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orm518 t1_it5ehnx wrote

Reply to comment by Locksmith-Pitiful in Three years after closing for renovations, Providence’s Duck & Bunny plans to finally rebuild by rhodyjourno

Read the article. It was not “historic” it was just old. It was nominally part of a historic register district but that’s just an honorific title not any kinda of mandate to protect it or statement that the building itself is of historic interest.

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Dextrous456 t1_it6yjqe wrote

Actually, the building was considered historic, according to the nomination to the national register of historic places, which is on file at the state preservation commission. But the city didn't consider it worthy of preservation, which is all that matters in cases like this.

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Halloweenie23 t1_it5mc3u wrote

I think any building that age is historic and becoming a rarity as time goes on. If he wanted to build a new building he should have found somewhere else to do it.

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orm518 t1_itlq0wq wrote

He owned the building! And there was nothing deeming the structure worthy of preservation. We still have private property rights in America, as far as I'm aware. My friend lives in a 1785 farmhouse out in Lincoln, they could knock it down tomorrow if they got a town demo permit.

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