DC Officials Propose Columns Instead of Trump’s Arch

D.C. Preservation Official Says Trump Needs to Scrap His Arch for a Smaller Monument

Administration officials have been citing a plan from 1925 that authorized two pillars as justification for his 250-foot arch.

D.C. Official to Trump Admin: Scrap Arch, Build 1925 Columns

A District of Columbia preservation official urged the Trump administration to scrap the planned 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and instead build the two slender columns envisioned in a 1925 congressional plan.

DC Officials Propose Columns Instead Of Trump’s Arch

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump has insisted that a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch should be built near Arlington National Cemetery, citing long-abandoned plans to construct a monument there. Local officials, preservationists and historians are now pushing an alternate idea: Abandon the arch and consider building the slender columns that were originally envisioned by architects … The post DC Officials Propose Columns Instead Of…

D.C. Official Says Trump Arch Should Be Scaled Back

“President Donald Trump has insisted that a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch should be built near Arlington National Cemetery, citing long-abandoned plans to construct a monument there,” the Washington Post reports. “Local officials, preservationists and historians are now pushing an alternate idea: Abandon the arch and consider building the slender columns that were originally envisioned by architects and lawmakers a century ago.” NPR: D.C. airspac…

Build columns, not Trump’s arch, D.C. official tells administration

Local officials, preservationists and historians are pushing to scale back Trump's planned arch, advocating the slender columns originally envisioned by architects and lawmakers a century ago.

Disturbing Admission Over Trump’s Tacky Arch Is Leaked

The president wants his mammoth vanity project built as soon as possible, but it will come at a high cost.