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LOST Providence: The Downcity Plan – we need developers that say “yes”! – David Brussat
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Read MoreProvidence’s Capital Center build-out, cont. – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: shot from balcony of governor’s office in State House. Providence Place at center and right, with Westin towers in rear. GTECH butts in from left center. (Photo by author) To go through my photo library in search of color versions of the pictures that adorn…
Read MoreBest trad buildings of 2022 – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer It grows ever more difficult and hence ever more depressing to construct these annual roundups of traditional architecture. I feel a bit of guilt arising from the headline “Best trad buildings of 2022,” because so many of them are obviously not “the best.” I think I…
Read More“We hate that” – Ch. 19, LOST Providence – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo, top: View of Old Stone Square (1984) from Turk’s Head Building (1913), site of author’s Turk’s Head Club luncheon with Journal publisher Michael Metcalf in 1984. (Photo by author) I decided to go with Chapter 19, of LOST PROVIDENCE, “We Hate That” because how could…
Read MoreThe Interface Plan (cont), Lost Providence – David Brussat
The second half of Chapter 17, “The Interface Plan,” opens with a continuation of comments on architectural trends in the early 1970s and then describes the Interface: Providence plan at some length, including several illustrations not included in Lost Providence. The “turmoil” referred to in the opening sentence below refers to the accurate critique of…
Read MoreThe College Hill Study, part 2, Lost Providence – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Illustration of proposed modernist infill development on College Hill. (Author’s archives) Here is the second half of Chapter 16, “The College Hill Study,” from Lost Providence. The study’s proposals, released in 1959, would have replaced much of the fabled district’s historical houses with modernist infill, although…
Read MoreDowntown Providence 1970 – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Photo: proposed Westminster Mall is from Downtown Providence 1970. (Author’s archives) This is the second half of Chapter 15 from Lost Providence. Chapters leading up to “Downtown Providence 1970 Plan” in Part II of the book are: “Cove Basin and the Railroads,” “The World’s Widest Bridge” and “New…
Read MoreLost Providence – trials and triumphs in urban planning – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Photo: Aerial view from Downtown Providence 1970 Plan, announced in 1960 but carried out only to a very limited extent. Five years have passed since the publication of Lost Providence, so there is no better time than now to re-introduce my book to readers…
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