Providence is the capital and most populous city in the state of Rhode Island in the US and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of the "God of merciful Savior" whom he believed was responsible for expressing such heaven for him and his followers to settle. It is located at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
Providence is one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and to become famous for its textile manufacturing and machine tool, jewelry, and silver industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and seven higher education institutions that have shifted the city's economy into a service industry, while still maintaining some manufacturing activities. The city was once dubbed "Industrial Bee Hive"; it began to change its image as "Creative Capital" in 2009 to emphasize educational resources and art community.
The city is the third most populous city in New England after Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Providence was completed in June 1636 by Roger Williams and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies. Williams and his company felt compelled to withdraw from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Providence quickly became a sanctuary for the persecuted religious protesters, as Williams himself had been exiled from Massachusetts.
The Providence resident was one of the first Patriots to shed blood ahead of the American Revolutionary War during the Gaspà © É Affair of 1772, and Rhode Island was the first of the Thirteen Colonies to release his loyalty to the British Empire on May 4. , 1776. It was also the last of the Thirteen Colonies to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790, once a guarantee was made that the Bill of Rights would be a part of the Constitution.
After the war, Providence is the country's ninth largest ninth city with 7,614 people. The economy shifts from maritime efforts into manufacturing, especially machinery, equipment, silver, jewelry, and textiles. At the beginning of the 20th century, Providence hosted some of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, including Brown & amp; Sharpe, Nicholson File, and Gorham Silverware.
Providence residents ratified the city charter in 1831 when the population passed 17,000 inhabitants. From its founding as a city in 1832 to 1878, the city's administrative center is located in Market House, located on Market Square, which is the geographic and social center of the city. City offices quickly surpassed this building, and the City Council decided to create a permanent municipal building in 1845. Municipal offices moved to Providence Town Hall in 1878.
During the American Civil War, local politics was divided into slavery because many had ties to Southern cotton. Despite the ambivalence of the war, the number of military volunteers routinely exceeded the quota, and the city's manufacturing proved invaluable to the Union. Providence developed after the war, and the wave of immigrants brought the population from 54,595 in 1865 to 175,597 in 1900.
In the early 1900s, Providence was one of the richest cities in the United States. Immigrant labor becomes one of the largest industrial manufacturing centers in the country. Providence is a major producer of industrial products ranging from steam engines to precision equipment to silver, screw, and textile equipment. Giant companies based in or near Providence, such as Brown & amp; Sharpe, Steam Corliss Machine Company, Babcock & amp; Wilcox, Grinnell Corporation, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Nicholson File, and Fruit of the Loom textile company.
From 1975 to 1982, $ 606 million of local and national community development funds were invested across the city. In the 1990s, the city pushed for revitalization, revealing rivers (which had been covered by asphalt bridges), relocating most subways, creating Water Parks and rivers running along river streams, and building Fleet Skating Rink (now Alex and Ani City Center) and Providence Place Mall.
Despite the new investment, poverty remains a deep-rooted problem as it did in most post-industrial New England cities. Approximately 27.9 percent of urban dwellers live below the poverty line. The recent rise in real estate values ​​further exacerbates the problems for those at marginal income levels, as Providence has the highest average rise in average home prices from every city in the United States from 2004 to 2005.
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Geography
Providence's city limits include a small geographic area with a total area of ​​20.5 square miles (53 km 2 ); 18.5 square miles (48 km 2 ) of that is the ground and the remaining 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2 ) is water (about 10%). Providence is located on the head of Narragansett Bay, with the Providence River flowing into the bay through the city center, formed by the Moshassuck River and Woonasquatucket encounters. Waterplace Park Amphitheater and river flows line the riverbank through the city center.
Providence is one of many cities claimed to be established on seven hills like Rome. The more prominent hills are: Constitution Hill (near downtown), College Hill (east of Providence River), and Federal Hill (west of downtown and contains the largest district in New England outside Massachusetts). The other four are: Tockwotten Hill at Fox Point, Smith Hill (where the State House is located), Christian Hill at Hoyle Square (Crossroads of Cranston and Westminster Streets), and Weybosset Hill at the bottom end of Weybosset Street, which was leveled in the early 1880s.
Nearby Areas
Providence has 25 official environments, although these environments are often grouped together and referred collectively:
- The East Side is an area consisting of Blackstone neighborhoods, Hope (aka Summit), Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point.
- The Jewelry District describes the area covered by I-95, I-195 long, and the Providence River. The City has made an effort to change the name of this region into a District of Knowledge to reflect the new science that is developing in this region and its technology-based economy.
- The North End is formed by a mixture of Charles, Wanskuck, Smith Hill, Elmhurst, and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods.
- The South Side (or South Providence) comprises the neighborhoods of Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, Washington Park, and West End.
- West Broadway is an officially recognized environment with its own association. It overlaps with the southern part of Federal Hill and the northern West End.
- The West Side is a cryptic term sometimes used to refer to Federal Hill, Olneyville, Hartford, and Silver Lake. Cityscape
The city of Providence is geographically very compact, characteristic of the eastern coastal city developed before using the car. It is one of the most populous cities in the country. For this reason, Providence has the eighth-highest pedestrian commander percentage. The road layout is irregular; over a thousand roads (large numbers for city sizes) go haphazardly, connecting and radiating from traditionally crowded places like Market Square.
Downtown Providence has many 19th-century trading buildings in Federal and Victorian architectural styles, as well as some modern and modern buildings located throughout the area. In particular, a fairly distinct spatial separation emerged between pre-1980 development and post-1980s development. The West Street and Exchange Terrace exchanges serve as a rough boundary between the two.
The new area, sometimes called the "Capitol Center", includes Providence Place Mall (1999), Omni Providence Hotel (1993) and The Residences Providence (2007), GTECH Corporation (2006), Waterplace Condos (2007), and Waterplace Park 1994). This area tends toward more recent development, since most of it is land reclaimed in the 1970s from a number of railroad tracks called daily as "The Wall of China". Part of the Downtown is characterized by open space, wide avenues, and landscaping.
The historic part of the city center has lots of street views that look like they did 80 years ago. Many of the tallest buildings in the state are found here. The largest structure at 426 feet (130 m) is the National Art Industry Building which is art deco style (formerly Tower of Industrial Trust). By contrast, nearby is the second highest Financial High Plaza, designed in modern leather coatings, built half a century later. Among them is 50 Kennedy Plaza. The Textron Tower is also the core building for the simple Providence skyline. The city center is also home to Providence Biltmore and Westminster Arcade, the oldest attached shopping mall in the US, built in 1828.
The southern shore, away from the city center, is the location of many oil tanks, docking stations for ferries, non-profit shipping centers, bars, strip clubs and power stations. The Russian Submarine Museum was located here until 2008, when the submarine sank in a storm and was declared a loss. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is also found here, built to protect Providence from such storm surges experienced in 1938 New England Hurricane and again in 1954 from Hurricane Carol.
The majority of the city's landscape comprises abandoned and revitalized industrial plants, double-storey and three-storey housing (although tenements are rarely found, found so common in other Northeast cities), a small number of high-rise buildings (mainly for housing elderly), and single-family homes. Interstate 95 serves as a physical barrier between the city's commercial and environmental centers such as Federal Hill and the West End.
Climate
Providence has a humid subtropical climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ) with warm summers, winters, and high humidity throughout the year. USDA places the city in a 6b hardiness zone, with edges in zones 6a - 7b. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean makes the state of Rhode Island warmer than many inland in New England. January is the coldest month with a daily average of 29.2 Ã, Â ° F (-1.6 Ã, Â ° C) and low temperatures down to 10Ã, Â ° F (-12Ã, Â ° C) or lower 11 days per winter, while July is the warmest month with a daily average of 73.5 ° F (23.1 ° C) and the highest rises to 90 ° F (32 ° C) or higher 10 days per summer. The extremes range from -17 Â ° F or -27.2 Â ° C on February 9, 1934 to 104 Â ° F or 40 Â ° C on 2 August 1975; The maximum cold daily record was 1 Â ° F (-17.2 Â ° C) on February 5, 1918, while the minimum warm record was 80 Â ° F (26.7 Â ° C) on June 6, 1925. The temperature reading was 0 Â ° F or -17.8 Â ° C or lower is rare in Providence and generally occurs once every few years. The year that has the most days with zero or lower temperature readings is 2015 for a total of eight days - one day in January and seven days in February. Conversely, temperature readings are 100 Â ° F or 37.8 Â ° C or higher even more rarely, and the year with the most days in this category is 1944 with three days, all in August.
Monthly rainfall in Providence ranges from 4.43 inches (112.5 mm) high in March to a low of 3.17 inches (80.5 mm) in July. In general, the level of precipitation is slightly less in the summer months than in the winter months, when Nor'easters can cause significant snowfall and snowstorm conditions. Hurricanes are not frequent on the New England coast, although the Providence location at Narragansett Bay head makes it vulnerable to them.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, the population consisted of 173,618 people, 162,389 households, and 35,859 families. Population density was 9,401.7 inhabitants per square mile (3,629.4/km²), characteristic of relatively older cities in New England such as New Haven, Connecticut, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. Its population reached its peak in the 1940s, just before the period of rapid suburban nationalization.
Providence has a diverse population of racial and ethnic. In 2010, white Americans made up 49.8% of the population, including a large white Hispanic community. Non-Hispanic whites are 37.6% of the total population, down from 89.5% in 1970. Providence has had a sizeable Italian population since the beginning of the 20th century, with 14% of the population claiming Italian descent. Italian influence manifests itself in Little Italy Providence in Federal Hill. Irish immigrants also had a major influence on the city's history, with 8% of the population claiming Irish heritage. The city also has a large Jewish community, estimated at 10,500 in 2012 or about 5% of the city's population.
In 2010, people from Hispanic or Latino origin comprised 27.8% of the city's population and currently make up the majority of the city's public school students. The largest Hispanic groups are those from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Hispanics are most concentrated in the neighborhoods of Elmwood, West End, and Upper and Lower South Providence. The city was elected as the first Hispanic mayor in 2010, Malas Taveras of Dominica-America.
African Americans constitute 16% of the city's population, with their largest concentrations found in Mount Hope and Upper and Lower South Providence neighborhoods. Asians are 6% of the population of Providence and have pockets scattered throughout the city. The largest Asian groups are Cambodia (1.7%), China (1.1%), Asia India (0.7%), Laos (0.6%), and Korea (0.6%). Another 6% of cities have multiracial offspring. American Indians and Pacific Islanders make up the remaining 1.3%. Liberia makes up 0.4% of the population; the city is home to one of the largest Liberian immigrant populations in the country.
Providence has a large immigrant community from many Portuguese speaking countries, especially Portugal, Brazil, and Cape Verde, which mostly live in the Washington Park and Fox Point areas. The Portuguese are Europe's third largest European ethnicity, after Italy and Ireland, in 4% of the population; Cape Verdeans make up 2%.
Providence's metropolitan area includes Providence, Fall River, Massachusetts, and Warwick, and is estimated to have a population of 1,622,520. In 2006, this area was officially added to Boston Combined Statistics Area (CSA), the sixth largest CSA in the country. In the past 15 years, Providence has experienced substantial growth under its population of 18. The average age of the city is 28 years, while the largest age group is 20 to 24 years, due to the large student population of the city.
The per capita income of the 2000 census was $ 15,525, which is well below both the national average of $ 29,113 and the national average of $ 21,587. The average income for a household is $ 26,867, and the average income for a family in Providence is $ 32,058, according to the 2000 census. The city has one of the highest poverty rates in the country with 29.1% of the population and 23 , 9% of families living below the poverty line in 2000, the largest concentrations were found in the town of Olneyville, and the Providence Upper and Lower South areas. Poverty has affected children at a disproportionately higher level, with 40.1% of those under the age of 18 living below the poverty line, concentrated west of downtown in Hartford, Federal Hill and Olneyville neighborhoods.
Crime
Compared to the national average, Providence has an average rate of violent crime and a higher property crime rate per 100,000 population. In 2010, there were 15 murders, down from 24 in 2009. In 2010, Providence fared better on violent crime than most of its peers. Springfield, Massachusetts had about 20,000 fewer inhabitants than Providence but reported 15 murders in 2009, the same number of murders as Providence but a slightly higher per capita rate. The police chief insists that Providence's violence is not alien to strangers, but driven by relationships. The pattern of violent crime is very specific to the environment, with most of the killings occurring in the poor parts of Providence like Olneyville, Elmwood, South Providence, and West End.
Economy
Around the year 1830, Providence has manufacturing industries in the fields of metals, machinery, textiles, jewelry, and silver. Manufacturing has declined since then, but the city is still one of the largest centers for design and manufacturing of jewelry and silver. Service is also a big part of the city's economy, particularly education, healthcare, and finance. Providence is also a sectional center facility site (SCF), a regional center for the US Postal Service. It is the capital of Rhode Island, so the city's economy also consists of government services.
The leading companies headquartered in Providence include Fortune 500 Textron, an advanced technology industry conglomerate; United Natural Foods, a distributor of natural and organic foods; Fortune 1000 Nortek Incorporated; Gilbane, a construction and real estate company; and GTECH Corporation, which recently moved its headquarters to downtown Providence. Citizens Bank is also headquartered in Providence and is the 15th largest bank in the country.
The city is home to the Rhode Island Convention Center, which opened in December 1993. Together with the hotel, the convention center is connected to Providence Place Mall, a large retail center, via skywalk. Port of Providence is the second largest inland water harbor in New England. It handles cargo like cement, chemicals, heavy machinery, petroleum, and scrap metal. Providence is also home to some of the business operations of Hasbro toy manufacturers, despite their headquarters in Pawtucket.
Top entrepreneurs
According to the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of 2014, the top twenty businessmen in the city are:
Government
As the state capital, Providence is home to the General Assembly of Rhode Island, as well as the office of the Governor and Governor of Lieutenant at Rhode Island State House. The city itself has a governing council of the Mayor. The Providence City Council consists of 15 board members, one for each city hall, which enforces ordinances and issues annual budgets. Providence also has a court of justice and superior. The US District Court for the District of Rhode Island is located in the city center opposite Providence City Hall adjacent to Kennedy Plaza.
David N. Cicilline completed his term as mayor in 2010, eight years after serving as the first homosexual mayor of a US state capital. Providence is the largest city in America to have a homosexual mayor until Sam Adams came to power in Portland, Oregon on January 1, 2009. The first Latin Mayor of the city was Angel Taveras, who took office on January 3, 2011. Jorge Elorza replaced it on January 5 , 2015.
Education
Postsecondary
The main campuses of the five Rhode Island colleges and universities are in Providence (the right city):
- Brown University, Ivy League University and one of the nine colonial colonies in the country
- Johnson & amp; University of Wales
- University of Providence
- Rhode Island College, the state's oldest state college
- Rhode Island Design School (RISD)
In addition, the Community College of Rhode Island, the Roger Williams University, and the University of Rhode Island have satellite campuses in the city. Among these schools, the number of post-secondary students is around 44,000. Higher education provides a considerable presence in city politics and economics, exacerbated by the fact that Brown University is the second largest company in the city.
Private schools and charter
There are several private schools on the East Side of the city, including Moses Brown, Lincoln School, and Wheeler School. La Salle Academy is located in North End (Elmhurst neighborhood), near Providence College. The public charter school of Time Squared Academy High School (K-12) and Textron Chamber of Commerce (9-12) are funded by GTECH Corporation and Textron. In addition, South Side Homes Community Community Preparatory School, a private school that serves low income students especially in grades 3-8. There are two separate centers for students with special needs.
Public schools
The Providence Public School District serves approximately 30,000 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The district has 25 primary schools, nine secondary schools, and thirteen secondary schools. The Providence Public School District has magnet schools in middle and high school level, Nathanael Greene and Classical respectively. The overall graduation rate in 2007 was 70.1%, which is close to the statewide rate of 71% and the national average of 70%. Rhode Island also operates two public schools in Providence.
Culture
Most of the Providence culture is synonymous with the Rhode Island culture as a whole. Like any country, the city has a non-rhotic accent that can be heard in the local media. Providence also shares the Rhode Island affinity for coffee, with most coffee shops and donuts per capita from every city in the country. Providence is also considered to have the highest number of restaurants per capita in major cities in the US, many of which are established or managed by Johnson & A graduate of the University of Wales.
Providence has several ethnic neighborhoods, especially Federal Hill and North End (Italy), Fox Point (Portuguese), West End (especially Central America and Asia), and Smith Hill (Ireland with various other groups). There are also many dedicated community organizations and art associations located in the city.
The city gained a reputation as one of the most active and growing gay and lesbian communities in the Northeast. The reported gay and lesbian levels are 75% higher than the national average, and Providence has been named among the "Lesbian Best Places for Life". Former mayor David Cicilline wins his election run as a gay man openly, Former Mayor Cianci inaugurated the mayor's position as a Gay and Lesbian community in the 1990s. and Providence is home to the largest gay bath in New England.
During the summer months, the city regularly hosts WaterFire, an environmental art installation consisting of about 100 bonfires lit just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through central downtown Providence. There are several Waterfire events which are accompanied by various pieces of classical and world music. Public art displays changes regularly, especially the statues.
The city is also home to the award-winning theater group Tony Trinity Repertory Company, the Providence Black Repertory Company, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as groups such as The American Band, once associated with renowned American composer David Wallis Reeves.. Providence is also home to several performing arts centers, such as the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence Performing Arts Center, and Providence Ballet Festival. The city's underground music centers on artist-run spaces like the now defunct Fort Thunder and are known among underground music. Providence is also home to the Providence Improv Guild, an improvised theater that features weekly shows and offers improvised comedy classes and sketches.
Sites of interest
Providence is home to a 1,200-acre park system (4.9 km 2 ), especially Waterplace Park and Riverwalk, Roger Williams Park, Roger Williams National Memorial and Prospect Terrace Park. Prospect Terrace Park features a great view of the downtown area, as well as a 15-foot granite statue of Roger Williams looking over the city. As one of America's first cities, Providence has many historic buildings, while the East Side neighborhood in particular covers the largest contiguous region of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the US, with many pre-revolutionary homes.
The East Side is also home to the First Baptist Church in America, founded by Williams in 1638, as well as the Old State House that served as the nation's capital from 1762 to 1904. Nearby is the Roger Williams National Memorial. The Dome of the Country House is the fourth largest independent marble dome in the world and the second largest marble dome after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Westminster Arcade is the oldest closed shopping center in the US.
The main art museum is the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, which has the largest collection of 20 in the country. The city is home to Providence AthenÃÆ'Â|um, the country's fourth oldest library, in addition to Providence Public Library and the nine branches of the Providence Community Library. Edgar Allan Poe met and pursued a love interest here named Sarah Helen Whitman on one of her many visits to Providence. Poe is a regular fixture here, like H. P. Lovecraft (born in Providence), both influential gothic literary writers.
Alex and Ani City Center (formerly the Bank of America Skating Center and Fleet Skating Center) are located near Kennedy Plaza in the downtown district, connected by pedestrian tunnels to Waterplace Park, a rock and concrete park under a road traffic bordering three Providence River.
The southern part of town is home to the famous Nibbles Woodaway roadside attraction (also known as "Big Blue Bug"), the largest termite in the world. Roger Williams Park contains a zoo, botanical center, and Natural History Museum and Planetarium.
Another notable site is the Providence Biltmore Hotel located in the city center near Kennedy Plaza, a historic location built in 1922. The hotel closed in 1974; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and reopened in 1979.
Sports
The city is home to the American Hockey League team Providence Bruins, who plays at Dunkin 'Donuts Center (formerly Providence Civic Center). From 1926 to 1972, AHL's Providence Reds (renamed Rhode Island Reds in their final years) played at the Rhode Island Auditorium. In 1972, the team moved to the Providence Civic Center, where they played until moving to Binghamton, New York, in 1977.
The city has two rugby teams, a Rugby Union Providence Rugby Football Club team, and a Semi-Professional Rugby League team The Rhode Island Rebellion, who plays in High School Classics. In 2013, the Uprising completes the regular season of the US Rugby League (USARL) in third place. Their playoff run took them to the ASARL Semi Final, the first time the Rebellion made the playoffs in a short three-year history.
NFL New England Patriots and MLS's New England Revolution play in Foxborough, Massachusetts, located between Providence and Boston. Providence was once home to two major league franchises: the NFL Providence Steam Roller in the 1920s and 1930s, and the NBA Providence Steamrollers in the 1940s. The Rhode Island Auditorium also hosts 29 of 49 Rocky Marciano boxing fights.
The dead city baseball team, Providence Gray, competed in the National League from 1879 to 1885. The team defeated New York's Metropolitans in the first successful "baseball world championship" series in 1884. In 1914, after the Boston Red Sox bought Babe Ruth from the Baltimore league then the Oriole minor, the team prepared Ruth for the premier league by sending him to finish the season playing for a minor league team in Providence also known as Gray. Today, professional baseball is offered by Pawtucket Red Sox, an AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, who plays in nearby Pawtucket. Most baseball fans - along with local media - tend to follow the Boston Red Sox.
Major colleges and universities incorporated in the athletics team of the NCAA Division I are Brown University and Providence College. The last one is a member of the Great Eastern Conference. Many local sensations are associated with the game between these two schools or the University of Rhode Island.
Providence also hosted the Gravity Games alternative sporting event from 1999 to 2001, and was also the first host of ESPN's X Games, known in its first edition as Extreme Games, in 1995. Providence has its own roller derby league. Formed in 2004, it currently has four teams: Mob Rescue Team, Sakonnet River Rat Rip, Old Money Honeys, and Rhode Island Riveters. Providence is also the headquarters of the American Athletic Conference (The American).
Infrastructure
Health and medicine
Providence is home to eight hospitals, the most prominent at Rhode Island Hospital, the largest acute general hospital in the state. This is also the Level I Trauma Center for Rhode Island, Southeast Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut. The hospital is located in an I-95 complex that includes Hasbro Children's Hospital and Women's and Infant Hospital. The city is also home to Roger Williams Medical Center, St. John's Hospital. Joseph For Special Care (a division of St. Joseph's Health Services of Rhode Island), Miriam Hospital, a major teaching affiliation associated with Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and VA medical center.
Rhode Island Blood Center has its main headquarters in Providence. Since 1979, the Rhode Island Blood Center has been the only organization responsible for blood collection and testing and distribution of blood products to 11 hospitals in Rhode Island.
Transportation
Providence is served by T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, and the general aviation field also serves the area. Massport has promoted T. F. Green as an alternative to Boston's Logan International Airport because of too many people.
Providence Station is located between Rhode Island State House and the downtown district and is serviced by Amtrak and MBTA Commuter Rail, with commuter rail routes that run north to Boston and south to the newly opened station at T.F. Green Airport and Wickford Junction. Approximately 2,400 passengers pass through the station per day.
I-95 runs from north to south through Providence; I-195 connects the city to east Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts, including New Bedford, Massachusetts and Cape Cod. I-295 surrounds Providence, while RI 146 provides direct connections with Worcester, Massachusetts. The municipal government commissioned and started Iway's long-range project in 2007 to move the I-195 for security reasons, freeing up land, and reuniting the Jewelry District with Downcity Providence, which has been separated from each other by roads. The project is estimated to cost $ 610 million.
Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence serves as a transit hub for local public transit as well as departure points for Peter Pan Bus Lines and Greyhound Lane. Public transport is managed by Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). Through RIPTA alone, Kennedy Plaza serves more than 71,000 people every day. Most of the areas covered by RIPTA are served by traditional buses. Of particular note is the East Side Trolley Tunnel that runs under College Hill, its use is provided for the RIPTA bus. RIPTA also operates Providence LINK , a tourist trolley system in downtown Providence. From 2000 to 2008, RIPTA operated seasonal ferries to Newport, Rhode Island between May and October, but SeaStreak began operating the ferry route in 2016.
Utilities
Electricity and natural gas are provided by the National Grid. Providence Water is responsible for the distribution of drinking water, ninety percent of which comes from the Scituate Reservoir about ten miles (16 km) west of the city center, with contributions from four smaller water bodies. Drinking water in Providence has been rated among the highest quality in the country.
Twin Cities
In 2008, Providence has three official sister cities:
- Praia (1994)
- Florence (2002)
- Santo Domingo (2004)
See also
- List of people from Providence, Rhode Island
- List of tallest buildings in Providence
- List of National Historic Sites in Providence, Rhode Island
- Regions in Providence
Note
References
Further reading
- "EDC Profile City of Providence". Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. 2006.
- Samantha Cook; Greg Ward; Tim Perry (2004). "Destiny". The Rough Guide USA . Rough Guide. pp.Ã, 243-247. ISBN: 1-84353-262-X.
- Rich, Wilbur C. (2000). "Vincent Cianci and Boosterism in Providence, Rhode Island". Medium City Government . Publisher Lynne Rienner. pp.Ã, 197-216. ISBN: 1-55587-870-9.
External links
- Official website
- Providence Warwick Convention & amp; Visitor Bureau
- Travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Providence Images from Altitude, 2010, aerial photos by Doc Searles
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