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The Biltmore Hotel can be seen in the lower right of the image as well as Kennedy Plaza in the foreground. The Biltmore originally opened in 1922. It was closed in 1975 and reopened in 1979. Towards the center of the photo is the Financial District…

India Point Park was opened in 1974 after declines in shipping led to the area being redeveloped as a recreational space.  This image, looking south from the park, was likely taken within a couple of years of the park’s opening. The image shows the…

Aerial view of Providence downtown area. Among America’s oldest cities, Providence has a special sense of place. Like its contemporaries, it has been built and rebuilt many times. Development, however, has not resulted in wholesale destruction and…

Aerial of downtown, I-195, and the Providence River. The building at Old Stone Square and Fleet Center are in the early stages of construction in this photo.

Aerial showing the old Financial District with new additions including 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…

The Providence River is a tidal river that flows approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Narragansett Bay until it splits into the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck Rivers in Providence. There are no dams along the river's length, although the Fox Point…