However, our concern is not for relics but for the revitalization of historic buildings, repurposing them for a new generation.
As a result, 100percentt of the 304 schools that we've built are operating -- no incomplete builds, repurposed buildings or failed schools here.
Recent years have seen run-down areas being revived, old buildings repurposed, and the arrival of Poland's first Michelin- starred restaurant (Atelier Amaro; 00 48 22 628 57 47; atelieramaro.pl).
In Lyon's regenerated docklands area, La Confluence – already a hotbed of industrial buildings repurposed into restaurants, bars, galleries and boutiques – you'll find La Sucrière, a huge arts and music space on the riverbank.
The great thing about being over the river from some of the world's top Renaissance sights is the views, and the Oltrarno is making the most of this, with ancient buildings repurposed as bars and restaurants, and bringing more passing trade for artisans.
Freedom House is one of New York's private shelters, a collection of former single room occupancy hotels and apartment buildings repurposed to house — warehouse, some would say — the city's homeless population.
Chocolate making, he found, required building or repurposing machines to carry out the multistep process of moving from bean to bar, which took "a lot of creativity," he says. .
And many buildings are repurposing their rooftops for outdoor gatherings that can be heard around the block.
It was never reopened as a brewery, but the landmark five-story brick building was repurposed several times, for kelp extraction until the 1980s and ultimately as an office building, still in operation.
