Evening star., 1927-02-16
WILL STUDY-PLANS
FOR MALL STREETS
TriangIe's Future to Be Dis
cussed at TWo-Day Session
of Park Commission.

Planning of the streets and high.
| ways in the proposed Government
building triangle and in the Mall and
discussion of the tentative plans for
park establishment and Improvement
in the metropolitan areas i'll Maryland
and Virginia Immediately adjacent to
the National Capital will be threshed
out at the two-day session of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission here Friday and Saturday.
The commission will take under con-
sideration the enlargement of 3 street
northwest as boulevard from the
| Capitol to the Potomac River and the
matter of continuing the Mall plan
along this highway. In considering
the so-called triangle in which will
be located the proposed ne" Govern
ment buildings the commission will
give particular attention TO the width
of streets in connection with the pres
ntday traffic demands.
Will Meet With State Groups.
The commission will meet jointly
on Saturday with the members of the
Maryland and Virginia planning com
missions and will discuss with them
for the first time the matter of laying
down a comprehensive park develop
ment scheme which will co-ordina te
with the system now in the District
of Columbia as well as the proposed
developments.
The proposed change in the line of
Potomac avenue between Nebra ska
avenue and Weaver place, which is a
section of the proposed Cliff Drive
will be taken up for approval. Sub
sequent to this the commission will
receive a report from one of it's ex-
perts on the proposed neighborhood
centerS. an idea which grew out of
the plans for the construction tf a
bathing beach. The commission has
determined that the city should be
divided up in neighborhood districts.
each of which should have q bathing
pool and recreation center. A study,
therefore. was directed to ascertain
how the District should be divided up
SO as to euualize the facilities in az.
cordance with the population centers
The report. which will he presented
Friday. will lay these divisions before
the commission
Fort Drive to Come Up.
The proposed Fort Drive, the high
way with which it is proposed to con-
meet all of the old Civil War forts.
VIII come up again for consideration.
The commission at this meeting will
undertake to decide whether the drive
proper should be bordered by an ex-
tenslve PARK area or whether il
should just take the form of a high
way. The matter has been forced on
the commission by the failure to pro-
vide funds SO that park lands might
be purchased and many of the areas
Included In the original plans have
been built up in houses.
A public hearing of property owners
will be given on the matter of the
proposed establishment of Bureau
of Standards park Immediately ad-
jacent to that Government institution.
The commission also will consider a
number of small proposed additions
to park land which have been recon-
mended for purchase.
Charles C.. Glover will be called
into conference by the commission
for the purpose of expressing the
Government appreciation of his re.
cent sale of IL acres of park land in
Anacostia for 81. and the commission
also will ask him for any suggestions
he might have for park DEVELOPMENT
in the District of Columbia and it's
environs.