Evening star., 1948-12-16

Work 10 Start
Soon in County
1,500-Unit Project
Near College Park
Gets Zonine Permit

Near College Park
Gets Zonine Permit
Construction will begin soon on
1.5O0-unit garden type apartment
development near College Park.
The project; first phase in the es-
tablishment of planned self-con-
tanned community, was made DOS
sible yesterday when Prince Georges
County commissioners re-zoned IS
acres Of the Mccormick Goodhart
estate from Residential A to Res
idential C.
The property is at the intersection
OF New Hampshire avenue and Uni
versity lane, between Silver Spring
and College Park.
E. Burton Corning, member of the
architectural firm which prepared
plans for the initial project. said
construction would begin as soon as
financing arrangements are con-
cluded with the Federal Housing
Administration. These are already
under way. he said. The develop-
ers will be Standard Construction
Co.
Adjacent Shopping Center.
In addition to apartment area re-
zoning, the county commissioners
reclassified 10 adjoining acres as
Commercial D property, to permit
construction Of a shopping center
Developers of this undertaking have
not been announced.
The overall plan for the new COM
munity, which will be a private
venture similar to Greenbelt, calls
for the eventual construction of
single-family detached and semi
detached houses.
Space is reserved for an elemen-
tary school site, parkways and re-
creational facilities, streets and
highways. The 27-acre tract of
the Eudist Fathers, in the center
OF the estate, will not be disturbed.
No one opposed the Mccormick
Goodhart re-zoning.
The hearing on this request was
IN sharp contrast to one that fol-
lowed. involving the rezoning in
Michigan Park Hills for apartment
purposes.
Scores Protest.
Despite bad weather, scores of
residents appeared to protest a petit
ton filed by T. Hammond Welsh,
Jr., for a 394-unit project on Chill
lum road near Sargent road.
included William H.
Casick, So Chillum road, Chillum;
Ralph Stover and Forrest Spark
man, Sargent road. and Harry M.
Leet, 2007 Rittenhouse street, Green
Meadows.
They said apartment houses
would add new problems with res
pect tc schools.
Mr.. Welsh was principal spokes-
man for the petition but his .re-
marks were applauded by a group
OF spectators. He said the proposed
apartments would bring the county
additional revenue
and declared they are favored by
many established Prince Georges
families.
The commissioners reserved de-
cislon for q week.
Another delegation of 80 persons
objected to a petition of the Hyatts-
vile Presbyterian Church for re-
zoning for apartment use the south
west corner of Forty second evenue
and Oglethorpe street, Hyattsville.
the commissioners ap-
proved the change.
The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
urged rejection on grounds that
population would in
crease the traffic hazard. Charles
E. Kellogg and Mrs. Virginia Hous-
ton. who live in the neighborhood,
protested. The Hyatsville Town
Council supported the petition.
Other Actions Taken.
The commissioners made these
other decisions:
Approved a petition by Leo K. Donovan
to reclassify for industrial use q acres Of
land fronting on Kenilworth avenue op-
was fled agreeing to reserve for one year
"a acres for the Baltimore WASHINGTON
parkway development. the sale price to be
in the vicinity, not on industrial
Approved petition by e. F. Ude for
change from Residential A to 3 Of prop
for a two-family dwelling.
Approved the petition of Raymond A.
OUTLAW, for change from Residential A to
not noh o sns 81 srest Rer
!he Park and Planning Commission and
the n f,. council b6c but
Approved the petition of Giuseppe Gu
gliotta. for change from Residential A. to
ense hshway near 20. 81 sae Oh
Gre Green and ,9,j JACK & &coOpsrsmith for psTmis
at Baltimore @ @ S bouievsTd and
street College Park and on the west side
Of Queens Chapel road, near Chillum
Dsapproved the. petition of Paul Kid
Commercial D. tract on west side of Kenil-
worth avenue south of Quincy street. near
Disapproved the petition of Hayden G
Melvin for permission to establish a used
way. BladensburR: it was shown that he
does not own the property
Postponed action on the petition of Sea-
bron Broadus for permission to establish
tourist cabins in, North Englewood: notice
Petitions filed in behalf of William E
Hawkins, Albert E. and Pearl Simmons,
They proposed reclassihcation from Eesi-
Dental A to Commercial D property at
Fiftieth avenue and N street, Hillside.
Woman Delegate to Speak
Senorita Raquel Ichazo, Bolivian
delegate to the Inter-American