ever wonder… what IS that thing?
3:11PM ON
03/30/2008
BY
Beth Comery
Or do you just stumble through life thinking about food and sex? My new neighbor recently asked me about the enormous wall near our building and I was shocked at how little I could tell her. Happily today’s ProJo has all the answers. Robert Emlem has written a great piece about the history of this huge wall that runs from Angell to Hope to Lloyd to Arlington Streets, enclosing several Brown athletic fields. As recently as the fifties this was a working farm and asylum for the poor, a bequest from Ebenezer Knight Dexter.
March 30th, 2008 at 9:29PM
Dave Segal Says:
top-five tagging target in providence
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March 31st, 2008 at 7:59AM
S of S&M Says:
sorry beth. all food and sex for me…
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:40AM
Leah Says:
Since I recently got classy, I went to Westport, MA. Their poorfarm, though it does not boast such high walls, still has standing structures and now some walking trails…and some spectacular water views (not blocked, of course, by high walls).
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March 31st, 2008 at 11:48AM
Beth Comery Says:
Oh everything in Westport is so great! Harrumph.
Actually I’m a little disappointed. I figured developers would have turned it into a gated community by now — Poorefarm Glen Estates.
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