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Waterplace Park
1 Financial Way, Providence, RI 02903
The original site of the Great Salt Cove. Finished in 1994, Waterplace Park is connected to 3/4 mile of cobblestone-paved pedestrian walkways along the waterfront known as Riverwalk. Venice-styled pedestrian bridges cross the river. Most of Riverwalk is below street level and automotive traffic. Waterplace Park and Riverwalk together are host to Providence's popular summertime Waterfire events, a series of bonfires lit on the river accompanied by classical and world music.
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Mom is telling everyone that we’ve been very busy 🐝🐝lately.
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Been a bit MIA on IG because I had a bout of kennel cough and we have a major restoration project going on at the Cape. (pipe burst, down to studs) Summer’s coming!
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This week, South African jazz in Newport, a special WaterFire, a seafood fest & more. Link in bio 📰🌊✌️
A $7.8 million grant has been awarded to the renovation of Waterplace Park in Downcity, Providence. Learn more about project at the link in bio.
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WaterFire fully lit! 🥰🔥 Cheers to family time and cheers to state number 14! ❤️
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Perfect evening for a Boys Night Out! waterfireprov staged another beautiful lighting tonight and funkademic_pvd had everyone dancing! Unfortunately, my Hustle partner is out of town. #waterfire #waterfireprovidence #providence #providenceri #summerfun #fatherhood #brothers #familytime #funkademic
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History
Today’s Waterplace Park, with its circular lagoon, harkens back to the taming of the great salt cove that 200 years ago stretched from today’s Kennedy Plaza to the bottom of Smith Hill, to Canal Street (once called North Water) on its eastern shore and through the valley between Smith Hill and Federal Hill to the west. The city began filling in and shaping the cove—a process that was eventually driven by the expansions of railroads—and by 1850 the downtown portion of the cove had been tamed into the beginnings of a circle. By the 1880s, the circle was complete, lined by a pedestrian promenade and renamed the Cove Basin. By 1900 the cove had vanished completely. This photo was taken in 1983.
Historical context courtesy of @pvdnowandthen.
