3. Convenience of location: Assuming that conventions with attendance gathered from outside the city will play a large part in the use of the building under consideration, does the relative importance of the proximity of the site to the center of hotel population become greater? If the building, on the other hand, provides a great many facilities which will be used primarily by the residents of the metropolitan area in Washington, is the importance of the relation to the hotel district so great? 4. Availability of parking area: The question arises: What percentage of the total use would be that of conventions made up of delegates from outside the city? If this percentage is high, does the relative importance of parking area diminsih by reason of the visitors coming to the city by train, bus, and plane? 5. Relation to adjacent development. DETAILED CONSIDERATIONS OF VARIOUS SITES ON THE BASIS OF THE PREVIOUSLY LISTED REQUIREMENTS I. The municipal center site.-1. Land available: This site would seem adequate to accommodate a building of the auditorium type. 2. Accessibility: The site is reasonably near to Union Station but access for freight shipments is only by way of very congested streets. See Mr. Van Duzer's report (exhibit F). 3. Convenience of location: The location is convenient to hotel district and to the areas of greatest population. 4. Availability of parking area: No adequate parking area can be provided at this site. However, the relative importance of parking for the auditorium type of building might be studied further, as indicated under point 4 above. 5. Relation to adjacent development: A building of the auditorium type would seem very appropriate in this great public building area. II. East Capitol Street site.-1. Land available: The site is adequate for either type of building under consideration and is flexible to a degree, since adjacent areas are not expansively developed, or are in public ownership. 2. Accessibility: Previous traffic studies for the stadium project as a whole have indicated that the highways leading into this area are sufficient to convey to it 12,000 cars over a period of 2 hours. However, further studies should be made as to the exact number of cars which could reach the actual building entrances in a shorter period of time. Since the area is as yet undeveloped, there are no transit facilities directly to the site, but in previous discussions on the stadium project, traction-company engineers have indicated that such facilities could be readily extended. Rail facilities for freight and passengers could be made available to the site. Direct access to the building by freight spur would not be possible, but transfer by truck could be made over a very short distance of uncongested road. 3. Convenience of location: This location is not as convenient to the hotel center as the municipal center site and in this respect probably would not lend itself as well to the auditorium type of building. Its convenience to the population of the metropolitan area of Washington as a whole is probably less than that of the municipal center site. 4. Availability of parking area: Parking facilities for 12,000 cars could be made available in the immediate vicinity of the site. 5. Relation to adjacent development: The part which this site plays as a complement to other facilities in a larger development would seem to increase its potential usefulness and to make it more satisfactory for a multiple use type of structure. With emphasis being placed on sports exhibition in this type of structure, the relation of this site to the sport facilities of the stadium development would seem also to make an appropriate use for such a building. The site, however, is remote from many of the things that most people come to Washington to see. For certain types of gatherings this may be of no consequence, but for the general run of conventions it may be of some significance. For example, witness the concentration of the Boy Scouts in the central area at the expense of nearly all available public property. III. Site at Connecticut Avenue, Florida Avenue, Columbia Road and Nineteenth Street NW.-Contour of land unsuited to structure. Not accessible by rail. No parking area available. Relation to adjacent development less favorable than at sites 1 and 2. IV. Site between P and Q Streets, immediately west of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. The site is not large enough for an adequate building of either type. No immediate access by rail is available. No parking available. Relation to adjacent development less favorable than at sites 1 and 2. V. Brightwood Reservoir, Rock Creek Park.-No access by rail; the site is remote from the center of the city. Vehiclar access is restricted by reason of the large area in Rock Creek Park withdrawn from urban development. This type of structure would be inappropriate in Rock Creek Park. VI. Concord Avenue, Madison Street, Georgia Avenue and Ninth Street.—This site, in comparison with others, is inaccessible, remotely situated; affords no opportunity for adequate parking and is less appropriate than other sites. VII. New York Avenue, Florida Avenue, First and Second Streets NE.—Adequate vehicular access would be impossible at this site. Adequate parking area could not be provided and particularly for the auditorium type of building the adjacent development would be unfavorable. VIII. First and C Streets NE.-This site is comparable to the municipal center site in every way except that it is already developed, and while offering no advantage over the municipal center site, would cost appreciably more to acquire. IX. Second and Third Streets, East Capitol to B Street NW.-In general this site compares with the municipal center site, but its proportions may not be as favorable for the purposes of the building required and of course it is not yet in public ownership. X. East Capitol Street to A Street, Fourteenth to Fifteenth Streets SE.-This is in the same general locality as the East Capitol Street site, which is superior to it in every way, so that further consideration seems unnecessary. Excerpts from a letter of Mr. W. A. Van Duzer, Director of Vehicles and Traffic, dated June 21, 1937, regarding traffic conditions in connection with proposal to locate the auditorium at John Marshall Place and Pennsylvania Avenue. * * * During the base hour there are 24 street cars operated in each direction on Pennsylvania Avenue and 20 street cars on Indiana Avenue at Fourth Street. There are 8 busses from Anacostia line that pass the west side and 8 busses that use Fourth Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, and 16 busses on John Marshall Place during the base hour, making a total of 32 busses and 44 street cars during the base hour within 2 blocks of the proposed site. * * * With reference to taxicab service, there are 243,000 people living in the 20-cent zone, in which it is proposed to erect the auditorium. * * * The street width of Pennsylvania Avenue is 107 feet with four lanes in each direction. Constitution Avenue is 80 feet with four lanes in each direction, and Sixth Street from the north with two lanes in each direction. Constitution Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue from the each have eight lanes; Seventh Street, Fourth Street, and Indiana Avenue have a total of 24 lanes; thus making it possible to operate 10,600 vehicles per hour in this area. * * * From a traffic standpoint the best facilities for handling crowds are at John Marshall Place and Pennsylvania Avenue site; that is, there are street cars and bus facilities, wide streets and better accessibility from all directions. CONVENTIONS HELD IN WASHINGTON IN 1935 January National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insurance, 2,000. American Beach and Shore Preservation Association, 50. Southern Freight Association (executive board meeting), Mayflower, 50. General Federation of Women's Clubs (board meeting), 75. American Engineering Council (Mayflower), 106. District of Columbia Life Underwriters Association (Shoreham), 100. National Public Housing Conference (Willard), 325. Regional Meeting of the Alumnae Association of Smith College (Carlton), 380. National Conference on Palestine (Mayflower), 1,000. Junior Conference American Bar Association (Harrington), 35. Commercial Law League of America (executive committee meeting) (Wardman), 25. American Society of Landscape Architects (Mayflower), 50. Cause and Care of War Conference (Washington), 1,000. National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of United States and Canada, 150. American Road Buildings Association (Willard) 10,000 square feet, 2,420. Society of American Foresters (Shoreham), 415. Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, 400. Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense (Mayflower), 600. February National Rifle Association (board of directors) (Mayflower), 100. Phi Delta Chi Fraternity (side trip), 100. National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control (Mayflower), 108. American Association of Social Workers (annual conference) (Mayflower), 200. Association Retail Credit Bureaus Columbia Regional Conference (Mayflower), 200. Independent Aviation Operators of the United States (Lafayette), 63. Conference of Grand Masters of the Masonic Service Association of United States (Willard), 75. Progressive Education Association (Mayflower), 1,196. Public Ownership League of America (Willard), 204. American Association of Junior Colleges (Willard), 167. Association of American State Geologists, 40. District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Chiropractors regional meeting (Colonial), 200. Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston-Salem, 150. Southeastern Building and Loan League (Mayflower), 225. American Legislators Association (second interstate assembly), 196. March Middle Atlantic Golf Association (board of directors meeting) (Willard), 50. Sportsmen Pilots Association (Mayflower), 100. United Christian Youth Conference, 500. American Industrial Managers Conference (Willard), 100. American Association Colleges of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Examining Boards No. 5 (Washington), 100. Five State Post Graduate Dental Clinic (Wardman) 6,000 square feet, 1,430. National Duck Pin Bowling Congress (Arcade Alleys), 1,500. National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods (Willard-Washington), 1016. (National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods; Union of American Hebrew Congregations.) Association of Military Colleges and Schools (Mayflower), 50. National Firewaste Council (United States Chamber of Commerce), 60. April First National Intercollegiate Flying Conference (Lee House), 75. American Alumni Council (Wardman Park), 325. American Short Line Railroad Association (executive board meeting), 35. Kappa Sigma Fraternity Tri-State Convention. Grand Council Order of Demolay (Mayflower), 200. Women's Benefit Association (tri-State meeting) (Arlington). National Association Marketing Officials-Atlantic States Division (Harrington), 50. Federal Board Vocational Education (Wardman Park), 50. American National Red Cross, 1300. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (Washington), 200. American College of Surgeons (sectional meeting) (Mayflower), 434. Dames of the Loyal Legion (Mayflower), 50. Eastern States Regional Conference of the Civil Service Assembly (Raleigh), 75. National Sentinels (Washington). Daughters of American Revolution (Constitution Hall), 4,000. National Society Children of American Revolution, 200. American Society of Newspaper Editors (Willard), 100. National Retail Lumber Dealers Association (Shoreham), 700. National Society of United States Daughters of 1812, 300. American Lutheran Statistical Association (Dodge), 25. American Geophysical Union (National Academy Research Council Bldg.), 200. American Society of International Law (Willard), 200. American Trade Association Executives (concurrently with Chamber of Commerce) (Mayflower), 100. Chamber of Commerce of the United States (Chamber of Commerce Bldg.), 3,000. Commission of Evangelism, Federal Council of Churches (Calvary Baptist), 200. National Society Colonial Dames of America (Carlton), 150. May Associated General Contractors of America (Willard), 200. Women's International_League for Peace and Freedom (Willard), 300. American Council on Education (National Research Council Bldg.), 100. International Society for Crippled Children (Mayflower), 279. National League of Women Voters General Council (Washington), 100. National Committee for Religious and Welfare Recovery (Willard), 200. Federal Bar Association, 150. Horological Institute of America (Lee House), 75. American Psychiatric Association (Mayflower), 3,000 square feet, 1,264. District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia spelling contest (National Museum Auditorium), 300. Gideons Association, 100. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, 600. Oyster Growers and Dealers Association of North America (Washington) (National Shell Fisheries Association), 158. American Federation of Arts (Mayflower), 300. American Association of Musuems Southern Conference (Willard), 50. Automotive Trade Association Managers (Shoreham), 35. College Arts Association (Willard), 163. American Association of Museums (Willard), 301. American Peace Society, 200. Reciprocity Club of America (Mayflower), 302. National Spelling Contest (National Museum Auditorium) 25 participants. Society of American Magicians (Wardman Park), 800 square feet, 147. International Bible Students Association (Washington Auditorium), 5,000. Reunion of Class of 1910 of the United States Naval Academy, 50. Baptist Ladies, Atlantic district convention, 200. National Parks Association (Cosmos Club), 15. Group of Firemen (Colonial), 200. June Twenty-Seventh Infantry United States Volunteers (Soldiers, Sailors, and Marine Club), 150. National Conference on Weights and Measures (Washington), 150. Shrine Recorders Association of North America, 125. Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America, 20,000. National Association of Certified Public Accountants (Hamilton), 200. Royal Order of Jesters National Court (with Shrine). Four-H Club (Camp), 200. Conference on State and Territorial Health Officers (Public Health Department Auditorium), 150. National Association of Wooden Box Manufacturers (board meeting) (Mayflower), 40. Southern Railway System Surgeons Association (Willard), 400. Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority (Wardman Park), 401. Kappa Delta Phi Sorority (Washington), 156. Intercollegiate Golf Association of America (Congressional), 150. American Automobile Association (sales-promotion conference) (Shoreham). Tau Phio Sorority (Mayflower), 200. Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (Shoreham), 400. July Al Sirol Grotton, Ohio State Association, 400. National Association Rainbow Division Veterans (Willard), 700. North-South Skeet Shooting Championship (National Capital Skeet Club), 101. August National Cash Register Co. employees tour (Willard), 500. American Air Mail Society (Lafayette), 53. Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine (colored), 5,000. National Shorthand Reporters Association (Mayflower), 168. Knights Templar. National Typewriter and Office Machine Dealers Association (Mayflower), 128. Elks (colored), 10,000. Synodical Luther League of Maryland (Dodge), 300. Federated Colored Catholics of United States of America, 300. September National Baptist Convention of America, 2,500. American Association for the Study of Neoplastic Diseases (Mayflower), 166. Daughters of American State Council (Mayflower), 300. Independent Order of Rechabites High Tent of North America (Naval Lodge Hall), 100. Mutual Beneficial Association of the Pennsylvania Railroad Employees (side trip), 150. International Association of Electrotypers (Carlton), 250. American War Mothers (Wardman Park), 695. Shepherds of Bethlehem of North America, 600. American Humane Association (Mayflower), 300. October District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia Trade Show of Beauty and Barber Supply (Raleigh) 6,000 square feet, 500. Family Welfare Association-Middle Atlantic States (Wardman Park), 200. Electrochemical Society, Inc. (Willard), 241. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, regional meeting (Mayflower), 75. Pan American Institute of Geography and History, second general assembly, Roger Williams Tercentenary Celebration (Baptist Methodist Church). Association of Deans and Directors of Summer Sessions, (Shoreham). Volunteers of America (Willard), 65. National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries (Willard), 238. Universalist General Conference (Mayflower), 432. National Council of Jewish Juniors (Washington), 346. Universalist General Sunday School Association (Mayflower). Society of Motion Picture Engineers (Wardman Park), 234. Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Mason Sup. Cl. 33d degree, Southern Juris diction (Scottish Rite Temple), 300. |