Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
CHANGING ASPECT OF CITY
DUE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION
Older Section Undergoing Metamorphosis,
While Suburbs Are Reaching Out
Twenty Miles Away in
Every Direction.

The changes made during the season
now coming to a close in the residential
sections of the city, more especially III
older Washington, are noted no" D!
those who have been away for some Tune
and have recently returned.
Owing to the constant progress in pulio-
Ing many returning citizens nave ac-
ouired the habit of making tours or IN
spection to find out what has peen uohe
during their absence.
In the newer part of the city, the outiy-
ing regions, great tracts of unoccupieo
land have been divided into building iots'
To an astonishing extent these lois nave
been built I'D with row after row Oh
houses.
This building activity has extended out
i'm all directions and notably along tHc
main thoroughfares connecting CLOSELY
built-up city sections with the SUBURBS
| Such is the extent Of the operations of re-
cent years that closely built-up streets
have been extended for two and three
| miles beyond the original bounds OF the
| city.
Suburbs for Twenty Miles.
| To include the entire area of suburbs
4 that lies OulSIue VI tilio nc" -
| city circle with a radius OF twenty
miles would hardly take it all In. " ASH
;pp,on has now become a growing center
rs.h ,ear witnesses additions to Its eX-
! tent.
| It Is interesting to note that Ho"e|el
MD. the extension Of the bounds OF
| oonu,ation has become the area Wlthiil
! ~ nrio;naI limits of the city and OF
rearhv Sections reflects also the changes
| Of recent years. - .ho old
| New residences are going up in the olo
| sections of the city. Inc ap .al',,ari,
I house has taken deep root. particularly
| in regions which for years nave Deeh uc
voted to residential purposes. iet lne
| building of the Individual house mas not
been abandoned. In such iocan.ia
| ground that has been vacant for years
or only partially improved. has peen
| bought and rows of houses or perhaps
an apartment house erected
| The tendency m recent years toward the
| newer portions of the city. no doubt, mas
Nd an influence upon property values.
That it has led to their partial anahooh.
ment or neglect there is no evidence at
least that appears on the surface. o
| II u.s. no doubt. true that Vaiues nave
| not advanced in all the older sections III
late years. and that there are certain iiSeo
1 levels of rent and values which continue
| about the same from year 10 year. "A.
| tba came time there Is a demand Tor the
property, people wait " iC' -. - t.
and live there in spite of the fact OF the
| abundance of new houses and the crea-
| tion of new residential localities. In other
| words the older sections of the city are
NOT abandoned because of the ADDITION Vi
new sections
Some Depreciation Noted.
There are however. instances of locali-
tics where property has suffered serl-
opr depreciation-that is, when the cost
| of tho erection of the houses is compared
| with the present ruling price. But tha'
only means the character OF the TO-
| caUty has changed or perhaps for a piock
| or more a class of houses was put up
| t,,.t was too expensive for the nelShpoi-
hood and the course OF years mas oiiis
| confirmed such a condition lheH' asaiii'
values are affected in the process OF 'le
| change that the average residehildl iocai'
inv goes through in its way TO pecohiHs
a business region =, IT,,
| In such cases there is first OF all quite
a rapid course downward, theh iohs
level of low values. and finally sradua
rise sucn as has been SHOWN III tht Ms,
tory of G. street. and more receh'ls ~
street, as well as in property IN othei
ocaIities. For the most part the resi-
DENTAL localities of years ago are still useo
for that purpose, and as far as IL Il
nossible to foresee the growth OF the city
they will always continue to be utllZec
| m 49,
fions where the homes of the larger
tyne are found as well as whert
the houses of moderate SIZE are located
The permanency of residential sections Is
one of the characteristics or the city: Sc
that such streets as l street between Eth
and 18th and Il street west of 10th street
where yeas ago, say thirty or more
houses of the larger type were built, CON
Time down to this day unchanged In theli
character.
Section Still Developing.
In fact the X street section may he said
to be still developing, as seen in the re-
vival of building to the north along 10th
street and west of Connecticut avenue
One block to the north is the new resi-
dence OF Mrs. Pullman, one of the largest
and the most costly of the private homes
erected in this city in recent years
which is now receiving the finishing
touches. The structure is not only OF
great extent. but ii occupies ground
which Is unusually spacious for city
building lot Mrs Pullman. unlike soot
many other people, in fact, most of those
IL would seem. who build large houses
acquired ample building ground. One re-
suit is that while she has a big house i,
does not look as If IL was damned into
| a space that was entirely too small for Il
spacious surroundings will be found il
the 18th street region. but considerably
l farther TO the north. where the walls 81
the residence of Henry White are I,
encircles the city to the north.
| There il also an abundance of lawr
space about the home of W. w. Lawrenc,
on Kalorama road west of Connection
Avenue. which is not only probably tn,
largest private residence in the city, blu