The current design ‘seems to have been tweaked with various settings on a photocopier to try to keep up with Trump’s quest for dominance through sheer size.’
Delivered via a design-build effort with a team that included Perkins Eastman DC and Quinn Evans, Reservoir Park and Recreation Center serves as the public-facing component of a new mixed-use district.
In a 8–1 vote, the commission gave its final blessing to the $400 million project just two days after a federal judge ruled that construction must come to a halt.
The suit would require the administration to comply with historic preservation laws and secure Congressional authorization before moving forward with any alterations.
Following disagreements with President Trump about the scope of the project, the original lead architect, James McCrery, will be replaced by Shalom Baranes.
In the April 1903 issue of RECORD, Montgomery Schuyler dedicates nearly 5,000 words to McKim, Mead & White’s expansion and renovation of the White House—a project that included an early iteration of the now-demolished East Wing.