195 Providence Innovation & Design District

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‪Easiest choice ever with new 195 district parcel 8 proposals… https://www.195district.com/documents/‬

 

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luxury housing and a parking lot

corporate office space for a signal tenant, workforce house and ground floor retail

 

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luxury housing and a parking lot
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corporate office space for a signal tenant, workforce house and ground floor retail

Workforce and retail

 

[lilrhody]

I find the Churchill & Banks proposal to be just awful from an aesthetic standpoint. The building has no character and the massing has been done in a way that looks contrived and inelegant. I like that it reaches 10 stories but just can't get behind such bad design. It's disappointing that ZDS keeps churning out such crappy design work.

 

[lilrhody]

The Churchill & Banks proposal sells a benefit of their project "an increase in parking to the area which is currently severely under parked," really hitting home their commitment to "neighborhood activation."

 

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I-195 Commission hears dueling proposals for vacant Fox Point property

PROVIDENCE – A 10-story tower of luxury, owner-occupied condos or a financial service firm’s new corporate headquarters. These were the competing projects for a swath of prime riverfront real estate presented to the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission Wednesday. The pitches mark the first...

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[Frankie811]

I find the Churchill & Banks proposal to be just awful from an aesthetic standpoint. The building has no character and the massing has been done in a way that looks contrived and inelegant. I like that it reaches 10 stories but just can't get behind such bad design. It's disappointing that ZDS keeps churning out such crappy design work.

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The Churchill & Banks proposal sells a benefit of their project "an increase in parking to the area which is currently severely under parked," really hitting home their commitment to "neighborhood activation."

I'll embrace just about any design at this point that doesn't include bricks. Enough with the bricks already! An architect made the comment one day that Providence isn't Sturbridge Village. Well said.