Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-24
ARCHITECTS ASKED
TO STUDY TRIANGLE
ConsuItants' Board Urged to
Survey Plans With View
to Future Needs.

The Board of Architectural Con-
sultants has been asked by Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon to conduct
preliminary studies of all proposed
buildings in the great triangle south
of Pennsylvania avenue with view
to having a complete and comprehen-
sive plan for presentation to the new
Congress in December.
This program, it was learned today,
will not slow up progress on the three
buildings in the triangle for which
Congress already has appropriated
funds, but will provide for completing
in more detail the new unified archi
tectural plan for the area.
Wants Plan for Future.
In his letter to the board Of con-
sultants, who are located in several
cities throughout the country, and
meet here at the call of the Secretary,
Mr.. Mellon pointed out that practical
progress on the building plans of the
three buildings already chosen for
construction, could go ahead, but it
was desired to have a comprehensive
study also of the whole triangle, and
buildings needed far in the future.
Under the present program, the
Treasury will proceed to construct six.
buildings, three of which are inside the
triangle, and in all probability viii
not ask Congress at the next session
in December for construction funds
for other buildings in the triangle.
Sufficient funds already are on hand
to go ahead for some time with the
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nal Revenue Bureau and the Archives
Buildings, inside the triangle. and the
Liberty Loan, the Government Print
ing Office and Department Of Agri-
culture projects. off the triangle. ac-
cording to Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Dewey, in charge of the pro-
gram in this city. More funds than
are appropriated at present will be
needed to complete the projects. But
the program already undertaken is so
pretentious, according to present in
dications, that the Treasury is not
likely to ask that construction of other
buildings. in addition to the above
named, be appropriated for imme-
diately.
May Seek More Land.
Among the first things to be pre-
sented to the new Congress, it was in
dicated today. will be detailed plans
for the completed project for unified
treatment of the triangle, which have
been adopted in preliminary form by
the Public Buildings Commission. and
approved by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
The bill which authorized purchase
of the land in the entire triangle,
bounded by Pennsylvania avenue,
Fifteenth street and B street also will
be reintroduced. and acquisition of adj
ditlonal land may be asked. Already
several tracts are under condemna-
tion proceedings, in the hands of the
Department of Justice, including a site
for the Supreme Court of the United
States Immediately north of the Con-
gressional Library.
Congress already has appropriated
100000 for the administration build
ing of the Department of Agriculture
and authorized this to cost not more
than $2,000,000 appropriated S1.200,-
600 toward site and an extensible
building south of B street southwest
for the Department of Agriculture.
and authorized this project to cost not
more than S5,750,000: appropriated
81 900, 900 toward the archives build
not more than $4,000, 900; appropriated
100000 for the Department of Com
merce building, and authorized it to
cost not more than $4,000 900.
The House increased the total
authorization for the Commerce Build
ing to $4,000. 900 in the public build
ings bill which failed of enactment in
the Senate.
Sl,7OO,000 Appropriated.
Appropriations for the Internal
Revenue Building already total ST.
100000 and the total cost authorized,
$7,950,000, while the House had in
creased the total in the unenacted bill
to $10,500, 900.
For the Government Printing Office
Office building and site there is already
appropriated 100000, and authorized
a total cost of $1.250,0
To construct the additional two
stories on the Liberty Loan Building,
adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. Congress appropriated
$250.000 and authorized $375,000. The
framework has been completed, but
the outside walls are not yet up.
Bids for this work probably will be
asked soon.
With this program on its hands.
In6 ICdSuIy IIOW AS pAO6oANoSlhto
steadily. under the advice of the board
of architectural consultants, and, fol-
lowing the adoption recently of the
new unit plan. the first buildings to
be put under construction will be the
Department of Agriculture, the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue and the De-
partment of Commerce.
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