Evening star., 1945-06-13

$Z5,WO Deal for
Broddock Rood Troct
Falls Through
The Alexandria City Council pre-
pared today to find another To-
cation for frehouse for the north
vest section Of the city after re-
|ecting the offer of a site at Brad
lock road and Windsor avenue last
night.
Malcolm Matheson, jr., had Offer
ed to sell the city a four-acre tract
On Braddock road for $25, 900. The
council refused this offer. Mr..
previously had refused
to sell part of the tract.
The council then decided to coll
laborate with the Planning Com
the fire chief, the State
FIRE marshal and member of the
National Fire Underwriters In se-
lecting a site.
The inability of the council and
Mr.. Matheson to come to terms
forestalled action by a group of
residents who attended the meet
ing to protest the location of the
station in their neighborhood.
Materials Arrive.
The council recently rescinded q
decision to locate the station on
Cameron Mills road when members
Of churches in the area, the George
Mason School P-TA and the North
ridge Citizens Association objected.
Meanwhile, City Manager Carl
Budwesky pointed out that the ma
terials ordered by the Lee T. Tur-
ner Co., which was awarded the
contract to construct the firehouse
on the original Cameron Mills road
site at cost of $45 900, had arrived,
and would have to be stored at the
city's expense.
For the second time in six
months, Maurice D. Rosenberg ap-
piled to the council to rezone his
lot on the southwest corner of Pitt
and Cameron streets from C-1 resi-
dental to d. commercial, and in
spite of renewed protests by resi-
dents of the 500 block of Cameron
street, the council reversed its orig
inal refusal and unanimously ap-
proved the rezoning.
Mr.. Rosenberg, who owns the
property jointly with Roger Bailey,
was represented by John Barton
Phillips, his attorney, and also ap-
peared in person to present sketches
for the proposed building which will
house Offices on the Cameron street
side, and three stores on the Pitt
street side. These stores, according
to the owner, will be leased for use
as book store. a real estate Office
and a dress shop.
Described as Eyesore.
The present site is occupied by a
ramshackle wooden structure, and
Mr.. Phillips said the industrial
character of the neighborhood on
Pitt street in addition to the A. B.
and w. bus terminal across the
street would prohibit its use as a
residential site, and that as it now
stands it is an eyesore.
The protesting property owners,
many OF whom have lived in the
street for several decades, cited the
historic nature of the city and said
a d. zoning would permit its use
in the future by an enterprise less
acceptable than the ones Mr.. Rosen-
berg proposed.
At the request of Mr.. BudWesky,
the council decided to make a study
of zoning law provisions permitting
rooming and boarding houses in an
A residential zone, and to clarity the
law.
The request of Elmer r. Duncan
to rezone 308 East Monroe avenue
from B-1 residential to d. CONNER
cial was denied when owners of
neighborhood property raised OBJ
jections.
The request of Russell Mitchell
Post 609, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
to operate a recreational club for
veterans in their new building at
Prince and Alfred streets was grant,
ed and the post was given permis-
sion to use the Municipal Stadium
for Embarrassing rodeo on July Il
through Is.
Public Hearing June rs.
The council set June 26 for a
public hearing on the applications of
Mrs. Robert S. Tarney, 301 East
Alexandria avenue; Mrs. Nancy
Dannenburg, lit Randolph avenue,
and Mrs. w. w. Roberts, LOG Prince
street, to operate nursery schools,
and directed that the applicants OBJ
tain the written approval of owners
OF adjacent property.
An ordinance was passed vacating
an unnamed street in section two.
Braddock Heights subdivision, and
the city engineer was directed to
obtain estimates on the construc-
tion Of storm sewer to alleviate
flood conditions on Summers drive
and Glendale avenue as requested
in petition of residents of the area,
THIS sum of $1,000 was appropri-
ated to construct a storm sewer on
Montgomery street from Alfred to
Patrick streets, and the city man
ager was also directed to have the
sewer at the foot of Prince street
extended further out in the river to
relieve objectional conditions. .
The following applications for re-
coming were voted advertised and
set for hearing on July "a: North
east corner of Patrick and Madison
streets, from C-1 residential to d.
commercial; southeast corner of Al
fred and Oronoco streets, from C-I
residential to d. commercial
southwest corner of Duke and Eliza
beth streets, from A residential to
d. commercial; lots on north size
OF Walnut street between Common
wealth avenue and Marstellar street
and at southeast corner of Walnut
street and Commonwealth avenue
from C-1 residential to D-2 COM
mercial; lot on the west side of the
900 block, of Patrick street, from C-1
residential to d. commercial, and
lots known as 600 South Washington
street and $40 through 6l4 Gibbon
street from T1 ros{do,,&foy :. - q