The Washington times., 1925-06-01
R { Oh "a I 10 n
CENTER FOR
WASHINGTON
New $500, 900 Building
When Completed Will Be
Structure Of Beauty

Plans are rapidly being completed
for the construction Of q huge and
costly recreation center commensu-
rate with Washinkton's position as
a world capital, to be erected by a
syndicate Of business men headed
by Meyer Davis, orchestra magnate.
The structure will cost approx
mately 81 100000 and win house
q large gymnasiuni appropriate for
the staging Of large indoor athletic
events, q SWIMMING pool which will
be the biggest in the city. Fifty
bowling alleys and a like number
OF billiard tables will combine in
an ensemble of bowling billiard
amusement unequalled in the
country.
While final decision as to the
site Of the new project has not
yet been announced, 1t is under
stood that one of two desirabl :
sites in the downtown theatrical
district, now under consideration,
will be selected.
Completion of this new recrea-
tion center will give washington
an amusement cenIer of remark
able beauty and unexcelled con-
venience," said Morris Simon, gen
eral counsel Of the Davis organiza-
ton, when announcing the pre-
liminary plans for the new project.
mo expense will be spared in
creating a recreation center COM
bining real architectural beauty
with the most practical and modern
arrangements for indoor sports and
the handling Of the large crowds
that will naturally be attracted to
a place of this type. The result
will be an establishment well
worthy Of the nations capital III
every way"
The swimming pool, which will
be one of the star features of the
building, is to be a Tremendously
large affair, capable of accommo-
dating hundreds Of swimmers with
irgotn with a water playground
sure to be heavily patronized in
these days of constantly growing
enthusiasm for swimming. In the
winter the chill will be taken from
the water by system of heating
coils and water sports will be as
available as in summer. Special
programs of aquatic events will be
staged, while novelty stunts similar
to those produced at the Florida
coast resorts will add to the general
gGyety.
The gymnasium attached to the
center will be suitable for the stag
ing of important athletic events.
Comfortable and abundant seating
arrangements will make the gym
particularly we'll adapted for basket
ball games, boxing matches and the
like. Competent physical instructors
will organize classes in physical
culture for both men and girls, and.
large quantities of the newest and
most modern athletic equipment will
be installed for the convenience of
these classes.
The wide popularity of bowling in
Washington has determined the syn
dicate managing the recreation CEN
ter project to include at least fifty
bowling alleys, thus creating
bowling establishment larger than
the Meyer Davis Kingpin Bowling
Alleys, now the largest place of it's
type in the East. All of the bowl.
ing resorts in the downtown dis
trict of Washington are compare
lively limited in capacity and usu-
ally oVercrowded during the bowling
season. The new bowling center is
aimed to relieve this congestion and
to also serve as a headquarters for
all star bowling matches.
Billiard accommodations will in
clude fifty tables. Practically