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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.
46, 50, 52, and 60 Valley St. and 80 Delaine St. 108: Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building: Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse Company Building: June 10, 2005 : 6–64 Harris Ave.
A 1961 master plan called Downtown 1970 recommended massive bulldozing of properties. [5] As hotels and stores were abandoned, Johnson and Wales University purchased many of the vacant properties. [5] In 1964, Westminster Street was converted to the pedestrianized "Westminster Mall", in an attempt to create a pleasant shopping environment ...
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. RI-388, "Providence Union Station, Exchange Terrace, Providence, Providence County, RI", 23 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. RI-23, " Promenade Street Interlocking Tower, Promenade Street between Union Station & East Side Tunnel Viaduct ", 6 ...
The Rhode Island Convention Center is an exposition center in downtown Providence, RI. Opened in 1993, [ 1 ] it is the largest convention center in Rhode Island, with about 130,000 square feet (12,000 m 2 ) of exhibition space, including a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) exhibit hall.
Kennedy Plaza, the main hub for RIPTA bus service, is located one-quarter mile (0.4 km) to the south along Exchange Street. RIPTA routes R-Line, 3, 4, 51, 54, 58, 66, and 72 stop at the south side of Providence station on Park Row; routes 50, 55, 56, and 57 stop on Gaspee Street on the north side of the station.
[3] [5] The Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized. The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to Downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River , which provided a power source for early industrialization in Manton, Hartford, and Olneyville.
Providence Place is an American shopping mall in Providence, Rhode Island. With 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m 2 ) of gross leasable area , it has been the largest shopping mall in Rhode Island since it opened in 1999.