At a second reading of the petition on Tuesday, City Council voted 9-5-1 to approve the zoning changes requested by Jason Fane for his 46-story tower proposal at Parcel 42. This, in spite of impassioned pleas by Council Members Principe and LaFortune to their colleagues on the Council to change their minds and words of…
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The City Council Ordinance Committee met on November 8. They are sending a recommendation to the full Council to approve the Fane Organization’s rezoning request. City Council members Terry Hassett, Jo-Ann Ryan and Carmen Castillo cast positive votes. Council member Mary Kay Harris abstained and Council member Bryan Principe cast the lone nay vote. The…
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Landscape architect and director of the Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Ron Henderson, FASLA delivered the keynote address of the 2018 Providence Symposium. His talk on cultural landscapes included inspiration for his design of CityWalk. Henderson, with Phoebe Blake and Dan Baudouin, received the PPS Preservation Initiative Award for…
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Fane Tower returns to the City Council Ordinance Committee on Monday, October 22! Citizens, community leaders, and elected officials have all recognized why the zoning changes required for the proposed tower are not in the best interests of the city or its residents. The meeting takes place at 5:30 pm at the City Council Chamber….
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October marks 90 years since the iconic Industrial Trust Building first opened to the public in 1928. Although it has been unoccupied in recent years, the “Superman Building” remains one of the most recognizable structures in Rhode Island. In celebration of the occasion, this month we are highlighting the building’s history and contribution to Providence’s…
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New Member Welcome Reception On August 23, PPS hosted our annual New Member Welcome Reception, organized by Membership Chair and Trustee Steve Coon. Attendees enjoyed balmy weather, scintillating conversation, and the beautiful colonial revival garden at Shakespeare’s Head. We are so grateful to our new members; our work would not be possible without your support!…
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Andrés Duany is a founder of the New Urbanism movement whose planning and design firm, Duany Plater-Zyberk, has been deeply involved in revitalizing downtown Providence since the early 1990s. In a guest column on n David Brussat’s Architecture Here and There blog, he writes in opposition to the Hope Point Tower proposed by developer Jason…
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The Fane Tower proposal for Parcel 42 is heading to City Council. We expect the Fane Organization’s petition for changes to the zoning ordinance and zoning map to be on the agenda Thursday, September 6th at 7 pm. After the CPC and City Council’s own Ordinance Committee voted NOT to recommend the changes, the…
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