Construction of Providence Station

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Dublin Core

Title

Construction of Providence Station

Description

In 1986 Providence Station was completed. It replaced the 1898 Union 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. In the background are a group of buildings that no longer stand. The URI College of Continuing Education buildings at 199 Promenade St. was the original Rhode Island State Normal School, later relocated and renamed Rhode Island College. The Merchants’ Cold Storage (160 Kinsley Ave., Stone, Carpenter & Willson, 1894-1911) was also demolished to make way for the Providence Place Mall in the 1990s.

Creator

Chester Smolski

Date

1985-01-01

Rights

Rhode Island College

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

5153

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

City

Providence

Country

United States of America

Creator 1

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Creator 1 Role

Architectural firm

Creator 2

Marilyn Jordan Taylor

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Aerial photography in city planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Providence; City planning -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Land use, Urban -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence Station (Providence, R.I.); Capital Center (Providence, R.I.) Urban Development

Notes

Chet Smolski, “Construction of Providence Station ,” Rhode Island College Special Collections, accessed November 2, 2015, http://ricdigitalcommons.com/SpecialCollections/admin/items/show/2071.

Region

Rhode Island

Theme

Urban development