Planning & Development
Drive In?
The first sign of a pulse at the Park Cinema came in August with the opening of the Park Café and the 848 Club along the facade of the renovated structure. The Park Avenue landmark, built in 1924 by theater mogul Abraham A. Spitz, is emerging from a 5-year, and at times controversial, renovation process.
The completion of the project will provide the Auburn, Eden Park and Stadium neighborhoods with a theater within walking distance. It’s unclear what kind of effect the theater will have on Rolfe Square, but it can’t be anything but positive.
With the café only a coffee break away from city hall and the school administration building, the potential is there for success.
The theater’s completion will be punctuated by the topping of the bulb-studded “Park” sign that was dismantled during construction.
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Thursday April 14, 2011
The Convoluted Spiral That Is Cranston Planning
There was an Ordinance Committee meeting preceded by an Finance Committee meeting at Cranston City Hall last night. I know, why the hell would anyone go to that double-header? The masochists turned out in droves.
moreMonday March 28, 2011
Why Build High-Speed Rail in the Northeast?
This video makes a compelling case for the introduction of true high-speed rail to the Northeast Corridor. The Corridor’s $3 trillion economy, which is 20% of the nation’s total, is relying on infrastructure that’s hundreds of years old.
moreMonday October 11, 2010
The Warwick Commuter Rail Station Set To Open October 27
The commuter rail station at T.F. Green airport in Warwick is set to open on October 27. The building, called the InterLink, includes a parking garage, car rental facilities, a RIPTA bus stop and moving walkways that connect the station to the airport terminal. The tentative schedule calls for 3 commuter trains from Warwick in the morning, and 3 return trains. The details of the schedule are being finalized by RIDOT and the MBTA.
moreSunday July 18, 2010
Pontiac Bridge Closes
RIDOT will shut down the Pontiac Bridge on Monday. Yes, there actually is a bridge somewhere on Pontiac Avenue.
moreWednesday May 12, 2010
Thee Euston-Fairweather Registry of Hyper Links: Trashing the New Comp Plan Edition
Comp Planicide Amazing. After the years of work and workshops put into the city’s first true comprehensive plan by the Planning Department, the City Council has already changed it. Ward 2 Councilman Emilio Navarro amended the plan so that 75 acres owned by Albert Scaralia along Pippin Orchard Road could allow... more
Josh:
I’m very happy to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel for the rebirth of the Park Cinema. Those of us who have been around Cranston long enough remember midnight “Rocky Horror Picture Show” performances in the waning months of its last iteration (this was after the Meadowbrook Cinema in Warwick had closed to make way for a CVS and Stop&Shop plaza).
The “old” Park closed in early 1999.
It’s been a long 10 years.
— Jesse from Cranston · Oct 5, 07:00 PM · #