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[Cotuit]

Capital and Largest city of Rhode Island.

Area: 18.2 Square Miles (47.14 Sq. KM)
Population (City): 176,862 (2005 est.)
Overall Density: 9,718 Persons Per Square Mile
Population (MSA): 1,622,520 (2005 est.) Rank: 35/361 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI, MA MSA
Population (CSA): 7,427,336 (2005 est.) Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH CSA

PROVIDENCE NEIGHBORHOODS


CITY LINKS
City of Providence
Providence Public Library

NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY GROUPS
Greater City: Providence (GC:PVD)
Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce of Rhode Island
The Jewelry District
Jewish Federation of Rhode Island
Olneyville Housing Corporation
Providence After School Alliance
Providence Plan
Providence Preservation Society
The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
RI Pride
Save The Bay
Southside Community Land Trust
Summit Neighborhood Association
College Hill Neighborhood Association
The Elmwood Foundation
WBNA | West Broadway Neighborhood Association
West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation
YMCA of Greater Providence
Groundwork Providence
Providence Geeks

TRANSIT
RIPTA | Statewide bus service
MBTA Commuter Rail
Amtrak/Acela
Bonanza/Peter Pan Bus Lines
Greyhound Bus Lines
Vineyard Fast Ferry | Quonset Point-Martha's Vineyard
T.F. Green Airport
Bike RI
RIDoT Rhodeways
Block Island Highspeed Ferry
Bike Downtown

ARTS
What's going on in Providence?

• Providence Department of Arts. Culture, and Tourism Subscribe to the Department's weekly email newsletters or read them online.
  
• Tazza Caffe Westminster Street, Downcity. Visit Tazza's website for information on entertainment at the caffe and sign up for their weekly email newsletter.
  
• The Providence Phoenix's Eight Days weekly picks.
  
• Providence Monthly's Happenings and Dining Guide.
  
• Eastside Monthly's Calendar.
  
• ProJo's Happening Tonight, Theatre, Calendar, and This Weekend LIVE.
  
• Ocean State Singles, a grass roots singles group just for getting people together, not dating, that has lots of good events and conversation...
  
• Rhode Island Monthly Calendar and Restaurants.
  
• Options, Rhode Island's monthly gay and lesbian news magazine, Calendar.
  
• RILGBT-NEWS is a free, confidential email list for news and announcements from and about the LGBT and AIDS communities of Rhode Island.
  
• LOTSOFNOISE Music - Art - Providence | Local arts listings, message board, and more.

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)
AS220
Perishable Theatre
New Urban Arts
WaterFire
RISD Museum
Providence Black Repertory Company
Gallery Night
RI International Film Festival
ArtTix
Russian Submarine Museum
Providence Children's Museum
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Culinary Archives & Museum at Johnson & Wales University
Roger Williams National Memorial Park
Opera Providence
Newgate Theatre
Feinstein IMAX Theatre
Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative
Dunkin Donuts Center
Fleet Skating Center
Providence Place Mall

Pawtucket Arts Festival Pawtucket
Gamm Theatre Pawtucket
Arts Exchange | Pawtucket Armory Pawtucket
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Pawtucket
Blackstone River Valley National Historic Corridor Pawtucket-Woonsocket
Slater Mill Pawtucket
Newport Art Museum Newport
Newport Arts Festival Newport
Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County Newport
Newport Mansions Newport

MEDIA
Newspapers & Magazines
Providence Journal
Providence Business News
Providence Phoenix
Providence Monthly | Eastside Monthly
Options | RI's Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
Brown Daily Herald Brown University
Edge | Gay Providence News and Entertainment

Television
WLNE-TV Channel 6 ABC
WSBE-TV Channel 8 Rhode Island Public Television
WJAR-TV Channel 10 NBC
WPRI-TV Channel 12 CBS
WLWC-TV Channel 28 UPN
WNAC-TV Channel 64 FOX Providence

Radio
WRNI 1290 AM Rhode Island's NPR News Station
WADK 1540 AM Variety
WALE 990 AM Talk
WARV 1590 AM Religous
WJJF 1180 AM Country
WNRI 1380 AM Talk
WOON 1240 AM Easy Listening
WPRO 630 AM News/Talk
WRIB 1220 AM Ethnic
WSKO 790 AM Sports

W243AI 96.5 FM Classical
WBLQ 88.1 FM Variety
WBRU 95.5 FM Alternative Brown University
WCTK 98.1 Country
WHJY 94.1 FM Rock
WPRO 92.3 FM Top-40
WWBB 101.5 FM Oldies
WWKX 106.3 FM & 102.7 Hip Hop
WWLI 105.1 FM Adult Contemporary
WWRX 103.7 FM Alternative

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Brown University
Bryant University Smithfield
Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)
Johnson & Wales University
New England Institute of Technology Warwick
Providence College
Rhode Island College (RIC)
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Roger Williams University
Salve Regina University Newport
University of Rhode Island (URI)

SPORTS
Minor League Baseball | Pawtucket Red Sox (PawSox) Pawtucket
NFL | New England Patriots Foxboro, MA
Minor League Hockey | Providence Bruins
College Basketball | Providence College Friars
MLS | New England Revolution Foxboro, MA
Brown University | Brown Bears
College Hockey | RISD Nads
International Tennis Hall of Fame Newport

LODGING
Providence Biltmore Hotel
The Westin Providence
The Providence Marriot
Courtyard Marriot Providence
Radisson Hotel Providence Harbor
Holiday Inn Downtown
Hotel Providence
State House Inn
What Cheer Bed & Breakfast
The Christopher Dodge House Bed & Breakfast
Annie Brownell House Bed & Breakfast
The Cady House
C.C. Ledbetter Bed & Breakfast
The Old Court Bed & Breakfast
La Dolce Villa

[jarrodslc]

Great info.  I have always thought Providence looked like a nice city.  Hopefully I'll get to see it in person one day.

[Cotuit]

We're slowly working on getting profiles up for most cities we have subforums for. They continue to be a work in progress.

[Cotuit]

If anyone has anything to add to this, or if I screwed something up, please let me know, and I will edit it. This profile will be a continual work-in-progress.

[PghUSA]

Looks good!  Couldn't help but notice though that the hockey teams mascot are the "Nads"?  I don't know wether to laugh or to think those must be some tough dudes to where jerseys with that on them.

[Cotuit]

They're art students, I don't think they've ever won a game. The Nads name means when the crowd is cheering they yell, "Go Nads! Go Nads!"  

Notice the placement of the pucks in the team logo...

Their mascot is a giant penis. Some teams refuse to play them if the mascot comes out.  

You can buy t-shirts shirt shirt I have one.  

[ArtInRuins]

RISD has a basketball team too, called, aptly, the Balls, and for awhile some girls got together and started a soccer team. Their name... the Jugs.  

[Cotuit]

The RISD Balls played RISD Public Safety last week, it was the Balls first win of the season.  

[Recchia]

Just joined this website after reading it for weeks and weeks.  It has to be the most informative and interesting forum site I've come across.  I'm a Rhode Island native (Warwick) who's studying urban planning at SUNY Albany, so all this is very interesting and right up my ally.  Keep it up this is great.

[Cotuit]

Glad you decided to join in Recchia.

[M. Brown]

Wow.  Nice profile.  Less Afro-American than I expected.

[Cotuit]

M. Brown, on May 27 2005, 02:01 PM, said:

Wow.  Nice profile.  Less Afro-American than I expected.

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I'm not sure how much of that hispanic group could also be categorized as african-american. There's also a sizeable 'other' category, who knows what race/ethnicity those people are.

[ironchapman]

Nicely done, Cotuit!

I'm working on one for the Atlanta forum right now that is modeled after yours.

Edited by ironchapman, 23 June 2005 - 05:20 PM.

[Recchia]

Providence's new July 1, 2004 population estimate is 178,126 according to the census.  I don't know how much to trust this though, since they were predicting a 2000 population of 150,000 and it ended up being 173,000 (remember that, and they said RI would be down to 990,000, when really it went up to 1,048,000).

Anyway, here it is:  http://www.census.go...-EST2004-01.xls

[Cotuit]

Up 1,700 in a year seems about right, maybe even a little high.

[ruchele]

Cotuit, on Jul 1 2005, 09:04 AM, said:

Up 1,700 in a year seems about right, maybe even a little high.

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Very interesting and exciting.  

Cotuit, why does this seem about right, or high?  I don't know much about this population shift stuff.  Right or high compared to what? What's considered normal?

Edited by ruchele, 01 July 2005 - 12:11 PM.

[Cotuit]

ruchele, on Jul 1 2005, 01:10 PM, said:

Cotuit, why does this seem about right, or high?  I don't know much about this population shift stuff.  Right or high compared to what? What's considered normal?

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Just considering our economy, which has some good indicators, but compared to the south and west is a bit stagnant. And the number of housing units introduced recently.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Interesting profile on Providence, I would love to visit it someday.

[TheBostonian]

What does "turnto" mean in turnto10, your NBC affiliate?  Is it "Turn to ten"?

[gregw]

TheBostonian, on Feb 9 2006, 04:54 AM, said:

What does "turnto" mean in turnto10, your NBC affiliate?  Is it "Turn to ten"?

Play on words--turn the dial to 10 and turn to 10 as you might turn to a trusted news source.