White House presents ballroom plans, says renovating East Wing was ‘not feasible’

White House officials connected Thursday presented their plans for the statesmanlike ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and defended the demolition of the East Wing, citing structural concerns that made immoderate effort astatine renovations “not feasible.” Architect Shalom Baranes showed the committee that the ballroom volition measurement astir 89,000 quadrate feet and accommodate 1,000…