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Big vote tonight on Edge II
Edge College Hill II, the follow-on to the nearly complete Edge I residential tower on Canal Street, goes before the Providence City Council today for a huge wad of city cash. Under a tax stabilization agreement (TSA) up for final … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Development
Tagged Dominick Ruggerio, Edge College Hill, Fane Tower, Jason Fane, Providence, RISD, Tax Stabilization Agreement, TSA
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Christo laundry, wacko RISD
The Jewelry District Association, in Providence, reports that Christo is going to cross the Providence River and line India Point Park with laundry, pegged on a giant laundry line. In my book, that crosses an important boundary, as does RISD’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Humor
Tagged April Fool's Day, Christo, Jewelry District, Providence RI, RISD, RISD Museum of Art, Stephen Colbert
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From atop Rubik’s Cube
Here are some shots through the grand windows of the 11th floor meeting room of the old Brown Rudnick law firm, a space now belonging to Brown University, which kindly allowed me up to shoot a shot for my book … Continue reading
Long shots of Providence
Everyone’s filling out their wuddayacallits, the basketball thingies. President Obama did it. Well, Providence is hosting the regional NCAA semifinals, or did so this past weekend, whatever. I’m not sure how the Friars made out, but here are some even … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Landscape Architecture, Photography, Preservation, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Basketball, Benefit Street, First Baptist Church, NCAA Semifinals, photography, Providence RI, Rafael Moneo, RISD, Sense of Place, Superman Building
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Bevan’s “modest revival”
Last week, in “Zaha Hadid gets RIBA medal,” I wrote that Hadid complained about “a tilt toward tradition in London architecture that only she is able to perceive.” I was wrong. The British critic Robert Bevan sees it, too: a … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Other countries, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Carbuncle Prize, Intelligent Life, Michael Mehaffy, Providence RI, Rafael Moneo, RISD, Robert Bevan, Stirling Prize, Zaha Hadid
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RISD rides to 195 rescue
Governor Raimondo has invited the Rhode Island School of Design to help bring more innovation to the I-195 corridor. She has also hired the state’s first chief innovation officer, former CIA wonk Richard Culatta, who will work in splendid isolation … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged design, Gina Raimondo, I-195 Redevelopment District, Innovation, Jewelry District, Knowledge District, Planning, Providence RI, Richard Culatta, RISD, South Street Landing, Wexford Science & Technology
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Pandion as African Queen
There were rocks in the channel now, with the white water boiling around them, and Rose saw them coming up towards her with terrifying rapidity. There was need for instant decision in picking the right course, and yet Rose could … Continue reading
Eames golden mean oops
A brief squib in the Providence Journal a couple of days ago about a mistake in the Mathematica exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science had me wondering. The error was discovered by a 15-year-old, Joseph Rosenfeld. It appears that … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Art and design, Humor
Tagged Boston Museum of Science, Charles Eames, Kim Kardashian, Mathematica, Proportion, Ray Eames, RISD
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Blast: Ah, the sandbox!
Ah, here is that long lost column, from July 1996, in which I mentioned to a friend that a sandbox for the modernists might be an appropriate thing for her neighborhood, whereupon she kicked sand in my face. Someone just … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Development, Providence, Uncategorized, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Beauty, Development, Downtown, Providence, RISD
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