The architectural quirkiness and traditional character of the Wickenden streetscape continue to be threatened. Plans to raze the buildings at 269 (seen here) and the adjacent 249 Wickenden Street and replace them with yet another generic, cheesy-looking mixed-use box, passed a first hurdle Tuesday with the Providence City Plan Commission. Members of the Fox Point …
Your introduction to Uyghur cuisine is right around the corner on Wickenden Street. After a few initial setbacks and closings, Jahunger is back in business. Co-owners Nadia Parhat and husband Dilmarat Subat first opened in 2017. Not long after, a fire in the building forced them to close for repairs. No sooner had they recovered …
Outrage on social media has been swift. The turn-of-the-century building that housed the Duck & Bunny restaurant on Wickenden Street was demolished this past Easter weekend. Yes, the irony is rich, but property owners often destroy lovely buildings and beloved trees during holidays, a time when neighbors and students are less likely to come pouring …
(4.27) A Makers & Merchants Sidewalk Sale is scheduled for Saturday on Wickenden Street. Join us for our Spring Makers + Merchants event! The street will be closed for the day and will be filled with over 50 artists and crafters along with a DJ, drinks from Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails and food from The …
(5.6) Get to know some of Providence’s hidden treasures this weekend during Jane’s Walk. Thirteen citizen-led neighborhood tours are planned in Providence during the Jane’s Walk Global Weekend Festival from May 4th-6th. (Facebook event page.) Inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs, Jane’s Walk encourages people to get out and explore their neighborhoods. Unlike typical guided …
My best guess is that when Babe’s became Abe’s, this is what happened to the ‘B’. I like it a lot. BarPlays is located at Abe’s tonight, and next Thursday, June 24th. BarPlays calendar here. (20% off United BBQ deliveries here. Pulled pork, yum.) Free, 7pm start, Thursday, Abe’s, 302 Wickenden Street
The deck of the Wickenden Street overpass is disappearing and it feels much lighter now. (Um, is this guy using a camera or . . . looking through binoculars?) More views after the jump.
Reflections, at the corner of Wickenden and Governor for the last 8 or so years, has closed. It initially appeared to be a temporary thing, but is now looking like it’s permanent. A real loss for Fox Point. Their website, which is insane, has a blurb up that gets at some of it. But any …
Demolition of the Wickenden Street overpass starts tonight at 6:30pm. RIDOT has indicated that the noisy jackhammer portion of the program will cease at a reasonable time in the evening so nearby residents can go nawny. A profile of artist Brent Bachelder, who began the now famous murals in 1997, appears in the Sunday ProJo. …
All the news that’s fit to paint Tsunamis kill people in Bali. Car bombs kill people in Iraq. The Internet is killing newspapers. The major news networks report on these killings with state of the art sensationalism and hi-tech dehumanization. Rhode Island artist David Barnes paints this process and the result is benignly seductive. Starting …
Somewhere under this festive and elegant bunting is a statue of George M. Cohan (judging from the size, age 14 months). All will be revealed tomorrow as the city kicks off a weekend honoring composer and native son George M. Cohan. Head over to the east end of Wickenden Street at 6:30pm for the ceremony. …
If there was a sun. I don’t know quite when this happened but Abe’s is now open — at the site of the old Babe’s of course. Their best innovation so far is having United BBQ deliver to your barstool. But that may move down to second-best innovation if it’s true they are hiring friend-of-the-dose …
No sooner had Nikola Tesla invented the oscillator than Mrs. T. had an idea of her own. This 1890 vibrator can be seen on display in the window of a new store (Mister Sister) on Wickenden Street (where the old Miko used to be).
This bar crawl appears to be working its way west. I caught up with it in a place that shall remain nameless because they refuse to remove the big Christmas wreath from the front window! (It’s St. Patrick’s Day ferchrissake.) At any rate, this crew is to be commended for not driving today. And they …