The home being constructed on Coggeshall Avenue, that many are calling “The Spaceship” has garnered the attention of The New York Times.

The New York Times wrote about the published “Newport, a City That loves Its Mansions, Shudders At Its Newest One” on page A8 on December 5th. Read it here – http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/newport-rhode-island-mansion-complaints.html?emc=edit_th_20161205&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=55010121&_r=1

Many first learned about the large house being built at 236 Coggeshall Avenue when Ross Sinclair Cann, AIA – Managing Director, A4 Architecture submitted a letter to What’sUpNewp back in September (Read it here –  Letter To The Editor: Construction on Coggeshall Ave Should Be Concern Of All).

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...