Evening star., 1917-03-23
NEW CRANDALL THEATER
AT 10TH ANDF STREETS
Structure Will Be Sixth Link in
Chain of Promoters Playhouses
in This City.

4 sixth link of the chain of Crandall
| theaters in Washington. one that is
10 involve an expenditure of more than
100000. is to be built at the south
east corner of 10th and F. streets
northwest. according to an announce
, ment made today by Harry NJ. Crandall.
The entrance to the theater will be on
F street and the building will have
an L-shape which will also give it a
wide frontage on 10th street. The
property at the immediate corner of
10th and f streets is not included in
the plan. however.
The entrance on + street will have
a width of sixty feet and will include
properties known as 932 to 936 street.
The properties on 10th street include
the Lee building, extending from 523
structures known as 517, o19 and 81
10th street. between it and the old
Ford Theater building.
The building at 519 10th street is
unique in that il is the narrowest
business structure in Washington. hav-
ing a width of only ten feet.
Purchase of the properties has in
Volved an outlay of S450.oOo, il is
stated. and before the structure is
completed the expenditure will exceed
$500 900 according to present estimates.
To Be Called Crandall's Metropolitan
The theater. which is to be known as
Crandalrs Metropolitan, and which. ac-
! cording to present plans. will be COM
pleted by October next, will seat about
$500 persons On the main floor there
will be 1,400 seats. 900 in a balcony
and there will be seats for about 200
persons III ioge boxes. Within the en-
trance there will be an oval-shaped
foyer approximately thirty by sixty
feet in size.
there will he a promenade lounge
which will measure thirty by seventy
feet and which will be used for dancing
and the serving of tea and other re-
freshments. Instead of stairway the
two floors will be connected by a
gradual incline. Twelve loge boxes,
each containing four rows of seats. will
be located forward of the mezzanine,
and it is proposed to reserve them for
parties desiring reservations. Retiring
rooms for the patrons of the theater
will be located on all the floors.
The theater is to be lighted by the
semi-direct system of fixtures. Ivory.
gold and old rose will be the prevailing
rating the interior and the architecture
will conform to the Adam period.
There will be no pillars. Mosaic and
terrazo flooring. marble. tile and vain
scoting with marble trimmings. all
harmonic. will unite in forming
palatial interior effect. a ventilating
system of sufficient extent to provide a
fresh change of air every few minutes
will be installed.
Twelve Exits for Building.
There will be twelve exits from the
building, located on the + street and
10Th street frontages and on a broad
alley in the rear of the structure On
either side of the F street entrance
there will be stores with offices above
them. Mr.. -Crandall will have his main
office i'm one OF them. The building will
be surmounted by a gold dome. pattern-
ed after that of the Rialto Theater, in
New York city.
work will be started on the structure
as soon as Reginald w. Geare, archi-
tect. completes the detail plans and con-
tracts are signed. 1t is hoped to have
be ready for an opening at the same
time as CrandallS knickerbocker, now
being built at 18th street and Column
bia road northwest. Mr.. Crandalfs
other theaters are: Crandalls. 9Th and
+ streets northwest; Crandalfs Savoy.
CrandalPs Apollo 624 II street north
east, and Crandalrs Avenue Grand. GAS
PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast
The purchase of the properties was
made in the name of the Crandall The
ater Company, of which Mr.. Crandall is
president.
The sales were negotiated by Theo-
dore NJ. Judd, Francis S. DUNCAN. the
F.. H. Smith Company and 3. Howard
Richards Of Baltimore.