Evening star., 1927-10-16
DISTRICT TO SEEK
FUND FOR STUDY OF
HOUSING PROBLEM

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gram for the municipal center would
come just where the new broad avenue
from Union Station, already authorized
as part of the program of extending
the Capitol grounds to Union Station
paza, will connect with Pennsylvania
avenue. It would also be where B
street will cross Pennsylvania avenue
when extended, as directed in the
Arlington Memorial Bridge act to be-
come the main approach to that new
bridge.
The schemes for development of
this site as d municipal center have
been considered. and it is TO WORK out
the best possibilities of this new loca'
ton that an appropriation Will be
asked from the incoming Congress
for careful. detailed expert study.
The tentative plan considers group
ing District activities into three build
ings-one a main administration build
ing for all executive officers; another.
a police and fire headquarters build
recorder of deeds building. to house
the juvenile. municipal and police
courts
One scheme would place the main
administra ton building on the north
side Of Pennsylvania avenue. between
Third street and John Marshall place.
1t would place the court house and
recorder of deeds building on the
opposite side of John Marshall place
along the north side of Pennsylvania
avenue to Sixth street. 1t would place
the police and fire headquarters build
ing on the north side of the site facing
- street and Louisiana avenue. across
the street from the existing Police
court Building. The other fourth of
| the site-between Third street and
John Marshall place, Third and D
streets and Louisiana avenue. would
! temporarily be left vacant for future
expansion.
Not an Ideal Plan,
| 1t is recognized that this is not an
! ideal plan, because it would push the
| proposed court house building away
| from the north side of the layout. op.
posite Judiciary Square and the pres
ent Police Court to the Pennsylvania
avenue frontage. This would be
necessary because in the proposed re
! grouping of agencies the court grour
| would need more space than the police
and fire headquarters group. and il
the design of two buildings on the
| Pennsylvania avenue frontage is fol
| lowed. 1t will be necessary to make
the building between John Marshal
place and Siff1th street a large one
so as to harmonic in height anC
otherwise with the proposed admin
istration building on the other hall
of the avenue front, between ThirC
street and John Marshall Place.
| The second plan-Which is the pro
posal of the Commission of Fine Art:
and models after layouts abroad. is tC
erect one long building across the
| entire Pennsylvania avenue frontage
| from Third to Sixth street. with a wide
| central arch where John Marshal place
now Is, which would carry a stree
directly through the main municipa
building. This plan calls for two bis
wings along Third and Sixth streets
leaving the Interior of the square fol
a big court. The present Distric
Court House would fit into this plan
fronting into the court. and the mu
nicipal group would in general way
correspond to the present grouping
on Judiciary Square.
A somewhat similar scheme Is II
contemplation for development of the
site now occupied by the Districr
Building. One plan drawn is fol
erecting mammoth building alons