Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
CAPITAL EXPANSION.
WORK PROGRESSES.
Structures Costing Many
Millions Impressive for
Their Magnitude.
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group Is located on the south side of
the Mall, east of Fourteenth street.
The razing recently of the old Ad-
miniStration Building to the north re-
moved barrier to distant view OF
the new structure. which now presents
remarkable picture in the Mall area.
The entire block of buildings bounded
by Fourteenth, Fifteenth and E streets
and Pennsylvania avenue, is at present
in the process of demolition to further
the Governments plan to turn the
area into a public park. This opera
ton when completed. will give full
view from the Avenue of the great
Commerce Building.
Bridge Nearly Finished.
The pretentious s15,ooo,O00 Airing
ton Memorial Bridge, spanning the
Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial
to the Arlington National Cemetery,
soon will be completed. The final arch
in the bridge was recently swung into
place and the completion of the ap-
proacheS and the last finishing touches
only remain to be done.
Private builders at the present time
are proceeding with projects that will
bring changes to other sections OF the
city.
At Tenth and streets in down.
town Washington. the Potomac Electric
Power Co. is constructing a monu-
mental type of building on the north
east corner at a cost estimated at
$1,100,000. The new building has a
frontage of l72 feet on street and
81 feet on Tenth street, with wing
at the rear of 70 feet by 35 feet. The
structure is rising nine stories above
the street. The Potomac Electric Power
b
large its Benning plant.
University is Expanding.
Another unit IN the Hilltop group
at Georgetown University. the new
100000 five-story dormitory, was re-
Gently completed. The building is part
of quadrangle group planned by the
university, the eventual cost of which
is estimated at S2,5O0.G00. This, with
sums spent in the past three years in
expanding the college, will bring the
total expenditure for new buildings for
the university to $5.000,000.
Churches occupy a prominent part
of the list of large new private projects.
Among these is the ST Pauls English
Lutheran Church at 1900 Thirty-Sixth
street, now under construction at
cost of more than $625,000. Thomas
Circle is being enhanced by the. build
ing on the northwest corner of Four
tenth street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. of the National City Christian
Church. This stone edifice will cost in
excess of S60o,O00 At 1908 H street,
the Western Presbyterian Church
Is being erected. This structure was
to cost approximately s150,o0o when
planned.
The new Japanese embassy, a struc-
ture of distinctive design, is under con-
struction at 25I4 Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. This building, being erected at
a cost of $4,000, will be an important
addition to Washington embassy de-
velopments
The Brookings Institute, eight-story
office and residential center building
at T22 Jackson place. being erected at
a cost of $3.50, 900, win bring change
to the White House surroundings. 1t
occupies the site of the old Bugher
residence overlooking Lafayette Park.
The 100000 building additions to
Holy Cross College at 400l Hardwood
road, Brookland, are well advanced.
Apartment Unit Finished.
The first unit Of the immense quad
rangle apartment structure being erected
on 2S-acre tract lying along Cathe-
dral avenue between Wesley Heights
and the Washington Cathedral has been
completed by the Westchester De-
velopment Corporation. Cost of the
entire proposed development is esti-
mated at between $10.o00,000 and $l2,-
100000. Construction work on the
second building of the development
now is well under way
With the first wing completed the
$1,500,O00 apartment hotel project being
constructed by Harry NJ. Bralove and