Major White House Renovations Through the Years
Images of the East Wing of the White House being pulled down to make way for an expansive new ballroom have sparked controversy in some quarters.As some historians have noted, however, the $300 million ballroom will join a long line of renovations that, regardless of how they were received at the time of construction, eventually became cherished parts of the building’s facade.
“The South Portico, the North Portico, the East Wing, the West Wing, and the Truman Balcony all raised concerns at the time—but today, we can’t imagine the White House without these iconic elements,” the White House Historical Association said.
Here is how those elements came to be, over a long history of renovations, since the first cornerstone was laid over two centuries ago.
Read about the White House history This is fascinating.
There is a great slide show through the years beginning in 1793.
Everyone who is giving the money, the quarter of a billion dollars to pay for [Trump’s new ballroom]—with all due respect to Comcast, thank you for the hospitality—is doing so in expectation of something in return. They’re not doing it for love of ballroom dancing.
ReplyDeleteThey are doing it out of respect for President Trump. Not everyone in this life, Democrat, is into pay-to-play. Leave he corrupt motives to Democrats and Stacey Abrams.
ReplyDeleteWe now live in a democracy in which a president, with neither public notice nor permission, demolished part of the White House and no one tried to stop him. Such is the astonishing fiasco unfolding at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A piece of American history lies in rubble as conservatives dismiss objections from historic preservationists as silly overreaction.
ReplyDeleteMr. Trump has made his desire for a great big beautiful ballroom clear for months, but the original pitch preserved the White House’s current structure. The president said the new building wouldn’t “interfere with the current building” and that it would be “near it, but not touching it.” It might have been be tacky, but the republic can withstand some nouveau riche architecture on federal property. Response from historic preservation societies was muted.
So when earthmovers rolled in to crush the east facade of the White House, the damage was done before opposition could organize to stop it. This is how developers work, of course, knocking things down in the dark of night and dealing with legal consequences later. But unlike Mr. Trump’s real-estate projects, the White House isn’t private property. It is, quaintly and truly, the people’s house, paid for by taxpayers and enduring over centuries.
As historic as the statues that were removed by the snowflakes?
Delete@7:24...JUST WON'T GET OFF YOUR DEMOCRAT TALkING POINTS, If you had read the article, you would have learned that renovations have been going on since the beginning without Congressional approval or yours..
ReplyDeleteYou could do a lot of good in this country with that kind of cash. Building a ballroom is BS. Most of those people will be too old to dance, and a lot of them already are.
ReplyDelete@7:35...this will be much more than a "ballroom." And what do you care what people do with their own money? Renovations have occured from the beginning and no one complained when Obama knocked down an area to build a basketball court, etc. or when Jackie Kennedy spent millions on her renovations that were all charged to the american taxpayer. You just enjoy going after Trump who doesn't even take his salary but donates it to U.S. Departments.
ReplyDeleteSo many have TDS and bds today, the demoncrats are full of so much hate! Pray for the haters!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the haters know that they're not welcome in heaven?
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