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White House Reconstruction
- Brendinooo 2y agoThis is neat, I didn’t know it was entirely reconstructed like that. I love the pics in this article as well. I think it speaks to something about historic preservation as well - a lot of people who are into it just want something that looks nice on the outside. I’m glad they didn’t tear the whole thing down.
- dhosek 2y agoI’d assumed this was in reference to the rebuilding after the White House was burned in the war of 1812, I had no idea about this reconstruction which is really fascinating.
- cebert 2y agoThis article was fascinating and led me to follow other links. I had no idea that the modern Brady Press Briefing Room sits on top of a pool that was built for FDR. Supposedly, the space for the pool is now home to servers [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Brady_Press_Briefing_Room https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Brady_Press_Briefin...]
- JoshTriplett 2y agoThat brings new meaning to "press pool".
- cynicalpeace 2y agoWas completed gutted in a few months and job was done in less than 2 years. Same job would take a decade today. Are we really more advanced nowadays?
- jrmg 2y agoFrom the article: President Truman publicly expressed praise for the completed work, but the night of his return to the White House he wrote in his private diary: "With all the trouble and worry it is worth it – but not 5½ million dollars! if I could have had charge of the construction it would have been done for half the money and in half the time!"
- nosrepa 2y agoAnd don't forget that LBJ had a 5-year mission to create a shower with enough pressure and nozzles to satisfy his need to pressure wash jumbo.