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.
More than $500 million later, the two resorts are returned to their original splendor, quietly hidden in the restorative hills of southern Indiana.
First to be restored were some 50 inland blocks circling such picture-postcard attractions as the Plaza Machado (dating back to 1837) and the Angela Peralta Opera House (circa 1874), both earlier returned to their original splendor.
On Thursday, however, the Great Hall of the People returned to its full orthodox splendor, if only for a few hours, for a peculiar ritual to mark the arrival of the new Standing Committee of the Politburo, the group of seven men who will lead the People's Republic for the next ten years.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet On Thursday, however, the Great Hall of the People returned to its full orthodox splendor, if only for a few hours, for a peculiar ritual to mark the arrival of the new Standing Committee of the Politburo, the group of seven men who will lead the People's Republic for the next ten years.
"I'm happy that finally the Bolshoi is coming back to life and the old splendor is returned to it".
When Kazan returned to the parents-versus-children theme in "Splendor in the Grass," it was with a stinging lyricism beneath the melodrama (and featuring a lovely, long-unsung performance by Natalie Wood).
