Slide Title
Preview
Date
March 1995
Description
The relocation of Providence’s rivers was central to the Providence Renaissance. Here we see the Gazebo that is regularly used as a greeting station and sound center for Barnaby Evans’s Waterfire intstallation. Exchange St. Bridge is in the background. The Westin Hotel Tower is on the far left.
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Themes
Urban Development
Subject Headings
Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island – Providence; Waterplace Park (Providence, RI); Woonasquatucket River (Providence, RI)
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
Memorial Blvd. and Exchange Terrace
Recommended Citation
Warner, William, "Waterplace Park" (1995). Smolski Images. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/6
Keywords
Capital Center, downtown, city planning, river relocation, Waterplace Park, Woonasquatucket River
Notes
Bibliography: Leazes, Francis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance City. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, pp. 125-132.