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Warwick Mall owner and former Cranston City Council President, Aram G. Garabedian and partners from Massachusetts and New Hampshire have proposed to build a Marriott Residence Inn on Clifford Street across from the Garrahy Courthouse (see above rendering and site plan). Residence Inn is an extended stay brand, more […]
From Citizens for Resident Permit Parking
IMPORTANT MEETING “FOR RESIDENTS OF WARD 15
Have you wanted to park on the street without fear of a ticket?
Do you think there is a parking problem in Providence?
Do you love the city and want to help it continue to develop?
If you answer YES to any of these questions now is […]
Rendering from Friedrich St. Florian Architect
Every great city boasts some iconic structure, often piercing the skyline, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Boston has the Zakim Bridge, London has the London Eye, and soon Providence will have it’s own icon. This parking garage on Weybosset Street.
OK, I’m being a little silly, but putting aside for […]
PBN reports that one of the 74 Smart Car dealerships slated for the US will be located in Warwick, on Bald Hill Road.
The Smart Car is a tiny car popular in Europe and well suited to urban environments. Able to park head first facing the curb in a parallel parking space for example. I […]
Downcity Design Review Committee
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008, 4:45 PM
Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Conference Room
400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
AGENDA
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of December 10, 2007 Meeting Minutes
New Business
1) DRC Application No. 07.11: 87 Weybosset Street - parking lot Conceptual review of the proposal […]
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 […]
Atwells 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. […]
Atwells 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 […]
From the Citizens for Resident Permit Parking
This meeting is to address a petition from Pratt Street. A majority of residents on Pratt have agreed that they would like to try a one year trial for premit parking.
A Public Forum on Overnight On-Street Parking
Wheeler School
Monday, November 19 from 7-8:30 PM.
Join us at […]
Our next Greater City: Exchange meeting is next Tuesday, September 11th. We’ll be meeting at 5:30pm at Ada’s Creations 1137 Broad Street in Elmwood on the city’s South Side.
RIPTA: Route 11
Our special guest will be Patrick Ward from Citizens for Resident Permit Parking. Patrick has been doing a lot of work on the issue […]
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