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White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation
The modernization project aims to improve security and event logistics with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom and offices, despite ongoing legal and preservation challenges.
- The White House this week submitted its most detailed East Wing plans, including new renderings, for a nearly 90,000-square-foot ballroom expansion.
- After experts reviewed the structure, officials said the East Wing's limitations made preservation infeasible, and its October demolition sparked outcry for lacking typical reviews and public comment.
- Contractors said they stabilized sections, kept heavy equipment distant, removed pieces by hand, and monitored vibrations while curators documented and preserved historic artifacts for integration.
- The National Capital Planning Commission will evaluate the plans at a March 5 hearing as the National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued to halt construction.
- Engineers are now studying whether the West Colonnade can support a second story to create symmetry with the East Colonnade, and curators plan to integrate preserved historic elements.
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White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation
The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.
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