Evening star., 1945-12-02
Radio Institute Given
'zoning Variance 10
Build New School

National Radio Institute, Inc, has
been granted its appeal for a zon-
ing variance to permit construction
OF $400, 1000 new school building on
the southeast corner of Wisconsin
avenue and Tilden street NV.
The decision was announced yes
terday by the Board of Zoning Ad-
justment The board also disclosed
it had granted 13, denied five and
deferred two other appeals on the
20-case docket it considered last
Wednesday.
The radio school is now at Six
teenth and U streets NV. It does
a correspondence business and had
wartime enrolment of approx
nately $4,000 students throughout
the country. according to testimony
presented to the board.
Foreign Policy Institute Ruled Out.
In another case residents of the
1900 block of Twenty-first street
NV, won their battle against
so-called opening wedge of COM
mercialism" in the area when the
board denied an appeal to estab-
lish the Foundation for Foreign At
fairs, described as a research insti-
tuition into American foreign policy,
at 1922 Twenty-first street.
Other cases and the boards ac-
tion were:
Appeal OF Bertha M. Degan for
permission to establish a temporary
rooming house in the "a" restricted
area district at 1927 Madison street
N.W.-granted conditionally.
Appeal of j. w. Easton for a vari-
ance from the side yard require
ments of the "A" restricted area
district to permit erection of one
story brick rear addition to the
dwelling at 1914 Hamlin street
NE.-granted.
Appeal of Mrs. Bessie Lewis for
permission to establish a temporary
rooming house in the "A" restricted
area district at 1921 Madison street
N.W.-granted
Appeal of H. Goetze for permis-
sion to establish an art studio as
private school at 1416 Twentieth
street N.W.-granted conditionally.
Appeal Of Seven Corners Realty,
Inc, for permission to extend per-
mitted store building Is feet into
the adjoining residential district at
6400 Georgia avenue N.W.-deferred
for more information.
Appeal Of George A. Kieny for
permission to change a noncon-
forming use from a grocery store
to dry cleaning agancy at 326
Eleventh street SE-granted.
Bid for Filling Station Denied.
Appeal of M. T. Mccarthy for
permission to establish a gasoline
filling station at 18O9-17 Wisconsin
avenue N.W.-denied.
Appeal of Alice E. Brady. owner.
on behalf of Shapiro, Inc, lessee,
for permission to use temporary
building for office incidental to
residential development at 1545
Locust road N.W.-granted condi-
tionally.
Appeal Of the Goss Realty Co. for
permission to change q noncon-
forming use from an ofiice to vari-
ETY. store and paper and magazines
at 1744k U street N.W.-denied.
Appeal Of Dolan and Brownlee
for variance from the use proyi-
sions OF the first commercial dis
trict to permit erection Of 4 one
story addition to building for auto
sales and service at 1414 Florida av-
enue N.E.-deferred.
Appeal for School Granted.
Appeal Of Robert w. Harris,
owner, on behalf Of Science Service,
Inc, contract purchaser. for permis-
sion to establish / nonprofit insti-
tuition Of higher learning or culture
devoted exclusively to the arts and
sciences, at 1723 N street NV.
granted.
Appeal Of Bernard ]. Cole and w.
10. Spicknall, trustees. for permis-
sion to establish specific first COM
mercial use at the rear OF 258-260
Fifteenth street IS. S.E.-denied.
Appeal Of the Washington Hous-
ing Corp. for permission to estab-
lish an automobile repair shop at
426 / street N.W.-sranted condi-
tionally.
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