Evening star., 1947-01-05
Commissioners
TO Hear Brown
School Appeal
D. c. Rereotion Board
To Cite Needs for
Chevy Chase Center

10 Cite NEEDS for
Chevy Chase Center
The District Commissioners will
get facts, figures and a sightseeing"
invitation Tuesday when District
recreation officials appear before
them to argue the case for con-
verting the E. v. Brown School into
4 combined public library branch
and recreation center.
The Commissioners, in calling the
wrote the District Rec
reation Board that providing indoor
recreation facilities at E. V. Brown
School would naturally result in
a demand for similar facilities else
where"
Members of the recreation board
and the Recreation Department said
last night they would attempt to
demonstrate to the Commissioners
that similar facilities already are
available elsewhere.
Propose Tour Of Facilities.
Recreation Superintendent Milo
Christensen said the recreation
officials would present to the Com
l. An invitation to tour the exist
ing facilities located in other parts
of the city.
2. Records of the old Community
Center Department to show that
Washington neighborhoods nave
been enjoying recreation facilities
for Is years and that the proposal
to provide recreation opportunities
at E. v. Brown School is nothing
new.
8. Reports from other cities show
ing how they renovated old build.
ings to provide needed recreation IN
their communities and what they
plan in new community center con-
struction.
4. An area -by-area breakdown OF
the amount of money the Recrea-
ton Department now is spending to
provide neighborhood recreation
here.
Community Supports Drive.
The campaign to convert the old
school at Mckinley street and Con-
necticut avenue into library rec
cation center has been going on for
months.
Supported by the entire Chevy
Chase community, the campaign also
is backed by the Board of Library
Trustees and the District Recreation
Board. The Commissioners held a
hearing on E. v. Brown School last
month, and the call to recreation
officials to explain how the school
proposal fitted into the city-wide
recreation plan was the immediate
result.
Mr.. christensen explained last
night that the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission had
divided the city into 26 areas, each
of which was to have a complete
indoor and outdoor program of rec
reation for all age groups and all
interests.
Little Financial Help Given.
A survey of the money spent by
the Recreation Department in each
area, Mr.. Christensen said, showed
that Area No. 3-upper Connecticut
avenue where E. v. Brown School
stands-gets less than almost any
other area.
The Recreation Department puts
less money into only two others.
One is Area No. 10 in downtown
Washington where the Park and
Planning Commission is buying two
sites to extend recreation facilities.
In the other area, No. 20 in Ana
costa, the Office of National Capital
Parks pays maintenance costs. The
Recreation Departments expenses
for this area would be more than
doubled, Mr.. Christensen said, II
National Capital Parks did not share
the cost.
Cost Break Down Given.
The recreation superintendent
gave this area-by area breakdown
of recreation costs and the number
of recreation units:
No. l., Fort Kemble area near
Macarthur Boulevard NV. Ono
unit palisades Field House,, $18,-
073.
No. 2, around Woodrow Wilson
High School NV; four units, $13,-
518.
No. 3, the area for which E. v.
Brown School is sought; one unit,
1885.
No. 4, Cleveland Park, NV; two
units, $10,130.
No. 5, around Western High
School,. NV; six units, S22,189
No. 6, around Calvin Coolidge
High School, NV; four units.
$1S,33o.
No. 7, Brightwood, NV, three
units, $13,364.
No. 8, Lower Petworth, NV;
three units, $18,475.
No. 9. around Powell Junior High
School NV; four units, $23,665.
No. 10, downtown Washington
NV; two units. $6,851.
No. II, Banneker area, north OF
Griffith Stadium NV; nine units,
s58,635.
No. IL, around Francis Junior
High School NV; six units, $28,-
1888.
No. 13, around Mckinley High
School NE; three units, $23,625.
No. IA, around Taft Junior High
School NE; five units, $35 5,790.
No. Is. Trinidad area NE; two
units, $12,313.
No. 16, around Eastern High
School Sc: three units, $14,883.
No. II, around Langston Junior
High School NE; six units, $22,034.
No. 18, around Jefferson Junior
High School S.W; two units, S18,-
473.
No. 10, around Randall Junior
High School S.W.; six units, s23, 1923.
No. 20, part of Anacostia Sc;
three units, $5,470.
No. 81, Hillcrest area Sc; one
unit, $10,594.
No. %. Fort Chaplin area NE;
three units, $9,625.
No. %, Oxon Run Sc; two units,
$19,460
No. "a, Kelly Miller area NE:
five units, $37, 1874.