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Date
1-1-1993
Description
This photo shows work in progress in relocating Suicide Circle and uncovering and re-channeling the Mosshasuck and Woonasquatucket Rivers. Newly constructed Washington Street Bridge is in the foreground, but the old Fulton Street entrance to Suicide Circle is still in use to the south. Ultimately the Providence River will be re-channeled with pedestrian walkways along the old harbor.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Themes
Urban Renewal
Subject Headings
Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island – Providence; Woonasquatucket River (Providence, RI); Moshassuck River (Providence, RI); Memorial Boulevard (Providence, RI); Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
1 Citizens Plaza
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Construction on Memorial Boulevard, River Relocation Project" (1993). Smolski Images. 52.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/52
Keywords
city planning, Moshassuck River, Woonasquatucket River, river relocation, public spaces, water front, cityscape, downtown revitalization, urban renewal
Notes
Bibliography: Farbstein, Jay and Emily Axelrod, Robert Shibley and Richard Werner. "Providence River Relocation: Providence, Rhode Island." Bruner Foundation, 2004, www.rudybruneraward.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/06_providence.pdf. Accessed 19 Jan. 2017.