Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Rezoning 10 Permit
Big Housing Project
In Hi||crest Granted
II Proposed Changes
Allowed Among Is
Up Before Commission

Twelve Of 16 proposed changes In
permitted uses Of properties, con-
adered yesterday at q public hearing
at the District Building, were ap-
proved by the zoning Commission.
with some restrictions In three Of
the cases. Two cases were denied
and action was deferred In two
others.
Over the written protests of about
200 residents and property owners
in the HtllcreSt area, the commission
approved q change from "A" re-
stricted to "a" area for a 50-acre
tract near Naylor road and Thirtieth
street S., to permit huge defense
housing project.
With a stipulation that agreement
is reached for a trade Of six-acre
tracts between the United States and
the District, the commission also
approved change from restricted
to residential "a" coming for Friend
ship, the Mclean estate on Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, where another
large-scale defense housing project
is to be erected.
Approved Cases.
Approval also was given by the
commission to the following
changes:
From residential to first CONNER
rial nrorertv at 2003-29O5 Sherman
avenue NV.
From residential to first CONNER
cial, property at 1921 Third street
Sc. and the rear part Of 200-20e M
street Sc.
From first commercial to residen-
tial 40-foot "a" area, property at
4201-4205 Grant street NE.
From residential to second COM
mercial 60-foot %" area. property
on the west side Of Fenwick street
between Capitol avenue and Gallau-
Diet street and on the south side OF
Gallaudet street between Fenwick
and Providence streets NE, and
change from first commercial to res
idential 40-foot "B" area, property
on the northeast corner Of Capitol
avenue and Providence street NE.
From residential to first CONNER
cial, property at the rear Of $50 Bla-
densburg road NE.
From second commercial to indus
trial, 90-foot ID" area, entire square
south of v street between First and
Second streets S.W.
From second commercial to resi-
Dental 40-foot "A" area, property
at Kenilworth avenue and Foote
street NE.
Apartment Plea Rejected.
From residential "A" restricted to
residential "a" Seni-reStricted,
which permits community and semi
detached houses, but no apartments,
property along west side Of Riggs
road near the District line, NE.
Apartment zoning had been asked in
this case.
From industrial and second COM
mercial, first commercial and resi-
Dental "B" area to residential 40
foot "A" area, property on the west
of Nichols avenue between Howard
road and the grounds Of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital Sc.
From residential "B" restricted
and "A" semi-restricted areas to
residential "A" area, which permits
apartments, property on the south
side OF Baker street between the
right Of way Of the Philadelphia,
Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Co. and Anacostia Park, in North
east and Southeast Washington. In
this case the petitions also had
sought a change from residential to
first commercial Of property at the
northeast corner Of Benning road
and Anacostia avenue, but this was
denied.
The commission denied requests
for q change from second to first
commercial for property bounded by