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dilapidated and Old
The sleeve design depicted a dilapidated movie house located on Old Street film studios in London, which was used by the group for rehearsals prior to their 1973 tour.
Between the years of 1634 and 1642, Jones wrestled with the dilapidated Gothicism of Old St Paul ’ s, casing it in classical masonry and totally redesigning the west front.
Any visitor to the long-since dilapidated ruins of Stari Bar ( Old Bar ), one of the world ’ s largest fortified archaeological sites, will be impressed by the beauty of the natural surroundings into which it blends, dignifying the majestic Mount Rumija which towers above it.
Old dilapidated buildings in metro areaThe new and the old in Wan Chai

dilapidated and House
On the grounds of the castle is Warren House, a former warrener's lodge converted into a late 18th-century folly on command of one of the castle's inhabitants to add interest to his horizon, complete with a single decorative facade facing the castle ; it is grade II * listed and owned by the Landmark Trust but currently dilapidated.
Elevation of the Parliament House, Dublin, by Peter Mazell based on the drawing by Rowland Omer 1767Chichester House was in a dilapidated state, allegedly haunted and unfit for parliamentary use.
Afterwards it was left empty, and by 1955 it was so dilapidated that the 8th Marquess demolished it, employing architect F. Sortain Samuels to convert the Little House into a more comfortable home.
In the fields surrounding the nearby Danesbury House, now converted into accommodation, is a dilapidated and neglected former fernery designed by Anthony Parsons ( then gardener for the Danesbury Estate ) and constructed by the second James Pulham ( known as James 2, being the second of four successive James Pulhams within that family ) of James Pulham & Son fame in 1859.
Near to Jamestown is the impressive ( but currently dilapidated ) High Knoll Fort and further inland are the tourist attractions based on Napoleon's exile on the island, namely Longwood House, the Briars and his tomb.
The neglected and dilapidated Four Oaks Hall was demolished in 1898, and the site is now occupied by Carhampton House.
* The dilapidated Great Western Building, formerly Admiralty House.
He oversaw the abandonment in 1966 of the stately but somewhat dilapidated old Metropolitan Opera House he then had razed and the construction of a grand monument to his regime, the building the company now occupies, which dominates Lincoln Center.
The director delivered one of his most potent films yet with Life as a House ( 2001 ), a complex, emotional and frequently amusing tale featuring a depressed dying man ( Kevin Kline ) who funnels his energies into rebuilding the dilapidated beach shack he inherited from his abusive father and, in the process, building bridges between himself and his disaffected son ( Hayden Christensen ).
Most of the old, dilapidated ( and arguably historic ) buildings were destroyed to make way for new ones, with the exception of Discovery House ( 1925 ) and the Gaol ( 1912 ).
In 1733, for £ 19, 000, Page bought the dilapidated Elizabethan manor house at Well Hall Place, Eltham, demolishing it to build a new mansion home, Page House ( eventually demolished in 1931 ).
The dispersed and dilapidated state of its previous buildings in Curzon Street House ( since demolished ) and 140 Gower Street ( also demolished ) led MI5 to seek a new home in the late 1980s.
The dilapidated state of the Rex was discussed in the House of Commons ; Tom Clarke of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport declined to offer government subsidy for restoring the Rex, and the local MP Richard Page took the view that the Rex was now an eyesore and should be de-listed and demolished to make way for sheltered housing.

dilapidated and was
The temple seems to have been burnt again during the Third Sacred War ( 355 – 346 BCE ), and was in a very dilapidated state when seen by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE, though some restoration, as well as the building of a new temple, was undertaken by Emperor Hadrian.
By the late 1950s, the once-prosperous port area of downtown Manhattan was occupied by a number of dilapidated shipping piers, casualties of the rise of container shipping which drove sea traffic to Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Owner Harry Wismer sought out a place for the team to play their home games but was only able to secure the dilapidated Polo Grounds, which had not had a major tenant since the New York Giants vacated the stadium in 1957.
At the time, the manor was in a very dilapidated condition.
Of course, those found in Viz are absurd, such as a breakfast plate depicting Princess Diana's face in the middle of a fried egg, " No. 22 Shit Street " ( which was a diorama of a dilapidated council house complete with rabid dog, youthful vandals and a " gently rusting " washing machine in the front yard ), and " Little Ted West ", a teddy bear dressed to look like serial killer Fred West.
The dilapidated Carolinum was rebuilt in 1718 at the expense of the state.
During the Ottoman period, the dilapidated state of the patriarchs ' tombs was restored to a semblance of sumptuous dignity.
In the 1815 treaty, it was planned to renew the dilapidated town and with the 1816 decree by the Czar a number of German immigrants received territory deeds for them to clear the land and to build factories and housing.
The dilapidated house was chosen because of its low rent and proximity to the Cossipore burning-ghat where Ramakrishna was cremated.
Orderic tells us that Edgar was the commander of an English fleet which operated off the coast of Syria in support of the First Crusade, whose crews eventually burned their dilapidated ships and joined the advance by land to Jerusalem.
The “ Skonk Works " was a dilapidated factory located on the remote outskirts of Dogpatch, in the backwoods of Kentucky.
The house was depicted as being a dilapidated mansion that had been condemned ( and was seemingly haunted, due to the strange creatures at the top of the staircase ).
Instead of being a dilapidated house, it was now practically a museum, filled with odd statues, trophies, and other interesting knick-knacks.
Left dilapidated by the late 19th century, it was sold to the Government and fully restored and refurbished.
The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfrid ascended to the see of York.
The Lady in the Van was based on his experiences with a tramp called Miss Shepherd who lived on Bennett's driveway in several dilapidated vans for over fifteen years.
Besides its size, the building was also in severe need of maintenance and had become very dilapidated.
North Peckham was heavily redeveloped in the 1960s, consisting mainly of high-rise flats to rehouse people from dilapidated old houses.
Before becoming a nature reserve it was one of the most dilapidated broads, clogged with large amounts of silt.
By the time Liev was four, he was living with her on the fourth floor of a dilapidated walkup at First Avenue and First Street in New York City ( his half brothers from her first marriage were with their father in a duplex on Central Park West ), and he was the object of a fierce custody battle, which bankrupted his maternal grandfather, Alex Milgram.

dilapidated and demolished
The market Line along the moat, dilapidated after the fire, had been demolished, and on the Eastern side, Joseph Bové constructed new building of lines in the Empire style.
They became dilapidated in the 1930s and were demolished after the Second World War, with a modern library built in their place.
Over the years, the chapel became dilapidated before it was demolished to make way for the mausoleum, which was built on the same spot, where it is today.
In early 2007, this library was demolished, due to its dilapidated condition.
The mill was demolished some time after 1936, after lying unused and dilapidated for a number of years.
Several of the dilapidated structures were demolished in the following decades.
After being disused since about 1878 and in a very dilapidated condition, the mill was demolished in 1898.
The park's dilapidated buildings and pier structure remained until several suspicious fires occurred and it was finally demolished in the winter of 1974-75.
A year after her death, Emperor Paul ( who had been born there in 1754 ) ordered the dilapidated palace to be demolished and replaced it with a new residence, St. Michael's Castle.
In antiquity, it was common to raze stone buildings and reuse the stone ; it was also common to steal stones from a building that was not being totally demolished: this is the literal meaning of the word dilapidated.

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