The Providence Public Library has put many items from it’s collection on Flickr. Let’s play Then & Now with a few of them: Washington Street Mathewson Street at Washington Street, 1917. Photo (cc)...
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Save the Date: Blogosphere Holiday Spectacular* (12/16)
Photo (cc) katybeck Providence Daily Dose, RIFuture, and Greater City: Providence are teaming up this year for a holiday party Downcity. Details are still being worked out, but what we do know now is it will be...
GC: Photos – Pumpkin Launch Video
Video © Grayfamilia Flickr member Grayfamilia shared his video of the pumpkin launch at Dexter Training Ground in our Flickr Group. If you’d like your photos featured here, join our Flickr Group and submit...
Leon Krier lecture (12/03)
LEON KRIER Thursday, December 03, 2009 Lecture & Book Signing 5:30pm-7:30pm De Ciccio Family Auditorium (Salomon 101) Brown University Main Green Providence, RI 02903 Leon Krier is one of the most influential...
Pedal powered Christmas Tree in Copenhagen
As they prepare to host the United Nations Climate Conference next week, Copenhagen has installed a pedal powered Christmas Tree.
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UPDATED City: Put the Waterfront to Work
The city has released their Waterfront Plan and accompanying website and blog. I haven’t had a chance to delve into it much, so I’m just putting this here for conversation, not my commentary (for now). The...
Providence Station rots away
Providence Station seemingly exists in two time zones according to the clocks on the tower | Photo Jef Nickerson The Journal reported on Saturday that the parking garage at the Providence Train Station may be forced to...
Megan Andelloux: The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health before Pawtucket Zoning Board of Review
This post was submitted by friend of GC:PVD Megan Andelloux (A.A.S.E.C.T Certified Sexuality Educator, A.A.S.E.C.T Mentor, A.C.S Board Certified Sexologist). Monday night (11/30/09), she will be going before the...
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GC: Photos – Night
Some nighttime photos from our Flickr Group: Photo (cc) kd1s Photo (cc) hotnightcrasher Photo (cc) hotnightcrasher Photo (cc) hotnightcrasher If you’d like your photos featured here, join our Flickr Group and...
City Plan Commission Meeting (12/01)
PROVIDENCE CITY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009 – 4:45 PM Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 OPENING...
NPR: On The Road to Safety
As millions of Americans get in their cars this week to visit friends and families for the Holiday, NPR is running a series on Road Safety. On The Road to Safety is a weeklong multimedia report from NPR on highway...
Shop Local
If you have money to spend this holiday season, we suggest you spend it locally. The Downcity merchants are bringing it this year. We already noted that the Calico pop-up shop opens on Friday. Another pop-up shop is...
Craftland Holiday Party (12/09)
Surely everyone is aware by now that Craftland is running year round on Westminster Street, but that doesn’t mean they are not having a Holiday Party to ring in their usual season. Please join us for the Craftland...
The future’s so bright…
It is actually rather amazing, for good or bad, how much of this came true. Though it is certainly good that much of it didn’t. This is a vision of the future from 1958.
Retail Update: Pop Up
Photo from Calico Blog A retail trend that has been around for a while in bigger cities has been making its way to Providence recently, the Pop Up shop. Waste Not Want Not popped up for a while over the summer on...
