(6.2) Every square inch of this enormous structure — inside and out — needed scraping, stripping, dipping, sanding, caulking, varnishing, and painting. Lots of painting. I have yet to see the “after” of the interior of this amazing project*, but I took a tour of the “before.” Since this photo — taken a year ago […]
(5.23) Want to get a look inside this fabulous architectural gem? The Wedding Cake House — a fixture on the Providence Preservation Society’s (PPS) Most Endangered Properties List for years — now sports a new coat of buttercream frosting. Xander Marro, Pippi Zornoza, and their fabulous crew of volunteers, should be praised for taking on
(4.25) As part of the Sites and Stories Explored Through Scholarship, Art, and Community Engagement project, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) will unveil five original artistic works that explore the hidden and layered narratives of several endangered historic sites in Providence. Five artists and artist teams were selected to create new works related to four
(4.9) A public meeting will be held Tuesday at the John Hope Settlement House to discuss future plans for the Cranston Street Armory. (Facebook event.) From the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA): The meeting, hosted by the State’s Department of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), will feature a presentation by Utile, the consultants working
New this year — the Babcock House at 145 Lexington Avenue. The annual Providence Preservation Society (PPS) has issued its latest Most Endangered Properties List and while it includes some stubborn old repeats, it is heartening to note that a few past perennials are now success stories*. Seen here is the William R. Babcock II
[Update: Tour has been postponed to Thursday, October 18. Thank you, commenter.] In 2019, as a part of their Sites and Stories Explored Through Scholarship, Art and Community Engagement project, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) will unveil five original artistic works that explore hidden and layered narratives of several endangered historic sites in Providence. We
(10.9) The Providence Preservation Society’s Sites and Stories Explored project will focus on the hidden and layered narratives of several endangered historic sites in Providence. The PPS has selected five artists and artist teams to create new works related to four sites featured on their 2018 Most Endangered Properties list. Each artist will begin the
(10.6) The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) will host their 2018 House Tour, Creative Conversions, this Saturday. The WBNA House Tour takes you through private homes, artist studios, and urban gardens, creatively re-imagined on Providence’s west side, including the Harrison Street Firehouse. The annex to a sprawling 1870s firehouse
(5.23) Even by Broadway standards, this building is insane. And it’s getting a new lease on life. In celebration of its ongoing restoration by the Dirt Palace — the feminist art collective in Olneyville — the Providence Preservation Society will be hosting a special lecture by local author Taylor Polites who will explore stories from
(5.18) The history of the Anthony Fountain in Lippitt Park will be the subject of a lecture this Friday in the second installment of the Providence Preservation Society’s Spring Lecture Series on the WPA. Landscape architects Colgate Searle and Taber Caton will discuss the history of the Henry Bowen Anthony Fountain at Lippitt Park. Understanding
How did those Christmas wreaths get up there? After several years on the Providence Preservation Society’s (PPS) Most Endangered Properties List, the Bomes Theatre, built on Broad Street at Gallatin in 1921, has found a buyer. (4.20.18 ProJo) A sale and renovation of the historic but long-neglected Bomes Theater in South Providence may be imminent.
Architecture critic and author of “Lost Providence,” David Brussat, informs us that Brown University will not be tearing down five buildings to make room for its new performing arts center. From Brussat’s blog Architecture Here and There, Breaking news! Brown has just issued an announcement that it will shift its proposed performing arts center a
The Providence Preservation Society has released its 2018 Most Endangered Properties List and they are taking on Brown University. There are five 19th-century buildings on Angell and Waterman Streets that stand in the way of a proposed performing arts center. From the ProJo, As for the Brown buildings, PPS noted that “Brown has demolished 100
Suppose you had to tear down one of these buildings, which would it be? Don’t worry, the Sci-Li Building is not actually on the chopping block . . . that we know of. But Cushing House is. We wrote about the proposed demolitions last February when the threat to Brown’s Urban Environmental Lab first sparked
Some good news for a change! According to the Providence Preservation Society, the demolition application for the Welcome Arnold House at 21 Planet Street — a PPS Most Endangered Property (MEP) — was officially withdrawn at the Historic District Commission (HDC) hearing last month. And it looks like renovation is being planned, The attorney for
(9.7) Former ProJo architecture critic David Brussat will be at Books on the Square Thursday to talk about his book “Lost Providence.” Providence has one of the nation’s most intact historic downtowns and is one of America’s most beautiful cities. The history of architectural change in the city is one of lost buildings, urban renewal