Historic squares and parks have been refurbished, their fountains returned to splendor and their monuments gleaming.
But some church officials are hoping that a return to architectural splendor will help put people in the pews.
We feared what another storm might do, we feared that our city would never return to its full splendor, we feared our own government.
The sun sinks in flames on the horizon, tides ripple, oceans batter rocks, but this time the natural splendors return to an inane, undeveloped situation.
Those woods are home to foxes, wolves, bear, moose, elk and roe deer.And after a day of marinating your soul in all this natural splendor,you will return to a comfortable camp that consists of a log dining building and five gersâ€"the round felt tents of Mongolian nomadsâ€eachh accommodating two people with plenty of room, good cots and a wood stove.
Those who don't swoon over Jaffe, Homer and Fenton will be more than ready to return to the comparatively hard-edged, gritty splendors of Manhattan -- and a stiff drink.
In the poem, which tells about the consequences of the Mongol and Mamluk invasions of Armenia and Cilicia, Orbelian portrays the Etchmiadzin Cathedral "as a woman in mourning, contemplating her former splendor and exhorting her children to return to their homeland and restore its glory".
The 17-room home at 106 East 71st Street, built in 1910 for an Orange County heiress and later divided into two apartments, was returned to its original splendor as a single-family residence by a foreign investor who bought it in 2007 for $16.7 million.
The building's soaring marble surfaces were uncovered and polished to a sparkle; areas that had been sealed off for years were freed (including much of the lower level, now a food court); and, most important, the main concourse was returned to its original splendor.
By the 1970s, Grand Central was a mess, and few believed it could ever be returned to its original splendor.
Then there is the Darsena, the historical port of Milan, returned to its former splendor.
