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And Russ points us at the NYTimes article on Providence’s waterfront zoning drama.

Mr. Conley characterizes the section of waterfront he wants to transform, a one-mile stretch that begins at the city’s inner harbor and ends at ProvPort, the privately owned cargo facility most people think of when they think of the Port of Providence, as toxic and tired.

But Mr. Conley’s waterfront activities have not gone unchallenged. In fact, passions are running high along Allens Avenue, where Mr. Conley’s Providence Piers is planned. A band of business owners, who feel threatened by the mixed-use vision that Mr. Conley espouses, have come together to fight the developer. Their position is that Providence needs a traditional working waterfront — not more condominiums.

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