Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1931, Page 15

REAL ESTATE WASHINGT CHANGES IN ZONING CODE TO BE CONSIDERED SOON| | Wide Range of Property Interests Involved in 35 Petitions to Be Heard by Commission Week From Wednesday. WIDE range of property interests are involved in 35 petitions for a change. in zoning classifications and two proposed amend- ments to the zoning code which will be argued before the Zon- | ing Commission at a hearing at the District Building a week | from Wednesday. h The list of matters scheduled for hearing on that day, February 4, which was made public today, reveals that there are petitions pend- ing which concern the zoning restrictions on bon-ton residential property along Massachusetts avenue as well as the use of certain | alley lots for business. Construction Proposals Made. Other proposals would make possible construction of apartment | houses on Connecticut avenue areas and on a section of Harvard | street. There will be discussion also on proposed amendments to the | code to permit the manufacture of sausage in second commercial areas and the manufacture of ice cream in first commercial areas, | with consents of adjoining property owners. Several old cases will come up for rehearing, some of them in revised form designed to meet some of the objections offered at previous sessions of the commis- RIVATE BUILDING | which everywhere permeates the Colo- ON, D. O, Compactness and Pri- vacy Provide Comfort in Small House. ARRANGEMENT NOT ON MANSION LINES Cassidy Residence, at Mich- igan Ave. and Quincy St., a Typical Example. BY FREDERICK V. MURPHY. To many architects and laymen the brauty and subtlety of Colonial archi- tecture are lost. They do not under- stand it, nor do they like it. In most cases during their training they haye not been supplied with ihe keynote ot all Colonial architecture—namely, the feeling for that domestic quality it its peculiar nial work and gives charm. i Many _writers America's onl have declared that contribution to archi- tecture is the “skyscraper.” But as time passes the interpretative expression he: Foening Staf, WITR SUNDAY MORNING EDITION and with a bit of selection we get a wall of warm bluish gray with some buff and burnt sienna spots, all brought out beautifully by the rays of the late | sion. ‘Three important cases scheduled to| be heard during the morning session are | the following: Petition to raise the height limit on | the property at the northeast corner of | Nineteenth and I streets from 90 to 110 | feet, which would permit construction | of additional stories to the Mrdxcnl‘ Building there to a maximum height of | 130 feet with setbacks. Petition to change the zoning of the entire square west of Twenty-fourth treet between Massachusetts avenue and Waterside drive, a fashionable area near Sheridan Circle, from A-restricted to B-restricted area, which would per- mit houses there to be built to cover the | full width of lots, such as was possible until the zoning was changed at the | last session of the commission. Among | those interested in this case at the first hearing were Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mrs, Natalie S. B. Yates, Hugh D.| Auchincloss and Charles Mason Remey. Petition to change the zoning of property on the south side of Harvard street between Eighteenth street and Adams Mill road from residential B- restricted area to B area, which would zzrmll construction of an apartment use. This is a modification of a peti- tion heard at the last session. During the afternoon session the fol- ;cln:gnx three important cases are sched- Proposal to change the zoning of operty on the southeast corner of nty-eighth and Calvert streets from first commercial C area and residential A area to residential B area, which would permit the construction of a proposed large addition to the New Shoreham Hotel, facing Calvert street. Proposal to change from A-restricted to residential A area all of the private INGREASE 1S SHOWN Figures for December From 293 Cities Indicate Growth in Construction. Private building operations filed in 293 cities having a population of 25,000 or more in try showed an increase of 8.1 per cent in December as compared with Novem- ber and an increase of 2.6 per cent as compared with December, 1929, accord- ing to reports received by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. December was the first month of 1930 to show a higher estimate of cost of construction work than the correspond- ing month of 1929. The reports for the two years were from identical cities. ‘While the estimated cost of new resi- dential buildings in December last was 11.4 per cent lower than in November, the esimated cost of new non-residen- tial buildings increased 18.3 per cent. ‘The estimated cost of all building op- erations for which permits were issued in these 293 cities during December was $128,909.902. December projects ap- proved would provide dwelling units for 9,368 families, a decrease of 149 as compared with the number provided for in projects approved during November. —_— One important company in France produced in as it did in 1929. rious sections of the coun- | property zoned A-restricted lying with- in the area bounded by Albemarle, Van Ness and Thirty-sixth streets and Con- necticut avenue, which would permit construction of apartment houses, Proposal to change from 40-foot A- restricted area to residential 90-foot A area certain portions of property bound- ed by Connecticut avenue, Chesapeake and Albemarle streets and Reno road. other portions of this area to be| changed from 40-foot A-restricted clas- | sification to 40-foot B-restricted classi- | fication. REAL ESTATE SALESMAN WANTED Experienced salesman to specialize on houses. Must have successful record in this type of selling. Salary, $200 per certain comm: Replies will be treated confi- dential until after interview. Answer Box 424-) given in the American Colonies to the classical revival in the eighteenth cen- tury will be recognized. Proportion, delicacy of detail and a smple and direct method of rendering the problem are the basic principles of all Colonial architecture. It is not enough that the architect know the | examples of fine Colonial houses and | their details, but most important of |ail, he must know that when his work |is finished there will be an air of do- | mesticity for which the style is so well known. Let us consider, then, that the house is to be essentially a home, a orn | conver and the same relative | unities the more expensive and elaborate residences. Finally, it should | be fundamentally designed as a small | house and not a small edition of the { mansion with its huge entrance hall, elaborate parlors and dining rooms, card room and library, elaborate bed- rooms, servant quarters, etc. Naturally | some ‘of the features of the mansion must be omitted. The rooms should be | smaller, but we find that they all still |answer’ their purpose — comfortable | living Essentials of Comfort. ‘To live in comfort it is essential that there be a well balanced arrangement of the parts of the house, compactness and privacy. A typical example is the home of |C. J. Cassidy at Michigan avenue and Quincy street in Washington. The house, elevated about ten feet from the street level, is approached from the avenue side by a series of brick steps laid in a pattern. These steps are bordered by a boxwood hedge. Approaching the house one is impressed 1930 as many automobiles | by the stony quality of the walls. This | French do | stone affords a rich variety of color, 1| The roof, afternoon sun, and giving a lifelike effect. | In striking contrast and differentia- | tion of the rough stone wall we have | the finely carved white, marble door- | | way. We all know the necessity of a fine and impressive entrance. Most of | all, it offers to the arriving guest a | Learty welcome. This, accordingly, 1s| the most interesting spot of the | e sea-shell motive, as we | . is reminiscent of one of the | classical periods. Above this carved | white marble entrance and slmple‘ rough stone wall rises the roof. | which gives the unity its | | final touch of color, is of a red tile, | grading from a salmon red at the top | |tc burnt sienna and down to black. This roof is weathering slowly and now | harmonizes admirably with the walls. Upon entering the hall we find to | | the left the living room, to the right | the dining room. The living room is of | | moderate " size. The fireplace in the | center of the room is of a plain and | | severe design. From the living room | | one passes through French doors to a | porch, which may be said to be the| | scond point of interest in the compo- | sition. Motive Often Used. Still interpreting a rather free | usage of the classical revival of the | elghteenth _century, we have a reminis- cence of the Greek Doric column and pediment. The motive has been used over and over again in Colonial archi- tecture. The dining room, though <maller than the living room, fulfills its purpose. It | 15 separated from the living xpom by the hall, and thus we have each inde- pendent of the other. This room, just as the living room, opens cut through Thus we ha Conf Star Office Chevy Chase, D. C. 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Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Bradley Lane, turn West three blocks, to East Avenue, North short block to Ridge Street. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1931 | owner. BUILDING NEWS B-1 NEW BUSINESS CYCLE PREPARATIONS- MADE Strengthening of Safeguards for Real Estate Invest- ment and Movement for More Equitable Taxation Made by Realtors. CTION to strengthen the safeguards for real estate investment, consolidate the present notable national movement for more equitable State and local taxation and to prepare the way for an expected coming new business cycle was taken by the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards at its annual business meet- ing just closed at St. Petersburg, Fla. Replying to a telegram from Col. Arthur H. Woods of the Presi- dent’s Emergency Committee on Employment, outlining the commit- tee’s indorsement of the home modernizing movement as an aid to combat unemployment, the association assured the committee of its readiness to co-operate with the administration in stimulating home ownership, home building, and replacements and improvements in buildings where such modernizing is economically sound for the It stated, however, that a blanket recommendation to mod- ernize old homes is, in the opinion of the association, unsound. Appraisals Not Always Expert. Pointing out that throughout our banking existence it has been the practice of bank officials in loaning money upon real property often to base the loan upon an appraisal by others than experts, and that this practice has been the cause of many bank failures, the asso- ciation adopted a resolution recommending its member boards to make an immediate study of the problem. The resolution, introduced by | William L. 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