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Column: Midnight in the garden of old and new

9:01 AM Thu, Mar 04, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Top, New house designed for Frank Scotti on College Hill, in Providence (courtesy of Arris Design); Chafee Garden; plan of house on garden plot; nearby houses * * * Five Cooke St., the Zechariah Chafee House, built in......

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Blast from the past: Shootout at the Chafee Garden

10:02 AM Wed, Mar 03, 2010 | Permalink | Write a comment
By David Brussat    Email

Tomorrow's column regards a house proposed for the Chafee Garden. The column below, mentioned in the preceding post and in tomorrow's column, was published on Feb. 2, 2006. * * * Showdown at the Chafee Garden David Brussat COOKE STREET,......

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 Tags  Chafee Mansion   Frank Scotti   Historic District Commission   Providence RI  

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Coming up: Garden of the Finzi-Conchafees

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By David Brussat    Email

Well, not exactly. But the Chafee Garden, and the mansion it abuts, have a long pedigree that's now at risk of being extended by having a house plopped onto the beloved garden, called a piazza in the 1986 survey......

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 Tags  Chafee Mansion   Frank Scotti   Glen Fontecchio   Historic District Commission   Providence RI  

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Trump architects in Scotland must stick to their guns

7:39 PM Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By David Brussat    Email

The illustration above has been denounced as a "historical pastiche" by the usual suspects in Scotland, the assassins of beauty. Looks as if this golf paradise project could be nibbled to death by ducks if the architects adopt the......

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 Tags  architecture   Donald Trump   pastiche   Scotland  

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