The Providence Preservation Society and the South Providence Neighborhood Association are announcing a joint project that brings together small groups of long-term residents and business owners in the Southside of Providence to discuss the role of historic preservation in their community. Pairs of sessions will be held monthly from March through June 2022. Individuals are…
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Since 1956, the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) has played an important role in the preservation and revitalization of the city. We have innovated the practice of historic preservation, establishing a reputation as a national thought-leader in our field. Upon our founding, we piloted a model for urban renewal that included historic preservation as a core…
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Think you know a place? We’re highlighting places that define a quintessential Providence experience for residents of the Creative Capital. In this edition, we asked Katherine Hypolite-MacMannis about what charming landscapes and architectural wonders make Providence, Providence. About our featured wanderer: If home is where the heart is, then Providence is Katherine Hypolite-MacMannis’ home. While…
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Click Here to Order Because of the overwhelming success of our sale of the keepsake ornaments of the Superman Building last year, we’ve decided to make it a new PPS tradition. We’re excited to announce that this year’s limited-edition ornament features the iconic Cranston Street Armory! Click here to place your order. Ornaments are $30…
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Source: Providence Journal Nick Cicchitelli is president of the Fox Point Neighborhood Association. Brent Runyon is executive director of the Providence Preservation Society. In early September, Brown University President Christina Paxson met with leaders of four neighborhood organizations (the Fox Point Neighborhood Association, the College Hill Neighborhood Association, the Mile of History Association, and the Providence…
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All-Access Symposium Pass / $20 (Full schedule + a la carte registration below) Housing and historic preservation go hand in hand. Some of the preservation movement’s earliest efforts were protecting the homes of prominent figures, and today’s preservation nonprofits are still largely associated with historic home markers and house tours. But as the United States…
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Story shared by PPS Member Fraser Lang I have rather an unusual connection to the Industrial Trust Building. My father, Charles H. H. Lang was an employee of Industrial Trust Bank and there was (and presumably still is) a plaque in the fabulous Art Deco lobby of the bank honoring him and the dozen or…
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PPS is excited to have a robust cohort of 2021 summer interns assisting us with a wide variety of historic preservation projects! Marin joins us through the Brown Swearer Center’s community engagement summer internship program. Where are you from and what are you studying? I’m originally from Providence. I now study Environmental Studies and Urban…
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