Slide Title
Preview
Date
1-1-1985
Description
In 1986 Providence Station was completed. It replaced the 1898 Union Station as part of a redevelopment project to free up land from a mass of train tracks that had hemmed in downtown Providence. It is much smaller than its predecessor, reflecting the diminished role of railroad transit. In the background are a group of buildings since demolished. The URI College of Continuing Education buildings and The Merchants’ Cold Storage to make way for the Providence Place Mall in the 1990s.
Creator 2 Role
Architectural firm
Creator 3 Role
Architect (Providence Station)
Building Type
Train Station
Building Style
Post-Modernism
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); Capital Center (Providence, RI) Urban Development
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Recommended Citation
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Taylor, Marilyn Jordan, "Construction of Providence Station" (1985). Smolski Images. 46.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/46
Keywords
city planning, land use, urban renewal, urban development, Providence Station, railroad stations, Capital Center
Notes
Bibliography: Woodward, Wm Mckenzie. PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence, RI: Providence Preservation Society, 2003, pp. 303-304. Fisher, Thomas. "Past Progressives: Providence Train Station, SOM." Hanley Wood Media, Inc., 16 Feb. 2010, www.architectmagazine.com/design/buildings/past-progressives-providence-train-station-som_o. Accessed 12 Dec. 2016. Heppner, Frank. "Railroads of Rhode Island." The History Press, 2012, pp. 186.