""In the past few months, the real-estate developer turned politician has torn down the East Wing of the White House in order to build a flashy $400m ballroom, added his name to the façade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (which he announced would for major renovations starting this summer), suggested painting the exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) all white to "beautify" it, and pushed plans to build near the capital's historic centre.""
""For the first time of which I am aware, a president is personally involved in facilitating end-runs around the agency's obligations to the buildings that are our national heritage," Mydelle Wright, a former GSA senior official who oversaw the EEOB for nearly 20 years, testified in a lawsuit brought by Cultural Heritage Partners in November to block Trump's whitewashing plans."
President Donald Trump has directly altered Washington's federal architecture through demolition, renaming, aesthetic proposals, and development efforts. He demolished the East Wing to build a $400m ballroom, affixed his name to the Kennedy Center, proposed painting the EEOB white, and promoted building near the historic center. The GSA targeted 45 federal buildings for accelerated disposal, prompting fears that structures and embedded site-specific art could be destroyed. Preservationists pursued legal action, citing agency-obligation end-runs and seeking to block whitewashing plans; a temporary restraining order motion was withdrawn after assurances that no work would occur before 1 March.
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