The BPR Media Team explores perspectives on the crisis in syria from Christian Syrians in Providence via Op-Doc....
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The BPR Media Team explores perspectives on the crisis in syria from Christian Syrians in Providence via Op-Doc....
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
A new term has sprung up in the urban policy world: Buffalo Hunting. This describes when city chambers of commerce, economic development teams and city councils attempt to lure a major company to town through incentives. The incentives are the rock...
A new term has sprung up in the urban policy world: Buffalo Hunting. This describes when city chambers of commerce, economic development teams and city councils attempt to lure a major company to town through incentives. The incentives are the rock...
Photo Author’s Own Many cities with desperate downtowns are attempting to lure big business in by hook or crook. The New York Times recently ran a multi-week series, including a cool online graphic called “The United States of Subsidies...
Photo Author’s Own Many cities with desperate downtowns are attempting to lure big business in by hook or crook. The New York Times recently ran a multi-week series, including a cool online graphic called “The United States of Subsidies...
From Wikimedia Commons Lots of cities and states subsidize and promote their airports, and Rhode Island is no exception. Policy has been built around TF Green being a job creator and major asset for the state – a nice, reasonably priced airport w...
From Wikimedia Commons Lots of cities and states subsidize and promote their airports, and Rhode Island is no exception. Policy has been built around TF Green being a job creator and major asset for the state – a nice, reasonably priced airport w...
Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Brown students get the privilege of riding RIPTA for free, a fairly common setup for students in college towns. The University pays a lump sum to the public transit authority, and then a student ID card gets the studen...
Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Brown students get the privilege of riding RIPTA for free, a fairly common setup for students in college towns. The University pays a lump sum to the public transit authority, and then a student ID card gets the studen...
Photo by author Here, urban density and neighborhood spirit combine to make a fun community. Having a lot at hand is especially important in a place like RI where we can get two feet of snow. Many places with high density have a strong neighborhood s...
Photo by author Here, urban density and neighborhood spirit combine to make a fun community. Having a lot at hand is especially important in a place like RI where we can get two feet of snow. Many places with high density have a strong neighborhood s...
Urbanist Richard Florida talks often about hub cities. These are cities that define a region – Atlanta in the Southeast, Boston in New England, New York City and DC in the middle. Young educated people roll down into these cities like marbles on th...
Urbanist Richard Florida talks often about hub cities. These are cities that define a region – Atlanta in the Southeast, Boston in New England, New York City and DC in the middle. Young educated people roll down into these cities like marbles on th...