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Cathedral Square was designed by I.M. Pei and Zion & Breen in 1969. It was intended to become a popular plaza but nothing more was added to the space and so it remained empty, supplying only sitting room for pedestrians.

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Title
Looking at Downtown Providence from Cathedral Square
Creator
Smolski, Chester photographer 1926-2008
Pei, Ieoh Ming architect 1917-2019
Zion & Breen
Date
1977-07-01
Other Identifiers
Local: 4910
Subject (Topic)
Providence (R.I.)
Plazas
Keyword
Providence downtown ; downtown ; urban parks
Geographic Coverage
Providence (R.I.)
Type
Image
Finding Aid
Finding Aid on RIAMCO to Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications
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Note
Woodward, William M. K. Pps/aiari Guide to Providence Architecture. Providence, RI: Providence Preservation Society, 2003. 292. Print.
Usage Statement
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcollections@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
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