Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
IS ASKED
FOR LARGE HOTEL
Connecticut Avenue Site Pro-
posed for Mammoth
New Structure.

Plans for development Of huge
apartment hotel on an extensive hillside
tract bordering on Klingle Valley, along
Connecticut avenue south Of Klingle
Bridge, were made public today with
filing Of an application for permit for
the structure with the District building
inspector by Kennedy Warren, Inc..
owners and builders.
The cost of construction Of the huge
building is estimated at $4,000, 900, and
with the cost of the land and the great
volume Of furnishings required the total
is estimated to run into a much larger
figure.
Special Cooling System.
The projected development, unusual
in many other respects as. well as in its
size and cost, Is to provide an ultra
modern innovation In that architectural
plans call for q system Of pumping into
the building during warm seasons Of
the year OF vast quantities Of cool air
that settles into the deep ravine Of the
thickly wooded stretches Of Klingle
Valley.
Provision for this feature is INCLUDE
ed in plans for full utilization Of the
character Of the site, which drops away
cut avenue frontage to the rear Of the
tract, where it borders on the park
land.
The building thus viii rise but eight
stories above Connecticut avenue in
its front elevation, but will have IA
floor levels at the rear due to the drop
of the ground level toward the north
and east. At the rear Of the building
there will be eight stories above the
Connecticut avenue level and six addi-
tional floor levels below the street level.
WIN have 2,Oas Rooms.
The building Is to contain 2,029
rooms, which will rival in size that Of
the larger washington hotels. The
residential quarters Of the building are
to be divided into AL apartment units.
The content of the structure Is COM
puted at 5000, 900 cubic feet. The lot
has frontage Of 500 feet on Connecti-
cut avenue and depth Of 363 feet.
The buildings overall dimensions are
to be 478 feet wide by 335 deep. De-
the building will rise but 90 feet above
the Connecticut avenue level.
Warren-Kennedy, Inc, Is o new
organization, consisting Of Z. o. Ken
nedy, veteran Washington building and
real estate operator, and Monroe War
rem, who has been one Of the most
active figures In the construction In
dustry here IN recent years. Plans for
the development have been drawn by
Joseph Younger, local architect.
The building will have facadeS Of
brick with stone trim and the avenue
and parlzside elevations win be orna-
mented by the vertical lines Of pilaster
treatment running to the cornice.
Finance Plan Complete.
Plans for the building were placed
before members Of the Fine Arts Com
mission in recent weeks. BY special
request of Lieut.. COL U. s. Grant, Sd,
executive officer Of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, roof
water drainage is to be carried down
into the creek In Klingle Valley SO as
to add to the stage of the water Of the
small stream In dry seasons, 1t Is re-
ported.
In the lower floors at the rear of the
building will be extensive space devoted
to storage garage space for the cars of
residents In the. building. This Is to
be reached by the laying Of new thor
oughfare running from Jewett street,
just east Of Connecticut avenue, to the
rear of the building to connect with
Klingle road, according to architectural
drawings.
The building will contain recreation
rooms. Hobbies, an assembly room and
other features.
Financial arrangements for the build
ing. 1t is reported, were completed yes
terday.