All posts tagged "warwick"
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15.2K3Business and LaborThe First Shopping Mall in Each New England State
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
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22.8K4Arts and LeisureSix Mid-Century Modern Homes
Though people usually think of the quintessential New England house as a white clapboard farmhouse or Cape, we actually have quite a...
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33.9KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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9.6KBusiness and LaborElleanor Eldridge, ‘Laboring Colored Woman,’ Wins Justice in 1838
Elleanor Eldridge was an African-American woman born free in Rhode Island because her father fought in the American Revolution. During a lifetime...
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12.8K4ConnecticutThe Revolutionary Holidays You May or May Not Celebrate
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
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12.2K6Arts and LeisureA Gilded Age Gentleman Farm in Each New England State
During the Gilded Age, the gentleman farm was an important element of the upper-class lifestyle. They served as formal summer mansions and...
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