一份草案环境评估发现，总统唐纳德·特朗普计划在白宫附近为一座19世纪的历史地标办公楼涂漆，可能会损害其历史特色。
A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character.
JONATHAN J. COOPER 总统唐纳尔·特朗普计划在白宫附近为一座19世纪的历史地标建筑涂漆，这将削弱白宫综合体的历史特色，特朗普政府在周五发布的草案环境评估中得出这一结论。
JONATHAN J. COOPER President Donald Trump’s plan to paint a 19th-century historic landmark building next to the White House would diminish the historic character of the White House complex, the Trump administration concluded in a draft environmental assessment published Friday.
特朗普提出将巨大的艾森豪威尔总统办公楼涂漆，作为他美化并重塑首都的计划的一部分。该计划预计成本至少为750万美元，引发了保护主义者、建筑师、历史学家等人的担忧，他们认为花岗岩本不应被涂漆，涂漆会导致水分被困并损害石材。
Trump has suggested the massive Eisenhower Executive Office Building be painted as part of his push to remake and beautify the nation’s capital. The plan, estimated to cost at least $7.5 million has alarmed preservationists, architects, historians and others who argue that granite is not meant to be painted and that paint would trap moisture and degrade the stone.
特朗普去年表示，该建筑的灰色外墙是“一个非常糟糕的颜色”。该建筑的建筑师阿尔弗雷德·B·穆莱特亲自挑选了建筑材料，这些材料“与建筑的历史特色和原始设计意图至关重要”，环境评估得出结论。
Trump last year said the building’s gray exterior is a “really bad color.”The building’s architect, Alfred B. Mullet, hand-selected the construction materials, which “are central to the building’s historic character and original design intent,” the environmental assessment concluded.
艾森豪威尔办公楼和位于白宫另一侧的国库大楼，这两座同样庞大且未涂漆的石质建筑，构成了政府所在地的“视觉层级”，这一层级已存在125年，而涂漆计划将打破这一层级，报告指出。
The EEOB and the Treasury building, a similarly massive and unpainted stone building on the other side of the White House, form a “visual hierarchy” at the seat of government, which has been in place for 125 years and would be disrupted by a paint job, the report said.
“与白宫相比，该建筑在规模和体量上更小，但其位于场地中心且白色外观传达了其重要性，”报告写道。
“The White House is by comparison much smaller in size and scale, but its placement at the center of the grounds and white color communicates its importance,” the report said.
报告发现，拟用的白色矿物硅漆足够透气，不太可能导致水分被困并损害石材。初步测试表明，该漆料后期可通过最小程度的损伤将其去除，但仍需更多测试，报告指出。
The proposed white mineral silica paint is permeable enough that it would be unlikely to trap moisture and damage the stone, the report found. Preliminary tests suggested the paint could eventually be removed with minimal damage to the stone, but more testing is necessary, it said.
一份报告发现，替代方案在清理和修复建筑的同时改善外部照明，不会影响其历史特征。
An alternative proposal to clean and restore the building while improving the exterior lighting would not affect its historic character, the report found.