But Rebello seemed optimistic nonetheless, suggesting that the renovations will bring in more visitors from the after-work crowd in addition to new weekend partygoers.

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This weekend, in addition to being the groundbreaking time when a national institution auctions off oversized goldfish, is also the time that we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Trieste descending to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth 7 miles beneath the shiny waves of the Pacific Ocean.

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