Essays, Articles, and Deeper Dives
10 essays
Longer-form pieces exploring architecture, romanticism, loss, and history. Open to submissions from students who are recording and reporting on architectural history or the history of interesting Rhode Island personalities.
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Providence has 8 historic districts covering over 2,600 documented properties. Staff and volunteers at the Providence Historic Districts Commission review and weigh in on any and all exterior changes in order to determine if they are consistent with the character of the historic district. And we think this semi-public has been working well.
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The two types of Historic Districts are very different, and in Providence, while 28% of the City is documented on the National Register, only 7% has the protections that Local Historic Districts can offer.
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The evolution of Downtown Providence and Capital Center from a brand-name retail point of view
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A recent spate of demolition and development has people questioning what the City is doing to preserve its historic assets.
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Twenty-eight properties have been demolished in the past 10 years within these four blocks.
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A history of the diner, from lunch wagon to prefabricated, quick to install and affordable to purchase restaurant, slinging all the breakfast and lunch standards we have come to love
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Converting industrial buildings into housing threatens to eliminate a surprisingly robust source of jobs and small businesses.
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Pinnacles have mountains underneath them; Mountains nurtured, fed, and supported by the compost of intentional or unintentional community
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The vitality of Providence’s artistic underground is weakened by the demise of Olneyville’s fabled music scene
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Providence got a wake-up call when opponents sounded off against a proposal to turn Eagle Square into a strip mall. A look at the rhetoric and reality of nurturing the arts