The Anthony fountain at Lippitt Park has been brought back to life, and while the wonderfully weird facial spouts are going full bore, the slots at the top of the columns don’t seem to be running. These apertures produce gentle sheets of water that flow down the surface of the columns unifying the sculpture (pic …
(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 …
Rescheduled due to rain, the 3rd Annual Summit Music Festival is back on for THIS Saturday, August 25, 1-5pm in Lippitt Park. The festival has replaced its headliner with MAMADOU, the Senegalese band led by guitarist and drummer Mamadou Diop. MAMADOU incorporates rhythms of high-life, juju, rumba, samba, salsa, and reggae blended into authentic Senegalese …
[Additional Note: This event got rained out last week and has been rescheduled for August 25th — see new post on side blog. Everything is the same except the festival has replaced the headlining Stooges Brass Band with Mamadou, the Senegalese band led by guitarist and drummer Mamadou Diop. Mamadou incorporates rhythms of high-life, juju, …
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I’m pretty sure this is Robert McMahon, the head of Providence Parks and Recreation, speaking to area residents last night at Lippitt Park (the topic was the cutting of trees surrounding the fountain). Unfortunately I could not attend, and the person taking this photo also had to leave for work. So, I’ll just throw this …
There are certain people who believe that you can replace 40-year-old trees. . . tomorrow. And according to this morning’s Providence Journal, Mayor David Cicilline is one of those people. Kudos to the neighbors who immediately got on the horn to City Hall and the ProJo, and managed to halt the recent wholesale tree-cutting at …
Even in tight economic times, we need things like this. The City of Providence, the Summit Neighborhood Association and the Champlin Foundation are coming together to fund the restoration of the fountain in Lippitt Park, first erected in 1940. It is here, at the north end of Hope Street and Blackstone Boulevard, that the Farmers’ …