The Washington times., 1923-11-10
AERIAL PHOTOS
AROUSE B|G-
INTEREST
Lee Heights Sales Increased
BY. Public Attention !
to Views.

A great deal ne interest has been
aroused in washington real estate
circles by the use OF airplane pno-
tographs in the advertisement anQ
sale Of subdivision and residentlai
properties. .
One Of the first to use airplane
pictures here is Ruby Lee Minar,
the Washington real estate woman
who is developing Lee Heights,
4O0-acre subdivision in Arlington
county, Va.
Aside from their advertising value,
an important purpose Of these pho
tographs is depicted graphically and
faithfully, as it has not been pos
sible heretofore, the exact location
OF the property for sale with respect
to the center of the city.
In the photographs Of Lee
Heights, the camera shows the
Chain Bridge road, which passes the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
and the Lee Highway which inter-
sects this road and leads into town
over the new Key bridge. The
homes which already have been built
in this beautiful section OF the cour-
ty are easily distinguishable as well
as the new streets which are being
cut through in the development of
the property. The Potomac river
is seen in the background and on
the other side, Georgetown.
Louis MacSpadden, the pi1otog-
rapher. also got several good pic
lures OF the grounds OF the Coun-
try Club, with the clubhouse and
with the imposing Colonial resi-
dence Of DR.. Presley M. Rixey.
lnv
amount Of building has been under
taken since the property. was put
on the market last summer.
Condr. Il. M. Blackwell, retired,
one of the older purchasers, is
planning the erection of $4,000
home on the large site which he
owns at Grand avenue and Chain
Bridge Road and near the home
Of DIR. Rixey.
Mrs. Lucy b. Watts is complet-
ing an attractive stucco dwelling
of eight rooms on Chain Bridge
Road near the Lee Highway.
A seven-rOom Dutch Colonial
homo with built-in garage Is being
built on Spring Drive, in the wooded
section, by Mrs. Fanny Carpenter
Hall, Of Trenton, N. j. Mrs. Hall
is arranging to build another house
for speculation In the same section.
Three new homes are going up
on Highview Terrace, which has q
fine elevation and view. One Of
them, Spanish type, twO-story
bungalow, is being built by NJ. r.
M. Bowers, an Arlington county
builder. A six-room house is being
constructed for Mrs. L. @. Hits.
Richard IT. Love plans five-room
bungalow on an attractive site. All
of these new homes will command
a fine view of Washington and
the valley OF the Potomac.
An .eight-room house. with two
baths. recently completed by Mrs.
Sumner Perkins, was sold this
week to p. L. Vernon, who will
move his family here from VIII.
mington, Ohio.
Charles Puglisi is building for
sale Al five-room bungalow in Sec
ton 8, Lee Heights, this part or
the property having been originally
a part Of the old Wunder estate.
Many who are planning to start
their homes next spring are now
picking out their sites, according
to Mrs. Minar.
"All indications" she said, "are
that next year will be the biggest
Guiding year that Arlington county
has ever had. Construction In the
county began to mount shortly after
the arrnistice and IL now going on
at rate many times that OF any
other period In its history"