This Parcel 14/15 building looks like it will be 99% residential with a single small first floor retail space. The residential portion is almost exclusively a near equal mix of studio and one bedroom apartments. What are the target demographics for potential residents? It would seem it is...
It will be interesting to see the effect here of the reopening of the nearby (<2miles) S Attleboro Station on May 20th. S Attleboro is set to only use the southbound (west) track platform until a new overpass is built. This will limit the number of stops. The station does however provide more...
In some surprising unexpected news today, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng announced the South Attleboro Commuter Rail Station will be back in service starting May 20, with three inbound trips each morning and three outbound trips every evening. Boardings and departures will only use the west...
I think the decision to have all games at Bryant for the first season took some of the urgency off Tidewater Landing. Much of the big work was the site prep and foundation pour. It is all now done and the stand construction can probably proceed quickly once started. They basically now have...
Elsewhere in New England the South Street Power Station in Providence was converted into educational space a few years ago. The Brown Med School along with the nursing programs of both URI and RIC occupy it. The building underwent an extensive renovation and two new floors were added to its...
Attleboro has done a nice job in its downtown. The area around the train station, one of the busiest in the MBTA Commuter Rail network outside Boston), has seen a lot of housing units added (in both conversions and new construction). The linear river walking trail that snakes through this...
Rhode Island FC plays at Bryant University this season and had an inaugural sold out crowd of 5,252 at Beirne Stadium in Smithfield on 03/16/2024. The team scored a goal in stoppage time to earn a 1-1 draw with New Mexico United in its first ever game.
Work was resumed at the Pawtucket...
I believe that another problem with liquor licenses is the consolidation of them in the expensive downtown area to businesses that mainly cater to the wealthy and out of town visitors. There has been a trend over the last several years for outer neighborhood establishments to close and sell...
The immediate focus should be on the lives of all those that may have been on the bridge when it collapsed. It is believed that not all have yet been accounted for and sonar is showing several vehicles underwater.
After all rescue and recovery activity is completed, the focus will be...
I believe that the Abby Kelly Foster Middle School building at 10 New Bond street may have once been the Heald Machine Co. It made grinding machines and was eventually bought by Cincinnati Milacron in 1974. It was closed in 1992. I toured this facility in the mid 1980's when a student at WPI...
A view of the city looking north from the Point Street Bridge taken this Sunday (03-17-2024)
A view from the Point Street Bridge looking south. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier and Rte 195 IWAY Bridge are in the background.
The residential project at the corner of Richmond and Friendship Streets. It involves the renovation of existing space along with new construction. Here are two views: