Overview
- Work has begun to replace the West Wing Colonnade’s Tennessee flagstone with black granite along the route between the Executive Residence and the Oval Office.
- The National Park Service will take the removed flagstone for storage at a nursery for potential future use, according to the reports.
- White House spokesman Davis Ingle praised the project as a needed upgrade that will beautify the grounds ahead of the semiquincentennial.
- The Independent echoed the New York Post’s initial report and noted plastic coverings at the site, while saying the granite’s source and project end date remain unclear.
- The covered walkway, known as the “45-second commute,” runs by the Rose Garden and Trump’s Presidential Walk of Fame, and it has served presidents since the Jefferson era.