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[mental757]

PROJO:  "Commercial building wins approval in Newport"

http://www.projo.com...v6.26c224b.html

"NEWPORT — Plans to demolish the Eastern Ice Company building on Brown & Howard Wharf and to replace it with a three-story commercial building won the unanimous approval of the Planning Board last night."

[Gusterfell]

It is sad to see yet another piece of the old working waterfront disappear, but if Eastern Ice is leaving anyway (they've been planning to relocate for a long time) this sounds like a good development for the location.  It sounds like they plan on improving public access to the waterfront, which is always a good thing, and the office space will help downtown to diversify beyond its tourism base.  If the top floor restaurant happens, it will surely have the best views in town.  I haven't seen any renderings of this, but a three-story shingle-style building doesn't sound like a bad fit for the area at all.

For reference, here is the eastern Ice complex on Live Local:

[mental757]

Newport Daily News:  "Brown & Howard Wharf development gets zoning approval"

http://www.newportda...fc020336766.txt