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Tag Archives: Gina Raimondo
Providence dodges a bullet
Providence dodged a bullet last Tuesday morning. That’s the good news. For all the horrifying videotape, rioters managed to do little real damage to downtown. Lots of glass was broken, boosting the local glass and plywood industries. There were a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Providence
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Defund the Police, George Floyd, Gina Raimondo, Jorge Elorza, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Riots
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ProvSox spike smote PawSox
If the PawSox do decamp for Worcester in two years, as seems certain but is not, there is blame enough to go around. The team owners say Rhode Island did not really want them, and they got their first taste … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Development
Tagged 38Studios, Baseball, Gina Raimondo, Minor League Baseball, PawSox, Pawtucket Red Sox, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Worcester MA
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One of Fallows’s small cities?
James Fallows, a longtime writer for The Atlantic, gave the keynote address at today’s Power of Place Summit, held every couple of years by Grow Smart Rhode Island, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. With wife Deborah, Fallows has written … Continue reading
Build the boulevard anyway
Governor Raimondo has stepped into the debate here in Providence over how to rebuild the aging 6-10 Connector, which carries traffic into downtown from parts west. The state originally wanted to build a complex version of Boston’s Big Dig, but … Continue reading
Posted in Providence, Urbanism and planning
Tagged 6-10 Connector, Charrette, Gina Raimondo, Highways, Notre Dame, Philip Bess, Providence, Rhode Island, RIDOT, Smart Growth, Transportation
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RISD rides to 195 rescue
Governor Raimondo has invited the Rhode Island School of Design to help bring more innovation to the I-195 corridor. She has also hired the state’s first chief innovation officer, former CIA wonk Richard Culatta, who will work in splendid isolation … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged design, Gina Raimondo, I-195 Redevelopment District, Innovation, Jewelry District, Knowledge District, Planning, Providence RI, Richard Culatta, RISD, South Street Landing, Wexford Science & Technology
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At cross purposes in R.I
What is wrong with this picture? The Providence Journal published a front-page story, “R.I. pursues the perfect pitch.” State officials seek a “‘top notch’ marketing team to set Rhode Island apart, encourage more visitors and convince people that the Ocean … Continue reading