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jgmiller

(644 posts)
34. There's something off on the scale of the first rendering
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 01:00 PM
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I could be wrong of course it but looks like in that first rendering they are using a forced perspective to make it look so much larger than it really will be. If you look at the second rendering with the site of the trees and the windows it looks to be about 3 - 4 stories high so assuming about 12' for a story you're at 48' high. The White House is 70' high. Let's be generous and say this is the same height as the WH then that first rendering is still off in scale. My guess is they purposely did this for the benefit of one person's viewing.

It's still an idiotic idea and desecration of what the WH is supposed to be.

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That thing is fugly as hell and totally unjustified. Dave Bowman Thursday #1
Remember Trump and fam are nothing but rich white trash. ananda Thursday #20
The Clampetts come to DC Bayard Thursday #22
That's some Albert Speer NAZI looking drawings. How appropriate Bengus81 Thursday #55
Jesus. And we're paying for that shit. Scrivener7 Thursday #2
I'm glad corporate sponsors are paying for it... Omnipresent Thursday #6
I missed that. Off to google which ones. So I can avoid them. Scrivener7 Thursday #17
Don't google the sponsors if you want to avoid them. One of them is Google! subterranean Thursday #52
Lol! I actually do use DuckDuckGo. But it's become a verb. Like Xerox! Scrivener7 Thursday #53
If only these corporations saw fit Diamond_Dog Thursday #36
and affordable housing...... Bengus81 Thursday #56
It doesn't matter who pays for the structure. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Thursday #39
And we will likely pay for those balls, in the manner the elitists are accustomed to William Seger Thursday #44
Corporate sponsors may pay for some of the construction, but not the upkeep. Lonestarblue Thursday #45
The new Mar a Lardo. Autumn Thursday #3
The answer is Republicans. Never forget. LymphocyteLover Thursday #50
Everything looks covered dweller Thursday #4
fucking slap in our faces LyfeTimeDem Thursday #5
Stolen from Albert Speer's Portfolio malachi Thursday #7
"Karoline Leavitt said the project would be paid for by private donors and the president himself" Ray Bruns Thursday #8
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Thursday #11
When will they stop paying for it? Then, who will get the bill? My guess is you and me. usaf-vet Thursday #14
Good point PatSeg Thursday #25
Other People's Money William Seger Thursday #16
For a compulsive liar, PatSeg Thursday #26
That's because lying and bragging are both used to prop up his pathetically fragile ego William Seger Thursday #35
That's true PatSeg Thursday #42
I hate it. It totally dwarfs the White House which totally takes away from the image yellowdogintexas Thursday #9
I was thinking the same thing PatSeg Thursday #29
Will it be available to rent for weddings? greatauntoftriplets Thursday #10
Yes...but only the top 1-2% need apply. But remember it will be foisted as Bengus81 Thursday #54
Went to the link to get a better idea of his monstrosity KS Toronado Thursday #12
Much bigger Cirsium Thursday #59
Un-American SpankMe Thursday #13
Looks like a Roman temple kkmarie Thursday #15
not an accident, I'm sure LymphocyteLover Thursday #48
like Nero's Domus Aurea DBoon Thursday #58
Yup. In the GD thread on this I said I expected a "Roman Emperor" to be standing at the top of those stairs. electric_blue68 Thursday #60
I reckon it has a rape room and a vomitorium. Midnight Writer Thursday #18
Grotesque LastLiberal in PalmSprings Thursday #19
Doesn't DC have any rules or zoning laws? Walleye Thursday #30
Laws, shmaws, this is official presidentin' bizness! tanyev Thursday #41
i eagerly await it's lawful demolotion IbogaProject Thursday #21
SERIOUSLY. It would be poetic justice if he were inside trying to stop the wrecking ball when it went down LymphocyteLover Thursday #49
No way this monstrosity is being erected all with donor money Bayard Thursday #23
Gives me that Beware the Ides of March feeling. yorkster Thursday #24
Maga Think they will get to party there Walleye Thursday #27
That's exceedingly large. It dwarfs the White House. maxsolomon Thursday #28
That's grotesque. It's much bigger than the White House itself. Ocelot II Thursday #31
Dear Goddess tell me this is satire, please ms liberty Thursday #32
It's an architectural abomination. LudwigPastorius Thursday #33
There's something off on the scale of the first rendering jgmiller Thursday #34
It dwarfs the White House. What an abomination! SunSeeker Thursday #37
Why is he allowed to do this? PittBlue Thursday #38
the same reason he is allowed to do everything awful he is doing-- Republicans and their propaganda media LymphocyteLover Thursday #47
Reminiscent of the Palace of the Parliament Torchlight Thursday #40
Where is the rendering of the golden Karaoke machine? n/t crud Thursday #43
And where are the stripper poles? Ocelot II Thursday #46
No words genxlib Thursday #51
Will it contain a throne room? AverageOldGuy Thursday #57
What a terrible, absolutely disgustingly horrible architectural blunder. Fla Dem 14 hrs ago #61
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