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Date
1983
Description
Towards the bottom of this image can be seen the so-called “Chinese Wall” that separated downtown from Capital Center before the urban renaissance. Construction on Fleet Center is underway in the center, as well as Old Stone Square on South Main Street. Suicide Circle appears in the lower left.
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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
aerial, aerial view, financial district, cityscape, downtown, financial district, urban planning, Suicide Circle
Notes
Bibliography: Leazes, Francis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance City. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, pp. 77, 82-86, 108.