Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-20
TREASURY SEEKS
LAND SALE OFFERS
Government Moves to Ac.
uuire Areas for Building
Program.

The Government moved today to ac-
Quire additional land for the public
building program here.
With much of the property in the
Federal triangle bounded by Sixth,
Fourteenth, B streets and Pennsylvania
avenue already owned by the Govern
ment. or under condemnation. the
Treasury Department today started
sending out letters to owners of other
property in five different blocks. and
one reservation elsewhere. asking for
offers of sale to the Government.
This action will leave only one single
block yet to be negotiated for in the
triangle-that occupied by the Potomac
Electric Power Co.'S plant.
Four Areas Involved.
Four separate areas are involved in
the Treasury's latest move. The largest
consists Of a group of three blocks in
the vicinity south of the District Build
ing and Southern Railway Building.
They are known as squares No. 257,
258 and 260. and occupy the area be-
tween B and D streets. Thirteenth and
Fourteenth. with the exception Of the
Potomac Electric Power Company block,
No. $50, bounded by 4hirteen-and-a-
half street and Fourteenth, B and c
streets.
The second area is the remaining part
of block No. 349. bounded by Tenth and
Eleventh, c streets and Pennsylvania
avenue. The Government already has
purchased in this area the President
Theater and adjacent property.
Another block in another location for
which bids are being asked is known as
square No. 461, east Of Center Market,
and bounded by Sixth, Seventh and B
streets and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t is
a triangular piece Of land and occupies
the eastern tip of the true Federal tri-
angle.
Reservation c Included.
The Treasury has asked for offers on
what is known as Reservation G, an area
of ground west Of the Botanic Garden
and south of the Mall, bounded by
Third street, Fourth street, Maine ave-
nue. and Maryland avenue. The Treas
ury has already purchased part OF this
reservation.
The Government also means to ac-
quire later on reservations A and B,
lying along the south side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Third and Sixth
streets.
The move for the present means that
the treasury mas taken steps LOT aC-
curing virtually all Of the ground IN
the triangle proper.
The principle on which the Govern
ment is operating is that it is matter
of Federal economy to purchase the
entire triangle as soon as possible, to
prevent increases in price.
Grand Plaza to Be Developed.
The property on which the Treasury
now is asking bids will be used both for
landscape purposes, and for building
sites. The area directly to the south
of the District and Southern Railway
is to be developed into what will be
known as the grand plaza. The area
along B street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, is to be used for
erection of building for the Depart
ment Of Labor and part Of the struc-
ture for the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which will extend further east
ward along B street to Twelfth street.
No decision has been made by the
authorities as yet concerning just what
will be done with the President Thea
ter block and the eastern tip of the
triangle at Sixth and Seventh streets.
Reservation c south of the Mall is to
be included in the program for develop
ment Of the Mall.