Evening star., 1925-12-31
NORTH PARK AREA
IS RECOMMENDED
Commission Would Give Cap
ItaI Another Handsome
Approach.

ApplUdCii.
Establishment Of "A great parkway
rraa at the northern end Of the ex-
tension Of Sixteenth street, 10 he
known as the northern portal to
Washington, Il parkway approximate /
nE go feet in width. extending about
half mile from kaiuia street TO
Alaska avenue. near the northern end
af Walter Reed Hospital, tying in
with the Identification of other APP
proaches to the Capital, has been rec
ummended by the Fine Arts Commis-
sion. il was announced today.
Al the same time the fine arts body
svnouuced its intention to concur in
any representations that may be made
70 Congress hy the District Commits
,iouers for Improvement of the FIT
feenth and IL streets approach TO the
.ity from the north and northeast.
A recommendation for the cleaning up
# Rosslyn and proper treatment of
the Virginia end of the Highway
Bridge 10 conform with the parkway
plan proposed ON the Virginia side OF
The Potomac between the Military
road and Rosslyn has already been
made.
Provide Through Route.
Extension of sixteenth street across
Ealmfa street to the District line, the
commission explained, will provide
through route from the White House
NJ the southern end of the Avenue
Il Presidents 10 the west through
Rockville and 70 the north through
the Elicott city route TO Baltimore.
In the District of Columbia, branches
VIII go from Sixteenth street into
Rock Creek, connecting with the pro-
seCted Potomac parkway designed as
a connecting link between Rock Creek
and Potomac Parks and the Mall, and
another road, the proposed Fort
Drive, viii connect up the extensive
rhain of,old Civil War forts as far east
IS AnaCOstia with the Northern Portal.
Designed by James L. Greenleaf,
landscape architect member of the
commission, and surveyed three weeks
ago by members of the Fine Arts Com
mission and the National Capital Park
commission, the site for the proposed
northern portal lends itself we'll to
Uark development, officials of the com
mission said today. The site is located
on u hill in one of the highest parts
If the District, midway between the
Village of Silver Spring, in nearby
Maryland, and Walter Reed Hospital,
where the present cutoff through
Alaska avenue to Georgia avenue now
forms the connecting link between Six
leenth street and the road to the west
md to Baltimore through Rockville
md EiIicott City.
New Bridge Possible
Officials of the commission said the
projected route would not eliminate
silver Spring from the western and
northern traffic route but might mean
construction of a new bridge over the
tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. a new bridge is now under con-
strnction LOO yards south of Silver
spring.
Plan Semi Circle Areas.
Al each end of the haIf-mile area,
which the commission has proposed to
develop as Washington most impor-
Jant northern gateway, would be semi
circular areas capable of treatment Of
monument character, with gateways
Ind possibly monuments at the end
of the parkway areas running down
The center OF the 220-foot roadway.
Work on the extension of Sixteenth
street from Alaska avenue to kalmia
street, authorized by Congress with an
appropriation of $40. 800 in the present
District appropriations measure, is now
II progress. The only part OF the
sixteenth street extension plan lack
ing after Sixteenth street is run
through 10 the District line viii be
"a short piece of road, not over a half
mile in length, connecting through
Silver Spring with the Brookeville
pike, which is the extension of Georgia
avenue. 1t is on this road that a new
bridge over the railroad tracks may
be needed. as present plans would
place the new road north of the pres
cnt Alaska avenue intersection with
Georgia avenue.
Two years ago the District Commis-
sioners sent to Congress plans and
estimates for creation of a large park
area at Fifteenth and II streets north
EAST, TO beautify the northeastern ap-
proach 70 Washington. These plans
had been elabOrately worked out and
provided for routing of traffic through
parkways with proper placement OF
street car tracks and the present
washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
terminus. Although Congress did not
act on this proposal, the commission
stands ready TO again recommend it.
Would Amend Highway Law.
The present District highway law.
fine Arts Commission officials said,
VIII nave 10 De amended TO permit a
@20-foot right of way at the northern
portal, as the law now permits pur-
chase of land with a maximum width
of but 100 feet for highways.
The Fort drive would tie up with
Rock Creek Park south of Walter
Reed Hospital and run through the
northeast section of the city to the
proposed National Arboretum. located
on the banks of the Anacostia River,
uther the National Training School.
II would traverse territory made his
Torie in Civil War days, including the
sites of Forts Greble, Carroll, Stanton,
Wagner, Baker, Davis, Dupont, Shop
lin, Nahan, Bunker Hill, Totten, S1o-
cum, Stevens, De Russey and Bayard
and Batteries Ricketts,. kemble, Yer
mont and Parrot.
With these two approaches from
rhe north and east taken care of,
Rosslyn, one Of the western gate
ways, cleaned up and the Highway
entrance included in the projected i'm
proYement of the Military road and
Alexandria Mount Vernon road. the