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Like the other five New England states, which also use the Eastern Time Zone, sunset in the winter in Rhode Island can occur as early as 4:30 p.m. Most of the New England states have considered using the Atlantic Time Zone without daylight saving to mitigate this.
Thomas Field house, ca. 1690, on Fields Point, a vernacular stone-ender that is now demolished. Fields Point (also known as Field's Point) is a historic park in the Washington Park neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island jutting into Narragansett Bay right near the Providence River and Route 95.
Exchange Place, ca. 1890. City Hall at center; to its right is the First Union Station, where Burnside park currently exists. Between 1875 and 1878, the city of Providence constructed City Hall to the immediate southwest of the station. The municipality contemporaneously erected a fire station at the opposite extremity of the plaza. [6]
Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island.It lies immediately west of the city's Downtown, across Interstate 95.Since the late 19th century, Federal Hill has been an enclave of Providence's Italian American community; today the neighborhood is noted for its abundance of Italian restaurants, markets, and cultural establishments.
At the time of the Arcade's opening, there were few retail stores on the west side of the Providence River. [8] Most shopping was located on the east side or Cheapside district. [ 8 ] The arcade was slow to attract customers and was known as "Butler's Folly" for many years because of its distance from the retail districts. [ 8 ]
Prospect Terrace Park is a park located on Congdon Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The park was founded in 1869, on land that was given to the city by residents of the neighborhood. [1] [2] The park is known as "The Jewel of the City" [3] for its dramatic elevated view of Downtown Providence.
Providence Place is an American shopping mall in Providence, Rhode Island. With 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m 2 ) of gross leasable area , it has been the largest shopping mall in Rhode Island since it opened in 1999.