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chairman donald trump Created a controversy overnight by introducing a new topic memorial In a wordless social media post, the scrutiny on her luxury was added White House Renovation,
Without any further explanation, Trump posted design firm Harrison Design’s rendering of the arch just after midnight Saturday morning.
News of the 79-year-old president’s proposed arch emerged this week after reporters captured a 3D model of Harrison’s design plan during an Oval Office meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.
Arches are planned for Memorial Circle, across the Arlington Memorial Bridge Lincoln Memorial In Arlington, Virginia to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
Critics, including architect Eric Jenkins, have warned that the arch “disrupts the symbolic connection” between the Lincoln Memorial and the ‘most sacred grounds’ of Arlington House and Arlington National Cemetery.”
Jenkins, a former faculty member at the University of Maryland and Catholic University who has taught studio in Rome, is experienced in Greco-Roman architectural studies, known as “contemporary classical.” architecture“An obvious contradiction.
“Connection is the key – to connect, to unite, to reconcile. That’s what the Memorial Bridge does. It connects Lincoln’s legacy with Arlington, once the home of Robert E. Lee, now a national site of mourning. This arch will likely obscure the eternal flame of John F. Kennedy that can be seen from the Lincoln Memorial on dark nights,” Jenkins explained architect’s newsletter,
He said, “Putting a grandiose, false monument in that axis and space breaks that symbolism. It risks replacing subtlety with showiness, seriousness with showiness. Instead of healing, it imposes.”
The model shown facing the Lincoln Memorial in the wrong direction also created a variety of images social media comparison, Some of whom went to the extent of comparing the designs to those albert spearNazi-era architect known for designing grand structures in Germany, including an unbuilt arch.
The proposed design, inspired by Brooklyn’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch and Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, would feature a gold-winged angel and two white eagles in Memorial Circle in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
The proposed arch is controversial but not unprecedented. A Paris-style triumphal arch was envisioned in early 20th-century plans for DC, including the 1901 MacMillan plan, although it was never built, the newspaper reports.
In 2000, the National Monuments Foundation proposed the Millennium Gate at Barney Circle, but the project was shelved due to traffic and post-9/11 concerns, according to art critic Catesby Leigh, a longtime supporter of the Arch. wrote In and April on-ed.
Jenkins argues that Memorial Circle is also unsuitable due to heavy traffic, making the monumental arch inaccessible and out of place.
Meanwhile, Leigh, who first proposed the construction of an arch, has advocated for it to fill the “specific dead space” in Memorial Circle between the Arlington Memorial Bridge and Arlington National Cemetery.
Leigh wrote, “Washington is the only major Western capital that has no monumental arches.” april.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has undertaken a massive renovation, including additional repairs. gold tone And new flags, changes in the Oval Office rose Garden with stone floors and resort-style furniture, and construction begins on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot East Wing Ballroom With Gilded Age-inspired details.