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Archive for December, 2006
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Published by Jef Nickerson December 28th, 2006 in Arts, Culture, Downcity and Events. 0 CommentsPawtucket train station update
Published by Jef Nickerson December 28th, 2006 in Buildings, Demolition, Other Cities, Pawtucket and Transit. 0 CommentsA couple recent newspaper articles about the future of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station:
Court battle over train station is on hold The Providence Journal
Truce offers hope for preserving Pawtucket Train Station The Phoenix
Interesting development regarding Amtrak, from The Journal article:
The city claimed its position got a boost last week when officials from Amtrak, […]
Demolition of the Pawtucket train station started today!
Published by Jef Nickerson December 6th, 2006 in Action Alert, Buildings, Demolition, Other Cities and Pawtucket. 0 CommentsUPDATE: The Pawtucket Foundation has posted some updated information on their website.
PADS has the full story. Earlier today Bilray Demolition Co. started demolishing a portion of the Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station after obtaining a permit from the city of Central Falls. This a day after an engineering firm hired by the City of Pawtucket determined […]
Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station threatened
Published by Jef Nickerson December 2nd, 2006 in Buildings, Demolition, Other Cities, Pawtucket, Redevelopment and Transit. 0 CommentsThe future of Pawtucket-Central Falls train station has been the subject of much debate over the last several years. Currently the owner, Oscar “Ike” Seelbinder, has plans to demolish a large portion of the historic structure to build a CVS pharmacy.
On Wednesday, December 6th at 7:00pm local residents can express their dismay about […]
City hosting Providence Tomorrow update meetings
Published by Jef Nickerson December 1st, 2006 in Government, Providence Tomorrow and Redevelopment. 1 CommentThe city will be holding 3 meetings next week to up date people on the feedback from the Providence Tomorrow charrettes. The meetings will be presenting the same information at three different locations over three nights. See below for details in English and Spanish:
Local Holiday Arts Events
Published by Jef Nickerson December 1st, 2006 in Arts, Culture, Downcity and Neighborhoods. 0 CommentsBelow are just a few of the many great arts events happening in the next few weeks. These all present great opportunities to get some holiday shopping done and support local artists.
Craftland
An annual holiday sale that celebrates all kinds of handmade objects and the people who make them. This year Craftland will open […]
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