The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-19
.NAR|ETTAPARK
LOTS WILL BE
AUCT|0NEDOFF
Joseph ?. Day Declares Wash
ington Never Had Better
Opportunities.

Few cities In the country can boast
so much home building activity a. II
now being enjoyed In Washington. A
tour OF the northwest section would
be amply sufficient to silence any pes
simist who had said or even thought
that things were not moving. Where
ever one looks there IL seen the car
penter or plumber. mason. painters.
and artisans Of all classes and callinEs.
Dwellings. both modest and preten-
tentious, are springing up on all sides.
These activities are a great tribute
both to the industry Of the residents
here and to Washington AZ q home
center.
Even greater impetus Will be given
to home building within a few days
when Joseph p. Day will sell at auction
two hundred building lots In Marietta
Park. This splendid site for homes oc-
cupies about twenty acres. The lots
average from 1000 to $500 square
feet. This property Is especially de-
sirable because of the fact that those
lots north of Madison street are in
the restricted district, and on them
can be erected either frame or brick
dwellings. Those lots lying south of
Madison street are available for rows
Of houses, II the purchaser so desires
to utilize them. Concord avenue runs
through the property. This thorough.
fare IL already built to Third street.
Another striking Improvement which
will greatly enhance the value of this
property will be the opening of Fifth
street from Longfellow street to Rit.
tenhouse street. The boundaries Of
the properties can be described in q
general way as from Shepherd road
north to Peabody street, and lying
between Fourth and Fifth streets.
Good Transit Service.
The transit service makes 1t easy of
access, and for the many who will 60
to inspect the property. q boardwalk
has been laid from the Fourteenth
street-Takoma Park line at the Ogle-
thorpe street stop leading to property.
Another entrance Is at Kennedy and
Fifth streets.
Joseph p. Day. who will sell this
property, has already this year dis
posed of Si2.000.000 worth OF real e.
tate at public auctions. He has just
been retained by >the Government to
sell 1900 houses at Camden and Bris.
toll. These were built for the ship
workers during the war.
Mr.. Day Is well known in Washing
ton, where he recently conducted sales
for the estate Of o. @. Staples and for
the Marshall Brown syndicate. He
said he had never experienced In his
career Of twenty-five years of active
real estate selling, a time when the
market presented such intense activity
along building lines.
Proof Of Revival.
Mr.. Day points to the sale Of the
Marshall Brown Syndicate property or
Georgia avenue, last spring, as posi-
tive proof that the auction method Il
the best plan for building up com
munities quickly. Although only si1
months have elapsed. this property
which in the spring was absolutely
vacant. II now dotted with attractiv,
homes. The auction method, Mr.. Day
points out, also furnishes the bes
money-making possibilities for specula
tors, because communities are born II
day. and improvements make value,
increase.
The sale of the Marietta Park prop
erty will be held November IS. at 2:3(
o'clock in the afternoon, at the Arcade
Fourteenth street and Park road.