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...project that is expected to last until September, a team of workers is repainting and resculpting the picturesque Eliot House tower this summer in an attempt to return it to its 1930s appearance...
Plans to restore the 231-foot tower began last September, and construction began June 11, according to Larry McNeil, the manager of mechanical and structural maintenance at FAS Physical Resources...
...tower was last restored 15 years ago and was repainted in 1998. McNeil said that the tower’s cornices—the wooden ornate engravings just above the columns that encircle the tower—have significantly deteriorated in several places since the last restoration, and paint is peeling away due to weather damage...
...entire tower, including the individual numbers on its clocks, its turquoise cupola, and its weather vane will all be repainted...
...Taiwanese architect Wei-Min Lee has housed Ambience in a 10-story neon-lit tower; local designer Ted Su (the man responsible for the look of Taipei's popular group of Roxy bar-clubs, as well as newer venues like TU and Wind) is the originator of the hotel's cool-as-ice interior. The monochromatic approach is taken to extremes - even the foliage in the Ambience Lounge has been lacquered white - so this is not a hotel for lovers of old-fashioned opulence. Still, everyone else should be happy with the 61 guest rooms and suites, where glass...