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1973 New York Giants season

With Yankee Stadium undergoing refurbishment after the 1973 baseball season, the Giants played their final game there on September 23, against the Philadelphia Eagles, a 23–23 tie.

Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority

It is estimated that over 30 years, AZSTA will contribute $205 million to the refurbishment of Cactus League facilities in Maricopa County.

Belgrade Theatre

Prince Edward officially opened the refurbishment of the Belgrade's B2 studio on 5 February 2008, this also marked the 50th anniversary of the Belgrade's opening performed by Princess Alexandra.

Brampton Island

Three million dollars was spent on a major refurbishment of the resort before it was purchased by Voyages.

Clifton, Rotherham

Attractions include Clifton Park, a large recreational area which includes Clifton Park Museum, which re-opened in 2005 following a 2 year refurbishment costing £3 million.

Dandenong High School

Stage 1 of the building program was completed in early 2009; including the construction of Banksia, Darwinia and Callistemon Houses, and also the extension and refurbishment of the current Library Resource Centre.

Estadio Diego Armando Maradona

It was given its name in 2004 in honour of the former Argentinos player Diego Maradona, following the refurbishment of the ground, and to celebrate the club's centenary.

Fetcham Park House

By 1875 John Hankey inherited the property and commissioned a major refurbishment by the respected architect Edward I'Anson.

Grand Theatre, Leeds

The theatre closed at the end of May 2005 for a major refurbishment, entitled transformation, and reopened on 7 October 2006 with a production of Verdi's Rigoletto.

Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery

To make way for the refurbishment and expansion works at the City Hall Annex, the temporary Gallery has been relocated to the ground floor of the Murray Road Multi-storey car park Building in mid-2009 to maintain continuous services to the public.

Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill

The hotel's Churchill Bar & Terrace reopened in November 2012 after being closed for refurbishment, the re-launch attended by Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill’s son.

Ignaz Waibl

In about 1705 he was involved with several others on the refurbishment of the deanery church of Breitenwang in Reutte in the Tyrol.

Inside Claridge's

Gerard Gilbert, a journalist writing for The Independent wrote:ITV's 2010 documentary series about the Savoy came across as a monumental puff-piece for the refurbishment of that landmark London hostelry, but the new series about Claridge's (home from home for Tom Cruise, Madonna and various royal families) is something else entirely – by dint of it being the work of Jane Treays, a film-maker unafraid to ask a blunt question and capture a telling moment.

June Bride

A line of dialogue delivered by Mary Wickes, referring to the refurbishment the old-fashioned Brinker home, a dowdy house crammed full of Victoriana kitsch, desperately needed, was filmed twice, once as "How can I convert this McKinley stinker into a Dewey modern?" and the second time with the name Truman substituted for Dewey.

Jurassica

The initial sketches of the site have been created by Renzo Piano (architect of The Shard in London), whilst the site's engineering is being led by the team responsible for the Eden Project and the refurbishment of Sydney Opera House.

Kangaroo Flat railway station

A $350,000 upgrade of the station was announced in February 2008, involved the construction of a new booking office, 50 bay car park, bus interchange, and refurbishment of the waiting room.

Karl Schwanzer

In 1941 he received a PhD for his work "Arbeit Neues Bauen im befreiten Oberschlesien. Der Ring in Sohrau. Entschandelung und Gestaltung" (New construction work in liberated Upper Silesia. The ring in Żory. Refurbishment and design).

Kings Norton railway station

Kings Norton Station could see refurbishment of the island platform for passenger use, should the proposal to reopen the Camp Hill Line progress.

Leme, Rio de Janeiro

After a refurbishment, it was reopened in January 2011 as the Windsor Atlantica Hotel.

North Somerset Council election, 2011

The Conservative administration of the previous 4 years was attacked over the cost moving the council offices to Castlewood in Clevedon and over the refurbishment of the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.

O2 Academy Bournemouth

The Opera House was closed for a three million pound refurbishment between November 2006 and June 2007, and officially reopened by Jo Whiley.

Priceville, Ontario

The discovery and refurbishment of this cemetery is documented in the 2000 National Film Board of Canada film, Speakers for the Dead, co-directed by Jennifer Holness and David Sutherland (now Sudz Sutherland).

Ruperra Castle

After the death of army officer turned politician Colonel Frederick Courtenay Morgan in 1909, his son Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, embarked on a programme of refurbishment.

Screen Machine

In recent years, it stood in for Eden Court’s Riverside Theatre in Inverness whilst they were closed for a major refurbishment.

Sea Princess

The ship's refurbishment was the subject of the 3 June 2010 episode of World's Toughest Fixes.

Selma Harrington

After working as architect,furniture and product designer in Sarajevo (1978–91), she moved to Harare, Zimbabwe, where she set up her own design firm specializing in interior architecture, design and refurbishment (1993–99).

Selsdon Park Hotel

On 13 March 1997, Principal Hayley Group purchased the Selsdon Park Hotel and have since have undertaken a £2.5 million refurbishment, including a new reception area, additional conference and banqueting facilities and a business centre.

Shopping in Leeds

Following a £1.5m refurbishment in 2008, Leeds Corn Exchange is now home to a range of creative, innovative and independent retailers.

Slaven Musa

His next club was Zrinjski, and he was first captain of club after refurbishment, in 1992.

Soča, Bovec

The refurbishment was a political statement and he included a scene of Archangel Michael fighting the Devil, in which Hitler and Mussolini are shown as enemies, fighting on the side of the Devil.

Southend Central railway station

It involved the complete refurbishment of the ticket office and toilets and the construction of a new forecourt on the north side of the station (leading to Platform 2 which has Shoeburyness-bound services) opposite the University of Essex Southend Campus, with new steps and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) compliant handrails on both sides of the canopy, and a new glass roof and lighting over the bicycle parking area there.

The ticket office has two serving positions, one of which was made fully compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in the refurbishment, and uses the TRIBUTE ticket issuing system.

SR.N4

The purchase included 7 years worth of spares including engines and so no parts have been removed from the SRN4s for use on Brave Challenger. The SRN4s are currently for sale and Hover Transit Services of Bolton, Ontario, proposed putting the hovercraft back in operation (following a $10 million USD purchase and refurbishment) on Lake Ontario with service between Rochester, New York, and Toronto, Ontario.

SS Keno

The HSMBC spent much of the following two years completing refurbishment and restoration work on the vessel, before the SS Keno was officially declared a National Historic Site of Canada on 1 July, Canada Day, 1962, during the opening ceremonies for the Dawson Festival.

St John and St Mary Magdalene Church, Goldthorpe

During the refurbishment of the church in 2002, two pictures which hung above the altar were discovered to be works by Sienese master, Sano di Pietro.

St. Chad's Church, Burton-on-Trent

The bells went back to Taylors for refurbishment and two new trebles were cast to take the peal up to an eight; one bell was donated by local football club Burton Albion F.C. whose ground is in the parish.

Sunshine Marketplace

The redevelopment included a new 300 seat Diners Life precinct, refurbishment of the inner and outer facades, additional stores inside and the Village Cinemas Megaplex which includes the only Intencity Gaming Complex in Melbourne's West.

The Bob Hope Theatre

While negotiations for the purchase of the building continued, Dickie Henderson (Vice Chairman of the Bob Hope British Golf Classic) gave a benefit performance of his one-man show at the theatre to raise funds towards refurbishment.

TS Queen Mary

She underwent a £2.5m refurbishment in 1997 and was moored at Victoria Embankment.

Type 209 submarine

Between 2004 and 2006, the Indonesian Type 209/1300 submarine Cakra underwent a refurbishment by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea.

Urban decay

Some areas are experiencing increased drug trafficking, whilst some northern suburbs of Paris and areas like Vaulx-en-Velin are undergoing refurbishment and re-development.

USS Iowa Museum

On October 27, 2011, the battleship was relocated from Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet to the Port of Richmond, CA for painting and refurbishment.

Waitakere Mega Centre

In April 1997, Waltus committed to a NZD $5.2 million expansion and refurbishment of the centre, with the intention of turning it into a niche bulk retailing centre.

West Dean College

As well as new designs, the Studio is also engaged in recreating the 16th century 'The Hunt of the Unicorn' tapestries, part of a twelve year project for Historic Scotland, for the refurbishment of Stirling Castle.

Withrow Park

In February 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team held a practice in Withrow Park, to mark the recent refurbishment of the park's ice rink and related facilities.

Yeavering

It is suggested that the refurbishment of the ‘temple’ building D2a (re-built in the same position as D2b) was a Christianisation as recommended by Pope Gregory I (see Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Book 1 Chapter 30).


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