"Before, they would have had a concrete wall and cement benches, with trees in concrete boxes," he said.
Carrillo's heart sank when she and Mateo were led into a windowless, concrete room with cement benches and a heavy metal door that shut behind them.
A rustic 18th century wood monastery dining table, outfitted with modern lightweight cement benches and metal and wood chairs, is stationed next to the all-stainless kitchen featuring free-standing cabinetry and open shelving.
For the past two months, eleven-year-old Souleymane Mahamane has lived on Maradi's city streets, sleeping at the bus station with only a thin piece of cardboard to protect him from the cold cement benches he lies on.
His departure gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a second more solidly conservative Supreme Court justice in one term, further cementing the bench's rightward leanings and shaping the court for decades.
Well, that's what will eventually happen... after a large built-in terrace bench (cement formed over metal mesh, then covered with tile) is removed.
Something, in other words, has happened inside the spare and standardized environment of the apartment building and the courtyard, whose cement parking lot, green benches, lampposts, tubular fencing and iron gates suggest a false and empty normality.
A surrounding rectangle of low benches, also in white cement, invites conversation and contemplation.
After coming off the bench this season, Andre Iguodala cemented what an integral role that was for the Warriors this year, by capping it off as the 2015 NBA Finals MVP.
In the end, if the president nominates a respected centrist to the high court, he would have his nominee selected and help cement a legacy of prudent appointments to the bench.
