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A pile of rubble: After 123 years, the White House’s East Wing is gone
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US President Donald Trump said the East Wing was “a very small building” that was in the way of his planned 90,000 sq ft, US$300 million (S$390 million) ballroom.
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Elisabeth Bumiller
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WASHINGTON – The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every first lady for nearly a half century and the home of calligraphers who prepared thousands of invitations for White House state dinners, disappeared into a pile of rubble on Oct 23.
It had stood for 123 years.
