Evening star., 1938-07-30
PLANNERS ORDER
FORT DRIVE ROAD
DETAILS RUSHED
Civil War Fortifications of
D. C. to Be Connected
in Development.
HIGHWAY Department
TO ASSIST COMMISSION
Minor Revisions' Authorized in
Parkway Units at Fort Foote
and Cabin John.

Preparation Of detailed plans for
development of the@ Fort Drive, con-
Meeting Civil War Notifications around
the District of Columbia. was ordered
today at the closing session of three
day meeting of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Members of the commission staff
will prepare the plans in cooperation
with the District Highway Depart
ment.
The commission authorized minor
revisions'' in the parkway boundaries
at Fort Foote and Cabin John. De-
velopment of the second unit of the
George Washington Memorial Park
way, from Rosslyn to Spout Run, was
considered in preparation for a con-
ference with Virginia planning officials
at 3 pm. Wednesday.
Late yesterday the commission ap-
proved the transfer to- the District
government Of q tract 100 by los
feet in size in Mcmillan Park to
provide a site for the new fire alarm
headquarters. for which the P. w. A..
allotted funds Thursday. The new
building is to be one story .struc-
ture, the commission was advised.
NoIen Given Zoning Post.
The commission appointed John
Nolen. jr., its director of planning,
as commission member of the newly
created Board of zoning Adjustment
and Zoning Advisory Coucil, set up
under an amendment to the District
zoning Act signed by President Roose-
welt June 20. Mr.. Nolen for several
years has served as a member of the
unofhcially created Zoning Advisory
Committee. Mr.. Nolen reviewed
progress on plans for revision of the
local coming regulations under the
new act.
The commission empowered its staff
to cooperate with officials of Prince
Georges County. Md. on the i'm
mediate acquisition of land in the
Anacostia River Valley and its tribu-
taries. Taking lines" will be estab-
lished at once, joint appraisals of
land values made as guide to the
purchasing officers. and purchases
undertaken as soon as possible.
Acquisition of land in the valley
will be made from the District line
upstream, it was announced. tying
in with the District development OF
the Anacostia Parkway. The Mary
land section not only will serve as
the first unit of the proposed Wash
ington- Baltimore Parkway but will
permit the beginning of work to solve
the Bladensburg food problem. The
Office of the district Army engineer
now is making a flood-control sur
vey of the entire Potomac River VAL
ley, with special emphasis on the
Anacostia Valley to permit early So
luton of the Bladensburg problem
Construction of dykes and other food
control works on the park land to
be acquired at Blladensburg is re-
garded as likely.
Consider New Planning Unit
Creation of a Washington-Balti-
more-Annapolis planning district is
under consideration as a means of
carrying on parkway and freeway
projects recommended by the Ma
tional Resource Committee early this
year. Legislative action will be sought
authorizing thorough planning for
this entire area
The commission has taken under
consideration details of the sls,000,-
900 District public works program
with view to tying it in with ex-
isting plans for local development.
The courts and Gallinger Hospital
areas already have been provided for
as a part of the general plan. and
other proposed projects are under
study.
The commission named several new
parks and recreation areas and re-
named a number of others. The re-
naming was chiefly for the purpose
of making recreational center names
coincide with schools which they sup
plement.
The name Blair Parkway was given
to the tract from Beach Parkway to
Blair Portal The Massachusetts, Ave-
ue Portal, at the District line, was
officially renamed Westmoreland Cir
Gle. The name of Maddox Branch,
from Conduit road to Loughboro, Nd,
was changed to Maddox Branch Park.
A new park in Anacostia was named
Alger Park.
Fulton Parkway Designated.
The name Fulton Parkway was
given to a new park extending from
Maddox Branch Park to Glover Park.
The Takoma Recreation Center was
renamed Coolidge Recreation Center
in conformity with the Coolidge High
School, which it adjoins. The Chevy
Chase Recreation Center, adjoining
the Lafayette School. was renamed
Lafayette Recreation Center. The Co.
lumbia Heights Recreation Center was
renamed Powell Recreation Center for
the adjoining Powell Junior High
School. Section G of the Anacostia
Park, near Benning road, was named
Benning Recreational Center; Sec
ton D, near the Anacostia High
School, was named Anacostia Recrea-
tional Center, and Section c was
named Douglas Recreational Center.
The Southeast Recreational Center
was renamed for the Buchanan
School across the street. Petworth
Playground, adjoining the Cuno Ru-
dolph School, was renamed the Ru-