West Side Of Providence
Beyond Interstate 95 lies Providence’s West Side. A concrete bridge over a river of traffic takes you into the city of immigrants and strivers, of industrialis…
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Garibaldi Park and the Welcome Gatewaylocation_fillIn the spring of 1975, women with sledgehammers marched on what was then called Franklin Park to attack a dila…
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Burrington Anthony Houselocation_fillIn 1842, this Federal-style house was the headquarters of a political revolution. The owner Burrington Anthony… -
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Coin-O-Maticlocation_fillA darker side of Federal Hill’s history was made from this unassuming storefront. The Coin-O-Matic was the hea… -
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Federal Hill Riots and The Frank P. Ventrone Blocklocation_fillThe Federal Hill Riots of 1914, often called the “Macaroni Riots,” epitomize the struggle of immigrant communi… -
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DePasquale Squarelocation_fillIf Garibaldi Park and the Gateway Arch are the welcoming arms of Federal Hill, DePasquale Square is its beatin… -
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Federal Hill Houselocation_fillWhile some radicals fought against a system that they saw as rigged, other radical acts came from the world of… -
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Holy Ghost Churchlocation_fillIn 1885, there were fewer than 500 Italian-born in Providence; within a generation, over twenty-thousand. In I… -
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Columbus Theaterlocation_fillAt its opening in 1926, the Columbus Theater was touted as “a testimonial to the Italian people.” The late Bea… -
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Barnaby Castlelocation_fillThis extravagant pile was designed in two phases (1875 and 1888) by renowned Providence architects Stone, Carp… -
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Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Churchlocation_fillCompleted in 1892 to serve the wealthy Episcopalians of Broadway, and home for ten years to the African-Americ… -
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Bell Street Chapellocation_fillProvidence’s exquisite jewel box of a French neo-classical temple, the Bell Street Chapel, was built in 1875 f… -
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Kendrick-Prentice Tirocchi Houselocation_fillThis extravagantly embellished house is still called the Wedding Cake House in spite of its current desperate … -
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St. Mary’s Catholic Churchlocation_fillSt. Mary's is a Gothic Revival monument to the Irish history of Providence. As textile mills changed the indus… -
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West Broadway Neighborhood Associationlocation_fillRepurposing older structures is a tenet of historic preservation. Here the West Broadway Neighborhood Associat… -
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Ebenezer Knight Dexter and The Dexter Training Groundlocation_fillThis nine-acre park was a gift from one of the greatest philanthropists in Providence’s history, a man whose c… -
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Providence Armorylocation_fillThe yellow-brick, copper-crenellated Providence Armory, one of the most monumental structures in the city, anc… -
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Ebenezer Baptist Churchlocation_fillThe congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church was born from the first independent African-American church in Pro… -
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Providence Hmong Evangelical Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and The Advent Christian Churchlocation_fillThis sweet example of an English country church was originally built by German immigrant (and Adventist) Antho… -
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Grant Milllocation_fillGrant Mill offers a window into Providence’s industrial past and an example of how the city’s industrial build… -
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Thomas S. and Vincent Luongo Memorial Squarelocation_fillLuongo Memorial Square was named in honor of Thomas S. and Vincent Luongo, World War I veterans who lived near… -
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Canonicus Squarelocation_fillCanonicus was the Narragansett sachem who offered refuge to Roger Williams and his party in 1636, but before t… -
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<p>All Saints Memorial Church</p>location_fillProvidence was once a city of churches. All Saints' Memorial Church is one of the last of the religious commun… -
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Interstate 95location_fillAfter World War II, Providence's fortunes were shifting. Textile jobs had moved south. Industry was leaving. J…
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