Category: #ThenAndNow
14 properties
Reproductions of older photos in modern times.
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A Then & Now pair with more than 80 years between them
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A corner of great change, from prominant residential neighborhood to gritty industrial center and back again
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About half of the “Mile of History,” documenting the western side of Benefit Street as it looked in 2004
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A photo from 1982 is updated in 2005, before additional new buildings rise up, and then again in 2024
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A non-descript location captured 45 years ago with an evolution that deserved to be recaptured
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A unique view of the edge of the Jewelry District where it meets Downtown Providence
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Photos captured a late 1700s grand hotel’s last days in 1941
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This converted hotel has been restored to much of its former glory, without those great vertical decorative signs
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A plethora of pithy postcard images from the turn of the century.
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A comparison of the iconic sawtooth weave shed of the Slater Dye Works over 35 years
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A charming flat-iron style building on Charles Street, built circa 1874, changed drastically in the past 50 years
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The ever changing face of Thayer Street captured whenever we can (mostly from 2004 and 2020)
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A photo recreation series of a RISD student portfolio taken in 1975 and 1976 — recreated in 2008
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Old aerials of Providence taken from different vantage points and at different times in its development.