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[Frankie811]

CtownMikey, on Jul 6 2005, 12:37 PM, said:

question...

Could anyone ever see Providence being capable of hosting the Olympics??!!??

It has been done by cities of populations under 500,000 before, so why not Providence??
We have world class restaurants, a internationally known waterfire event, one of the best art/design schools in the world, and by the time the next 2 or 3 olympic bids come around.. our skyline will be relatively small, but extremely beautiful and unique.

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Sure. We can house people in NY/CT/NH/MA/ hotels. I'm sure they won't mind the commute.

[Garris]

CtownMikey, on Jul 6 2005, 10:37 AM, said:

question...

Could anyone ever see Providence being capable of hosting the Olympics??!!??

It has been done by cities of populations under 500,000 before, so why not Providence??

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Fancy that!  

In reality, though, the Olympic Committee has made strong statements to the effect that only mega-metros will be acceptable for the forseeable future due to the resources it takes to pull off an Olympics.  The trouble that Atlanta and especially Athens had in pulling off the games are the big reasons (despite the fact that the Athens effort was largely successful, even though construction stopped like hours before opening).  Looks at this year's finalists: London, Paris, NYC...

Frankly, I'm kind of down on the whole Olympics thing...  It's soooo big business, so technology and steroid boosted, so marketing saturated, that I don't really see the point anymore.  It's just an event for the sake of an event.  I'd rather go watch the RI high school finals for true amateur sports that give you a sense of people's hard work, efforts, and emotions...  Not the pre-canned, amphetamine boosted, Nike-packaged, bribed-official Olympics.

- Garris

[CtownMikey]

Frankie811, on Jul 6 2005, 12:04 PM, said:

Sure. We can house people in NY/CT/NH/MA/ hotels. I'm sure they won't mind the commute.

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ouch

[CtownMikey]

http://www.urbanplan...showtopic=13409

if you go to that link.. and scroll down to the pittsburg picture,  their citizen's bank building is a VERY tall citizens building. Why don't we have that here?? I'm assuming citizen's takes up little of that office space.. but still.. how do things like that work out?

[EPBOY]

CtownMikey, on Jul 16 2005, 01:35 AM, said:

http://www.urbanplan...showtopic=13409

if you go to that link.. and scroll down to the pittsburg picture,  their citizen's bank building is a VERY tall citizens building. Why don't we have that here?? I'm assuming citizen's takes up little of that office space.. but still.. how do things like that work out?

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My guess is that the building probably belonged to some bank the Citizen took over, and they slapped their logo on the side of it after the transaction.   Kind of like how our Fleet Building became the BankBostion Building, which then became the Bank Of America building.

[Cotuit]

Yes, I would guess that that is part of the Mellon Center. One Mellon Center is the second tallest building in Pittsburgh (725ft).

[Frankie811]

http://www.projo.com...7x.1d60d91.html

[Frankie811]

WOW!!!!!  Downtown was active Saturday night! The joint was jumping. Nobody mentioned on this board that AS220 was having a block party. Loads of people! There was also a block party on Snow St at Weybosset!

[Cotuit]

Frankie811, on Jul 18 2005, 11:39 AM, said:

Nobody mentioned on this board that AS220 was having a block party. Loads of people!

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http://www.urbanplan...ndpost&p=135803

[Frankie811]

Cotuit, on Jul 18 2005, 11:43 AM, said:

http://www.urbanplan...ndpost&p=135803

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Opps!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

[Frankie811]

Frankie811, on Jul 18 2005, 11:46 AM, said:

Opps!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

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Yeah, I see you Cotuit! You keep hitting that refresh button  

[matt]

Frankie811, on Jul 18 2005, 11:39 AM, said:

WOW!!!!!  Downtown was active Saturday night! The joint was jumping. Nobody mentioned on this board that AS220 was having a block party. Loads of people!

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I had SUCH a great time at 20Fest!  As220 was a little more spacious, but the renovations are far from complete.  I particularly liked the construction lights.  

[Frankie811]

What exactly is RISD doing on South Water St on the Riverwalk? For a few weeks now they've had a pile of wood on the grass with their logo displayed like they were going to build something.

[Cotuit]

Frankie811, on Jul 19 2005, 08:14 AM, said:

What exactly is RISD doing on South Water St on the Riverwalk? For a few weeks now they've had a pile of wood on the grass with their logo displayed like they were going to build something.

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Solar Decathalon

[Frankie811]

Francis St will be one-way today, from Smith St down to the mall due to contruction. Wonder what there doing.

[Recchia]

Frankie811, on Jul 29 2005, 05:45 AM, said:

Francis St will be one-way today, from Smith St down to the mall due to contruction. Wonder what there doing.

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They keep blocking it off almost every other day... one time for Brotherhood filming and other times for Masonic Temple construction.

[Garris]

Cotuit, on Jul 19 2005, 06:55 AM, said:

Solar Decathalon

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Has anyone taken a close look at this?  It appears they are making a good deal of progress...

- Garris

[kinematix]

Yes, the RISD Solar House is coming right along. Electrical and insulation are now complete and the roof should be on by early next week.
The house is set to have a public openning around the 15th of September before it is shipped down to Washington DC for judging.
(The logistics of shipping the house cause the design to be rather unique. If you walk by and take a look there are small holes between sections of the walls. These holes allow for bolts to be removed breaking the house into manageable pieces and will be completely hidden by finish work on both interior and exterior. This also makes the electrical system unique... to say the least)

http://solar.risd.edu/

http://www.risdsolar.blogspot.com/


If anyone is interested they will be selling RISD Solar T-shirts as a fundraiser in the coming weeks and will most likely be sold at upcomming waterfires and RISD parents/openning weekend, or on their website.

[eltron]

kinematix, on Jul 29 2005, 11:23 AM, said:

Yes, the RISD Solar House is coming right along. Electrical and insulation are now complete and the roof should be on by early next week.
The house is set to have a public openning around the 15th of September before it is shipped down to Washington DC for judging.
(The logistics of shipping the house cause the design to be rather unique. If you walk by and take a look there are small holes between sections of the walls. These holes allow for bolts to be removed breaking the house into manageable pieces and will be completely hidden by finish work on both interior and exterior. This also makes the electrical system unique... to say the least)

http://solar.risd.edu/

http://www.risdsolar.blogspot.com/
If anyone is interested they will be selling RISD Solar T-shirts as a fundraiser in the coming weeks and will most likely be sold at upcomming waterfires and RISD parents/openning weekend, or on their website.

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Probably quite a cool t-shirt. I'll have to pick one up...

[provid]

Looks like a neat project beside the pricetag