Freeman recently moved into the building's living quarters to continue renovations and protect the property from vandals and scrappers.
Of that, $11 million is marked for continuing renovation of seven school buildings, said Susan A. Agruso, the superintendent.
Unfortunately, she added, the tours have not been running for several months because of the building's continuing renovation.
Huibert Soutendijk of Bronxville, N.Y., is one of those friends she will be separated from because of the Garden's continuing renovation and gentrification.
The Madison Square Garden Company, which runs the building, will honor these presidential visits as part of its continuing renovation of the arena.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS AT SMITHSONIAN -- The Smithsonian Institution has announced a big new step in its continuing renovation of the historic Patent Office Building, above, in Washington.
In February, inside the nearly completed stadium, Johnson wore a Jets construction hat and considered his own continuing renovation, the way he recently channeled his inner Jerry Jones, leaving himself more open, more visible, more exposed — and not by accident.
But next year, the show's breed judging will move to Piers 92/94, a trade-show facility on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, because of the Garden's continuing renovation.
The developers are exploring recycling some of the cypress planking taken out of the old buildings into wood blocks that could be used as flooring in the new building or in the continuing renovation of the old ones.
The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, which has been closed to the public since March for a continuing renovation and expansion, said it had reopened its main galleries to the public through Aug. 29.
