Photo by Jef Nickerson A sure sign of spring, the ice skating season at the Bank of America City Center in Kennedy Plaza ends March 21st. The skating center is wrapping up the season with a number of events: The 2010...
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Google Bike Directions
Photo by Jef Nickerson Today Google Maps launched bicycle directions for 150 American Cities, including Providence. Currently, cycling maps are not embeddable, so I can’t show one here, but go here to see a map...
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Shape Up RI Wednesday Walks
Join Shape Up RI for a walk on Wednesday March 10th at 12:15pm. Meet us at 12:15pm on the Rhode Island State House lawn, across from the Mall for a 1.2 mile walk. That is over 2000 steps! All are welcome. Everyone is...
Warwick Intermodal Bike and Pedestrian Access
Photo (cc) pugetsoundphotowalks PRESS RELEASE WARWICK INTERMODAL TRAIN AND BIKE ACCESS Greenwich Bay Watershed Group 401 738-4347 FAX 401 679-0033 March 8, 2010 The Greenwich Bay Watershed Group is announcing an...
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November 1912. Central Falls, Rhode Island. View of privies, garbage dumps, etc., in back yards near Bed-bug Alley and High Street. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine for the Child Welfare Exhibit of 1912-13. via:...
Video: The Sandpit, tilt-shift New York City
This is pretty damn cool!
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
RIAC Intermodal Facility naming contest for college and university students
Colleges and Universities Invited to Participate in Intermodal Marketing Contest Rhode Island Airport Corporation Launches Contest Warwick, Rhode Island ( March 3, 2010) – The Rhode Island Airport Corporation...
PPS March Lecture – Place/Displace: Providence and the Twentieth Century (03/17)
Image from Providence Preservation Society via Facebook On Wednesday, March 17, R. Tripp Evans, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Wheaton College, will present an overview of 20th century architecture in Providence...
Downcity Design Review Committee – March 8, 2010
Before we get into the agenda, let’s talk about what is missing from the agenda, namely 35 Weybosset Street. You may remember that back in November the DRC was asked to consider allowing the demolition of the...
The Uncaucus Updates
Go Mobile – Uncaucus.org works on your mobile phone One of the things we’re dedicated to at the Uncaucus is making sure technology makes it easier for you to participate, rather than harder. Today we...
I kinda like potholes
Photo by Jef Nickerson Sure, I don’t own a car, so my opinion might not mean much. But with every road in the city looking much like the surface of the Moon, traffic is moving a lot slower. The potholes are a kind...
March Madness WaterFire
Love this:
Cool poster for WaterFire’s special lighting during the NCAA March Madness.
WaterFire’s special lighting will be in the Waterplace Basin on Friday, March 19th.
Site Tour: The Box Office
Yesterday I got to take a tour of The Box Office on Harris Avenue. Here are the photos:
GC: Photos “provbenson2009”
Flickr member provbenson2009 has been sharing some great HDR photos in our Flickr Group, here’s a selection:
Photo © provbenson2009
Photo © provbenson2009
Photo © provbenson2009
2nd Annual Sen. Claiborne Pell Lecture featuring musician David Byrne (03/09)
David Byrne photo (cc) vonlohmann PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2010 MAYOR CICILLINE ANNOUNCES 2ND ANNUAL SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL LECTURE Lecture honoring the late Senator to focus on “Cities, Bicycles and the Future...
