In recent years, in fact, the city has tried, with mixed success, to convert factories and other buildings into schools to open classrooms faster.

To the south are narrow residential streets, filled with historic brownstones, converted factories and high-rise apartment houses.

Most of the 19th-century buildings along Main Street are converted factories and warehouses from that era.

Developers want to convert waterfront warehouses and factories into apartments, even though the areas are zoned for manufacturing.

Rather than convert factories, the Poles allowed them to shrivel.

This money was to be used to build housing for military sector workers and to convert military bases and factories to civilian use.

Terni sought to diversify a few years ago by converting idle factories into movie studios.

And what Lviv will do if the West does not help out in converting factories to nonmilitary production.

We must convert factories and build new ones!

"They are living in lofts, converted factories," she added.