1307 East Market. The City’s website gives the date of this building’s construction as 1920.It has been there for many years.Once upon a time it was open for breakfast. For the past 15 years Jinx Kern opened it for lunch.It was a storied place, a repository of 20th Century cultural ephemera and excellent barbeque.The building was knocked down in May. (photo by neighbor Greg Gelburd)
“Porch life” is a term social historians have applied to the gathering of family; neighbors and friends which took place regularly during fair weather on the verandahs or front porches of many of America’s homes around the turn-of-the-century. Such use of porches was a strong tradition until after World War II. —From Porch Swings to Patios
Twilight, Rhode Island state house from Gray’s room on Benefit Street. The State House was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and constructed from 1895 to 1904.
Walking south on Old Harbor Road, with one foot you’re standing in Massachusetts, next step lands you in Rhode Island. I’ve always been curious about this structure. Who built it? Why?