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• Spotlight: Makeover on 34th Street

  The owners of the Empire State Building want to transform the building and re-establish it as a sought-after address for corporate tenants. Posted Oct 05 2008, 12:57 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Office Buildings and Commercial Properties, Buildings (Structures), Architecture, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Empire State Building (NYC), Malkin, Anthony

• Old Facades Refreshed for Efficiency and Higher Rents

  In an emerging trend, owners of middle-aged office buildings are refitting their facades with full-floor glass to provide better energy efficiency and an updated appearance. Posted Sep 02 2008, 05:29 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Office Buildings and Commercial Properties, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Glass

• Checking In: A Hotel in Theory, With an Image in Fact

  Months before a new hotel is to open in Cancún, Mexico, the owner of the site began marketing the hotel brand. Posted Aug 30 2008, 01:52 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Advertising and Marketing, Mexico, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Hotels and Motels, Design, Nizuc

• Communities Become Home Buyers to Fight Decay

  Several big cities are using tax dollars and private funds to buy and refurbish foreclosed properties to help declining neighborhoods survive. Posted Aug 26 2008, 09:20 AM by NYT > Business Filed under: Banks and Banking, Housing, Foreclosures, Boston (Mass), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Area Planning and Renewal, small business audience

• Fear Keeps Iraqis Out of Their Baghdad Homes

  Even though sectarian killings in many areas of Iraq seem to have ended, the distrust they sowed lingers. Posted Aug 23 2008, 09:28 PM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home Filed under: United States Armament and Defense, Immigration and Refugees, Sunni Muslims, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Baghdad (Iraq), Area Planning and Renewal

• In the Region | New Jersey: Selling Cities Despite Bad Images

  Developers in places like Newark, Trenton and even parts of Jersey City must overcome the weight of reputations that soured long ago and never really recovered. Posted Aug 23 2008, 02:23 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Housing, Newark (NJ), Building (Construction), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Trenton (NJ), Jersey City (NJ)

• Quake Victims in China Rally From Painful Losses

  Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center. Posted Aug 19 2008, 12:10 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Medicine and Health, Children and Youth, China, Olympic Games (2008), Chengdu (China), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Handicapped, Earthquakes, Physical Therapy

• I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop.

  As image-editing software grows in sophistication and ubiquity, alterations go far beyond removing red-eye and whitening teeth. Posted Aug 15 2008, 09:01 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Software, Families and Family Life, Photography, Restoration and Rehabilitation

• A Farewell to the Best Seat Not in the House

  The upper floors of three apartment buildings in the Bronx long served as perches for peering at Yankee games. Posted Jul 13 2008, 09:23 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Families and Family Life, Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Bronx (NYC), Windows, Roofs, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Market Place: To Avoid Stalling Out, G.M. Plumbs Its Resources

  General Motors’ cash cushion seems far from comfortable given the extraordinary drop in auto sales. Posted Jul 08 2008, 08:24 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Layoffs and Job Reductions, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Labor, Sales, Automobiles, Wagoner, G Richard Jr, General Motors Corp|GM|NYSE, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Shutdowns (Institutional)

• Thai Museum at Angkor Draws Tourists, and Criticism

  With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company’s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays. Posted Jul 06 2008, 12:58 AM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Restoration and Rehabilitation, Cambodia, Thailand, Museums, Angkor (Cambodia), Angkor Wat (Cambodian Temple)

• Drive in Basra by Iraqi Army Makes Gains

  Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old. Posted May 11 2008, 10:38 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: United States Armament and Defense, Armament, Defense and Military Forces, Mahdi Army, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Basra (Iraq)

• Architects in Glass Houses

  Luis Treviño Fernandez and his partner gutted and renovated their London home in 2005, adding light with a glass staircase and skylights. Posted May 07 2008, 09:03 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Architecture, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Home Furnishings, Glass

• Square Feet: Shops Claim a Once-Gritty Waterfront

  Once blighted with dilapidated factories, the waterfront in Edgewater, N.J., currently draws attention for its dense lineup of luxury rental apartments and condos. Posted Apr 22 2008, 10:47 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Retail Stores and Trade, New Jersey, Office Buildings and Commercial Properties, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Hudson River, Bridges and Tunnels

• Offices Put High Above the High Line

  In the trendy meatpacking district, an office tower used to be as rare a sighting as a fanny pack. But the area is starting to attract new corporate tenants. Posted Apr 15 2008, 11:09 PM by partners.userland.com Filed under: Retail Stores and Trade, Housing, Manhattan (NYC), Office Buildings and Commercial Properties, Architecture, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Chelsea (NYC), High Line (NYC)