Built in 1911, the Rose Garden Tea Room at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens was originally designed as a billiard room and bowling alley for Henry E. Huntington.
A $2.3-billion makeover for One Madison Avenue in Manhattan is transforming the stately 70-year-old structure into a sleek 27-floor, 1.4-million-sq-ft office tower companion to its adjacent Manhattan landmark—the 5 Madison clock tower.
Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey’s largest Black-led arts and entertainment venue, marked the completion of the first phase of its $75-million renovation Aug 1.
After suffering from years of lack of maintenance and water intrusion from Hurricane Katrina, the Dew Drop Inn, the legendary New Orleans hotel and nightclub, which once boasted greats like Ray Charles and Little Richard, is finding new life as contractors near completion of a historic renovation before the landmark’s planned opening this fall.
Cost projections have run between $8 billion and $16 billion for the project to renovate the 1,100-room Victorian-era complex by the River Thames in London.