Experience our proposed design through an immersive virtual experience.
Through a community engagement process and a review of the needed changes to the City’s infrastructure, we’re proposing a lively, equitable, and public-friendly downtown PVD. Explore our designs:
Ideas
Phase 1 Design Proposal
Explore our conceptual design for the heart of Providence.
Phase 1 Project Report
Read our report from our first phase of community engagement and design work.
Materials
Three Big Moves
1
A friendlier Kennedy Plaza for transit and pedestrians
- Closing of Washington st. and East Approach
- New RIDOT bus locations
- New drop-off and multimodal transportation parking areas
- Downtown/Uptown bus traffic routed on Fulton St.
2
Reclaim of the public spaces throughout the greater Kennedy plaza for public activation
- New shading structure on Kennedy Plaza
- Amenities for people in need
- Bathrooms, café, new performance stage
- Welcome Center
- New seasonal Ice Skating Rink
- Interactive water feature
- Free Space area at the old ice rink location for youth engagement and creativity
3
Modernization of the Riverwalks
- New access with an elevate platform connecting Exchange Terrace with Memorial Boulevard
- New crossing of Memorial Boulevard
- New Riverwalk walkways built on top of the existing ones to resist sea-level rise at least until 2100
- An experiential mist ring installation over the basin
- Renovated performance stage and audience seating
- New lighting and event infrastructure
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