Historic Preservation can Pit Old Buildings vs. Mature Trees
PROVIDENCE — The community cheered when historic buildings were saved from demolition, but lost in the celebration was the cost: an old-growth beech tree.
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Planners Concerned New Rules Could McMansion R.I.’s Coast
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Two bills moving quickly through the General Assembly support the construction of taller buildings along the Ocean State’s shoreline, which, according to some municipal planners and building officials, would essentially result in the walling off of the coast.
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