UPDATE: Due to snow expected tomorrow morning, the organizers of this event have decided to go with their snow date, 03/15, same time, same location. View Larger Map The WBNA and West Elmwood Housing Development...
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Jef Nickerson
TOMORROW 02/27 Kennedy Plaza Placemaking Workshop
Click Image to enlarge If I read my emails I’d have known about this sooner, but here it is now, better late than never I suppose. I’ve called to get on the list to go, sounds interesting. Will post about it...
Google Transit and RIPTA
Google Transit Seattle I often hear people say they would like to use public transit more often, but understanding all the schedules and routes is cumbersome and time consuming. If you rely on public transit every day...
Matthew Coolidge
Elmhurst Charrette
I received a postcard in the mail last week reminding me that the Providence Tomorrow Neighborhood Charrette for Elmhurst and Mt. Pleasant, my neighborhood, was this week. That’s right, February 25-27 at Triggs...
Hampton Inn Construction
Photos from Monday, February 18th of construction of the new Hampton Inn at the old St. Francis Chapel on Weybosset Street.
Demolition = Hotel Sierra
Demolition started today at the future site of the Hotel Sierra on Washington Street. Here we go again, more demolition. This building at Washington and Beverly is known (depending on your dining/drinking habits) as the...
West Side Overnight On-Street Parking Meeting (02/20)
From Citizens for Resident Permit Parking IMPORTANT MEETING “FOR RESIDENTS OF WARD 15 Have you wanted to park on the street without fear of a ticket? Do you think there is a parking problem in Providence? Do you...
Public Works Committee to consider abandonment of part of Orange Street
Aerial image from LiveLocal There is a petition to abandon a portion of Orange Street in Downtown which is on the agenda for the February 11, 2008 Providence City Council Committee on Public Works meeting. 2. Petition...
Aaron Masri
UrbanPlanet Holiday Party, Take 2
Remember that big storm in December, everyone got stuck on Route 10, bread and milk disappeared, it took 47 hours to drive from Luongo Square to LaSalle Square..? Yeah, we were supposed to have a party that night. So...
Greater City Providence
Pawtucket River Bridge Update
View Larger Map Frymaster over at The Bucket Blog has the scoop about last night’s meeting regarding the Route 95 Pawtucket River Bridge. I meant to post about this meeting, but neglected to get to it, sorry. You...
You can’t get there from here
Bad news, RIPTA’s Providence/Newport fast ferry service will end October 16, 2008, for good. RIPTA reports in their January 31st Destinations eNewsletter that the service will end do to the expiration of federal...
aka The Tower of Terror II
Photo of Newport Collaborative rendering by Jef Nickerson for gcpvd.org Last Tuesday the City Council’s Public Works Committee approved a request by Cranston developer Frank Zammiello to receive an underground...
Hey, look who’s in Providence Monthly this month!
Is that Greater City Providence’s own Matthew Coolidge, one of Providence’s most eligible bachelors? I wonder how that happened. 😉
23rd Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, April 12
The Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference takes place April 12th on the West Side of Providence: The 23rd Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Saturday, April 12 on Providence’s...
PADS General Meeting, Feb. 7, 2008
Pawtucket Alliance for Downtown Success (PADS) are holding a general meeting on February 7th in Downtown Pawtucket: PADS General Meeting Thursday, February 7 Refreshments @ 6:30pm / Meeting @ 7:00pm at Machine with...
Library Reform Group Public Forum, February 11
Image by hbrinkman from stock.xchng The Library Reform Group is sponsoring a public forum entitled, How Libraries Raise Money. Invited panelists include Louise Blalock, Chief Librarian of the Hartford Public Library and...
