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R.I.P. David Brussat

Posted on December 6, 2025 by David Brussat

A Message to David’s Readers It is with deep sadness that we share the news that David Brussat, the voice and spirit behind Architecture Here and There, passed away on November 25th, 2025.David built this blog with great love—love for … Continue reading →

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Hasbro absquatulates

Posted on September 9, 2025 by David Brussat

Rhode Islanders are mourning the loss of a leading manufacturer, Hasbro, which yesterday announced its departure from Pawtucket to Boston. Hasbro will share space in an ugly building (see photograph above), owned by WS Development, typical of Beantown’s Seaport District, … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen on ‘improvements’

Posted on July 19, 2025 by David Brussat

J. Austen’s ‘improvements’ I have come across in Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park an interesting passage in which she describes rival plans for improving a house in the “living” (meaning parsonage) of Thornton Lacey, a hamlet in the town of … Continue reading →

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David A. Mittell Jr.: R.I.P.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by David Brussat

I can find no other indication that David has passed away, beyond a phonecall from an even closer friend, to the effect that he passed away Thursday morning David was a prolific editorial writer and columnist for the Providence Journal … Continue reading →

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CNU returns to Providence

Posted on May 20, 2025 by David Brussat

Mark your calendars for June 11-14, which is when CNU-New England returns to Providence for CNU33. A full agenda may be viewed here. (The agenda lacks information of where its sessions will be located.) CNU last landed in Rhode Island’s … Continue reading →

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Rebuild Penn Station

Posted on April 18, 2025 by David Brussat

Big news: President Trump has agreed to take over the job of building a new, classically-inspired Pennsyvlania Station. He has given the boot to the inept Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and has put Amtrak – which owns the facility – … Continue reading →

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Our Rube Goldberg world

Posted on January 15, 2025 by David Brussat

Or, the Architecture of our Lives By this title I refer to the structures of the lives that we Americans, most of us, lead. Notwithstanding all the other things we all have going on in our lives, much of our … Continue reading →

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Another one bites the dust

Posted on July 14, 2024 by David Brussat

Stop & Shop, owner of Eastside Marketplace (or, to many of its longtime shoppers, the IGA, Independent Grocers Alliance), will shut down the market on or before Nov. 2. That is a shame and a tragedy for my family, which … Continue reading →

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Providence lost, regained, III

Posted on April 8, 2023 by David Brussat

Editor’s note: This is the third part of the epilogue of Lost Providence, titled “Providence Lost and Regained.” *** 5 a.m. I’m falling apart. My boyfriend is sleeping with a bronzed giantess. My mother is sleeping with a Portuguese. Jeremy … Continue reading →

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The Interface Plan, cont.

Posted on November 10, 2022 by David Brussat

View of downtown from north of water feature near State House. (Author’s archives) The second half of Chapter 17, “The Interface Plan,” opens with a continuation of comments on architectural trends in the early 1970s and then describes the Interface: … Continue reading →

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