Upcoming Events

Jane’s Walk 2025

Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4

Explore Providence’s neighborhoods + Woonsocket on foot with Jane’s Walk, a global walking festival on May 2-4, inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs. These interactive walks are led by local residents and community activists who get people thinking, talking, and connecting with each other. Jane’s Walks are free and anyone can participate! Walks take place…

PPS Preservation Awards Walk

Saturday, April 26, 9am to 12pm

Last November, PPS recognized thirteen preservation and adaptive reuse projects that were completed in Providence between 2022 and 2024. Awards went to projects across the city in South Providence, Valley, Olneyville, Mount Pleasant, Downtown, College Hill and Fox Point. They included single-family homes, places of worship, educational buildings, legacy and new community businesses, and re-envisioned…

Water Management Workshop

Saturday, May 10 from 1pm to 5pm

Water Management Workshop 4 Instructional Hours, May 10 Taught by Noel Sanchez in person at the Esek Hopkins House, 97 Admiral Street, Providence. Water is arguably the #1 threat to the integrity of a building. Managing water and minimizing moisture is one of the easiest things you can do to care for your home long-term,…

Triple Decker Forever

Wednesday, May 21 at 5pm

This project celebrates the history of a specific type of multi-family urban housing. Often called a triple-decker or a tenement house, it stacks three, four or occasionally six apartments in a tidy little package on a small city lot. These buildings have seen a lot over 1.5 centuries; love, loss, birth, death, conflict and rest…

Wooden Window Maintenance Workshop

Saturday, June 7 from 9am to 1pm

Wooden Window Maintenance Workshop 4 Instructional Hours, June 7 Taught by Noel Sanchez in person at the Esek Hopkins House, 97 Admiral Street, Providence. This half-day workshop teaches participants how to assess, maintain and provide basic repair for wooden windows. Participants will gain an understanding of how windows have been constructed in Rhode Island, common…

Providence’s Green Book Sites Along Benefit Street

Saturday, July 12 at 10am

Pre-Civil Rights-era travel guides like The Negro Motorist Green Book directed African-American motorists to garages, beauty parlors, hotels, restaurants, and drug stores at would serve their needs. On Providence’s Benefit Street, many Green Book sites survive to tell a tale of persistence and resistance in an age dominated by racial discrimination. This tour explores sites belonging…