An urgent plea from the owners of the famous Wedding Cake on Broadway. After years of vacancy and deterioration, the iconic Kendrick-Prentice-Tirocchi House (1867) is in dire need of repair. Included on the Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties list in 2010, 2012, and 2015, bringing this Providence landmark back to life requires creativity and […]
Out-of-towners often comment on the pleasing scale of our city. It’s not just the cozy perimeter that registers, but the height and massing of the buildings. The scale is human; the streetscape, walkable. Take a minute and look at this view of our charming (okay . . . anemic) business district from across the river.
(6.4) Time is running out for tickets to “The Development of Fox Point,” a special lecture to be given Thursday as something of a preview to the upcoming PPS Historic House Festival. Join architectural historian Mack Woodward (author of the PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture and co-author of Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources)
(5.28) The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) will celebrate twenty years of its Most Endangered Properties (MEP) program with the opening of the ‘Most Endangered Properties 20th Anniversary Photo Exhibit’ in the atrium of the Peerless Building downtown. The exhibit will stay open through the summer. Each year, the Society compiles the Ten Most Endangered Properties List
(4.16) First an update on this formerly endangered property from the Providence Preservation Society (PPS). The iconic 1810 Cathedral of St. John, designed by Providence Architect John Holden Greene, was included on the PPS Most Endangered Properties List for seven years due to increasing maintenance costs associated with the building. In late 2014, the Episcopal
The Providence Preservation Society has released its 2015 list of Most Endangered Properties. Back for a second year is St. Teresa of Avila Church (1883) on Manton Avenue. The red brick St. Teresa of Avila Church features classical details and a large rose window above the Manton Street entrance. Built to serve a growing population
(7.24) The popular “Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk” summer tours, presented by the Providence Preservation Society, kick off this Thursday in Grace Church Cemetery on Broad Street. Join us in South Providence as we visit Grace Church Cemetery. Established in 1834 by the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, this historic cemetery occupies nine acres
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
Thank you Jef Nickerson at Greater City: Providence for bringing to our attention an article in Tuesday’s New York Times hinting at renewed interest in the Narragansett Electric Lighting House, the vacant brick hulk on Eddy Street. The so-called “Dynamo House” made the Providence Preservation Society’s 2012 Ten Most Endangered Properties List after ambitious if
(8.16) Lecture Thursday at the Brick School House; the topic will be the South Elmwood area (to be followed by the ‘Walk the Walk’ part on August 23rd). The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) presents the third in its ‘Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk’ series. From June to September, Executive Director James Hall will be
(6.28) Four neighborhoods; four talks; four tours. Taking preservation from the classroom to the taproom! Thursday is the first walking tour of the PPS “Talk the Talk, and Walk the Walk” series. Join Providence Preservation Society Executive Director James Hall for a walking tour of the old Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Complex (the “talk” has
The Providence Preservation Society has released its annual ‘Ten Most Endangered Properties’ list. Back on the list is the Providence Arcade (picture after jump) vacant since 2008. Recently a few mysterious signs appeared indicating that a “marketplace” was coming soon, but no one, including the building’s owner, knows what that might be about. (Mario Hilario
An atmospheric new photography exhibit showcases ‘The Ten Most Endangered Properties’ list generated annually by the Providence Preservation Society. Many of the area’s most talented photographers are represented here. Some images shimmer like spectral apparitions in unrecognizable dreamscapes; others already have a vintage look, like photos found in a box in the attic. This photo
Oh dear god. These are just random downtown building tops and may or may not be part of the Providence Preservation Society’s Downtown Stroll, but I just have to shove that picture of Ms. O’D in drag down, down, down (no matter how amusing Mr. Roch may be). Okay, so this PPS event provides a