Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1930, Page 17

GRAND SCALE EXPANSION - OF CAPITAL TAKING FORM Both Government and Private Structures, Costing Many Millions, Already Impress Visitors by Their Magnitude. program for the Nafional Capital, so long discussed, so delib- THE prodigious size and progress of the Government development erately planned and later launched on a huge but “job-by-job” basis, at last has reached a stage when even a casual visitor, here In a hasty tour, may glimpse the magnitude of the plans. Washington today is being rebuilt on a scale probably never before experienced in this modern age by a city of comparable size, and in accord with a metropolita) can city. Vast areas of the District are erations or construction projects. n plan unsurpassed in any Ameri- the scene of either demolition op- Much of the new projects that have been completed or are nearing completion have been hidden behind old structures, but one by one the doomed buildings are being torn down, revealing prominently Private developers are contrib- uting to the future physical char- acter of the Capital as they pro- ceed with improvements on non- governmental sites; and co-opera- tion in the design of these struc- tures, sometimes volunteered by owners and in some other cases required by law, is acting to as- sure private buildings in harmony with Government plans. Begins Around Capitol. A trip about Washington today re- veals much of the change that is com- ing to pass here. Activity in the vicinity of Capitol ‘Hill, which represents the easternmost end of the Government's principal pub- lic buildings program, is centered about the $7,500,000 House Office Building project. Excavation work on this job 1s practically complete and the task of laying the foundations for this struc- ture is in the offing. Work on this project will probably be of at least two years' duration, contractors estimate. To the east of the Capitol, the work of razing the buildings in the block bounded by East Capitol street, Mary- land avenue, First and Second streets, to make way for the $9,740,000 Supreme Court home, is almost finished. The ©Old Brick Capitol was the last on this site to meet tFle attack of the pick and ax of the wrecking crew. Soon the creak of rending timbers and the rattle of bricks tobogganning into trucks will emanate from a. square and a half of land east of the Library of Congress, where a group of buildings of a generation and more ago stand in the way of the proposed annex to the Library. The property was purchased Tecently under a $600,000 congressional ‘appropriation. Marble Structure Rises. With the sumptuous marble structure that is to house the collection of Shakespeareana of Henry C. Folger now mearing completion, the James Baird Co. shortly will remove its scaf- folding and building paraphernalia from around this. $1500,000 monu- mental library. The building, which occuples the land adjacent to the Library annex site, on the south side of East Capitol street, between Second and Third streets, constitutes a mag- nificent new landmark in the National Capital, The Shakespearean Library is a private enterprise. Another Government project is the development of the Union Station Plaza, which includes the razing of the Government hoteis opposite the station to make way for a park ap- proach to the Capitol, The clearing of this area probably will require at Jeast another month or six weeks. Congress has authorized expenditure of $6,244,472 for the enlargement of the itol grounds. of which project the Union Station Plaza will be part. ‘The first unit of the Federal triangle ject—the new Internal Revenue -was completed this - Summer at a cost of approximately $10,000.000. ‘This structure of marble and stone overlooks the Mall, the southern boun- dary of the lvania avenue tri- angle development, between Tenth and ‘Twelfth streets. Gmtwu Building. On Fourteenth street below Pennsyl- vania avenue the new home of the De- partment of Commerce, which will be the largest building to be constructed | in the triangle, is rapidly nearing com- pletion. Authorized by Congress at a cost of $17,500,000, the Commerce Building will extend 1000 feet along Fourteenth and Pifteenth streets, from the Mall to E street. ‘The Department of Agriculture re- cently occupled its new $2,000,000 marble administration building. _The (Continued on Third Page.) ANNOUNCING ‘The opening of the outstand- ing value offered in Chevy Chase, D. C, this season: ‘These six-room, two-bath resi- | dences with garage to match are Excellently Located Carefully Planned Soundly Constructed Beautifully Finished Modern in Detail IN FACT—all that you could expect in a $20,000.00 home for only $12,950.00 5808-10-12 Nevada Ave. N.W. Three Distinctive Types of Homes wrive out Comnecticut Avenue to Chevy Chase Circle, turn right (east) on Patterson Street to Ne- vada Avenue, turn right again (south) “on Nevada Avenue, one-half block to the properties. MITCHELL QUICK 622 Tower Bldg. Metropolitan 3788 —is entitled to a home in the Dbest neighborhood You can af ford. A detached home large yard if possible. This home should be close to the best schoals in the Dis- trict. Give your child these op- portunities and you will have done your part for his success. 5519 Nevada Ave. New brick house with 6 large rooms, 3 baths, garage, over 6,000 feet of ground, will meet all of your requirements. et 12,950 522, A. G. HUGHES Realty Associates 1427 Eye Nat, 8744 ith the new developments. WILL GIVE MEDALS FOR HOME DESIGNS ,Better Homes Organization Announces Contest of In- terest to Architects. Seeking to aid in eliminating faulty design and inefficient planning, Better | Homes in America, of which Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the In- terior, is president, each year will award three gold medals to the architects who have designed the best small houses erected anywhere in the country dur- ing the preceding year. The medals are the gift of Mrs. William Brown Meloney of New York, who, with the co-operation of Presi- dent Hoover, founded Better Homes in 1922, and still serves as its vice presi- dent. The awards will be made by a committee of five architects appointed by the president of the American Insti- tute of Architects. The present head of the Institute is Robert D. Kohn of New York. Greater Interest Needed. It is hoped, the announcement said, that the awards will stimulate. greater interest among architects in the prac- tical and urgent problem of improving the architectural design and planni of homes of families of moderal means. ‘The medals are therefore limited to houses one story, a story and a half, or two stories in height and with a cubage of not more than 24,000 cubic feet above the level of the first floor. This Vir- tually restricts the competition to houses of from four to six rooms, but leaves complete latitude in the design and planning of these houses. For Completed Houses, For the 1930 awards, the floor plans, blue prints, elevations, interior details and photographs of houses competing may be submitted for any houses actually completed during the year 1929. ‘These materials must be shipped to the American Institute of Architects, 1741 New York avenue, Washington, so that they will be received not later than December 1, 1930, in order that the awards can be made and announced el% in January. e jury is not required to make any or all of the awards should there be no houses submitted which in its opinion deserve a medal. In addition to the medals, however, the committee may also grant honorable mentions to designs which are deemed worthy. TS SN R Jupiter, measuring 86,500 miles in diameter, is the largest planet; Mercury, | 3,030 miles in diameter, is the smallest. Wil Your Children Enjoy a Cozy Fireplace This Fall? Long chilly evenings—a crackling wood fire—danc- ing shadows—downy easy chairs—the happy laugh- ter of romping childhood —the fireplace becomes the very heart of a real home in brown October. Every home in Sligo Park Hills has a cheery wood - burning fireplace, and many other Jorts and conveniences to make life really worthwhile. Drive out this week and erjoy the flame-colored Autumn woodlands of Sligo Fark Hills. Go through the mew homes now awaiting happy owners. Lears: how easy it is to own oxe of these homes with*a mcdest cash payment and your present rent money. Modern Homes $9 450 to $13,500 DIRECTIONS: Sizteenth Street Drive out via Alaska A ales Office, Georgia "Avenue. Shepherd 2400, JORTH \ A JASH! Realty Company | E. Brooke L. P. Bl ee, Vi Curtis Walker, Treas. N Many Advanced ldeas Included in Nine- Story Structure. AIR TO BE COOLED OR WARMED AT WILL Business Was Founded 25 Years Ago—Will Add Other Lines of Goods. The new 9-story building of Julius Garfinckel & Co., just completed on the northwest corner of Fourteenth and private development 1 downtown Washington, will be opened Monday, marking a decided change not orily in the business of this old Washington firm, but also in the physical appear- ance of the center of the city. All day today and tomorrow the con- cern will be engaged in moving from its old store, at Thirteenth and F streets, to the new building. The new Garfinckel home represents one of the largest and most costly pri- vate developments in the Washington business area in recent years. Building Has Setbacks. In conformity with the regulation adopted about two years ago by the Zoning Commission the building’s up- permost floors are set back above the 110-foot height. This scheme represents a comparatively new departure in the architectural plan of the city’s new buildings, ¥ The new store has a frontage of 185 feet on F street and of 145 feet on Fourteenth street. Adding to the size of the Garfinckel project are the two- story business buildings which are being erected both to the north and the west of the department store building. The facades of the department store are of buff limestone. Large show win- dow spaces are provided along both street frontages of the first story of the building, with entrances also located on both F and Fourteenth streets. The building has many new and un- usual features of store design, such as the cold-storage plant for furs, the fresh-air intake cooling system, pneu- matic tube carrier system, automatic sprinkler system for fire protection, belt conveyors, scientific heat control, vacuum cleaning apparatus and other modern equipment features. Two Wells Are Sunk. ‘The sinking of two wells some dis- tance below the second basement of the building to provide water for the cold- storage plant is an unusual phase of the construction job. Refrigeration is provided by cold air maintained at an average of 20 to 25 degrees, propelled into the fur vaults by electrically driven fans which drive the air over brine- filled coils and into the storage cham- bers. The temperature of the colls is to be kept at at least 10 degrees, and auto- matically controlled devices sound bell warnings when the temperature falls below the required level. Water for the sprinkler system is drawn from the city supply pipes, with two pumps in readiness to add force to the streams. During Summer months the tem- perature in the building is to be main- ' tained at a comfortable average by the air-cooling system. This unit embraces ;| devices for driving air through cham- bers into which a continuous flow of cool water is spi led. The air is cir- culated through the building via huge square piping and propelled into the various departments through artistical- 1y concealed apertures. Warm Air in Winter. During Winter months the same ap- paratus will be diverted to convey warm air, instead of cold, and will work in conjunction with the steam-heating system, automatically controlled, to BE fair to yourself— L st comparison will quickly convince you that here's the “new value supreme” in or around the Capital City. Ezxclusive meighbor- hood—wide wooded lot. Twenty-five foot liv- ing room. NS A s B A x aax Eztra large fireplace, flanked built-in book shelves. Full length rear veranda, overlooking beautiful wooded valley. Finished recreation room (third floor), suited for Dbilliards— library, play room. Electric refrigeration of your own selection. Insulated heating plant. Built-in radio outlet. 2= (T (- (I Servants’ lavatory. Twin-car garage. Many closets. Very attractive terms. $|8900 DIRECTIONS: To reach Northgate, motor out Siz- north of CEN(CELCENCE 0 Shepherd 2400. ORTH \/\ JASHINGTO| Reatty ¥ ¥ compeny E. Brooke Lee, Pres. P. Blair Lee, V. Pres. Curtis Walker, Treas. F streets, which constitutes a major | -Fpenin i | be occupied by the firm Monday. The new home of Julius Garfinckel & Co., located on the northwest corner e of Fourteenth and F streets, which will provide an equal temperature through- out the bull:l?nz. e ’ The vacuum cleaning system provides an ultramodern sanitation method. The accumulation gathered by the units employed for cleaning purposes in the various settions of the building is to be ejected through pipes to a central point in the basement. There it is to be re- ‘moved and burned in the incinerator. Floor plugs connecting the cleaning unit with the conveying pipes are dis- tributed throughout the building. Pneumatic -tube apparatus, .another feature, is connected with a receiving and money changing strong room lo- cated on the first basement floor. Tubes connect every countet in the store with the cash department. Belt conveyors operating throughout the building will cary parcels and S.ck. ages from the departments down to the delivery section, located on the first basement floor. On each floor a minor tributary belt collects the packages for delivery and deposits them on a main 5923 4th street to Peabody. 1004 Vermont Ave. ‘Open Sunday From 1 to 9 P.M. ‘8,950 Easy Terms : All-brick; semi-detached; four bed rooms; beau- tiful lot; paved street and alley. Drive out Fifth National Mortgage & Investment : Corporation belt, which carries them to a spiral chute, down which they will circle until reaching the belt, which carries them to the hands of the assorters in the de- livery department. Six Passenger Elevators. ‘The building is equipped with self- leveling elevators having a speed of 450 feet per minute. There are six passen- ger cages, arranged in a large arc in the center of the building. Each ele- vator is capable of carrying a load of 4,000 pounds. Service elevators are pro- vided in the rear of the store. ‘The opening of the new store, which will include many new departments in addition to those already handled by the firm, comes 25 years, almost to the day, after the first business venture of Julius Garfinckel in this city. The mer- chant established his business at Thir- teenth and F streets on October 2, 1905. ‘The Charles H. Tompkins Co. of this city were the construction engineers for the store. St. NW. NA. 5833 record establishes Homes. The forty- that are found in this newest group of t NEW in equipment . . . settin Homes of Individuality 1522 K Street % SIX FOXALL HOMES PURCHASED IN SIX DAYS Priced and offered for the first time Just one beyond doubt the superiority and NEW in design . . . NEW in planning . . . NEW in construction . . . 9 @ NEW standard of excellence . . . these Y are an achievement enthusiastically acknowledged. e for x homes in the first five groups haz i discriminating home loz Protected by Foundry Branch Valley Park and Foxhall Village, and but ten minutes’ drive from the White House, here is the call of open country « o« restful, healthful and snspiring. Six still remain, containing six and eight rooms with one, two and three baths; front entrance porches and double rear porches; construction em- bracing the latest developments in the science of building; open fireplaces; electric refrigerators in kitchens that are culinary laboratories; luxurious bath rooms with the most modern fittings; maid’s room and built-in ga- rage in the basement; caulked window and door frames; weather- stripped doors; copper screens throughout; your comfort assured by roofs insulated against Summer’s heat and Winter's cold; architecture “Com- mended” by the Architects’ Advisory Council and treatment of the rear that has merited the designation of “Double-front Homes.” more at prices ranging from $10,950 to $14,950. We most cordially invite you to visit our new Model Home in this group at 4400 Volta Place, furnished and decorated by W. B. Moses & Sons. Drive out Que Street to Wisconsin Avenue . Reservoir Road . . . west to 44th Street and make left turn three short blocks south to Model Home. WAVERLY TAYLOR % DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS week ago, this remarkable welve Double-Front English t e all been purchased by ers . . . and now six more in the sixth group. . . north one block to Nat’l 1040 Sleeping Porch Necessary. The sleeping porch has become a nec- essary part of the house. Frequently it is located on top of the principal veranda, thus being in fact the second story of a “double-decked” porch. When this is the case it is best to ex- tend the main room of the house right out over the sleeping porch wing, other- wise the double-decked porch might look detached. The minimum width of a sleeping porch is 7 feet, but 8 feet is much better, its size, of, course, be- ing determined by the number of per- sons who are to sleep there EDGEMOOR 6919 Fairfax Road *11,250 Never, in our experience, has the opportunity presented itself for one to secure such a value in this delightful c:ction. Spa- clous living room with open fire- place, wide covered concrete side porch completely screened, bright cheerful dining room, model kitchen and pantry. Four bed rooms, tiled bath with shower and tub, and extra tiled lavatory. Floored attic over entire house. Screens, metal weatherstripping, 2-car garage. Charmingly land- scaped ground with frontage of 110 feet. Entire property in per- fect condition. A Substantial Cash Payment Required Open for Inspection Sunday from 11 AM. Until Dark Drive west on Edgemoor Lane to Fairfaz road, turn left to property. THOMAS L. PEYTON Dist. 2637 1427 Eye St. outstanding values All this and g gtflf. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3%, 1930. BUILDING NEWS B-1 PRIVATE BUILDING RISES ABOVE $1,000,000 IN D. C. First Time in Weeks Figure for This Class of Con- struction Has Run Into Seven Figures. Church Is Included. Private building projects in the Dis- trict of Columbia ‘The largest project is the new lst of r which permits | approved work in the construction of a were issued during the past week by Col. | $625,000 home for the St. Paul's Eng- John W. Oehmann, building inspector, | lish Lutheran Church, to be.erected at have an estimated total cost of $1.102- | 4900 Thirty-sixth street. 750, that the cost of pri has run into a seve ‘This is the first time in weeks te operations alone figure total. FOR SALE Permit was issued also for three 3- story additions to the Holy Cross Col- (Continued on Fourth Pa A Dignified Residence On an Unusually Large Corner Lot, Shaded by Statel Aged Trees, in the Established, Select Part of Old Chevy Chase A really comfortable, well-built house, denoting conservative taste. It has a large living room, study, dining room, kitchen, on first floor. ‘Wide, secluded porches. roomy, dry cellar. pantry Six large bedrooms, 3 baths on the two upper floors. Two-car garage in the rear of the yard. Hot-water heat with oil burner, automatic 8as hu:erm“lm in the Open fireplaces in the study, dining room room. Com- pletely renovated and in perfect ycondm.yg. e $ See for yourself the charm of this home. Chase and other clubs, cars, bus and stores. Convenient to Chevy PRICED UNDER $30,000.00 Open Saturday and Sunday 16 EAST MELROSE STREET. (East from Conn. Ave. at Chevy Chase Club) 1008 Conn. Ave. STONE & FAIRFAX, National 2424 A CHARMING NEW HOME ON Beautiful Massachusetts Avenue HALF STONE AND SHINGLE 4925 Massachusetts Avenue A Home That Reflects Early American Architecture. Forethought in Plan—Solid Construction $16,850 G W o° g i Q’& (‘-,'\w '\?)\é o .g\i’o o “vo‘ Built by X \,('s%“‘ of G Open Saturday Afternoon and Evening 1704 Conn. Ave. Street Chevy Chase Open every day for inspection until 9 P.M. To \Inspect-Drive out Connecticut Ave. turn left (West) on Bradley Lane, three squares to East Ave. 10 to 8 Sunday Schwab Valk & Canby Exelusive Agents HIS delightful dwelling of six rooms and tiled bath is but one " of a group of similar homes i this exclusive tion. The quaint. ness of its Colo: motif is evident not oaly in the design but is faithfully reproduced in the interior decorations, including an inviting colonial fireplace in the living room, wall paper depict- ing hunting scenes in the dining room and bedrooms papered in Early Co- lonial prints. The kitchen, however, which is modern to the last detail, is most tonveniently arranged and com- pletely equipped. Price $ 1 1 ’\9 5 O Terms to Bradley Lane then right (North) om East Ave. ome block to Ridge St. M. and R. B. WARREN Builders—Wis. 2873