Essays, Articles, and Deeper Dives
7 essays
Longer-form pieces exploring architecture, romanticism, loss, and history. Open to submissions from students who are recording and reporting on architectural history or the history of interesting Rhode Island personalities.
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The evolution of Downtown Providence and Capital Center from a brand-name retail point of view
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A recent spate of demolition and development has people questioning what the City is doing to preserve its historic assets.
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Twenty-eight properties have been demolished in the past 10 years within these four blocks.
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Converting industrial buildings into housing threatens to eliminate a surprisingly robust source of jobs and small businesses.
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Pinnacles have mountains underneath them; Mountains nurtured, fed, and supported by the compost of intentional or unintentional community
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The vitality of Providence’s artistic underground is weakened by the demise of Olneyville’s fabled music scene
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Providence got a wake-up call when opponents sounded off against a proposal to turn Eagle Square into a strip mall. A look at the rhetoric and reality of nurturing the arts