Evening star., 1942-07-17
Capital Gets
"A More Areas
For Recreation
Park Board Speeds
ADA DemountubIe
Housing Projects

Fourteen additional Federal park
areas were turned over to the Dis
trict Commissioners today to pro-
vide a welcome wartime extension
of Washington's playground and
recreation system.
Assignment of the areas was au-
thorized late yesterday by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, which also approved
plans for development of the Sher-
wood Playground just northeast of
Union Station. The IA new areas
were acquired under authorization
of the Capper-Cramton Act but the
planning commission had withheld
assigning them until after the estab-
lishment of the District Recreation
Board which will have jurisdiction
over them
The commission received an en-
tightening report on residential
building in the washington Metro
politan Area which led 1t to speed
up plans for additional emergency
building by approving the designs
and layouts for four demountable
housing projects of the Alley Dwell
ing Authority. The four projects
will provide eventually for a total
of 442 family units.
To Be Abolished After War.
Planned solely as emergency hous-
ing for war workers, and to be built
of fabricated materials, the ADA
projects are to be abolished after
the war is over. The sites and the
number of family units to be built
on leased properties were announced
as follows:
Thirty-fifth street and Reservoir
road NV, IA units. on property
leased from the Georgetown Visi-
tation Convent
Seventh street and Monroe street
NE, 80 units, near Catholic Uni
versity.
Forty-sixth street and Hanna
place Sc, 1873 units.
Foote street near Benning road
NE, 140 units, on land leased from
the Potomac Electric Power Co., in
the vicinity of the Benning Power
Plant.
In the case of the new play
grounds and recreation centers, the
commission had worked out and ap-
proved detailed development plans
for each area. Some of the small
parks are already equipped with
swings, slides, volley ball courts and
baseball diamonds The detailed
plans will be transmitted to tha
District Commissioners with the as
signment of each area.
Included among the IA areas are
several for which the new Recrea-
ton Board already has planned to
develop out of the 100000 which
1t hopes to receive under the Lam
ham Act in the near future.
Playground Sites Widesptead.
One of the new areas Is a section
Of Fort Reno Park at Forty second
and Albemarle streets NV, recent
ly acquired as future playground
The areas are located in all Sec
tions of Washington except the
Southwest.
In addition to the Fort Reno site
the others were announced as
follows:
Friendship Playground, on War
rem street NV, southeast of the
End High Reservoir.
Forest Hills Playground on Chesa-
peake street NV, in the Forest
Hills section.
Fort Stevens Playground, on Van
Buren, street in Brightwood.
Keene Playground, at Riggs street
and Blair road NE.
Dakota Playground, at South Da-
kota avenue and Adams street NE
Trinidad Recreation Center, al
Hollbrook and Childress streets NE
Abbott Playground, at Sixth anc
Fern streets NE.
Hillcrest Recreation Center, Cam
den street near Thirty-second street
Sc.
Fort Chaplin Recreation Center
at G street and Texas avenue Sc.
Oxon Run Recreation Center
Fourth street and Valley avenue S E
Congress Heights Playground, a
Seventh street and Savannah stree
Sc.
! Kelly Miller Junior High Schoo
Recreation Center, at Forty ninth
street and Washington place NE
Barry Farms Playground, Nichols
| avenue near Sumner road Sc. TO-
use OF the Barry Farms housing
project.
Condemnation Approved.
The addition of these recreationa
areas and the program approved b,
the District Commissioners and tn
planning commission for develop
ment later of 10 more areas Wi
90 a long way to restoring Sucl
facilities in Washington to norma
conditions before the inroads mad
by the war program.
= The commission late yesterda
also passed a resolution calling O
the Attorney General of the Unite
States to condemn portions of Unit
and 2 in Virginia, needed fo
development of the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway. Their
are several areas in the units fror
the Key Bridge UP Spout Run whic
the commission has been unabl
to purchase from owners.
A report was made to the com
mission by Chairman Frederic I
Delano and Secretary Thomas
Settle on the progress OF plans fo
the restoration of passenger servic
on the Washington and Old Do
minion Railroad Some time ago tn
railroad discontinued its passenge
service but it is maintaining freigt
service along its route from Wash
tington to Leesburg and Bluemont
The two officials reported on tn
results of a recent hearing at Fall
{ fax County Courthouse. MIR. Delan
| explained that resumption of pas
senger service would have to depen
, on action by Defense Transpol
, tation Co-ordinator Joseph B. East
man and the Virginia Corporate
Commission.
The road now passes through rar
idly expanding Virginia areas clos
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