Evening star., 1942-06-20
WASHINGTON D. c. SATURDAY JUNE 2o
I Dorn1itory
Projects Given
Planners K.
Union Station PIozo
Included in Plons
To House 1887

To House 1887
Plans for seven Government
dornitosy projects to provide H.
897 beds for man and woman war
workers in relieving the housing
situation in the Washington area
received approval OF the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday before 1t cleaned
up a crowded June docket.
Chief interest centers in plans to
accommodate 1000 girls in three
dormitories to be erected on the
east portion of Union Station Plaza.
Transient homes, they are called,
because 1t is proposed to serve girls
only until they can find permanent
lodgings.
Because no other location con-
venient to the station could be
found, the commission Endorsed a
pending House bill which author
ICES transfer of the property to the
Public Building Administration
Another section on the west side of
the plaza is being held in reserve
for war housing purposes. The
areas are technically part Of the
Capitol grounds.
Limits Occupancy.
Secretary Thomas Settle said yes
terday all leases for Government
dormitories would provide for the
occupancy no longer than six
months after the end Of the emer-
gency. Union Station Plaza was
occupied by Government hotels for
women during the 1918 World War
and for years after. The commits
sion hopes there will be no repeti-
ton Of those conditions after this
war.
The other six projects, the num-
ber of buildings and persons to be
accommodated were announced as
follows:
Arlington, Va, $500 rooms In IA
buildings. The site is the old Agri-
cultural Experimental Farm close
to the new War Department build
ing. The project includes two rec
reational buildings, an assembly hall
or theater, inflrmary, cafeteria and
beauty parlor.
West Potomac Park, 800 rooms in
three buildings, south of Independ-
ence avenue.
East Potomac Park, 1900 rooms
In five buildings, to be located Just
north Of the golf course.
Provides for Colored Workers.
Vicinity of Langston Terrace, 798
rooms for colored workers in two
buildings, south OF the colored golf
course near the Anacostia River.
Vincinity of the District Armory
and Nineteenth and East Capitol
streets. 800 rooms in two buildings.
Suitland, Md, 800 rooms in two
buildings convenient to the Federal
ONCE building planned for that area.
The Union Station project-pro-
vided legislation is passed-is to
occupy two squares and a small tri-
angle bounded by the station on the
west, by r, Second and D streets.
The section held in reserve is south
of the Post ONCE, comprising two
squares bounded by Louisiana ave-
nue. and North Capitol street.
The addition of four and a half
land in Sprout Run also was an
was announced yesterday when a
condemnation award was accepted
The strip of land is in graded
area north of Colorado avenue and
west of Sixteenth street in the vicin-
ity of the old Blagden mill.
Parkway Land Acquired.
Acquisition of about an acre Of
land in Sprout Run. also was an
nounced. This is to be added to the
George Washington Memorial Park
way in Arlington County. Va Plans
for two new laboratory buildings in
the grounds of the Bureau of Stand
ards also were approved. The build
ings are to be one and two stories
high, respectively.
John Nolen, director of planning,
reported on the results of recent
conferences between Government
officials and county officials of Mary
land and Virginia at which the
question Of co-ordinating defense
housing and community facilities
was expedited. He said plans were
being worked out on a regional
basis but that priorities are hamper
ing the water and sewage programs
in the suburbs.
Maps were shown indicating how
suburban housing projects are tied
in with Government building.
The commission also continued
its study of plans for the proposed
new State Department annex build
ing on land recently condemned at
Seventeenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. There is no
assurance, however, that the build
ing will be used by the State De-
partment and the construction date
is undetermined.