Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-03
BOARD WILL HEAR
TERMINAL MARKET
ZONE CHANGE PLEA
Arguments to Be Submitted
on Lowering Classical
ton Tomorrow.
OPPOSITION is FACED
FROM GALLAUDET HEAD
Commission Houses Base Request
on Continuing 100000
Development.

Petition for change in coming of a
part of the site of the Union Terminal
Market north of Florida avenue, rough
ly between Fifth and Sixth streets, to
permit the continuation of the 81 ,000,-
900 development, will come before the
Zoning Commission at the public hear
ing tomorrow.
The petition is urged by the large
group of commission house firms and
others associated with the enterprise
as means of completing the project
which already Is in an advanced stage.
Vigorous opposition will come from DR..
Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet
College, whose property adjoins the
market area on the east; and from
the Trinidad Citizens Association.
DR.. Perctval Hall has protested both
ing Commission executives that the re-
queSted lowering of the coming CLASH
flcation from residential to second COM
mercial would detract from the south
ern approach to the Patterson Tract
Park area to the north and east and
would also make possible undesirable"
developments on the land adjoining the
college property.
Insist Type Improve Area.
Officials Of the market organization,
however, insist that the modern type
market buildings being erected on the
area will be a distinct improvement to
the large area, which for years stood
in an undeveloped and unsightly
state. They point out also that Sixth
street Is to be opened above Florida
avenue, running near the line of the
Gallaudet boundary, providing buffer
for the college grounds and also pro-
viding an entrance to the park area
above.
They contend, also that they should
be permitted to complete the develop
ment as originally planned for the rea-
son that huge sums Of money already
have been invested in the enterprise.
The main Gallaudet building is STU
ated at q considerable distance from
the western boundary of its property.
Several smaller buildings stand about
so feet from the boundary between the
college grounds and the market area.
1t is pointed out also that New York
avenue is to be graded and paved under
items in the appropriation bill for the
next fiscal year and that this street win
afford wide avenue to the Patterson
track park when 1t is developed.
A compromise probably will be pre-
sented to the Zoning Commission which
will provide some additional protection
to the park area and the college
grounds.
A suggestion is to be placed before
the commission that a strip Of land
100 feet deep, along Florida avenue and
along the line of Sixth street, in the
section involved in the coming petition,
be made first commercial area instead
of second commercial. This would re-
quire higher type of development than
is possible under the second commercial
classification.
Area Consists Of Is Acres.
The area concerned in the coming
petition consists roughly of Is acres Of
land. The Union Terminal Market
controls a total of AZ acres. On part
of this area So modern brick market
buildings now are being completed for
the commission houses who will locate
there during the Summer. Part of the
remainder of the area is to be used for
farmers marketing space and part for
retail stores.
The additional space, the market in
terests protest, is needed In the develop
ment Of the market area. While the
proposed first commercial strips along
Florida avenue and the boundary of
Gallaudet College grounds would not
hurt the development planned, the pro-
moterS feel the remainder of the area
should be made second commercial to
correspond to the part of the tract al
ready developed.
DR.. Hall, however, protests against
the development of "unSightly" market
buildings which will "detract from the
general beauty of the region" and ar
CUES that this development daily will
bring hundreds of vehicles along Flor
Ida avenue.