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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
Urban Development
Subject Headings
Aerial photography in city planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence (RI) -- Buildings, structures, etc; Providence River (Providence, RI); United States Highway 195 (Providence, RI) -- Urban Development
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Financial District looking east (aerial) (2 of 2)" (1987). Smolski Images. 75.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/75
Keywords
aerial, highway, city planning, downtowns, skyline, skyscrapers, 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.