Tag: Cranston Street Armory
Smiley makes first moves to boost city income from colleges, hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett Smiley is making good on his campaign promise to bring in more tax revenue from the universities and hospitals that...
Judge stops removal of Statehouse homeless encampment
PROVIDENCE – A homeless encampment outside the R.I. Statehouse can stay there, for now, a Providence County Superior Court justice said Friday.
The temporary restraining...
State moves to establish homeless shelter at Cranston Street Armory
PROVIDENCE - In response to growing pressure on the state’s shelter and homeless support systems, the McKee administration announced Wednesday their intention to open...
It’s perfect time to redevelop Armory
As Providence works to rebuild and recover from the pandemic, we are faced with an almost unheard-of problem: What do we spend all this...
House Finance to consider 5-year plan for capital improvements that assumes...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has asked the General Assembly to consider a revised package of capital improvements that takes into account what...
R.I. unveils 2 proposals for Cranston Street Armory
PROVIDENCE – Two proposals to restore and reopen the historic Cranston Street Armory were unveiled Tuesday by development teams hoping to form a public-private...
RFP planned for historic armory
It looks out of place: a medieval-style castle of pale-yellow brick, towering over the modest houses and storefronts in Providence’s West End neighborhood.
One of...
Cranston Street Armory RFI submissions due Jan. 25
PROVIDENCE – Have a proposal for reoccupying the Cranston Street Armory?
The state has set a deadline on Friday for submission of nonbinding request for...
Five Questions With: Roberta Humble
Roberta Humble is the president of the Westerly Armory, and an authority on the state’s 18 surviving historical armories. Many of them are associated...
Cranston Street Armory’s future to be discussed in September
PROVIDENCE – The city-owned Cranston Street Armory can be adapted for multiple community-based purposes and modified to take greater advantage of nearby Dexter Park,...
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