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410 and 420 Cole Avenue. The Modern Farmhouse sold last year for $1,555,000; the bloated tract house sold in 2017 for $1.4 million. Photo: Will Morgan
The proliferation of new residential construction on the East Side of Providence (and the dwindling number of available lots) forces us to ask why we have allowed the developer s quick-turnover aesthetic to negatively impact the quality of life in the city s premier residential neighborhood.
The low quality of design and construction of so many new houses is alarming. While some of the multi-family units in Fox Point look truly cheap, meeting the demands for homes in the always-desirable East Side usually requires considerable investment.