Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28
ABOUT LINCOLN PARK
The Steady March of Improve
ments Eastward.
APARTMENTS AND HOUSES
Some Of the Building Enterprises Now
Going On.
BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE SECTION
Provision Made for Those Who Are in
Search Of Homes In This
Desirable Locality.
APARTMENTS AND HOUSES
BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE SECTION

once upon a. time, and long time ago II
was-in the seventies. over thirty years ago
negotiations that nearly reached the clos
ing point were entered upon between the
| agent OF the British government and the
owner of Grant row, on East Capitol street,
for the purchase Of two houses at the west
end of the row, which were to be remodeled.
made into one fit establishment and become
| the British legation In Washington. for at
| that time the English diplomatic represen-
| tative in this country had not yet assumed
ambassadorial rank. People who concern
themselves with what might have been"
wonder to this day what would have been
the erect OF the permanent location of the
BRUSH legation on Capitol Hill. Would IL
nave set fashionable precedent? would
II nave stemmed the tide of progress and
Improvement In other directions, or diverted
the wave of constructive activity that even
ehen mao begun to set toward the north
west! However this may have been n hoe
been claimed that Washington and T;snf aas
ana tnose who had most to do With tn
typographical scheme of the future cansfaI
10y ,,s,, 5 assumed that by reason of its com
t.onotns position, pure air and other adva NJ
,.ages patent at that time Capitol Hin wonid
pe ior all time the most important 90 Oan
fngton. 'oi Vi WASH
In the modern beginning Of +bo o,.,,
me return Of peace In 1865 and the recoga,.,,
from industrial and Inunicinal st.on.ty
nartraI 70 capital city, which was the
osI l point from which radiated tho vast
ana complex energies of a great u,,,.. Sse
pfiSate enterprise was utterly subordinats-;
70 nshtlng activities-the trend of in,nro.,a
lnen.s' investment and increase In real
northwest. the
The Increase in improvements
many and curious have been the explana-
TACT that cities develop most ranidIv
toward the west and northwest, and while
TINS rule has prevailed in Washington. IT ia
a satisfaction to note the steady ,,.roh
OF improvement that has been character
istic of the section of the city east of the
CapitoL with Lincoln Park as a center of
observation. This Improvement has heen
as conservative as 1t has been constant
ana perhaps no fairer illustration of prog
ress in this neighborhood Is available than
Is found in the resume of present actual
building activities which follows:
street northeast large double apart
ment house Of four stories is being con-
structed with all modern improvements
and this adjoins a similar house recently
built and just sold by James D. Burn At
the northeast corner of North Carolina
avenue and 18th street northeast Humphrey
& Palmer are building large four-story
apartment house. and the same firm has
story seyen-room dwellings Immediately
adjoining.
On the south side of North Carolina ave-
nue., between 18th and 14th streets, Mr..
Lindsay, a capitalist and builder from
Alexandria, has contracted twelve six-room.
cellar and bay window residences. These
houses are just now completed and are not
yet occupied.
Wright & Hopkins have just begun the
preliminary work for the construction OF
ten residences on the south side of Massa-
chusetts avenue, Immediately east of the
row Of houses on 18th street southeast,
which were finished last fall and have since
been sold by that firm On the northwest
corner of 10Th and A streets southeast, q
frontage of about 100 feet has been built
up by Mr.. Brinkiey. These houses are of
modern construction, hardwood finish, and
are valued at about 5000 each.
Two-Story Apartments.
VIM. H. German is now constructing two
two-story apartment houses on the west
side OF 18th street, between c and d streets
northeast. These apartments will. 1t is
said represent some new and improved fea-
lures in constructions of this character. In
this square Q009) nine lots on D street at
the corner of 18th street, and eight lots on