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Are you satisfied with Providence’s system of bike lanes?

Mayor Brett P. Smiley told Providence Business News construction on the city's next phase of bike lane infrastructure is poised to begin. The funding will...

Providence bike lane network getting renewed attention

More than three years after Providence secured a $27.2 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, Mayor Brett P. Smiley says construction...

I-195 panel OKs plans for Parcels 14, 15, selects Shawmut as...

PROVIDENCE – The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission made progress on two projects overlooking the Providence River Wednesday. The panel voted to grant concept plan approval...

Stores divided on pot shop zoning

A proposal to allow retail cannabis shops to open in more parts of Providence has business owners split over whether they’d welcome those businesses...

Updated plans for Parcels 14, 15 unveiled to I-195 commission

PROVIDENCE – A year after CV Properties LLC was to develop Parcels 14 and 15 in the I-195 district, the developer unveiled its new...
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE is installing new parking meters and is extending metered street parking in many areas, which is concerning at least on neighborhood leader. / PBN PHOTO

Extended hours for Providence parking meters draw mixed reaction

Providence is extending the hours its parking meters are operational to 9 p.m. throughout the city, and business leaders predict uneven effects on commerce...

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...
PARCEL 42 in the I-195 district is available again for development now that the proposal for the Fane Tower has been withdrawn, but what should go there? / COURTESY I-195 REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION

With Fane Tower out, leaders mull over what should go on...

After years under contract with an out-of-state developer, Parcel 42 on the former Interstate 195 land in Providence is finally up for grabs again....
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE recently received a $27 million federal grant for its urban trail network of protected, two-way bike lanes, such as the one pictured on Empire Street in downtown Providence. However, Mayor Brett Smiley hasn't committed to finishing the network laid out by former Mayor Jorge Elorza, and his administration is still reviewing city infrastructure before deciding how to spend the money. / PBN FILE PHOTO//ELIZABETH GRAHAM

$27M grant could finish Providence’s bike lane network, but Smiley noncommittal

PROVIDENCE – A new, $27 million federal grant could hypothetically cover the cost to finish former Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s ambitious “urban trail” network. But...
NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE: Olin Thompson, a ­Jewelry District resident and amateur historian, points to the architectural features on a stone building at 110 Elm St. that was once a foundry and is now leased by Brown University for administrative and medical offices. 
PBN PHOTO/CLAUDIA CHIAPPA

Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school...

Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...
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