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2021 Waterfront Concert Series

Friends of the Waterfront and the City of Newport
Free Concerts This Summer – At the Gazebo in King Park

The waterfront music series made possible by the generous support of the Isham family.

FOW 2019 Inspection Cruise


Read the questions and replies by each candidate

  • Click Here for the Candidate Replies


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Click Here to Sign The Online Petition

Click here to read or download the online petition PDF file.



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We Need Your Help!

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If you care about the Newport Waterfront
Please plan to attend
City of Newport Planning Board Meeting
Monday, April 3, 2017
City Hall 6:30 pm
Proposed 20 Room Howard Wharf Hotel –
Now amended to ONLY 15 Rooms
300% allotment over current city ordinance!

  • Click Here for Howard Wharf Inn Map

35 years later and some things seem the same! We Must Stay Ever Vigilant

  • Proposed 20 Room ‘Boutique’ Hotel Planned for Howard Wharf
  • Howard Wharf Hotel Hits Snag
  • Google Map of Howard Wharf

FOW Letter sent to CRMC in support of public access to move private fence

  • Hearing Set For Controversial Fence

2016 Year in Review

  • FOW 2016 Year in Review

2016 Seminar – Keeping History Above Water

  • Historical Waterfront Preservation – Resilient Newport

Disposal and Reuse of Surplus Property at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport

  • Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Aannouncements

Dinghy Planters – Article from Newport This Week, April 7, 2016

  • Dinghy Planters Article

Mary Ferrazolli – Founder of Friends of The Waterfront

  • Mary Ferrazolli Information

Newport City Manager Memo re Status of Navy Hospital Land, June, 2014

  • Newport Navy Property Memo 2014

“Abandonment Statute Is the Only Method by Which a Municipality May Abandon a Public Highway.” April, 2012

  • RI Supreme Court Ruling on Newport’s Washington St. Extension

Newport City Council Workshop Slideshow Presentation from Sea Grant and FXM Associates — Nov. 9, 2010

  • Newport RI Waterfront Economic Study by Sea Grant and FXM Associates.

FXM Associates Summary Report “The Contribution of Waterfront Land Uses to Municipal Revenues in Newport”

  • FXM Study 2010

What Will Newport’s Waterfront Look Like in 2030. A Summary Report June 11, 2008.

  • Newport 2030

At a Harbor Walk backgound meeting several years ago three slide shows were presented and each summarized in a PDF file.
[These are LARGE pdf files and may take a while to download.]
While audio is not available the photos and illustrations are informative:

  • Garman History of Newport RI Waterfront
  • Taylor & Partners 2004 Urban Design for Central Newport, RI
  • Warner Presentation

Sea Grant Guide to Public Access in RI including coverage of Newport starting on pdf page 84.

  • Access to the Rhode Island Coast

Detailed history of the legal development of one section of Newport’s Waterfront Walk at Wellington Resort with FoW input:

  • Wellington’s Victory by Blair Gollihur 1999

Detailed RI Supreme Court Ruling on Streets and Rights of Way in Regard to Newport’s Scott’s Wharf, North Commercial and South Commerical Wharfs

  • RI Supreme Court Ruling on Newport’s Scott’s Wharf, July, 2005
  • Providence Journal’s Summary of the Scott’s Wharf Ruling
  • Salve Regina U. Study Report on the Southern Thames St. Neighborhood History 2004.

Proposal for a Comprehensive Management Plan for Newport’s Cliff Walk — 1987

  • Newport, RI Cliff Walk: a User Profile

One of the Original RI Historical Preservation Reports on Newport, RI Waterfront Used by FoW in the 1980s.
[this is a 70MB pdf]

  • Newport, RI Southern Thames St. Neighborhood Early History

Miscellaneous Documents

  • 1784 Map of Newport
  • History of Goat Island

Links of Interest

  • What is CRMC
  • CRMC GIS Mapping of Public RoWs in RI +in to see Newport’s 23

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