Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-15
RESIDENTS PROTEST
CHANGES IN coming
"Army and Navy Row" on
Twentieth Street Would Be
CommerciaIized.

Considerable opposition was aroused
by 3 proposal TO change from residen-
tiAl area 10 commercial area property
on the east side Of Twentieth street.
between r and S streets. which ii was
pointed out would make business prop
erty out OF Army and Navy Row." at a
hearing of the Zoning Commission this
morning on numerous proposed changes
on coming regulations.
Derarest Iloyd. representing himself
and other property owners on r street.
Including Ord Preston. vigorously OBJ
lected He said there were plenty OF
stores nearby on Connecticut avenue
and elsewhere, and il would be UNI
fortunate 10 spoil for residential pur-
poses this popular residential nelenoor-
hood. He said that Secretary Of State
EelIosg lived III the neighborhooo ano
also MANY prominent diplomats.
Others Join Protest.
J. H. Pa:ten. who also registered We
nen,ent disapproval. referred 10 the
area as Army and Navy row. and o.
iected 10 It's being commercializeo.
Others who opposed this change were
Rear Admiral William Ledyard Rodgers:
president Of the Dupont Circle Citizens
Association: Miss Louise hummer
Spencer Gordon and D. Carey Lang
horne
eicht-s.orv Office building on The north
vest corner Of Fifteenth and NJ streets
for the I. Perry West Realty Corpora
t;o,, If WASHINGTON we're revealed at
the hearing
The building would have a frontage
Of 60 feet Gil Fifteenth street ana AGONY
a. feet on NJ street and would be OF
lin, 9s-o,,e construction. The cost VIII
be- anproxirlateIy $4,000. The main
entrance will be on Fifteenth street. NO
objection was raised 10 the zoanls
change.
Another Proposed Change.
There was no opposition 10 a pro.
posed change from RESIDENTIAL A ana
A restricted areas TO residential b re-
stricted area for property bounded on
the north side by Sheridan street. on
the South by R!ttenrouse street. on lns
East BY Thirteenth street and on NE
West by Fourt zenith street. where th9
werdran Construction Co desires 10
build dwelling houses broken up INTO
g-cUps.
No objection was raised 10 propose!
n change from residential c area 10
Second commercial c area a number
az lots numbered 1919 ID 1927 Twenty
seventh street Nor was any objection
raised to changing lots On the south
side of L street between Eighteenth
street and Connecticut avenue from
FRS commercial 9o-foct height area
70 frs. commercial lI0-foot height D
area, where the Warcman ConstrUctica
Co. Is planning an e:ent-storT once
building on L street. beside tEo OLD
Rauscher Building.
Many persons appeared IN opposition
to 2 proposal 20 change from residential
3 area 10 first commercial G area
triangle bounded b. South Carolina
avenue Thirteenth and c streets sou',2-
cas-
The commission heard no opposition
10 a proposal 10 change from residential
3 10 arst commercial c area lots num-
bercd 1857 and 1859 K street south
east. nor wcs there any objection 70
changing a 10. numbered 1909 Par:
Rad fror, residential c 10 fist COM
nne-cial c ARA. after 1t had been ex-
p.aiaed that the Mem. Pleasant Lodge.
No 3 2. A. A. n wcnt-d % build
Masonic 1enp,e ih.-c
Opposition developed 10 proposal
t, change th- = 81 SIC. ri I'o;i: caltl1
street cetweon Tch---" and alison
streets from residential c 10 arst COM
EcTc.a. G. s~o4