Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1937, Page 9

PARK COMMISSION TOPUSHPROGRAM areater Washington De- clared Deficient in Rec- reational Areas. Tn 1937, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission proposes to push forward with its program of giv- ing Washington and its environs an adequate park, playground and recre- ational system, as well as continuing %o give advice and assistance in the ‘manifold problems created in a rapid- ly-growing city. John Nolen, jr., the commission’s director of planning, points out that greater Washington is deficient in park areas to serve the community as a whole. He foresees further progress in land acquisitions in the George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway, designed to occupy both sides of the Potomac River from Great Falls to Fort Wash- ington, Md. and Mount Vernon, Va. There is still much to be accom- plished under the Capper-Cramton “park purchase act, both in the city and the metropolitan area. Rock Creek Park will be extended farther jnto nearby Maryland and the com- mission will do its part toward realiza- tion of the program in Sligo, the Northwest Branch, Indian Creek and Cabin John Valleys, which are slated to be embraced within the greater ‘Washington park program. Recreation Program is Problem. One of the problems the commis- sion will face during the coming year is the co-ordination of the new schoal site and recreation development pro- gram, in accordance with a compre- hensive plan that fits in with a well- considered design for the whole city. The commission, Nolen asserts, wants to see those recreational areas, already purchased, improved so they ean be utilized without delay. Fur- ther, the commission will continue its land-purchasing program, under direc- tion of Norman C. Brown, cleaning up the projects already partially ac- quired and embarking on any new ones that may be made possible by the authorization of additional funds by Congress. Another major problem on which the commission will center attention in 1937 is that for public building groups in the central area of the city, so that Uncle Sam's rapidly-growing family may be adequately housed in permanent quarters. The commission has already done extensive work on this during the past 12 months. Not alone is the location of new buildings paramount, but the commission must likewise consider the planning of streets, the transportation system and related problems. Zoning Is on Agenda. Zoning will be another topic that will be important on the commission’s agenda in 1937, Nolen said. These problems are particularly acute due to the rapidity with which Washington has been growing in the last three or four years, the director of planning asserted. “In all these matiers, the commis- sion is working closely with the Dis- trict Commissioners, through its Co- Ordinating Committee and other groups, set up by itself or by the commissioners to ‘handle specific problems,” said Nolen. Adequate development of the Balti- more-Washington-Annapolis area to provide recreational and other facili- ties will be sought in conjunction with the interested Maryland authorities. Both the regional plan and the central area plan will be brought up to date, as the commission pursues its inquiries into a wide variety of subjects. During 1936 the commission has co-operated with the Maryland State Planning Commission, the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the District Commission- ers, the authorities of Alexandria and Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Va., as well as those of Montgomery County, Md., in addition to other Interested authorities 'in accordance with its legal purpose—“to plan and acquire an adequate system of parks, Perkways and playgrounds, and to preserve the forests and .natural scenery in and about the National Capital, and to prepare a co-ordinated Work on Mall and Stadium On Parks Program for 1937 Completion of Arlington Bridge Ap- proaches Included in Ambitious Plans Revealed by Finnan. An imposing 1937 program looms for the National Capital parks, for C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent, en- visions further completion of the Mall, by the tearing down of at least one of the two remaining temporary build- ings; the completion of the Arlington Memorial Bridge approaches and the start of & projected stadium at the end of East Capitol street, on the banks of the Anacostia River. Summarizing the future outlook, Finnan declared that he hopes an ad- ditional span in Key Bridge will be constructed, to provide a connection from the George Washington Memorial Parkway to the Lee Highway at Ross- lyn, Va.; the building of a temporary bridge over Boundary Channel from the northwestern end of Columbia Island; reopening of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, from Massa- chusetts avenue to P street, where re- pairs incident to s landslide are in progress; a new bridge over Rock Creek, just south of the Taft Bridge to replace the old steel structure and the relocation of the bridle path at Pierce Mill, under Tilden Street Bridge, to eliminate a dangerous grade cross- ing. “We hope to see some start made on the development of section F in Ana- costia Park, at the terminus of East Capitol street,” said Finnan. “Just what form the preliminary develop- ment will take, we are unable to say. But we would like to see the beginning of construction of the entrance plaza and the development of the Tribunal, with accommodations for from 50,000 to 60,000 people and the grading and seeding of the 35 acres in the demon- stration fleld.” Equestrian Group Planned. ‘The erection of the two large eques- trian groups at the Washington ap- proaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge; the placing of the fountain in the niche at the hemicycle at the east wall of Arlington National Cemetery and the carving of the ornamental wreaths are among the hopes Finnan has for realisation in 1937. ‘The park chief hopes to be well along in the first unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, from Oolumbia Island to the Key Bridge, in the coming year. The approach from the Lee Boulevard to the George Washington Memorial Parkway—a problem that has been agitating offi- cials for many years—is yet another brow-wrinkling job that Finnan an- ticipates will be disposed of in the year ahead. Completion of two new swimmi pools—one in Anacostia Park and the other in East Potomac Park—are ai- sured for they are now nearing com- pletion. Finnan said he would like to see re- located all the greenhouses on The Mall, including those of the National Capital Parks, situated near the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing. The WASHINGTON, Department of agriculture has those at Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue and tentative plans have been worked up for shifting them to the Beltsville, Md., development. No site has yet been decided upon for the A new golf and field house is much needed in Rock Creek Park to replace the obsolete structure and Finnan would like to see this begun. A project should go forward on Co- lumbia Island consisting of grading and road construction. He would like to witness the lighting for the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge in permanent form and the completion of Memorial avenue and to have funds restored for the lighting of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. During 1937, Finnan said, all the work that now can be done will be ac- complished at the Takoma, Banneker, Palisades, Turkey Thicket, Edgewocd and Taft recreational areas. Work will be begun on the Reno Recrea- tion Center and he hopes that the coming year will see a long way to- ward completion of the nine-hole golf course in Anacostia Park, upstream of Benning road, which is “much needed.” A heavy screen planting along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway e ONLY i s medicated with throat- soothing ingredients of Vicks VapoRub. Vicks CoOuGH Drop Cordial Greetings for the New Year * The store will be closed New Year’s Day, epen- ing at the usual hour on Saturday merning. city and regional plan for the District of Columbia and environs.” D. C., FRIDAY, Circle at Alexandria, Va., will be one of 1937's accomplishments, for plans are now being drawn for this job and the funds are in hand. Pedestrian Path Planned. A pedestrian path will be constructed in the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way, from Twenty-second and P streets to the Massachusetts avenue tunnel, Finnan said. Looking back over 193¢, the park chief was grateful for progress made in the Mall, during which the real vista was opened up from the Capitol to the Washington Monument by the clearing away of obstructions; devel- opment of Union Square, at the head of the Mall; construction of the low- level hridge at P street across Rock Creek, and the opening up of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in the lower section; the bullding of & flood-control levee at the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings to cope with floods similar to that of last March, which did much damage throughout the park system; the res- toration of Fort Stevens by the Civil ian Conservation Corps; the building JANUARY 1, from Four-Mile Run to the Memorial | holly hedge along Memorial avenue 1937. with the aid of Public Works Admin- istration funds; the planting of more than 20,000 trees; the building of & United States park police lodge in Rock Creek Park and the removal of the obsolete structure; the rehabil- itation of Pranklin and Lafayette Parks and more than 100 downtown INSTANT STARTING WITHOUT ORAIN ON THE BATTERY SenlO-W-20'W | * ® & WINTER MOTOR OIL * * » LUBRICATES AT SUB-ZEROD Park, and the start of the George ‘Washington Memorial Parkway—all during 1936—Finnan believes are real milestones on the highway of prog- ress. 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