Jef NickersonTuesday, November 17, 2015 – 4:45pm
444 Westminster Street, First Floor[/alert]
Opening Session
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Approval of minutes from October 20 meeting – for action
- Director’s Report
City Council Referral
1. Referral 3398 – 04-316 Branch Ave (Zone Change) – The petitioner is requesting that the properties at 304-316 Branch Ave and 19 Metcalf Street be rezoned from from C-1 to C-2. Continued from October 20 meeting – for action (Charles, AP 71 Lot 563 and AP 74 Lots 1, 3, 8, and 9)
Institutional Master Plan
Image from Providence Preservation Society
2. Rhode Island Hospital Institutional Master Plan Amendment – Presentation of amendment to Rhode Island Hospital’s Institutional Master Plan – for action (Upper South Providence)
[alert type=”success”] Amendment to RI Hospital Institutional Master Plan – October 2015 [/alert]From the Masterplan Amendment:
In our 2006 and 2011 Institutional Master Plans, we identified our South West Pavilion building as having effectively outlived its useful life as part of our camp us. After extensive study, and after holdin g a neighborhood meeting to discuss it, we have conclud ed we need to raze the building. We are the refore seeking to amend our approved 2011 IMP to allow for the removal of the South West Pavilion.
The South West Pavilion was constructed in 1900 and is one of the oldest remaining portions of the hospital complex.
I really hope the south West pavilion isn’t torn down. There must be some way to repurpose the building (affordable housing, maybe?)
Housing would not be a viable option as the building sits in the center of the hospital complex surrounded by other hospital buildings.
ProJo: Rhode Island Hospital plans to raze 115-year-old Southwest Pavilion, last remaining building from original complex
Another fantastic example of demolition by neglect.
Heard from PPS via Twiitter that Southwest Pavilion was continued until December.