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Title
Rhode Island State House and Providence Station
Description
In 1986, the current Providence Station (shown here) was built to replace the 1898 station, as part of a redevelopment project to free up land from a mass of train tracks that had hemmed in downtown Providence. It is much smaller than its predecessor, reflecting the diminished local role of railroad transit. Designed by Marilyn Jordan Taylor of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP, local architectural historian William McKenzie Woodward lauds the building for its aesthetics, calling its saucer dome "an obvious yet very gracious gesture toward the (Rhode Island) State House". (date of photograph is approximated)
Creator
Chester Smolski
Source
Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 303-304.
Date
1987-01-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
5131
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
City
Providence
Country
United States of America
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Providence Station (Providence, R.I.); Rhode Island State House (Providence, R.I.); Urban Development -- Rhode Island -- Providence;
Region
Rhode Island
Street Address
Smith St.
Theme
Urban Development