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YAY!!!!! I was afraid that the opportunity to turn this into an urban area was slipping away.

When/if these things come to pass, then the pressure will be on to replace the Leviton complex and the associated former mill housing. The only part of the Leviton property that I would save would be the original Elizabeth Mill. The rest is just ugly industrial sprawl.

[Providence Tomorrow]

RISD did something like this back when Joe Doorley was mayor (Remember, kids, before you were born!). The Sunday Journal magazine section (Remember, kids?) featured all kinds of crazy, beautiful ideas. I waited for comments from Joe or the city council. I must have been looking the wrong way, because I found only a great silence in return.

[PAWTUCKET STATION THREATENED]

so they don't have to pay taxes on the empty portion, and after five years they can claim they couldn't find a suitable reuse and tear it down? And, the owner only has to make "reasonable" attempts to rebuild the torn down part?

Huh.

Jen: Paragraph 4 says they can't tear down any portion until after five years, but paragraph 5 says the owner agrees to put the station on the Historic Register "within the time frame of this Agreement as indicated in Paragraph No. Four (4) above."

Forgive my naivete, but wouldn't being on the Register at the very least make demolition more difficult?

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As I mentioned, I am astounded at the progress taking place.

OK, who are you people, and what have you done with the real Rhode Islanders?

[Oh the weather outside is...]

To paraphrase Dennis Moore (of Monty Python fame), this global warming business is more complicated than I thought.

[Oh the weather outside is...]

One and all might be amused to know that up here in mid-coastal Maine it is sunny, cool (73 degrees), dry (41 % humidity) and breezy.

My mother, who was born and raised in Portland, Maine, used to complain miserably about the heat and humidity in Rhode Island. I'm glad you folks are having at least one primo day!

[IN PROGRESS: Metro Centre Plaza | T.F. Green Station]

I was told the car theft situation had been taken care of, but I have no idea if that's true. Don't even get me started on how inacessible the terminal is. Unless you're coming from 95N to exit 25A, it's a pain in the a** to get there. Here's the route I'm forced to walk because of barbed wire fences, highways, train tracks, blah blah blah. The red pushpin is where I wish they'd cut some stairs into the embankment so pedestrians could get there from the Smithfield Ave sidewalk.

GMaps

Love your map! I used to live in the Fairlawn section for years (now in Maine), and I know exactly what you are talking about! Jumping from one link to another, and I found myself in UrbanPlanet. I like to keep up with what's changing in RI, and, as Arnie put it so succinctly, I'll be back!