Since its completion, it has undergone only a few major renovations, aside from installing sewers, electricity, telephones and air conditioning.
But Mr. Greene, who has tackled a few home renovations himself, said homeowners can apply the laws themselves, to ease the process.
While Rowe will partake in a few minor renovations, she's all about maintaining the existing charm, such as the once informational and now strictly kitschy '90s hosiery sign that graces the front entrance.
In Kurdistan, what the US has to show from its $50 billion spent on Iraqi reconstruction, are around twenty (now privately run) primary care centers and a few hospital renovation projects, the majority of which are still incomplete, or of severely poor quality.
Despite a few innovations and renovations, there were no seismic changes.
The new restaurant will be called Juliana's, named for Mr. Grimaldi's mother, and is expected to open after a few months of renovations.
The arrangement also makes sense for the Gallery, Mr. Wilmerding said, because its East Building, where some of the contemporary-art collection and a research center is housed, will be closed for a few years during renovations.
10 p.m. 8) A TOUCH OF TARTAN For a pick-me-up, stop by Edward's Bar Cafe in the Hotel Monte Rosa (Bahnhofstrasse 80; 41-27-966-03-33; www.seiler-hotels.ch), the city's oldest hotel, which is scheduled to reopen in a few days after renovations.
Today, after a few large-scale renovations employing local workers, the mission in Belén is back in use and open to visitors, its facade once again gleaming white and its finely carved stone doorway repaired.
