A team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island (URI) has recently published an article describing a self-healing concrete that would be inexpensive to produce. Such concrete could help reduce structure repair...
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Voter Registration Deadline This Saturday (Aug. 14)
Reminder, the Voter Registration deadline for the September Primary is this Saturday, August 14. Voter Registration information can be found on the Board of Elections website. The site instructs you to mail your...
Jake’s 2.0?
I used to love Jake’s in the Jewelry District and was so sad when it closed. So I was very happy today to see lots of work taking place in at the building today, inside and out. Anyone know the scoop? Is...
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A closer look at the proposed Drive-Thru on Hope Street
Kath Connoly got the planning documents for the proposed drive-thru coffee shop on Hope Street and posted them to the Preserve Providence’s Hope Street Facebook Group. Ugh. Blergh. Sigh. Yay! The drive-thru can...
News & Notes – Art & Culture Edition
It is all murals all the time here at Greater City: Providence! Andre emerges today on the Shepard Fairey mural on Aborn Street. Obey. The Providence Roller Derby sent us a video of them practicing earlier this week at...
More murals please!
Photo from The Hotel Providence’s Facebook Page So everyone seems to be loving the new Shepard Fairey mural going up on Aborn Street. Photos of it are populating everyone’s wall on the Faceplace, and it is...
Megabus Coming to Providence
Photo (cc) eekim Speaking of buses, remember when I posted about the double-deck Megabus operating between Boston and New York. And everyone was all like, “yay, when will they come to Providence?” And I was...
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FooFest – August 14th: Over 20 art installations and creative activities. [FooFest] Maker Faire Rhode Island – August 28th: Celebrate New England D.I.Y! Featuring hands-on making, building & hacking...
Giant Chinese bus is also a tunnel
This exotic bus prototype is actually more of a light rail like tram system. The vehicle runs on roadways with auto traffic going under it and passengers riding in an upper passenger compartment. Basically what we have...
Progress Photos: Brown University Alpert Medical School
The Brown University Alpert Medical School is coming along nicely.
Mayoral Candidates Survey: John Lombardi
Greater City Providence sent surveys to all candidates for Mayor of Providence who qualified to be on the ballot. Below is the survey submitted by John Lombardi. John Lombardi Website: LombardiForMayor.com Facebook:...
Mayoral Candidates Survey: Angel Taveras
Greater City Providence sent surveys to all candidates for Mayor of Providence who qualified to be on the ballot. We planned to post the results of the survey on the website because we believe that while not everyone...
GC: Photos
More photos submitted to our Flickr Group by our readers. Photo © TheWoolverine Photo © TheWoolverine Photo © BlueisCoool Photo (cc) provbenson2009 Photo (cc) provbenson2009 If you’d like your...
Proposed Drive-Thru coffee shop on Hope Street
Image from Google StreetView On the Zoning Board of Review agenda for August 16th is a proposal to demolish Clarke Flower Shop on Hope Street and replace it with a drive-thru “coffee shop.” SCHARTNER...
Reader Submission: What is your favorite street in Providence?
Westminster Street, Downcity. Photo © kd1s. A reader wrote in to suggest this topic, what is your favorite street in Providence, and why? I must admit, when I first read his suggestion, my mind drew a total blank...
