"Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial. The US president envision the planned arch to be a height of 250ft, or significantly taller than the 100ft-tall Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. It would also be significantly taller than Paris's 164ft-tall Arc de Triomphe but less than half the height than the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri, the world's tallest arch."
"Leigh had initially proposed a temporary, 60ft arch to mark the 250th of the US's declaration of independence. But Trump went for a permanent design four times larger and funded with leftover donations to the $400m White House ballroom project. If you're going to build an arch that big, you should build it in another part of town and one possible site that comes to mind is Barney Circle, Leigh was quoted by the outlet as saying."
Donald Trump plans a 250-foot Independence Arch in Washington DC that would be substantially taller than the 100-foot Lincoln Memorial and Paris's 164-foot Arc de Triomphe, though less than half the Gateway Arch's height. The proposed site is near Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River. The project would be permanent and financed with leftover donations from a $400 million White House ballroom project, which includes a new 89,000-square-foot East Wing ballroom at 70 feet tall. Architectural experts expressed alarm; one critic, Catesby Leigh, had proposed a temporary 60-foot arch for the nation's 250th and suggested Barney Circle as an alternative site.
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