The car pulled away; Hickock crossed Fifth Avenue and walked briskly to an elegantly restored t wnhouse apartment building, using his key to open the don-stairs door.

The River Street Inn, 115 East River Street (234-6400), is on the Savannah River and has been elegantly restored.

The houses have been elegantly restored, but are now home to laboratories.

Ann Siang Road, which has elegantly restored shophouses today, was once the traditional home of clan associations and exclusive social clubs.

CHARACTER A charming 18th-century merchant's house, in the grand style, elegantly restored and furnished.

Part of the building dates from the 13th century, part from the 18th, and it has been elegantly restored and furnished with antiques.

Even Rangoon (Yangon) went upscale: The once-dilapidated Strand Hotel, which ran out of bottled water during our 1986 stay, was elegantly restored by international investors and started charging $300 a night.

In the town centre, in the upmarket shopping precincts near St Stephen's Cathedral, the old buildings have been elegantly restored and the new ones are all polish and price.

Elegantly restored, down to the white-suited liverymen opening the hotel doors, from inside the Strand's tearoom one could still think the sun hasn't set on Britannia.

Elegantly restored, it opened in June as a six-bedroom inn with beautiful grounds and a fine restaurant, Jedediah's.