They closed the inside at the start of the pandemic and just had to go windows. They didn’t start actually renovating until this summer. They were closed closed for a couple weeks in August which I assume is when they did the work that affected the to go window….so it hasn’t been that long.

Tiny bars are creative but they live up to their name. They’re tiny.

Why did the bodega close?

Im not arguing about whether something is defined as “gentrification”, but my god the east side is known as the fanciest area of Providence. To be shocked that things like a bakery would open in that neighborhood is kinda absurd. You can throw a tennis ball to near $1M houses….that have been that expensive for years.

Dave’s and Bolt have a good variety of coffee you can buy. Great stuff. Quonnie is great at Dave’s and Bolt usually has good holiday roasts. Just depends what you like. (Dave’s also sells coffee syrup…unique but like some of the other recs is not always a slam dunk…dels mix is not as good as the real thing).

I’m simply saying there’s no need to call out why something should or shouldn’t be in a neighborhood. If a business opens in an area and can thrive (and the demographics point to a Jewish bakery doing well there), then good for them. If that b&w market was thriving, it probably would still be there.

Not every business relies on populations within 5 blocks to be its customers. It could be there’s actually vacant spaces to rent (which there aren’t many in, say, Hope Village).

Just labeling new business as gentrifiers and progressives contradicting themselves isn’t a helpful start to any conversation…..

The dumb thing about this is that it wasn’t a large number of people - their service was just slow AF. If you were 10th in line it would legit take 20 minutes to be helped. They finally have quasi embraced preorder so the line is less of a thing.

This is a bit extreme. This is a Jewish bakery in an area with a huge Jewish population and literally walking distance to a synagogue, Jewish school, Jewish community center, etc.

No race, religion or ethnicity has stake on neighborhoods.

This area has always butted up against a very expensive part of PVD and one of the cheapest East Side areas. And there’s been lots of expensive/nice houses within this neighborhood for years. This has had the writing on the wall for quite some time for development.

The push here should be around home ownership - I actually find RI to offer some pretty good programs with options. Of course, right now isn’t a great time for anyone. From 2008-2015ish the area had a lot of cheap condos, townhouses, houses. Those that own will make a lot of money off those progressives.

They’ve always been more “for show” and “let us plop something on top and call it a fancy name”.

But again, none of this is unique to Providence. There have been empty lots sitting around the pedestrian bridge area for years. That’s as pedestrian friendly area as you can get in PVD.

So yeah these things would be great but we are way past that point unfortunately! Gotta work with what exists now.

The reason Providence hasn’t had rapid development is not because there’s an open interstate running along one side of downtown.. Most major cities have this

I think the bigger question is where is your office in Boston located? That’s what will make things a pain if you have to do an additional segment.

Pvd is small and a piece of cake to get around…that’s not what will add a ton of time.

A lot of times you can pay for it pretax which actually makes it a lot cheaper.

If Providence had rapid development occurring sure. We have empty buildings downtown and empty plots of land (adjacent to waterfront parks) that have been sitting for sale for years.

Spending the money to cover an interstate is not going to solve that.

I mean I get it but that’s not the biggest problem. Kenmore Square/Fenway in Boston has basically 2 interstates through it and it’s developed big time. More so than some areas of the big dig.

Is it too late to do a big dig?? Haha kidding

Al Forno (it’s not on the in restaurant menu but you can order it!)

I’d recommend the Amtrak (faster) although it may not be easy to get seats together if going with kids. If you want to drive, use SpotHero app. It will be a lot cheaper than rolling into a garage (I’ve gotten $10 for a day).

In most cities that’s the norm for pedestrians.

I could name about 25 streets in NYC and NJ that make Broad Street feel like a private estates driveway.

I go by here 3 days a week at 8:30 and 5…have not noticed any back up because of it or difference since it opened. And that’s still with one lane closed cause of construction on Water.

Post this on the “United States of America” Reddit. It has nothing to do with Providence or RI.

The parking situation isn’t horrific and not worth people freaking out for the past year.

This is how PVD programs them. It’s beyond stupid.

Lol come on. It’s a parking garage, there isn’t one in the country that isn’t cramped.

Before it opened everyone declared it was gonna be a nightmare to get there, the traffic 🤯🤯, not enough parking…..now that none of that actually happened, there’s going to be a ton of accidents in the parking spaces.

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