Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
- On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before major physical changes, a day after executive director Matt Floca closed the building for at least seven days citing "acute risks to public safety."
- Congress allocated $257 million for repairs, but President Donald Trump conditioned these funds on adding his name to the facade—a proposal Judge Cooper blocked in May, leaving the board restricted from altering the building's identity.
- Findings from an inspection of the roof terrace canopy and a partial ceiling collapse triggered the closure, while Rep. Joyce Beatty confronted the president during a Tuesday board meeting that resulted in an indefinite closure vote.
- Barbra Streisand, a 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree, criticized the closure in a statement to The Associated Press, describing the struggle over the institution as "galling and painful to witness."
- Officials plan to evaluate the building next week to determine if the closure will be extended, though Trump claimed that failing to restore the aging structure would lead to it being "ripped down" because of its "very, very bad shape.
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes – WTOP News
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before major physical changes to building, including demolition
Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before major physical changes to building, including demolition.
Judge Blocks Kennedy Center Demolition For Now
On Tuesday, US District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the Trump administration to give at least 30 days written notice if officials plan to demolish the Kennedy Center. This notice period, presumably, would give the court time to decide whether a demolition would be lawful. Given “recent events,” Cooper wrote, the court “hereby orders Defendants to […] The post Judge Blocks Kennedy Center Demolition For Now first appeared on Washingtonian.
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.
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