The Washington herald., 1922-07-21
REFUSE to- CHANGE
zONINC STATUS OF
NYCITY PROPERTY
Tract of Land in North
east Will Remain in
Residential Class.
CITIZENS OBJECTED
Syndicate Sought Transfer to
Develop Land Into In
dustrial Sites.


yesterday refused to grant the pc
tition of the Ivy City Land syndi-
cate to rezone to Industrial the
tract of land ying between Ivy
City and the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks.
The property is northeast of Ken
dali Green and lies in the angle
formed by the prolongation of New
York and West Virginia avenues
northeast 1t is now zoned resi-
Dental.
Several of the citizens associa-
tons whose territory lies in the Ivy
CITY section were represented at
the hearing and raised strenuous
objection to the change in zoning.
York Attacks Petition.
Don H. York. president of the
Trinidad Citizens Association. led
the attack on the petition. He
charged that the petition represent
ed the first step toward the coming
OF the Patterson tract as Industrial
and would seriously interfere with
the plan to develop the section into
a residential section.
Among the plans that have been
suggested for this section are those
calling for the establishment of
large park and the removal of the
present city refuse dump. In the
Immediate neighborhood of the tract
are found the Columbia Institute for
the Deaf and Dumb. the Mount OIL
Vet Cemetery, Trinidad. and Mount
Hamilton.
A. j. Driscoll. president of the
Aidcity Citizens Association, sup
ported the stand taken by York.
President Percival Hall, of Gallau-
det, also voiced his objections to
the proposed change.
Realtors Favor Change,
The proposed change was SUD-
orted by r.. B. II. Lyon, represent
ing the syndicate, and number of
local real estate dealers LYON
maintained that il was impossible
TO market the property as residen-
tial property. while there was a
great demand for low-priced indus
trial sites.
II mas been rumored that the prom
erty was to be bought by the Penn
sylVania Railroad for use as a freight
yard. The last tax assessment for
the property was against the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company.
Among the realtors who defended
the change were Joseph l. Weller
and Morton j. Luchs. None OF those
interested would intimate what would
be the final disposition cf the prop
erty.
Permission was granted for the
erection OF building II feet high at
the intersection of Maryland avenue,
First and B streets northeast The
new building will house the Board
Of Temperance. Prohibition and Pub
lie Morals of the Methods: Church.
The section was previously zoned 55
feet in height.
Height Limit Changed.
At Eighteenth and H streets north
west. the height limit was changed
from IS to 110 feet to permit the
erection of an office building on Eigh-
teenth street to house the Otis Eleva-
tor Company.
Property at the intersection of
Maple and Carroll streets in Takoma
Park were changed from residential
to first commercial. A similar change
was made along the north side of
Church street northwest. between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
A proposal to change a territory
lying on North Capitol street near
Bryant and Claiming streets from
residential to first commercial was
denied by the Commission. Similar
unfavoraDfe decisions were reached
for property lying on p street north
west between Third and Fourth
streets. and SQUIRE 1916 lying between