Video exhibits White House East Wing demolition
Demolition of the White House East Wing started yesterday as President Donald Trump provides a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
NCS noticed an excavator tearing down parts of the East Wing, and close-up video and photographs captured areas of the roof torn down and an excavator tearing by the inside.
Renderings launched earlier by the White House confirmed that the ballroom, which the administration has mentioned will likely be funded by Trump and different non-public donors, can be constructed over this space. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned over the summer season that the “state ballroom” would occupy area housing the East Wing of the manager mansion, the place first girls have historically maintained workplaces.
The venture fulfills a 15-year ambition by the president to assemble an occasion area on the White House grounds that expands the constructing’s entertaining capability — but in addition resembles the gilded areas of his non-public golf equipment. The ballroom is only one a part of Trump’s efforts to remodel the buildings and grounds to his liking, which have included including giant flagpoles, paving over the Rose Garden, and adorning the Oval Office in gold.
Read more details here about Trump’s plans for the White House