This new “youth guidance” policy is part of Providence Place’s plan ... specifically applies to the mall’s common spaces and not to the individual stores restaurants and retailers.

Townsend lived in a hardscrabble loft in Olneyville’s Eagle Square in a mill called Fort Thunder. From there, he and compatriot artists watched with disapproval as Providence Place was built starting ...

In March, the Providence Place Mall implemented new security measures, an updated code of conduct and a youth guidance program. The new guidelines went into effect on March 1 and have been posted ...