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[edit] 40 minutes from Logan?

Maybe if you drive a Ferarri. One hour is a far better average time without traffic.

[edit] Disambiguation

Does Providence really need disambiguation? Can't we just have a Providence article, or are there other relatively famous Providences that I don't know about? -nick 21:20, 20 Aug 2004 (EDT)

There are a couple of other Providences (see WikiPedia:Providence), but I think the one in RI probably passes the much-more-famous test. I'll move the page. --Evan 11:59, 21 Aug 2004 (EDT)

[edit] Been Here

I have been here. Rspga49 (talk) 15:56 September 28, 2004 (EDT)

[edit] Districts

This city is now partially districted, with Providence/Federal Hill and Providence/College Hill, and the rest of the city covered in the main article. This is pretty clearly not how we are supposed to do things, and I would suggest merging those two back into this article, except for the fact that they are actually quite nice little district articles. So ideally, we should come up with a comprehensive district hierarchy for the city with no gaps nor overlap. It's a pretty small city, though, and should not have many (I'd be wary of having more than 3 or 4), if any at all. Thoughts? --Peter ^Talk 15:24, 27 March 2009 (EDT)

Since the University of Rhode Island use Wikitravel as part of their writing class, we're going to have an influx of new inexperienced contributors 2-3 times every year - the current mess is a clear example of that happens then - I think we really need to come up with a plan, and a map, so we get all the contribution that apparently will keep pouring in at a fairly regular basis, in the right place... So anyone familiar with Providence who can suggest something?

There are some pretty clear cut ones:

• Hope-College Hill - (East of Canal street, I95 and the railway up to the city limit in the north, and the cove to the east) includes College Hill, Hope and Blackstone
• East Providence well, east providence, across the habour/cove
• North Providence
• South Providence

Other than that I'm unsure, but we should try to divide them up

• Charles -> North Providence?
• Elmhurst -> North Providence?
• Elmwood -> South Providence?
• Federal Hill
• Lower South -> South Providence?
• Mount Hope -> Hope-College Hill
• Mount Pleasant -> ?
• Olneyville -> ?
• Reservoir -> South Providence?
• Silver Lake -> ?
• Smith Hill
• Upper South -> South Providence?
• Valley -> ?
• Wanskuck -> North Providence?
• Washington Park -> South Providence?
• West End -> ?

Feel free to edit, or come with other suggestions --Stefan (sertmann) ^talk 20:54, 23 January 2010 (EST)

I'm not very familiar with the city, but I do hope we can get beyond "partially districted", as I don't think that's a good state to leave an article in.Texugo 01:25, 9 March 2010 (EST)

While its true that all the "districts" listed above exist is it really necessary to include them all in a travel guide? Seriously... While Downtown and the East Side certainly have distinct identities and attractions outside of these areas a description of just Providence would do just fine. You certainly dont need a special section for tourist attractions in neighborhoods like Silver Lake or Elmwood... —The preceding comment was added by 98.175.221.41 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Content shift

I've moved the content that was here to Talk:Providence/Content Shift. It was article content with top-level headers and it made it hard to use the talk page. LtPowers 18:55, 28 July 2010 (EDT)

I don't see it. --globe-trotter 13:07, 29 July 2010 (EDT)

Whoops, I must have forgotten to save it. LtPowers 21:22, 29 July 2010 (EDT)

[edit] Downtown

Someone has added the brand new article Providence/Downtown. Does it fit within the current districting scheme? LtPowers 18:55, 28 July 2010 (EDT)

I really don't know. Now someone added Providence/Fox Point. These new districts don't make navigation any easier if they aren't well thought-out. --globe-trotter 18:42, 12 October 2011 (EDT)

[edit] Closed listing (moved from article)

• Jerky's Music Hall, 71 Richmond St., ☎ 401-621-2244, [1]. Dive bar located in downtown Providence, with musical acts ranging from local to well known bands. They have a full bar, nice atmosphere, and legendary reggae monday's where you can find the DJ spinning from 9pm-1am. Tickets range from $5-20. (recently closed.)  edit