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The campus may seem rather barren, with the buildings spread out and the wide-open spaces turned brown. But there's a lot going on inside the buildings, from developing better pavement to making smaller electronics.

I'm going to go out on a limb here - 75% of the buildings in Gulfport have major roof damage if they have a roof left at all,

I'm excited about our upcoming pilot campaign with high school coaches to incorporate the anti-steroid messages in locker rooms and school buildings throughout New Jersey. These efforts demonstrate our strong belief that when young athletes are presented the facts, they make safe and responsible decisions.

I know why they went after the president. After you've killed the tobacco act, after you've killed an attempt to pass an HMO (reform bill), after you've killed the attempt to put 5,000 new school buildings in America, what else can you do?

Inconvenience is often a price for progress. We must concentrate on the Master Plan. The construction of these two facilities will transform the UMKC Hospital Hill location from two traditional-style buildings separated by parking, into a true 'campus' environment with modern facilities, green space and commons.

Indeed locating more and more Olympic events away from sensitive rural areas and into city centers with good access to public transport -- especially if this contributes to urban renewal and renovation of redundant buildings and structures -- may be an environmentally sound step forward for future games.

In a nutshell, the agreement affirms that the clubhouse association has sole ownership of the golf course, buildings and all facilities therein. As part of the agreement that is not disputed.

I like the changes. I think it's a move in the right direction. It provides more instruction to the school buildings and is more clear to teachers. The old policy was a little bit arbitrary. I also think it's more realistic. It acknowledges that sometimes things happen and you have to be flexible.

I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake, I don't want to be categorized with them.

If maintenance is deferred, these buildings and structures decay to the point that major capital outlay is required.

I'm worried about it. Buildings of that size are difficult to rent.

I lived in the neighborhood where Berman was centered. It's now a sterile lifeless area of huge federal buildings and apartment houses with no street life.

I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his plane around the Manhattan skyline, an incredible, somehow touching sight. I wonder why?... We passed so close to the World Trade Center buildings that we could see the diners innocently enjoying themselves in the restaurant. In the late-20th century, it's impossible not to see the whole great heart of the city as vulnerable, exposed to attack.

If you look at their argument, there is really one tower they are basing it on. These design elements are contained in other buildings on the campus - and to say that their design contained those elements and our design contained these elements ... does not mean that we copied theirs. There's only so much you can do with a parking garage.

If you pack that place, it can become one of the most intimidating buildings in America. I saw what a spectacle the Dome was this past winter when we had those 30,000-plus spectators for basketball. I think we can make it even more intimidating for football.

If you let imagination run in both towers, you could see why people spin stories about them, ... Aikwood is very impressive to look at. Its dark defensible buildings are very Tolkien in stature. It was really quite intriguing to investigate how the myths got attached to that tower. I looked at the masonry marks on the fireplace and they are a similar shape to the crescent moons on the Scot family coat-of-arms.

If you look around Denver, you see many of the buildings Al Cohen erected.

If you have wind, rain or flood damage to your home or business, we are not going to energize transformer to those buildings even though we may have the grid up and running there,

If you go down this path, and we take the steps we're taking now, it's going to move our chances for a referendum from slim to none. We're going to be stuck in these buildings for probably 10 to 15 years.

In the Historic Core are some of the most magnificent buildings in L.A.. Some of the upper floors along Broadway may be converted to residential.

In our district, we?re teaching the younger grades in five buildings and they are too small to be able to accomplish the things we?re talking about doing here.

In older buildings the seal between the sill and the foundation is never as good as it should be. I think banking the foundation helps keep the floor warmer, it helps keep you comfortable in the winter, especially in old buildings.

In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it's compared to the present. I mean there's a whole group of people that want to build new buildings that look like old buildings.

I'll just say that hopefully they've drained the mud out of the building, and the termites aren't going to eat the buildings away in between the time we get down there. They made a good judgment probably to get this back in, and that's the important thing about it.

I know from talking to companies that one reason they move to the City is because of the police force. The Met doesn't have the resources to concentrate on buildings and businesses.

I just like artist-driven projects, but for artists themselves: artist spaces, artist mentor programs, and artists buying buildings and making lofts. Doing whatever we can do. Because at the end of the day, I really think that we as a community only have each other.

In the past, libraries were concrete boxes, and you had to be brave enough to walk inside. When you have buildings that are transparent with lots of light and windows, it gives people the opportunity to get a glimpse of what's going on inside. It makes the whole experience of going to the library a little more friendly. We're no longer just about books. We're a lot about social spaces, for people to congregate as a community.

In the Middle East, you might scratch your head a little bit. The overall populations of countries like Qatar and Dubai are quite low, but you're building super-tall buildings with millions of square feet.

In the north, buildings should be arched, enclosed as much as possible, and not exposed, and it seems proper that they should face the warmer aspects.

In the name of 'mutual assistance,' the Soviet Union would occupy Latvia until 1991, and it continues to occupy Latvia: in the obedient, epic lines at the post office, in the fug of coal smoke outside cities, in the notorious apartment buildings made of bricks of radioactive compressed ash.

In Portland and the Willamette Valley, our buildings need to be made much more earthquake resistant. California has had almost 100 years to prepare after the devastating San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Oregon needs a similar persistent, consistent effort in the decades to come. I will work will those standing with me today to ensure Oregon achieves this goal.

If you make it work in the caverns of Downtown, where buildings block the line of sight, you make this work anywhere in the city.

If you want to build the condos, that's fine, but to get rid of a cultural asset makes no sense. Don't destroy these buildings indirectly by leaving only the facades. It's a hypocrisy to say you want to preserve the history to then gut the buildings.

In a city that grew up fast and changes quickly ... some of the old institutions and businesses and buildings that represent the past are a good thing to hold on to. It's kind of like looking at old family pictures.

In 10 years we'll regret it, just like we regret losing the other buildings in Chicago Heights -- the Victoria Hotel and the Lincoln-Dixie theater. We have demolished enough masterpieces. That is a wonderful, wonderful building.

It has been very successful. We look for nice buildings in good locations. . . . We buy the buildings and put money into fixing them up.

I read something a while ago that back in 1920s there were 5,000 schools buildings in Maine, and now we have 700. This is not a problem just surfacing now. It's something towns have had to deal with for many years.

Because it was fully involved, we did defensive operations and fought the fire from the outside. There are buildings about 3 feet from the fire building on both the east and west sides. So, our main focus was to contain the fire to the original building.

BYU is probably one of the most progressive forces in Utah County for earthquake preparedness. I'm not concerned as much about the buildings on BYU campus as I am about the buildings most of the BYU students live in.

Because we think that together those two sites can offer open space opportunity. They can offer perhaps some extreme sports opportunity. Perhaps bringing residential to the two former buildings there, just bringing more people into that area.

been great, but some could have been improved to the benefit of the public and Basin Street. When you develop a new scheme for zoning, the feedback process is just as important as the planning process. These buildings are going to be here for 100 to 200 years. It's not just Matt White, but Mike Moore who is not interested in engaging the community.

Certainly we would be right up there because most of our buildings date from the late 1950s and early 1960s.

If I walk out of my office, the lights go out. We put those censors in as many buildings as possible.

I felt safe in the hospital, ... trees everywhere, power lines everywhere. The buildings we could see were devastated. It was unreal driving through it. And we saw people and we didn't know if they were going to help us or if they were going to carjack us.

I appreciate the thought that these higher buildings will create a better view of the corridor, but the word is corridor. We'll be looking through a telescope to the river rather than a panorama.

I am a bit of a junkie. It's inexplicable really. I believe we creatures are very susceptible to our surroundings. They can actually improve our mode of life and I personally am very affected ... when I walk through an intelligent building. It inspires me. To me it's like walking through a piece of art and, coupling that now with the green movement of the smarter architecture - of the healthier buildings with great design - is a very exciting prospect to me.

Collectively, with my staff, I have made vast improvements in the quality of the buildings our children walk into every day,

He bought two other buildings on Frankford Avenue, too. But it would be nice to have more developers here. There's a lot of opportunity here. We have old buildings where the architecture and the interiors are really interesting.

The U has many buildings that need state support. But not all have the resources available to raise money the way the business school does.

The Trust's attitude had been to always been to save the buildings through tourism because nobody took us seriously when we said that these concrete boxes were important,

These are not repairs that can be waited on. If they're not done now, the buildings will further deteriorate.

The houses were all abandoned buildings used by smugglers and people traffickers for shelter, the rest of the village remains intact.

The guys found that the concession and two storage buildings were broken into. There were food products dumped in the parking lot, tipped-over planters and damage to a wood railed fence and the in-line hockey field.

The historical neighborhoods were the underpinnings of the city's economy, and rehabilitation of those historical buildings is critical to bringing the city back.

The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department said our buildings were unsafe for water production. But they told me (Wednesday) that village water had been tested and passed.

Also, we've got several older, small buildings spread out all over the place with a handful of people working in them. We could consolidate those functions at this new complex and probably tear down lots of those older facilities, ... Imagine the savings in terms of maintenance and energy costs alone.

A house worth $400,000 might have a total claim of more than $1 million after you consider the insurance on contents, other buildings on the property and living expenses.

All those buildings you see out there are made of steel and concrete and glass and all of it was brought over by cargo ships,

All these squats and all these buildings have to be closed to stop these tragedies, and that's what I've asked the police commissioner to do because we're talking about human beings living in unacceptable conditions,

The General Assembly must send a strong message to municipalities that tearing down neighborhoods to replace them with office buildings or a big box retailer must stop.

The city's suburban heritage buildings are as important as those garden villas in the downtown.

The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life.

The city's analysis is totally contradictory. If the downtown office space is as weak as their pessimistic projections, then the value of these buildings is zero.

The codes in place to guide the construction of porches and balconies are to help keep the public safe. Our staff works hard every day to ensure that the buildings you live, work, play and learn in are safe. Probably the most important thing I tell people is not to overload the deck.

(The code) says if you're going to put the safety and health of the public in this facility, you will do this if you're going to get a building permit. I take pride in helping people but we can't design buildings for them.

The Code of Practice is needed for all new buildings before they can get licence to occupy. So it's actually enforced. If you add all the urinals and cubicles in male toilet, you must get the same in women's. We recommend getting one or two more for the ladies' restrooms.

(The fire) came within the fence line for a few minutes at one of the (reactor) test areas, (but) didn't get close to any buildings that contain nuclear material,

The first job is to get both buildings cleaned and decontaminated. Once we have that done we'll have the experts go in and tell us what can be done and what can't be done.

The company has a standing policy that all new buildings will meet the energy-efficiency and environmental specifications of the LEED Silver standard. We have a wealth of in-house knowledge and experience that can help others create environmentally sound, energy-conscious buildings.

The display will include a map of Buffalo with photos and locations of the buildings pictured in the book, and maps will be available at no charge. The map itself is great and is sure to be a big hit with students.

The development community is really insisting that they be allowed to put up buildings with unlimited height.

A mixed approach is often the best. It's good for buildings to be able to morph from one use to the other.

A much better way has to be found in managing the public purse on the restoration of these buildings and there must be far better accountability.

All of the excitement now is at the base of buildings where people can stroll through attractive public spaces and walk along promenades. I don't see us constructing any more skywalks.

All of the new buildings in the Mediterranean style look better. Pretty buildings stand out.

All the downtown buildings experienced increases in (property tax) value, and that gets (the owners') attention,

All these buildings were boarded up. Main Street was a ghost town. It's been exciting to see business come back.

And all buildings have the final say over the creative work laid down. They're really in control.

The master plan outlines sites where buildings might be constructed. It does not outline what exact building will go in a particular area, just where a building could be.

The last information I have is that all of the buildings are empty.

The main street is the most spacious, the longest and best inhabited street in Europe... the buildings are surprising both for strength, for beauty, and for height...

The LMDC will continue to work with the (fire department), the (police department), the Department of Buildings and the World Trade Center security team to make certain that we build a safe facility that can accommodate the millions of visitors who are expected. The memorial will be a magnificent tribute to those we lost.

What we need is support to build a bigger and better version of two buildings and more that were taken down by people that were animals, ... If something happened to the Statue of Liberty, you wouldn't rebuild it as something other than the Statue of Liberty.

One of the things the American people are very concerned about is shabby work and that certainly is true about the families whose houses are going to be rebuilt and buildings that are going to be restored,

The growth for education and training will be in continuing adult education. Online delivery is the trigger for this growth, but the demand for lifetime education stems from profound changes in society. We live in an economy where knowledge, not buildings and machinery, is the chief resource and where knowledge-workers make up the biggest part of the work force.