(1.13) Fans of Lippitt Park are organizing. It looks like the first meeting will be this Monday at the East Side YMCA when park enthusiasts will brainstorm and share ideas on how to best maintain and improve this great expanse. This is all we know. From a sign on a tree: We’re a group of […]
We love Collier Point Park. This hidden gem offers fishing piers, boat launches, and benches on the boardwalk for enjoying this unique perspective of the city. A tower provides vistas up and down the bay and visitors were once able to walk right under the Iway over to the hurricane barrier, but since May, the
The Gateway Center at Roger Williams Park is now open, seven days a week from 10am to 7pm. Stop in and say hello to the pathologically affable co-manager Mark Mundorf (see below). We had a great time discussing the neighborhood, the history of the park, the massive picnic tables out front, the colored fins, and
(6.22) The Roger Williams Park June tour series presents “Waterways and Landscape” with guides Megan Gardener, landscape architect for the City of Providence, and Brian Byrnes, the deputy superintendent of the Parks Department. (Coming up: June 29, “Statues in the Park.”) Side note: This view includes the Seal House, which once appeared on the PPS
(6.15) Check out the notable trees of Roger Williams Park with city forester Doug Still today, Thursday. Tour departs from Dalrymple Boathouse. Additional tours sponsored by the Roger Williams Park Conservancy will be held June 22, on waterways and landscapes; and June 29, on statues in the park. Tree tour, 5:30pm, Thursday, June 15, Dalrymple
Sure, it looks delicious, but stay away. The Department of Parks and Recreation has issued this advisory. The Rhode Island Department of Health has issued a health advisory for Roger Williams Park Ponds based on evidence of a bloom of cyanobacteria, better known as blue-green algae. This algae can be harmful to people and animals
(5.4) “Curating the City” is a 3-part series in which guest salonnier James Hall, Executive Director of the Providence Preservation Society, invites speakers to address strategies for evaluating, sustaining, and enhancing cities in the 21st century. Friday’s topic is the High Line, an elevated rail line in NYC that has become an innovative public space at the
Providence Community Library, the Friends of Knight Memorial Library and Trees 2020 are excited to present two free environmentally-themed films tonight at the Knight Memorial Library, starting at 6pm. The Man Who Planted Trees (30 minutes animated) This film tells the story of a shepherd who repairs the ruined ecosystem of a secluded valley by
There are no known contemporary likenesses of Roger Williams so we can not know for sure. But since there are also no accounts of a run-in with a deli slicer perhaps we can assume. Joking aside, the scaffolding recently erected on Pratt Street up the front of Prospect Terrace supported the father-daughter team (he’s a
Urban Agriculture Spring Kickoff Party at the Highlander Charter School, 42 Lexington Avenue (Broad & Lexington in South Providence). Southside Community Land Trust and the Providence Community Gardens Network will be celebrating the start of Spring at the Urban Agriculture Spring Kickoff. Community gardeners from every neighborhood of Providence will be on hand for food,
The city’s Parks Department will be hosting a “volunteer appreciation” event tomorrow. RSVP to rmcmahon@providenceri.com, ASAP. 5:30pm to 7pm, Tuesday,