Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
SKETCHES ORDERED
FOR u. S. BUILDINGS
Four Federal Triangle Struc.
lures Next in Line in Con-
struction Program.

An important step in the great Fed
eral building program for Washington
was taken today when it was an
nounced by the Treasury Department
that contracts have been signed with
architects for preparing preliminary
sketches for four monumental structures
in. the Federal triangle-the Depart
ment of Justice, the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Independent Estab-
lishments and Department of Labor.
This action places these buildings next
in line in the public building program
here, and means that when sketches
are completed estimates will be SUBJ
mitted to Congress on the cost of these
new homes for the Federal Govern
ment, at a total running into several
millions of dollars. Ti1e exact amount
will not be computed until the plans
are finished. The architects getting
the contracts are members of the
Treasury Department Board of Arch
itectural Consultants.
A contract also is being prepared for
developing the architectural landScap-
ing of all the parkway and open spaces
in the Federal triangle, which is bound
ed by Fourteenth and B streets and
Pennsylvania avenue.
The architectural firms to which con-
tracts were awarded, the buildings and
location of the buildings, are as follows:
Department of Labor and Interstate
Commerce Commission, twin buildings.
to face B street between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets, Arthur Brown, IT.,
of San Francisco.
Independent establishments, on a
site bounded relatively by about what
would be Little B street, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth and D streets, contract award
ed to Delano & Aldrich of New York.
William A. Delano, a member of the
firm, is member of both the Fine
Arts Commission and or the Treasury
Board of Architectural Consultants.
Department of Justice, to be located
on the site of Center Market, to Zant-
Finger, Borie g. Medary of Philadelphia.
Milton B. Medary, a member of this
firm, is member of both the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion, and the Treasury Board.
Landscape Treatment Scheduled.
A contract is being prepared, it was
learned, with Bennett, Parsons & Frost
Of Chicago for preliminary sketches of
landscape treatment OF
the parkway spaces in the triangle.
H. Bennett, a member of the
firm, Is chairman of the Treasury Board
Of Architectural ConSultants.
The other two members or the
Treasury board have already been rep
resented in architectural work on two
buildings on which actual construction
Is now under way. Louis Ayers, of the
firm of York & Sawyer of New York
City, is a member of the Treasury
board.
Plans for the great Department of
Commerce Building, bounded by Four
Ceenth and Fifteenth, B and streets,
we're developed by York & Sawyer
While the principal foundation excava-
ion work has been completed for the
Commerce Building operations on the
contract for driving piles, and con-
of foundation for this build
ng started in earnest this week, with |
and men of the ConSoli- |
dated Engineering Co. of Baltimore |
active on the job.
Louis A. Simon, another member of |
he Treasury board of consultants, is |
,hief of the architectural division of |
the supervising architects Office of |
he Treasury, which prepared plans |
or the Internal Revenue Building, |
low well along in its construction pro-
yram. Pilings have all been driven, and /
he foundation for this building, located |
,etween Tenth and Twelfth, B and C
streets will be completed shortly. Plans
llso are virtually ready at the Treasury |
or putting the great superstructure
plans for internal revenue ION the /
within a few days, it is UNDER
TODD. Bids will be asked to be opened
n about six or eight weeks, and work
pressed on this building.
Good progress is also being made on
he administrative building for the De-
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