Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
A Year of Capital Making.

Washingtonians: with pride in their
city and faith in it's future as a center
of culture and art as well as the seat
of Government. will regard the clos
ing year 1925 with feelings OF thank
fitness. For during the twelve months
1usr ending great advance has been
accomplished toward the attainment
Of the ideal set for the Capital. Def
mite progress has been made in the
direction of the fulfillment of prom
ises long delayed of execution Differ
ences of opinion as to the exact de.
tails of plans for the evolution of the
District have been adjusted, laws have
been enacted and others have been
advanced almost to the point OF enact
ment, until it is now possible to look
forward, only little time, to the COM
pletion of projects which will make
Washington pre-eminent among the
cities Of the world.
A public building plan has been
adopted, contemplating the expen-
Cliture in this city Of $4,000, 900,
which will provide the United States
with its necessary equipment for the
transaction of it's business. In imme-
date contemplation are several struc.
lures which will be located in accord
ance with a plan the foundations of
which were laid long ago, and which
was actually begun in the acquisition
of five blocks that have remained un.
improved for two decades. The Senate
has passed and the House will shortly
pass also bill which calls for the
purchase Of all the lands remaining
within the great triangle, so that all
the structures soon to be erected will
be assured of sites in harmony with
the Governments existing outfit and
in proper relation also to the park de-
velopments of the near future.
The interrupted development Of the
capitalization Plaza has been put in
the way of early completion. An
enactment provides for the cutting Of
a boulevard from the station to the
Mali and thence, alongside the central
reservation, to the Lincoln Memorial
and the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
This will clear away disfigurements at
the Capitol end of the central stretch
Of Pennsylvania avenue, and. assure
the eventual. probably the early, re-
demption of the whole Of the Capitals
chief thoroughfare from the effects Of
long neglect and the blight Of an un-
fulfilled project Of Mall-Avenue i'm.
provement.
City park plans have been placed
in the hands of a competent commits
sion working in harm ony with the
Public Building Commission and the
Commission of Fine Arts, assuring
that the loss OF valuable areas es-
pecially suitable for preservation as
park spaces will be checked and the
development Of the Capital as the
worlds chief park city will proceed.
During the past year, as enactments
and decisions have succeeded, all tend.
ing to the early execution of long
considered plans, an expression has
become a commonplace in this city:
The next ten years will witness a
transformation IN Washington" Con.
fidence has succeeded despair regard
ing the fruition Of plans. Forces have
become concentrated. whereas hereto
fore they have been dispersed, And,
best Of all, IL is assured that the re-
suits OF the works which very soon
will begin in actually Will be in the
last degree satisfactory. Archite ctural
unity is assured by the simultaneous
execution Of individual building prof.
ects. Harmony is guaranteed by the
cooperation OF the various agencies.
Verify, the year 1926 Will be marked
in the annals of Washington as a
year of great progress, always to be
remembered as the time of the actual
realization OF vision cherished for
more than a generation.