Preliminary plans for the Kinsley Building call for 44 apartments in the upper floors with shops and or restaurants at ground level.
Category - Downcity
Jef NickersonDowntown Design Review Committee Meeting – October 7, 2013
The Downtown Design Review Committee meets Monday, October 7th at 444 Westminster Street.
Greater City ProvidenceDowntown Providence Living Tour – September 21, 2013
Downtown Providence Living Tour Showcases 9 Properties in the Heart of the City Offering an Up Close and Exclusive Look at the City’s Newest Developments, including the Arcade Providence and Providence G Get the...
Downtown Design Review Committee Meeting – September 9, 2013
[alert type=”muted”]Downtown Design Review Committee Monday, September 9, 2013 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 1st Floor Conference Room 444 Westminster Street, Providence, RI...
Downtown Design Review Committee Meeting – August 5, 2013
[alert type=”muted”]Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, August 5, 2013 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 1st Floor Conference Room 444 Westminster Street, Providence, RI...
Come for the parking, stay for the parking
No, really, you can park here. Isn’t it fabulous!?
Sigh.
NEA grant to support effort to build “cultural corridor” along Washington Street
Washington Street. Photo (cc) Sean_Marshall. From the City of Providence: Mayor Angel Taveras, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, the Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and FirstWorks announced...
Barry Schiller: Providence Planning Hosts Meeting on Kennedy Plaza, Downtown Circulation
[alert type=”warning”]Barry Schiller, a retired Rhode Island College math professor, is a long-time member of the State Planning Council’s Transportation Advisory Committee. He also was on the RIPTA...
Guest PostKennedy Plaza/Circulator Phase 3 Informational Meeting – July 10, 2013
The City will be having an informational meeting about proposed enhancements and reconfiguration of the Kennedy Plaza area as well as details about Phase 3 of the Downtown Circulator project. The Circulator project...
Downtown Design Review Committee Meeting – June 10, 2013
[alert type=”muted”]Notice of Regular Meeting • Monday, June 10, 2013 – 4:45pm Department of Planning and Development, 1st Floor Conference Room 444 Westminster Street, Providence, RI...
WPRI: Providence seeks to seize control of Arnold Building
George C. Arnold Building (aka The Narrow Building), photo by Jef Nickerson The Providence City Council is set to give Mayor Angel Taveras the green light to seize a landmark downtown building that’s been decaying...
PBN: Downtown vision tied to ‘Superman’?
Central to the argument for saving Providence’s Superman Building with public investment is a vision of the downtown economy driven by residents as much as office workers. It’s a vision that’s emerged over the last two...
ProJo: Providence Redevelopment Agency to discuss Arnold Building purchase
The Providence Redevelopment Agency on Thursday will discuss the possibility of buying the three-story building at 94 Washington St.
The falcons are hatching
The peregrine falcon eggs atop the Superman Building are hatching. It looks like two of the four eggs have hatched so far and they are being fed something now (a rat, a pigeon?). Watch them on the Peregrine Falcon...
A Greater Kennedy Plaza
Rendering from Union Studio Architects [box style=”alert”]Update (Apr. 22): Union Studio News: Greater Kennedy Plaza[/alert] The Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy (DPPC) is set to unveil plans for the...
AP and ProJo reports on the Superman Building
Bank of America confirmed Tuesday that it has moved the last of its employees out of the Art Deco skyscraper, which earned its nickname from its resemblance to The Daily Planet in the 1950s “Superman” TV series. The...
Events at the Skating Center as they wrap up the season
Providence residents and visitors alike can savor the final days of winter by skating outside at the Bank of America City Center at the end of its 14th season. The season ends Sunday, March 24th, completing the 18-week...
Yellow Jackets clearing snow
Yellow Jackets working hard in PPAC Square clearing snow.
