Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes
The ruling blocks major alterations, including demolition, while the court weighs safety concerns and a fight over adding President Donald Trump’s name.
- On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before major physical changes, a day after executive director Matt Floca closed the building for at least seven days citing "acute risks to public safety."
- Congress allocated $257 million for repairs, but President Donald Trump conditioned these funds on adding his name to the facade—a proposal Judge Cooper blocked in May, leaving the board restricted from altering the building's identity.
- Findings from an inspection of the roof terrace canopy and a partial ceiling collapse triggered the closure, while Rep. Joyce Beatty confronted the president during a Tuesday board meeting that resulted in an indefinite closure vote.
- Barbra Streisand, a 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree, criticized the closure in a statement to The Associated Press, describing the struggle over the institution as "galling and painful to witness."
- Officials plan to evaluate the building next week to determine if the closure will be extended, though Trump claimed that failing to restore the aging structure would lead to it being "ripped down" because of its "very, very bad shape.
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Kennedy Center Demolition Requires 30-Day Notice
“Trump officials must give 30 days’ written notice before making any changes to the Kennedy Center ‘including but not limited to any ‘demolition” of the main building, a federal judge ruled Thursday,” Axios reports. “The ruling reinforces an earlier injunction blocking the Kennedy Center from closing for its planned renovation, after President Trump and administration […]
Judge tightens Trump's leash for future Kennedy Center schemes 'to avoid any confusion'
A federal judge is tightening the leash on the Trump-allied Kennedy Center board, ordering it to provide 30 days' written notice before making any changes to its renovation plans, including potential demolition of the historic building's main structure.U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper denied a request for an emergency hearing from preservation advocates, but used the order to reinforce a promise the Kennedy Center previously made in a rela…
Kennedy Center Ordered To Provide 30 Days Notice Before Potential Demolition
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days notice before making “any changes” to construction plans, including potential demolition, which President Donald Trump has threatened.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps toward demolishing the Kennedy Center.
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