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Date
1983
Description
Here we see how the former Chinese Wall of train tracks had prevented the downtown development from reaching the capital. The center of the city is essentially a parking lot along the parameter of the downtown financial district. What we see is the future development of the Capital Center.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
highways, Capital Center, aerials, urban design, land use, city planning, urban renewal, Providence Place Mall, Waterplace Park, Rhode Island State House, Dunkin Donuts Center, Hilton Hotel (former Holiday Inn)
Notes
Leazes, Fancis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance city (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004), 115-123. Describes the development of the Capital Center Plan into the River Relocation Plan by William Warner in 1984.