Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Proposed Office Structure to
Be Located on G street.
MORE BUILDING SITES
FAVORABLE OPENING OF THE
SPRING SEASON.
Need of a Convention Hall in This City
Which Can Be Available for
Large Gatherings.
MORE BUILDING SITES

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a fine modern office building is to be
erected on the northwest corner of Sth ana
G streets. Just north of the Interior Depart
rnent building, some time during the com
ing season. This decision has been reached
by Mr.. Thomas Walsh. but beyond that
nothing has as yet been determined. Mr.
wickersham, the representative of Mr.
Walsh, is engaged just now in making esti-
mates as to the cost of various types OF
buildings and considering the exact char-
acter of structure that would be profit
able to place on this site.
No definite plans have been selected. The
new building will occupy practically the
entire space of the site, which has front
age of ninety feet on G street and sixty
two and a half feet on Sth street. 1t Will
be seven stories in height. Brick and stone
will be used in the construction of the ex-
terror walls.
A Proposed Subdivision.
A subdivision of some hundred acres of
ground on the east side of the 18th street
road about opposite the railroad depot at
Silver Springs. is to be made during the
coming season by Robinson Company.
This firm is developing the subdivision of
Connecticut Avenue Highlands, a tract OF
land adjoining on the north Cleveland Park.
The land the 9TH street road IS TO be cut
UP into quarter-acre, half-acre and acre
lots so as to allow ample building sites.
The grading of the ground and the buildlnS
of sidewalks is to be undertaken as soon as
the weather permits
Plans have been prepared for a house to
be erected a Connecticut Avenue High
lands for H. S. Zimmerman. Like the resi-
dence of Mr.. Robinson. which is near by,
Mr. Zimmermans house will have large,
roomy porches.
G Street Improvements.
The property adjoining Epiphany Church
on the east and known as 1909 G street
now belongs to the parish, and is to be
improved by the erection of building that
will be designed for business purposes.
The adjoining property on the east, be-
longing to Mr.. j. W. Newton, is also TO
be improved if not by the erection of a
building at least by the removal OF the
old stable that now stands there
Two-Story Flat Buildings.
Plans have been made by Arthur B.
Heaton. architect, for twenty-five two
story apartment houses which Colonel
George Truesdeu proposes to build between
Lincoln avenue and list street These
houses will have some new features. The
stairs for connecting the cellars with the
upper stories will be on the inside instead
of on the outside of the houses. The en-
frances at the front VIII be entirely als-
tinct. In other respects an effort has been
made to make the buildings as well adapt
ed for the proposed uses as is possible.
A Ten-story Building.
The Lawrence Hotel building, the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue E street be-
tween 18th and 14th streets, is to be torn
down Active work will be begun next
week. The owner of the property Mr..
Frank A Munsey, will erect there ten
story building which will become the home
of his newspaper, the Times. The first three
stories of the new structure VIII be bullt OF
marble and the upper portion of brick and
terra Gotta
Evidence of Public Spirit.
Much has been said in commendation of
the work accomplished by the citizens com
mittee in charge of the inauguration, both
as to the orderly and efficient management
of all the numerous details as well as for
the good taste displayed IN the design of
the stands aloLg the streets and the adorn-
ment of the ball room. OF course, it may
be said that the citizens here are accus-
toned to look after such affairs, and great
deal of the excellence of their work may be
attributed to experience. But, after all is
said and done. experience is not inteln-
gence, neither is it that public spirit and
civic pride which leads busy men to give up
their affairs for a time and devote their
energies without hope of reward. to doing
something which Will reflect credit upon
the city in which they make their homes.
That sort of pride and interest in the
place where one lives is shown in other
cities in the erection of buildings for va
rious purposes, such as libraries and hos
pitfalls and the donation of land for parks
and other gifts, which tend to adOru and
render the surroundings more attractive.
Speaks Well for the Town.
1t leads also to the giving of money and
Of land to encourage the location of manu-
featuring and other business enterprises in
the community so that in this way the
general prosperity and welfare may be pro-
NOTED. In whatever way the interest
which citizens take in the place where they
live manifests itself il is regarded com
mendable, and any place where it can be
said from such indications that the people
arc public spirited is apt to be regarded
with favor by those who may be looking
about to locate homes or business.
1T is probable that the able service which
has been given the public for the past few
weeks will be supplemented by a COM
bined effort to raise the funds that will be
needed to make use of the building iron
tat is to be brought from ST. Louis in
the construction of a large building here
that will be available for the use of future
inaugural committees. and for gatherings of
various kinds that more and more
making this city a meeting place
Not Direct Money Maker.
The money that will be given for such
purpose will not probably yield dividends
nor is 1t likely that it will come back to
the subscribers in any direct form. The
need of such structure in this city is
generally recognized as well as the fact
that it will be a great advantage to have
such accommodations here as a building of
the proposed character will afford
The movement for the securing of such
an addition to the facilities of Washing
ton for entertaining large bodies of peo-
pie is likely TO succeed for the reason that
it appeals TO the spirit of public pride and
such an appeal has never yet failed when
1t has been properly made and understood
The overshadowing influence of the ma
ttonal legislature in a city that was set
apart by the Constitution to be under the
exclusive Jurisdiction of that body is per-
ceptibly felt At the same time there has
gathered here a population that numbers
nearly three hundred thousand souls-a
population greater than that of any one of
several states of the Union, and Il is only
natural that even under the form of gov
eminent that exists here there should be
some Of that feeling that Is commonly
known as local pride