By Brendan Gill The New Yorker, January 12 , 1946P. 17 A conservative, elderly gentleman who sometime ago became treasurer of a small New England museum, did not like the term "janitor" when he made out his first payroll vouchers so he wrote in the space reserved for "services rendered", "for many refurbishing efforts".
The New Yorker, January 12 , 1946P. 17 A conservative, elderly gentleman who sometime ago became treasurer of a small New England museum, did not like the term "janitor" when he made out his first payroll vouchers so he wrote in the space reserved for "services rendered", "for many refurbishing efforts".
"We're encouraged by customer reaction to our station-refurbishing efforts," he said.
Though the hotel was refurbished, an effort was made to retain such original touches as the hand-carved mahogany bar in the Dining Room restaurant.
She was also a great philanthropist heading the effort to refurbish the Greenwood House, also known as The Jewish Home for the Aged in Ewing, NJ.
Father Brizzolara was a natural leader, the bishop said; he recently led the effort to refurbish the St. Michael's parish building.
Mr. Whitman, a financier, on the other hand, played a formidable part in his wife's administration, leading the effort to refurbish the State House dome and taking a major role in negotiations to keep the New Jersey Nets from moving.
Moreover, the foundation's fixed costs for utilities and climate control are high, the result of an effort to refurbish the mansion after the foundation obtained court permission to send some 80 paintings on tour.
The state official in charge of some of the largest courthouse construction projects in the city pleaded guilty yesterday to rigging bids, accepting bribes and stealing more than $500,000 in city funds, dealing a substantial blow to a struggling city effort to refurbish New York's cramped and antiquated courthouses.
