High-style architecture co-exists with vernacular buildings and renovated structures.
Mr. Murphy said that while the Grand Central business district had had a tradition of leasing to smaller space users, some larger tenants had moved into the bigger, newly renovated structures.
The six-story brick building, which is being financed with public and private money, is rising alongside a 600-space municipal parking garage, luxury apartment towers, a $53 million municipal building that is also home to the main branch of the Yonkers Public Library, and other recently renovated structures.
Early 21st century deindustrialisation, urban congestion, and historic preservation have brought the return of trendy buildings, and restored as well as renovated structures.
When James Monroe moved back into the renovated structure he added a large iron gate to the perimeter of the grounds, much like the one that stands today.
Jerome Gottesman, the chairman of Edison Properties, which operates a surface parking lot at the Commercial Street site where the office tower is planned, said a new building could be more attractive to a company moving out of New York than a renovated structure 50 or more years old.
On the other hand, private investment in the downtown area, which is closest to the East and North wards, is in the $200 million range, Mr. Faiella said -- half of which has gone toward construction of new office buildings, and half toward renovating existing structures.
"There's not a scene in Sullivan County," said Randy Florke, an interior designer and real estate agent who has a reputation for renovating old structures into dream houses.
What he most appreciated about the project, he said, was that it "so effectively honors and makes use of all that the environment and history has to offer — renovating existing structures, serving local cuisine, using products of the region, and employing residents".
The relatively small amount of wall-and-fence work done since Trump took office has been primarily repairing or renovating existing structures.
These facilities utilized the funds on renovating existing structures and purchasing supplies such as curtains, patients' personal effects including sanitary pads, purchase of medical equipment, supplies and drugs and improving community health education programs.
