{"id":3355,"date":"2026-06-22T22:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:34:10","slug":"new-photos-show-first-look-at-kennedy-center-facade-without-trumps-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3355","title":{"rendered":"New photos show first look at Kennedy Center facade without Trump\u2019s name"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>New photos show that President Donald Trump\u2019s name is indeed off the Kennedy Center, offering the first public look at the performing arts venue\u2019s facade since crews removed the letters by court order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3353\">Lionel Messi sets World Cup scoring record as defending champion Argentina advances to knockout stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The images were taken last week inside the tarp-covered scaffolding that has hidden the title of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the nine days since crews removed Trump\u2019s name. The images were first provided to The Washington Post by the activist group Hands Off the Arts before being independently obtained and verified by The Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is the picture the Trump administration does not want anyone to see, so it\u2019s all the more important \u2026 that people have an opportunity to witness when they\u2019re winning,\u201d said Mallory Miller, co-founder of Hands Off the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>On June 12, a 14-member crew erected scaffolding to comply with a court-ordered deadline to remove Trump\u2019s name. The workers missed the deadline, taking down the letters around 3 a.m. Saturday. The Kennedy Center\u2019s lawyers confirmed in a court filing later that morning the work was done.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>But the center left the scaffolding and tarps in place. For nine days, barricades manned by security guards have kept people from approaching and blocked any view of the exterior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3351\">Patrols continue at the Reflecting Pool as Trump looks for a renovation do-over<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The new photos show two rows of blank square panels. In older photos, Trump\u2019s name occupied the bottom of the two rows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement last week, Kennedy Center spokeswoman Roma Daravi said the tarps and scaffolding \u201cwill remain up as crews address maintenance needs of the marble and soffit panels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio board member whose lawsuit led to the removal, accused Trump and his allies on the board of \u201cwillfully sabotaging Kennedy Center\u2019s iconic fa\u00e7ade to assuage Defendants\u2019 vanity or massage broken egos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The trustees \u201cappear to be actively undermining the restoration of the Kennedy Center\u2019s name, in a petty act of defiance,\u201d they wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3349\">Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The images were taken last week inside the tarp-covered scaffolding that has hidden the title of the performing arts venue since crews removed Trump\u2019s name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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