Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1931, Page 17

RATURDAY, MAY 16, 1931. AUTO SPACE PROPOSED FOR NEW U. S. BUILDINGS Planning Commission Revives Question of Housing Cars by Recommending Provision in Buildings to Be Erected West of White House. ECOMMENDATION that plans for public buildings to be erected in the facilities within them for area west of the White House be drawn to include the storage of employes’ auto- mobiles is contained in a special report just made public by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Thus an old problem that has been confronting both employer end employe bobs up again in an official way calculated to result in consideration of automobile housing in the designing of some of the future Government building projects. Decision as to whether the recommendation will be followed rests with a number of Government agencies having to do with the Federal building program and with Congress, through its control over mppropriations The matter is regarded largely as one of policy, aside from the design- Ang of the projected structures to pro- vide automobile parking, because sur-| veys by experts have shown that available space in public streets in the congested area for the all-day parking of cars is far too limited to meet the demand. Exterision of the areas where parking is entirely banned. Wmnd zones where parking is restricted o brief periods further has lessened mvailable space reasonably close to thc buildings concerned. Alternative Is Offered. Parking facilities within buildings. #ither public or private, thus is offered As the alternative, unless the mass of iworkers are to depend upon mass transportation systems to take them to and from work. ‘The report of the Planning Commis- pion recommends that parking facili- ties be incorporated in the new Gov- ernment buildings to be erected in the section west of Eighteenth street, known as the Northwest Building Arca, wvhich includes the sites of the War and Navy Buildings and other pro- | posed public and quasi-public struc- tures. The new eommission report, in part, #tates: “The several units in the group of buildings should be self-contained as to parking. and _it is important that plans should be made to incorporate | within the buildings facilities for the | storage of automobiles.” | The recommendation was drafted in | accordance with a vote of the com-| fnission on March 20, it was stated in the publication issued this week. During the past week also local trade and civic leaders took note of the parking situation and at a con- | ference Wednesday expressed concern | over the matter, declaring that lack | of parking facilities in the new Gov- | fernment buildings would materially vate the ptoblem. | study will be given to the fuestion with respect to the area south { Pennsylvania avenue by the busi- | , hess group, which will meet again to oliscuss the problem. In the delibera- tions Wednesday, the group referred | extensively to the report on the park- ing and garage problem of Washington, prepared by Prof. Miller McClintock of the Erskine Bureau of Harvard | University. ‘The McClintock report pointed out that the transportation requirements of Governmeni. employes form one of the #nost_important and critical aspects of the local street traffic problem. The ¥eport predicted, also, that the problem | ‘would be greatly intensified in the near ture through the construction of the ngle group, under which thousands | Bf Government workers will be con- | :ncinhd in the central business dis- 23 Per Cent Own Autos. ‘The McClintock survey showed that Snore than 23 per cent of the Federal employes travel to work in their own automol . On_the estimate that pproximately 23,000 persons will be| housed in the triangle area, the report | pointed out that a daily requirement | of 5428 all-day parking spaces would | zesult. It was revealed also that in| the entire area bounded by Sixth,| Nineteenth, B and L streets, a total of | Jess than 10,000 parking spaces exist, mnd many of these must be used by the Imost 50 per cent of automobile users émunx the total persons recorded in he central business district. Asserting that these flrkmg de- ands could not be met alcng the curbs of the central area or ai any lace in the immediate vicinity of the ntral district, the McClintock report tated: “The automobile terminal roblem of the triangle group can be met directly and permanently solved “within the area itself With the exception of limited provi- “#on for parking of officials’ cars .in %one of the courtyards of the new In- jternal Revenue Building and similar Ingomar Place N.W. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. $9.950 Just one s , this new resents a really All-brick _ construction—semi- detached—six rooms and bath with built-in_shower—fireplace— electric refrigeration—s c r eens —buflt-in heated garage and Extremely Fasy Terms hom remakable value. J. Wesley Buchanan Exelusively Me. 1143 Wi, 3732 Chevy Chase, Maryland Real Value 205 Primrose St. $16,900 To reach necticut ave. to Crcv Circle and right--northeast on Western ave. to Primrose st.— left to house. Inspect at Once G. F. Mikkelson & Son 200 W. Thornapple St., Chevy Chase, Md. Wisconsin 4255-3018 CHURCH AGQUIRES ADDITIONAL AREA New York Avenue Preshyte- rian to Occupy 1315, Ex- tending to H Street. Property located at 1315 New York avenue and extending through to H street has been acquired by the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in connection with its expansion program, it was announced today. ‘The church organization is to take possession of the property late this | month and it is expected the building will be used as housing for some of the church activities for the time being, pending completion of plans for re- building or remodeling operations. John . Larner, veteran _local banker, who is president of the board of trustees of the church, acted for the congregation in the purchase of the property. | ‘The property just acquired by the church now is used as the housing of the Blossom Inn Restaurant and is located to the west of a business build- ing, adjoining the church, which was acquired during the past two years and is used as a parish house by the church. — DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN The Clydesdale, Inc., Board to Serve During Fiscal Year. The Clydesdale, Inc., the corporation owning the co-operative apartment house at 2801 Adams Mill road, has elected a board of directors to serve during the ensuing fiscal year. Members of the board are: Dr. Thomas E. Snyder. Miss Emily Marshall, M. H. Haller, George A. Councell, Dr. William M. Mann, Mrs. L. R. Ender and A. J. Brosseau The corporation 1is capitalized $312,500. abbreviated facilities in other strue- tures proposed and under way, no plans have been made anywhere in the Government development for extensive | parking of Federal workers’ automo- | biles. The parking provision developed in| the Internal Revenue Building, which | accommodates 70 automobiles entering the courtyard through vehicular con- nections with adjacent roadways, and descending to the basement level through means of ramps, lies the basis for a principle of automoible parking which might be included in all Govern- ment buildings in the area, the McClin- tock report pointed out. “The total employe demand for more than 5,000 parking spaces can be pro- vided within the triangle group as now designed with but a slight limitation pon available office space,” the report ctated. The - recommendation was made that garage facilities be incor- porated providing for storage space of approximately 1,000 cars in each.of the five bulldings comprising the group. 5411 Nebraska Ave. Chevy Chase, D. C. Outstanding Value New Detached Home *11,950 Six > Big Rooms Full Tile ths Newest Kitchen Equipment and a Garage INSPECTION OPEN FOR HG.Smithy Co. bury NL, 2708 36th ST. A NEW DETACHED RESIDENCE FOR PEOPLE OF AFFLUENCE ™ Massachusetts Avenue Heights AT AN ENTICING PRICE Drive south on 36th St. from Massachusetts Ave. and inspect at your leisure this handsome brick Colonial of SIX BED ROOMS, 3 BATHS, Breakfast Room, 2-CAR BRICK GARAGE, and many other features found only in high-class properties. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY AND DAILY, 2 UNTIL 6. BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K St. Realtors, Natl 9300 Biggcst Specu]an'vcly- Built House in District Near Embassy. DR. AND MRS. MEARS PURCHASE PROPERTY Needs of Guests as Well as O“'ncr! prflvidcd Unusual Effects. HE large Colonial type stone house at, 2934 Edgevale terracc described by its bullders as th largest speculatively-built home ever erected in the District, has bean purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Mears, it was announced today. The property is located cn Massa- chusetts Avenue Park section, two blocks from the new British Embassy Observatory Circle. It was planned with an eye to Te- quirement~ for the entertainment of guests as well as the needs and desires f the owners and was designed by Bishop Hill to conform to Colonial ar- chitectural motifs of the early Amer- ican period. The extericr of the house, marked by a balanced effect in double chimneys cither end of the house and in the placement of the series of dormers and windows on either side of the cen- iral entrance, is of st:ne which was cut in long and narrow shapes which accentuate the width and add to the effect of portion, in Entrance Is Spacious. A driveway of blue stone leads to the front door. Entering, one finds a spa- cious entrance hall, with marble fioor and from the entrance cne has a view through the living room of the rear garden. To the left of the entrance hall is & vanity room and lavatory. Be- yind this room is a library paneled in knotty pine and finished with oil and wax. A large, carved pediment of wood, with a wooden cornice, furnishes a decorative touch over the open fire- place. Giving off this room is & second Iavatory. From the library there is access to & game rocm in the basement. This paneled in pine up to the chair rail, while the wall above it has a sand- finished plaster. A canopy awning is hung from the cefling to create some- thing new in interior decoration. The ficor is of flagstone laid in irregular shapes, and waxed. A carved wooden | mantel of pine is a reproduction of an carly American design. From_either the library or the en- trance hall there is access to the draw- ing Toom, which is 19x38 feet in size. One side of this room is practically open, with three large windows. and two pairs of French doors, which give a wide view cf the garden and access !'to the flagstone ferrace which extends across the entire rear of the house. Indirect Lighting Used. The dining room, 19x32 feet. adjoins the drawing room. This is paneled in wood to the chair rail, with the walls above papered with hand - painted scenes of “The Chase.” picturing huntsmen riding to hounds. The fire- place end of the room is entirely paneled and on each side of the fire place is a built-in china closet, having indirect lighting. In both the drawing and living rooms there {s a black and gold marble mantel, obtained from an old Colonial residence J,POTTHAST™Y £ 1338 197 5T..N.W ANTIQUE REPRODUCTIONS 40 years making hand-made- er Dining Resm Farai- ture—our specialty. “The true Antigues of Tomorrow.” Wesley in Green Spring Valley, Baltimore, over old provisions on the first floor e pantry, kitchen and servants dining room. A circular stairway leads to the sec- ond floor, where there are four master- size chambers and three baths, three open porches, & library paneled in pine and a large linen closet. The maste bed room measures 19 by 25 feet and has an adjoining dressing room. Each of the bed rooms has access to a bath. On the third floor are three guest chambers and two baths. The house also contains four servants’ rooms, with bath. These are ached by a service stairway, which is carried from the basement to the top floor. Garden Is Landscaped. | In the basement are two chauffeur's rooms, with bath: laundry, boiler room storage room, garage for four auto- mobiles. Nearly 8.000 square feet of land to the rear of the house has been developed into a garden. It is landscaped and in addition to shrubs there are three pools for pond liles and gold fish. There also is a Summer house in the garden for afternoon bridge or tea The architect made several trips to the Metropolitan Museum to obtain data_concerning details of the early American period of design to be em- ployed in the house ‘The pvoperty was purchased by Dr and M. Mears from the builde m A. Hill Co., through the agen of Moot & Hill, Inc, and the office of Miss Laura Harlan. Eight hundred and sixty bhooks were published in the United States in April a decrease over last year of 27 ——— | $10,950 Chevy Chase, Md. New—Six Rooms & Bath — Garage — Lot 50x125 Drive out Conmecti- cut Avenue to Bradley | Lane, turn left (West) {3 squares to East Ave., thew right (North) one |square to 4515 Ridge 8e. PBeights The Garden Spot of Washington. EXHIBIT HOUSE 4315 Hawthorne St. Completely Furnished by Dulin and Martin Open Daily—10:30 to 9 INSULATED WITH CELOTEX W. @ and A. N. Miller 1119 17th St. DEcatur 0610 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN REAL VALUE? Here It Is 3933 Livingston St. West of Conn. Ave. in the Older Section of Chevy Chace, D. C. 8 ROOMS—2 BATHS Exceptionally large living room, fireplace and bullt-in book- cases. bed rooms, 2 baths, screened house. Dining room, breakfast porch, pantry and kitchen B sleeping porch entire width of Attic with servant'’s room. Bullt-in garage. The Price is only $11,750 OPEN SUNDAY F. ELIOT MIDDLETON Realtor Investment Bldg. Metropolitan 2827 Residence of Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Mears at 2934 Edgevale terrace, BUILDING INCREASES IN 561 LEADING CITIES $172,346,394 April Total, Which Is 7 Per Cent Over March, as Shown by Survey. Building permits issued by 561 lead- ing cities and towns throughout the United Statesduring April totaled $172.- | 346,394, a gain of 7 per cent over March, ording to reports to S. W. Straus & Co. The increase compares favorably with an anticipated seasonal decline of approximately 2.7 per cent between the two months. Permits issued durin: April of this year fell off 16 per ce: om the same month of 1930, when the total was $205,543923. Shepherd Park 7609 Morningside Dr. N.W. This Colonial, brick residence has been favorably commented on by the hundreds of people who have visited here. We invite you to in- spect this home Sunday and vou, too, we are sure, will be pleased L. E. Breuninger & Sons 4608 De Russey Parkway West of Wisconsin Ave. ~ South of Bradley Lane $13,750 Where have you seen such a pretty center hall plan all brick new home of 7 rooms, 2 baths in all of Chevy Chase for this price? ou 1 be convinced of the value aiter seeing the highe class homes in this community and the lovely’ view of C. C Country Club. Salient features: struction, slate roof, sun parlor, large open deck porch, huge 60 ft. lot, 2-car brick garage. Inspection Invited Saturday Afternoon and Sunday E. H. CROXTON Realty Assoclates 1427 Eye St. N.W. Nat. 8744 Solid con- -, 4453 2 Faraday Place WM FORT BAYARD PARK RY if you will find a better Large Colonial Home Has Traditional Features T cent over March, 1931, Seventeen of these cities ual gains over April of last namely. New York, Baltimore, Louis. Milwaukee, New_Orleans, Boston, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Minneapolis, University Heights, Ohio; | Yonkers, Ann Arbor, St. Paul, Denver, Buffalo, Des "Moines and Rochester. Eight of the cities—Philadelphia, Bal- timore, St. Louis, New Orleans, Pitts- burgh, University Heights, Ann Arbor and Des Moines—made individual in- creases A 1929, New Houses for Sale 3517 and 3519 Rodman St. CLEVELAND PARK Inspection Cordially Invited Eleven Rooms, Four Baths and Lavatory $11,950 Chevy Chase, D. C. Exceptional Value in New Home—Six Rooms Garage—Facing Park Drive East from Chevy Chase Circle on Rittewhouse Street to 33rd Street, them South (right) two squares to Jird and Patterson Streets. JUST COMPLETED 1436 Holly St. 16th St. Heights 4 Bedrooms 2 Baths rooms are spacious and utifully decorated. Pan- s add immeasurably to charm of lower floor. All oak floors. Big attic. ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION and splendid kitchen GARAGE to match, Brick, stone and stucco construc- tion with slate roof. Big lot. Many other fine features, includ- ing exceptionally reasonable price. Drive out 16th St. to Holly St. and east in first block OPEN DAILY AND ALL DAY SUNDAY BOSS & PHELPS 1417 K St. T eled wa . but you will not built, roomier or more attractive New Home than this, at the price of OUR_FORT BAYARD PARK DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY AMERICAN HOMES built as you would build your own. At the price, they are surprising in every de- tail of line, equipment, plan and 'construction. You owe it to yourself and family to see them before you decide else- where, The model home is beau- tifully furnished at an astonishingly low figure. Drive out Wisconsin Avenue 10 Fessenden Streel. West 1o 45th “Sireet at River Rond. marth on 45tk to Faradav Pl $10,950 Vers Reasonable Terms. Open Daily For Inspection by BOSS & PHELPS 'REALTY DELEGATION WILL GO TO BALTIMORE A to improve business. is given to related factors: ‘The matter is not so simple as here | indicated, however, for realtors, prop- | erty managers and speculative builders, | to succeed, must gaug> the supply of | new housing and business and commer- | cial floor space, in the light of exist. ing supply and future demands. Another point to be considered by | realtors is that of possible means of | stimulating public demand. | Local realtors plan to go to the con- vention each day by special train, leav- ing early in the morning, in time to ar- rive at convention headquarters for the morning session. The entire day of May 27 is to be devoted to general sessions of all dele- zates, to be addressed by national spokesmen. All divisions of the na- 3404 Quesada St. Next to Corner of Broad Branch Rd. $10,750 This new detached home with nicely proportioned rooms is the elze of the average six-room house, but has been arranged so that there are two unusually large bed rooms and bath on the second floor instead of three smaller rooms. Electric refrigera- tion, screens and a built-in garage are included. Open day afiernd . all ¥ < g TR evenings. J. Wesley Buchanan Exclusively Me. 1143 Wi. 3732 5346 32nd St. N.W. Chevy Chase, Md. (Just South of Military Rd.) Splendidly built of all-brick construction with slate roof, containing six large rooms, reception hall, two baths and nice attic. We consider this to be an outstanding value at the price of $12,950 J. Wesley Buchanan Exclusively - Me. 1143 Wi. 3732 ENVIRONMENT Capital Members to Aid Efforts of National Conven- tion to Improve Business—Specialists to Address Session. LARGE delegation of local realtors will represent the Wash- ington Real Estate Board at the Baltimore Convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards May 27, 28 and 29, when 2,000 realtors from all parts of the country and guest speakers, experts in specialized fields, will pool suggestions as to how Government leaders and business analysts have stressed during the past year the importance of a revival of the construction industry to general advancement in economic conditions, and the realtors in annual convention will study ways of stimulating construction as a major part of real estate business. The vital importance of an increase in eonstruction—when an increase is warranted—is immediately apparent when consideration Increased employment from mines and | factories to building mechanics and sales forces, which adds to public | buying power; creation of new developments, which add to values of | the sites and adjoining properties, and increased employment of mortgage funds for the financing of new projects. ional body will hold morning and aft- ernoon mectings May 28 for considera- tion of finance matters, property man- (Continued on Second Page.) 1749 Kilbourne St. N.W. $9,350 The best value in Mt. Pleasant Open Sunday 10 rooms and bath, including six bed rooms, all in perfect con- dition. The heating plant is hot- water, the lights are electricity. The kitchen has a new gas range and there is a servant’s toilet in the basement. A 2-car garage on paved alley adds to the completeness of this lovely home at a genuine bargain figure. PHILLIPS & CANBY, Inc. Exclusively—Realtor Natl. 4600 Investment Bldg. Extraordinary Value 3726 R St. N.W. Many extras_including ofl burner. toilet in_basement. copper screens, ng, 2-car garage cks Western High nior, Pillmore rretown Medical and Dental Coilese ens; ot 140 ft. deep, Beautiful gard paved alle: Onen for vour inspection SUNDAY. 11 a.m. ta & pom. W. C. & A. N. MILLER 1119 13th St N.W.. Dec. 8610, IN FoxalLL... Of course your home must be modern, well- planned, built to endure and priced within your budget . . the Double-Front English Group Homes in Foxall meet all of these requirements - . . but consideration for your wife, that young- ster, their future happiness and your investment demand the best possible environment. In Foxall your neighbors will be lawyers. archi- tects, Army and Navy officers, doctors, scientists, Government officials and men of affairs . . their families will be delightful companions at bridge otigolf . . . their children will be the kind of playmates you would choose for yours. And, in their background, these homes have the unique advantage of surrounding parks, wooded estates, wide streets and boulevards, yet within 10 minutes by motor from the White House. Visit our furnished Model Home and see for yourself what living in Foxall really means. These homes contain six and eight rooms, with one, two and three garage, at pric $14,950. baths, i ranging Drive out Que Street and Reservoir and to maid’'s room from §11.250 Road, make left turn at 44th Strect, three short blocks south to the corner of Volta Place. WAVERLY TAYLOR e 1592 K Street [} National 1040