One bottleneck has recently been converted from open prairie to an intensively developed natural gas field.
The cottage has recently been converted for senior dogs who would find life in a busy rehoming centre too distressing.
They decided to break for dinner and go down to the old Chinese Laundry, which had recently been converted to a restaurant.
The ex-chief typist-designer, Santafierre Lamanta, now resides in a small phone booth in Malibu, which has recently been converted into a co-op.
Tilbury has been hit hard by national policymaking, including the closure in 2013 of the power station, which had only recently been converted from coal to biomass.
The hotel had recently been converted into a single-room occupancy filled with mental patients who had nowhere else to go once the state hospitals started closing.
The building has recently been converted into a theatre, and a group of young actors and dancers are rehearsing for a new play – a fusion of dance, drama and film – about Iraqi poet Mudaffer al-Nawab.
From £22.50pp (snowdoniahostel.co.uk) Y Golchdy (The Laundry), nr Bets Y Coed (pictured) This former dairy and coach house has recently been converted into a cosy retreat for two, surrounded by 14 acres of Victorian parkland on the Ffin y Parc estate.
The iconic 1960s cylindrical tower, has recently been converted into urban apartments, and the upper two floors offer a choice of Minis (studios), Clubmans, Maxis and Penthouses (one and two bedroom apartments), all furnished with Tom Dixon lamps, iPod docks and Baby Gaggia, and all available in late December.
In areas that had recently been converted from forest to maize fields, researchers found almost twice as many rodents infested with plague-carrying fleas.
