More reader submissions from our Flickr Group:
Armory. Photo © Grayfamilia
Tropical Liquors. Photo © Grayfamilia
More reader submissions from our Flickr Group:
Armory. Photo © Grayfamilia
Tropical Liquors. Photo © Grayfamilia
More storm photos from our Flickr Group:
Broadway, photo © SecondEmpire
Washington Street, Photo © ssarahfine
From RunawayJim on Flickr:
Submit your storm photos to our Flickr Group or email them to us [...]
Our Northern Virginia correspondent gives us a look of what we can expect tonight and tomorrow.
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The Snowpocolypse buries Northern Virginia. Photo by Jen Coleslaw
Tonight’s snow total predictions keep going up. If you head out into the storm to take photos, we hope you’ll share them with us.
Upload your snow photos to Flickr and send them to the [...]
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Ray LaHood
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes
Political Humor
Health Care Crisis
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The province of Ontario in Canada has introduced a new green vehicle license plate for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. The province describes the plate and the benefits associated with it:
Ontarians have voted for a new vehicle licence plate that will encourage consumers to switch [...]
Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they’re also absorbing lessons from one of the world’s leading cities in [...]
Photo by Brian Jepson
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009, 5:30 – 8:30pm
AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI
FREE (buy your own food and drink – it’s cheap)
The last Providence Geek Dinner of the decade (yes, _ the decade_!) drops next week, and [...]
From RIAC
December Intermodal UpdateThe Intermodal project is at 64% complete, on schedule and within budget. Project highlights to date include the completion of the curtain wall spanning the length of the skywalk, installation of escalators at the TEI and the connection of the east and west garages over [...]
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009 – 4:45 PM
Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Providence Public Safety Complex
Dean and Washington Streets, Providence
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of [...]
Providence Daily Dose, RIFuture, Kmareka, Not For Nothing, and Greater City: Providence are teaming up for a Providence Blogosphere Holiday Spectacular (aka a night of drinking) on Wednesday, December 16th.
It will take place starting at [...]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Rep. Defazio joins Rachel at about the 4:40 mark in the video above. Defazio points to stimulus spending on infrastructure is producing the most jobs and urges that more stimulus go to infrastructure to attack our [...]
Doing some work to the site. Things probably look funky. Don’t fear!
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Providence Daily Dose, RIFuture, and Greater City: Providence are teaming up this year for a holiday party Downcity.
Details are still being worked out, but what we do know now is it will be Wednesday, December 16th [...]
Video © Grayfamilia
Flickr member Grayfamilia shared his video of the pumpkin launch at Dexter Training Ground in our Flickr Group.
If you’d like your photos featured here, join our Flickr Group and submit them.
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LEON KRIER
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Lecture & Book Signing
5:30pm-7:30pm
De Ciccio Family Auditorium (Salomon 101)
Brown University Main Green
Providence, RI 02903
Leon Krier is one of the most influential architects and urbanists practicing in the world today. In lectures, writings and design projects, he [...]
As they prepare to host the United Nations Climate Conference next week, Copenhagen has installed a pedal powered Christmas Tree.
Via inhabitat
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Some nighttime photos from our Flickr Group:
Photo (cc) kd1s
Photo (cc) hotnightcrasher
Photo (cc) [...]
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009 – 4:45 PM
Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of Meeting Minutes: November 3, 2009
1. Brown University Institutional Master Plan [...]
As millions of Americans get in their cars this week to visit friends and families for the Holiday, NPR is running a series on Road Safety. On The Road to Safety is a weeklong multimedia report from NPR on highway safety:
Throughout this week, National Public Radio will be [...]
If you have money to spend this holiday season, we suggest you spend it locally. The Downcity merchants are bringing it this year.
We already noted that the Calico pop-up shop opens on Friday. Another pop-up shop is RISD Expose, a student [...]
Surely everyone is aware by now that Craftland is running year round on Westminster Street, but that doesn’t mean they are not having a Holiday Party to ring in their usual season.
Please join us for the Craftland Show 2009 opening party!
We have affordable handmade gifts made [...]
It is actually rather amazing, for good or bad, how much of this came true. Though it is certainly good that much of it didn’t. This is a vision of the future from 1958.
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Photo from Calico Blog
A retail trend that has been around for a while in bigger cities has been making its way to Providence recently, the Pop Up shop. Waste Not Want Not popped up for a while over the [...]
The Pawtucket Foundation is still seeking submissions for their rebranding effort for Downtown Pawtucket. You could win $500!
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Earlier this month, New Urban Arts received the Coming Up Taller award in D.C., this week they are back home and ready to celebrate.
This Friday, Nov. 20th, New Urban Arts will have an award celebration at their Westminster [...]
Roger Williams National Memorial Cultural Landscape Report
Available for Review and Comment and Notice of Public Meeting
In collaboration with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and the State University of [...]
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009, 5:30 – 8:30pm
AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI
FREE (buy your own food and drink – it’s cheap)
Providence Geeks returns to AS220 for our November Dinner, just in time to enjoy its amazing new restaurant. And they are [...]
Department of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
OPENING SESSIONCall to Order Roll Call Approval of Meeting Minutes: October 20, 2009
CITY COUNCIL REFERRAL1. Referral 3320 [...]
Photo (cc) Brian’sLens
Transportation For America released a report today on pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. ranking the top 52 metro areas over 1 million (Providence ranked 11th best). The results are not pretty:
In the last 15 years, [...]
A collection of photos submitted to our Flickr Group:
Photo © oh hello
Photo © SecondEmpire
Photo (cc) Mikenan1
Children’s Museum Hosts Community Conversations About Play
PROVIDENCE, RI – Providence Children’s Museum is hosting two community conversations this fall to unite individuals and organizations from across the state to discuss the issues affecting children’s opportunities for unstructured, self-directed [...]
LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BUILDING BOARD OF REVIEW
190 DYER STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02903-3902
Notice is hereby given that the Building Board of Review will be in session in the Conference [...]
Update: We received the photo above of today’s award presentation. Pictured from Left to Right: Jason Yoon, Executive Director, New Urban Arts; Rosalia Velis, Studio Team Advisory Board Chair; and First Lady Michelle Obama. Photo by Steven E. Purcell
It’s official! New Urban Arts, [...]
I enjoy the discussions of big plans and projects like train stations and streetcars, but sometimes I despair of anything ever coming about in a city that can not accomplish the simplest, tiniest, glaringly, obviously necessary public works.
These pictures were not [...]
The Kennedy Plaza repaving project is underway and set to run through Thanksgiving. As a result of the project, all buses are moved out of the busways and relocated to various areas around the plaza area.
If [...]
golden meanie shares some photos of last night’s Iron Pour in our Flickr Group:
Photo © lianebyrnes
There’s a bunch of photos in our Flickr Group to share with you, but I wanted to just quickly highlight this one.
Shouldn’t there be some sort of barrier around that open [...]
PROVIDENCE CITY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGDepartment of Planning and Development, 4th Floor Auditorium
400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI [...]
Streetfilms takes a look at the different bike lane types in New York City.
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View Jewelry District sites in a larger map
Key: Green = Brown-owned buildings, Red = Lots Brown is pursuing, Blue = Lots Johnson and Wales University is pursuing.
The Brown Daily Herald has launched a five part series they describe as:
A five-part Herald series examining [...]
Flickr member e_pics shares some camera obscura photos from the recent RISD by Design Weekend.
From 2008:
Cities x Design continues their discussion with Charlie Cannon:
And Andy Cutler and Lynn Mc Cormack discuss the creative economy:
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A portion of Allens Avenue south of Thurbers Avenue will be closing this Friday (Oct. 23) evening through next Tuesday (Oct. 27) for work at the railroad crossing near the Port of Providence. See the RIDOT Press Release.
RIDOT Graphic
I’ve been [...]
Shop Downcity shares some photos of last weekend’s Fusion Fest with us:
Images from Shop Downcity
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