A Message of Commitment
The Providence Preservation Society and the Providence Revolving Fund stand in solidarity with those working for justice and equality
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The Providence Preservation Society and the Providence Revolving Fund stand in solidarity with those working for justice and equality
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It’s that time of year again — nomination season for our annual Most Endangered Properties List! Providence Preservation Society’s
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May is National Preservation Month! To celebrate, we’re kicking off a feature called My Preservation Story, which highlights the PPS staff’s many paths to careers in preservation. We all got into this field one way or another — for some, it was a total accident, for others a lifelong dream — and found our way…
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**The Competition winners have been announced!** Looking for something to occupy your time during isolation? We have just the thing: a design competition!
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Updated 9/22/20 In accordance with Rhode Island’s Phase III re-opening plan, the PPS offices are now open by appointment only. All visitors must wear a mask and comply with social distancing guidelines while they are inside the building. PPS staff will be in the office on a rotating schedule from Monday – Thursday. Please contact…
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From the desk of Brent Runyon, Executive Director of the Providence Preservation Society Over the last week, more than a dozen people forwarded me an opinion piece in the New York Times with the provocative headline “When Historic Preservation Hurts Cities.” Questions flooded in about how the Providence Preservation Society would respond and whether the…
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On Thursday, January 23, PPS hosted its 2020 Annual Meeting at the Preservation Award-winning Pavilion at Grace Church. A video of the full meeting is available here. Marisa Angell Brown presented the keynote lecture, Inheritance: What We Preserve and Why. One of the best-known images of the preservation movement of the last century shows Jane Jacobs, Philip Johnson,…
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The Providence Preservation Society announced the 2020 Most Endangered Properties List at our Annual Meeting
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