Historic Buildings

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Ordinance aims to easy the bite of displacement

Citywatch
When Granoff Associates announced plans in May to renovate the Arcade in downtown Providence, tenants in the building got a scant 30 days’ notice.
By AMY LITTLEFIELD | August 27, 2008

Your history

‘Impermanence’ at the Essex Art Center, ‘Two Chinas’ at WAM, Renée Green at the Carpenter Center, and Feminism at the MFA
For a building, inclusion on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered list is a mixed blessing.
By RANDI HOPKINS | February 26, 2008

A “good” tax break in the making

Historic rehab
Legislative leadership supports it, and so does Governor John Baldacci. Last year, the Taxation Committee gave it a unanimous “ought to pass” report. It looks golden.
By LANCE TAPLEY | February 20, 2008

Ride, don't drive

Oil companies gouge us every time we get behind the wheel, so try a no-car vacation
This summer, with price gouging at the pumps at an all-time high, motoring vacations promise to be an even more miserable travel experience than usual.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | June 11, 2007

Hurtful speech

Letters to the Boston editor: April 27, 2007
I can’t remember the last time so many commentators from diverse points of view got together in a kumbaya circle.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | April 25, 2007

Mass Secretary of energy and environmental affairs responds

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | April 19, 2007

Historic church ready to be saved

Renewal
The fate of Portland’s Abyssinian Church has been to wait — through fire, through years of neglect, and now, through paperwork.
By JOSEPH R. THOMPSON | February 07, 2007

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The artist-development clash, as seen through the Phoenix archives
In December 2000, the threat to replace Fort Thunder and other old mills in Eagle Square with a bland strip mall attracted a broad and spirited opposition movement.
By IAN DONNIS | September 14, 2006

Outcry saves Johnny B’s in Cranston

Diner dilemma
So often, it seems, historic structures are relegated to the scrap heap, an afterthought in the drive for progress, in society’s drive for newer, bigger and better.
By RICHARD C. LEWIS | May 31, 2006

Class warfare in Olneyville

The strains of a worsening statewide housing crisis erupt on providence’s west side
The posters sprouted in mid-April, salvos in the rhetorical battle over the future of Providence’s West Side.
By IAN DONNIS | May 24, 2006

In her own words

Shugrue on being 'caught on tape'
This is the complete and unedited text of a statement released by Karen Shugrue:
By | May 24, 2006

Much ado about nothing

Cianci deserves his Providence Preservation Society recognition
Please, spare us all the media-orchestrated hand-wringing about how the Providence Preservation Society has chosen to add the name of our former mayor, the Bud-I, to its Hall of Fame, as one of 50 individuals and groups who made giant strides in preserving historic buildings in Our Little Town.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 03, 2006