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aterfront: A City Asset That Protects Business
Continued From Pace A-
Bn art-film theater, and a
wide variety of other activi
ties. Provision also is mad
for space for both the Capi
tal Yacht Club and the
Columbia Yacht Club.
2. New slips and piers for
about 600 boats and yachts.
3. Parking spaces in a cen
tral facility beneath the
•Tenth Street MaU Overlook,
and in other waterfront lo
cations, for a minimum of
2,333 cars. (This would be al
most five times the number
soning regulations would re
quire.)
4. A new service road to
be called Water street run
ning along the waterfront
between Maine avenue and
the redeveloped commercial
and public areas, plus re
location of Maine avenue and
other street changes.
6. Two public boat land
ings facing waterfront plazas,
three small public parks, and
a pedestrian promenade along
the water’s edge which would
link almost the entire length
of the waterfront.
A system of “minibuses" to
link all parts of the waterfront
with the Smithsonian Institu
tion tourist area also is pro
posed.
Foreseen also is provision of
places for dancing, ice skating,
boat sightseeing and water taxi
service, and other means of
making the waterfront attrac
tive throughout the year, rath
er than chiefly in the warmer
months.
in disclosing the plan drawn
up after nine months’ work,
Neville Miller, RLA chairman,
emphasized the agency has k
responsibility to make the
waterfront an attractive asset
for the city as well as an obli
gation to protect the rights of
business firms.
“We believe the public and
the priority holders will find
themselves in an equally good
position under this program,”
he said.
Operators of firms formerly
on the waterfront before build
ings were razed in the last
dozen years were given a pri
vate preview of the plan last
Friday.
AU Have Priority
At a meeting in RLA’s of
fices, they were asked to make
“comments and suggestions” to
the agency within 30 days. All
held some form of priority to
return to the area.
The master plan was pre
pared for RLA by a group of
prominent citizens organized
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—Bawd on de»lrn prepared Batterlee * Smith
by the Federal City Council in
an effort to resolve private and
public Interests fairly.
Heading Washington Chan*
nel Waterfront, Inc., the non
profit citizen group which pre
pared the plan. Is Dean Charles
B. Nutting, head of George
Washington University’s Na
tional Law Center.
Among members are Walter
N. Tobriner, president of the
District Board of Commission
ers, and Mrs. James H. Rowe,
jr, chairman of the National
Capital Planning Commission.
Master Design Prepared
The master design Itself was
prepared by the architectural
firm of Satterlee * Smith
under direction of the citizens'
corporation acting as consult
ant to RLA. Chloethlel Wood
ard Smith of the architectural
firm has been closely Involved
with the waterfront program
since she first participated in
preparing preliminary a desion
11 years ago.
RLA Chairman Miller made
clear his agency was impressed
with the program, and now
wished to hear comment from
priority holders before pro
ceeding with steps to obtain
approval of other agencies.
Waterfront redevelopment Is
part of a 552-acre Southwest
Washington urban renewal
project.
a plaza at the foot-of Seventh street S.W.,
containing a merry-go-round for children.
The existing renewal plan
for the waterfront, which the
new proposal would replace,
has been criticized by Watson
B. Rulon, jr.. owner of Ho
gate's restaurant, on the score,
among other objections, that
it provided too few parking
spaces.
Parking Needs Discussed
In a news conference ex
plaining the master plan, at
tended by RLA officials and
members of the citizens' group.
Dean Nutting said the need
for parking was important.
‘‘But the waterfront cannot
be just one large parking lot,
and if all the needs for cars
i were accommodated that is all
i it would be,” he said.
“I am certain the plan will
i take care of all the people who
■ want to come back, in a very
> reasonable way,” Dean Nutting
‘ said, "and that it is reasonable,
feasible, and can work in the
interests of the priority holders,
the general public and, indeed,
the Nation.”
Specific sites will be recom
-1 mended for persons formerly
[ operating businesses in the
Municipal Fish Market Bulld-
I ing—who were given a special
, priority by act of Congress—he
'added.
50 Priorities Involved
Potentially, more than 50
displacees could be entitled to
return, of which 18 formerly
were tenants of the Municipal
Fish Market.
Mr. Miller, RLA chairman,
said that as soon as a revised
renewal plan for the area is
adopted by the planning com
mission and District Commis
sioners, RLA will have the land
appraised and priority holders
win be informed Os the annual
lease cost.
Individual public hearings
will be required before leases
are signed. A public hearing
also must be held by the Dis
trict Commissioners prior to
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adoption of the new plan.
None of the waterfront land
will be sold. All sites will be
leased.
Commenting for the District’s
Urban Renewal Office, Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner
Thomas K. Fullerton said he
considered the new proposal "a
big improvement over the cur
rent plan and one that has
many possibilities.”
Provision for Restaurants
To bring about an "integrated
development” of the waterfront
area, RLA is understood to
hope that many of the priority
holders will join together in
constructing commercial facil
ities through development cor
porations.
Provision has been made for
two principal restaurants
Hogate’s and the Flagship
as well as for space for a res
taurant for Mrs. Cy Ellis. No
designation of such spaces has
been announced.
The waterfront extends from
the Fourteenth street bridge to
Fort Leslie J. McNair, adjacent
to a number of proposed apart
ment and town-house develop
ments. The commercial area,
however, will be confined to a
three-quarter-mile stretch be
tween the Municipal Fish Pier
and Pier 5.
i D.C. Group Urges
Elected Board as
‘ School Solution
An elected, enlarged District
s Board of Education has been
: proposed by the National C*pi
, tai Voters Association.
! John M. Thornton, the as
sociation president, said yes
terday that the organiza
tion adopted a resolution Fri
day night proposing this as
one possible solution to the
■ District’s school problems.
1 The association also pro
posed, by resolution, he said,
[ that Congress appoint k fact
finding committee to investi
gate school problems in the
areas of administration, cur
riculum, parent-teacher rela
' tionships and physical plants.
Another part of the associa
. tion’s resolution sent to Con
. gress called for the'. introdqc
(tion and passage M a Mil
, which would have the Govern
ment assume control of the
, District's retail liquor trade, he
, said. The association feels
; that Government controlled
. liquor outlets like those in
Virginia and North Carolina
will be one effective way of
, combatting the District crime
rate. >
Speakers at the association’s
meeting at the Shiloh Baptist
Church included Representa
tive Gus Hawkins, Democrat of
California, and Maryland Dele
gate Clarence Mitchell, 111, of
Baltimore.
Transport Study
By White House
Opens Tomorrow
A committee studying trans
portation problems in the
Northeast will meet here to
morrow, the White House has
announced.
Assistant Press Secretary An
drew T. Hatcher said yesterday
the committee plans to take
a good look at mass transpor
tation problems in the area.
The group previously had been
reported as planning a study
of a high-speed railroad sys
tem between Washington and
Boston.
Ttieh eommitlee *i madenp
of the same persons who have
been studying general mass
transportation problems.
Myer Feldman, assistant
presidential counsel, will rep
resent the White House.
Other committee members
include representatives of the
Federal Housing Administra
tion, Commerce Department,
Budget Bureau and the Inter
state Commerce Commission.