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Eagle Archives, June 6, 1961: Some 30 pioneers met in the auditorium of Berkshire Community College to lay plans to form organizations to grow beards. ....
It was heralded locally and nationally. In 1999, the New York Times wrote, “Today this half-mile swath bears a new name, Waterplace Park, and with its new outlook hints of a Venice in New England. Much of the credit goes to the architect William D. Warner, who, though he didn t exactly part the asphalt, has created a model of urban revitalization, turning what was once a desert of hardtop and highway into a canal and promenade.”GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST At the time, the new waterfront walking park reinvigorated Providence from a gloomy city much like Gotham City to an urban explosion of arts, tourism and redevelopment. ....