Preservation News
2012
May
ProJo: CLUCK! Urban Farming Store Regains Zoning Board Approval
ProJo: Organizations Receive Funding to Clean Up Contaminated Sites
ProJo: West Side Diner Nears Completion After a Decade of Work
ProJo: PRA Looking into Purchase of George C. Arnold Building
ProJo: Plans for a Revamped Kennedy Plaza
Roger Williams University: Expansion Uncertain
ProJo: Arcade Providence: Self-Sustaining and Reborn
ProJo: Route 195 Redevelopment Commissioner’s Long-Term Vision
ProJo: Another Chance for Providence: The I-195 Redevelopment Project
2013
March
ProJo: Taveras unveils plan for city, Would fast-track non-historic demolition, freeze commercial tax for seven years, streamline permits
RINPR: Superman Building to Remain on Providence Skyline
ProJo: Future uncertain for empty icon
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Would Benefit Rhode Island
Providence Preservation Society Names Interim Director
January
New York Times: Historic Power Plant in Providence, R.I., May Get Another Chance at an Encore
Orange Street Livery Stable
ProJo: Historic orphanage ready for new use
2012
December
September
City of Providence Holding Benefit Supporting the Restoration Providence's Mayoral Portraits
Narragansett Bay Journal: Restoring the Role of Restoration in Providence
August
July
June
NY Times: Seeking New Roles for Landmarks in Providence, R.I.
Providence Business News: City celebrates saving Providence National Bank facade
May
James Hall on Real Estate Insight podcast with Sally Lapides and Steve Tetzner
New York TImes: Home and Garden Tours Around the Country
RINPR: St. John's Cathedral on list of most endangered
ProJo: Providence Preservation Society's top 10 Most Endangered Properties for 2012 are...
March
New York Times: Facelift Project for Hollywood Stirs Divisions
Listen to PPS Executive Director James Brayton Hall talk about the architecture of the Providence Athenaeum on NPR
ProJo: Four-story apartment building proposed near Brown University
Boston Globe: To make a better Esplanade, harness citizens’ passion
New York Times: Why Don’t We Read About Architecture?
February
January
ProJo: Bank of America to leave downtown Providence landmark
ProJo: "Providence's Arcade to reopen in fall as mix of retail, professional lofts"
2011
December
Providence Journal: "Grove School will be demolished"
New York Times: "It’s Time to Rethink ‘Temporary’"
New York Times: "White Elephant for Sale in London, Again"
New York Times: "Amid Historic Homes, New England Moves to Preserve a Modern Heritage"
MIT is looking at ways to revitalize Cambridge's "Knowledge District" --Boston Globe: "MIT injecting life into Kendall Square"
WPRI: "Providence kicks off holiday season"
Boston Globe: "Historic Providence street shows holiday stuff"
Johnston Patch: "Great Escape: Local Fundraiser, Holiday Festivities, and Skating"
November
September
Boston Globe: "Owners of RI school defy city in demolition"
Providence Journal: "Battle rages over former school"
August
Providence Journal: "Providence hires firm to devise plans for Route 195 land"
Providence Journal: "Chafee Announces Land Panel Nominees"
July
June
Providence Journal: David Brussat on AS220's Mercantile Block
Providence Journal: "Building for the future"
Providence Journal: "Aging structures 'have a soul to them'"
May
GoLocalProv: "RISD Student Stages Art with Endangered Property"
Providence Journal: " Arcade store opening a hoax"
WPRI: " Columbus Theatre on Endangered Properties List"
GoLocalProv: "PPS Ten Most Endangered Properties List"
WRNI: "Parking Garage Makes Endangered Properties List"
Providence Journal: "Swath of Downtown of Endangered Properties List"
April
March
David Brussat on Clarke Flowers
Providence Journal: "Getting a Look at Main Street"
Providence Journal: "Owner of Columbus Theater Hopes to Save it for Another Generation"
WRNI's Scott Mackay: What Providence can Learn from History
February
Broadway's Wedding Cake House to get an "Affordable" Makeover
PPS Executive Director James Hall says his work is never done
January
Providence Journal: "Broadway's Historic Wedding Cake House to become Condos"
Kendrick-Prentice-Tirocchi House Aquired by Community Works RI
David Brussat on the Grove Street School
The Future of the Arcade
2010
December
Providence Business News: "Another imagining for the Arcade, courtesy local architect’s RISD students"
Providence Journal: "It's Christmastime in Providence"
Providence Journal: "PPS Holiday Festival Returns to Historic Benefit Street"
November
October
Providence Journal: "Landmark House in Providence's South Elmwood being Renovated"
Brown Student Radio: "Capitalize on that Creativity!"
Providence Business News: "Journal Allowed to Demolish Historic Warehouse on Harris Ave."
Preservation Magazine: "Rhode Islanders Rally for 1901 School"
September
Providence Journal: "Endangered Properties"
Providence Business News: "Journal seeks to demolish historic warehouse"
WPRI.com: "Providence National Bank, a sign of The Times"
Providence Journal: "Opponents, Supporters Clash over Former Grove Street School in Providence"
Providence Journal: "Providence Hopefuls Support Preservation"
August
Providence Journal: "Providence mayoral candidates have their first televised debate"
Providence Journal: "City ups the ante in debate over Weybosset Street façade"
Providence Journal: "AS220 and the Art of Providence"
July
Providence Business News: "PPS Summer Business Membership event featuring Keith Stokes"
Providence Journal: "House of the Week- East Side Residence has Four Bedrooms and Plenty of Charming Nooks"
Providence Business News: "Providence Preservation Society hires James Brayton Hall as executive director"
Providence Business News: "State Council for Arts grants $860K in support of 15,000 R.I. artists at work "
June
Providence Business News: "I-195 Move a Chance to Reconnect"
Providence Journal: "Nine East Side houses on Preservation Society tour"
May
Boston Globe: "Festival of Historic House in Providence"
GoLocalProv: "Discover Providence's Best Small Garden"
Providence Journal: "Providence students get lesson in historic preservation"
Providence Business News: "Salve Seeking Architecture Papers"
NBC 10: "Lawmakers Hear Preservation Bills"
Providence Journal: "Group Unveils its List of Properties Worth Preserving"
Providence Business News: "PPS Names City Properties Most at Risk"
PPS press release: PPS to Announce 2010 Ten Most Endangered Properties List- May 12
Providence Journal: Letter to the Editor - "Saving Downtown"
April
2012
Dec 4
Brand RI: East Side Story, by PPS Executive Director James Hall
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