Another one bites the dust – David Brussat

Eastside Marketplace grocery store exterior.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: The IGA at the bottom of Pitman Street, in Providence. 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…

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Bad advice for Wayland Square – David Brussat

A group of people crossing a street with architectural background.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Wayland Square, named for Brown University’s fourth president, on land owned long ago by one of its founders, Moses Brown, is one of the most delightful neighborhoods in the city of Providence. It has fine shops and restaurants, and hundreds of elegant single-family houses,…

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