Slide Title

Financial District looking south (aerial)

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski

Preview

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.

Notes

Bibliography: Leazes, Francis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance City. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, pp. 77, 82-86, 108.

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Themes

Urban Development

Subject Headings

City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence;Aerial photography in city planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Central business districts -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence (RI) -- Buildings, structures, etc; Providence River (Providence, RI); 50 Kennedy Plaza (Providence, RI)

Country Name

United States

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Providence

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Financial District looking south (aerial)" (1983). Browse All. 17.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/17