PROPOSED: Hotel Sierra (aka Sierra Suites)

[CtownMikey]

the article today about the new marriot says that construction will start in june.

[jencoleslaw]

the article today about the new marriot says that construction will start in june.

[runawayjim]

This is a Marriot? I thought it was a Sierra Suites hotel?

[Cotuit]

This is a Marriot? I thought it was a Sierra Suites hotel?

[jencoleslaw]

Isn't it funny that we were all wondering about the status of this project, and lo and behold, there's a quote about it in the Journal The Very Next Day.

[glassandsteel]

I'm sorry to inform you all, but I fear there may be a mole among us.

[Pseudo_Work]

The fact that this site was used as a parking lot this weekend was disconcerting.

[09/21/38]

Are there any new developments at this site? Has construction started?

[Pseudo_Work]

Are there any new developments at this site? Has construction started?

[chaz200]

Yes, the asphalt trucks will be arriving Monday and the line strippers wil be there on Wednesday.

[Pseudo_Work]

The people at The Daily Dose have become suspicious of what's going on here as well.

[JimmyGreaves]

Is the picture on Daily Dose with the handicapped parking spaces an actual picture from the site?

[Pseudo_Work]

Is the picture on Daily Dose with the handicapped parking spaces an actual picture from the site?

[f1rehead]

Providence Daily Dose is saying that they've heard a rumor that this project is dead. Anyone here heard anything?

I guess Downcity could use a few more parking lots, so maybe this is good news after all.

[Pseudo_Work]

Providence Daily Dose is saying that they've heard a rumor that this project is dead. Anyone here heard anything?

I guess Downcity could use a few more parking lots, so maybe this is good news after all.

[f1rehead]

I get the distinct impression that the daily dose gets a lot of its info on projects from here. So I'm sort of wondering where they heard this "rumor."

[Pseudo_Work]

Exactly. That's why it's so interesting to see it there first.

[runawayjim]

I get the distinct impression that the daily dose gets a lot of its info on projects from here. So I'm sort of wondering where they heard this "rumor."

[Pseudo_Work]

don't forget that one of the writers for the daily dose is david segal. i'm sure he gets lots of inside info on projects.

[runawayjim]

Mmm, true, but I've never seen anything show up there that wasn't already here, is all I was saying.

[Liamlunchtray]

OMG I cant wait to park there. It looks like its going to be a REALLY great lot.

[mental757]

STOP THE PRESSES: The parking crisis might be coming to an end... (news at 11)

lol

[Garris]

If it actually is dead, I am going to be PISSED.

[Pseudo_Work]

Same here... Washington St, save for the ProJo lot and the Wastingt... I mean Washington Trust Bank building, had one of the most contiguous, unbroken urban fabrics downtown and this building would have removed an empty lot from the streetscape... Now we have yet another gaping hole... AAARRGGHH!! I plan to make this one of my top urban issues for voting in the next mayor's race as Cicilline, despite his positives, has been very quiet on this topic the whole time...

[Cotuit]

Of course, this all could have been avoided had anyone listened to the preservationists in the first place.