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1380 Westminster St. Originally located at 1467 Westminster St.; moved to 1380 Westminster Street in 2011. Operating as "West Side Diner." 105: Power Street-Cooke Street Historic District: July 30, 1974
Westminster Street Historic District is a commercial historic district consisting of six buildings along the north side of Westminster Street in Providence, Rhode Island, a short way west of Interstate 95. Three of the buildings are located just west of Dean Street, while the other three are just to its east.
The Customhouse Historic District is a historic district encompassing fifteen historic buildings in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.The district is bounded by Westminster, Exchange, Dyer, Pine, and Peck Streets, and includes eight buildings associated with the important functions of the business center Providence became in the mid-to-late 19th century.
The Rhode Island State House is located on Smith Street at the northern edge of Downtown. It includes the chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly and the Governor's Office. The Rhode Island Department of Education is headquartered in the Shepard Company Building at 255 Westminster Street. [17]
50 Kennedy Plaza (formerly known as Fleet Center) is a postmodern skyscraper in Providence, Rhode Island. At a height of 285 ft (87 m), [1] it is currently the sixth-tallest building in the city and state. The building is named for Kennedy Plaza, which stands to the structure's northeast.
The Turk's Head Building is a 16-story office high-rise in Providence, Rhode Island. When completed in 1913, the Turk's Head Building surpassed the 1901 Union Trust Company Building to become the tallest building in downtown (the Rhode Island State House is taller and was finished in 1904).
An engraving depicting Exchange Place in 1886. Kennedy Plaza has seen numerous transformations over the 19th and 20th centuries. [3] According to architectural historian William McKenzie Woodword, the site is Providence's "most constantly reworked space, and fully interpreting its history would fill a book that could be a landmark in understanding American urbanism."
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.