The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-18
CITIZENS Ass n.
Of PARK VIEW
ISACT|VE
Brought About First Comnun-
ity Store and Started Ship
By-Truck Service.

With the record to its credit Of
having brought about the first COM
munity store in America, the first
ship by truck" service, the first
Ischoolhouse postal station, the first
community census and the first
community school census in Wash
ington, the Park View Citizens As
ISOLATION, one Of Washington's most
active civic bodies, has launched
Ia fight for a number of community
and city improvements.
Among the most vital improve.
ments sought are the paving OF
Georgia avenue from Florida ave-
nue. to Fairmont street northwest,
enlargement Of the Park View
school,, the only school In Wash
ington operating on the platoon
system, paving of Otis street north
west, better lighting OF Georgia
avenue. and improvement Of the
Park View playground.
An Important Highway.
The fight for repaving Of Georgia
avenue is being conducted jointly
with the Mid City citizens asocia-
ton, though the portion to be Inn
proved lies entirely within the terri
tory Of the Park View association.
This thoroughfare is one OF the
main highways into Washington
from the North and is the only
north and south street between
First and Tenth streets northwest
from Florida avenue to the Park
View, Brightwood. Brightwood Park,
n Tell TlraNa I1A
cause of the fact that the lower
with cobble stones, all of the auto
mobile traffic between First and
Fourteenth streets is diverted into
Sherman avenue and Tenth street,
which has become the city's most
during the morning and evening
hours, with the possible exception
of Sixteenth street northwest.
The Park View association is
largely credited with the laying of
heavier track on the Georgia ave-
nue. Ninth street car line and the
paving with asphalt between the
tracks The fight for this sorely
needed improvement was conducted
largely through the community
newspaper, The Park View Citizen.
The better lighting of Georgia ave-
nue., which is rapidly developing
into one of the foremost commercial
thoroughfares in the upper north
west section of the city, is being
made the goal of holly contested
fight.
The condemnation of a row of
homes on Sixth street behind the
Park View School, to permit en-
largement Of the school, is an aim
of the association which has pre-
cipitated the bitterest fight in the
history of any citizens association.
Double Platoon School.
The school, in sixteen classrooms
and five portable buildings, is con-
Quoting thirty two classes. Only
through adoption of the platoon
system, which places a double bur-
den on the teachers of the school,
and handicaps the pupils, can the
children of the neighborhood re-
ceive any educational facilities.
Though the school has been open
but about four years and, at the
time of it's opening, was considered
ample for many years to come, it
was overcrowded during the first
year by the exceedingly rapid
growth of the neighborhood. The
area from WHICH pupIlS are dAHllllSu
to the school has been cut down re-
peatedly and pupils turned away to
other schools.
The association has been exceed
ingly active in the fight for an
adequate school building program,
two members of the association be-
ing leading figures in the citizens
committee on schoolS-John S.
Beach, chairman of the schools
committee, and Mrs. w. 7. Banner
man.
The association recently took
upon itself the burden OF grading
and cleaning up the Park View
playground, the only playground
within a radius of a mile. 1t is
now fighting for permanent i'm
provement of the ground by placing
of retaining walls, planting of
trees. and provision OF a wading
and swimming pool.
The association, which was created
In 1908, came to widespread notice
with the opening OF q community