Urban Umbrella’s By Justin Desilva

Brought to you with the help from:

The Museum
Andrew Losowsky
On Site Lyra Montiero &

Sloan’s Friend Benjamin Gramann

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Vision Statement
The Museum On Site is dedicated to helping people understand their worlds
through site-specific, free public experiences that share ideas and
information in accessible and stimulating ways.

Mission Statement
The Museum On Site is committed to:

changing people’s understanding of the worlds around them

providing broad access to ideas and information by entering existing non-
museum spaces where people gather
educating people in stimulating, non-conventional ways, engaging them both
emotionally and intellectually through methodologies drawn from theater,
museums, art, advertising, public ritual, and other, experience-based media
working with scholarly research in a sensitive way, bringing together
academics and local community groups
inspiring people to use its creations as a springboard to further learning, by
providing educational opportunities and information
documenting its work, inviting discussion, and sharing its methods and
discoveries
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SPRAWLING NEIGHBORHOODS,
FUELED BY ENCAPSULATED
HIGH SPEED VEHICLES, ARE A
SIGNIFICANT DESTROYER OF
COMMUNITIES.
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The department of
transportation has
succeeded in creating
continuous roads,
providing a platform on
which to explore and
travel.
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Simultaneously,
these roads
and vehicles
have destroyed
our sense of
community, our
respect for one
another, and our
health.
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250,000,000
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Why does this merit our concern ?

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Due to inclement weath-

er In the State of Rhode
Island and City of Provi-
dence, the automobile has
become the most widely
used form of transporta-
tion.
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‘Over the last century, no single

machine has done more to shape
the landscape of our nation, from
the asphalt grids of our cities and
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Our current transportation system is
ultimately flawed.
Our current transportation system is
ultimately flawed.

WE are asking the wrong questions.

Our current transportation system is
ultimately flawed.

WE are asking the wrong questions.

It is the assumption by nearly every

designer, that all
manufactured goods are to be taken
home via automobile.
Our current transportation system is
ultimately flawed.

WE are asking the wrong questions.

It is the assumption by nearly every

designer, that all
manufactured goods are to be taken
home via automobile.

It costs more money to live, eat and work

locally.
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How has this problem been addressed by others ?

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SANTA CATERINA MARKET

Barcelona Spain (1844-1848) (1997-2005)
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How do we address this problem differently ?

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Warm
cool
dry
safe
social
entertaining
Let’s go back in time
Let’s look ahead
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how can we create faster

and more sustainable ways
of getting from point A to
point b?
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how can we transform

our existing environment,
through the experience
of sharing, and build
stronger communities, by
accommodating the needs
of pedestrians?
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Mission:
To transform streets
and sidewalks from
avenues of navigation
into places of exchange.
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Phasing: Where do we start?

 Rain, economy
dampen tourism pent-up demand. People hadn’t gotten their vacations
in yet. Labor Day is kind of the official last hurrah,

season in Rhode
communities that account for 70 percent of the draw,
revenue was down considerably.
but September and October have outperformed [the
summer months] ... perennially.”

Island
In Providence, revenue was down 11.8 percent. Warwick
Schatmeyer, the bed-and-breakfast owner, said his
bookings are up for this month and next.
also showed a significant decrease, with 18.4 percent
Sep. 4--NEWPORT -- Harry“It Schatmeyer
seems people hopes areLabor
getting out of their shells,” he
less. Middletown was down 32 percent. In Newport, us-
Day weekend and the sunny said,forecast
“I startsthink
don’t a no-vacancy
people are traveling much.”
ing data obtained from the city, hotel tax revenue for June
trend at his bed and breakfast, something he hasn’t seen
was off 27.5 percent.
all summer. After a rough summer, Bayberry Inn manager Karen
The weather was the key reason for the drop off, tourism Green is also counting on fall business.
Schatmeyer, who owns Victorian Ladies Inn with his
officials said.
wife, Cheryl, has rooms booked “Junethis
washoliday
not soweekend,
great because of the economy, but
and more customers are scheduled
the rain didn’t help,” Green said. “At the visitors’
There have been 16.93 inches of rain for June, July and
to arrive this fall. He’s counting on that
center, theybusiness
are asking to for
make our rates, something that
August, according to the National Weather Service. That
up for one of the slowest summer
hasn’tseasons
happened in decades,
before. I can understand you being
compares with the average summer rainfall of 9 inches,
dampened by the soggy weather on a and a weak
budget, but economy.
it’s Newport in the summertime.
making 2009 among the top-10 wettest summer seasons
on record, said meteorologist Alan Dunham. What the coming fall looks like depends on whether
“We were breaking even overorlast year through
not it’s going to be May. a good color season.”
June was actually good,” Schatmeyer said. “In July, we
June and July each logged 17 days of rain. August was
got hurt. We were down 8 orTo 9 percent.
make doWe withdiscounted
a lackluster summer, Ann Coulton,
sunnier, but there were still eight days of rain. The tradi-
everything.” president of the Newport County Inns and Bed &
tional summer season will end this weekend, however,
with sunny, dry weather and temperatures in the upper Breakfast Association, and owner of the Victoria Sky-
Schatmeyer, hotel managers,lar merchants
Inn, saidandshe others
and 30who member inns worked together
70s on Saturday and Sunday with some clouds showing
make money from the touristtotrade blame the rain,
create discount packages. the
up on Monday, Dunham said.
number of people out of work and an unsteady stock mar-
ket for the falloff in businessThe
during the lastincluded
discounts three months.
dinning options, tours of the
The inclement weather resulted in one of the worst sum-
mers for tourism in the last 20 years, said Evan Smith, mansions, admission to the Tennis Hall of Fame Mu-
New data from the start of the summer supports their
president of the Newport County Convention and Visitors seum and some marine and boat attractions.
claims.
Bureau. He said many people canceled bookings, affect-
ing room, meal and sales taxes, and event attendance. “July was a month of nothing. I was down 65 per-
Overall, the amount of money collected
cent,” from
Coulton room
said, buttaxes
people extending stays for a
in Rhode Island was down 14.7 week percent
or statewide
longer helped inkeep
Juneher afloat. “Each indi-
“A lot of people jumped to the economy. It was more the
2009 compared with the same period
vidual inna had
yearpeople
earlier,whoac- were looking for bargains.
weather,” Smith said. “Looking forward to the second
cording to the state Department of Revenue. In the four
I have sold more packages this year. In talking to the
half, we just finished a nice August. There was a lot of
 Department of Education
$ 733,692,095.11
Department of Administration
$ 562,105,719.20
Department of Transportation
$ 368,485,130.27
Department of Human Services
$ 201,373,478.35
Department of Children, Youth and Families
$ 172,641,072.56
Department of Corrections
$ 133,345,200.92
Department of Revenue
$ 110,667,169.29
Department of Public Safety
$ 71,077,640.40
Department of Health
$ 62,821,861.94
Department of Labor and Training
$ 58,024,511.62
Department of Environmental Management
$ 54,444,695.14
Office of the Adjutant General / Military Staff
$ 15,968,353.14
Department of the General Treasurer
$ 14,314,691.54
Department of Elderly Affairs
$ 8,194,460.23
Board of Governors for Higher Education
$ 7,177,629.62
Department of Business Regulation
$ 7,172,351.64
Office of Health and Human Services
$ 4,122,359.93
Governor’s Office
$ 3,653,744.23

100,000,000
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Providence Neighborhoods

Map Produced by The Providence Plan

Data Sources: RIGIS, City of Providence
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every day design

Mission:
To better the city of
providence through
sharing.
help build smaller,
stronger communities.
transform our existing
environment to
accomodate the needs of
pedestrians.
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challenges:
natural environment
-weather

proximity
-reallocation of resources