Evening star., 1935-03-29
S|bYL BAKER
SEEKING S751,0)O
FORPLAyGROUNDS
H.. for Construction and
Improvement Sought From
P.W. A. Program.
IMMEDIATE PROVISION
OF FUNDS is EXPECTED
Projects Are Divided Into 40
Groups to Be Allotted to
All Parts of City.

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ties was submitted to the District
Commissioners today by Miss Sibyl
Baker, recreation director.
Miss Baker is hopeful the money
will be at once forthcoming from the
pending $4,88O, 100000 work-reliei
fund, large portion of which sup
posedly will be earmarked for the Dis
trict. Most of the projects on hel
list call for almost immediate con-
struction.
Divided Into 40 Groups.
The program, comprising 40 projects
Is divided into four main groups:
/. Projects requiring maximum
amount of labor and minimum amount
of equipment and materials. Estimated
to be completed within six months;
can be started 10 days after au-
thorization from the Commissioners.
2. Projects requiring materials ano
equipment to be carried out under Su-
pervision of the District Repair Shop
and estimated to be completed within
the period of one year. Majority
of these projects can begin within 1C
days of authorization by the Commis-
sioners. Plans for others can be COM
pleted within the period of two months
8. Projects to be carried out in CO.
operation with National Capital Parks
Offices. Can be begun as soon as
plans are approved by Parks Offlce
and Park and Planning Commission
Estimated to be completed within the
period of one year.
4. Major projects to be submitted
to contractors for bids. Can be be-
gun in three months after authorize
tion by the Commissioners. Esti-
mated to be completed within the
period of one year.
Projects Total $250,000.
Projects in this last group are fig
ured at S250,000. They include de-
velopment of Hoover Playground,
Second and N streets southwest,
through land purchase and construc-
ton of recreation building. swimming
and wading pools. The cost is fig
ured at $4,000 for this development
Miss Baker urges use of s85 900 of
this quarter million for setting up
new playground workshops and store
house to replace the present quarters
in the old Threlkeld School, Thirty
sixth and Prospect streets. This
project provides for the construction
of storehouse, carpenter, metal and
paint shops, community work rooms,
costume wardrobe, Office for the play
ground engineer, storekeeper, and in
spector and a garage for the play
grouod trucks she reported.
Other two projects planned from
this number one request are Barry
Farms Colored playground for colored
children in Anacostia. at $35, 900. and
construction of a modern adequate
swimming pool at Rosedale play
ground, Seventeenth and Kramer
streets northeast, $4,000.
The 13 projects in the first group,
estimated cost of the whole of which
Is $4,000, include these types of i'm
provements for existing Fairgrounds:
Grading and fill, drainage, surfac-
ing. planting OF grass seed, shrubbery
and trees; moving grass, wedding
courts, fencing, gates, walks, steps;
construction and installation of new
playground equipment; construction
of shelters, installation of Sprinkling
systems and drinking fountains, ten
mis- and other playing courts, small
wading pools, electric lighting.
Marked for Rehabilitation.
Ten thousand dollars of this Is
marked for rehabilitation of six play
grounds now scarcely usable. Other
Fairgrounds affected by this expendi-
ture include Seventh and H Streets
Southwest Playground, Virginia Ave-
nue. Playground, Rose Park Play
ground, Park View Playground, Will
low Tree Playground, Takoma Park
Playground. Happy Hollow Play
ground, Georgetown Playground,
Hamilton Playground. Kenilworth
Recreation Center, Lincoln Play
ground and Hearst Playground.
Group "a comprises II projects at
an estimated cost of S234,000. The
submitted program names these play
grounds for improvement under this
fund:
Mcmillan Playground, Hoover Play
ground, Sherwood Playground, Logan
Playground; Raymond Playground;
Twin Oaks Playground Monroe
Playground, New York Avenue Play
ground, Barry Farms Playground,
Chevy Chase Playground, Phillips
Playground, Reno Reservoir courts,
Burroughs Playground, Rosedale Play
ground, Macomb Street Playground
and Petworth Playground. This group
calls also for $4,000 to be spent on
store-yards and sheds.
Barry Farms, Hoover and Rosedale
are listed in this group as well as
with the major projects, Miss Baker
explained, to enable immediate i'm
provement of the Fairgrounds, fol-
lowed by the longtime construction
project that will bring them up to the
point Of efficiency the Fairgrounds
Department hopes for.
For Cooperative Effort.
Group %, list of six projects for
cooperative effort with the National
Capital Parks Office, will cost an esti-
mated $155,000. The proposed work
would be done at Montrose Park Play
ground. Banneker Recreation Center,
Congress Heights Playground, King
man Park Playground. Glover PARK
Playground and Edgewood Playground.
National Capital Parks Office holds
title to these play areas but they are
supposedly to be assigned to the juris-
diction of the District Commissioners.
Most expensive development plan
from this group is the $4,000 asked
for Congress Heights Playground,
Fourth street and Nichols avenue
southeast. This proposed community
play center would be obtained through
q property transfer between the parks
ONCE and st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
The project provides for develop
nent of a complete children's play
ground, with the $4,000 to be spent
on grading, surfacing, fencing, gates,
shelter house, wading pool, courts, etc.