Evening star., 1927-12-07
HOSPITAL SEEKS
CHANGE IN zON|NG
Emergency to Be Enlarged
by 8-Story Addition if Re-
quest Is Granted.

Proposed plans for enlarging Emer.
gency Hospital by the erection Of an
S-story addition OH the site of the
Cox Building adjoining it on the
east. were outlined by Edward Cliff.
ford, member of the board of trus-
tees, at a public hearing today of the
Zoning Commission.
The plans were revealed in con.
nection with the commissions consi.
deration Of the application of the
hospital for rezoning of the Cox
Building property to increase the
present restriction Of 80 feet to 110
feet.
Mr.. Clifford explained that if the
application is approved an S-story
structure could be erected, which
would be the same height as the
present hospital building The new
building would have a frontage of
4712 feet on New York avenue, he
said. and a depth of about 107 feet.
Would Enlarge Operating Room.
An eight-story addition he pointed
| out, also would make it possible to
extend the operating room on the
eighth floor of the hospital building
which is desirable. The addition he
emphasized, is urgently needed. as the
institution is now forced to turn away
patients because of the lack of accom-.
modationS.
No opposition was registered to the
hospitals application, and indications
are that it will be approved.
Considerable objection was voiced
however, to an application Of DR.
Joseph Ryan for a rezoning of prem.
ises at 1000 r street from residential
to commercial, to permit its occupan'
cy as tea room. The opposition came
chiefly from residents in the neigh
borhood who thought that the pro
posed change would open the 200C
block of r street to an invasion by
commercial establishments, which
they declared are not needed as there
are already 13 vacant business proper
ties on the adjacent square of Con
necticut avenue. The Dupont Circle
Citizens Association, represented by
E. S. Lloyd, also opposed the change
in accordance with it's policy Of OBJ
jecting to the conversion of any resi-
Dental property within its territory to
commercial usage.
Property Held Useless for Homes.
One of the ardent advocates of the
change was Paul M. Linebarger
zoos r street, who told the commits
sion that the property was useless
for residential purposes, and that
because of it's proximity to Connecti-
cut avenue it was natural business
area.
An application for change from
residential to first commercial on
three lots on Seventeenth street
southeast between A and East Capt.
tai streets was withdrawn by the ap-
plicant without prejudice. No op-
position was registered to an appli-
cation of the Wardman Construction
Co., for change in the height limit
from 80 to 110 feet on the rear por-
tion of 425 Seventh street.
A number of applications for the
inclusion of properties in the newly
created semi-restricted areas were
considered by the commission. These
included property between Fourteenth
and Sixteenth streets north of Var
Buren, street, property situated on the
south side of Veazey street between
Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets
property in North Cleveland Park and
property bounded by Garrison streets
River road, Western avenue, Harri
son street and Forty-fifth street.