The Providence Preservation Society has this building at 57 Federal Street on its Most Endangered Properties List this year. Among the oldest buildings on Federal Hill, 57 Federal Street is a two story, 5-bay-facade, center hall-plan house with a single interior brick chimney and a central entrance with sidelights, located between Atwells Avenue and Broadway. […]
New this year to the Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties List is the unique Ward Baking Company Administration Building, vacant since 1993. Of the original complex, All that remains is a two-story section of the complex at the corner of Eddy and Marengo. The entrance is flanked by sidelights and set below several bands
The Providence Preservation Society has released its 10 Most Endangered Properties List of 2014; some old friends are back but new this year is the State House lawn. Good call! Part of the lawn was hastily torn up last year to expand an existing parking lot — amazing how quickly government projects can move along
(1.23) The Providence Preservation Society invites the public to their annual meeting on Thursday featuring the second installment of ‘Not Always Easy: Building the New Urban Experience.’ Speaker Jennifer Bradley, a fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and co-author of “The Metropolitan Revolution,” will discuss how cities can flourish and ultimately be the drivers
Another cool old building is getting a second act. The Providence Journal reports; The Providence Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday transferred ownership of the historic and vacant building, located just blocks from City Hall, to 100 Washington Street LLC, a private entity. Developers Dave Stem and Lori Quinn, in partnership with the the Providence Revolving Fund
(10.21) According to the Arcade Providence Facebook page, retail tenants are preparing for a soft opening Monday at 10:15am on the Westminster Street side. The Providence Journal reports “Eleven of 17 stores in the historic Arcade will open Monday, and developer Evan Granoff will hold a ribbon cutting celebration at 10:15 a.m. to mark the
Students, historians, journalists, and researchers can now go online and check out the state’s catalog of historically significant — and insignificant, but fun — records, documents, and images. Check out the current exhibit, “A Lively Experiment: Rhode Island’s Colonial Charter, 1661-1843.” Commemorating the 350th anniversary of Rhode Island’s Royal Charter of 1663, this exhibit features
Congratulations to the Avon Cinema on 75 years of daring, innovative, and fun programming — Harold and Maude, Queen of Hearts, This is Spinal Tap midnights, Blow Up, I Am Curious Yellow, The Happening — and that crazy Low Anthem concert that one time. (Do more stuff like that!) And thanks for building a theater
(8.15) Swedish Lutherans and whacky light fixtures . . . who knew? These are truly awesome. You’ve probably driven past Gloria Dei hundreds of times — it faces the entrance to the mall parking garage. This Thursday join the Providence Preservation Society for a tour inside and learn about the history and the architecture. Swedish
Join Robert Jaeger, President of the Philadelphia-based Partners for Sacred Places, as he conducts the Providence Preservation Society’s summer series, “Talk the talk: Walk the the walk — Tours of Sacred Places.” Both Partners and PPS intend to elevate awareness of the historic and often underutilized religious architecture for which Providence is so well known.
The 1912 Narragansett Electric Lighting House (a.k.a. South Street Power Station; a.k.a. Dynamo House) on Eddy Street has been on the PPSRI Most Endangered Properties list for two years running. The Providence Journal reports, The University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and Brown University are moving to bring together programs in the vacant South
(5.30) Rick Greenwood, Deputy Director of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, will delve into the history and redevelopment of Monohasset Mill this Thursday at the Old State House on Benefit Street. Built in 1866, the building first produced fancy cassimeres while operated by Paine & Sackett. Various companies occupied the building during
(1.31) And the public is invited. So who or what is T. Gunny Harboe? Sounds like a Billy Bob Thornton character; or a football coach, or a roadie for Lynard Skynard; maybe an oil tycoon or a private eye. Why, you could be almost anything with a name like T. Gunny Harboe. In fact, this
The Providence Preservation Society is accepting nominations for properties on the brink. Each year, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) assembles the Most Endangered Properties List to highlight historic resources that are endangered by threats such as neglect, deterioration, demolition, development, insufficient funds, and adverse public policy. Our Historic Preservation Awards, on the other hand, recognize
(10.12) As part of the 2012 Providence Preservation Society symposium, “Not Always Pretty: Behind the Façade of Historic Preservation in Providence” the Providence Athenaeum will host Will Fellows author of “A Passion To Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of the Culture.” The important role of gay men in the Historic Preservation movement has long been an
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“Revival!” an evening of local music and food will consecrate the reopening of the venerable and notorious Columbus Theatre on Broadway. There are two performance spaces now. The main stage will feature Low Anthem and Brown Bird; and the Columbus Upstairs — the 199-seat room in the theater’s balcony — will feature Alec K. Redfearn
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