A selection of photos readers have recently shared in our Flickr Group:
Photo © lddana51two
Photo © Armadillo Commander
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WPRI: Store’s opening squashed by judge
Federal Hill and West Side friends and neighbors rallied on Sunday morning in support of Cluck!, an urban farm supply store that is trying to open at the site of a former gas station on Broadway.
The business was approved by Zoning to open but was challenged in court on a technicality and lost, forcing owner Drake Patten to begin the Zoning process from scratch. Read Drake’s commentary on what has happened.
Still catching up on some photos that were shared in our Flickr Group before the blizzard:
Photo © Pinkalong
Photo © saramarsh
Photo © 3LensesPhotography
Notice of Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 – 4:45pm
Department of Planning and Development • 1st Floor Meeting Room
444 Westminster Street, Providence
Opening Session
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Approval of minutes from January 15th 2013 meeting – for action
- Director’s Report
Major Land Development Project
1. Case No. 12-011 MA – 257 Thayer Street (Final Plan Approval) The CPC approved the preliminary plan to construct a four story mixed use building with 95 dwelling units, underground parking and a landscaped courtyard in December 2012. The applicant is seeking final plan approval subject to fulfillment of preliminary plan conditions – for action (AP 13 Lots 42, 48, 104, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238 and 241, College Hill)
See also: UPDATED: Graduate student housing apartment building proposed on Thayer Street
Minor Land Development Project
2. Case No. 13-001MI – 55-57 Sprague Street and other sites (Preliminary Plan Approval) The applicant is proposing to construct a building with 21 dwelling units with a community room and agricultural green space at the site of 55-57 Sprague Street (M-1). The applicant is also proposing to construct townhouses with two to four dwelling units at proximate sites on 217-219 Dexter Street (M-1), 58-80 Diamond Street (M-1), 110-126 Wilson Street (R-3), 197, 196-202 Harrison Street (R-3) and 39 Westfield Street (M-1). The applicant is seeking preliminary plan approval. (AP 31 Lots 192, 252, 54 and 55 and AP 30 Lots 298, 293, 295, 296, 266, 674, 675 and 388, West End)
Adjournment
As a light snow falls today, here’s the last look at photos sent in by our readers of last weekend’s blizzard.
Wood Street by James Ruh
The following photos of the West End were emailed to us by Deborah Hickey:
The third part of the photos readers have been sending us over the duration of the storm.
Photo © emiliabright
Photo © provbenson2009
Photo © Armadillo Commander
Photo © 1W57thNY
The Zoning Board of Review will meet on Wednesday February 6th and there are two items of interest on the agenda.
First is the zoning review for Cluck, an urban farming supply store proposed on Broadway.
Rendering of Cluck, from their Facebook page.
ELIAS AYOUB, OWNER AND DRAKE PATTEN, APPLICANT: 399 Broadway (corner Courtland St.), Lot 11 on the Tax Assessor’s Plat 33, located in an R-P Residential Professional Zone and within the Broadway Historic Overlay District; the applicant seeks a use variance for relief from Section 303-Use Code 55 – Retail Trade – Building and Related Material, more than 2,500 square feet of gross floor area (hardware-retail; nursery and garden supplies-retail including greenhouses; paint, glass, and wallpaper-retail; yard equipment and supplies) pursuant to Section 200, to operate an urban farm supply business including the sale of chicken hens (no roosters), using the existing gasoline station building, installing a modular shed/plant house and decorative fencing, and replacing a portion of the existing pavement with gardens. The lot in question contains approximately 10,850 square feet of land area.
Cluck is the last item on the agenda for the 5:30pm portion of the meeting.
Some more photos from our readers have been added to our Flickr Group, share yours too!
Photo © filledtoovercapacity
Photo © Jerri Moon Cantone
These are some of the snow photos our readers shared in our Flickr Group. Add yours and we’ll post them here too.
Updated with some more photos, keep ‘em coming!
Photo © 1W57thNY
Photo © 1W57thNY
Photo (cc) mattPVD
The Columbus Threatre is re-opening on November 17th with an event called Revival! That event proved so popular, they’ve added a second night, Revival Too!
Revival Too!
The Columbus Cooperative is excited to announce Revival Too!, a second night of celebration for the reopening of the Columbus Theatre, headlined by the Low Anthem.
Due to the overwhelming response to Revival!, which sold out more than two weeks in advance, this intimate evening of music at the Columbus Upstairs has been scheduled for Sunday, November 18th. Half of profits from the evening will once again benefit ATRAVES, a Providence-based nonprofit working for education, health, and development in Nicaragua.
Doors open at 6PM and music will begin at 7PM. The night will feature:
- The Low Anthem
- Last Good Tooth
- The Silks
- Rachel Jorgensen
- Sean Kennedy
With food by Julians and drink by Revival Brewing Company, the Rhode Island Brewers Guild, and Elevated Spirits.
Revival Too! is generously sponsored by Julians; Revival Brewing Company, the Rhode Island Brewers Guild, and Elevated Spirits; Supply & Demand Music; Mirror Image; Armory Revival Company and Rising Sun Mills; and the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.
Seating is general admission and EXTREMELY LIMITED.
