Providence's Vacant Spaces
It's easy to think of an open space as somewhere where nothing has yet been built, but in urban environments, that often isn't the case. Borrowing a phrase fro…
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Silver Lake Basinlocation_fillIn the 18th century, Silver Lake was a quiet, rural area, part of the town of Johnston, with most residents li…
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Eddy Estatelocation_fillFranciscan Park, known to most as the Bell Street Dog Park, is a lively spot on a sunny day. Paths loop around… -
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La Salle Academylocation_fillThe area between Broadway and Fountain Streets in La Salle Square--currently a large surface parking lot surro… -
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The Providence Covelocation_fillPrior to the 19th Century, hundreds of acres of water covered most of the area below the current Rhode Island … -
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Elmhurst Academy of the Sacred Heartlocation_fillThe large plot of land bordered by Smith Street, Wyndham Avenue, and Pleasant Valley Parkway has been built up… -
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Metcalf Estatelocation_fillWanskuck Park, a 25-acre park with walking trails, wooded areas, and old foundations, lies along the edge of t… -
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Beulah Boyd's Beauty Parlorlocation_fillAt 43 Camp Street, passers-by see a school playground, shaded by a stand of pine trees and surrounded by a cha… -
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Hope Reservoirlocation_fillLike many parts of Providence, the athletic fields beside Hope High School are built on fill, but unlike build… -
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Dexter Asylumlocation_fillBuilt in 1828, Dexter Asylum was a "poor farm," an institution housing the indigent, elderly, and chronically … -
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Fuller Iron Workslocation_fillThe dirt and gravel parking lot at the corner of South Water Street and Tockwotton Street is modestly sized, g… -
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Providence Smallpox Hospitallocation_fillField's Point sits at the southeastern tip of Providence, jutting out into the Narragansett Bay. The shoreline… -
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Melrose Parklocation_fillThe buses in the RIPTA parking lot on Melrose Street rest in orderly lines. Beside them, rows of cars glitter …
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