Henry Bowen Anthony fountain to flow again
01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The $180,000 project, which will be put out to bid in late February, calls for installing new plumbing, lighting and a water recirculation and filtration system. The fountain has been in disuse since 1982, when the city shut off its water due to rising operating costs, according to city Parks Supt. Robert McMahon.
“We have to assume after 28 years that some of the existing brass and copper piping within the granite fountain structure is deficient … The piping itself is not a significant cost, but the process of dismantling the fountain and putting it back together will be expensive,” he said.
Designed in a modern style by the Providence firm Jackson, Robertson & Adams, the fountain is the centerpiece of Lippitt Park, where Hope Street meets Blackstone Boulevard, near the Pawtucket city line.
It was erected in 1940 in memory of the late Henry Bowen Anthony, a U.S. senator (1859 to 1884), Rhode Island governor (1849-1851), and publisher of The Providence Journal. He died in 1884 at 69.
When it is operational in June, the fountain will join three other public outdoor fountains in Providence: the Bajnotti fountain in Burnside Park (Kennedy Plaza), the DePasquale fountain in DePasquale Plaza (Atwells Avenue) and the Clements fountain in Jacqueline Clements Park (Friendship and Dudley streets).
More neighborhood holiday shopping events…
Nanda Interiors and luxe boutique invite you to their holiday event this Thursday, 12/17 from 5pm-8pm at 780 & 782 Hope Street.
Neighborhood Merchants Offering SNA Holiday Specials…
Kreatelier invites you to stop in and check out their store and is offering the special discount listed below for all of its Summit neighbors…
10% off on all items in the store except for home interior services. This discount will be offered from December 1st until December 15th 2009. To receive this discount please bring in one (or more than one) clean paper bag (shopping bag with handle) without a business logo. We noticed that a lot of people still throw out paper bags. They can absolutely be reused and we would love to take them.
Kreatelier is an innovative textile product design studio dedicated to offering colorful, functional, environmentally aware, European-inspired design. Kreatelier’s cheerful, durable line of textile goods includes accessories, car organizers, reusable gift wraps, quilts, bags, pencil cases and much more.
804 Hope Street, Providence RI 02906~ 401-432-7995
KREATELIER’S STORE is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 6pm
Holiday Stroll on Hope Street~ Saturday 12/5 from 11-5
The Hope Street Merchant’s Association invites you to the HOPE STREET WINTER STROLL on Saturday December 5th from 11-5.
There will be holiday sales and specials at the shops and restaurants as well as refreshments and entertainment. Santa will be at Love Bugs from 1-3.
Lt. Governor Roberts and Mayor Cicilline will be stopping by and there will be a trolley running from Hope Street to downcity for the City tree lighting event.
For more information contact Nanda at 401-429-6012.
History Night II maps the past
Ray Watson, Greg Gerritt and David Kolsky find their bearings on an insurance map from the early 20th century. Sue Korté (left) provided the maps.
About 20 neighbors took part in our “Where the East Side Used to Be” History NIght on Tuesday, November 23 at Church of the Redeemer. This neighborhood history event was organized in partnership with the Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association to give everyone a chance to share their own stories about the past of our neighborhood. After looking at maps from the 1900s and 1950s, we made a short list of vanished stores, restaurants and schools. We agreed to continue exploring the past by seeking knowledge, photos and other records of the past from our neighbors with more events and projects in 2010.
We focused mainly on the area between North Main Street or the Moshassuck River on the west to Hope Street on the east and from Olney Street north to Pawtucket. About 20 people attended. The first joint History Night was held in September of 2008 and focused on the history of North Main Street, including the Providence Steamroller football team, (1928 National Football League champions!) which held games on the site of the present Shaw’s Plaza.
Maps and images
After introductions, we got up to inspect two sets of maps on display. One set of photocopies of Sanborn insurance maps from 1957, showed what the neighborhood looked like about the time it first reached full “build out” (all land developed) but before major projects like University Heights, Route 95 and Miriam Hospital expansion occurred. We also had a few images of buildings from the Historical Society collection and Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association.
Another collection of original, full-size color insurance maps, brought by Susan Korté, showed different sections of the neighborhood from sometime prior to 1920, perhaps as early as the 1890s. These maps showed some very interesting “used to be” sites:
- · A reservoir on the site of Hope High (Hope Street High was across the street).
- · The Metcalf Botanical Gardens at the site of Brown’s Alumni Stadium.
- · Brown’s sports field taking up several blocks between Camp and Ivy Street.
- · Open space north of Rochambeau between Summit and North Main.
- · More undeveloped land from Top Street to Hope where Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Streets are today.
- · Many more neighborhood schools, all named for streets: Montague Street, Doyle Avenue, Camp Street, Rochambeau Avenue and Summit Avenue.
- · A surprising number of greenhouses.
Attendees were invited to share recollections of businesses, schools and neighborhood groups by adding Post-it notes to the maps. Here were some of the places we could remember: Read more
Do you remember….
Do you remember….
Where the East Side Used to
Be?
SNA joins with the Mt. Hope Neighborhood
Association for our second annual joint neighborhood
History Night on Tuesday, November 24 from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer, 655 Hope Street.
This time around, we invite neighbors to create their
own history of the East Side by calling on Rhode
Island’s most important navigational aid: our memory
maps of where vanished neighborhood landmarks used
to be. Do you remember the Jenkins Street or Summit
Avenue Schools? Did you shop at Miller’s Deli or Carl’s
Diggin’s? Did you bowl at Down Under Duckpins
(which was where Sullivan’s Lanes used to be)?
Last year’s event on the history of North Main Street
was very well attended. One of the highlights was the
wealth of memories shared by audience members. This
time around, we’ll devote the entire program to
audience participation. Please join us on Nov. 24th for
a lively exploration into remembered neighborhood
stores, schools, restaurants and organizations.
East of Hope Lorimer Blackstone map-99
Ninth-Eighth to Pawtucket maps-97-98
Frost to Pawtucket east of NMS maps-95-961
Frost to Pawtucket east of NMS maps-95-96
Fouth to Nighth-Eighth maps-91-92-93-94
Rochambeau to Fourth maps-88-89-90
Vote on Summit Neighborhood Plan Slated for Oct. 20, 2009
Update:
The Hope, Mount Hope and Blackstone Plan was presented and public comments were received at the July meeting of the CPC. The plan was amended based on comments received and the changes were presented at the August 18th meeting. The CPC agreed to postpone voting on the plan until the October 20th meeting.
Here is the August 2009 revision with changes underlined:
Mount Hope-Hope-Blackstone Neighborhood Plan Draft–August 2009
Contents
Introduction 3
Contents 4
Charrette Overview 5
Charrette Schedule 6
Neighborhood Overview 7 - 11
Mount Hope, Hope and Blackstone History Timeline 8 - 9
The People - Neighborhood Demographics 12 - 13
Development Patterns - Neighborhood Typologies 14 - 18
Historic Districts 19
Business and Industry 20
Neighborhood Issues 21 - 25
Neighborhood Action Plan 26 - 36
Next Steps 37
SNA PARK PARTY THIS SUNDAY ~ 7/19 ~ 3-5PM
Please join us for the 2nd Annual SNA park party to this Sunday, July 19th.
We’ll have snacks and games from 3-5pm at the 9th Street Park (corner of 9th and Summit). Please plan to stop by to say hello to your neighbors and learn more about the Summit Neighborhood Association. For more information contact the events committee at events@sna.providence.ri.us.
Please help spread the word by passing this info along to your friends and neighbors.
We hope to see you there!
Park Party Postponed to July 19th
Due to the gray day and the chance of thunderstorms later today we are postponing the SNA park party to the rain date, Sunday July 19th. Hope to see you then!
Second Annual SNA Park Party Sunday June 28th
Please save the date for the second annual SNA park party to be held on Sunday, June 28th from 3pm-5pm at the 9th Street park (Corner of 9th and Summit).
This is great chance to meet your neighbors and learn about the Summit Neighborhood Association. We will have snacks and games, please plan to stop by and say hello.
For more information contact the events committee at events@sna.providence.ri.us