Providence Preservation Society

On Thursday, November 19, we’ll present Bite-Sized Preservation: Climate Justice and Preservation, a look at where environmentalism and historic preservation intersect. Providence attracted national attention with the City’s release of a climate justice plan in fall 2019. Our Director of Preservation, Rachel Robinson, will speak with Leah Bamberger, the City of Providence’s Director of Sustainability, to learn how the plan is […]

More than 6,000 pedestrians are getting killed every year on American streets, representing an enormous 50 percent increase from the first part of the decade. Angie Schmitt, the author of the new book Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Crisis of Pedestrian Deaths in America will talk about the social trends that are putting people at risk. […]

Brent Runyon, Executive Director of the Providence Preservation Society, will reflect on all we’ve heard and discussed over the course of the 2020 Providence Symposium and offer his thoughts on how PPS can affect positive change. PPS has participated in community life for over 60 years, and it’s never been more important to ask ourselves, whose […]

On Thursday, February 25, we’ll present Bite-Sized Preservation: Advocacy 102, a revealing peek at how PPS develops its advocacy agenda and what successful advocacy looks like when it goes (mostly) right. Executive Director Brent Runyon will join our in-house advocacy expert, Rachel Robinson, in reviewing big wins and losses over the last decade, sharing what we’ve […]

Located in four city neighborhoods from the East Side to Elmwood, the eight featured gardens will exhibit a variety of plantings and contemporary interpretations of historic garden design. Six of the featured properties are private residential gardens located at historic houses. Green-thumbed homeowners have transformed their city backyards into urban sanctuaries by using water features, […]

Providence Preservation Society and Mile of History Association present a summer series of concerts in the Garden at Shakespeare's Head. To celebrate the success of this debut summer music series, PPS is also excited to offer a special encore Music in the Garden concert with up-and-coming opera singer Yohji Cantar Daquio on Sunday, September 18 at 4 pm. Her […]

April 13 // 9:30 am-1:00 pm $10 suggested donation // Register Rogers Rec Center // 60 Camden Avenue, Providence Presented by Providence Preservation Society Heritage. Who owns it? How do we use it? How do we change it? Hacking Heritage returns, now under the PPS umbrella. This one-day, participant-led gathering is open to anyone with an […]

On Saturday, May 4th and Sunday, May 5th, urban explorers have their pick of seven Jane’s Walks that will take place across Providence. Jane’s Walks are walking conversations that encourage people to share stories, discover unseen corners of their cities, and connect with one another. All walks are free and take place rain or shine; […]

On Saturday, May 4th and Sunday, May 5th, urban explorers have their pick of seven Jane’s Walks that will take place across Providence. Jane’s Walks are walking conversations that encourage people to share stories, discover unseen corners of their cities, and connect with one another. All walks are free and take place rain or shine; […]

Join Jeffrey Yoo-Warren and the Providence Preservation Society for a walking visit to Providence's Empire Street Chinatown, which existed until 1914. Open to the public. $15 PPS member// $20 general Registration required. On July 13, I’ll be leading a walking visit to Providence’s Empire Street Chinatown in relation to my Library of Congress project Hidden […]