Tag: Restoration and Renovation
Plotting the Future of the Most Storied Studio in Jazz
The building’s presence on the state and national registers does not protect it from being altered or even…
Foreland, an Art Complex With Big Ambitions, Grows in Catskill
CATSKILL, N.Y. — When the artist Stef Halmos moved to New York City in 2012 with a master's…
Redesign Around Notre-Dame to Keep Tourists Moving and Lower Temperatures
PARIS — An overhaul of the area around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will open it up toward the…
92nd Street Y Rebrands as ’92NY’ and Gets a Long-Awaited Renovation
Changes are afoot at the 92nd Street Y. For starters, that’s not technically its name anymore.After emerging from…
‘Downton Shabby’: A Commoner Takes on an English Castle
People who search genealogy websites often find birth and marriage records, newspaper clippings, faded photographs or maybe a…
At the U.S. Open, Saving the House That Built Golf
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The small, 19th-century home with the golf course view is hardly noticeable to the hundreds…
A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past
ROME — For most people, the Colosseum conjures up scenes of bloody gladiatorial combat, or doomed encounters between…
Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past
AMMAN, Jordan — Astride century-old tracks that cut through the modern metropolis of Amman, a historic train blared…
Tourist Damages Rome’s Spanish Steps by Pushing a Scooter Down Them
In the past 300 years, the Spanish Steps in Rome have been descended by artists, poets and lovers.…
An Irish National Treasure Gets Set for a Long-Needed Restoration
DUBLIN — The Long Room, with its imposing oak ceiling and two levels of bookshelves laden with some…
Seeing de Kooning in a New Light, After a Violent Theft
LOS ANGELES — Ulrich Birkmaier’s job as senior paintings conservator at the Getty Museum involves painstakingly repairing aging…
Chasing a Mighty Relic of Yesteryear: Union Pacific 4014
I stood beside the railroad tracks in the heat of the Texas summer, listening intently for the distinctive…