June 27, 2013: Brown letter to campus regarding South Street Power Station project So ProJo reported on their blog yesterday and in print today that Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse has left Rhode Island and pulled...
Category - Development
Jef NickersonBrown University Alpert Medical School
Rendering from Brown University by Ellenzweig Associates The Corporation of Brown University met on Saturday and approved plans for the renovations of 222 Richmond Street in the Jewelry District turning the building...
Saki’s?
Photo by Jef Nickerson Anyone know what is going on here at Saki’s on Weybosset Street? Way back in 2004, the owner of Saki’s, Dionisios P. “Dennis” Sampalis, was interviewed by the Journal about...
City Plan Commission Meeting (10/20)
PROVIDENCE CITY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION Call...
Greater City ProvidenceStick a fork in it: Pawtucket Hampton Inn
The City of Pawtucket has the option to take back a valuable riverfront parcel.
Smith Street Update
Despite some tough economic times, there have been a lot of positive changes on Smith Street in the last year and in the last few months in particular. Smith Street is one of those streets that has amazing potential to...
Matthew CoolidgeThe Box Office
Rendering from The Box Office When Puma City came to Boston I meant to post about it and say, “gee, wouldn’t it be cool to have something like that here?” But I never did and I guess I didn’t...
Putting those lots to use…
Photo by TheMunkyHouse from flickr Not everyone is a fan of golf. Some argue that golf courses are a tremendous waste of land, use too much water and pesticide simply to grow too much grass. George Carlin once said...
Hampton Inn Progress
Hampton Inn & Streets on Weybosset Street. While of course I’m less than thrilled (to say the least) with Granoff for closing the Arcade, I must give credit where credit is due and say I’m really liking...
West River Center Complex United
The redeveloped West River Center, formerly the Rhode Island Tool Mill, is home to diverse number of tenants, ranging from the Secretary of State’s office, to a restaurant (the West River Cafe), to the medical...
Bret AncowitzThey’ll need a crane
The economy may be souring, but there are still a few projects underway in Providence. Monday I hit the streets and took some photos of three of them, the new Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters in Capital Center, the...
Greater City Providence Position on Vista Della Torre Zoning Hearing
Tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 8th at 7:30pm the Zoning Board of Review will hear a petition on variance for the project known as Vista Della Torre on Federal Hill. TALON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND THE PROVIDENCE...
Hampton Inn Construction
Photos from Monday, February 18th of construction of the new Hampton Inn at the old St. Francis Chapel on Weybosset Street.
Demolition = Hotel Sierra
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...
Public Works Committee to consider abandonment of part of Orange Street
Aerial image from LiveLocal There is a petition to abandon a portion of Orange Street in Downtown which is on the agenda for the February 11, 2008 Providence City Council Committee on Public Works meeting. 2. Petition...
Aaron Masriaka The Tower of Terror II
Photo of Newport Collaborative rendering by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org Last Tuesday the City Council’s Public Works Committee approved a request by Cranston developer Frank Zammiello to receive an underground...
Bradford Street safe, for now.
Image from Google Maps Tonight the Providence City Council did the right thing and voted to send the resolution to abandon a portion of Bradford Street back to committee, meaning it will return to the Planning...
Does the Providence Comprehensive Plan allow for the abandonment of Bradford Street?
Recapping the preceding sequence of events, on June 19th, City Plan Commission reviewed a request, referred to it by
