Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1932, Page 20

BRITISH BUILDING PLAN COMMENDED Pecent Dwelling for Every Family Called Ideal of Home Expert. Phenomena common to both the Onited States and Great Britain as to thousing troubles are described by Fred- erick Bigger, Pittsburgh architect, as “glephantiasis of urban development, and, with few exceptions, no ‘high com- mand’ to devise protective programs for metropolitan regions.” One important difference between the two coutiries is that Great Britain subsidizes housing, while this country does not, it is expiained by Mr. Bigger, who is chairman of the Committee on Economics of Site Planning and Hous- ing of the American Institute of Architects, Mr. Bigger points out that Dr. Ray- mond Unwin of London. recently presi- dent of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, has urged Great Britain to go steadily for- ward with the building of an adequate supply of attractive dwellings in places chosen after careful regional and town planning sites. He believes the London expert would commend the same policy for the United States. Good Homes for AlL A decent dwelling for every family n the community is the ideal of Dr. Unwin, who has been prominent in town planning work for the past two decades, Mr. Bigger reports. Discussing a recent exposition by Dr. Unwin of 2 plan for housing embodicd in the town and country planning bill, which was approved by all political parties at the last session of Parlia- ment, Mr. Bigger finds that “violent fluctuations in the building program are demoralizing to the building industry and wasteful in many ways.” Slum clearance and new building in such areas will come more quickly when there is a surplus rather than a de- in the number of dwellings, don expert believes. Dr. Unwin outlines the rapid spread of activity in designing the future de- velopment of municipalities in Great Britain, saying “As the population of a town in- creases, all the central functions need to expand. Such expansion has had to take place at the expense of houses. A constant confusion of reconstruction &nd great waste of money has resulted. Ends Haphazard Growth. “Today we are trying to substitute considered and planned development for such haphazard growth; to select the sites which offer the greatest facili- ties for industry, to equip them with the necessary services and reserve them for such important use. Other sites are allocated for shops or other com- mercial development “The greater proportion of the area 1s, however, reserved for residential and housing use. Healthy lands, readily accessible from the industrial and com- mercial areas, and lands having pleas- ant amenities, as far as possible, are chosen. The number of dwellings which may be built to the acre is limited. “Land is also reserved for open spaces, sometimes a belt of such land separating the dwelling areas from the industrial. It is clearly very important that dwellings which may remain in use for 100 years should be built in the right places.” LONG LOST KEYMFOUND Emblem Dropped in Seattle 20 Years Ago Located in Shanghai. Col. Clarence W. Seymour of Hart- ford, Conn., is again wearing a Phi Beta Kappa key which he lost in Seattle, Wash,, 20 years ago. The key was found on a coolie in Shankhai, China. Hall to Join Fahey. William R. Hall. who has been as- sociated in landscape work in New York, Boston and Cleveland, and later devoted two years to an independent practice in Dallas, Texas, will become associated with the landscape office of Daniel Cox Fahey, jr., here, it was an- nounced today. He will engage in problems of design. Luxford in New Quarters. Donald L. Lutford, engaged in real estate and insurance busi with of- fices 1010 Vermont avenue. has leased quarters in the People’s Life Insurance Building at 1343 H street, it was announced today. R e e U Street Homes to Be Built. P. G. Winkler plans the construction of three two-story brick dwellings at 1605 tb 1609 U street southeast. Plans filed with the District building inspec- tor estimate the total cost at $9,000. Seventy thousand wage earners were affected by the five-month industrial Jockout in Norway last year. NEW CORNER BRICK HOME 8 Rooms—2 Baths Recreation Room Open Fireplace 4th and Farragut Sts. N.W. Colonial tapestry brick, corner home wiih large bay-window. wide-covered front porch and attractively land- scaped lawn, in Petworth. 8 large rooms. 2 beautiful t baths, open firepiace_and built-in_gar, pletely finished recreation room in basement;_kitchen with folding di- nette set. built-in cabinets, Frigidaire. gas range and sink with double tiled drainboard and back splash. Sound c n, beauty of decoration, finish. modern £12,950; convenient terms CAFRITZ 2% 14th -5 s m Improvement In an Ideal Home 6814 9th St. N.W. Open to 9 P.M. Daily u Pri A beautiful club room has been added to the many unusual features in this detached English home. 2 complete slate 7 rooms, baths, variegated roof. 2-car garage. Priced to: Sell, Terms Arranged Built by Eig Construction Co. Waple & James, Inc. Members Wash. Real Estate Board 1226 14th St. N.W. North 0962 House at 1701 Hoban roa Harry K. Boss, who will make it his Peaslee and la executed in the Georgian THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, o s manner in modern e residence about March 1. contains 10 main rooms, three baths and a two-car built-in garage. 60 TRADES WORK ON SKYSGRAPERS Great Construction Projects’ Provide Jobs for Men in Far Corners of Nation. Sixty trades now contribute their specialized knowledge and skill to the erection of the modern skyscraper, Har- rie H. Sherman. Boston, president of the Producers' Council, points out in a symposium of the Engincering Foun- dation, tracing progress in the engi- neering world and the economic effects | of a great construction project. “Legions find gainful employment in mines, quarries, forests, plantations and mills, near and far, to provide raw ma- terials and manufactured products which enter into the complicated fabric and content of the modern building,” Mr. Sherman states. “Additional legions, on land and sea, | participate in the transportation of these materials and appurtenances. and still others have produced and built the tools, machin motive power and means of tra rtation and communi- 3309 PORTER ST. CLEVELAND PARK cation, all of which enter into and make possible the vast enterprise rep- resented in the production and erection of a great modern structure. “Multiply all this by the thousands of such structures under construction and to be constructed throughout the Nation and the world. We may thus visualize in part the vast scope of en- gineering activity and opportunity. “The structures which engineering has made possible have added to the comfort and scope of human life. In | addition to developing the means and | methods for satisfying the needs of modern man. engineering has created new facilities and new types of projects which require vast quantities of ma- terials and the gainful employment of skilled and unskilled labor, opening up still further possibilities for productive- ness and livelihood to countless thou- | | sands.” | | _ The accomplishments of engineering, Mr. Sherman declares, are so universal | that the stupendous progress which is| | the direct result of engineering is taken | for granted. “Just picture the conditions which would now obtain had engineering never been heard of or developed,” he | adds. “Man would have remained a | savage, struggling constantly for self- | preservation and a bare existence. He would have no time or opportunity for mental_or spiritual advancement and no facilities for profitable enjoyment of such precarious leisure as might on | rare occasions fall to his lot. | It would take volumes to describe the manifold tasks which !nzineerina | has tackled and accomplished. It woul take more volumes to record the step- A Genuine Value—See 1t taJay A semi-detached home of real comfort—Brick construction, 6 nice rooms—3 fine bedrooms and glassed-;n slcep;ng porcl‘l. redecorated like new. are reasonable. Large lot. House now vacant and The price and terms Open Saturday, 3-9—Sunday, 10-9 1418 Eye St. 4500 16th Fine Homes Than One-half its of Washington, H.G.Smithy Co. t N.W. Northwest Corner 16th and Allison Streets If You Are in the Market for One of the At Sale Less Original Price Inspect This Property Sun 11 AM. Until 6 P.M. The house is of brick construction, attractive design and in ex- cellent_condition. colored tile floors and walls, usually_attractive. modern conveniences. 3-car brick garage. There are 14 rooms and 5 baths. The interior finish throughout is un- The baths have 0il burner, breakfast room, sleeping porch and The house is situated on a large lot and overlooks besutifully landscaped gardens. Liberal Terms, if Desired Randall H. Hagner and Company, Inc. Decatur 3600 1321 Connecticut Avenue N.W. See These NEW CHEVY CHASE HOMES One Already Sold n200XUMw. & Exhibit Home 5230 NEBRASKA AVE. N.W. CENTER HALL PLAN Available at more attractive similar houses in less desirable nei hoods. All brick, 7 and 8 rooms. is desirable in good construction and home comfort and in one of the city’s most select home communities. $1,000 Down figures than bor- All that Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. Balance On on left. Moderate Terms District 6563 To reach: Drive out Conn. Ave. Turn right on Nebraskp Ave., one block to exhibit house W. S. Hoge, Jr. Realtor . 1097 K 8t N.W. position, which has been purchased by It is an all-brick dwelling, designed by Horace W. ped by Rose Greely and acquired through thé agency of Boss & Phelps, developers. The hul.\bei by-step development of one alone, even the simplest, of these accomplishments. Yet they are part and parcel of our daily experience, and on them our very lives and welfare are almost wholly de- pendent.” e Preferred Residential Location o New—With Every Fea- ture You're Looking For o Exceptional Value See 3626 Warren St. N.W. In North Cleveland Park All Brick—Selected Location. Six large rooms, 2 colored tile baths, open fireplaces, 2-tone kitchens, electric refrigeration, garage. Nicely landscaped lots. Open Daily Uniil 9 PM. Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to War- ren St.. then east 2 blocks, or out Conn. Ave. to Bureau of Standards, west 'to 37th and north to Warren. W. G. Irvin, Builder Clev. 1531 P..Q, 8: END OF BUILDING |2 JLLS SEEN IN UNITY Dodge Corporation Official Urges Organized Effort * _ Among Industry. Need for organized effort to eradi- cate the troubles now afflicting the building industry was voiced by Tru- man S. Morgan, president of F. W. Dodge Corporation, in an_address this week before the Master Buflders’ As- sociation of Wisconsin. The main {lls of the industry he de- scribed as the apathy of contractors in general to organized effort, the lack of public concern in matters of quali- ty as well as responsibility and the difficulty of obtaining adequate finan- clal support for movements which bet- ter_conditions. Calling for an awakening of indus- trial consciousness, Mr. Morgan said: “Indifference extends to details of ~ Government interference with legi mate and functions of busi- of the general welfare of the industry of which he is an inf part. We in the business must so conduct our affairs as to impress-the public with the im- portance and digdity of our place in tae economic order of things.” A hopeful sign for business in general was found by Mr. Morgan in the at- titude of the public to new conditions. “One of the best indications of a turn in the tide in the near future,” he said, “lies in the fact that most people have become reconciled to this state of affairs and are settling down to re- vamp their plans to conform to changed conditions. For a year or two we have been looking for the return of prosperity which we belleved was just around the corner. Today we recognize that we must do something besides walt.” Shoddy Building Over. Mr. Morgan said: struction of the jerry builder has had its day. The buyer of home or apart- ment now s going to scrutinize with extreme care anything that is offered on the market. 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Hoover, Assistant Vice President in Charge “The shoddy con- | RFEAL the job and send me the bill’ is more :';eflgnnu than he has ever been The Building Congress, the Associa- tion of General Contractors of Ameri- ca, the International Federation of Building and Public Works and the American Institute of Architects were which are working to rehabilitate the | industry. New Thirtieth Place Home. A two-story brick and frame dwell- ing is to be erected at 5470 Thirtieth place for Harold H. Blythe by Shannon & Luchs, Inc., according to plans just placed on file with the District gov- ernment. The construction cost is esti- mated at $8,400. mentioned by the speaker as factors ESTATE. BREADLINE 139 YEARS OLD NEW YORK (N.AN.A)—"Leake’s Dole,” New York's oldest breadline, still is in existence after 139 years of sus- sistance to the poor. In 1792, John Leake, s wealthy | merchant, provided in his will that 1,000 pounds sterling should be set aside, the interest to be used in per- petuity to buy bread for those in want | about his parish. As the years went on, the scene of the weekly breadline moved uptown, and it is now at St. Luke's Church in Greenwich Village. Bread costs more than it did in the old days. but there is always enough for the neighbors. Besley B 4314 Kling Prights The Garden Spot of Washington o le Street There has been a great demand in Wesley many sion that Heights for rscns be.ng there homes in the $20.000 « h Here is a new the snecif same ver priced homes, undor the impres e not available any . “Miller-Bilt” of 1s used In our mes in Spring Valley at a price r $20.000, rooms. 2 First Floor, Baths, 2.Car Garage, Tavatory on Large Lot. Open for Inspection B. L and 4. 2. 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