Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-21
CLASH ON BUILDING
| RULES ISFORESEEN
Proposal to Change Height
! Regulation to Be Threshed
Out Wednesday.

4 lively tilt over the question Of
whether washington should have higher
Z buildings or maintain the so-called
level" skyline of the city is expected
at public hearing before the
zoning Commission next Wednesday
when the commission will consider an
amendment TO the regulations permit
ting erection of buildings 1870 feet high
without the Sethacks above the il0-foot
! level. as now required by the coming
code.
If adopted the proposed amendment
would cast into discard the setback or
pyramid style Of architecture which has
come TO be regarded the American
trend for large buildings and which
wss provided for here by the commits
sion about year ago.
Garfinckei Petition.
The proposed amendent was adver-
tise6 for the public hearing by the COM
mission following lengthy consideration
az the petition Of Julius Garfinckel q
Co for the permission 10 erect a large
department store building on the north
west corner Of Fourteenth and F streets
70 8 height Of $50 feet without set
backs above the llo-foot level. The
Garfinckel Co. based its petition on
the fact that other builders on cor
ners of the intersection are $50 feet
high without SetbackS.
Maj. Donald A. Dawson. the new As
sistant ENGINEER Commissioner III charge
Of coming, will make his first appear
ance AT hearing as executive OF the
Zoning Commission and will assist con-
Quoting ore Of the lengthieSt meetings
held this wear BIZ the commission In
addition to the proposed amendment
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be considered at the hearing.
Thirteen of the changes requested
are from residential TO commercial
property and four are for changes from
commercial TO residential classification
Chief among the items are the pro-
posal Of the Garfinckei Co, for per-
mission to erect its projected i3o-foot
building on the Fourteenth and
street site: a petition for change from
90 10 10 foot height limit on property
st 152f-23 K street. now zoned COM
mercial D area and a petition for
change from so to ITO foot height on
commercial zone property at 1884 U
street.
Petitions Filed.
Among other petitions are the fol-
loving:
Change from residential to first COM
nerciai area property at 502-06 Twen-
tieth street: change from residential to
first commercial area property at 703
Rhode Island avenue: change from resi-
GENITAL 10 first commercial area prop
erty at sos Maryland avenue southwest;
change from residential to second COM
merial area property at 300-06 r street,
6io-25 Third street and 301-0T G street
southwest: change from residential 10
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ed by P and @. South Capitol and Half
streets southwest: change from residen-
t.sl to first commercial property at $40
Fifth street northeast: change from res
identlal 10 first commercial property at
1924 East Capitol street northeast.
Change from residential G area to
residential A restricted area property
located between Sixteenth street, On
ario road, Crescent place and Florida
avenue: change from residential c to /
first commercial property on south side |
of Columbia road between Seventeenth |
street and Mozart place: change from
residential B restricted 10 residential G
area property at 1920 Seventeenth
street: change from residential B re-
stricted to residential G area property
on Oak street 100 feet west of Con-
nectic,lt avenue: change from resi-
nercial c area both sides of Georgia
avenue between Crittenden and Decatur |
streets /
Change from residential A restricted i
% residential c area property at SOUTH
east corner rof Sixteenth and Kennedy |
streets: change from residential A re-
stricted to residential A area property
west Of Fourteenth street between Whit
tier and Aspen streets; change from
residential A To residential c area
property west Of Connecticut avenue
between Kiingle road and Devonshire
place; change from residential A re-
Stricted to first commercial area part
Of property bounded by Nebraska and
Connecticut avenues, lot line POT feet
from Nebraska avenue and proposed
alley $50 feet east Of Connecticut
avenue: change from residential TO
first commercial area property at 1910
Oats street northeast.
Other Changes Sought.
Change from residential B to first
commercial area property on east side
Of Montelio avenue north OF Neal street
northeast: change from residential A TO
first commercial area property at 1929
jar street northeast: change from first
commercial 10 residential A area prop
ertv east Of Wheeler road and north Of
Savannah street southeast: change
from first commercial To residential A
restricted area property On Newton
street near Rhode Island avenue north
east: change from first commercial to
residential A area property facing
Sheridan and Stanton roads southeast