After the Duck and Bunny, How Do We Save These Old Houses?
In the name of fancy cupcakes, a Federal-style building in Fox Point was razed to rubble. It doesn’t have to be this way.
April 9, 2021
The aftermath. The owner of Duck and Bunny demolished its historic home in Providence with plans to rebuild the restaurant for a 2022 re-opening. (Photo credit: Scott Moran)
In the wake of the Easter weekend demolition of a Federal-style building on Wickenden Street in Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood, public opinion fell into two camps:
“How horrible that you decided to destroy the character of the neighborhood by tearing down an historic building. Definitely not patronizing your company anytime in the future.”