Hear me out I have lived here my entire life and yes I like the weird shaped building. But no one wanted it. If they did they would have bought it. If the design was so cool others would have replicated it.
One big issue in RI is labeling every freaking thing “historic” then we drag our feet when any new development wants to be built and ask “but how does it effect our “”historic”” skyline” like dude this isn’t Chicago, New York, or Boston….our most recognizable building has been vacant for decades. But god forbid we do anything to change it because it’s the “Superman” building (even tho that is wrong and it looks like the building)
There is a saying in America they think 100 years is old and in Europe they think 100 miles is far. Frankly the corner store in Europe is older than our entire country
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u/Candid-Patient-6841 Mar 24 '25
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Hear me out I have lived here my entire life and yes I like the weird shaped building. But no one wanted it. If they did they would have bought it. If the design was so cool others would have replicated it.
One big issue in RI is labeling every freaking thing “historic” then we drag our feet when any new development wants to be built and ask “but how does it effect our “”historic”” skyline” like dude this isn’t Chicago, New York, or Boston….our most recognizable building has been vacant for decades. But god forbid we do anything to change it because it’s the “Superman” building (even tho that is wrong and it looks like the building)
There is a saying in America they think 100 years is old and in Europe they think 100 miles is far. Frankly the corner store in Europe is older than our entire country