Jewelry District | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Providence_Jewelry_District_Locator.svg) Location of the Jewelry District (dark gray) and Downtown (medium gray) in Providence | |
| Coordinates: 41°49′05″N 71°24′25″W / 41.818°N 71.407°W |
The Jewelry District is a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island located just southeast of Downtown. The historical path of Interstate 195 delineates the neighborhood's northern border while Interstate 95 and the Providence River define its western, southern and eastern edges.[1][2]
Beginning in the 19th century, the area became a center of jewelry manufacturing. In the 1960s, the area was detached from the rest of Downtown with the construction of Interstate 195. A major construction project completed in 2013 relocated Interstate 195 further south, reconnecting the district with Downtown Providence and freeing 19 buildable acres of land.[3][4]
Contained within the Jewelry District neighborhood is the Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and expanded in 2012.
- ^ "Providence Neighborhood Profiles". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ The Jewelry District
- ^ RIDOT's Iway - Relocating I-195 in Providence Archived 2005-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Abbott, Elizabeth (2015-08-18). "Providence, R.I., Is Building on a Highway's Footprint". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-12.