The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05
LIKE A NEW STREET.
THE REMARKABLE CHANGES GOING
ON ON G STREET.
1t is Rapidly Assuming the Air of a Bust
ling Business Street-Several Fine
New Buildings Soon to BE Erected
On It.

The most remarkable feature in the devel-
opment of the business portion Of the city is
the sudden change which has come over G.
street in the last couple of weeks. No one
who crosses that street anywhere between
Fifteenth and Ninth can fail to note it. A
single glance makes you doubtful whether it
is really G street that stretches before you,
and you are half inclined to look for the old
landmarks, and take your bearings otherwise
in order to make certain that you have not in
fit of observation-disclosures strayed into
strange part of the city. Without exaggera-
ton, the change in the air and aspect of the
street is remarkable. From quiet, rather
secluded by-street, it has suddenly frightened
and livened up until everything about it seems
to say that stores, banks, and business-houses
will be open and in full blast all along both
sides in the morning.
& street may not develop into one of the
main business streets as rapidly as this, but
those who have watched the changes there
since the electric cars have begun to run pre-
dict with firm confidence that the business
development of the street will be the most
astonishing ever witnessed in Washington.
The business men already located there declare
that trade has improved rapidly of late, and
the street has increased enormously. There
is no surer sign of the growing popularity of
a street than this. In fact, G street, SO long
a by-street, has now become thoroughfare.
Even the aristocratc Arlington omnibus now
condescends to traverse its pavements.
notwithstanding Col. Strongs letter in the
Post" said well-known dealer, Gin which he
states that prices on G street are so fabulous
H ha 01>t osn t1,nra
few if any properties on that street which
would not, if properly improved, bring much
more than 6 per cent. Other large property
owners, who are magnanimous enough not to
allow their opinions to be biased by personal
interest, say that G street promises to become
a twin sister to F in about half the time it took
F to equal Pennsylvania avenue" Several
large buildings are in course of erection and
others are to be commenced shortly. B. H.
Warder is building q fine four-story brick
on the northwest corner of Eleventh and G to
be occupied by stores on the ground floor and
by flats in the upper stories.
The Ohio National Bank will soon commence
the erection of fine seven-story stone build
ing on the northwest corner of Twelfth and G
streets A savings bank is being organized
and will occupy prominent stand on street
Mr.. a. Lisner contemplates the speedy erec-
tioR of magnificent new Palais Royal ON the
northeast corner of Eleventh and G streets, to
be surpassed by few retail dry goods houses
in the world.
syndicate has lately purchased several
contiguous properties between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, and, while their exact in
tentions are not made public, there are strong
indications that handsome improvements may
be expected during the coming spring.
Work will soon be begun on removing trees
and widening the street, for which the recent
Congress made appropriations Altogether
G street seems to offer special inducements to
people seeking profitable longtime invest