The park is also subject to the need for continual upkeep, in large part because of the salt air from the Long Island Sound and even Playland's manmade lake, which is composed of salt water, Mr. Tartaglia said.
The writer visits Edison's laboratory in West Orange, NJ, where it is Thomas Edison Week, because funds are needed for the upkeep of the lab.
At Mr. Abele's last exhibition at the Bronxville Women's Club, he sold 32 paintings, raising money needed for the upkeep of the building.
(It is part of what I have elsewhere identified as the Six-Pack Fallacy, whereby any remotely presentable male lead must always have the Pack, but is not shown doing the thousands of daily ab-crunches needed for its upkeep).
The Doolittles' house is, I see, in need of upkeep.
My father would be impossible to keep at home, they told us, due to his disassociation, need for constant observation, upkeep, and so on.
But backers of other uses for the property contend that some kind of tenant is needed to help pay for upkeep.
"All brands need upkeep, need polishing, refurbishing, retrofitting," says Terry Press, head of marketing for DreamWorks.
But when money is not available for demolishing and building, it is also usually not there for needed upkeep and renovations.
"I don't think there's any question that more money is needed for the system's operation and for upkeep and maintenance," said Doug Turetsky, a spokesman for the Independent Budget Office, a nonpartisan city agency, on the financial quandary.
