US EditionPreservation group urges pause in White House East Wing demolition
- On Monday, demolition workers started dismantling the East Wing of the White House, with a White House official saying the full wing will be modernized to support the ballroom project.
- By proposing a ballroom nearly twice the main building's footprint, President Donald Trump plans a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on White House grounds, doubling the 55,000-square-foot main section.
- Construction plans haven't been submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission, which is led by a majority of Trump allies including chairman Will Scharf, a White House aide; officials say the NCPC has no role in stopping demolition.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation urged a pause pending review, and YouGov polling found 53 percent opposed demolishing part of the East Wing on Tuesday.
- Trump says private donors including Amazon, Lockheed Martin and Palantir Technologies will fund the ballroom, raising conflict concerns, and outside groups could sue to halt the project.
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Trump Has Demolished the White House East Wing to Make Room for His Pricey New Ballroom
The photos truly speak for themselves. This week, workers began to demolish the White House’s East Wing to make space for President Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot ballroom that will be paid for by the likes of Amazon and Palantir. Though the administration tried to keep the destruction under wraps, images and video of the historic public building being ripped to shreds by a construction crew went viral. See for yourself below. The newly-built Ea…
How Trump’s latest moves test limits of far-right legal theory
Two of the major controversies surrounding President Donald Trump in late October are the demolition of the White House's East Wing and a demand that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pay him $230 million in compensation for his legal problems of the past.The East Wing, in its original form, was built in 1902 under GOP President Teddy Roosevelt; then, in 1942, the East Wing underwent a major renovation and expansion under Democratic President…
Architectural experts are concerned about whether the ballroom being built in the White House will follow the style of the building.
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