, BF that as It may. the fact remains ; ‘e < e b CORNER WOODLEY RD. 2lso remind us that money has been (hat while s>me other cities boast of > : 5 vl g % The mos Exceptionalis fine location. 3 rooms Jost when operators miscalculated on | DNAVINE & higher percentage of family- 2 . b o 2 5 € R and bath to 5 rooms and bath., some o pera o 1 owned homes than Washington, the % 3 R - ; ¢ P Xith porches 60 to $145 ' Some competition in the apartment field, or h : 2 | 3 : 3 " 2 3 5 apartmente furnished 24-Rour sie- when they overestimated the current National Capital was the site of the : : 3 - ; som 5 vo . 345 vator and switchboard service Elsc- demand for apartment space. most costly single-family dwellings dur- 5 " . 5 ectric tric refrigeration. Garage space, $10. Washington is & logical field for | INE the first half of 1928, according to | o i SHOtREY apartment house construction for num- | ey ;n:goer Se‘a&i“?g time by the R . A - ) - . 2 = erous reasons, and the Capital stands = = 2 S &= ol ¥ k. 3 e B » ’ 7, 2 - » Tigh in the rank of cities In the per. | . In the 14 cities of the Uniied States ; 3 = : ] ; ; THE WOODWARD 2659 CONN. AVE. N centage of residents in multi-family A Daving a population of 500,000 or miore, 1] 3 5 £ P ¥ 2311 CONN. AVE. N.W. ! P oot DE e v 3 " ) 4 ! ] SOUTHWESTERN CORNER €O buildings. That means that the per | Where permits were issued fcr 30,323 g ; o ; bexoty And " entellence: D beastifer AVE. “AND WOODLEY RD. cent of local residents living in and ST s Do e At e e L i . { : : R service s g P e g P owning their homes is smaller than in ses was $5,160. ; . : 4 . i swiichboard seryice: S to 7 rooms man Park Hotel '3 rooms and ba 4 i ' = s r o . 3 to B furnished; elect. many cities where conditions are dif- ington the average cost of such dwell ” o refrigeration. refrigeration, i ferent. | ings was found to be $8,543. Sruigien v dven som ratizosd BUILDING WIRTERIALS’ i e : BLISS PROPERTIES publicity along this line a vear or two Rt i o il Ibe pie et MR PRICE TRENDS SHOWN ! i : 35 B Street N.W. or 1401 Fairmont Street N.W. sioner of 1 statistics of the Depart- | Telephone Lincoln 1860 or Adams 8164 ment of Labor, with a_sense of humor, | " v & UsaNy de . feati Among numerous outstanding apartment structures in Washington are those pictured above, all of which have some special features such as unusually large Yaluatie) ‘recital ot Poilding A Labor Bureau Publication Tables 0ol ducaping, studio apariments, extra Iarge sulics or especially commanding ‘position. ~Upper: The Broadmoor, : Connecticut avenue, and URbE) el i ot and Charts Record Many | building at 2101 Connecticut avenue. Center: Tilden Gardens, rear view, Connecticut avenue at Tilden street, and the La Salle, Connecticut avenue and L street. reference to Washington as a “city o Lower: Cathedral Mansions, along Connecticut avenue beyond Cathedral avenue, and Alban Towers, Wisconsin and Cathedral avenues, | cliff dweller: Fluctuations, | — - - How W ington has grown as a | WASHINGTON'S apartment houses, which to the realist or op- An Unusual Downtown Building of Small-Size Units Siatitce "B 1Y R £ k| penion o e e e | e et e, mient VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION g N e FRANCIS executive secretary of the Operative i present time are 70 per cent above ! largest among the lower wage rates and | Builders' Association, which reveal | States Labor Bureau affords a clear | yrices prevailing in the year 1914 [ BOON TO BUILDING ’I"RADE smallest among the higher wage rates. - 1928 as the banner vear in this regard. | idea of the fluctuations in prices of | The assessor was led to believe that Wage rates of common laborers varied \ SCOTT KEY During that year permits were issued | puilding materials from January, 1913, erratic fluctuations and. extreme prices | | as much as 275 per cent and those of | 3 \ {rrt apartment: houses having a total ¢y June, 1028 | are movements of tne past and are not S e plasterers' helpers 257 per cent. lr‘l‘!h! X C 20th and F St cost estimated at $18.284.500 ekl likely ate 3 S— " case of bricklayers and marble setters. | || | | Sts. The yearl; sout of Soarimieat projects| 6 Was Souinid that pises wese sy o | 7 10 Do FEpEuied sotm. ‘The great volume of apartment house bricklavers an: plasterers received the | o\ “pe other hand, wage rates varied O ar during the past two decades is given by | low ebb in the years 1914 and 1915 e frtes constuction that has been carried on| highest wage rates per hour in 1929, the v 50 per cent, and in the case &of R Furnished or unfurnished apts. of Mr. Lusk as foliows: ;lnl;?s cr;::u:\r;?liv w::h kllalaer '_\l"lvarsh. %ha; Rumanian 0il Concern Probed. in Washington since 1922 has lheenbu survey shows. Bricklayers averaged T;‘eene(rxs".;a‘ 2?‘_::?;{.‘0" P m“\ A 3 éhr‘ri::;n. g{:éflnga?gmi,xgphr‘*n?gl rices y ache e highesf - i s v | $1.65 r a s S C i 5 ) point in 1920, falling off in 1621 and BUCHAREST, Rumania, August 20 oyl reantire e lovinent at: & | su0s D'Thrh:",':mg:'iaé?em‘fl',:,',"}‘fi from city to city is further indicated by : y | IDAIRE: $45 up. including a few 0| 1922 and rising in 1923 and 1924 and | 7).—The finance ministry yesterday| BIOVICHE GNP Cn CHE 0T sbtain- | 17 building trades studied by the board, | COmPparison of composite wage rstes % especially desirable corner unfur- declining steadily since then. During 9rdered a legal examination of the huge | L€ J el (€ JIEC o arkably higher | covering the year 1929, was $1.185, The | {OF the varlous cities included in the ity nished units 00 | the last few years movements have in- ' OU concern ’ Astra Romana. ' Khe BO¥~| ;i previous periods. rates of 13 of these occupations in that | SUTVeY. According to the board, the P UNFUR. BACHELOR APT. : o | dicated a tendency toward stability with | BoWIE & ICe dnt i ““income and| According to a survey recently com- | year ranked more than the general | COmPosite wage rate ranged from 77%s 4 1 R. AND B.. $37.50 1930, 0 | smaller fluctuations. Lt . pleted by the National Industrial Con- | average for the group of 17 trades, while | CeNts in Atlanta to $1.60 in New Yor i 1 i o S el Toias res id i evading taxation since 1924, causing an | . o B vas | The average rate for all cities combined 9. ? ‘Thoroughly modern building with e was found by Tax Assessor William | YAGNE Taxel $4.000.000 to'the govern- | ference Board. wage rates in the build- | 4 ranked below. The lowest rate was | TUS AYEIRES Tate o6 Bll Citjes combined | 4 e Uiy D 3 31,000 i3 P. Richards that building materials ing trades in December of last year at- | that for common labor, which averaged | sadd ) rose in price in 4920 to' more than Ment. tained & level of 144 per cent higher | 70 cents per our fof the year as a|the clties average rates were above thi 7 3 service: maid service if desired. B Logical Place for Program. | three times the value of 1914: that o e — than that of July, 1914, and about 40 whole. 351: “‘\hlle in 15 cities the rate was ¢ Ap_ll_)! resident n:nazer. %o figures for 1910 to 1915, inclusiv, | the price of bricks rose in 1920 four | fTondon had only 5.646 able-bodied | per cent higher than the low level of | According to the board, wage rates| E 53 ransients and tourists accomo- are for fiscal vears, and thcse for the | times above the price .of 1914: that | men receiving poor relief in May, ac- | 1922. | of individual building trades vary con- egarding_the course of wage rates dated. remaining years are for calendar years. | raw materials of brick reached & mark | cording to a recent report. | *"Among workers in the building trades, ' siderably in the different citics. In' (Continued on Thi; | = s — The figure’ for 1330 is for January to of three times as great as the price | = — s e — s i ish E J. C. WEEDON CO. July, inclusive. | Washington is a Iogical place for the development of_apartment house resi- ||~ ] q S q LLE H:ARVARD HALL VALLEY VISTA geasons. Certainly, it is not because the b J. 1650 Harvard St. N.W, Located just south of the Mil- (Overlooking Rock Creek Park) lion Dollar Bridge at 2032 Bel- Kalorz;_ma Road | 1028 Connecticut ‘Ave., Cor. L Apartment a.l Distinction ,'.';,".':mm ik oo e WK E F I E L D H A L L ’ ) ARy 2 unexcelled view of Rock Creek The Ultimate Sl U b B . Frigidaire A Few Desirable Small Units in Velley. An ideal place to live. New Building <hi . M Cool, quiet, safe for children. 2 I¥ & disnified and auiet residential Nete Building Downtown, Within Walking Dis- N oraedsre . i 2101 New Hampshire Ave. 1727 K St. NNW. Met. 3011 : locations yet. only a short walk 1 et y in apartment 1he°shops and.wieater” ot Thih Bt and tance to Theater District and All Departments . Apartments of all sizes, with " = et S0 Hlensant: street Care and the | It will be a treat for you to see open and glassed-in_porches. A BUILDING of unusual distinction on accommodations | | Enevy Chase de luxe bus to down- 1 room, kitchen and bath... . ...$47.50 the unique attractions that add few are furnished, and hotel serv- one of Washington’s most beautiful ave- f 2 rooms, kitchen and bath. 3 e 3 DEB0 to the comfort of home life. A Ice available. nues. One square off 16th st., near Meridian e i beautiful garden with fountain, 4 A 2800 ONTARIO RD. b Do ke s B 3 rooms, kitchen and bath............. vveves 10000 fagstone walks and putting green. C | Park. Convenient to 16th st. busses and two R ble Rentals o o A recreation or gymnasium room. Service is our motto. The com- i v H 3 Idea] Location—Near Harvard [ S Larger Suites If Desired . A club Toom with billiard. tabies. fort, and happiness of the tenant car lines. Very attractive suites. Switchboard. St. Entrance to Rock Creek Park Secretarial Telephone Service . A large, heated garage with at- our chief concern. Among the Two elevators. General Electric refrigeration. Finely appointed apartments of opitotrieal Refrigeration Duplex and Studio tendant. A swimming pool that many conveniences are: Frec = s | e Complete. Service has proven a joy during hot Frigidaire, free radio. electric |ll| . 5 rooms and bath to «;;“ms'.i:d o 2 Resident Manager, Met. 2161 weather, Don't fail to inspect dishwashers. Murphy beds, cab- One room, kitchen and bath, $47.50 2 baths. Equipped with Frigid- B/ Manager on Premises this building—you will like the inet ranges, cafe, drug store, to five rooms and two balhs, $110 aire. Radio connections; 24-hour [fif 1arge rooms, the porches, the col- valet shop. service. $125 to $175. 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