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In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt built the West Wing — replacing expansive greenhouses constructed during the Jefferson Administration and establishing the modern day executive office wing with a “classically leaning design” — along with a colonial garden and East Terrace, which eventually became the East Wing.
In 1909, President William Howard Taft remodeled and expanded the West Wing, which included construction of the first Oval Office. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson demolished the colonial garden, modernizing it with a rose garden. In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge oversaw the renovation of the upper floors and attic of the White House. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover remodeled the West Wing, including reconstruction work in the basement level and remodeling the first floor; after a fire on Christmas Eve, the West Wing was repaired and reopened in 1930. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt overhauled the West Wing, adding a second floor, a larger basement, and a swimming pool, and relocating the Oval Office to its current location; in 1942, President Roosevelt constructed the East Wing. In 1948, President Harry Truman undertook a “total reconstruction” of the White House’s interior, expanding its foundation and footprint — preserving only its exterior walls. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy constructed the modern Rose Garden. In 1970, President Nixon converted the swimming pool into the press briefing room; in 1973, he added a bowling alley in the basement. In 1975, President Gerald Ford installed an outdoor swimming pool on the South Grounds, financed entirely by private donations. In 1993, President Bill Clinton undertook a restoration and refurbishment of the Executive Mansion. In 2009, President Barack Obama resurfaced the south-grounds tennis court into a basketball court and added the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn. In 2020, President Trump and the First Lady completed a new White House tennis pavilion, refurbishing the White House Tennis Court and Grandchildren’s Garden, as well as constructing a new building. Now, in 2025, President Trump is carrying forward that legacy, breaking ground on a grand ballroom — a transformative addition that will significantly increase the White House’s capacity to host major functions honoring world leaders, foreign nations, and other dignitaries. https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/white-house-ballroom-proud-presidential-legacy/#:~:text=In%201948%2C%20President%20Harry%20Truman,as%20constructing%20a%20new%20building.
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None of these until trump were done without some sort of CFA/NCPC oversight and none of them included the razing of historic structures. Your false equivalency is insulting. |
Construction of something that didn't replace something historic, not destruction. |
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Democrats have really made a mistake in not putting this freakshow front and center |
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Figures fugly Stevie would call out ugly lol |
| A ballroom for dancing with the devil. |
And greasing his tiny little palms. |
We don't care about your "oversight". We know you are there to create hurdles. Those are being demolished. Good riddens to your politburos and bureaucracies, replete with useless pencil pushers. |
And good “riddens” to you MAGA warrior. |
Nope. Absolutely not. If he was, he never would have lyes about it. He also said he made the Oval Office in the image of Mar-a-Lago, which has nothing up do with American history, nor did he say he was preserving our American antiques and artifacts housed there. I know you won’t ever see it because MAGA dying from COVID denied it. Deny reality at your own peril. |
This admin’s lack of oversight will trickle down your lungs in the water and air you breathe. It will take your job and money. Oh well. |
You can’t be a patriot and despise the rule of law. Basically, you hate America. |