I saw this from one of my Facebook friends and headed by to see for myself on the way home from work today. Snow plowed from the fire truck garage at the Public Safety Complex onto the sidewalks: Snow piled on the...
Category - Government
Inauguration Providence Neighborhood Celebrations & Thank You! (Jan. 7)
The Providence Mayoral Inauguration events wrap up tomorrow with Mayor Taveras visiting the schools he attended in Providence: INAUGURAL NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011 The Inaugural Neighborhood Events are...
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – January 10, 2011
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, January 10, 2011 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Conference Room 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll...
Governor Chafee’s Inaugural Address
Photo from yesterday’s Mayoral Inauguration. By Jef Nickerson Prepared text of Governor Chafee’s Inaugural Address: Governor Lincoln Chafee Inaugural Address January 4, 2011 With deep humility, aware of the...
Mayoral Inauguration photos
Celebrating the inauguration of Providence’s 37th and first Latino Mayor, Angel Taveras.
Tomorrow it is WaterFire with the new Governor and the other Constitutional Officers.
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...
Clearing snow from sidewalks
As I impatiently wait for the first real snowfall of the season, let’s take a minute to talk about removing snow from sidewalks, my favorite topic here on Greater City: Providence. Back in February, the City...
Inauguration of the 37th Mayor of Providence, January 3
Mayor-elect Taveras and supporters celebrating on election night Mayor-elect Angel Taveras’ inauguration is Monday, January 3, 2011. All inauguration events are free and open to the public. All the details you...
Planning Department all a-Twitter
For those of you not down with Twitter, I thought I’d share some of the tweets coming out of the Planning Department this morning: ProvPlanning Stay tuned: Mayor is expected to announce the winning design for the...
City Plan Commission Meeting, Dec. 14
Notice of Regular Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 2010 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION Call to Order Roll Call...
Downcity Design Review Committee Meeting – December 13, 2010
Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, December 13, 2010 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Conference Room 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Opening Session Call to Order Roll...
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...
Capital Center Commission Committee Meeting, Dec. 7
Photo (cc) Mr. Duckie Though we heard before that Panera Bread was going into the Napa Valley Grille location, now the Capital Center Commission Agenda shows P.F. Chang’s looking to locate in that spot: AGENDA...
Parkinglotification
[box style=”red”]See 11/29 update at the bottom of this post.[/alert] The crews that were using the lot where New Japan, Cuban Revolution, et. al. once stood and as a staging area to work on the AS220...
Full disclosure regarding Transition Providence
Today the Transition Team for Mayor-Elect Taveras issued a press release announcing seven committees devoted to determining how to put Mr. Taveras’ campaign promises into action. If you read the release closely...
195 “Golden” “Wrecking Ball” Ceremony
Photo submitted by Greater City: Providence reader, Lewis Dana. As you can see, that is neither a wrecking ball, nor is it really all that golden. Photo submitted by Greater City: Providence reader, Lewis Dana. The...
RIDOT Route 195 Gold Wrecking Ball Ceremony (Nov. 15)
Mural on Wickenden Street overpass. Photo by Jef Nickerson. RIDOT announces ceremony to start the destruction of the old Route 195. Governor and RIDOT to Begin Major Demolition of Old I-195 Governor Donald L. Carcieri...