If you drive around Boston and Cambridge, you can’t help but notice that the construction cranes are clustered in three neighborhoods these days: Kendall Square, the Innovation District, and Longwood Medical...
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PPS & CHNA to hold public meeting on 257 Thayer Street, July 16
Union Studio Design Proposal for 257 Thayer Street Public Meeting Next Monday – 257 Thayer Street Proposal In April, following a public meeting to discuss the 257 Thayer Street proposal, Councilman Sam Zurier...
Nikki’s Liquors seeks to move to Broadway
Many beer afficianados across southern New England are familiar with Nikki’s Liquors on the North Providence / Providence line. Nikki’s is famous for originating the Mix-a-six whereby one can make their own...
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – July 9, 2012
Notice of Regular Meeting Monday, July 9, 2012 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development 1st Floor Meeting Room, 444 Westminster Street, Providence Opening Session Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Meeting...
Teste Block Christo’d
Teste Block at Dorrance and Weybosset Streets Last month the Old Narragansett Hotel Garage was wrapped in plastic and now looks gorgeous! Today the adjoining Teste Block Building is getting wrapped and I can’t...
PBN: JWU plans new business, tech school buildings
A new business-school building is at the heart of Johnson & Wales University\'s latest downtown-campus expansion plans, which also include a new technology-school building, dorms and offices.
UPDATED: Graduate student housing apartment building proposed on Thayer Street
Update 06/22/2012: Union Studio Architects has updated the proposed 257 Thayer Street Building. PBN: Thayer Street apartment project redesigned “We worked hard to break the scale down into elements that were...
Providence Downtown – Knowledge District Development Framework study Community Meeting, October 26
Providence Downtown - Knowledge District Development Framework study Community Meeting, October 26
Parking is hard
Is parking really the biggest issue facing the Jewelry District/195 redevelopment?
Notes from the PPS Symposium Morning Session
Notes from the morning session of the Providence Preservation Society Symposium.
New England Revolution Soccer to Providence?
Would you like to see the New England Revolution's new soccer stadium be built in Providence?
Providence Downtown – Knowledge District Development Framework study Community Meeting, September 7
Community Meeting for the Providence Downtown - Knowledge District Development Framework study on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
RI receives $1.6 million in grants from the Federal Highway Administration
Rhode Island receives federal funds for mixed-use planning in Warwick, bridge repairs, and jobs training in the highway construction industry.
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – August 15, 2011
The Teste Block, the Narragansett Hotel Garage, and the Providence Gas Company Building are all on the DRC Agenda on August 15th.
Providence Downtown-Knowledge District Development Framework Study kick-off, Today
Public meeting on Downcity, Jewelry District, and Hospital District rezoning and development.
You paid for it, what should be built at Shooters?
What should be done with the former Shooters site?
Harvard looks to private partners to jump start development in North Allston. A model for Providence?
Harvar seeks private partners to jump start development in the life sciences in Boston. Could Brown follow the same model for development in Providence's Jewelry District?
Reintroduction of Rhode Island historic tax credits
A modified historic tax credit program has been introduced in the General Assembly.