I actually think the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in DC will be better off without having a certain real estate developer fixing it. That renovation needs to stop, so it keeps the massive backlog of deferred maintenance, the 65 year old heating and air-con systems that are failing, the compromised expansion joints that have led to extensive water leaks resulting in water damage and electrical fire hazards, the structural steel rusted to paper thin levels and structural failure points documented in engineering reviews, the crumbling exterior facades that have become a safety hazard to walkways below, the cracked marble, the worn and aged seating, the threadbare carpets, the corroded plumbing, the rats and bugs. Anything else would ruin the preservation of that historic building. The Board of the Center should never have put the real estate developer's name on the building to try to get him involved. That renovation needs to go back to the lawyer-politicians in congress who know how to get things done and get them done properly.
- Dave Badperson
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