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Date
1-1-1987
Description
Aerial showing the east side and new additions to the old Financial District. These include: the building at Old Stone Square (Edward Larrabee Barnes, 1984), 50 Kennedy Plaza (a.k.a. Fleet Center, Helmut, Obata & Kassebaum, 1985), One Financial Plaza (a.k.a Soveign Bank Tower, formerly Hospital Trust Tower, John Carl Warnecke, 1970-73) and Textron Tower (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1969-72).
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Themes
Downtown Financial District
Subject Headings
Aerial Photography in land use -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence, RI -- Buildings, structures, etc; Skyscrapers -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Financial District (Providence, RI); Providence River (Providence, RI) Urban Development
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Financial District looking east (aerial) (1 of 2)" (1987). Browse All. 60.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/60
Keywords
aerials, downtown, skyline, skyscrapers, Financial District, Providence River
Notes
Bibliography: Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, pp. 193, 224, 238. Woodward, William McKenzie. "Pps/aiari Guide to Providence Architecture." Providence, RI: Providence Preservation Society, 2003, pp. 102.