I went to Roger Williams Park Zoo with some of my family from the Cape, including my nieces (1 and 2 years old, their first visit). We had a great day, only had to duck under a roof for about 10 minutes to avoid some...
Archive - July 2009
Site tour: Providence Career and Technical Academy
Wednesday I had the opportunity to tour the new Providence Career and Technical Academy on Cranston Street. Some info about the new school: The PCTA is a brand-new, state-of-the-art career and technical education center...
Bikes Ride Here
Photo from Bike New Haven Design New Haven reports on the city of New Haven’s newly launched website, Bike New Haven, and boy is it great. Great starting from the above photo on the front page. Bikes Ride Here, on...
Photos: Route 95 construction
Some photos from the de-construction of the old Route 95/195 interchange I took last week (or the week before):
Downcity Design Review Committee – August 3, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, August 3, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
GC: Photos – closingatnever
Still catching up with submissions to our Flickr Group, this time from closingatnever. Cold Water District, Bath St, Smith Hill area | Photo © closingatnever from Flickr The bay near Save The Bay | Photo ©...
Video: Flexing Manhattan Bridge
All bridges flex but seeing this time-lapse video of the Manhattan Bridge is slightly scary.
Surreptitious look at Collier Point Park
A reader submitted this photo taken from the Iway Bridge of on-going work at Collier Point Park. Collier Point Park is where the Russian Sub used to be (well, still is, but not for long), off Allens Avenue just under...
Explore North Burial Ground – July 28, 2009
Photo from The North Main Street Project Explore North Burial Ground Enjoy an evening exploration of the historic and environmentally sensitive North Burial Ground with historian Robert O. Jones and ghost stories from...
GC: Photos – hotnightcrasher
Some more photos shared in our Flickr Group, this time from hotnightcrasher. Photo © hotnightcrasher from Flickr Photo © hotnightcrasher from Flickr Photo © hotnightcrasher from Flickr Photo ©...
Video: Stroll Federal Hill? Walk lights FAIL
Over the last month or so, much work has been done to the signals along the Service Roads on the west side of Route 95. At first it was pretty good, new LED walk lights with countdowns went in, and though they only give...
GC: Photos – Providence at Night
We’ve had a number of great photos submitted to our Flickr Group, so we’re going to catch up in a few posts sharing them here. Starting off with some shots by pvdEric of Providence at night: Fulton Street in...
195 Street Grid Part 2: Walk Light FAIL in Davol Square
I’m including this post as part of the 195 Street Grid series because it highlights a very simple but important failure. These lights have been here for a couple (several?) months; the infrastructure for cars is...
Community Boating Renaissance Regatta
This Thursday (7/23/09), rain or shine, the Providence Community Boating Center at India Point Park will be hosting it’s annual Renaissance Regatta. From the CBC website: The Regatta is a perfect opportunity to...
India Point Park Bridge Tunnel Photos
A collection of photos I took the other day on India Street in the tunnel under the India Point Park Bridge:
City Plan Commission – July 21, 2009
Notice of Regular Meeting • Tuesday, July 21, 2009 • 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call...
Greater City Providence’s New Facebook Page
We’ve switched up our Facebook presence from a Group to a Page. The page allows posts made here to feed directly to Facebook, and if you become a fan of our page, direct to your Facebook Wall. Very 2.0 of us...