My Turn: Brent Runyon: Let’s preserve R.I.’s State House grounds

The continual paving over and development of open space is a national problem, as reported in The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s version of the Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties list: “Landslide 2017: Open Season on Open Space.” As TCLF’s President and CEO Charles A. Birnbaum said with the release of this year’s list, “Open space is too often treated as a void, absent any cultural significance and waiting to be filled.”