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Building at Johnson & Wales University constructed to withstand flooding

Breakaway walls are part of design at university’s culinary center
Dec. 13, 2010

From The Boston Globe: The Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., has been built with breakaway walls that will give way and enable the the 82,000-square-foot facility to withstand floodwaters.

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