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‘Lost Prov’ reading Thursday
Books on the Square will host a reading of an as yet undisclosed (and in fact unselected) chapter from Lost Providence on Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. I will also answer questions and sign copies of the book. My first … Continue reading
Crane, yay! Building, boo!
Providence breathes a sigh of relief at the appearance, finally, of a crane on its horizon, standing between Canal and North Main streets just north of Steeple. Enjoy the crane, folks, because you may regret the building. Developed by Vision … Continue reading
News for preservationists
The author of one of my bibles, The Future of the Past, is Steven Semes, the Notre Dame scholar whose thinking pops up on this blog a lot. In 2014, he was named chairman of the new graduate program in … Continue reading
Symposium: Why preserve?
The Providence Preservation Society will be hosting a symposium on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3-4, on the whys and wherefores of historic preservation. The focus will be, to some degree, on the empty Industrial Trust Bank Building, where the symposium … Continue reading
Fallen angel in Charleston
As mayor of Charleston, S.C., for some 40 years, Joe Riley was a hero to the preservation movement. But lately he has hopped in bed with preservation’s nemesis, modern architecture. An article from 2015 on the website Next Cities, “Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston SC, Historic Preservation, Joe Riley, Modern Architecture, Providence RI, WestEdge
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The politics of preservation
Gail Wiesner is a real-estate agent in Raleigh, N.C., who, a couple years ago, raised concerns about a modernist addition to a neighbor’s house in her Oakwood neighborhood, a designated historic district. A more recent example, now resolved in court, … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Preservation, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Democracy, Gail Wiesner, Historic Districts, Historic Preservation, Oakwood, Paul Goldberger, Politics, Providence Preservation Society, Raleigh NC, Style Wars, TradArch
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Adele C-T at PPS in Prov.
Adele Chatfield-Taylor will speak at tonight’s annual meeting of the Providence Preservation Society. It will be at 5:30 p.m. this evening in the Providence Public Library. Last night, trying to finally decide whether to attend or to train up to … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Preservation, Providence, Urbanism and planning, Video
Tagged Adele Chatfield-Taylor, American Academy in Rome, Historic Preservation, National Building Museum, Providence Preservation Soceity, Providence Public Library, Providence RI, Rome
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“Unfinished New York”
The journal Places has a long and fascinating essay by Belmont Freeman (a New York name for you!) called “Unfinished New York.” He is a columnist for Places and an architect in private practice in the city, no doubt a … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Belmont Freeman, Historic Preservation, Landmarks Law, National Historic Preservation Act, New York City, Penn Station, Placemaking, Places, Ralph Lauren, Unfinished New York
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Portland’s phoenix resurgent
Billy, Victoria and I are driving up to Augusta, Maine, for the long weekend to visit friends. We plan to visit Portland on the way or on the way back. The Journal column below reaches back two decades to compare … Continue reading
Preservation hits the bottom
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission has almost hit rock bottom. It has approved a restoration project that preserves a building – and its graffiti. The website New York YIMBY reports the ruling in “Landmarks Approves Restoration and Conversion of … Continue reading
