WPRI reports today that the proposed stadium plan for the PawSox in Pawtucket includes a hotel and housing. What struck me about the plans though, was the parking
“Apex” (l) and “Tidewater” (r) proposals for a new PawSox Stadium in Pawtucket
You guys, seriously, when are we going to stop paving over our riverbanks?
Sigh.
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Owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox are analyzing the Apex property on the city’s riverfront as one of several possible sites other than McCoy Stadium for a future new baseball venue.
Lots of moving pieces in the saga of the PawSox possible move to Providence.
In a tour of the site, overlooking College Hill and the Providence skyline, attorney James J. Skeffington said consultants had determined the seven-acre proposed site will support the baseball park that team owners want...
Jef Nickerson
A paved parking lot near a river causes contaminated run off unless there is a well designed capture system
I really like the left option on the apex site, already a disturbed area and closer to downtown. Plus less development in that wooded area to the south of 95.