Evening star., 1942-10-15
Land Purchase
Gives Accessto
Foundry Park
Two and Half Acres
Are Acquired on
Mocomb Street

Foundry Branch Park, one of the
most attractive new DEVELOPMENTS
of the Northwest section, has beer
made more readily accessible to the
public by the purchase, of two anc
one-half acres of land along the
north side of Macomb street al
Massachusetts, avenue, the Nationa
Park and Planning Commission an.
nounced today.
Norman c. Brown, land purchas.
ing officer, reporting on the acquisi.
ton, said the parkway is west of the
Mclean Gardens. He said the Ma.
comb street frontage will make pos.
sible suitable access to other parE
lands now being purchased along
Foundry Branch to the north.
May Get Is Acres More.
Mr.. Brown disclosed that the com.
mission expects to acquire about Il
additional acres for the Foundr,
Park from the Mclean Garden.
Estate. Before recessing to go on {
field inspection trip, the planning
agency adopted a resolution express.
ing regret at the death of Charles A
Moore. former chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission. who died Septem
Der a. He had exercised vigilan,
guardianship over the Mcmillan
Plan of 1901. the resolution stated
until creation of the Planning Com.
mission in 1926.
Several land transfers for new
street extensions to housing anc
park areas were reported on at the
morning session.
One is to create the new access
to the OXon Run area in Anacostis
and another would provide access
to the housing development on the
old Benning race track in Benning
Close to Anacostia Park.
Anacostia Park is close to thi.
housing project Which is being bull
by the Kenilworth Development Co
and the two will be connected.
Thomas C. Jeffers, Landscape
architect, made an encouragins
progress report on the DEVELOPMENT
OF recreational areas in the District
which is beginning now to balance
with the acquisition of new play.
ground lands.
The commission expressed itself a.
extremely gratifying over the recent
allotments of approximately $500 Oo(
IN Lanham act funds for the de-
Velopment of additional recreationa
areas.
Before yesterdays allotment O.
$4,000 for 20 more projects, $3.50.
600 had been granted for the de.
Yelopment of eight other play.
grounds and recreation centers
These % projects will all be devel.
eped under the direction of Milo
christensen. head of the Distric,
Recreation Board.
The commission felt that these
new play areas would 90 a far ster
IN restoring areas deprived of pub.
lie use in the city by the war ex.
pansion program.
Resolution in Part,
The resolution on the death O.
MI. Moore read, in part, as follows
"Mr. Moore was the only membe
OF the Commission of Fine Arts t,
serve that body continuously from
its creation in 1910 until his retire
ment in 1887. From 1915 onward
he was chairman. and his long ex.
perlence both with practical ant
aesthetic problems concerning tn,
National Capital made invaluabl,
MS services to that body.
"As clerk of the Senate Distr,c,
Committee under the leadership O.
Senator Mcmillan. he saw estap.
llshed many utilitarian improve.
ments, while as editor of the report
OF the Park Commission of 1901 he
was familiar with the proposed plans
Tor park expansion and for the arch.
ltectural rehabilitation of Washing
ton. Indeed, he saw many of these
brought to realization.
"As chairman of the Commission
OF Fine Arts he exercised a vigilant
guardianship over the plan of 1901
until the creation of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission in 1926. He rendered in
valuable aid in establishing the loca-
ton of the Lincoln Memorial upon
its planned site. despite the strongest
opposition.
Therefore this commission feels
it particularly appropriate that it
should record its appreciation and
gratitude for these services, so well
rendered, and this major contribu-
ton to the development of the Ma
tional Capital"
population, traffic and recreation
studies are among problems of loca,
interest that will be reported or
during the two-day meeting of the
commission, which opened today a,
the Interior Department..
Officials said a good deal of the
agenda for the October meeting in.
wolves confidential matters, but thai
a number of progress reports would
be made on recommendation to
the Traffic Advisory Council, studies
OF housing am! other projects af-
iecting the orderly development of
a wartime Capital City.
To Inspect Driveways.
After the NOR ing session the
members of the commission were to
inspect the Pentagon Building drive
ways and visit the National zooloe-
ical Park and Rock Greek Park to
make a f1rst-hand study of the road
system. The agency had a great
deal to do with planning the intri-
cate pattern of traffic lanes that
feed the worlds largest Office build
ing" in Arlington, Va. and some of
its members have never visited the
site.
They will be interested particular
ly In the development of plans for
the river entrance to the Arlington
building and its system of ramps
whereby buses eventually will be
able to discharge passengers in the
basement.
At its last meeting the commission
ordered a study of reads in the Zoo
and Rock Creek Park with a view
to widening scme of the main traf-
fic arteries because of increased
use. This study will be made by a
committee repreSentinp interested