Submitted by Ph886 t3_11nzf2m in providence
Ok_Culture_3621 t1_jbqlto1 wrote
Reply to comment by JoeFortune1 in Fane Tower project in Providence is dead by Ph886
When was benefit street poor? And which end? That was were Buddy lived and the Brown family etc, etc, etc.
SuspiciousTelephone5 t1_jbqoiq1 wrote
Back in the mid 1880's
FunLife64 t1_jbqql8h wrote
I’m not sure what that has to do with developments starting now?
JoeFortune1 t1_jbr3huu wrote
Actually it was the 1970’s before Buddy lived there
Sarcofaygo t1_jbtlu58 wrote
50 years ago? That's a long ass time ago
JoeFortune1 t1_jbxcrck wrote
True. Things change and they can change now
relbatnrut t1_jbt1vm7 wrote
Many houses on it, particularly the north end, were almost razed in the '50s because they were in terrible shape and owned by slumlords. The Providence Preservation Society was formed to save them.
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