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Memo Says White House Was 'Excellently Preserved' During East Wing Demolition for Trump's Ballroom
The $400 million project, funded by private donors including major tech firms, aims to create an 89,000-square-foot complex with a 22,000-square-foot ballroom.
- On White House grounds, demolition of the East Wing began last fall for a privately funded 89,000-square-foot ballroom expansion, with renderings posted Friday.
- The project aims to expand the White House's entertaining capacity with a roughly 89,000-square-foot ballroom, including a visitors center, as part of Trump’s 15-year plan.
- Engineers stabilized sections and monitored vibration while contractors kept heavy equipment distant and curators preserved historic items, Joshua Fisher said, and Shalom Baranes Associates joined as architect in December.
- A federal judge questioned Trump's authority last month, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to stop the demolition, which the NCPC will review on March 5.
- The most recent estimate for the project is $400,000,000, with private donors including Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta, and Trump suggesting the ballroom could host future inaugurations.
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Memo says White House was 'excellently preserved' during East Wing demolition for Trump's ballroom
A White House memo says demolition crews "excellently preserved" the White House residence when they tore down the East Wing for President Donald Trump's planned ballroom.
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