A decision has been made. The 195 District Commission recently passed a resolution selecting the Providence Art and Design Center proposal from Ionic Development for developing Parcel 5, the property bounded by Wickenden, South Water, Dollar, and South Main Streets. The Providence Preservation Society has this information: Kaitlin McCarthy, founder and CEO of Ionic Development, […]
Last week, the roof of the former Apex department store was damaged by strong winds, leaving Pawtucket officials in a quandry. According to the ProJo: The city may not repair wind damage this week that left a gaping hole in the pyramid-shaped roof of the Apex building, prominently visible from Interstate 95, because it hopes
Last June this East Side house went on the market, catching the attention of ‘Zillow Gone Wild,’ the social media app that scours Zillow listings for the odd, the unusual, and the downright insane. I like it a lot. We noted at the time that the house was listed with Residential Properties and we can
At the end of September, nine design firms submitted proposals to the I-195 District Commission for how they would develop Parcel 5, located on the east side of the Providence River. The site is bordered by South Main Street, Wickenden Street, and South Water Street, or, in local parlance, where the sunflowers used to be.
“Come in.” I heard the voice before I saw the man. I poked my head through a slightly open door on Church Street, followed the voice, and emerged into this cavernous space full of chairs. What I couldn’t figure out was whether the chairs were being taken apart or put back together. Of course artists
(9.26) This Thursday, the local skateboarding community and their supporters will be appearing before the Committee on Public Works to oppose approval of Trinity Repertory’s petition for abandonment and easement. This will be Item #4 on the agenda; the meeting starts at 5:30pm. Go to the City of Providence Open Meetings Portal to open the
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Of course, the popular social media account, Zillow Gone Wild, doesn’t have to go anywhere — they just scour Zillow for the most outrageous real estate listings of the day. Genius really. Last week they discovered this home on the fashionable East Side. The following entry features one of their favorite phrases, familiar to regular
Every other year in August, fans of H.P. Lovecraft gather in Providence for NecronomiCon, an international convention of weird fiction, art, and academia. Lovecraft lived most of his life here in Providence and is buried in Swan Point Cemetery where “I Am Providence” is inscribed on his gravestone. So, while the events at the convention
I am a big fan of this little skate park. Tucked between the parking garage and the Trinity Rep Theater, this alleyway was dedicated to Trinity Rep icon, Adrian Hall, in 1997. The skaters refer to the park as Trinity, while ‘Friends of Adrian Hall’ is the name they adopted for their nonprofit when they
Explore Providence neighborhoods on foot with Jane’s Walk, an annual festival of free, resident-led walking conversations inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs. The Providence Preservation Society has the details including walk titles, themes, start times, and locations. There is an intriguing variety of tours this year: Triggs Golf Course, Field’s Point . . . Babe
Trifari, Speidel, Monet, Coro: Providence was once considered the costume jewelry capital of the world and several of those former factory buildings have been repurposed to great effect in the Jewelry District. If you are lucky, you live in one. Learn about the history and architectural heritage of the industry with Greening the District who
The Summer Flea, held for years along the boardwalk on South Water Street, will have to find a new location this year. The 195 District Commission has awarded Parcel 1A to another multistory, mixed-use building. The Providence Flea announced the sad news: . . . we were disappointed to learn our plan to maximize open
You don’t have to attend Brown to take advantage of this new performance space, and many events are free. The Lindemann Performing Arts Center on Angell Street opened in October to much fanfare including an inaugural public concert with violinist Itzhak Perlman and food trucks. The building has been designed to house “performances, classes, and
(9.9) You drive by it all the time, here’s your chance to step inside and take a look around. The Providence Art Club invites the public to come check them out this Saturday afternoon with open artist studios, guided tours, live music, with food and cocktail specials at the Providence Art Club Block Party: This
The architectural quirkiness and traditional character of the Wickenden streetscape continue to be threatened. Plans to raze the buildings at 269 (seen here) and the adjacent 249 Wickenden Street and replace them with yet another generic, cheesy-looking mixed-use box, passed a first hurdle Tuesday with the Providence City Plan Commission. Members of the Fox Point
There is some comfort in knowing that this crappy generic architecture is a countrywide problem — maybe there will be enough push-back to force these developers back to the drawing board. Providence residents have started noticing how the cheesy sameness of these new buildings is blighting the streetscapes of the city. In “America, the Bland”