Tag Archives: Rosecliff

Audrain’s revival in Newport

Posted on September 29, 2017 by David Brussat

Last night, after my boffo lecture at Rosecliff (1902, McKim, Mead & White), I strolled down Bellevue Avenue, in the company of the Preservation Society of Newport County’s Lise Dube-Scherr, by another gem of that thoroughfare, the Audrain Building. Its … Continue reading →

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Beauty isn’t so difficult

Posted on September 26, 2017 by David Brussat

Originally posted on Architecture Here and There:
I took this from the bridge in the photo above, looking toward the Old Town. How do they do it? Beauty. Other things being equal, people spend their discretionary time in places where…

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