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Explore the neighborhoods, public spaces and buildings of Providence through 5 articles.
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Waterplace Park is part of a remade urban river system, where landscape design, event programming and changing water levels all affect the experience.
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College Hill combines a steep physical setting with houses, institutions and a twentieth-century preservation history that shaped what remains visible.
The Providence Arcade’s skylit interior began as a setting for shops and later accommodated homes above a commercial ground floor.
The Michael S. Van Leesten Bridge links the river’s two sides while providing room to pause, gather and look along the water.
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The Rhode Island State House uses its elevated site, marble dome and interior symbolism to give state government a visible place in Providence.
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