How do you move a historic victorian mansion? Very carefully. In this case, it’s the Peter Green House at Brown University, Providence RI.

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Many cities wrestle with two important, but opposing mandates: modernize the infrastructure to improve the city and maintain the history of the neighborhood to preserve a sense of place.  Most often these are not reconcilable, but with a whole lot of money, this is are very creative way to do both.