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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

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

Black and white collage featuring leaders in tenant organizing in Rhode Island throughout history, with news headlines related to housing and tenant organizing. In the center, it says "Tenants Unions in RI" with letters cut out from a newspaper.

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