Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Garden Clubs of America AS
sured Cooperation by
Planning Group.
STREET CIRCLE STUDY
BY GRANT AUTHORIZED
Maryland Commission Favors Oval
at Wisconsin Ave. and District
Line-other Agencies Disagree.

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission Is favorably dis
posed toward the proposal of the Gar
den Clubs OF America to mark the en-
frances to the District of Columbia BY
columns, surmounted by eagles. on
behalf of the clubs, Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes submitted the program to the
commission yesterday, which consid-
cred the question and then decided that
it would cooperate in such an under
taking.
Columns Would Eliminate SignbOards.
The clubs hope to have this program
f1aterialize in time for the George
Washington Bicentennial observance In
1882. The columns would be utilized
instead of Signboards and the COM
mission asserted that this proposal fits
in with its own ideas, as 1t has Ions
been DESTROYS Of improving the en-
frances to the city, as bef1ts the Ma
tional Capital. Details of the project
are to be worked out and Charles w
Eliot, I'd, the commissions director Of
planning, said yesterday that he will
be glad to lend further aid toward Its
accomplishment.
The commission, which concluded its
two-day October meeting yesterday aft
ernoon, authorized its executive Of
ficer and vice chairman, Lieut.. Col. u,
s. Grant, Sd, to bring in the neces-
sary expert consultanta to aid in a spe-
ctal study into the question Of the eff
nciency Of circles In Washingtons
street plan, as contrasted with other
treatments, in the handling of trafic at
mulH-point intersections, where more
than four streets meet. For q long
time, Mr.. Eliot explained, the rotary
movement Of tarffic at such points ac-
complished through use of circle, has
been deemed most advantageous.
Circle or Oval Is Trafic Problem.
Discussion over whether there should
be circle or an oval at Wisconsin
avenue and the District line has evoked
such interest, the commission thinks,
that 1t is now time to secure expert
advice on the possibility of using meth
DDS other than the rotary. The Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission has expressed q preference
for an oval at Wisconsin avenue and the
District line, while the Co-ordinating
Committee, consisting of interested Fed
eral and District agencies, previously
went on record as favoring a circle
there. Now the whole question has
been re-opened as both groups are re-
studying It.
Mr.. ELIOT laid before the commission
the elaborate road improvement pro-
gram adopted by H. c. Whitehurst, Dis
trict co-ordinator and chief engineer.
The director Of planning explained that
this follows the major thoroughfare
plan, previously adopted by the COM
mission, and represents ideals toward
which the commission has been work.
ing.
ZOning Map Review Endorsed.
A review of coming maps and poll
cies, presented by Mr. Eliot, was in
dorsed by the commission, which
agreed to ask the cooperation of the
coming Commission with q view to
securing statement of policy with
reference to future z9ning in Washing
ton.
Mr.. Eliot said that foremost among
the problems to be considered under
this head are:
The policy with reference to isolated
areas in the city, termed spot zon-
ing"
Industrial areas that are being taken
over by other interests, such as the ex-
tension OF Boiling Field for flying pur-
poses
The possible exhaustion of the apart
ment house area In the Northwest, in
the undeveloped areas.
The Planning Commission Is anxious
to know what the controlling policy of
the body should be In the future.
While 1t is known that the commits
sion authorized the expenditure Of
large sums Of money yesterday, in the
furtherance of the Capper- Cramton
park-purchase act, no information on
this was made public. The commission
did announce its approval Of a unit of
the Rock Greek Parkway, north of the
District line, a development that Is tax
ing shape under the guidance of the
Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.