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The man who spruced up the shaggy president for posterity was Mathew Brady, and a brush and comb were the least of his tools of transformation, as a comprehensive exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington makes abundantly clear.
Fort Henry, now spruced up by nicely enacted parades, was built in 1832 as the main military stronghold of Upper Canada.
In the central tourist quarter, an expanding number of buildings are being spruced up with the assistance of UNESCO and foreign foundations, but many others are propped up by wooden columns, lean-tos that appear to be merely forestalling the inevitable.
The stately European-style buildings, including old banks, factories, and churches, have been spruced up.