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Trump's 250-foot 'triumphal arch' would loom over Potomac, new renderings show
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New architectural drawings of President Donald Trump 's controversial proposed "triumphal arch" released on Friday show a 250-foot structure standing across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Key facts
- The agency in February approved the president's $400 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom renovation
- On Feb. 2, the president posted on social media an image showing India Gate, with the message: "India's beautiful Triumphal Arch
- New architectural drawings of President Donald Trump 's controversial proposed "triumphal arch" released on Friday show a 250-foot structure standing across the Potomac River from the Lincoln
- The drawings, submitted by Harrison Design to the Commission of Fine Arts ahead of that independent agency's April 16 meeting on the proposal, show a large white structure, topped with a gilded Lady
Summary
The drawings, submitted by Harrison Design to the Commission of Fine Arts ahead of that independent agency's April 16 meeting on the proposal, show a large white structure, topped with a gilded Lady Liberty statue and the words "One Nation Under God. The arch, according to its renderings, would be more than double the height of the Lincoln Memorial.