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William Hamilton

@waham.bsky.social
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Managing editor at Providence Business News. Ex-ProJo staffer. Often posting on quirky, little-noticed stuff in the Biggest Little State, as well as local real estate development, architecture, history and business. I ride bikes.

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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A favorite of mine... sketch by renowned architect Friedrich St. Florian done in one of his RISD classes in 1990. He would take students on foot to a local structure and quickly sketching along with them, then return to the classroom for critiques. On this day, it was the Superman Building.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Finally made it to one place in Providence I’ve never been: the rooftop of the Peerless on a perfect summer evening.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Rainbow over Beneficent Congregational Church in downtown Providence tonight as the sun came out during a rain shower a few minutes before it set.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Mr. Lemon open for business in Providence today. Line is 10 deep.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ah, what could have been in #FriarTown... Here's a 1988 #ProvidenceCollege recruitment letter to Shaquille O'Neal when Rick Barnes was coach... It's up for auction at MYNT Auctions in NYC. Estimate: $1,235-$1,605. The authenticated letter has been signed by Shaq. @pcathletics.bsky.social
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rest in Peace, Len Levin, 95, RI journalism legend + baseball research expert: "he treated everyone with the same level of professionalism and respect — but he never failed to correct any mistakes he spotted along the way" sabr.org/latest/in-me...
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In Memoriam: Len Levin – Society for American Baseball Research
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The newly constructed pavilion at the Providence's pedestrian bridge looks like it's about ready to go... just in time for the warm weather.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Francis St. closed in downtown Providence as a massive helicopter transports HVAC units over Providence Place mall Sunday afternoon
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Good news: Same old sign, new owners. Dari Bee in Riverside Square is back! It’ll reopen in a few months. I thought it was a goner.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My colleague Chris Allen spotted these guys on Dorrance St. in Providence on Tuesday... My theory: Advance Iraqi security checking the city. The Iraqi soccer team qualified for the World Cup last night and will play at Gillette in June. Either that, or they've come to check out our bike lanes.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The East Bay Bike Path’s long-closed bridges over the Barrington and Palmer rivers look like they’ll be ready to open soon… the railings don’t look fishing friendly.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A protest against ICE outside a federal office building on Westminster St. in Providence tonight…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The neighborhood Christmas band makes its annual annual trek through Elmhurst in Providence tonight…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Peyton Manning, Julian Edelman and Gronk visit the Cumberland factory where they make the Lombardi Trophy, and they take the Gronk Bus to get there... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN4t...
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Peyton Manning, Rob Gronkowski & Julian Edelman Rebuild the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI Trophy
YouTube video by Omaha Productions
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New but unfinished bike path along Kingsley Ave. and the Woonasquatucket River in Providence. Kingsley no longer a two way street.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Afternoon thunderstorm rolling through Providence today…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Downed trees along the East Bay Bike Path, including this that requires riders to carry their bikes over the trunk just south of the Squantum Club
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Long before "Cooler and Warmer" and "All That," Rhode Island's tourism and economic development slogan in 1960...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Maybe the strangest named place in R.I. that doesn't exist anymore: Starve Goat Island In the 20th century, landfill on the Providence River made the island disappear. At one time, that area had the most productive oyster beds in the East. Save the Bay HQ sits where Starve Goat Island was.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Providence life hack No. 97: If you like cherries, now is the time to pick some fresh ones at Davis Park. There are about 5 trees that have beautiful cherries. Just leave some for others.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A hot day in early summer and Dari Bee is closed in Riverside Square. Is there any hope?
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Things you notice in Providence on a beautiful Friday commute home: that ugly chainlink fence at India Point is finally gone. The work is complete, I think…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Protesters on the move up Empire St. in Providence at 6:40 pm tonight…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Protest outside Providence’s Doorley Municipal Building on Empire St. at about 6 pm today…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
5 years ago today, downtown Providence businesses boarded up, fearing a repeat of widespread vandalism, looting that had happened a few nights earlier after George Floyd's death. So much plywood that Westminster St. smelled like a Home Depot.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Snapping turtle finds its place in the sun along the Blackstone River Bikeway in Lincoln. They can live 50 years or more. This guy is maybe middle-aged, and he looked at me like, 'Just try to move me. I'll take your finger off.'
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Was a little surprised to see The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg appear on "Meet the Press" today with the Providence skyline over his right shoulder. What brings him to R.I. today?
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Nancy Lavin @nancyklavin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How feds took control of the narrative in deportation of Brown Medicine kidney doctor rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/03/19/h...
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How feds took control of the narrative in deportation of Brown Medicine kidney doctor • Rhode Island Current
The high-profile deportation case for Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Brown Medicine kidney doctor, has heightened frustration with a longstanding federal rule restricting public electronic access to court docum...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Wow, the Washington Bridge debacle hits the big time, kinda. My favorite engineering YouTube channel, Practical Engineering, has profiled the project for its 4.28M subscribers, giving a shoutout to another engineering youtuber Casey Jones, who has been all over it www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL5N...
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This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse
YouTube video by Practical Engineering
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The 195 District Commission tonight selected the Design Center Partners plan for Parcel 5 in Providence... Initial proposal: 200 residential units (5% workforce) 50,000sf Art & Design Center, "porous, walkable arrangement with both exterior storefronts and an inner pedestrian street."
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
When I was very young, I was convinced the president of the United States lived in Bristol at Guiteras Junior High (now an elementary school). After all, the road to it had a red, white and blue center stripe. It had to be the White House. I hear the school will be closing for good in June.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
You can literally see the Providence Journal printing press in action from the street...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
PBN's Katie Castellani checked into R.I.-related lease cancellations by DOGE and had to break the news to a landlord and a NOAA employee that apparently they'd be leaving Port of Galilee in Narragansett. pbn.com/federal-comm...
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Federal commercial real estate cancellations surprise R.I. landlords
PROVIDENCE – Mary Sadlier was surprised when she opened an email from the General Services Administration last week. The agency informed Sadlier the federal government was canceling the lease for 1,55...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Some R.I.-Canada exporting info put out by the Canadian Consulate in Boston last year with the tagline 'Friends, Partners, Allies' ... I believe scrap metal accounts for the biggest portion of that $487M
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The center line on Smith St. in Providence has now been painted in Irish colors ahead of the St. Patrick's Day parade this weekend. I don't recall ever seeing this done before on Smith St. in Elmhurst and Smith Hill.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The endless tangle of Lincoln Woods’ capillaries on a late Sunday winter afternoon.
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
That grassy plot behind Trader Joe's in Providence is going to stay that way for the foreseeable future because a $70M project anchored by BankRI's new HQ has been halted... pbn.com/plans-for-70...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The developer for Parcel 14/15 along Providence River has submitted reworked plans (left) for a 214-unit apartment building. (The ghostly white buildings are a future phase) The old 198-unit plans are on the right. Thoughts? pbn.com/i-195-commis...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My Valentine's Day message to the Washington Bridge: (In fairness, the backup visible on the DOT cam right now is from a crash on the Iway bridge but still it is a hard pass...)
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The glass elevator at the Graduate Hotel in downtown Providence hasn't worked in about 25 years. (I last rode it in 1999 when there was a premier party for the TV show "Providence" in the then-Biltmore ballroom). According to the sign at the elevator door, it's got a new use...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The commission that oversaw decades of design and development in Providence's transformed Capital Center district – from Providence Place mall to the new train station to WaterPlace Park – may be coming to an end... pbn.com/providence-o...
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Providence officials: It's time for Capital Center Commission to disband
The city’s Capital Center Commission was founded in 1981 to lead redevelopment of the northern portion of downtown. Now, the commission, which played a crucial role in Providence's transformation, is ...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Not sure if this is a bad sign, but an entry for the Dari Bee in Riverside has been added to ArtInRuins... artinruins.com/property/dar...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A pre-snowstorm Providence Bike Jam makes its way through the city tonight…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A sad moment on Atwells Avenue in Providence this morning... The Federal Hill equivalent of the Independent Man being taken off the Statehouse dome. Except this sign isn't going back up #RIPOldCanteen
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
In case my brothers- and sisters-in-journalism missed it today, The Associated Press has weighed in on the Gulf of Mexico/America, Denali/Mount McKinley question...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Lots of lights on, but nobody's home in the Superman Building in Providence...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
People skating ovals around the newly renovated ice rink in downtown Providence looking bright tonight...
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hmmm, come to find out that Gov. McKee has a street improvement program called RhodeRestore. And model Hailey Bieber has a face improvement skin cream called Rhode Restore. Is it possible that the city of Warwick could apply for a road repair grant and get a case of face moisturizer?
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I call this composition “Sundown and Backup on 195” in Providence today…
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William Hamilton @waham.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Good news for the new operators of Providence Place... The Macy's at that mall, plus the ones at Warwick Mall and Emerald Square Mall, are NOT on the closure list of 66 stores. Actually, a little surprised the store at Emerald Square is sticking around. www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/b...
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