The next Greater City: Exchange Meeting will be Tuesday, March 13th at Jewel Cafe & Lounge, 15 Elbow Street in the Jewelry District.
Last night’s Launch event went great. We would like to thank everyone that came and commend Jewel on doing a fantastic job of making us all feel welcome. There was absolutely no […]
Archive for February, 2007
Next GC: Exchange Meeting | March 13th
Published by Jef Nickerson February 28th, 2007 in Events, GC: Exchange and People. 2 CommentsGreater City: Exchange Launch, Feb. 27th
Published by Jef Nickerson February 7th, 2007 in Events, GC: Exchange and People. 0 CommentsRocket image from NASA
Please join Greater City: Providence for the Launch of our monthly Greater City: Exchange meetings.
The goal of the Greater City: Exchange is to gather together people from across the city and around the region to exchange ideas, information, resources, and passion for the city. There are plenty of organizations and plenty […]
Watch this space for more information about Greater City: Providence’s first public meeting, taking place Tuesday evening, February 27th. We hope to bring a large group of people together to talk about the city, exchange ideas, and brainstorm on how we can bring positive change to the city.
A short history of the Grove Street School
Published by Jef Nickerson February 6th, 2007 in Buildings, Demolition, Neighborhoods, Preservation and West Side. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
Grove Street School, in the middle of Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood, one of many small neighborhood schools was built at the turn of the Century and was in use until sometime in the late 70s, early 80s. The City, in an effort to divest itself of these small schools (in […]
Providence Preservation Society’s Winter Bash
Published by Bret Ancowitz February 5th, 2007 in Culture, Events, Other Organizations and Preservation. 0 CommentsThe Providence Preservation Society is holding their annual Winter Bash this Saturday, February 10th at the the Sharpe Building (in the Foundry Complex), 25 Holden Street in Providence from 8:00pm to midnight.
The Winter Bash is a wonderful way to support historic preservation in Providence as well as meet new like-minded people and see a wonderful […]
Walkable
Published by Jim Rizzo February 5th, 2007 in Other Organizations and Walkability. 0 CommentsPhoto by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
One of the key ingredients of an urban neighborhood is its walkability, the ease of walking from your home to almost everything you could possibly need or want to do outside of it. Walkable Communities, Inc. is an organization that assists towns and cities in creating more walkable and pedestrian […]
Grove Street School partial demolition
Published by Jef Nickerson February 4th, 2007 in Buildings, Demolition, Neighborhoods and West Side. 0 CommentsAnother week another illegal demolition in Greater Providence…
Contractors showed up at the site of the Grove Street School early yesterday morning and began an illegal demolition. Neighbors alerted the authorities and the demolition was halted. Currently a Providence Police detail is guarding the building. More commentary later, but for now here are some photos of […]
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