The most difficult entries in the Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties list usually suffer from one of two problems: bad location, unwieldy size (and sometimes both — the Broad Street Synagogue comes to mind). But neither problem afflicts the former State Board of Public Roads Building (1931) on Arline Street. This neighborhood is coming […]
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The Providence Preservation Society has released its latest Most Endangered Properties List. New this year is the Axelrod Music neon sign from the ’50s. Locally, musician and violin dealer Abraham Axelrod established a music store in 1910; by 1913 he opened a shop at the Arcade. Then by mid-century, he moved down the street to
Do you keep driving by a seemingly unloved, ramshackle building thinking, someone should do something with that? Then the Providence Preservation Society wants to hear from you. They may not have that particular gem on their radar, so go here to make a nomination on the PPS 2020 Most Endangered Properties form. Nominations are due
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(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
[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
(5.18) 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
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
The Providence Preservation Society is raising awareness on the proposed demolition of 21 Planet Street, a gem of historical and architectural significance. Built in 1785 this house sits right in the heart of the historic Benefit Street area — between Benefit and South Main Streets — where restoration and preservation have created one of the
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(8.17) Not too late to volunteer for Part II of the Riverfront Repair Project tomorrow, Wednesday, August 17th. The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA), and a gang of volunteers, already scraped and painted the lower part of the riverwalk railings last month, starting down by the hurricane barrier. We need about 100 volunteers to sand and
Every January the Providence Preservation Society releases an updated ‘Most Endangered Properties’ list. Sadly there are some very familiar faces on the current list — the Cranston Street Armory, Atlantic Mills, the Industrial Trust Building — monumental properties in need of deep-pocketed collaborations and some sort of government subsidy. (Dynamo House gives us hope, but
(11.17) The Providence Preservation Society has issued an advocacy alert. Can this glorious Victorian Gothic pile be saved? Rhode Island Hospital will appear before the City Plan Commission to request the demolition of the the historic Southwest Pavilion. Located at the heart of the Hospital’s campus, the Southwest Pavilion was included on the PPS Most
Is there a building in your neighborhood in on life-support? Teetering on the brink but full of potential? The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) is taking nominations for the next ‘Most Endangered Properties’ list. (Click here to fill out online nomination form. Deadline October 30th.) More info at Greater City: Providence. Every year, PPS assembles the