The Washington times., 1923-06-02
,HOT TEL WALKER
: MODEL IS ON
VIEW
Cleverly Executed Miniature
and Painting Give Idea of
New Building.

Reconstruction at connecticut aVenu
ss and De Sales street northwest, to
gether with a group OF splendid!
done paintings Of the exterior ant
interior OF the hotel, placed on ex
s. hibitiong this week at 500 Fifteenth
street northwest, in q large room
4 on the first floor of the Southern
Is building, is attracting much atten
ton.
efs Six Feet Long.
The model, six feet long, two
feet wide and eighteen inches high
shows the building as it will an
pear when completed, and gives Q
splendid idea not alone Of its at
effectiveness, but its magnitude az
& well.
The hotel structure will be 454
feet long on De Sales street, los
= feet on Connecticut avenue and 14O
feet on Seventeenth street, q ground
area of practically one and one
half acres. Well over two acres OF
floor space on the first and base.
nent levels, will be devoted to lob
sbieg, promenade and public rooms.
~ There are seven paintings done
vaby New York artists. One, por.
ftraying the exterior, is a remark
able. piece Of work. 1t shows the
great building as it will look when
eosnpleted. and. faithfully portrays
not only the hotel, but the sur.
Eoundings, with an exactness that
nal1es one wonder if the photog.
rapher's art has not been employ
ed to aid the artist. y
There are six large paintings of
The interior. Perhaps the most
striking OF these depicts the grand
ball room. The room Is 1877 feet
by SO feet, with an elaborate meg
famine floor entirely surrounding.
The walls and vaulted ceiling are
Of two tones OF ivory with ara
besques OF antique gold. There are
Occasional naedaiiions with gilt fig.
nres on Sang de boeuf'' back.
ground: iron work in gilt antiqued;
with base Of black and gold marble.
The Entrance Painting.
The entrance lobby is exception
lily well done. The walls and i'm
nense piers are of Botticino marble,
With ornamental iron in black and
gold. The woodwork is walnut, the
Ioor, marble.
The palm room, SO feet by 76
feet, presents an inviting picture,
with its Travertine walls and floors,
With Yn0ss-green cement, latticed
PANELS on walls and immense dome
ia center. One OF the features of
this room is a large fountain OF
CaTTara marble. The general color
scheme Is light buff and green.
The dining room, 40 feet by 167
Feet, is shown with oyster walls,
adorned with coats OF arms OF the
Early Presidents, statesmen and gem
IN ultra marine, touches OF gold and
Sang de boeuf." There is q large
avonazza marble base.
The gallery, promenade, or as it
may be termed, Peacock Alley
which is over 400 feet in length,
IS feet wide, with high ceiling, is
lone IN cream, black, gold and mar
bic. The floor is of tesselated Bel
dan black and Alabama cream mar
Bile; with ornamental iron in an
ique gold.
The Grill Room.
The grill room is most attractive.
&c occupies a space 120 feet by lis
feet; a large center dancing floor
with Iatticed collonade and eiabor-
ate fountain, is surrounded by a
series of terraces with tables; and
are small pergola booths with tables.
The ceiling and wall decorations
1--WE a vivid impression of beauti.
GuI exterior court or garden.
The associate architects, Robert
r. Beresford, of Washington, and
Warren Wetmore, of New York,
have achieved a masterpiece in
fine hotel architecture. Working in
conjunction with practical hotel ex-
perts, they have, it is confidently
believed, worked out at the same
time a plan that is so intensely
kpractical that it is today attracting
many architects, builders and hotel
men to the city to study its many
i Features.
- In spite of some delays in the
arrival of steel and other materials,
splendid progress is being made on
the immense steel frame, which
today is practically up to the sixth
story and Is moving rapidly toward
aSeOmpletion. Work is well under
way in the laying of the structural
floors both below and above the
street level, and the walls are be-
ling carried up as fast as the plan
ssof construction permits. j. w.
ssGeddes, of the New York office of
Warren and Wetmore, is supervis.
Ing the construction work.
Attracts Many.
Every day thousands Of Wash.
1ngtonians and convention visitors
are attracted by the interestfnp
reconstruction work in progress.
Since Hotel Walker construction
was begun early last fall. real
pstate and building activity on
Eonnecticul avenue has been speed.
led up to a point where scarcely
- week passes that some new enter.
sfprise is not announced. This actiy.
ksaty extends from Pennsylva nia
avenue to Florida avenue, and bofh
aEast and west of Connecticut avenue
Fs1or a considerable distance. 1t Il
Estimated that the total buildin Z
.activity at the present tirnt
.9fhroughout this section is more thar
zsS16 100000 with many millions more
Ynow contemplated and soon to bf
IAN actual fact.
- The interesting exhibit of mode
sand pictures of this mammoth Al
han Il. Walker project will rernair
ION exhibition in the Southern Build
ing until after the Shrine con
Invention.
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