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This building at the corner of Atwells and Bond Street appeared to be having work done to it in recent weeks. As with the building next to it, all the windows were removed (in the building next to it, new windows were then installed) and workers have been in and out of the […]
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Update on the Grove Street School, after all the heartburn, seems the owners are now willing to sell:
Dear Friends,
This was sent today (May 5, 2008) from Deming Sherman regarding the court issues and purchase of Grove St school. There needs to be a buyer offering a bid with serious intentions […]
View Larger Map Acorn Street at Spruce Street, Federal Hill
I was walking down Spruce Street last night in the rain to go to the new Walgreens at 333 Atwells to buy some ice cream, when I realized something was missing on Spruce Street.
Remember that social club behind Tony’s Colonial? Well it’s gone. No not […]
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Demolition started today at the future site of the Hotel Sierra on Washington Street. Here we go again, more demolition. This building at Washington and Beverly is known (depending on your dining/drinking habits) as the place where Cuban Revolution/Talk of the Town/New Japan used to […]
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I don’t even want to talk about it. Just go here to read the Journal article.
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Video from ABC6:
Also, RIFuture weighs in with, Something Stinks in Providence.
I found this video of the Providence Fruit & Produce Warehouse by John DeVault on YouTube.
From ProJo 7to7 Daily News Blog
January 14, 2008
Judge says developer can demolish historic food terminal
PROVIDENCE — A judge has ruled that Carpionato Properties can knock down the food and produce terminal on Harris Avenue, denying an attempt by state lawyers to stop the demolition.
The Johnston developer had obtained a demolition permit last week from the […]
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Read today’s article from The Providence Journal and prepare for your brain to explode.
Some choice nuggets from the article:
Carpionato had agreed to buy the warehouse from the state for $4.3 million in 2005, a price $10 million below what the state paid for it only seven years before.
State officials and […]
Daily Dose showed off the Big Blue Bug in Google Street View on their site. It never even occurred to me that one could embed a Street View image.
So, please to enjoy, the Parking-lot-ification of Providence:
Old Public Safety Complex Memorial Parking Lot™ | View Larger Map
Grove Street School | View Larger Map
Weybosset/Westminster Streets, Grants […]
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