Evening star., 1930-12-07
GLOVER PARKWAY
APARTMENT WILL
COST %,ODO,O())
Structure Will Be Third of
Great Triangle on 28.
Acre Site.
PROJECT WILL PROVIDE
WORK FOR D. C. LABOR
Eight-Story Building Will Contain
400 Suites of Two to Ten
Rooms.

Construction of a huge apartment
building representing a total invest
ment Of approximately $4,000, 900, to be
the third Of great quadrangle of
buildings planned for the 28-acre site.
will be started shortly by the West
chester Development Corporation on the
tract overlooking the Glover Parkway
south OF Cathedral avenue, according
to plans announced last night by GUS
tave Ring, president of the concern.
Plans for the building now are being
completed and are to be filed with the
District Building inspector within a few
days, with ground for the structure
to be broken soon after.
Construction of the building is to be
pushed rapidly and will provide en-
ployment for large force of mechanics
and laborers during the Winter months.
Further, it is stated by the corpora
tion. wherever possible materials needed
for the project will be purchased
through local agencies, in keeping with
the y-in-Washington movement being
conducted by local interests.
The structure will be erected by the
Westchester corporation, q local or
ganization, and has been designed by
Harvey Warwick, local architect, vice
president Of the organization.
The new structure will be of eight
stories and Of an architectural design
similar to the first two buildings. com
pleted in recent months. The whole
development planned for the tract,
when completed, will be the largest
housing project of its type south of
New York now In existence, the build
ers report.
The building will be irregular in out
line, having something of an 81" shape
at one end and a III form at the
other, this plan being so drawn to
afford maximum amount of light and
air to all portions of the building and
10 avoid the creation of a structure
having. q great fiat facade. it is ex-
planned.
1t will be located to the rear of one
OF the first two buildings of the pro-
ject, fronting on Cathedral avenue It
Will be removed from these buildings
and set back nearly q block from the
street to provide q spacious setting
for the structure.
400 Apartment Suites.
The new unit of the development will
contain 400 apartment suites, ranging
in size from two rooms and bath to 10
rooms and four baths.
When completed the entire develop
ment will have total of approximately
1000 housing units. The whole develop
ment has been planned as one project
and the new unit will be similar in ex-
terror design to the first two buildings
with exteriors faced with brick of a
warm red color and having limestone
trim and stone panel ornamentation.
the main entrance will open of the
central drive which bisects the 28-acre
tract. Two large wings will extend west
ward toward the setback line of the
Glover Parkway. The main lobby and
lounges will be featured by a promenade
and dining room overlooking Wesley
Heights.
Unusual features IN some Of the
apartments will be studio suites having
floor levels below the rest of the apart
ment, with dining balconies above.
dining hall will be provided in the
park side OF the building, off the main
lobby and other space for concessions is
TO be provided on the first floor of the
building. Garage facilities for the stor-
age OF the automobiles of tenants will
be provided in the basement of the
building, with entrances from two diff
ferent levels.
Grounds to Be Extended.
Handicapped grounds about the two
present buildings are to be extended
to the south Of the building line of the
new structure. The present entrance
drives will be extended beyond the large
oval, now a part Of the development.
and a second similar feature will be
created in front of the new building.
The centers of these ovals are treated as
sunken gardens, planted with various
species of shrubs and flowers Cedars
and mountain shrubbery similar to the
planting now In place about the first
two units, will be employed about the
new drives and ovals.
The building will have $4,000 square
feet of floor space and have $500, 900
cubic feet content. The building Is
scheduled to be completed by Midsum-
mer Of next year.