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Market Square
101 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903
Located at the intersection of present-day North Main Street and College Street at the base of College Hill, Market Square has historically functioned as a commercial, civic, and cultural locus of Providence.
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Looking east across Market Square around 1900, when the river had been almost completely covered over by what the Guinness Book of World Records named the widest bridge in the world.
Historical context courtesy of @pvdnowandthen.
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Market Square is maintained, managed, programmed, and developed by the City of Providence Parks Department.
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