It is now parched, peeling and largely abandoned; a collection of derelict houses strung out under the telegraph wires.
Now that I've nearly abandoned my collection of watches thanks to the evil Apple Watch, I'm starting to miss the staid, steady ticking of a good mechanical.
The Albertina bought the group for about $1,000; the dealer's correspondence about the transaction ends with a hearty "Heil Hitler!" No one knows whether Mr. Belf, who died at 93 in 2002, was robbed of his collection, abandoned it or sold it under duress.
Just as New York is shaking off its sorrows and crawling out of debt, making new claims on the world stage with a bid for the Olympics, our museums seem to be going through weird convulsions, falling apart, abandoning their collections, being hijacked by trustees or suffering delusions of grandeur.
Bailey's teams traveled to 12 small villages to give classes, but most of the training occurred at the National Police Training Center in eastern Monrovia, a half-abandoned collection of barracks built years ago by the United Nations.
Although some academic institutions have abandoned their anatomical collections because of apparent legal issues, safety reasons, financial cuts or newly defined priorities, these museums are much more than time capsules with accumulations of curiosities [5].
Refuse collection was abandoned by most councils along with parking enforcement once it became obvious the roads would be treacherous and staff could be in danger.
So it is hardly surprising that Dia chose an unconventional setting for its permanent collection: an abandoned factory in Beacon, a depressed Hudson River town 60 miles north of Manhattan.
But anyone who thought that this collection had abandoned the grown-up ladies of last season should have listened to Catherine Deneuve, whose new movie is called "Mere et Filles" or "Mothers and Daughters," and who sat in the front row with a posse of young French actresses.
Overall studies remain small scale, poorly controlled and follow-up data collection is abandoned too soon to establish impact longer term.
