The foundation of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom appears to be taking shape.

On Monday, casings for drilling shafts were spotted being transported to where the East Wing had stood for 123 years—until last month. Washington, D.C.-area photographer Andrew Leyden captured the cylinders downtown on a flatbed, which then pulled up to the South Lawn. One of the casings was later seen in a vertical position.

After the East Wing was controversially torn down to make space for a ballroom that Trump, 79, will reportedly name after himself, construction companies involved in the project have tried to make themselves harder to contact. The logo on the truck in Leyden’s photographs wasn’t immediately identifiable.

The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from the Dail

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