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Date
Summer 6-1966
Description
An Aerial view of Sotuh Boston from the Skywalk Observatory, located on the 50th floor of the Prudential Tower. The tower consists of 52 floors of office space, built in 1964. The Prudential tower is part of a complex referred to as the Prudential Center. The building, which is the second tallest in the city after the John Hancock tower, was designed by Charles Luckman and Associates in 1964.
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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
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; Prudential Tower; Boston, Massachusetts; skyscraper;
Notes
Bibliography: "About Prudential Center." Prudential Center, 2016, www.prudentialcenter.com/visit_about.html. Accessed 28 Dec. 2016. Campbell, Robert. "Rebuilding the Pru Disaster." Boston Globe, 28 Jan. 1990, pp. B.33. Fenton, John H. "Center in Boston To Be Dedicated." The New York Times, 18 Apr. 1965, pp. R1.