Photo by conormac on Flickr
Flickr user, conormac submitted this photo of Westminster Street to to the Greater City Providence Flickr Group.
If you’d like your photos featured here, join our Group and submit them.
Latest articles
Greater City Providence
WBNA Roll-the-Dice Party
6th Annual WBNA Roll-the-Dice Party Tuesday, March 31, 2009 – 5-7 PM at Julians, 318 Broadway The “Roll-the-Dice” Membership Kick-Off Party is held every year to welcome new WBNA members and honor all...
Art In Ruins: Then & Now
Photo by Jay Boersma from Art In Ruins J over at Art In Ruins has a great Then and Now slideshow up on his site. Some time in 2008 I stumbled across a website for Jay Boersma. Apparently, he was a RISD graduate student...
Jef Nickerson
HubArts Wonders Why Boston Fests Suck/Pawtucket Rocks
On the heals of the announcement of the August 28th kickoff of the 2009 Pawtucket Arts Festival , HubArts.com reviews “The Bucket’s” familiar roster of excellent arts and entertainment options as they...
Bret Ancowitz
How Much to Travel to NYC?
View Larger Map One of Providence’s trumpeted advantages is its geographical proximity to both NYC and Boston. I am traveling to NYC shortly (a frequent jaunt for me and my wife) and this prompted a discussion...
AIDS Care Ocean State needs donations
Photo from AIDS Care Ocean State ACOS Donation Center will be open this Saturday March 28th for donations 8am to 12pm 605 Elmwood Avenue, Providence. AIDS Care Ocean State’s Donation Center is in need of clothing...
You can get there from here?
Could the Providence-Newport Ferry rise from the dead and return to service this summer? RIPTA is hoping to make it work. As the Journal reports, RIPTA has issued two RFPs. One asks ferry companies to bid for a no...
RI Monthly: Vital Signs
From Rhode Island Monthly | Photo: Jesse Burke Digital Rendering: Alan DiPetrillo Sitting waiting to get my hairz cut flipping through the March issue of Rhode Island Monthly I came across this little piece in the...
PBN Interview with Richard Florida
Ted Nesi has an interview in the PBN with Richard Florida on how Providence may be in a key position to thrive after this recession ends. Florida argues this recession is a “great reset,” which will change...
T threatens night/weekend service cuts
Photo by Voluntary Amputation from Flickr Ugh. ProJo and Boston.com report today that the MBTA is considering eliminating night and weekend commuter rail service to help close their bazillion dollar budget deficit. I...
New stuff to read
Photo from WRNI Just when I had convinced myself that Ian Donnis’ blog on WRNI was some sort of urban legend, I stumble upon it. Ian and Scott McKay’s On Politics blog is still a work in progress (no...
PVD’s 5 Worst Intersections…
Inspired by Jef’s proposal of putting the Thomas/North Main intersection on an asphalt “diet” of sorts (and some feedback posted that perhaps there are worse offenders out there), I thought we could...
AIA RI Lecture: A Discussion with James Howard Kunstler – April 1, 2009
A Discussion with James Howard Kunstler When Wednesday, April 1 6:30-7:30 Where Metcalf Auditorium at the Chace Center/RISD Museum 1 Learning Unit Cost $10 for AIA Members / &15 for Non-Members / Free for Students...
Road Diet: Thomas Street
Thomas Street A Road Diet is when the overall width, lane width, or number of lanes on a road is reduced. The goal of the Road Diet is to reduce the speed of traffic and improve safety and or capacity for pedestrians...
24-Hour Providence
Yesterday, the Projo blog posted that the restaurant Pizza Queen approached the Board of Licenses requesting a license to operate 24-hours. They were denied. To make things interesting, they requested the approval to...
Matthew Coolidge
Sheila’s 7th Blogiversary
Photo by Joe Landry
Sheila Lennon’s Subterranean Homepage News blog is celebrating 7 years today. Head on over to wish her a happy Blogiversary.
