Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-30

Persons whose business does not call
| them often to the outlying parts OF the
| city, and whose suburban visits, con-
| sequently, may be no more frequent than
| once in a year, will be astonished at the
city's growth to the north. beyond the
old boundary Florida avenue or Bound
airy street." as 1t Is still called by many.
One may now go as far as three miles or
more northward from the White House
| without getting beyond the closely built
up streets, which, with their rows upon
| rows of houses, are in all essentials city
| streets. Particularly is this true Of 1th
street or Georgia avenue north of Florida
| avenue.
In this section there Is now less vacant
| land than may be found in almost any
other part of the city, and what remains
Is merely idle until the real estate man
and the promoter of additions and sub
divisions gets around to 1t. 1t has been
several years since the last vestige or
| line of demarcation was wiped out at TIN
street and Florida avenue, and one may
| travel for at least twenty blocks north
| of that point on Georgia avenue and
still see the indications of city develop
ment along that avenue and on the cross
streets that intersect it.
| Georgia avenue Is now entirely built
up, and the same is true or the slde
| streets. whose rows OF houses extend ali
| the way from the Columbia Heights re-
gion to the grounds about the SCORERS
Home One of the large, unoccupied plots
| Of ground still remaining Is now oelne
rapidly covered with houses through the
enterprise Of Harry Wardmap In order
| to carry out his schemes OF building LOU
| houses Mr.. Wardman has a steam shower
% south side of COlumDla
road between Georgia avenue ana Sher-
man avenue, while corps OF Workmen
| Is building rows of two-Story houses
along the Sherman avenue and Harvard
street fronts of the square. The Column
bia road front Is to be built up In the
same manner.
Farther to the north men are at work
grading a large tract of land near the
! intersection of New Hampshire avenue
| and Georgia avenue. while a little farther
on is the scene of the great building en-
| terprise Of Kennedy Bros, which Will re-
| suit in the erection of 313 houses on the
ground along the east side or georgia
avenue and extending south of Rock
Creek Church road.
Started a Year Ago.
This great undertaking was started a
wear ago by the erection of houses on
Rock Creek Church road, and now
the entire frontage, extending from
Georgia avenue to the limits of the Sol
diers' Home grounds, has been COM
pleted, with start made toward build
ing I'D the west front of Warder street.
the first thoroughfare east of Georgia
avenue Altogether sixty houses have
been built and they are all occupied by
people who have bought them.
Kennedy Brothers are now building on
Quebec street, the first east and west
street south of Rock Creek Church road
which they have opened through their
property Eight three-story houses are
now going up on the north side Of Que
bee street, and eight two-story houses
on the south side. The houses on the
north side have a frontage Of twenty-five
feet each, and contain eight and nine rooms
and two baths AS in the case Of the
long row first built. the houses are ar
ranged in groups Of ten. with space
of thirty-two feet between the groups, so
that semi detached houses are to be
found as we'll as those in rows.
At the northwest corner OF New Hamp-
shire avenue and Shepherd street. G. B.
Hight is erecting twenty-one houses.
which will contain six and eight rooms.
He is using for the exterior walls a brick
of light shade
Development Along Upshur Street.
On the east side Of the avenue be-
tween Shepherd and Upshur streets a row