While the selection of buildings began initially with the environment we are most familiar with, (coinciding with the area that traditional guidebooks would concentrate on, Providence's downtown and College Hill) we would soon direct our attention to sections of the city that had received less attention, to building types that were neither institutional, nor churches or homes of wealthy citizens.

We asked ourselves: How do you capture the complexity of a city? What buildings are worth noticing, talking about, or researching? How is your appreciation conditioned by your previous experiences, your education, your profession?

From exceptional examples of urban architecture we moved towards typical architecture and from questions of stylistic classification to those of use and social and urban significance; We hope that this site continues to evolve in scope and contents.

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