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You can't make this stuff up

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By David Brussat    Email

A paraphrase of James Howard Kunstler's "Eyesore of the Month." Peek, if you dare. You can click backward or forward to see other monstrosities. Check out, for example, the new Amtrak station in St. Louis. Appalling. And Kunstler notes......

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 Tags  Amtrak   Architecture   Eyesore of the Month   James Howard Kunstler   St. Louis MO  

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Column: The density of the "creative capital"

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By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Above, looking west on Weybosset Street, in downtown Providence; below, chart with "smart" study; view of Weybosset Street from the west; another view of Weybosset from the west; the Weybosset Street Comfort Station (1914) today; Robert Kenny in......

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 Tags  Creativity   Downtown   Mayor Cicilline   Planning   PPAC   Providence RI   Richard Florida   Traffic  

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Coming up: Save the Weybosset Street forest

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By David Brussat    Email

Thursday's column reminded me of a column I wrote a couple of years ago about how to revitalize Weybosset Street near PPAC. That column may be read here. Thursday's column doesn't even use the words "outdoor cafe." There's a......

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 Tags  Outdoor Cafes   PPAC   Providence RI   Weybosset Street  

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