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Date
1-1-1987
Description
This image shows the transformation of Capital Center in progress. Francis Street construction is complete up until the over-passed train tracks and the bridge over the Woonasquatucket River. The former train tracks have been removed, but the land that turned into Memorial Boulevard is still dirt lot. Similarly, Providence Place Mall is years away from construction, but the paths of the highway access ramps under construction are beginning to suggest its future shape. Providence Station is the only completed element.
Themes
Urban Development
Subject Headings
Aerial photography in city planning-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Urban renewal-- Rhode Island-- Providence; City planning-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Land use, Urban-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Providence Station (Providence, RI); Providence River (Providence, RI); Woonasquatucket River (Providence, RI); United States Highway 95 (Providence, RI); Urban Development -- Rhode Island -- Providence;
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Recommended Citation
"Providence Capital Center with Providence Station" (1987). Smolski Images. 28.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/28
Keywords
aerials, city planning, cityscape, highways, Capital Center, urban renewal, railroads, state house, automobile parking, Woonasquatucket River
Notes
Bibliography: Leazes, Francis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance City. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, pp. 90-96.