Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-03
NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP
OUT SEVENTH STREET WAY
Homes Being Rapidly Erected in the Section North of Florida
Avenue Crowding the Region Surrounding
the Soldiers Home Grounds.

Seventh street north Of Florida avenue
does not belong to the class of extended
streets. 1t stretched beyond the original
bounds of the city long before such
thing as street extensions were thought
of or hardly dreamed about As turn
pike road affording the principal means
of communication between the city and
the nearby sections of the District and
of Montgomery county 1t came into early
use, and SO. while the city has grown
out to it. the thoroughfare has also
changed. but even today, when the sur
roundings have undergone the radicai
change which such an urban growth
means there is much about the appear
ance OF the old road. especially In the
vicinity OF Florida avenue. that suggests
the days when ii was the market route
between the country and the city.
The buildings in this section are rather
struggling. and. as is the case with the
greater portion Of the see.ion OF OF . me
most exclusively given over to business.
The junction of the street with the ave-
nue. is. of course, a rather busy place..
owing to the fact that 1t has become a
center of street car lines. and when the
new section east on Florida avenue Is
built then there will be an addition to the
flow of cars and the changing throngS
of people.
An Old-Time Hotel.
just north Of this junction Is the en-
trance to the base ball grounds. and
which is marked by the old building to
the north that has been from time imme-
mortal used for hotel purposes Now IT
is proposed to remodel the building and
enlarge and adapt it for the uses OF
modern business OF that sort.
Buildings purely for business purposes
do not continue to be the chief feature
of the improvements very far north OF
Florida avenue. for soon the residence
demands begin to assert themselves, so
that before the entrance to the GROUNDS
Of the Howard University is reached
there are houses on both sides of the
streets. with stores also. but as one goes
on the houses diminish in number.
Pressure of City Population.
There is a street parallel with 9TH
street, or Georgia avenue. which runs
along the west side of the grounds o.
Howard University and houses are To-
Gated on that street. The locality to
the south o. the university has also
been made use of for homes, and what
was known AS lie Droit Park lying north
o. Florida avenue and between 9TH street
and 4th street. has long ago passed be
yond it's original limits and now the
closely built up streets have come right
up to the university grounds and ad-
vanced as far to the east the grounds
of the filtration plant will permit.
The farther north one goes along |
Georgia avenue-and why distinction
should have been made in the case OF TINS
north ard south street so that IL pears
one name in one section and another In
another section is difficult to understand
the closer he sees is the connection be- !
tween this section and Chat which lies on
either side. To the west Is what is known
as the Columbia Heights section, with |
Sherman avenue and 18th and 18th streets
separating it from 14th street.
Great Place for Homes. /
The second street north of Florida ave. |
nue. In the city system, namely, Euclid
street. continues through To Georgia ave
hue. but it is not until one reaches Co |
lumbia road that he finds all the east and !!
west streets continued east of the avenue.
Before the latter point is reached the in !
1uence of the house building movement !
I'm and about the city is manifest IN the I
rows of houses that are to he found on |
both sides of the thoroughfare. as we'll as |
on the side streets
lust north of tirard street AN entire |
square has been built up with tWo-story |
houses The course Of improvements is !
seen to extend across from the Columbia |
Heights region and to bring the two sec,
welding of the formerly separated parts
of the entire region west of 14th street
and extending to the grounds of the Sol |
diers' Home is one of the interesting ex
amples of the growth and the progress
of the city.
In Place Of Forest Trees.
North of Kenyon street and on the
east side of Georgia avenue is the scene |
of current building operations, where
Harry Wardman is putting up about 100
two-story houses. The location is a por-
ton of the grounds of what was in for
mer years a favorite resort I'm the SUBJ
urbs of the city and was known as the
Schuetzen Park. Some Of the old forest
trees that stood there are still to be seen,
but it is evident their days are numbered,
as their continued existence is impossible
where rows of houses are found.
The streets run now from both east and
west of Georgia avenue. finding I'm the
bounds of the grounds of the Soldiers
Home the limit on the east. In some
places the line of rows of closely built
up houses extend throughout the entire
with hut few intervals. and in
other places the gaps are being rapidly
filled. AS the eye glances over the mass
of roofs and projections that marks the