Sentences with phrase «historic building used»

The historic building used to be the old police station, charge office and court.

In response Khalidi started RK Construction, dedicated to restoring historic buildings using historic materials.

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A computer model built by Reuters used historic trends and other data to predict that a Republican will take the White House when Obama's term ends.

In other words: use historic efforts to build new links quickly.

DETROIT — Olympia Development has unveiled six projects in The District Detroit, including the restoration of three vacant historic buildings and the construction of three new mixed - use buildings near Little Caesars Arena.

One of our most notable completed projects is the conversion of 5 Beekman Street, a historic 19th - century landmark building and mixed - use facility with 287 hotel rooms, 67 residential condos and adjacent 51 - story tower overlooking City Hall Park.

The city had used local historic preservation laws to prohibit Saint Peter the Apostle Church from renovating its 74 - year - old building for its growing Catholic congregation (CT, April 28, 1997, p. 76).

Civic, commercial, residential and recreational buildings and uses are located within pedestrian proximity of one another — typically a five - to - ten - minute (one - quarter - to - one - half - mile) walk, This is the historic physical and anthropological measure of good urban culture.

Wanis, a poet and songwriter who owns a multimedia company, noticed the historic grounds of St. Mark's Anglican Pro-Cathedral (a parish church used as a cathedral), built in 1839 in the village of El Menshaiya, were beautiful — and underutilized.

Hilton explains, «We are an important adaptive - use development for downtown Napa — an effort focused on saving and restoring buildings with historic significance.

BARRINGTON — The Village Board has rezoned the Jewel Tea property for park and conservation use and gave the Park District permission to demolish the historic former headquarters building at 511 Lake Zurich Rd.

The money from the Illinois Public Museum Operating Grant Program will be used to build a blacksmith shop to house the tools, as well as for new programs in blacksmithing, woodworking, pottery and candlemaking, said Elaine Keating, coordinator of historic sites for the Lisle Park District and the only full - time employee at Lisle Station Park.

Cuomo announced a $ 5 million grant from the Buffalo Billion Initiative will be used to restore the historic concourse and professionalize the non-profit that's guided the building's progress.

The 147 - unit mixed use development is the adaptive re-use of the historic former Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company warehouse at 545 Swan Street that was built in 1910.

The Buffalo Preservation Board decision last week to seek a historic designation for the Bachelor Apartments building on Franklin Street may doom Carl Paladino's $ 75 million project to build a new 12 - story hotel and mixed - use complex on the site, just three months before it was to start.

According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York State led the nation in the number of completed historic building revitalization projects using the tax credits.

Loan gives life to plans for downtown Buffalo lumber mill Developer wants to turn historic downtown building into mixed - use structure

I don't know if our nanny - like city officials can dictate building designs — they can tell property owners what color of exterior paint to use in historic districts — but they should make clear to all developers that this is hallowed ground.

Sean Ryan [email protected] A Milwaukee committee's decision to protect some of the Hide House building while leaving other parts open for demolition drew criticism the city is improperly using its historic designation process.

Now, a team led by mineralogist Carlos Rodríguez - Navarro at the University of Granada reports promising results from tests of an abundant soil bacterium, Myxococcus xanthus, on samples of limestone used extensively in historic buildings in Spain.

In another investigation, his research group is investigating the biodeterioration of consolidants used to protect archeological sites, with the goal of developing environmentally acceptable binding materials for historic buildings, which are capable of resisting biodegradation.

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A successful approach to these kinds of refurbishment projects starts with a proper understanding of the significance of the buildings in question before embarking on developing the details of the scheme, Constructive Conservation is a term that English Heritage uses to describe the kind of approach that enables the modernisation and updating of sensitive and important historic buildings by carefully defining what is special or distinctive about a building and actively managing the change or redevelopment to reinforce this particular character.

Taken together, these issues demonstrate how important it is that we continue to make best use of the entire range of the existing school estate, including historic school buildings.

When it comes to the school estate, our interest lies in helping our colleagues in local authorities to ensure that historic school buildings continue in educational use wherever possible through the careful management of change and updating of facilities.

The types of school buildings that can be described as «historic» are similarly wide - ranging — from several hundred year old buildings that remain in use as schools to modernist architecture built in the post war period.

Understanding the existing buildings should be the starting point for all projects involving historic school buildings — both in terms of what makes them significant from a heritage perspective, but also how they have been used and what has worked well in an educational sense.

It means being positive about adaptation of the historic fabric where it is sensible to do so, in turn meaning that the building can continue to accommodate new equipment and uses.

City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit allowing a secondary education building in a zoned historic urban residential district.

Investigation methods and techniques used by Historic England to assess the character and significance of England's built environment.

In 1999, I was reading a nonfiction book on runaway slaves and came across a few lines and an endnote about an Antebellum divorce case from the Circuit Court in Talladega, Alabama (the city's lovely courthouse, built in 1836 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in use and is the oldest working courthouse in the U.S.).

Over the past few years RIM has been building up its team, acquiring the players it needs to fix their historic weaknesses and «future proof» the company (a term RIM's Co-CEO Jim Balsillie used on their last Earnings Call).

I have a hunch there probably is a little bit of benefit available in tweaking the allocation just right, so the best I can do is copy the IFA portfolio which does use all of those tools to analyze, compare and build their portfolios based on their very long historic performance.

Embracing luxury hotel brands, chains, collections, and the finest independent historic hotels, participation is limited to those distinctive historic hotels that adhere to the following criteria: minimum age for the building is 75 years or older; historically relevant as a significant location with a historic district, historically significant landmark, place of a historic event, former home of a famous person, or historic city center; hotel celebrates its history by showcasing memorabilia, artwork, photography, and other examples of its historic significance; recognized by national preservation or heritage buildings organization or located within UNESCO World Heritage Site; presently used as historic hotel.

The brewery resides in an historic Presidio building that was formerly used as an Army motor pool.

As its name denotes, the Element Detroit at the Metropolitan Building will be located in one of the city's most historic venues, which is being converted to a mixed - use development.

Originally built on the rubble of the historic 1925 earthquake, over the ensuing 90 years the property has been home to a bevy of industrial uses before being freshly re-envisioned by Miramar Group as a community - centric destination for food, beer and wine and works and wares created by local artisans and skilled craftspeople.

These include dozens of activities, among them re-use of historic materials, landscape restoration with native plants, and use of green building elements.

This historic bed and breakfast gets its name from the original building that stood on the property, which was used to store gunpowder for the Spanish soldiers at the nearby fort.

The Top End Tour takes in the very best the area has to offer including Redbank Cliffs, Old Salt Works, Trans Australia railway line (time permitting), views of the Flinders Ranges, the historic port and wharf and old barges used before bridges were built.

The application form includes the following information: name and address of the building; name and address of property owner and applicant (if not the same individual); date structure was built; historical significance; name of architect and / or builder (if known); original or historic use and owner; subsequent or current use and subsequent owners.

St. Olaf's Anglican Church, which was built in 1896 as a one - room schoolhouse and then converted to a church that is still used for special occasions and weddings, is an interesting historic site, along with the old graveyard.

On this affordable tour of Britain and Ireland, stop in some historic towns, including Oxford, home to some of England's most famous colleges; Durham, a medieval city with its cathedral, built in 1093, and castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; York, England's most complete medieval city with its cobbled streets and the magnificent York Minster, England's largest gothic cathedral; Stratford - upon - Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare; Chester, where a walking tour highlights its Roman remains and black and white half - timbered buildings; Adare, founded in medieval times and known today as one of Ireland's prettiest villages; and Bath, known for the excavations of Roman baths used for bathing and socializing 2,000 years ago.

Roundhouse Café This historic art - deco building at the southeast foot of the Golden Gate Bridge has reopened as a café, closer to its original use as a diner in 1938 (one year after the Bridge itself opened!).

This beautiful and historic railway station was built in 1857 and was used right up until 1975.

The Inn itself was built in the 1990s inside the Historic Napa Mill, a 19th century warehouse once used by local winemakers as a storage site.

The beautiful historic building was re-built in 1901 and early vice-regal patronage earned the use of the Royal Coat of Arms.