The Anderson-Little and Hospital Trust buildings (between Sears and the bowling alley) are being demolished.

The Liberty Elm Diner, a vintage 1947 diner in Elmwood was placed in the National Register of Historic Places for its contributions to the history of commerce and architecture.

http://www.projo.com...20.37cee9e.html

I have no idea what it is, but it looked like it would be open by last spring/summer. Admittedly, the pace has picked up of late. It was an Italian Social Club which was torn down. I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tells ya, that it is not now a parking lot and that a building is actually be erected there.

John J. Lombardi, City Council - Ward 13 (Federal Hill), to run for Mayor of Providence.

Projo article

Anyone (from Federal Hill especially) have any thoughts? Is Cicilline making a mistake bailing to run for Patrick Kennedy's seat?

anyone know what's going in the new structure between Atwells and Slocum? It looks like whatever it is will be open by spring/summer.

There you go again, taking something someone said and running off to a conclusion that seems a leap.

There is nothing flawed about the logic of the Arcade remaining with it's purpose built use. It does not require the massive leap you took to see why it makes sense for the Arcade to remain a retail building, at least on the first floor.

It is a national treasure and anything that reduces the public's access to it, is a threat.

Let me throw your leap back at you... Should it be OK to turn the State House or City Hall into private offices or condos? I mean as long as the buildings aren't torn down, the use doesn't matter at all does it?

Now that is flawed logic, but if that is the way things should be than a task force needs to be established to eliminate all of the residential downtown, destroy the new RISD library that is in a former bank building; for that matter most of RISD's buildings need to be returned to warehouse and manufacturing uses, there will also be a reconversion to manufacturing at all of the mills that have been converted office and residential uses.......

But then again if "THE HUB" does decide to come into town and buy the arcade it really won't matter what any of us think.

The Arcade was always built as a place for local vendors to sell products. So it should remain as a retail location, open to the public. If a private company wants to lease the upper floor as some kind of business incubator then fine.

But the lower two floors should be used by local merchants selling locally grown or created in RI products.


Having said that if a new out of town developer came forward and said I like that vacant lot where the 110 was going to be built and I would like to revise that project but I need to take the Arcade would anyone vote in favor of it?

That is a great idea, rather than support an international group that may save one of the most important buildings downtown and actually bring some recognition to Providence as being first in something good for a change; Let's let the building languish and await its turn with the wrecking ball because it should have a sandwich shop on the first floor.

The Hub sounds awesome and would be great to have in Providence, but the Arcade needs to be open to the public with retail in it. If The Hub can utilize the 2nd and 3rd levels and bring retail back to the ground level, I'm all for it. If the whole building is all The Hub top to bottom, then I don't like it.