I Took a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the New Trump Hotel in Washington D.C. September 12 is the official opening day. Could this be the city’s next power-breakfast spot?

February 8, 2020

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Google “Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC,” and you’ll see image after image of a particularly photogenic section of “America’s Main Street.” In the foreground looms the Romanesque Revival pile of the Old Post Office Pavilion, and a short distance to the southeast floats the pale dome of the Capitol. The 1.2-mile stretch that begins at the White House and ends at the seat of Congress is the ceremonial heart of the nation, site of parades, processions, and protest marches. George Washington himself called it “most magnificent and convenient.”)

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This month, when the $200 million transformation of the Old Post Office into the capital’s newest five-star luxury hotel is officially completed, the location will feature new signage, branding it with the name of the 2016 Republican presidential candidate: Trump International Hotel.

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Ivanka Trump, executive vice president of development and acquisitions of the Trump Organization, would not comment during an interview prior to my hardhat tour of the property on how firmly her father had already set his sights on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when he was awarded the 60-year lease on the Old Post Office Pavilion in 2013. “You’ll have to ask him,” she said curtly. (She froze and frowned when I wondered if his campaign pronouncements were hurting the brand’s global ambitions—which include two major projects in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.)

But she warmed when we moved on to the hotel’s attributes. “We’ll have the largest rooms in the city! And the largest suites. We will also have the largest luxury ballroom of any of the hotels in DC. It’s really a special property.”

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