#us-commission-of-fine-arts

#us-commission-of-fine-arts

US President Donald Trump's proposal to build a 250ft-tall arch on Memorial Circle in Washington, DC, was approved by a the US Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday (21 May) in a vote that leapfrogged the usual review process and largely disregarded the public comments, which were "99.5%" in opposition to the project, according to a staff report. While the arch's design still lacks some key details, including additional sculptures and reliefs to fill its niches, the CFA's chairman, Rodney Mims Cook, Jr, put forward a motion for final approval, which was passed by the four present commissioners.

President Donald Trump is getting rid of members of the federal agency that would have reviewed his planned building projects as he works to physically remake Washington, D.C. Trump fired all members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on October 28. The commission, a federal agency established by Congress, has shaped the look of the nation's capital for more than a century, from its museums and monuments to office buildings and parks, and now Trump is set to stack it with loyalists.