Archive for the 'Redevelopment' Category

CPC Agenda (04/22)

The City Plan Commission meets today at 4:45pm in the Planning Department’s 4th Floor Conference Room at 400 Westminster Street.
OPENING SESSION

Call to Order at 4:45 p.m.
Roll Call
Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of March 18, 2008
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
MINOR SUBDIVISIONS

Case No. 08-009MI

GC:PVD Comments on proposed rezoning in the Waterfront District

Aerial image from Microsoft Virtual Earth
To: Councilman Seth Yurdin
Cc: Mayor David Cicilline
Cc: Planning Director Thomas Deller
Cc: Councilman Cliff Wood
I am writing on behalf of Greater City: Providence in regards to the petition being heard by the City Council Ordinance Committee on Monday, March 3rd to change the zoning of Lots 344 and 345 on Zoning […]

Elmhurst Charrette

I received a postcard in the mail last week reminding me that the Providence Tomorrow Neighborhood Charrette for Elmhurst and Mt. Pleasant, my neighborhood, was this week. That’s right, February 25-27 at Triggs Memorial Golf Course. If you were wondering, here’s what you missed today:

Neighborhood Character 9-11am
Commercial Corridors 11:30am-1:30pm
Infrastructure 2-4pm
Livable […]

Hampton Inn Construction

Photos from Monday, February 18th of construction of the new Hampton Inn at the old St. Francis Chapel on Weybosset Street.

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Photos by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org

Demolition = Hotel Sierra

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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 place where Cuban Revolution/Talk of the Town/New Japan used to […]

Fruit & Produce Warehouse updates

Video from ABC6:

Also, RIFuture weighs in with, Something Stinks in Providence.

Building Providence

Street View is fun, let’s look at some of what Street View caught Providence building:
RISD Chace Center View Larger Map
Capitol Cove View Larger Map
Waterplace View Larger Map
Renaissance Providence Hotel | Masonic Temple View Larger Map
The Residences at the Westin Providence View Larger Map

Celebrate the Smokestack

From The Plant:
Join us at The Plant, 60 Valley Street, Providence, RI 02909 on August 30, 2007 starting at 4:30 pm to celebrate the completion of The Smokestack Project and dedicate Gillian Christy’s artwork “Embrace”. We sincerely thank everyone for supporting this new symbol of life on Valley Street and at The Plant!
Please RSVP by […]

Paved paradise…

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WBNA and CHNA lost their appeal today to keep the Old Public Safety Complex from being demolished, and not more than half an hour after the verdict was reached, the wrecking ball went to work, ProJo has the story here.
While The Procaccianti […]

GC:PVD Comment on the Old Public Safety Complex

Workers removing decorative facade elements from the Old Public Safety Complex on July 12, 2007. Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org
Dear Members of the Providence ZBR
Greater City: Providence writes today to vigorously oppose The Procaccianti Group’s application before you, requesting a use variance to turn this potentially salvageable historic building into a temporary parking lot. […]

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