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GC:PVD 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 HOUSING AUTHORITY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TALON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, APPLICANT: 21 & 32 Federal Street at Bradford Street. The […]

April 8, Zoning Board of Review hearing on Vista Della Torre

The Vista Della Torre project will have a hearing at the Zoning Board of Review on Tuesday, April 8th at 7:30pm in the Probate Court Room, 5th Floor of Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street.
TALON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND TALON REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, APPLICANT: 21 & […]

GC:PVD Comments on proposed rezoning in the Waterfront District

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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 […]

Video of Old Public Safety Complex demolition

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Amazing that the limestone panels that were supposedly going to fall off and crush a baby or a bunny at any second are so resistant to pounding by a giant metal wrecking ball.
More on the Old Public Safety Complex at Art In Ruins.

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. […]

Providence Tomorrow: Washington Park & South Elmwood Neighborhood Charrettes

Image from Google Maps, Providence Tomorrow logo from City of Providence.
The Providence Planning Department has announced the first in a series of neighborhood charrettes that will be taking place around the city as part of the Providence Tomorrow planning process.
The charrettes will be taking place at the Washington Park Community Center, 42 Jillson Street […]

Interim Comprehensive Plan Draft Released

Photo by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org, Providence Tomorrow logo from City of Providence
The latest step in the Providence Tomorrow process is the release of the Interim Comprehensive Plan. The plan is online with an interactive system for public comment. Public comment is open until March 30th at which point the planning department will be review […]

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