Chester Smolski

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Date

1-1-1977

Description

Weybosset street pictured in the late 1970s. Loews Theater and Beneficent Congregational Church can be seen. While most of Loews eventually became the site of PPAC, Beneficent is the oldest building on the block, having existed since 1809 as a separatist parish. These photographs are taken around many redesigns of downtown's streets, such as Westminster's time as a pedestrian zone, and this current indication of a one way on Weybosset.

Notes

Bibliography: Jordy, William H, Ronald J. Onorato, and William McKenzie Woodward. Buildings of Rhode Island. Oxford: New York, 2004. 43-44. Woodward, William McKenzie. PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence, RI: Providence Preservation Society, 2003. 92-95.

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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 2 Dates

1928

Creator 2 Role

Architects (Lowes)

Creator 3 Dates

1809

Creator 3 Role

Architects (Beneficent Congregational)

Creator 4 Dates

1836

Creator 4 Role

Architects (Beneficient Congregational, remodeling)

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

urban development, street scene, streetscape, Loew's State Theater, Providence Performing Arts Center, Beneficent Congregational church, religious architecture

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