Westminster Street, Downcity. Photo © kd1s. A reader wrote in to suggest this topic, what is your favorite street in Providence, and why? I must admit, when I first read his suggestion, my mind drew a total blank...
Archive - July 2010
Jef NickersonNews & Notes
[Boston] Public food market gets $10m promise [Boston.com] The Boston Public Market will be located along the Greenway in a building close to the location of the current Haymarket. The market is expected to be open in...
Greater City ProvidenceDangerous by Design
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. In recent years a little noticed shift has been transforming suburbia: the home of the middle class has become the home of the working poor. As a result, roadways that were...
Videos: London Bicycle Superhighways
London recently launched a series of what they are calling, Cycle Superhighways along roads in the city. Below are some videos of the superhighways in user by gaz545 from YouTube: Barclays Cycle Superhighway Route 7...
News & Notes
Efficient Public Transit Key Part of Healthy Environment [ecoRI] No More Pavement! The Problem of Impervious Surfaces [The Earth Institute at Columbia University] Work on new Sakonnet River Bridge a month ahead of...
GC: Photos – Hot town, summer in the city
In this GC: Photos post I’m sharing my photos, because I’m a little megalomaniacal, don’t you know? By the next GC: Photos update I will be over my megalomaniacalness and be ready to post some reader...
News & Notes
Preserving modernism in Boston: making the case [Boston.com] Andrew Knee: Milwaukee – A Walker’s Paradise [UrbanOut] “And the latest venture is a broad swath of land called the Park East, where a...
Timber!
Reader submitted photo Yesterday we were getting reader reports that mature trees where being torn down at Riverview Plaza on Pitman Street (where Eastside Marketplace is located). After a bit of confusion and reports...
Great Day for Community Boating
It’s been 3 years since the CBC saw a sunny forecast for the annual Renaissance Regatta, but today looks like a lucky day. Every year, the CBC tries to raise money to pay for its youth outreach and program...
Matthew CoolidgeShepard Fairey Mural
Shepard Fairey’s mural is underway on the Pell Chafee Theatre on Aborn Street. Fairey is of course most famous for his Obey stickers which can be found around the city and around the world. As well as the Obama...
News & Notes
Investment in Transportation Changes is Tough Hill to Climb [Coalition for Transportation Choices] Charlotte does light rail right [Grist] Can infrastructure-led growth save the economy? [Salon] Mixed-Use Downtown...
GC: Photos
Photo © e_pics This guerilla bus stop sits outside the Map Center on North Main. The Map Center blogged about it back in April. No one seems to know where it came from and no one seems to be in any hurry to remove...
The New New Parkade
The Parkade. Photo by Jef Nickerson I hate it when bloggers say this, and I do it all the time, but seriously, I really did hear about this the other day. Whatever though, PBN is first to the interwebs with it. But PBN...
RFP for new trolley shelter at Roger Williams Park Zoo
Photo of new baby giraffe at Roger Williams Park Zoo from the Zoo’s Facebook page. RIPTA and the Roger Williams Park Zoo have teamed up to release an RFP for a new trolley shelter at the Zoo: Roger Williams Park...
City Plan Commission Meeting (July 20)
PROVIDENCE CITY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010 – 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION...
News & Notes
Providence office vacancy rates rise [Providence Business News] Blue Cross move to new HQ opens up space downtown Providence Restaurant Weeks [GoProvidence] Safe passing in RI: Frank’s Law [Car-Free in PVD] FAA...
Time Lapse World-Tour
Well, OK, not the whole world, but a few places. After we posted the Japan and London time lapse videos, a reader sent us some links to a bunch of other time lapse videos.
Enjoy.
New York:
RIPTA gets $700k in federal funds for new bus hubs
The Federal Transportation Administration announced who is receiving $290 million in TIGER funds for “Urban Circulator/Bus and Bus Livability Projects.” Rhode Island is among the recipients with $700,000...
