Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

On the inside efforts have been
made 50 TO arrange the doors and
windows as to give the appearance
OF greater size and TO eliminate SUI
perfluous and unusible space such as
Is involved in needlesslN large hall
areas
In the construction of the model
houses the builders have cooperated
rot only by varying the detail of the
different houses. which was more
troublesome and expensive TO them,
but in the use OF good materials and
IN assertion to details of good con-
St:uot'cI an6 OF good craftsna nShip.
In general It may be said that tho
model projects represent a decided add
vance over what has been previously
accom- lished, and an example which
81 followed will decidedly improve
housing conditions. In fact, these
projects have served more or less as
a laboratory for experimental work
and it would not appear at first glance
that any very radical improvements
can be made III similar types in the
future. The natural question. then, is
whether these types represent the
only types or the maximum that can
be expected In the future for housing
In Washington.
The question OF cost Is one OF lead.
Ing Importance to the buyer of
home, and the present indications are
that unless fundamental conditions
are changed the buyer is either going
TO pay more and more for houses of
these types, or he is going to be com
PEELED to lower his standards grade
hy grade II his purchase appropria-
ton remains the same. This is due
TO the law OF supply and demand,
which in this case has. perhaps, been
made to work adversely to the public
by the action OF the public itself in
operating to curtail the supply. By
the supply Is meant the area avail
able for extension OF these various
types, these areas being prescribed
by coming regulations, and the changes
IN coming regulations being largely
affected by local sentiment as ex-
pressed at the public hearings.
Seeks TO Meet Demand.
The operative builders have IN this
denomination shown a. desire to
fneet-in fact. to anticipate-the pub
lie demand, and their continuance
along these lines will be largely in
nuenced by the public reaction to
their offerings. Furthermore. the
demonstration has shown that no
type of house need be objectionable
tain type, and that any type of dwell
ing, If properly designed, may be an
Improvement rather than a detriment
to q neigflborhood.
A. disinterested review Of the press |
reports of various coming hearings. |
and an examination of the results OF |
these hearings, shows again and again |
ti1e protests of communities against |
the socalled encroachment of group |
housing and the delimiting of group |
house areas until the available tracts |
have greatly appreciated In value, |
this appreciation being eventually |
horne by the man who buys the i'm |
pnOvements upon the property.
As the largest part of the popular |
Con must, by reason of limited in |
come. occupy group houses or apart |
rnents, and since either the cost of |
these housing, provisions is increased |
d. the size and number of rooms re |
ds1Ced, IL is time that the interested |
part of the public took notice of this |
fact and made felt the weight of |
Stbetr views. 1t would not be from |
sihotce that the dweller in q. row house !
would buy in a high-pIiced downtown |
section, and yet the alternative is |
space for the erection of such build |
3ngs in districts farther removed from |
the intown values. II is not wholly |
from choice or from the desire to- be |
hear an office that the apartment |
tiwener contents himself with one or |
two rooms, kitchenette and bath. If |
for the same money he could obtain |
b. large garden apartment removed |
from the center of the city he would |
be quick to grasp the opportunity.
The general tendency of the coming |