"Probably the most significant is at St. Francis Hospital the Heart Center in Roslyn, where we will be modernizing an existing hospital that had been using makeshift areas to squeeze in more beds," said Jonathan D. Miller, a partner with Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder Architects of Manhattan, which is also working on two other hospitals in Nassau County and one in Suffolk.
Officials first pledged to address the issue of holding children in makeshift areas in 2003.
Although an NGO officer donated a tent to serve as a makeshift waiting area, separate male and female waiting rooms and adequate waiting areas remained a priority, as community members felt the tent would not suffice during the severe winter months, hence the score increased from 4.5 to 9, and decreased to 6.5 in the last round.
Allfonso Bosquez, 48, had set up a makeshift bedding area for his daughter and her children just outside the main shelter area in the convention center.
Friday afternoon, in a makeshift interview area somewhere in the tunnels of the Oakland Coliseum Arena, Ed O'Bannon, Tyus Edney, George Zidek and their teammates talked about UConn's up-tempo reputation, East Coast biases and staying focused with the circus spotlight shining on them.
Discarded dog biscuits also littered the makeshift seating area.
Mr. Kivlehan said the makeshift practice area did not bother him.
People standing in the makeshift kitchen area ladled out food to others waiting in line.
Never mind that Afghans are reportedly being confined to their rooms and to a makeshift dining area.
There are floral patterns, brocades, leopard prints and holograms on sweaters, shirts, pants and shoes set up in the makeshift dressing area on racks of individually-labeled looks.
