Posts Tagged ‘preservation’
A Trip to South Main Street and Tockwotten – Ed Iannuccilli
by Ed Iannnuccilli, contributing writer. Photos submitted. Last week we made our way to South Main Street for an appointment in Providence. We ventured first to a neat coffee shop, Dave’s, where we each indulged in a bacon, cheese, and egg sandwich on an English muffin. But no fear, it is not our usual morning fare,…
Read MoreCranston’s Garden City in process to be named to National Register Historic Districts
Garden City has moved forward in receiving a grant to support its application to be named a National Register Historic Districts location. The award to support the application development comes after five years of advocacy to get to this point. A member of the Garden City Alliance, Elizabeth Salzillo, has made this a labor of…
Read MoreStatement from the Greek Assumption Church on the future of Pawtucket’s Read Ott Mansion
This statement was received for publication today from the Assumption Greek Church in Pawtucket regarding the controversy surrounding the future of the Read Ott Mansion. (see bottom of article for links to prior stories on this building). “The Church recognizes that there has been some discussion of its plans for the structure on its property,…
Read More“Save Pawtucket’s Ott Mansion”, same message today, after 16 years of grace – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer The headline of this post is the same as when I wrote it as my weekly column for the Providence Journal in 2008. The Read-Ott Mansion was at a most dire risk of demolition then, and remains so now. Its owner, the Assumption of the Virgin…
Read MorePawtucket neighbors to Greek church: Save the Read-Ott House, or let us do it – David Sisson
by David Sisson Our Quality Hill Neighborhood group, in Pawtucket, is rightfully upset about the proposed demolition of the Read-Ott House on Walcott Street. This home is owned by the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, also in Pawtucket, which have been poor stewards of the property. Their proposal is to demolish the home. Essentially, demolition by…
Read MorePreserve RI names its annual Rhody Awards for preservation
Historic Preservation Project Award Unity Park, Bristol – Joseph M. Brito Jr., CEO Looking at Unity Park now, bubbling with activity from businesses, restaurants, and shops, it’s hard to imagine that this complex just blocks from historic Main Street had been an abandoned industrial site for years. Opened in 1865 as the National Rubber Company,…
Read MoreONE Neighborhood Builders to preserve Cumberland church, add affordable housing
Photo: The Steeple & Stone development, depicted in the architectural rendering above, represents the adaptive reuse of the historic St. Patrick Church in Cumberland. This transformative initiative will offer 44 affordable apartments, including several dedicated to older adults. ONE Neighborhood Builders (ONE|NB), the state’s leading community development corporation and one of the state’s most active…
Read MoreWashington’s Union Station expansion to hide ugliness in plain site – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Union Station, completed in 1907 near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (ggwash.org.) Last week the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the Federal Railroad Administration released images of a planned expansion of Washington’s Union Station, which sits just east of the U.S. Capitol grounds. The…
Read MoreFlub planned by Providence Preservation Society for its own 1769 headquarters – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Photo: Unsympathetic glass-and-steel addition planned for rear of 1769 Old Brick School House. (PPS) I drove up downtown’s beautiful Westminster Street yesterday and saw director Brent Runyon of the Providence Preservation Society sitting outdoors at a café around noon. I wanted to scream at him: “WTF are you…
Read MoreCultural arts/historic preservation grants for 42 Rhode Island projects open to public
Grants Will Fund 42 Renovation, Repair and Program Expansion Projects Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) jointly announced today the recipients of 24 State Cultural Facilities Grants and 18 State Preservation Grants. Together the projects represent some $2.28 million…
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