Local
27 June 07 (Issue #20)
Deller and the Road Ahead
Providence Tomorrow — a planning process designed to create a framework for growth and preservation of Providence neighborhoods — aims to involve community members through a series of Neighborhood Charrettes, scheduled from Spring 2006 until Fall 2008. The two-year plan kicked off at an Ice Cream…
Community
11 April 07 (Issue #21)
The Fogarty Building was designed by Castellucci, Galli, & Planka, an architecture firm that has been in Rhode Island for 54 years. The building’s first floor stands almost six feet above street level, and truly, it does look like a structure made out of elbows. “I have made fun of…
Local
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
The Design Review Committee (DRC) met on November 13 to address two requests for demolition permits by the Procaccianti Group: one for the Fogarty Building (111 Fountain Street) and one for the Old Police and Fire Building in LaSalle Square. Though neither project hinges on the other, both are in…
Community
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
All of Downtown is in a protected National Historic District. Should buildings like the Police and Fire Building be protected?My background is real estate development, which is what I have done for the past 25 years, so I am going to make a real big picture to start out. I…
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
All of Downtown is in a protected National Historic District. Should buildings like the Fogarty be protected?I am not so concerned about the replacement of buildings that do not give a sense of community, or address the street, or provide what I think is a positive direction for urban development.…
Politics
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
To the Downcity Review Commission:Thank you for the opportunity to make this statement. My name is Karen Jessup, and I have lived in Providence since 1970. I have taught preservation planning and urban revitalization in undergraduate and graduate programs in the US and the UK. I am also Chair of…
Local
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
All of Downtown is in a protected National Historic District. Should buildings like the Fogarty be protected?I am very much aware of the fact that all of Downtown is protected. One of the assets of Providence is that we have old buildings that have not been taken down, and we…
Community
28 December 06 (Issue #21)
After the November 13 meeting of the Design Review committee, The Agenda followed up with further questions to get a better understanding of the public comment. Friedrich St. Florian and Friedrich St. Florian, who issued public comment at the meeting, spoke with us about their perspectives. Karen Jessup provided her…
Culture
14 December 06 (Issue #21)
The Design Review Committee (DRC) met on November 13 to address two requests for demolition permits by the Procaccianti Group: one for the Fogarty Building (111 Fountain Street) and one for the Old Police and Fire Building in LaSalle Square. Though neither project hinges on the other, both are in…
