Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

WorldWatcher said:
Why would I applaud?

I'm an anti-Trumper Republican. Trump was the biggest mistake my party ever made.

I grew up in New York, I tried to warn y'all all the way back in 2015. But did y'all listen? Nope.

WW
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/----/ Warn us about what? I've lived on Long Island since 1972 and worked in Manhattan daily for nearly 30 years. DJT was the toast of the town until he had the audacity to run against Hildabeast.
 
Cellblock2429 said:
/----/ Warn us about what? I've lived on Long Island since 1972 and worked in Manhattan daily for nearly 30 years. DJT was the toast of the town until he had the audacity to run against Hildabeast.
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Then you know Trump was and still is a scum bag and yet you still voted for him.

You reap what you sow.

WW
 
JoeB131 said:
Frankly, I can't think of a better metaphor for the whole Trump Regime. They are very good at tearing things down, but they suck at actually building anything.

www.salon.com

The White House ballroom will never be built

Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project
www.salon.com www.salon.com

In October, Donald Trump traumatized all true patriots by tearing down the East Wing of the White House. The move, he claims, will clear the way for a ballroom for holding large events that are typically held in tents on the South Lawn. A debate immediately arose online over whether or not the next Democratic president should tear down the ballroom or keep it, albeit with the necessary extensive renovations to remove all the tackiness Trump brings to any project.

Two months later, it increasingly seems that such discussion was a wasted effort, as the chance this ballroom will actually be built is rapidly disappearing. Perhaps it could have if Trump had delegated the management of the project to someone competent, but that’s not what he did. Instead, the famously lazy and disorganized president decided to blow off his actual governance duties in favor of micromanaging a construction project he is incapable of handling. Finishing the ballroom in the next three years would be difficult for anyone, but it’s quickly becoming clear it will be nearly impossible for the famed real estate tycoon to pull it off.

For anyone who has dealt with any renovation project more complex than patching drywall, the ballroom’s construction is waving every red flag possible, signaling endless delays that will stretch for months — and, in all likelihood, for years. Despite announcing plans for the ballroom in July, it’s clear there’s no idea what it’s going to look like, how big it will be or how it will be laid out. Trump keeps changing things, driven by a short-sighted impulsiveness that keeps pushing him to expand the scope of the project. Initially, it was supposed to seat 650 people in 90,000 square feet, but he kept throwing tantrums about how he wanted it bigger. Earlier this month, he even ran off the initial architect, and odds are that will happen again.

Then there’s the red tape. Even though a judge ruled against the National Trust for Historic Preservation in their lawsuit to temporarily halt construction, he required the White House to avoid building anything foundational and demanded plans for the structure be submitted by the end of the year. But as the White House hasn’t even scheduled meetings with the National Capital Planning Commission to start the process, meeting that deadline appears unlikely.
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/----/ Trump can't build anything?
 
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berg80 said:
Staircases to nowhere are not an architectural feature. They're a mistaken design.
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Says who? Show me a "Uniform Building Code" violation. Hint: you can't, because it isn't

DC Construction Codes | dob

Integrated Codes To assist the public, three of the District of Columbia Construction Codes may also be viewed in an integrated version, published by the ICC, which consolidates the respective ICC codes, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013 and the District of Columbia amendments. The three integrated...
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berg80 said:
Staircases to nowhere are not an architectural feature. They're a mistaken design.
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/----/ I was in the business for 10 years. It's exactly how buildings are rendered.
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Let us just wait and see how it all develops and finishes.
The tragedy is ...."private donors"...makes this such a questionable situation.


As for the price tag, the ballroom will now cost $400 million and be complete by the summer of 2028, per People. Originally estimated to cost $200 million, the gilded new event hall is slated to stand on the site of the East Wing, which was demolished at the end of October, despite Trump’s original claims that the project would be “near it but not touching it.”

The $400 million project has ballooned in scale before, with Trump announcing in September that the space would be able to accommodate 900 people—up 40 percent from the initial capacity. In early December, The Washington Post reported that James McCrery had stepped down as lead architect amid claims that he was at odds with Trump over increasing the size even further. Architect Shalom Baranes will now helm the project, which will reportedly seat 1,350.

The East Wing was constructed in 1902 and last modified in the 1940s. It had housed the office of every first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. The White House determined it was less expensive and would be more structurally sound to raze the building and the East Colonnade, which connected the wing to the main residence, rather than construct the addition.
 
boilermaker55 said:
Let us just wait and see how it all develops and finishes.
The tragedy is ...."private donors"...makes this such a questionable situation.


As for the price tag, the ballroom will now cost $400 million and be complete by the summer of 2028, per People. Originally estimated to cost $200 million, the gilded new event hall is slated to stand on the site of the East Wing, which was demolished at the end of October, despite Trump’s original claims that the project would be “near it but not touching it.”

The $400 million project has ballooned in scale before, with Trump announcing in September that the space would be able to accommodate 900 people—up 40 percent from the initial capacity. In early December, The Washington Post reported that James McCrery had stepped down as lead architect amid claims that he was at odds with Trump over increasing the size even further. Architect Shalom Baranes will now helm the project, which will reportedly seat 1,350.

The East Wing was constructed in 1902 and last modified in the 1940s. It had housed the office of every first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. The White House determined it was less expensive and would be more structurally sound to raze the building and the East Colonnade, which connected the wing to the main residence, rather than construct the addition.
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/----/ The White House has been remodeled since day one.
the "President’s House" has never truly been a finished project. It is a living artifact that has been burned, gutted, expanded, and reinforced to keep pace with the evolving needs of the American presidency.

The history of the White House is generally defined by four major milestones, with a series of modern personalizations following them.

I. The Founding & Rebuilding (1792–1830)​

The original structure was a neoclassical design by James Hoban, though it took nearly a decade to become habitable.

  • 1792: Construction begins; the cornerstone is laid.
  • 1800: John Adams becomes the first president to move into the unfinished house.
  • 1814: During the War of 1812, British forces set fire to the mansion, leaving only the exterior stone walls standing.
  • 1817: Rebuilding is completed under Hoban’s supervision; James Monroe moves back in.
  • 1824 & 1829: The iconic South and North Porticos are added, completing the residence's famous silhouette.

II.​

By the 20th century, the White House was overcrowded, serving as both a family home and a bustling office.

  • 1902: Theodore Roosevelt commissions a massive renovation. He moves the president’s offices out of the family quarters and into a "temporary" structure: the West Wing.
  • 1909: William Howard Taft expands the West Wing and oversees the construction of the first Oval Office.
  • 1927: Calvin Coolidge adds a full third floor and a new roof.
  • 1934: FDR relocates the Oval Office to its current corner location for better light and privacy, and adds a second story to the West Wing.
  • 1942: The East Wing is built, originally designed to conceal an underground bunker during WWII and provide more office space.

III.​

By 1948, the building was literally falling apart; a leg of a piano even crashed through the floor of the family quarters.

  • 1948–1952: The Truman Reconstruction begins. The entire interior is gutted, leaving only the exterior stone shell. A new steel frame and a two-story basement are installed, essentially building a modern house inside an 18th-century shell.

IV. Modern Personalizations & Expansions (1960–Present)​

Recent decades have focused on lifestyle additions and technological updates.

Note: Each of these changes, from the West Wing to the current Ballroom project, reflects a president's attempt to adapt this historic "working home" to the demands of their era.
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