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华盛顿讯——尽管特朗普总统正就改造约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心以及修建白宫宴会厅的事宜在法庭上缠斗，但这两座华盛顿地标建筑的相关计划仍在推进。
如今，相关案件的最新法庭文件披露了白宫已拆除的东厅场地内工程的规模，以及特朗普对肯尼迪中心的构想。
在白宫，宴会厅项目涉及数百万磅钢材和钢筋、数英里长的管道，还有一支超过200人的团队近乎全天候作业。而在肯尼迪中心，董事会已推进一项计划，要在法院下令移除特朗普姓名后重新将其冠名，并至少以另一种方式纪念他。
肯尼迪中心
一份于周三提交给华盛顿美国地区法院的现状报告，披露了董事会上周同意实施的表演艺术中心改造细节。
该董事会成员多为特朗普的盟友和政府官员，由总统本人担任主席。董事会上周投票决定将特朗普的名字重新加回肯尼迪中心外立面，此举距美国地区法官克里斯·库珀裁定董事会去年将总统姓名加于建筑之上的行为非法已有两个月。
2026年6月28日，华盛顿特区的肯尼迪中心外立面仍被防水布覆盖。亚历克斯·弗罗布莱夫斯基 / 法新社/盖蒂图片社
就在该决定公布后，施工人员于6月13日夜间将总统姓名从外立面移除。自此之后，中心前门廊的该区域一直被防水布覆盖，遮挡了大部分标识。
但董事会已再次采取措施，将特朗普的名字重新放回肯尼迪中心正门。上周董事会通过的一项决议要求，建筑正面的题字为：“约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心，由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复翻新”。
决议还规定，当特朗普肯尼迪中心基金达到1亿美元时，需对“总统的贡献”予以表彰。届时，建筑题字将更新为：“约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心，由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复翻新，特朗普肯尼迪中心基金捐赠”。
经董事会批准的这项措施还要求，将肯尼迪中心的“实体场地及庭院”命名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统广场”。
董事会表示，最早要到9月8日才会实施这些改动。
在这份由特朗普政府与俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂的律师共同提交的文件中，双方还就建筑前方的防水布一事进行了说明。比蒂去年曾就肯尼迪中心改造一事提起诉讼。
司法部称，设置“防护覆盖物”和脚手架是为了对屋顶悬挑部分进行水测试和结构维修。政府律师表示，其中一组脚手架曾用于移除建筑上的特朗普姓名标识。
但他们未透露防水布和脚手架将保留多久，仅写道其拆除“取决于目前大理石外立面所需维修的范围，以及其他必要维修项目”。
他们还暗示大理石可能已受损。
司法部律师在文件中写道，在移除特朗普姓名标识期间，防水布“作为持续施工活动的安全屏障，在报道称面板受损的情况下，有助于保护建筑的大理石外立面”。
比蒂的法律团队在文件中表示，该议员担忧特朗普政府在将特朗普姓名标识安装到建筑上时，可能已损坏中心外立面的大理石。
白宫宴会厅
数月来，白宫宴会厅一直是特朗普关注的焦点。但考虑到国家历史保护信托基金对该项目提起的法律挑战，联邦法官已于3月发布初步禁令，要求停止宴会厅建设。美国地区法官理查德·莱昂允许与国家安全设施相关的地下工程继续进行。
尽管地区法院和华盛顿联邦上诉法院下达了行政暂缓令——即临时命令，但地上和地下工程仍在继续。
不过，在美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院本月早些年裁定白宫未经国会授权不得建造宴会厅后，司法部现已请求最高法院介入，冻结地区法院的禁令。
如果最高法院周五之前未采取行动，哥伦比亚特区巡回法院的裁决将生效，宴会厅建设必须停止。
作为特朗普政府寻求紧急救济的一部分，该政府提交了由负责监督该项目的白宫管理与行政事务主任约书亚·费希尔的声明，其中披露了项目使用的材料规模以及已完成的工程量。
新白宫宴会厅场地。司法部/最高法院文件
费希尔称，该宴会厅由私人捐助者资助，目前已从4亿美元目标中筹集到3.55亿美元。他表示，一支250人的团队每周七天每天工作20小时，工程已完成65%。声明显示，所有地下结构、大型楼梯结构、厨房结构以及柱廊式影院结构均已安装完毕。
该建筑将由混凝土和钢材建成，费希尔称将于11月完工。外立面预计将于4月“基本”完工，整个项目预计于2028年8月全部完成。届时，特朗普的任期还剩5个月。
费希尔表示，主体结构已建至屋顶层，部分区域高达70英尺，占地面积达5万平方英尺。结构基础则深入地下50英尺。
他还进一步介绍了项目的三大主要组成部分：混凝土结构、外立面以及机电和管道工程。
在混凝土结构方面，已铺设640万磅钢筋，浇筑了1.8万立方码混凝土。费希尔将这种混凝土描述为“目前最坚硬、最强劲的混凝土，与核电站使用的混凝土类型相同——它不透水，几乎不可能被拆除”。
费希尔称，若最高法院未采取行动，到周五地区法院的禁令生效时，白宫预计还将再安装100万磅钢筋，并浇筑3000立方码混凝土。
根据费希尔的声明，另有300万磅钢材已采购完毕，正准备安装。
白宫宴会厅效果图。司法部/最高法院文件
在外立面方面，白宫已采购100万磅钢材和6万磅铝制饰面。费希尔称，所需的几乎所有石灰岩都已开采完毕。提交给最高法院的效果图显示，建筑外部将安装镀金总统徽章。
在机电和管道工程方面，施工团队已铺设5英里管道，采购了1700线性英尺的水管，并安装了其中500线性英尺。
到周五，白宫预计还将再铺设1英里管道，并安装另外200线性英尺的水管。
特朗普的东翼项目还将配备与最高法院同款的科林斯柱。费希尔表示，白宫的这些立柱将采用“最高等级”的印第安纳州石灰岩开采，这些石料已运往意大利，由“全球少数顶尖艺术家”进行雕刻。
据白宫介绍，该建筑将包含防空洞、医院和医疗设施、绝密军事设施、防无人机天花板、墙壁、窗户和屋顶、防弹、防弹道和防爆玻璃，以及顶部的无人机停机坪。
将设于白宫宴会厅顶部的“无人机停机坪”。司法部/最高法院文件
New details of plans for the Kennedy Center and White House ballroom include columns carved in Italy, plaza named for Trump
August 20, 2026 / 2:45 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — While President Trump fights in court over his remaking of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and construction of the White House ballroom, plans for the two Washington institutions are moving ahead.
Now, the latest court filings in those cases are providing a window into the scope of work taking place at the White House on the site of the now-demolished East Room and Mr. Trump’s visions for the Kennedy Center.
At the White House, the ballroom project involves millions of pounds of steel and rebar, miles of conduit and a crew of more than 200 working nearly around the clock. And at the Kennedy Center, its board of trustees has advanced a plan to put Mr. Trump’s name back on the building following its court-ordered removal and to honor him in at least one other way.
The Kennedy Center
A status report filedWednesday with the U.S. district court in Washington provides a peek into changes to the performing arts center that its board of trustees agreed last week to undertake.
The board is stacked with Mr. Trump’s allies and administration officials, and chaired by the president himself. It voted last week to add Mr. Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center’s facade, a move that came two months after U.S. District Judge Chris Cooper ruled the board acted unlawfully when it put the president’s name on the building last year.
The Kennedy Center, the facade of which remains covered with a tarp, is seen in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2026. Alex WROBLEWSKI /AFP via Getty Images
On the heels of that decision, construction crews removed the president’s name from the facade overnight on June 13. That area of the center’s front portico has been covered by a tarp since then, though, concealing most of its name.
But the board has again taken steps to put Mr. Trump’s name back on the front of the Kennedy Center. A resolution approved by the board last week calls for the inscription on the front of the building to read: “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”
It also requires recognition of the “president’s contribution” to the center when the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reaches $100 million. Once that happens, the resolution states that the inscription on the building will read: “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”
The board-approved measure also requires the “physical site and grounds” of the Kennedy Center to be named “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
The board has said it will not implement these changes until Sept. 8 at the earliest.
In the filing, submitted jointly by the Trump administration and lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who sued last year over the Kennedy Center overhaul, both sides also addressed the tarp in the front of the building.
The Justice Department said the “protective covering” and scaffolding were erected because of water testing and structural repairs to a roof overhang. One portion of that scaffolding was used to remove Mr. Trump’s name from the building, government lawyers said.
But they declined to say how long the tarp and scaffolding will remain in place, writing instead that its removal “is contingent upon the scope of any repairs required at present to the marble facade, as well as any other necessary repairs.”
They also indicated that the marble may have been damaged.
During removal of Mr. Trump’s name, the tarp “served as a safety barrier for ongoing construction activities and helped safeguard the marble facade of the building in light of reported panel damage,” Justice Department lawyers wrote.
Beatty’s legal team said in the filing that the congresswoman is concerned that the Trump administration may have damaged the marble that lines the center’s facade when it affixed Mr. Trump’s name to it.
White House ballroom
The White House ballroom has been a fixation of Mr. Trump’s for months. But a federal judge considering a legal challenge to the project, brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, issued a preliminary injunction in March that would halt construction of the ballroom. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has allowed below-ground work on national-security facilities to continue.
Construction of the White House ballroom Justice Department/Supreme Court filing
Work above and below-ground has continued, though, as a result of administrative stays — temporary orders — put in place by the district court and a federal appeals court in Washington.
But the Justice Department has now asked the Supreme Court to intervene and freeze the district court’s injunction after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled earlier this month that the White House cannot construct the ballroom without authorization from Congress.
If the high court does not act by Friday, the D.C. Circuit’s decision will take effect and construction of the ballroom must be halted.
As part of the Trump administration’s request for emergency relief, it submitted a declaration from Joshua Fisher, the director for White House Management and Administration who is overseeing the project, that sheds light on the volume of material being used for the project and the amount of work done already.
The site of the new White House ballroom. Justice Department/Supreme Court filing
The ballroom is being funded by private donors, and so far, $355 million of $400 million has been raised, according to Fisher. He said a 250-person crew is working 20 hours per day, seven days a week, and 65% of the project is done. Already installed are all below-grade structures, a grand staircase structure, a kitchen structure and a Colonnade movie theater structure, according to the declaration.
The building will be made of concrete and steel, and Fisher said it will be completed by November. The facade is set to be “substantially” finished by April, and the entire project is expected to be wrapped by August 2028, according to Fisher. By then, Mr. Trump will have five months left in his term.
The superstructure has been built up to roof-level, rising up to 70 feet in some places, and has a footprint of 50,000 square feet, Fisher said. The structural foundation, meanwhile, reaches 50 feet below ground.
He provided further details on three major components of the project: the concrete structure, the facades and mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
As to the concrete structure, 6.4 million pounds of rebar has been placed and 18,000 cubic yards of concrete has been poured. Fisher described the concrete as “the hardest and strongest concrete there is, the type used in nuclear power plants — it is impermeable, and virtually impossible to deconstruct.”
By Friday, when the district court’s injunction takes effect absent Supreme Court action, Fisher said the White House expects to install another 1 million pounds of rebar and pour another 3,000 cubic yards of concrete.
Three million pounds of steel has also been obtained and is being readied for installation, according to Fisher’s declaration.
A rendering of the White House ballroom Justice Department/Supreme Court filing
For the facades, the White House has acquired 1 million pounds of steel and 60,000 pounds of aluminum finishes. It has also quarried nearly all of the limestone required, Fisher said. Renderings provided to the Supreme Court show gold-plated presidential seals affixed to the outside of the building.
As to mechanical, electrical and plumbing work, the construction crew has installed five miles of conduit, obtained 1,700 linear feet of plumbing pipe and installed 500 linear feet of that piping.
By Friday, the White House expects to install another mile of conduit and to put in place another 200 linear feet of plumbing pipe.
Mr. Trump’s East Wing project will also feature Corinthian columns like those at the Supreme Court. Fisher said the columns at the White House are being made from “the highest-grade” Indiana limestone, which was shipped to Italy, and are being carved “by some of the greatest artists anywhere in the world.”
According to the White House, the structure will include bomb shelters; hospital and medical facilities; top-secret military facilities; drone-proof ceilings, walls, windows and roofs; bullet, ballistic and blast-proof glass; and a drone port on top.
The “drone port” that will sit on top of the White House ballroom. Justice Department/Supreme Court filing
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