11.   At one end is the old Cadillac factory, which GM is turning into an industrial park.

12.   Behind the old factory, the performers have arrayed their mobile homes in a tidy grid of brand-new streets.

13.   But in these low-lying waterfront towns every single old factory will be closed.

14.   But like many people along this stretch of the upper Hudson just south of GEs old factories, McLoughlin knows things have gotten better.

15.   But the talk continues of closing old factories and building new ones.

16.   Downtown, an old factory has been refurbished with state-of-the-art machines to make chromium-plated brass faucets and other plumbing fixtures.

17.   Dozens of old factories and seedy restaurants that blocked access to the waterfront were torn down, creating a Mediterranean beach marvelous for strolling and sunbathing.

18.   Full seasons are planned beginning next month at a new theater, the Arcimboldi, built in an old Pirelli factory in the area of northern Milan called Bicocca.

19.   His company, Vitech, manufactures personal computers for the Brazilian market in an old cocoa factory.

20.   His Wareham Development firm, based in San Rafael, Calif., near where Robbins lives, specializes in turning old factories and abandoned warehouses into mixed-use developments.