Evening star., 1935-06-27
PLANNERS LOCATE
RESERVE BUILDING
AT 10th STREET
Site on Constitution Avenue
Three Feet South of
Present Line.
ANNEXES FOR TWO
PLANTS CONSIDERED
Engraving Bureau and Govern.
ment Printing Office Struc-
lures to Be Next.

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission today approved
the location of the Federal Reserve
Board Building at Twentieth street
and Constitution avenue, three feet
south of the present building line.
The Commission then set about find
ing locations for the proposed an
nexes to the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing and the Government Printing
Office. u.
Plans for the Federal Reserve Board
structure were prepared by Paul Cret.
The structure will be placed 3 feet
in front of the present building line,
but inaSmuch as it will form the CEN
tral panel, with the Public Health
Service to the east and the National
Academy of Sciences to the west, the
Commission saw no objection to this.
Thomas S. Settle, the commissions
secretary, said the plans provide for
o portico, adding to the effectiveness
of the structure, and Cret, noted
Philadelphia architect who designed
the Pan-American Union here, drew
the plans with reference to the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences and Pub
lie Health Service buildings.
Question of Heights.
The commission considered the
whole question of the heights of
buildings in the Northwest Rectangle
bounded by E street, the Potomac
River, Constitution avenue and Sew
enteenth street. Inasmuch as the
land is higher toward the west Of
the rectangle, Settle explained that
the commission desires that some uni
form height be established as was
done in the case OF the downtown tri-
angle. The commission is also con-
sidering the location of buildings in
the rectangle, including the new War
and Navy departments.
The House has appropriated $780,
900 for an addition to the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, as well as
$5,885, 900 for an annex to the Gov
ernment Printing Office. The Senate
is now considering this measure and
the commission desires to find loca-
tions for these structures so that there
will be no delay in their erection.
A new building for the General Ac-
counting Office, which is now housed
In the old Pension ONCE Building in
Judiciary Square, is receiving atten-
tion by the commission. Later, the
Fine Arts Commission the Planning
Commission and the Treasury Depart
ment. which would construct it, would
be called upon to select definite site.
Some thought has been given to
placing it On land purchased by the
District Government in the vicinity OF
Pennsylvania avenue and John Mar
shall place for the new municipal
center. Now, however, original plans
have been altered to provide that the
Municipal, Police and Juvenile Court
Buildings will be erected in Judiciary
Square. Some time in the future the
authorities hope to have new Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court
Building on the site of the old Pen
sion Office.
Remodeling Considered.
The problem becomes acute at this
time, inasmuch as a Senate committee
is considering remodeiing the. old
Pension Office Building. Arno B.
Cammerer, director of the National
Park Service, who is executive officer
of the Planning Commission, and
other members of the staff recently
appeared before Congress and OBJ
1ected to the remodeling. The CON-
mission is expected to back up this
stand just taken by its subordinates.
This afternoon the commission is
considering the proposed stadium and
sports center at the end Of East Capt.
tol street at the AnacosUia River. c..
Marshall Finnan, superintendent of
the National Capital Parks, and spe-
cial consultant. will explain the plans.
Finnan is telling the commission how
he proposed to spend tine Sl,000,000
recently allocated by the Public Works
Administration for the improvement
Of local PARKS.