Tag: Robert Azar
2 Providence school projects progressing; one plan gets final approval
PROVIDENCE – Plans to construct two new school buildings in the city are moving forward, with one project receiving final approval from the city’s...
Providence panel OKs 178-unit affordable housing proposal
PROVIDENCE – The City Plan Commission voted Tuesday to approve a mixed-use development that would bring 178 affordable housing units to 220 Blackstone St....
Wickenden St. project raises a question of character
Does a single building have the power to alter the nature of a neighborhood?
Opponents of a proposed 75-unit apartment building on Wickenden Street in...
Plans approved for 176-unit affordable housing building in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Plans for a five-story, 176-unit affordable housing apartment building on a vacant site in Upper South Providence were unanimously approved by the...
Residents, activists urge lawmakers to stop Sea 3 Providence expansion
PROVIDENCE - Noxious fumes, truck traffic that rattles nearby homes with vibrations and the potential for explosions were among the warnings from residents and...
Proposed Providence zoning change might be too late to impact Sea...
PROVIDENCE – A contested proposal to expand a propane storage terminal in the Port of Providence has prompted the city to consider changing its...
Could downtown Providence’s Mathewson St. see a renaissance?
For decades, most businesses have struggled to survive on Mathewson Street in downtown Providence.
Among the few long-term, successful businesses such as Hotel Providence, Cellar...
Apartments sprout outside Providence’s downtown
For all the attention on how downtown office buildings are being converted to apartments, or the potential addition of a residential skyscraper, the most...
Providence commission approves plan to subdivide Blackstone property
PROVIDENCE – The City Plan Commission has approved a master plan that would allow the subdivision of the Beresford-Nicholson Estate on Blackstone Boulevard, according...
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