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 renewa
project, as well as Southwest re-
development, were to come ur
for consideration by the National
Capital Planning Commission II
meetings today and tomorrow.
Federal building proposals ir
the area were to be reviewed
from several aspects-for one
thing. from the standpoint Of
possible further pollution Of the
Potomac River.
When 1t takes up the centra1
area plan Of the city this after
noon, the commission Is expected
to receive a report from thu
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 TO
Highway Bridge replacement b.
District Highway Director J. N
Robertson. relating to the inne
loop plan.
New studies by the commission
staff and the Highway Depart
ment on the Constitution avenue
bridge, based on the suppositior
it will be located over the south
end Of Roosevelt Island. will be
presented.
Southwest redevelopment dis.
cussion will include a progres!
report on plans by the New Yorh
firm Of Webb and Knapp. with
whose staff commission repre-.
|senatives have been meeting
during the last few weeks.
Fairly general agreement ha
been reached on street patterns
but some controversy is expected
on plans for "a Fourth stree
commercial district development
Concerned in this is a Web
and Knapp proposal to Great
a town center. block-type de
velopment in the new South
west instead Of a planned stril
development.
Air Museum Problem
Another problem pending Il
the plans Is the location Of tn
Smithsonian Institutions pro
posed new National Air Museum
Smithsonian officials have pro
posed that the museum build
ing be located at the head o
the South Mall. designed In tn
Webb and Knapp plan as
broad entranceway into tn
Southwest between Independ
ence avenue and Washington
Channel along Tenth street S.W
Southwest Project Area c.
will come up for tentative ap
proval. This small area of tn
Southwest is scheduled TO
mostly commercial development
The commission staff will sub
NIT for commission action tn
proposed boundaries for tn
Foggy Bottom renewal. The Re
development Land Agency ha
expressed hope for adoption o
some boundaries with the expec
tation the project can be sub
mitted to the Housing and HON,
Finance Agency for fund con
sideration.
Tomorrow there will be {
progress report on a joint stud.
by the commission staff with tn,
Public Buildings Service on I'll,
status Of temporary building
and on permanent buildings We
to be constructed in the centra
area of the city.
The question OF some plan TO
the protection of the Washing
ton water supply in view o
Federal building proposals in til,
area was raised to the commits
sion by 1t. Gen. Samuel D
Sturgis, jr.. chief Of the Arm!
Corps of Engineers.
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