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Field Visit: Providence Armory

A weekend visit to Providence, Rhode Island, for a symposium on “Site and Stories:  Mapping a Preservation Ecosystem,” could not go by without a visit to the Cranston Street Armory. A massive and beautiful structure, a pile of tan bricks, built in 1907 for $650,000 designed with a sequence of crenellated turrets.  It makes quite … Continue reading Field Visit: Providence Armory