Panera at Providence Place looks ready to open any minute now. All the furniture is in, all the signs are up. I know I said that I don’t really care for Panera, but I actually wished it was open when I was there...
Category - Buildings
What Cheer/What Jeer 2010
[alert type=”info”]What Cheer/What Jeer was originally supposed to be a monthly, or a quarterly thing, but you know what, it is a lot of work putting a list like this together, so it has become an annual...
PBN: RISD students re-imagine the Arcade
The Providence Business News ran this story the other day about students in RISD’s Architecture Department who presented design proposals for the vacant Arcade to the building’s owner, Evan Granoff. Without...
Historic District Commission Meeting, Dec. 6 – Proposed demolition of 95 Hartford Avenue
Notice of Regular Meeting MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010 – 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Public Hearing Call to Order & Roll Call...
PCIS to redevelop Eastern Butcher Block building
Image from Google StreetView Providence Business News reports that the Partnership for Creative Industrial Space is in the process of renovating the Eastern Butcher Block building in Eagle Square. Rachel Rafaelian...
Getting to say I told you so
PBN reports today that Tim Hortons will be closing all its shops in Providence and Hartford. While I was never a fan of Tim Hortons, it’s closing is not what I’m I told you so-ing about. No, this is what...
What’s going on with the Dynamo House?
More than any other, that is the question I get most asked about. Anything happening with the Dynamo House? I tell people I know it is firmly planted on the Planning Department’s agenda, the Mayor seems to be...
All at once, or slow and steady. How to develop the Route 195 land?
Rendering by Kohn Pedersen Fox via The Architect’s Newspaper Seemingly (and perhaps literally) since before I was born, Boston has been attempting to redevelop the area across Fort Point Channel from downtown. The...
Coastway Community Bank on Washington Street
Rendering by Saccoccio & Associates Architects Back in March Coastway Community Bank first appeared before the DRC to seek permission to renovate the old Washington trust location on Washington Street and move from...
Union Wadding Mill Fire
Photo from Pawtucket Foundation Facebook Page Unoccupied and unrenovated section of the Union Wadding Mill in Pawtucket burns. So sad to see another mill building lost to fire. Story and video at ProJo Photos at...
38 Studios to settle at One Empire Plaza
Image from Google StreetView PBN reports that Curt Schilling’s controversial 38 Studios company will be calling One Empire Plaza home. One Empire is located at the corner of Empire and Washington across from AS220...
Rumor: RISD to demolish Farnum Hall
Image from Google StreetView This post is marked as a rumor because I have not been able to independently verify it yet, but it is not a surprising development. ArtInRuins posted the info on their Facebook page the...
Providence Journal seeks demolition of historic Brownell & Field Co. Building
Photo from Providence Preservation Society The Providence Business News reports that the Providence Journal is seeking permission to demolish the 1907 Brownell & Field Co. Building located at 119 Harris Avenue. The...
Photos from the Grove Street School Rally
This morning around 50 people rallied for Grove Street School on Federal Hill. Of course we’ve been reporting on this issue for years, but for the uninitiated the story goes like this: The Tarro family illegally...
Rally for Grove Street School (Sept. 11)
Channel 10 video from February 2007. Grove Street School Community Rally Saturday, September 11th – 10:00am Grove Street School, 95 Grove Street Come learn the history of this school and how you can help save this...
35 Weybosset Facade back in the news
ProJo has a story today about the 35 Weybosset Street facade. Of course, the area merchants are still not happy about the state of the facade (crumbling) and the fact that the sidewalk in front of it is closed. Why...
Mercantile Block Unwrapped
The plywood has come off the ground floor facade of the Mercantile Block on Washington Street. Clark the Locksmith will be moving into one of the new storefronts very shortly, then his storefront will be renovated to...
Wither Grove Street School
Grove Street School in 2003, photo from Art In Ruins Remember Grove Street School? [gcpvd.org] [Art In Ruins] The historic building that for years neighbors have advocated for reuse, while owners of the building made...