PPS Community Heritage Fellowship: Request for Proposals RFP Issued: December 10, 2024 Application Deadline: 5:00pm on January 14, 2025 Project Period: February 3 – December 31, 2025. All funds must be spent during the project period. Award: $7,000 honorarium; materials/research budget of up to $750 and final exhibition budget of up to $1,500. Apply Here…
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Michele D’Agnillo’s first job in the United States as a teenage janitor in a Colorado copper-smelt factory was a far cry from the empire he would build about a decade later: artificial flower manufacturing. As the story goes, the Italian immigrant started out in Providence with a dollar in his pocket, which he used to…
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With the Providence Place mall recently entering receivership — essentially state-level bankruptcy — the future of the carpeted shopping center is in limbo. The enormous Providence Place mall building was built roughly 25 years ago, but today mall tenants are dwindling. GoLocalProv columnist and former Parks Director for Providence Bob McMahon has already suggested a few new…
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The local architecture firm behind some of Providence’s most thoughtful new designs. Providence has its unlikely treasures, and one of them is the brainy, singularly creative architecture firm known as 3Six0. The small firm’s two founders and principals — Chris Bardt and Kyna Leski — are Harvard-trained RISD professors who happen to be husband and…
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At the City Planning Commission’s Nov. 19 meeting, a preliminary plan by Citadel Properties LLC and Strive Properties for a mixed-use development at 663 Admiral Street in Ward 14 was brought for reconsideration. Residents testified about their concerns with the development, including Ward 14 Councilor Shelley Peterson, and a representative of the developers discussed their…
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PPS is happy to announce that our 2024 keepsake ornament, featuring Knight Memorial Library, is now available! Proceeds from all sales will support PPS’s educational programs and advocacy work across the city in 2025. Place your order here! Ornaments are $35 each, including shipping and handling, and will ship in early December. Read on to learn how the…
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A Tour of Architect Jenna Yu’s Straw Bale ADU in Elmwood From the outside, architect and designer Jenna Yu’s home on Depew Street may look like any other. Periwinkle with wooden siding and an addition connecting to the original 19th-century home — not unusual for the Elmwood neighborhood. But unlike most homes in Providence, this…
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PPS seeks an Operations Manager to manage day-to-day operations and systems and support member, donor and grant administration. The successful candidate will be highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong communications and writing skills and a passion for urban life and culture. The candidate should have superb relational skills that make them an asset to PPS’s…
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