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Providence College Hopkins Park Home Depot Iola French Park Corliss Park DaVinci Center Wanskuck Park Windmill St Elem. School Ascham Street Park Canada Pond Geneva Pond Wankuck Pond Upper Canada Pond Veazie Street Elem. School St. Ann School Highlander Charter Elem. School Hopkins Middle School E 3 Academy Wanskuck Library Sophia Academy R.I. School for the Deaf former American Tourister site North Burial Ground Kizirian Elementary School Times 2 School Corliss Industrial Park BRANCH AVE ADMIRAL ST CHARLES ST SMITH STREET VEAZIE ST RIVER AVE DOUGLAS AVE HAWKINS ST SILVER SPRING ST HUXLEY AVE LANGDON ST ROYAL LITTLE DR WOODWARD RD LEDGE ST CHAD BROWN ST JOB ST FLORA ST CORLISS ST WEST RIVER ST SALINA ST SUNBURY ST LEO AVE WINDMILL ST TOURO ST CHATHAM ST BURNS ST GREELEY ST HAZAEL ST LUBEC ST GENERAL ST JUNE ST CLYM ST ARGOL ST RUSSO ST METCALF ST WAITE ST HALL ST BRADLEY ST TEXAS AVE CORNWALL ST SEAMANS ST AUGUSTA ST LUNA ST SANDRINGHAM AVE ISABELLAAVE VANDEWATER ST OPPER ST WILD ST PHEBE ST YORKSHIRE ST SMART ST RAPHAEL AVE WHIPPLE ST ANDY ST FILLMORE ST MOWRY ST FAIR ST BISMARK ST MARCH ST SHAW ST OAKLAND AVE SHERWOOD ST STANSBURY ST SWIFT ST EAST DR HAGAN ST RADCLIFFE AVE ASHTON ST IONA ST BERKSHIRE ST ITALY ST HENRIETTA ST FOCH AVE PEMBROKE AVE COMMODORE ST PAUL ST FUNSTON AVE JOSEPH ST WINONA ST ZELLA ST JASPER ST DANTE ST NELLIE ST VETO ST LANCASHIRE ST CORINA ST VIRGINIA LN ROYAL AVE MESSINA ST CRANDALL ST GILLEN ST NORTHRUP AVE MARIETTA ST GRAPE ST KENTLAND AVE DURHAM ST INDUSTRIAL DR MIDDLE DR DE PINEDO ST WAINWRIGHT ST MALBONE ST SMITHFIELD AVE UDELL ST COGGESHALL ST GLOUCESTER ST DANBY ST LIEGE ST BLAINE ST DOME ST MALVERN ST EVA ST COLUMBUS ST MOY ST HILLVIEW AVE PARENTE ST CHRISTOPHER ST CUMBERLAND ST AMORY ST SOCIAL ST DOROTHY AVE ONEIL ST WEST DR GENTIAN AVE DEVONSHIRE ST DGEWORTH AVE EVERSON ST LONGMONT ST DRILL ST STONE ST ASCHAM ST HAVANA ST CHESHIRE ST SUSSEX ST MONTICELLO ST ANCHOR ST PETER ST GRAFTON ST GLASGOW ST DAKOTA ST HYACINTH ST BATCHELLER AVE ALICANT ST PROSPER ST VENICE ST MCMILLEN ST SHILOH ST CONCANNON ST VALE ST LUCILLE ST IOWA ST ANNIE ST AVENTINE AVE CLARKSON ST WILNA ST VAUGHAN ST SPOKANE ST CLYDE ST RALSTON ST HYMER ST NAHANT ST HEREFORD ST HAMPTON ST HORTON ST GRIDLEY ST HOUGHTON ST CAXTON ST WINCHESTER ST LOVEDAY ST AUGUST ST ASHBURTON ST TAPPAN ST ATLAS ST SUFFOLK ST FORSYTH ST BADGER RD LORETO ST DEVON ST TRENT ST BROCKTON ST VICKSBURG ST CARTERET ST MACGREGOR ST VENTURA ST NEWCOMB ST ALASKA ST SHEPARD AVE EDWARD ST CLOVE ST PEKIN ST MILANO ST STANHOPE ST OLMSTEAD WAY FERNANDO ST NEWBURY ST MINNESOTA ST APPIAN ST LOMBARDI ST MANHATTAN ST BURTON ST DONELSON ST BEULAH ST ADDEO ST PUMGANSETT ST MATTHEW ST CEMETERY ST WANSKUCK AVE FAMIGLIETTI DR SWEETBRIAR ST RUGGLES ST SPARROW ST CERES ST ABRAM ST DENISON ST DI MARIO DR HUGO ST JOSA ST IANTHE ST OSBORN ST FELIX MIRANDO WAY VIC EMANUEL AVE SIRAVO ST NEWPORT ST HARWOL CT SOUTH LN DOSCO DR GRAND BROADWAY DAMON ST QUARRY ST OREGON ST BINGHAM ST COMO ST MANILA ST MARISA LN SELKIRK ST SHERMAN ST FIORE ST HEBRON ST BAGALIA RD AMANDA WY ENTERPRISE ST SQUANTO ST SANTOMARCO DR HUMBERT AVE CORNWALL ST CERES ST BERKSHIRE ST SELKIRK ST SEDAN ST EDGEWORTH AVE SUFFOLK ST PUMGANSETT ST DE PINEDO ST DEVONSHIRE ST DONELSON ST SHARON ST WILNA ST RIVER AVE SWIFT ST CUMBERLAND ST GLASGOW ST SMART ST LUCILLE ST MOWRY ST PAUL ST DOUGLAS AVE E ADMIRAL ST BRANCH AVE CHARLES ST SILVER SPRING ST LOUISQUISSET PIKE LOUISQUISSET PIKE 95 95 146 146 7 7 7 246 246 SMITHFIELD AVE EATON ST DOUGLAS AVE Legend Single Family Residential Low Density Residential Medium Density Residential High Density Residential Waterfront Mixed Use/Nbrhd Waterfront Mixed Use/General Waterfront/Port Recommended shared bike lanes Recommended on-street bike lanes Possible transit connection Recommended pedestrian improvements Possible multi-use trail Recreation opportunity Community garden opportunity Playground opportunity Neighborhood Commercial General Commercial Downtown/Mixed Use Business/Mixed Use Public Space/Open Space Institutional District Jobs Only District Possible gateway location Recommended streetscape improvements Recommended landscape buffer Possible greenway Discourage commercial expansion beyond boundary Recommended drainage improvements Recommended traffic/ intersection improvements Recommended traffic signal improvements Goal/action completed 1/4 mile 1/2 mile 1/2 km N Improve access to and increase opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of open space at Ascham Street Playground. n Evaluate the feasibility of re-designing the playground to make it more appealing to neighborhood residents. n Evaluate programming. n Remove graffiti. n Upgrade lighting to make the playground more inviting. Improve access to and increase opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of open space at Hopkins Square. n Repair broken lights in Hopkins Square and evaluate lighting to ensure safety in the evening hours. n Examine the possibility of a seasonal farmers market at Hopkins Square. n Work with RIPTA to install signature bus shelters at Hopkins Square. Establish an opening and closing schedule for the park adjacent to St. Ann’s Church. Redevelop the sizable vacant lot on the west side of Charles Street near Silver Spring Street into a large-scale commercial use beneficial to the neighborhood and the City. Redevelop the former A&P site (Angelo Di Maria building) in Eagle Park into a use beneficial to the neighborhood and the City. Potential uses include: a youth center, a farmers market, or large-scale commercial development. Improve access to and increase opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of open space at Corliss Park. n Evaluate the programming in the park and upgrade facilities to fit current neighborhood needs. n Consider the installation of an enclosed off-leash dog park area within the park. n Work with the Parks Department to relocate benches from Hopkins Square to Corliss Park when the Hopkins Square benches are replaced by the Charles Street Business Association. n Examine the feasibility of installing a spray park at Corliss Park. Redevelop the former auto body shop on the west side of Douglas Avenue between Lancashire and Columbus streets with a neighborhood-serving commercial development. Upgrade the lighting and plant additional trees at Iola French Park. Redevelop the former Steere Mill/American Tourister Site into a beneficial use to the neighborhood and the City. n Encourage potential uses such as senior assisted living, commercial, or industrial development. n Through the redevelopment process, ensure the preservation of a portion of the site, including Whipple Pond, as open space with a walking path and easy neighborhood access. Improve access to and increase opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of open space at Wanskuck Park. n Examine the feasibility of istalling a playground within the park. n Upgrade benches and trash cans at Wanskuck Park. n Consider the installation of an enclosed off-leash dog area within the park. Recognize Canada Pond as a valuable neighborhood resource; work with RIDEM to improve water quality, restore its beach if feasible, schedule area clean-ups, and improve access to the pond and its surrounding for neighborhood residents. Charles Street Silver Spring Street e Steere Mill complex was established as a worsted-textile factory in 1862 by Stephen Olney and Jesse Metcallf. In 1957, the site was vacated, and served several uses until the 1980’s when American Tourister took over the facility. In 2000, the American Tourister warehouse was destroyed by fire. As one of the largest redevelopment opportunities in the City, the 25-acre American Tourister/Steere Mill site has tremendous potential to benefit the Wanskuck neighborhood and the City’s tax base. Canada Pond, a 20-acre man-made pond, once supplied water for the nearby mills but is now a wildlife conservation and recreation area. On May 31, 2006, Mayor Cicilline and the City Council announced the creation of Providence Tomorrow– an innovative and inclusive planning process designed to create a framework for growth and preservation of Providence neighborhoods. Since then, the City Council adopted a new Comprehensive Plan, and the Department of Planning and Development has begun detailed planning studies in each of the city’s neighborhoods. Providence has 25 distinct neighborhoods, each with unique character and identity. While neighborhoods share many features, each has its own set of planning challenges and concerns. An important part of Providence Tomorrow is the in-depth, detailed planning studies that were conducted at the neighborhood level. The neighborhoods were grouped together so that there were ten neighborhood charrettes, or planning studies, conducted from 2007 to 2009. The Charles and Wanskuck Neighborhood Charrette was held July 13-16, 2009. Sessions were held at the DaVinci Center for Community Progress at 470 Charles Street. Approximately 30 people participated in the charrette, voicing their opinions on how to improve parks and other public spaces in their neighborhoods, where and how they would like to see redevelopment in the future, and where traffi c and circulation problems currently exist, among other issues. The planning team collected all of the information from the week, and drafted an action plan that was presented at a follow- up meeting in October 2009. This map is a summary of the information that was collected from residents, business owners and neighborhood youth over the course of an intensive week of many public meetings. The Plan summarizes neighborhood history and demographics, illustrates the existing character of the neighborhoods through photos and typologies of buildings types, and identifies key issues and neighborhood priorities. The Action Plan identifies goals and objectives for the neighborhoods, and the parties who will lead each effort. The Plan will be used to guide the review of development projects in these neighbor- hoods by the city’s boards and commissions, help the City prioritize funding for proj- ects and infrastructure improvements, and provide a guide for redevelopment efforts. CHARLES AND WANSKUCK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN MAP our city our neighborhoods our future n n PROVIDENCE TOMORROW January 2010 David N. Cicilline, Mayor Department of Planning and Development Thomas E. Deller, AICP, Director
