Many ancient and modern buildings have been given a facelift; the first cycle lanes have appeared.
The commercial corridor along Columbia Turnpike has been given a facelift, with new stores like Panera Bread and Trader Joe's.
Havana, which has a reputation for being stylishly tatty, has been given a facelift around the areas he will visit.
The community centre has been given a facelift, and a new housing estate has been built with easy pedestrian access.
A longtime haven for low-key drinkers and near-dawn gyrators, the bar has been given a facelift — of the Mickey Rourke variety.
The track, they said, was closed for several years because the needs of the homeless were so pressing; the building had been given a facelift; and its new track was among the fastest in the country.
Bournemouth Pier's been given a facelift and the Opera House has undergone a multi-million-pound transformation, from run-down nightclub to stylish entertainment venue with original art deco features.
The structure's foundations, badly damaged by what locals popularly refer to as the region's gumbo-like earth, have already been relaid, while the roof has been replaced and the exterior walls have been given a facelift.
The David Hicks boutique in Paris, once a riot of the late designer's signature 1960's and 70's hot pinks, bright oranges and brilliant reds, has been given a facelift.
Agra, the city of the heavily visited Taj Mahal — the 17th-century white-marbled, domed monument built by the emperor Shah Jahan as a monument to his favorite wife — is about to be given a facelift in an attempt to attract tourists to the its other two World Heritage sites, The Associated Press reported late last month.
