I snapped this quick pic of the South Plaza at the Dunk last week. Since then the landscaping has been finished and the construction fences have come down, I think it is done. A comment in the previous post about this...
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Jef Nickerson
East Providence, Village on the Waterfront
Rendering from Village on the Waterfront LLC ProJo reports that the East Providence Mayor and City Council are WICKED excited about the prospect of a $167 million condo, marina, commercial development on that...
RIDOT announces Clifford Street bridge to open Oct. 13, other traffic changes
RIDOT announced today a number of changes to the street patterns west of the Jewelry District as part of the Iway project: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that a number of changes...
Greater City Providence
News & Notes
Rail Service Expansion Imperiled at State Level [The New York Times] “Any notion that somehow rail is subsidized, and other modes of transportation aren’t, is simply not factual,” said Mr. Smith, the...
Natural Food grocery sought for West Side location
Image from WBNA The WBNA has issued a Request for Proposals for a natural food grocer in their new building at 1577 Westminster Street. West Side group seeks natural foods grocery to partner Big incentives for...
LUCKEY: a documentary Screening and Q&A
Over the summer I visited the Providence Children’s Museum to see their new playspace, the Climber. This Wednesday, at the Cable Car, their is a screening of a documentary about the creators of the Climber and...
News & Notes
avoiding car-centered language: a directive [Human Transit] Yes, crash sounds emotive while accident sounds cool, so it’s easy to assume that accident is more objective or factual. But sometimes the facts are...
Night Shift
Just as I was getting annoyed again that work had stalled here again, a night crew is at work busily removing the brick pavers from Dean Street at Atwells. It’s a little loud, but I’m glad work’s...
Amtrak’s Next-Gen High Speed Rail vision by-passes Providence
Update 07/11/2012: Amtrak has released an updated vision for the Northeast Corridor which happily does not by-pass Providence. Read the report. (.pdf) Amtrak released A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast...
Reader: Silverman found! Plus picnic tables
Remember Silverman, or tin man, or whatever he was called. He had been floating around in the river for a few years now, but has been missing for a while. A reader contacted us and has solved the mystery of what...
Guest Post
StreetFilms: Traffic Calming Postcards from London
As we look towards rebuilding a bunch of former streets in the 195 corridor, and as we simply turn our attention back to our aging infrastructure, this video from London is timely. Sure, Providence is no London, but we...
News & Notes
The Providence Journal: Endangered properties Really ProJo? Really!? You’re running a list of the Providence Preservation Society’s 10 Most Endangered Buildings and not anywhere in the piece mentioning that...
RIPTA to unveil new hybrid buses and trolley buses on October 4th
A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at Kennedy Plaza on Monday, October 4th at 11am to intriduce RIPTA’s new hybrid buses and hybrid trolley buses. The new hybrid diesel Gillig buses and trolleys are powered by...
GC: Photos
More photos submitted to our Flickr Group by our readers. Photo © BlueisCoool Photo (cc) provbenson2009 Photo © efkjr79 And an Earl photo, remember Earl? The Breakers in Newport, photo © 1W57thNY If...
Some observations from Alexandria, Virginia
Last weekend I was in Alexandria, Virginia. My hotel which was mega-cheap and right next to a Metro station was out in the exurbia hell next to the Beltway surrounded by surface parking, but not too far away was Old...
Someone get this for me!
A Lego set with a BRT and a streetcar in it… Are you serious!? Why do I not have one of these yet!? Catch the tram or hop the bus at the LEGO® City transport station! A LEGO® fan choice, this transport...
