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How To Fix The Train Station

What better way to celebrate the burning of the Gaspee than to suggest the moving of the Gaspee. Okay, that was tortured and lame but allow me to direct your attention to a piece that is not tortured and lame over at Greater City: Providence (REBOOT: Providence Train Station). Urban visionary and blogger extraordinaire, Jef […]

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Congratulations To ‘Greater City: Providence’

Well done Greater City: Providence! We here at the Dose have been huge fans all along, and now Providence Phoenix readers have voted it the 2011 ‘Best Local Blog’. It is certainly deserving of the honor. The writing, layout, and photography are always first-rate; and Jef Nickerson et al. are actually providing a public service.

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Promises, Promises — The Future Of Allens Avenue

“Luxury Condos. . . Marinas. . . Medical Doctor Type Things” these are the buzz words that imply that money will be pouring into a developer’s proposed project, and mayors everywhere just seem to swoon. The latest proposal for the city’s waterfront is a non-starter. For one thing, Allens Avenue is not an empty lot,

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