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OPPOSED: Randall Rose, a member of the Kennedy Plaza Resilience Coalition, is pictured in front of one of the parcels next to the train station recommended for a new R.I. Public Transit Authority hub. PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...

Cover Story 05/09/2025

In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence,...

NEW PLANS: After more than a decade marked by delays and false starts, state transit leaders are now considering two new locations near Providence’s train station for a new transit hub that would move most buses out of Kennedy Plaza.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Transparency key to public trust in transit hub choice

Editorial and Op-Ed 05/09/2025

Why can’t state transit leaders stick with a single location for a new Providence transit hub? After 11 years and 10 potential locations, there...

AT THE HELM: David Salvatore has been executive director of The Providence Foundation for less than a year, but the nonprofit business association has been focused on economic development and urban revitalization in downtown Providence for half a century.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For 50 years, an advocate for downtown success

Economy 03/28/2025

Unless there was a sporting event or the circus was in town, David Salvatore was probably not venturing into downtown Providence when he was...

THE GROUND FLOOR retail space of the Nightingale Building on Washington Street in downtown Providence is expected to home to Rory's Market and Kitchen, an independent organic grocery store based in Dennis, Mass. PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Organic grocery store moving into downtown Providence

Real Estate 08/11/2021

PROVIDENCE – An organic grocery store is coming from Cape Cod to downtown Providence this winter, bringing fresh, natural foods, dietary supplements and smoothies...

ADDED COST: Jack Martin, executive director of the Providence Public Library, which has nearly completed a $27 million renovation, says scheduling and cost overruns due to a lack of laborers because of the COVID-19 pandemic has added about $500,000 to the cost of the project. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Providence library, other projects near finish in uncertain times

Coronavirus 06/05/2020

When Jack Martin first walked into the Providence Public Library in 2014, he felt like someone had pressed the pause button on the building...

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