Lessons from the Fane ouster – David Brussat

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by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Lower portions of Hope Point Tower, which would have risen 600 feet in a 100-foot zone. The so-called Hope Point Tower threat is gone, done in by inflationary costs and a dodgy market. Lessons from this interlude abound, chiefly that neighborhood opposition to poorly conceived proposals…

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The Fane tower – it’s baaack! – David Brussat

An artist's rendering of a tall building near the water.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Forty-six-story Fane tower, first proposed in 2016, moves forward after court ruling. (WPRI.com) The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled that the Fane tower – a proposed 500-foot, 46-story luxury highrise in the Jewelry District of Providence – can go forward toward construction. The tower’s…

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