Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10
BIG ESTABLISHMENTS THERE
1t is Hard to Find a Commercial
Structure for Lease.
KNOWN REAL ESTATE QUANTITY
Marked Scarcity of Property for Sale
Numerous Factors at Work
The Future.

In the history of events that have gone to
make this city a semi-metropolis as we'll as
the capital of the nation there have been
times when the wisdom of the selection of
the site on the shores of the Potomac has
been held up to doubt, and many men yet
living remember the period when Washing
ton was a city In little more than name
But year by year the development of the
municipality has gone forward, and since
the recession of that portion OF the original
ten-miles-square on the south bank of the
river 10 Virginia. the growth of the legisla-
tive, business and residence community on
the northern side of the dividing water has
been rapid and sure Careful observers OF
the body polite have seen the subtle at
traction OF the capital upon all classes of
visitors. have seen many chance tourists
who came only for recreation. resolve to
become permanent residents. and have seen
these resolutions carried into activity. With
all the thousands who go to make up the
population of this uniquely governed bit of
land, and. in fact throughout the millions
OF patriotic Americans. the gradually swell
ing cry has been TO make this the city
all are interested shall become show city
and universal source OF pride.
Business Increases With Population.
Side BY side with the Increases of popuIa-
ton. which recent police ceususes have
starulngly demonstrated, has come devel-
opment Of the business community, and
despite the fact that this community is d.
vided and subdivlded as different parts OF
the city furnished the demand which
brought the supply. the prosperity of all
has been amply attested by the upspringing
of business blocks. Of great office build
ings and Of Industrial plants. With re-
markedly few exceptions IL can be said the
improvement OF the business streets has
kept pace with the general growth of the
municipality, and while f street and eth
street and Pennsylvania avenue have re-
mained the mercantile centers. there are
other thorOughfares which have shown the
effects OF the leaven OF enterprise. Those
who have maintained a careful and
biased scrutiny OF the general situation
have almost invariably asserted that of late
years the improvement of 9TH street north
west in growth, in appearance and from a
business standpoint has been greater pro-
pOrtionately than any other commercial
thOroughfare IN the capital
Where years ago on It'll street there were
small shops there Is now an almost contin-
and NJ street particularly. of establish
ments which were started in modest way
on that highway and which have expanded
into department stores and establishments
devoted to special lines. modern In every
respect. Along 7th street, within the
squares mentioned. there is rarely busi-
ness place available for lease at any time,
and those that are offered on rare occasions
are so quickly snapped up that the late
conner Is almost inevitably disappointed.
Eastern Thoroughfare.
Seventh street has been characterized as
the eastern business thoroughfare of the
downtown district and its development
has been such that It is a known quantity
AS a valuable real estate holding Besides
little property being there offered for lease
there IL a marked scarcity of property for
sale. Two transactions on It'll street be-
tween PENNSYLVANIA avenue and NJ street
are now pending through the Harrison
Realty Company. nd It is stated that there
IS little else for sale In the whole section
at anywhere near price which would pro-
duce per cent upon purchasers invest
the general advance In realty west of 9th
street along + and @ and other streets has
not affected the slightest depreciation. but
seems rather TO have improved business and
10 have Increased values. One reason given
Tor this condition is that the people of the
suburbs, the northeast the southeast and
the southwest sections OF the District can
reach the shopping centers on 9TH street
more easily than they can on other thor
oughtares. and the same conditions have
resulted in an Improvement of all the prop
critics In SQUARES facing Tth street. The
harrison Realty Company report numerous
inquiries in reference to It'll street proper
ties. which they extensively handle
In the material DEVELOPMENT of the street
there have been numerous factors at work.
not the least of which has been the inn
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