The Washington times., 1925-05-30
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Eleven important Tracts PuF.
chased in Last Three
Months

Expansion Of the District park
system is now going forward more
rapidly than at any time in the
history of the National Capital, It
was revealed today in q survey of
the work Of the National Capital
Park Commission, the Arlington
Memorial Bridge Commission and
the Rock Creek Potomac Parkway
Commission.
During the past three months
eleven important park tracts have
been purchased. Condemnation
proceedings are now pending for
acquisition Of portions Of two
more highly important areas.
Plans are under way for still
more acquisitions. BY purchase Of
condemnation. Two large park
areas have been given to the
District.
Riyexside DriEe Planned
Through these acquisitions : sub
staIitiai start has been made on
thre higlll important parkway
projects VIII teh haHe had the atten-
ton OF civic leaders Of Waahingt0n
for a. half century.
One OK these ~ the proposed fort
drive and parkway connecting the
forts and batteries which were
thrown up in q circle around Wash
ington during the Civil War. An
other Is the creation OF q magnifi-
cent riverside drive and parkway
along both shores Of the Potomac
from Fort Washington to Great
Falls. The third is the Piney
Branch and KIingle Valley croas-
town parkway.
A new parkway prOpect has been
instituted and carried almost to
completion during the past few
months. The project began with
the donation Of the Glover and
Archbold parkways by Charles C.
Glover and Mrs. Anne Archbold.
Since that time these tracts have
been added to by the purchase OF
smaller tracts 50 az. to make
continuous parkway between Wis
cons1n avenue and Forty-second
street, in the Burleith section. This
park, which is heavily wooded is
expected to be one OF the finest
natural parks in the District.
Buy Norment Tract.
The first purchase by the COM
mission added to the Glover. Arch
bold parkway large tract owned
by Clarence r. Norment
The first purchase in the Klingle
valley area was made from Harry
Wardman, the land acquired living
on the south side OF KlingIe valley
along the west side of Connecticut
avenue.
The Klingle valley tract has since
been enlarged by purchase OF four
additional parcels OF land on both
sides OF Connecticut avenue, the
largest single purchase having
been made on the east side from
Barber and Ross, this tract com
prising 7O,SS4 square feet. Another
area Of $4,000 square feet was ac-
quired east Of the avenue adjoining
the Barber and Ross site.
Two. important purchases were
made in the fort boulevard and
parkway, the first being the addi.
tion to Fort Dupont park in
Anacostia of 70.7 acres. The site
OF Fort Bayard, covering 160,O 200
square feet, on River road between
Western avenue and Fessenden
street northwest, was also pur-
chased.
Talkoma Park Purchase.
An important purchase has been
made in Takoma Park in the buy
ing of nearly five acres OF beauti-
fully forested land between Third
and Fourth and Van Buren, and
Whittier streets.
Seventeen condemnation proceed
ings have been instituted by the
Rock Creek-Potomac Parkway Com
mission for acquisition Of approx
mately twelve acres along that
parkway, on which clearing and
grading work will be undertaken
this summer.
Six condemnation proceedings
have been begun for securing of
the Piney Branch valley parkway.
One Of the most important park
purchases made in Washington in
a quarter of a century has just
been completed by the Arlington
Memorial Bridge Commission in the
of the Virginia shore of
the Potomac for. three-quarters of
a mile, from Arlington to Rosslyn,
back from the shore to
the Pennsylvania railroad right Of