I don’t know if you’ve ever been, but Las Ramblas is wildly overrated. It’s full of panhandlers, scammers, and pickpockets. And it’s only about 3/4 of a mile long, so not the epitome of urban planning you might think it is.

I knew about Rt. 37, but not the other too. Thanks! As an East Bay'r I do wish the 37 project had given us another bridge and connected to 114. It would greatly reduce the congestion on 95/195. There are days I just need to get to Warwick or Coventry and I know they aren't far going with the current set up, but it would be so but easier with another bridge and stop routing so much traffic from the East Bay through Providence when so much is just trying to get to Warwick.

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Lol, why? Completely different geography and time period when it was developed as a city, plus different climates, economies and cultures. Why would they develop in the same manner?

I don’t think Providence could be a 2,000 year old city in Spain, no matter how hard we try.

Yeah, the signs were put up right after they cleared out the homeless camp. I’ve even seen tents there again since then so I doubt police are paying much attention

I’m not saying this is not possible, but Providence wouldn’t have been like this. It’d be a lot more triple-deckers closer to Downtown.

It seems like part of the assumption is that this will be student housing and they're going to have rooftop sex parties every night.

New Amsterdam vibes

Story:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/10/19/providence-proposes-limiting-number-of-student-renters-per-unit/10546283002/

>PROVIDENCE – Locals packed the City Council chambers on Wednesday night, eager to sound off on a proposal that has residents divided: Whether to ban more than three college students from renting a single apartment.

>The council's Committee on Ordinances hearing saw an overflow of attendees backing up into the balcony, with about a dozen signed up to testify in support and roughly 40 to testify in opposition.

>Currently, the city already prohibits more than three college students from living in single-family homes within single-family zones, known in planning-speak as R-1, although a proposed amendment to the ordinance would expand that regulation to multi-family homes. It is sponsored by Councilwoman Helen Anthony.

NEVER FORGET WHAT ZONING REGULATIONS TOOK FROM YOU!

i'm quite ok with not being barcelona

So much pearl clutching in that Projo article.. Basically it boils down to rich people not wanting to deal with college students in their neighborhood that contains 2 major universities.

That, and of course the good old HISTORIC CHARACTER®^TM argument

Can we get some sort of explanation?

Wow

Yup, same lady,

> I saw it as the absence of available receptacles that would lead to people throwing them everywhere.

I see it more as a disregard for humanity kind of thing. Like how sick does someone have to be to just leave a dirty sharp on the ground that could infect a human or animal

oh yea that's classic historic drive-thru-with-a-parking-lot development

They’ve been up for 2-3 months

Historic character of the citizens bank across the street? Total pearl clutching.

I guess maybe it’s a perspective thing. I saw it as the absence of available receptacles that would lead to people throwing them everywhere. But then again, people litter everywhere even with available receptacles, so… ¯\ (ツ)/¯

Good to know!

It's hard to imagine now, but College Hill was basically a slum in the mid 20th century. Plowing highways through "blighted" areas was seen as the ticket to revitalization because the horribly misguided thinking was that the big problem with cities was suburbanites not being able to drive to them.

For cocktails;

• Isco Spirits
• The Royal Bobcat
• Glou
• Tiny Bar
• Courtland Club
• The Avery

For beer:

• Bayberry Beer Hall
• Moniker Brewery
• Long Live Brewery
• Narragansett Brewery

I would recommend reaching out to the artists whose work you like and see if they already use vegan ink or can order it for you. There are brands of ink that advertise being vegan, so it's not as much as a specialty as it used to be. Good luck:)