Also, I'd kill to live in Boston but its towers are like a joke/ not enviable in any respect. To me the Pru looks almost as dumb as Tour Montparnasse. Sweet views from within tho!
Our tallest may be approaching 50 years old, but at least it's not approaching 100 years old and hasn't been abandoned for the better part of a decade. Also, if we needed to find a way to save it, we wouldn't chase capital out of the city like you all did with Fane. Whether you thought the tower was feasible or not, the developer did and spent a lot of money over the course of many years trying to get *something* built there. Heck, he originally wanted 3 buildings, albeit with iffy designs but those could have been fixed.
Boston has boomed for the last 10-15 years. NYC boomed even harder in that time period and continues to do so. Philly and even Baltimore saw major changes. You'd think a city like Providence would have been well positioned to grow itself and offer a smaller-sized alternative, but it seems you all told progress to go to hell. And yes I have seen much of the new development. It's not only uninspiring, but also a small fraction of what it could have been. The Fane Tower by that waterfront park would have become the new focal point of the city and encouraged development to bridge the very modest gap between it and the rest of downtown. Instead that area continues to feel isolated, even with the new development, which is more on par with Burlington or Waltham suburban buildings than New England's #2 city. You seem to settle for mediocrity every time over there. We kind of do the same thing at a larger scale, but still (miraculously) managed the biggest skyline improvement in Boston's history.
What's going on with the Industrial Trust Building? Is it being saved or are they still looking for more funding?
I love Providence, but it seems like the general attitude of the people who live there is that they don't want to see it grow or succeed. Downtown could be incredible, instead of mostly a couple fractured main streets surrounded by piecemeal sketchy areas within a couple blocks away. Even right here in the heart of downtown has parking lots, a missing building, and blight. There's just a real lack of pride over there to chase away the kind of developments that could actually revitalize the place.
This may say December 2022 but that brick wall without the building was still there in March 2024. Turn the view around and there's a 428' abandoned historical gem.
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