Trump’s White House Ballroom Design Is Shit

The New York Times (gift link): Critics warn it still has many issues — its portico is too big, its stairs lead nowhere, its columns will block views from inside the ballroom. And that’s just the portico. This is a really good piece, with animated-as-you-scroll illustrations pointing out specific problems with the design. Such details affect how people passing by experience these iconic places, and how each structure fits into a capital city that has been planned around civic symbols and sightli