Posts Tagged ‘Providence Preservation Society’
Providence College “Strive” housing makes PPS 2024 Most Endangered Places List – (updated)
The Providence Preservation Society assembles an annual list of “most endangered places” to bring attention to vulnerable places and heritage across the city that are of architectural, historic, or cultural significance. Previously known as the “Most Endangered Properties List,” and now called the Most Endangered Places List, this name change better reflects the diversity of…
Read MoreIn the Arena: Brent Runyon, former director, Providence Preservation Society
Photo: Providence Preservation Society, Facebook This week Joe Paolino Jr. interviews Brent Runyon, the Executive Director of the Providence Preservation Society as he prepares to leave Rhode Island. They talk about his time here and his proudest accomplishments. Paolino refers to Runyon as a man of deep integrity and vision. His one regret? The Cranston…
Read MoreLessons from the Fane ouster – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Lower portions of Hope Point Tower, which would have risen 600 feet in a 100-foot zone. The so-called Hope Point Tower threat is gone, done in by inflationary costs and a dodgy market. Lessons from this interlude abound, chiefly that neighborhood opposition to poorly conceived proposals…
Read MoreAll Providence infrastructure, every public school on PPS Most Endangered Property list
PPS names providence schools infrasture on endangered list
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…
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