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 HOUSING AUTHORITY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TALON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, APPLICANT: 21 & 32 Federal Street at Bradford Street. The […]
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GC:PVD Position on Vista Della Torre Zoning Hearing
Published by Jef Nickerson April 7th, 2008 in Action Alert, Buildings, Federal Hill, Government, Media, Neighborhoods, Planning, Providence Tomorrow and Zoning. 0 CommentsA couple articles from the intertubes
Published by Jef Nickerson March 4th, 2008 in Density, Downtowns, Environmentalism, Media and Suburbs. 1 CommentThe Next Slum?
The subprime crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements.
Strange days are upon the residents of many a suburban cul-de-sac. Once-tidy yards have become overgrown, as the houses they front have gone vacant. Signs of physical and social disorder are spreading.
At […]
GrowSmart’s Scott Wolf on ABC 6 On the Record
Published by Jef Nickerson February 18th, 2008 in Media, Other Organizations, Preservation and Video. 0 CommentsGreen Ocean State
Published by Jef Nickerson January 26th, 2008 in Environmentalism, Government, Media, Quality of Life and Technology. 0 CommentsFruit & Produce Warehouse updates
Published by Jef Nickerson January 15th, 2008 in Buildings, Demolition, Government, Media, Preservation, Quality of Life, Redevelopment and Video. 0 CommentsVideo from ABC6:
Also, RIFuture weighs in with, Something Stinks in Providence.
We know who Jack is!
Published by Jef Nickerson January 7th, 2008 in Media, Other Organizations, People and Technology. 1 CommentPhoto of Jack Templin by bjepson on flickr
This month Providence Monthly does their annual 10 people who you don’t know now (but soon will). In addition to the 10, they feature 15 to watch. Among the 15 to watch is friend of GC:PVD, Jack Templin of Providence Geeks and RI Nexus fame.
Of the 15 […]
This is how people get killed by snowplows
Published by Jef Nickerson December 20th, 2007 in Federal Hill, Government, Media, Neighborhoods, Parking, Parks/Open Space, Quality of Life, Roads, Snow, Transit and Walkability. 0 CommentsAtwells Avenue, December 20, 2007. Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
This is my walk to work. The City came out yesterday and moved the snow/ice from the parking lane and piled it up on the sidewalk (a city owned sidewalk). So a week after the Storm of the Centurytm, I’m still walking in the street. […]
OK, let’s talk about the snow
Published by Jef Nickerson December 19th, 2007 in Government, Media, Neighborhoods, Parking, Quality of Life, Roads, Snow, Transit and Walkability. 2 CommentsAtwells Avenue at the Service Road, Friday morning December 14th. Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
In case you weren’t aware of it, it snowed last Thursday. Depending on who’s counting we got between 7 inches and a foot in Providence, substantial, but this it New England right? Maybe not. Traffic was gridlocked Thursday afternoon and […]
I play a Geek in The Phoenix
Published by Jef Nickerson July 23rd, 2007 in Culture, Events, Media, Other Organizations, People and Technology. 0 CommentsPhoto © Richard McCaffrey for The Providence Phoenix
Friend of GC:PVD Jack Templin and his cohort Brian Jepson are the Providence Geeks. In last week’s Phoenix (still lingering on newsstands until this Thursday), Ian Donnis wrote a nice piece on the Geeks, geek-culture, and the technology industry in Providence. And I jumped into the photo taken […]
In the News: Bradford Street
Published by Jef Nickerson July 4th, 2007 in Federal Hill, Government, Media, Neighborhoods and Roads. 0 Comments Luxury condo tower plans draw ire Providence Business News
The Providence City Council is scheduled to vote July 5 on a street abandonment that would make way for a luxury, high-security condominium tower rising above Interstate 95 at the entrance to Federal Hill.
Vista Della Torre is an $80 million, 33-story project at the intersection of […]















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