Slide Title
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.
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). Smolski Images. 17.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/17
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.