Sura, a restaurant serving korean and japanese cuisine is coming to Westminster Street in the space next to Symposium Books. Trinity Rep has these awesome banners up at the back of their building overlooking LaSalle...
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RIPTA restoring 100 daily runs with re-opening of Warwick Mall [Warwick Beacon] I had no idea 100 trips ran to Warwick Mall, probably because that is the total of 3 different bus lines. There must be someway for RIPTA...
Greater City Providence
Mercantile Block Unwrapped
The plywood has come off the ground floor facade of the Mercantile Block on Washington Street. Clark the Locksmith will be moving into one of the new storefronts very shortly, then his storefront will be renovated to...
Maker Fair Rhode Island (Aug. 28)
Photo credit: Chris Meringolo Maker Fair Rhode Island 2010 is happening August 28th. We’re doing another Mini Maker Faire here in RI, and hey, it’s happening soon. This year it will once again be embedded...
Wickford Junction Station
Photo (cc) EdKopp4 Update Reports from the Wickford Junction Station groundbreaking state that the FTA announced that they have just authorized the release of nearly $2M in federal funds to RIDOT for preliminary...
REBOOT: Olneyville Square
Click image to enlarge [box style=”red”]REBOOT is an occasional series of posts on GC:PVD where we identify areas of the city that display poor urbanism and propose ways to improve them. Our interventions...
A likely unpopular take on Food Trucks
Photo (cc) stu_spivack I’ve been watching the slow emergence of Food Truck culture in Providence and have mostly been happy about it. The Food Trucks popping up thus far have good food, they bring a certain cachet...
News & Notes
Deadliest for Walkers: Male Drivers, Left Turns [The New York Times] How To Raise Fares [Planetizen] Incentivize people to use pre-paid fare products to speed bus boarding by only raising fares for slower cash...
RIDOT announces preliminary Warwick rail schedule
Photo © RIDOT With train service to the InterLink (aka the Intermodal Station) at T.F. Green Airport in October, RIDOT is busy planning the routes for the service. Good news, the schedule will include reverse...
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More photos submitted to our Flickr Group by our readers. Photo © BlueisCoool Photo (cc) provbenson2009 Photo (cc) provbenson2009 Photo © BlueisCoool If you’d like your photos featured here, join our...
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California Drive-Thru Ban and the “Health in All Policies” Approach Baldwin Park, California, home of the country’s first drive-thru, has banned drive-thru construction for nine months in an effort to...
Park Series starts tonight
PARK SERIES is Providence’s FREE Waterfront Music Series in the newly designed India Point Park! This event is part of the “Celebrate Providence!” Neighborhood Performing Arts Series and is presented...
Wither Grove Street School
Grove Street School in 2003, photo from Art In Ruins Remember Grove Street School? [gcpvd.org] [Art In Ruins] The historic building that for years neighbors have advocated for reuse, while owners of the building made...
Downcity Design Review Committee – August 16, 2010
Notice Of Regular Meeting • Monday, August 16, 2010 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION Call to Order Roll Call Approval...
City Plan Commission Meeting (Aug. 17)
PROVIDENCE CITY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING SESSION Call...
