New details about Trump's plans for the Kennedy Center and White House ballroom

Washington — While President Trump fights in court over his remaking of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and construction of the White House ballroom, plans for the two Washington institutions are moving ahead.

Now, the latest court filings in those cases are providing a window into the scope of work taking place at the White House on the site of the now-demolished East Room and Mr. Trump's visions for the Kennedy Center.

At the White House, the ballroom project involves millions of pounds of steel and rebar, miles of conduit and a crew of more than 200 working nearly around the clock. And at the Kennedy Center, its board of trustees has advanced a plan to put Mr. Trump's name back on the building following its court-ordered removal and to honor him in at least one other way.

A status report filed Wednesday with the U.S. district court in Washington provides a peek into changes to the performing arts center that its board of trustees agreed last week to undertake.

The board is stacked with Mr. Trump's allies and administration officials, and chaired by the president himself. It voted last week to add Mr. Trump's name to the Kennedy Center's facade, a move that came two months after U.S. District Judge Chris Cooper ruled the board acted unlawfully when it put the president's name on the building last year.

On the heels of that decision, construction crews removed the president's name from the facade overnight on June 13. That area of the center's front portico has been covered by a tarp since then, though, concealing most of its name.

But the board has again taken steps to put Mr. Trump's name back on the front of the Kennedy Center. A resolution approved by the board last week calls for the inscription on the front of the building to read: "The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump."

It also requires recognition of the "president's contribution" to the center when the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reaches $100 million. Once that happens, the resolution states that the inscription on the building will read: "The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund."

The board-approved measure also requires the "physical site and grounds" of the Kennedy Center to be named "President Donald J. Trump Plaza."

The board has said it will not implement these changes until Sept. 8 at the earliest.

In the filing, submitted jointly by the Trump administration and lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who sued last year over the Kennedy Center overhaul, both sides also addressed the tarp in the front of the building.

The Justice Department said the "protective covering" and scaffolding were erected because of water testing and structural repairs to a roof overhang. One portion of that scaffolding was used to remove Mr.