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Preservation, planning and urban design across Providence’s communities and neighborhoods.
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Shakespeare’s Head: A Timeline
Timeline Index: Information in this timeline was compiled with reference to John Hutchins Cady’s “The Story of Shakespeare’s Head” (1949), PPS’s building history of Shakespeare’s Head (ca 1960s), the Providence Journal Archives,… By Katy Pickens
Notes on Shakespeare’s Head Garden
“Beginning in the early 1990’s and through the 2000’s, the landscape architect Lalla Searle took on the revitalization of Shakespeare’s Head Garden as a project that deeply resonated with her love of… By Katy Pickens
From the Archives: John Hutchin’s Cady 1949 Lecture on Shakespeare’s Head
The Story of Shakespeare’s Head An Address by John Hutchins Cady at John Brown House, Providence, January 13, 1949 Among the diminishing number of pre-Revoluntionary buildings in Providence which have survived to… By Katy Pickens
Providence Preservation Society Announces Sale of Historic Shakespeare’s Head Property to the Center for Reflective History
A New Social History and Research Project Planned for the 1772 Building on College Hill May 29, 2025 – On May 28, the historic Shakespeare’s Head building, located at 21 Meeting Street in… By Katy Pickens
The Providence College Institutional Master Plan: Renovations, Expansion of Campus Boundary, Student Housing
Providence College presented its Institutional Master Plan (IMP) to the City Plan Commission (CPC) at its meeting Tuesday, May 20. The plan outlined proposals to renovate some of its existing facilities, add… By Katy Pickens
A pedestrian bridge for Sims Avenue is ready to be installed across the Woonasquatucket. Why is it stuck in Virginia?
The Providence Redevelopment Agency has been authorized to pay extra storage fees for the bridge, leading to questions about the agency’s procurement policies As part of a swath of improvements coming to… By Katy Pickens
Lead Law Enforcement Remains Complex
At a community meeting at the West Broadway Neighborhood Association headquarters on May 19, Senator Sam Bell, Representative Enrique Sanchez, and Representative John J. Lombardi, as well as the Rhode Island Department… By Katy Pickens
The 50-Year History of Tenant Unions in Rhode Island
When organizers announced the formation of the Atlantic Mills Tenants Union (AMTU) on Dec. 21, the Mills’ snow-capped towers at their backs, they made history as the first commercial tenants union in… By Keating Zelenke