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madamesilverspurs

(16,534 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 09:15 PM Sep 2025

Not on the list of things we need --

His new and fancy dance hall.

Who’s the architect? Who’s the contractor? Who supervises the design? What are the guidelines for what can or cannot be built on that site? Is there any set of rules for embellishments? Is there any way to prevent his making it a gaudy gilded shrine to himself? He says he’s paying for it (as if), but is he also planning to pay for the considerable staffing and maintenance? For that matter, do the people have ANY say in whether this thing is built?

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Not on the list of things we need -- (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Sep 2025 OP
Good questions. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #1
Yes, good questions. Our White House is a historical site so how can he do this? Deuxcents Sep 2025 #2
It's not a dance hall - it's a Throne Room. alittlelark Sep 2025 #3
It's a place where the Trumpettes will gather as well, lark Leghorn21 Sep 2025 #4

Deuxcents

(27,685 posts)
2. Yes, good questions. Our White House is a historical site so how can he do this?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 09:25 PM
Sep 2025

We have a Historical Society where I live and they are engaged with design, colors, etc when developers want to “improve” a building or even paint a building downtown. Where’s the oversight in DC?

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