Impossible-Heart-540 t1_j47o7vi wrote on January 13, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Reply to comment by tru3no in Share your opinion about Fane Tower by quinntronix

To be accurate, one of the main reasons people want to live in Providence is because of the historical BS.

So, we probably should pay attention to it.

gusterfell t1_j47t7r2 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 7:35 PM

Agreed, but this tower does nothing to harm the historical BS. It's being built on a vacant lot that historically was a highway underpass.

Impossible-Heart-540 t1_j48ecfx wrote on January 13, 2023 at 9:46 PM

The Jewelry District Association, and the PPS both disagree with your analysis.

Regardless of what you or I think, Providence is in part nicer now - and desired by developers - because of the efforts of the PPS, so if they are vocal about its deleterious effects than we should listen.

crimepais t1_j49ufse wrote on January 14, 2023 at 4:12 AM

No offense, but I moved from Chicago and nothing about this area is unique or worth preserving. Providence needs to modernize badly and people worried about brown sites next to an oil depot aren't going to be attracting outside investment and people.

Impossible-Heart-540 t1_j49vq7v wrote on January 14, 2023 at 4:24 AM

I’m just a dude on the internet, you should tell PPS they’re wrong, not me.

Of course the way the timeline has gone, the chances he has the investors to get it done at all are pretty slim.

crimepais t1_j49w9bp wrote on January 14, 2023 at 4:28 AM

Agreed this is not going through either way. Just annoying how anti growth this area is.

Impossible-Heart-540 t1_j49yho1 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 4:49 AM

Not sure how long you’ve been here, but the construction in the 195 lands for the last 4-5 years has been explosive.

We are not anti growth.

We did however sign onto this 195 relocation project with the clear provision this area would remain mid rises to keep in line with the existing mill/office structures - and not only did us citizens sign on to that, so did all the developers that have already built whose values will be negatively impacted.

You really can be both pro-growth, and have an expectation that the state live up to its promises.

Dextrous456 t1_j4b35vb wrote on January 14, 2023 at 1:07 PM

PPS is not anti growth. pay attention. They support tall buildings...in downtown and near 95, where community planning and professional planning efforts over the last few decades have said they should go, for a harmonious cityscape.