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Column: Art circles go round in Providence

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By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Above, the Merchants Exchange, designed in 1856 by Thomas Tefft, was never built; below, the Roman Coliseum; Nancy Austin at the Athenaeum; Thomas Tefft; the proposed One Ten Westminster project; the Providence National Bank (Westminster facade); its surviving......

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 Tags  Architecture   Art   Merchants Exchange   Modernism   Nancy Austin   Providence Athenaeum   Providence RI   Roman Coliseum   Thomas Tefft  

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Coming up: Providence's antebellum art world

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By David Brussat    Email

A fine new exhibit at the Providence Athenaeum revolves around a newly rediscovered photograph, circa 1859, of the Roman Coliseum and features another round building - unbuilt - the Merchants Exchange proposed in 1856 by Providence architect Thomas Tefft......

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 Tags  Architecture   Nancy Austin   Providence Arcade   Providence Athenaeum   Providence RI   Thomas Tefft  

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Design Competition for Providence River Pedestrian Bridge

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By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: The bridge design by Route 195 Relocation Project design consultant Bill Warner that has come under attack (click to enlarge); the Pont des Arts, in Paris, that inspired Warner's design; image of the project area * * *......

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 Tags  Architecture   Bridge   David Cicilline   Design Competition   Providence RI   William D. Warner  

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Guerrilla graffiti, or, Monkeying with art

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By David Brussat    Email

The photo above is one of a dozen or more recording the construction of the Providence Journal Building on Fountain Street, in 1933. The collection decorates a back staircase of the Journal. This photo shows early work on the......

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 Tags  Architecture   Depression   Providence Journal   Providence RI   Three Stooges  

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