Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28
LARGER BUILDING LOTS
NOW A LOCAL FEATURE
Great Activity in House Building Due to the Demand
of Growing Population - Apartment House
Living Established in Popularity.

Some Of the recent examples of private
residences in this city VIXEN pictured. IN
less liberal provision is made for includ-
ing the surroundings. do not suggest the
tvpicaI city house in the midst of block
similarly treated. l. 1t should be de-
sired to furnish an idea Of the conditions
Of the average city home, especially out
side of Washington, the person Entrusted
wouldn't be apt to select type of resi-
dence such as shown by illustrations on
this page.
All are detached houses standing apart
in their own grounds and yet they front
on a city street and are il the midst OF
city conditions. The lawns are not, Of
course. broad expanse OF acres. but
enough TO furnish an interval OF green
sward on all sides Then the effect OF
the interior Of this liberal provision o.
ground Is seen n the ample supply OF
light and air which is enjoyed in every
portion OF the house.
Growing in Favor.
This style OF residence is steadily grow
ing in favor in this city, and where owing
10 considerations of cost it is not found
expedient to have the house entirely de-
tachod then the practice is followed o.
building houses in pairs so that there is
a side yard for each dwelling. This style
IS known as the semi detached. Houses
are built for sale OF this kind and arr said
10 have proved to be profita BILE.
4 builder who is one OF the most active
In that line OF business. and who, perhaps.
carries on as large operations as any one
man, tried during the past season tn
experiment. with him al least. OF build
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located in what are known as the suburbs
OF the city and al Il distance OF about
three or four miles from the business
center. but not far outside of the zone Of
The city rows of houses.
Land Values an influence.
Such location can on'y be called sub
urban b. courtesy. as II is essentially d
portion of the city. However. as to what
happened To the man with his detached
houses he frankly says they did not take.
The buying public did not want them.
Whether that was due To the price asked
or other cause the promoter OF the enter
prise did not say. The conclusion he
reached was that the sort of house III
question proved TO b. slow proposition
when II was placed on the market.
The builder sold al the houses, but at
such figures that he says he merely got
his money back. However, the experience
does not take out of the market the de
1ached house and IL is believed that II
viii come more al, more TO he built. One
thing that vii! favor this style OF build
irg IS the lower price OF land
Realty Market Surprise.
II is common to mistake the symptoms
for the disease and the effects for the
cause, and what is merely accidental, for
the underlying motive. Mistakes OF that
sort are being made all the time by men
h. Si,so hivty is
that when there is so much to do and so
much 10 learn that people md time 10
get themselves in the proper range and
prospective.
All this is suggested by the exciama
tons that heard in regard 10 some of
the phases Of the real estate business III
this city People wonder why so many
houses built and why so much space
is given IN newspa pers to realty offerings
and operations They apt TO ascribe
II all or az least most of IL to the energy
and push Of real estate brokers and own
ers OF property. They cant understand
where a market can be found for all the
property they see offered for sale cor
where the people coming from 10 oc-
cupy the row after row Of houses which
they also see going up in all portions OF
the city
Due to City's Growth.
Such observers confuse the cause with
the effect What they look upon as mere
" speculative movement-alnlost a
reckless expenditure of capitals really
the direct result OF the growth of the city
IT is not intended TO maintain, of course,
there is no speculation in what is being
done in such rema rka BILE volume. bus
merely that the underlying cause is much
more substantial than anything due TO
money making tendencies
After while when what is being done
now and what has been done for several