On many of its borders, the first-world infrastructure on its side meets third-world dilapidation on the other.
The ruins of Pompeii drew 2.6m visitors in 2007, but such is the dilapidation at the site that the government has declared a state of emergency.The very name of Mr Resca's new department emphasises valorizzazione, or value-adding.
Despite its colourful murals, there is a sense of dilapidation.
Trade and investment in eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East fall far short of their potential, and the grim dilapidation of cities like Vladivostok and Khabarovsk is a shock to anyone from Asia's fast-moving metropolises.Russia's Asian diplomacy also underwhelms.
The place now has an air of pleasant dilapidation; it has not yet attracted interest from rich sponsors.In an age of instant communications, replicas may not be needed.
In old Jeddah, beautiful coral houses sink into dilapidation.
They cannot touch the general ruin of the country after ten years of sanctions: the scale of dilapidation is too great.
The bohemian atmosphere and lively energy are reminiscent of Berlin's Kreuzberg.In fact it is District VII's very dilapidation that makes the once-grandiose Habsburg-era squares and avenues so evocative.
The elegant dilapidation of the building is an ideal space to show new, experimental, challenging work, but I found myself more enthralled by the decades of peeling patterned wallpaper, wondering what had gone on inside these walls.
The judges are allotted classes of car to assess: and when they've finished their inspections they meet the owners who display photographic records of the car's long journey from dilapidation to restoration.
Describes poverty and dilapidation of the neighborhood There is a large percentage of foreign-born people-mostly Italians, Greeks & Puerto Ricans, many of whom are elderly.
