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Date
1-1-1987
Description
Blighted area in Upper South Providence near Women and Infants (1986) and Rhode Hospital (1864). In-fill housing eventually filled much of the vacant land, as well as the hospitals claimed space needed for expansion through parking lots and resource centers. The central building is Lockwood Plaza Apartments, and at the north end of the photograph, Classical High School and the Weybosset Hill area.
Building Type
Hospital
Themes
Urban blight
Subject Headings
Aerial Photography in land use -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Roads -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Automobile parking -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Prairie Avenue (Providence, RI); Slums -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Upper South Providence (Rhode Island)
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
593 Eddy St.
Recommended Citation
"Upper South Providence: Area above Rhode Island Hospital, Women and Infants" (1987). Smolski Images. 43.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/43
Keywords
aerials, city planning, housing, automobile parking, slums, Upper South Providence, neighborhoods
Notes
Bibliography: Woodward, William McKenzie. "Pps/aiari Guide to Providence Architecture." Providence, RI: Providence Preservation Society, 2003, pp. 291-292. Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, pp. 175.