Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-23
VIEW KEIFER GEORGIA AVENUE.
URBAN ASPECT OF DISTRICT
EXTENDS UP TO BRENTWOOD
Rows of Buildings Continuous and Rural Conditions
Have Been Routed---Construction Contin-
TALLY Going On in Neighborhood.

II any one has idea that the city
Is not growing, trip out Georgia avenue
might give him a different viewpoint.
1t il so much easier to 60 out that
way nowadays than it used to be. The
principal reason for the change is that
now the street cars run from the center
Of the city right through without change
to such points as Takoma. the District
line and Forest Glen.
The distances of six and eight miles are
made easily and quickly. as is expect
ed on a modern and well managed troll
ley line. Whether it Is a consequence of
this condition or not population is un-
doubted1y increasing all along the line.
The tide OF building turned in that
direction more than a year ago and 1t
was not until this summer that through
car service on the railway line was put
into operation. But then 1t was known
some time before 1t was actually done
that the railroad officials 1ntended to
modernize the service on the Brightwood
line.
The Main Point Is Time.
1t Is really a matter of small conse-
quence in this connection whether the
railroad improvements were cause or an
effect. What is important is the fact of
the growth of the population and the
rapid way with which the country along
this road is now filing up 1t may be
said without exaggeration that the line of
city building or the style OF houses in
rows, or practically So now stretches out
as far north as Brightwood. or. TO put it
in miles, nearly a distance of four miles.
During the months of the past building
season a number of houses have been add
ed to the group which was recently begun
ba 81 IF OrOia
north of the brow of the hill where How
ard University stands. These new struc-
lures are two-story houses. and extend
along the Georgia avenue front and also
on the side streets. To the west one can
see the houses in the Columbia Heights
region. and in some places the connection
Is made and In others the two sections
are only slightly separated. SO that in
Il short time it will be impossible to see
any vacant ground lying between what
vas formerly two distinct and widely
separated localities.
No Longer Rural.
The region to the east has not been
neglected in this forward movement, for
the new streets and new houses Of Geor-
sia avenue group 60 back to the we'll
built-up subdivision of Whitney Close
which borders on the grounds of the
Soldiers Home. The principal driveway
e to the west entrance to the grounds
which is Whitney avenue, is no longer
. rural road but a city street with rows
of houses on each side. In fact, the en-
tire street to the very gates of the
grounds is bordered with houses instead
OF green fields.
Passing to the north OF Whitney ave-
nue. along Georgia avenue one sees evil
dences of the nearness of a great center
OF population in the new houses that have
crossed that line which was formerly
looked upon as the northern boundary of
the Columbia Heights section. At the pres
ent time New Hampshire avenue which
unfortunately for the symmetry of the
plan of the city, as well as convenience
81 access, is interrupted in its northern
curse AT Florida avenue is again given
H place on. the north side of Whitney
avenue. and is continued across Georgia
avenue through Petworth to the Rock
Greek Church property. But the line OF
houses is continued out New HAMPSHIRE
avenue, and it is these new buildings and
evidences of the city's progress that one
notes with astonishment in going north
a,ong Georgia avenue.
Many New Houses.
Where the two avenues meet and on
the east side is the subdivision of Pet
worth. which was laid out some years
ago. but which has been stirred by the
recent movement. and one can see new
rows OF houses and detached houses all
through the property. In addition, there
are houses in rows the north side of
Rock Greek Church road. with the out
.ook on the grounds of that place.
On the opposite side of the road, or the
street. as IL must now be called, at
Inc southeast corner of the Rock Creek
Church road and Georgia avenue, is the
large place OF the late John Cammack
This has recently been purchased by Ken
nedy Bros. with the intention of making
suitable subdivision of the property and
then building II up with houses From
his point Georgia avenue on both sides
is pretty well lined with houses. most of
them, or course, OF recent construction
This condition continues even when the
point has been passed where the alphab
N the list of names OF streets beyond
Florida avenue has been exhausted and
another set has been introduced
Even Golf Must Give Wav.
Here one comes to what is known az
Saufs subdivision. on the west side of
the avenue and extending right through
% l4th street, locality Of detached
houses fronting both on Georgia avenue
and on 14th street. and on the connecting
streets. with grading going on so as to
provide additional building sites. Across
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