[PDF] Providence Rhode Island Projects eBook

Author : John Rappa
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN :

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Discusses 4 large government funded projects in Providence, Rhode Island.

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1595342370

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During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to the smallest state in the United States, Rhode Island, is by no means the shortest guide in this series. The Ocean State has a rich and extensive history which provides plenty of material to be covered. Despite a small geographic region, there is plenty of historical sites, photographs of churches and houses, and plenty of driving tours.

Author : David Brussat
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1467137243

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Dave Brussat has made a significant contribution to the history of Providence. For those interested in that history, Lost Providence is a real find. Providence Journal Providence has one of the nation's most intact historic downtowns and is one of America's most beautiful cities. The history of architectural change in the city is one of lost buildings, urban renewal plans and challenges to preservation. The Narragansett Hotel, a lost city icon, hosted many famous guests and was demolished in 1960. The American classical renaissance expressed itself in the Providence National Bank, tragically demolished in 2005. Urban renewal plans such as the Downtown Providence plan and the College Hill plan threatened the city in the mid-twentieth century. Providence eventually embraced its heritage through plans like the River Relocation Project that revitalized the city's waterfront and the Downcity Plan that revitalized its downtown. Author David Brussat chronicles the trials and triumphs of Providence's urban development.

Author : Avi
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2010-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545214912

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When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.