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After that, Westminster Street and downtown developed into a major shopping area. [8] In June 1843, President John Tyler toured New England while considering a potential third-party bid for re-election. [9] One of Tyler's several Providence stops was at the Westminster Arcade, where he reportedly shook hands with 5,000 people. [9]
The Shepard Company Building is a historic building at 255 Westminster Street and 72-92 Washington Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.A prominent landmark, it housed Shepard's, Providence's most prestigious department store, and one of the largest in New England, from 1903 to 1974, beginning as a single building built in the 1870s at Clemence and Washington and continually expanding ...
Craftland, at 212 Westminster St., opened as a pop-up shop in 2002 and became a year-round store in 2009. [Sandor Bodo/Providence Journal, file]
The relocation of Interstate 195 (the "Iway" project) in the early 2000s sparked another boom of construction in the 2010s, including the Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, which spans the Providence River, and the Point 225 building in 2019 [12] (aka "Wexford Innovation Center"), designed by Ayers Saint Gross, [13] and a riverfront park.
Dominic Lipinski - PA Images - Getty Images 2017 The royal family (with Meghan Markle for the first time!) attends traditional Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham.
Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island.It lies immediately west of the city's Downtown, across Interstate 95.Since the late 19th century, Federal Hill has been an enclave of Providence's Italian American community; today the neighborhood is noted for its abundance of Italian restaurants, markets, and cultural establishments.
2018 May: The Cable Car Cinema, an independent art cinema on South Main Street, closes its doors. The cinema had been in operation since the 1970s. [118] September: Providence's first bicycle sharing program begins. [119] 2019 July 17: The Wexford Innovation Center opens. It is one of the first projects in the I-195 Redevelopment District. [120]
The 30-foot courtyard Christmas tree alone is decorated with around 4,500 lights and over 1,000 ornaments. “It was a lot to install, but the decorations seemed to appear like magic,” Director ...