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In reply to the discussion: I just did a Google Maps measurement of the White House grounds [View all]Klarkashton
(4,652 posts)10. There was a post here today where an actual
Architect analyzed this project. None of the dimensions made any sense to them. There are no drawings apparently.
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Perhaps there is to be a second floor & underground parking included in the square footage.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 24
#6
They can't put underground parking under the East Wing. The presidential bunker is there.
SunSeeker
Oct 24
#17
At 90,000 sf, its footprint would require more than two acres of land. Eyeballing
allegorical oracle
Oct 24
#11
Also he wanted to claim that after 9/11, it was "the tallest building in lower Manhattan"
viva la
Oct 24
#34
All White House furnishings and fixtures are inventoried, or at least they used to be. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 24
#18
Last time he made off with boxes full of top secret classified documents, and got away with it.
sop
Oct 24
#39
There will be a conditioned basement. And probably a 2nd floor in the non-ballroom space.
maxsolomon
Oct 24
#19
Motel 47 will open soon. We'll shine the light in your face. Rooms by the hour, sheets changed weekly, maybe.
twodogsbarking
Oct 24
#20
I saw a post that said he's building a new, larger state of the art underground bunker with all the
Autumn
Oct 24
#29
''...The logical place to put this Epstein ballroom would have been below-grade ...''. There, I fixed it. n/t
aggiesal
Oct 24
#32