Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
Planners Study
Foggy Bottom,
|S.W. Projects
Building Proposals
Weighed in Relation
To River Pollution


Proposed boundaries for the
Foggy Bottom urban renewal
project, as well as Southwest re-
development, were, to come up
for consideration by the National
Capital Planning Commission ir
meetings today and tomorrow.
Federal building proposals in
the area were to be reviewed
from several aspects-for one
thing, from the standpoint oil
possible further pollution Of the
Potomac River.
When it takes up the central
area plan of the city this after
noon. the commission is expected
to receive q report from the
|inter-agency Co-ordinating Com
mittee recommending use OF In
dependence avenue rather than
Ohio drive for the inner belt
freeway.
The session is to hear a re-
port prepared for National Capt.
tai Parks on the same subject
from Gilmore D. Clarke. former
chairman Of the Fine Arts Com.
mission. Representatives Of the
Fine Arts Commission have beer
invited to be present, and pos.
sibly express themselves on the
studies presented to the plan.
ming commission.
! Bridges on Agenda
Other highway matters to b.
aired include a proposal fol
Highway Bridge replacement b!
District Highway Director j. N
Robertson, relating to the innel
loop plan.
New studies by the commission
staff and the Highway Depart.
ment on the Constitution avenue
bridge, based on the suppositior
lit win be located over the south
end Of Roosevelt Island, will be
presented.
Southwest redevelopment dis
cussion will include q progress
report on plans by the New York
firm Of Webb and Knapp, with
whose stan commission repre-
senatives have been meeting
during the last few weeks. /.
Fairly general agreement hal
been reached on street patterns
but some controversy is expected
on plans for q Fourth street
commercial district development
Concerned in this is q Webt
and Knapp proposal to create
a town center, block-type de.
velopment in the new South.
west instead Of a planned strir
development.
Air Museum Problem
Another problem pending II
the plans Is the location Of thu
Smithsonian Institutions pro.
posed new National Air Museum
Smithsonian officials have pro.
posed that the museum build.
ing be located at the head Of
the South Mall, designed in the
Webb and Knapp plan as q
broad entranceway into the
Southwest between Independ.
ence avenue and Washington
Channel along Tenth street S.W
Southwest Project Area CT
will come up for tentative ap.
proval. This small area Of the
Southwest is scheduled fol
mostly commercial development
The commission staff will sub.
NIT for commission action the
proposed boundaries for thu
Foggy Bottom renewal. The Re.
development Land Agency has
expressed hope for adoption Of
some boundaries with the expec.
tation the project can be sub.
mitted to the Housing and Home
Finance Agency for fund con.
Sideration.
Tomorrow there will be q
progress report on a Joint study
by the commission staff with the
Public Buildings Service on the
status Of temporary buildings
and on permanent buildings vet
to be constructed in the central
area of the city.
The question of some plan for
the protection Of the Washing
ton water supply in view OF
Federal building proposals in the
area was raised to the commits
sion by 1t. Gen. Samuel D.
StlHRiS. jr.. chief of the ARMY