The Trump administration threatened the demolition of the Kennedy Center if the center is not allowed to close for two years for renovations.⁠ ⁠ The Justice Department floated the notion in a court filing Monday.⁠ ⁠ “Without those efforts, the Center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be required to be taken down, with a determination to follow on what to build on the site, such as a large outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Potomac River that has been proposed, by some, for many years,” DOJ attorney Brantley T. Mayers wrote.⁠ ⁠ The department noted that any potential outdoor amphitheater would “fail to adequately honor” President John F. Kennedy, “but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain.”⁠ ⁠ In the filing, attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”⁠ ⁠ Click our link in bio for the full story. ⁠ ⁠ #washingtondc #maryland #virginia #pgcoun...