By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Fee of Superb Arts, a panel made up of Trump appointees, on Thursday unanimously permitted President Donald Trump’s White Home ballroom proposal.
At the panel’s January assembly, some commissioners questioned the lead architect concerning the “immense” design and scale of the mission at the same time as they broadly endorsed the Republican president’s imaginative and prescient for a ballroom roughly twice the dimensions of the White Home itself.
Trump’s choice in October to demolish the East Wing prompted a public outcry when it started with out the impartial critiques, congressional approval and public remark which are typical even for comparatively minor modifications to historic buildings in Washington.
The Nationwide Belief for Historic Preservation has sued in federal court docket to halt building of the ballroom. A court docket choice within the case is pending.
The mission is scheduled for extra dialogue at a March 5 assembly of the Nationwide Capital Planning Fee, which is led by one in every of Trump’s prime White Home aides. The fee has jurisdiction over building and main renovations to authorities buildings within the area.
