Donald Trump’s Interior Department is scrambling to come up with a reason why his proposed “triumphal arch” shouldn’t have to respect a federal law limiting the height of most buildings in Washington, D.C.
Critics of the president’s 250-foot-tall vanity project have argued that it runs afoul of the Height of Buildings Act of 1910 (HBA), which limits most building heights in Washington, D.C., to the width of their street plus 20 feet, with a maximum height of 130 feet.
The law was designed to address fire safety and preserve the city’s low-slung neoclassical character.
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