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WBNA House Tour

(10.12) The WBNA will be hosting a self-guided walking tour, “This is Where They Live/d,” all day this Saturday. (Facebook event.) Step inside Victorian houses and buildings that became home to successive waves of immigrants settling on the city’s west side over the past 180 years – Irish, Italian, Armenian, Dominican, and Guatemalan, to name …

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Armory Reuse — Public Meeting

(4.9) A public meeting will be held Tuesday at the John Hope Settlement House to discuss future plans for the Cranston Street Armory. (Facebook event.) From the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA): The meeting, hosted by the State’s Department of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), will feature a presentation by Utile, the consultants working …

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WBNA House Tour

(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 …

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WBNA Bocce & Chess Ribbon Cutting

(7.13) The West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) will be celebrating ‘Bocce and Chess in the Park’ this Thursday at 4pm with a ribbon-cutting for the new bocce courts and chess tables at the Dexter Training Ground. (Facebook event page.) Join neighbors, elected officials, and the Jeffrey Family for a “throw of the first ball.” Celebration …

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WestSide Caroling

(12.20) Tonight is the 8th annual WestSide Caroling event sponsored by the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA). New route and new starting point so pay attention. Meet at Ogies’ and end at Pizza J. It’s a scene. This year, we will meet up at Ogie’s Trailer Park (1155 Westminster St) from 5-6pm for snacks & …

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Neighbor Days Block Party

(9.26) Yeah, it’s kind of a scene. Narragansett Beer and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) are throwing their annual Neighbor Days Block Party on Saturday from noon to 6pm in Luongo Square between The Avery and the E & O Tap (Facebook event). Live music includes: Forest Fires/Jay Berndt and the Orphans/Gavage/Black Oil Incinerator/Ravi …

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Tirocchi House Needs Help

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 …

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WBNA House Tour

(10.4) You can tour ten of West Broadway’s most interesting and newly revitalized properties this Saturday for $35. This includes some of those massive piles on Broadway itself, as well as a residence on Sutton Street, Brighton Street, and the Armenian church on Broadway which may be trying to rehabilitate its reputation in the neighborhood …

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WBNA Block Party 2012 — June 30, Harrison Street

Come out for the West Broadway Neighborhood Association‘s third annual neighborhood Block Party! The beautiful and talented Miss Wensday will emcee the event this year. Mingle with old friends and neighbors, make new friends and meet new neighbors, or come on over to visit the neighborhood and see why so many people think the WestSide is the …

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