The statue was missing an ear and two front legs, but it was mostly intact when crews recovered it from the Dragon Bravo fire.
Category: Restoration and Renovation
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Gregory C. O’Connell, Developer Who Revived Red Hook, Dies at 83
A former N.Y.P.D. detective, he rejuvenated properties on the Brooklyn waterfront and restored a historic village in upstate New York.
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After a Fire, Donald Judd’s Marfa, Texas Office Prepares for Its Reopening
After a fire, the artist’s office in the Texas town prepares for its reopening.
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A Voyage to Bring Norway’s Lighthouses Into the 21st Century
More than 2,000 navigational beacons, big and small, oversee the nation’s 60,000-mile-long coast. Now they need an upgrade.
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Why Is the Fed Renovation So Expensive? Staff Cite Tariffs and Inflation.
A sprawling $2.5 billion project to renovate the central bank’s headquarters in Washington has become the focal point of attacks from the Trump administration.
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The Fed Renovations Fueling Trump’s Anger at Jerome Powell
President Trump is set to visit the central bank’s construction site on Thursday with administration officials amid allegations that the costly project has been mismanaged.
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Trump’s War With Powell Throws a Little-Known Planning Board Into Scrutiny
The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Lincoln Center Plans a $335 Million Makeover of Its Western Edge
The center in Manhattan aims to attract new audiences, as it takes down a wall on Amsterdam Avenue and revamps Damrosch Park.
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Coco Chanel’s French Riviera Home Comes Back to Life
The newly restored house still conjures the designer’s unfussy elegance.
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A Grand Comeback for a Grand Seaside Hotel
San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado, where “Some Like It Hot” was shot and celebrities regularly checked in, has been renovated meticulously, deliberately and very expensively.
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Inside Faye Toogood’s Hampshire Manor That Reimagines English Country Style
In rural Hampshire, the British designer Faye Toogood has converted a 19th-century manor into a space where modern and traditional interiors coexist.
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Maryland Mental Hospital With Painful History to Rebuild
The former Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland was once the state’s most crowded psychiatric institution. Pulling off a plan to redevelop it won’t be easy.