Upcoming Events

Repairing and Rebuilding Historic Stone Hearths

March 26 - 28

Repairing and Rebuilding Historic Stone Hearths 21 Instructional Hours, March 26 – 28, 2025. Taught by Noel Sanchez in person at the Esek Hopkins House in Providence (97 Admiral Street) every day from 8am to 4pm. This three-day course teaches the skills and techniques needed to properly repair and rebuild a historic brick hearth. This…

Walk the PVD Crosstown Trail: A 13-Mile Urban Hike!

Sunday, April 6 at 9am

Inspired by the San Francisco Crosstown Trail, this walking route traverses both quiet neighborhoods and a variety of parks across the city of Providence. The first half of the trail (7.5 miles, 2.5 hours) starts at Neutaconkanut Hill and proceeds through Merino Park, the Woonasquatucket River Greenway, and Pleasant Valley Parkway to the downtown River…

Deconstructing Historic Buildings

April 7 - 11

Deconstructing Historic Buildings Workshop 35 Instructional Hours, April 7 -11 Taught by Noel Sanchez in person at 493 River Avenue in Providence every day from 8am to 4pm. This 5-day workshop teaches skills and techniques in the manual deconstruction of historic buildings, a sustainable practice that allows materials, decorative details or structural elements to be…

Tour of Community MusicWorks with 3Six0

Friday, April 11 from 5 to 6:30pm

This tour of Community MusicWorks’ new building on Westminster Street will be led by the project architects, Chris Bardt and Kyna Leski. Information and registration coming soon!

PPS Preservation Awards Walk

Saturday, April 26, 9am to 12:30pm

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…

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…

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…