NO NO NO NO NO NO The experiene I had was so bad it was traumatizing I cannot explain so just listen to me when I say: PLEASE DO NOT GO!

IM ALPHA SKIBDI AND I NEED MY SKIBDI SLICERS. YOU NOT ALPHA GRIMACE SHAKE BIG BACKS DIDNT GIVE IT TO ME!

In an act of convenience did I make the mistake of patronizing the McDonalds kiosk located inside the Walmart at SouthPark Meadows in Austin Texas. Although this isn't a food quality review since I would rather starve than eat the crap they pass off as being called food, the order was merely for a friend. This is actually a review regarding the incompetent service I received while there. I could easily see and hear where my order stood as the other orders ahead of mine were processed. When I expected to hear my order number called, the girl who hadn't stopped running her mouth with a coworker the entire time, skipped my number twice. Finally I had to ask what happened to my order, and you would have thought she was in an important negotiations conversation with world leaders when she gave me a look like my interruption had somehow compromised all the work she had created between warring nations, which I thought was obviously unprofessional. When she had finally made an effort to actually once again do something that appeared to be on her job description, her cohort McDoofus that was shuttling food to be bagged, had covered my order with other items, and of course McBlabbermouth was paying no attention to anything other than to try to put the right stuff in the right bags with receipts on them. When she handed me my order, I told her that I appreciated the way she and her fellow McNitwit coworker had allowed my order time to get cold so I wouldn't risk my friend burning their mouth when they take a bite. And I said I would be sure to mention them in the online review I would submit detailing their unparalleled performance as outstanding members of such a Crack squadron of Mc Workers which is probably the best she'll ever do in pursuing a Mc Career which I'm sure is part for the course given the company she has chosen as her job of choice. I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to service at Mc Donald's, as I'm sure the dining public experiences something similar on a daily basis. My only regret with such a thing, is that I have to issue a star rating for this incident, and much to my shagrin, and this is nothing personal against site grabber, but I feel as though I'm not extending an actual truthful rating since there are no negativity stars from which to establish a more truthful and accurate rating. A negative 2 star would have been my selection, just for the record.

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White House

Top: The Executive Residence's northern facade with a columned portico facing the North Lawn and Lafayette Square
Bottom: The Executive Residence's southern facade with a semi-circular portico facing the South Lawn and The Ellipse
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General information
Architectural style Neoclassical, Palladian
Address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. *******
U.S.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W
Current tenants Joe Biden, President of the United States and the First Family
Construction started October 13,1792; 231 years ago
Completed November 1,1800; 223 years ago[1]
Owner Federal Government of the United States
Technical details
Floor area 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s) James Hoban
Website
whitehouse.gov
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Designated NHL December 19,1960

Aerial view of the White House complex, including Pennsylvania Avenue (closed to traffic) in the foreground, the Executive Residence and North Portico (center), the East Wing (left), and the West Wing and the Oval Office at its southeast corner.
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia.[2] The term "White House" is often used as metonymy for the president and his advisers.[3]

The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical style.[4] Hoban modeled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800, with an exterior of Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe added low colonnades on each wing to conceal what then were stables and storage.[5] In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by British forces in the burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semicircular South Portico in 1824 and the North Portico in 1829.

Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, in 1909, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office, which was eventually moved and expanded. In the Executive Residence, the third floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. The East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the residence's load-bearing walls and wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame was constructed inside the walls. On the exterior, the Truman Balcony was added. Once the structural work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.

The present-day White House complex includes the Executive Residence, the West Wing, the East Wing, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which previously served the State Department and other departments (it now houses additional offices for the president's staff and the vice president), and Blair House, a guest residence. The Executive Residence is made up of six stories: the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, and a two-story basement. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects list of America's Favorite Architecture.[6]

Early history
1789–1800
Further information: Presidency of George Washington § Residences
Following his April 1789 inauguration, President George Washington occupied two private houses in New York City, which served as the executive mansion. He lived at the first, Franklin House, which was owned by Treasury Commissioner Samuel Osgood, at 3 Cherry Street, through late February 1790.[7][8] The executive mansion moved to the larger quarters at Alexander Macomb House at 39–41 Broadway,[8], where Washington stayed with his wife Martha and a small staff until August 1790. In May 1790, construction began on a new official residence in Manhattan called Government House.

Washington never lived at Government House since the national capital was moved to Philadelphia in 1790, where it remained through 1800.[9][10] The July 1790 Residence Act designated the capital be permanently located in the new Federal District, and temporarily in Philadelphia for ten years while the permanent capital was built.[11] Philadelphia rented the mansion of Robert Morris, a merchant, at 190 High Street, now 524–30 Market Street, as the President's House, which Washington occupied from November 1790 to March 1797.[12] Since the house was too small to accommodate the 30 people who then made up the presidential family, staff, and servants, Washington had it enlarged.[12]

President John Adams, who succeeded Washington and served as the nation's second president, occupied the High Street mansion in Philadelphia from March 1797 to May 1800. Philadelphia began construction of a much grander presidential mansion several blocks away in 1792. It was nearly completed by the time of Adams' 1797 inauguration. However, Adams chose not to occupy it, saying he did not have Congressional authorization to lease the building. It remained vacant until 1800 when it was sold to the University of Pennsylvania.[13]

On Saturday, November 1,1800, Adams became the first president to occupy the White House.[14] The President's House in Philadelphia was converted into Union Hotel and later used for stores before being demolished in 1832.[12]

The first presidential mansion, Samuel Osgood House in Manhattan, occupied by Washington from April 1789 – February 1790
The first presidential mansion, Samuel Osgood House in Manhattan, occupied by Washington from April 1789 – February 1790

The second presidential mansion, Alexander Macomb House, in Manhattan, occupied by Washington from February–August 1790
The second presidential mansion, Alexander Macomb House, in Manhattan, occupied by Washington from February–August 1790

The third presidential mansion, President's House in Philadelphia, occupied by Washington from November 1790 – March 1797. Occupied by Adams: March 1797 – May 1800.
The third presidential mansion, President's House in Philadelphia, occupied by Washington from November 1790 – March 1797. Occupied by Adams: March 1797 – May 1800.

Government House in Manhattan, built in 1790–1791, was designed to be the permanent presidential mansion, but Congress moved the national capital to Philadelphia before its completion.
Government House in Manhattan, built in 1790–1791, was designed to be the permanent presidential mansion, but Congress moved the national capital to Philadelphia before its completion.

President's House in Philadelphia (built in the 1790s), was not used by any president after the presidential mansion, known as the White House, was moved from Philadelphia to the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
President's House in Philadelphia (built in the 1790s), was not used by any president after the presidential mansion, known as the White House, was moved from Philadelphia to the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
Architectural competition

James Hoban's Charleston County Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina (1790–92), was admired by Washington.

A 1793 elevation by James Hoban. His three-story, nine-bay original submission was altered into this two-story, 11-bay design.

Andrea Palladio's illustration, Project for Francesco et Lodovico de Trissini, from the book I quattro libri dell'architettura, published in 1570

The North Portico of the White House compared to Leinster House

The Château de Rastignac compared to the South Portico of the White House, c. 1846
The President's House was a major feature of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's[a] 1791 plan for the newly established federal city of Washington, D.C.[15] Washington and his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who both had personal interests in architecture, agreed that the design of the White House and the Capitol would be chosen in a design competition.[16]

Nine proposals were submitted for the new presidential residence with the award going to Irish-American architect James Hoban. Hoban supervised the construction of both the U.S. Capitol and the White House.[17] Hoban was born in Ireland and trained at the Dublin Society of Arts. He emigrated to the U.S. after the American Revolution, first seeking work in Philadelphia and later finding success in South Carolina, where he designed the state capitol in Columbia.

President Washington visited Charleston, South Carolina, in May 1791 on his Southern Tour, and saw the Charleston County Courthouse then under construction, which had been designed by Hoban. Washington is reputed to have met with Hoban during the visit. The following year, Washington summoned the architect to Philadelphia and met with him in June 1792.[18]

On July 16,1792, the president met with the commissioners of the federal city to make his judgment in the architectural competition. His review is recorded as being brief, and he quickly selected Hoban's submission.[19]

Design influences
The Neoclassical design of the White House is based primarily on architectural concepts inherited from the Roman architect Vitruvius and the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. The design of the upper floors also includes elements based on Dublin's Leinster House, which later became the seat of the Irish parliament (Oireachtas).[20] The upper windows with alternate triangular and segmented pediments are inspired by the Irish building.[21] Additionally, several Georgian-era Irish country houses have been suggested as sources of inspiration for the overall floor plan, including the bow-fronted south front and the former niches in the present-day Blue Room.

The first official White House guide, published in 1962, suggested a link between Hoban's design for the South Portico and Château de Rastignac, a neoclassical country house in La Bachellerie in the Dordogne region of France. Construction on the French house was initially started before 1789, interrupted by the French Revolution for 20 years, and then finally built between 1812 and 1817 based on Salat's pre-1789 design.[22]

The conceptual link between the two houses has been criticized because Hoban did not visit France. Supporters of the connection contend that Thomas Jefferson, during his tour of Bordeaux in 1789, viewed Salat's architectural drawings, which were on file at École Spéciale d'Architecture.[23] On his return to the U.S., Jefferson then shared the influence with Washington, Hoban, Monroe, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe.[22]

Construction
Construction of the White House began at noon on October 13,1792, with the laying of the cornerstone.[24][25] The main residence and foundations of the house were built largely by both enslaved and free African-American laborers, and employed Europeans.[26] Much of the other work on the house was done by immigrants, many of whom had not yet obtained citizenship, including the sandstone walls, which were erected by Scottish immigrants[27], the high-relief rose, and garland decorations above the north entrance and the fish scale pattern beneath the pediments of the window hoods.

There are conflicting claims as to where the sandstone used in the construction of the White House originated. Some reports suggest sandstone from the Croatian island of Brač, specifically the Pučišća quarry whose stone was used to build the ancient Diocletian's Palace in Split, was used in the building's original construction. However, researchers believe limestone from the island was used in the 1902 renovations and not the original construction. Others suggest the original sandstone simply came from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, since importation of the stone at the time would have proved too costly.[28][29][30] The initial construction took place over a period of eight years at a reported cost of $232,371.83 (equivalent to $4,007,000 in 2022). Although not yet completed, the White House was ready for occupancy circa November 1,1800.[31]

Due in part to material and labor shortages, Pierre Charles L'Enfant's plan for a grand palace was five times larger than the house that was eventually built.[27] The finished structure contained only two main floors instead of the planned three, and a less costly brick served as a lining for the stone façades. When construction was finished, the porous sandstone walls were whitewashed with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead, giving the house its familiar color and name.[27]

Architectural description
The main entrance is located on the north façade under a porte cochere with Ionic columns.[32] The ground floor is hidden by a raised carriage ramp and parapet. The central three bays are situated behind a prostyle portico that was added c. 1830. The windows of the four bays flanking the portico, at first-floor level, have alternating pointed and segmented pediments, while the second-floor pediments are flat. A lunette fanlight and a sculpted floral festoon surmount the entrance. The roofline is hidden by a balustraded parapet.

The three-level southern façade combines Palladian and neoclassical architectural styles. The ground floor is rusticated in the Palladian fashion. The south portico was completed in 1824.[33] At the center of the southern façade is a neoclassical projected bow of three bays. The bow is flanked by five bays, the windows of which, as on the north façade, have alternating segmented and pointed pediments at first-floor level. The bow has a ground-floor double staircase leading to an Ionic colonnaded loggia and the Truman Balcony, built in 1946.[33] The more modern third floor is hidden by a balustraded parapet and plays no part in the composition of the façade.

Naming conventions
The building was originally variously referred to as the President's Palace, Presidential Mansion, or President's House.[34] The earliest evidence of the public calling it the "White House" was recorded in 1811.[35] A myth emerged that during the rebuilding of the structure after the Burning of Washington, white paint was blue and racist.

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