Mr. Mehmoud, 48, is a wealthy man of leisure, who spends more time relaxing in his house — a pink replica of a Rajasthani palace with a hand-carved facade — than on his job as a lawmaker.
Almost as soon as they finished turning the old house into a traffic-stopping place with a yellow facade, Mr. Allen got a job that required him to move to New Jersey.
The street facade is a paint job: a two-tone, horizontal articulation of the two-story space within: white for the ground floor, a steely blue, or perhaps orange (yes!), for the mezzanine level above, the two sections divided by a recessed metal strip.
But violence at home, combined with the brutality he witnesses on the job, causes his facade of certainty to crack.
Liberty Tower, a 33-story neo-Gothic skyscraper adorned with terra-cotta gargoyles, birds, alligators and flowers, is celebrating not only its 100th year but also the completion of a $5 million repair job on its facade, which was damaged by the 2001 collapse of the nearby World Trade Center.
They may be paid to smile, but many know that the level of micromanagement and corporate culture makes their job satisfaction a facade as well.
But the complex job of restoring the facade "grew threefold," said Gerard Nocera, executive vice president of S L Green Realty Corporation, which owns the building.
As a leader of the ghetto's Jewish Council, it was Murmelstein's job to enforce this facade of health and happiness, and in this way he was able to extend or save lives.
But Mr. Quadracci did strip the 1930's paint job off the brick facade of 152 East 38th Street, replace the 1930's front door and redesign the garden, to some extent for more privacy from the street.
My father and I have a house on a half-acre lot 40 miles north of Philadelphia, PA (hardly a pioneer homestead), maintain a middle-class facade, and live well without a job or regular income and without working hard, either".
