sentences:  The ceiling of the Palm Courtyard was restored and one of the other halls, the Silver Hall, was redesigned with its walls and ceiling decorated with silver and pillars adorned with abstract figures and patterns.And so, amidst what was then a rubble-strewn wilderness, the revived Esplanade became a hive of public activity once more.During the 1950s it was used variously as a restaurant and for fancy dress dances and carnival balls, and then later also for fashion shows.