Chester Smolski

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Date

10-1-1974

Description

A street celebration on Washington Street, in honor of Columbus Day. Most buildings well-pictured here have been as redeveloped and renewed (as well the street itself) such as the Strand Theater, Majestic Theatre (Trinity Square Repertory), and Packard Motor Car Company. Where Strand was already in decline business-wise, the Majestic was renewed by the Trinity Square Reperatory company, and it and the Packard Motor Car Company building line the corner of Washington and Empire. They complement each other for the view down the street towards the east side and WWII memorial with their distinct terra-cotta detailing.

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Bibliography: Woodward, Wm McKenzie and Edward F. Sanderson. "Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historical Resources." Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986, pp. 233.

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 2 Dates

1916

Creator 2 Role

Architect (Strand)

Creator 3 Dates

1917

Creator 3 Role

Architects (Majestic)

Creator 4 Dates

1912

Creator 4 Role

Architect

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Providence downtown, downtown, pedestrian traffic, downtown revitalization, Providence, RI

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