Slide Title
Preview

Date
1987
Description
In this 1987 view the newly constructed Francis Street approach to the State House is complete thru the future intersection with Memorial Blvd. Interstate 95 separates Providence's West Side from downtown. The Foundry Building is on the left side of the highway, and URI’s College of Continuing Education is grouped below Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The college buildings will make way for the Providence Place Mall's construction concluding in 1999.
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Themes
Urban Redevelopment
Subject Headings
Aerial photography in city planning; Urban renewal-- Rhode Island-- Providence; City planning-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Land use, Urban-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Capital Center (Providence, RI); United States Highway 95 (Providence, RI); Rhode Island State House (Providence, RI); Woonasquatucket River (Providence, RI); Automobile parking -- Rhode Island -- Providence
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Recommended Citation
"Capital Center (redevelopment)" (1987). Browse All. 8.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/8
Keywords
aerials, city planning, cityscape, highways, Capital Center, urban renewal, railroads, state house, automobile parking, Woonasquatucket River
Notes
Bibliography: Leazes, Francis J. and Mark T. Motte, Providence, the Renaissance City. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, pp. 264.