Century-Old Art Uncovered

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A surprising discovery on Broadway started with one of the most annoying and sloppy renovation projects out there.

Safe to say, no one likes to remove wallpaper, especially three layers of it.

But the owners of the soon-to-open Maria’s Cucina did not like the look of the walls in the foyer of their newly leased space in the Italo American Club.

Chris Spertini and co-owner Greg Costantino were watching as the scraping started.

“So, they peel the wallpaper and they get through a couple to three layers and now the paste is on the wall from 1897,” Spertini said.