http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:29 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island should be commended for putting up what is actually a very attractive modern building in downtown Providence. It's alluring night and day. Kudos to architects Symmes, Maini and McKee Associates, and... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/bravo-for-blue.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/bravo-for-blue.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:29 -0500 "Maine XXI,'' painting by GRETCHEN DOW SIMPSON That Mainers rejected a plan to allow gay marriage is a reminder that many New Englanders remain socially conservative, especially those in the rural parts of northern New England. (Actually, most of... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/rurally-conserv.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/rurally-conserv.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:12 -0500 Commentary and Photo by WILLIAM MORGAN The small Narragansett Bay-side community of Buttonwoods is a jewel that comes as a complete surprise, deeply hidden as it is in Warwick -- a strong contender for Rhode Island's and perhaps New... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/cute-as-a-butto.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/cute-as-a-butto.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:09 -0500 -- Photo by ANDREA LEGGE This is the Lincoln Street green strip in Boston's Allston neighborhood (much of which Harvard has bought up through sneaky cover companies). Artist team Legge Lewis Legge worked with the Allston Brighton Community Development... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/a-new-green-str.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/a-new-green-str.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:09:11 -0500 -- Photo by KI-EUN KWEON This is part of a sustainable-design project at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with artist Thomas Whittlesey A grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts' Fund for the Arts lets... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/artt.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/11/artt.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:47:50 -0500 -- Photo by GRAHAM NEWHALL You'd be alarmed too if you were an old mill building in Providence whose renovation into pricey lofts was stopped by the credit crunch and recession.... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/and-dismayed.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/and-dismayed.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:43:55 -0500 -- Photo by CHARLES PINNING Giving up on October in Providence.... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/letting-it-go.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/letting-it-go.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:11:38 -0500 Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman's opposition to the "public option'' in the health-reform program couldn't be at all connected to the fact that he's a long-term water boy for the insurance industry, much of which is based in Connecticut, could... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-senator-fro.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-senator-fro.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:26:50 -0500 Mt. Monadnock, in southwest New Hampshire, in a Novemberish painting done about 1900 by Williiam Preston Phelps. The peak is only 3,165 feet high but that's higher than any mountain nearby, and it rises semi-dramatically 2,000 feet from the... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-first-monad.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-first-monad.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:10 -0500 Mohegan Sun, the huge (but not as huge as Foxwoods) casino in eastern Connecticut, which, like many casinos, has been hard hit by the recession, is, like many a supermarket chain, pushing for more customers. When your profit margin... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/casino-just-off.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/casino-just-off.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:01:18 -0500 Dear readers: We're resending this to correct Mr. Bass's reference to an FDR landslide victory. It was 1936, not 1944. (Thonmas E. Dewey did better than Alf Landon!) Run with permission from The Ripon Forum By CHARLES F. BASS... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/charles-f-bass.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/charles-f-bass.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:58:37 -0500 Even in New England's more remote spots it's possible to bring in fine new jobs. It depends on having a capable, hard-working workforce and honest and competent state and local government. Consider that AnC Bio VT, a Korean outfit, will... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/high-tech-in-th.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/high-tech-in-th.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:44:28 -0500 "Cuna Woman,'' from Cary Wolinksy's striking upcoming show at the South Short Art Center, in Cohasset, Mass. Mr. Wolinsky is famed for his many photographs from around the world done for The National Geographic Magazine. His show, "The Fiber... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/cary-wolinsky-s.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/cary-wolinsky-s.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:16 -0500 -- Photo by CHARLES PINNING Beached rock whale on the shore of the Sakonnet River, in Little Compton, R.I.... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/charles-pinning-1.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/charles-pinning-1.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:06 -0500 Correction: The photo of the woman under the headline "Swimming in the Sahara,'' which ran for several days, was not by Cary Wolinsky, who will soon have a show at the South Shore Art Center.... http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/correction.html http://thisnewenglandblog.projo.com/2009/10/correction.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:52:49 -0500