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jgmiller

(674 posts)
34. There's something off on the scale of the first rendering
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
Sep 2025

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 Sep 2025 #1
Remember Trump and fam are nothing but rich white trash. ananda Sep 2025 #20
The Clampetts come to DC Bayard Sep 2025 #22
That's some Albert Speer NAZI looking drawings. How appropriate Bengus81 Sep 2025 #55
Jesus. And we're paying for that shit. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #2
I'm glad corporate sponsors are paying for it... Omnipresent Sep 2025 #6
I missed that. Off to google which ones. So I can avoid them. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #17
Don't google the sponsors if you want to avoid them. One of them is Google! subterranean Sep 2025 #52
Lol! I actually do use DuckDuckGo. But it's become a verb. Like Xerox! Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #53
If only these corporations saw fit Diamond_Dog Sep 2025 #36
and affordable housing...... Bengus81 Sep 2025 #56
It doesn't matter who pays for the structure. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2025 #39
And we will likely pay for those balls, in the manner the elitists are accustomed to William Seger Sep 2025 #44
Corporate sponsors may pay for some of the construction, but not the upkeep. Lonestarblue Sep 2025 #45
The new Mar a Lardo. Autumn Sep 2025 #3
The answer is Republicans. Never forget. LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #50
Everything looks covered dweller Sep 2025 #4
fucking slap in our faces LyfeTimeDem Sep 2025 #5
Stolen from Albert Speer's Portfolio malachi Sep 2025 #7
"Karoline Leavitt said the project would be paid for by private donors and the president himself" Ray Bruns Sep 2025 #8
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Sep 2025 #11
When will they stop paying for it? Then, who will get the bill? My guess is you and me. usaf-vet Sep 2025 #14
Good point PatSeg Sep 2025 #25
Other People's Money William Seger Sep 2025 #16
For a compulsive liar, PatSeg Sep 2025 #26
That's because lying and bragging are both used to prop up his pathetically fragile ego William Seger Sep 2025 #35
That's true PatSeg Sep 2025 #42
I hate it. It totally dwarfs the White House which totally takes away from the image yellowdogintexas Sep 2025 #9
I was thinking the same thing PatSeg Sep 2025 #29
Will it be available to rent for weddings? greatauntoftriplets Sep 2025 #10
Yes...but only the top 1-2% need apply. But remember it will be foisted as Bengus81 Sep 2025 #54
Went to the link to get a better idea of his monstrosity KS Toronado Sep 2025 #12
Much bigger Cirsium Sep 2025 #59
Un-American SpankMe Sep 2025 #13
Looks like a Roman temple kkmarie Sep 2025 #15
not an accident, I'm sure LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #48
like Nero's Domus Aurea DBoon Sep 2025 #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 Sep 2025 #60
I reckon it has a rape room and a vomitorium. Midnight Writer Sep 2025 #18
Grotesque LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2025 #19
Doesn't DC have any rules or zoning laws? Walleye Sep 2025 #30
Laws, shmaws, this is official presidentin' bizness! tanyev Sep 2025 #41
i eagerly await it's lawful demolotion IbogaProject Sep 2025 #21
SERIOUSLY. It would be poetic justice if he were inside trying to stop the wrecking ball when it went down LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #49
No way this monstrosity is being erected all with donor money Bayard Sep 2025 #23
Gives me that Beware the Ides of March feeling. yorkster Sep 2025 #24
Maga Think they will get to party there Walleye Sep 2025 #27
That's exceedingly large. It dwarfs the White House. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #28
That's grotesque. It's much bigger than the White House itself. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #31
Dear Goddess tell me this is satire, please ms liberty Sep 2025 #32
It's an architectural abomination. LudwigPastorius Sep 2025 #33
There's something off on the scale of the first rendering jgmiller Sep 2025 #34
It dwarfs the White House. What an abomination! SunSeeker Sep 2025 #37
Why is he allowed to do this? PittBlue Sep 2025 #38
the same reason he is allowed to do everything awful he is doing-- Republicans and their propaganda media LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #47
Reminiscent of the Palace of the Parliament Torchlight Sep 2025 #40
Where is the rendering of the golden Karaoke machine? n/t crud Sep 2025 #43
And where are the stripper poles? Ocelot II Sep 2025 #46
No words genxlib Sep 2025 #51
Will it contain a throne room? AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #57
What a terrible, absolutely disgustingly horrible architectural blunder. Fla Dem Sep 2025 #61
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