Kennedy Plaza, formerly Exchange Place, Exchange Terrace, or City Hall Park, is a rectangular public square that occupies a central portion of Downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Since the mid 19th century, the plaza has served as a civic and transportation hub.
Kennedy Plaza
An engraving depicting Exchange Place in 1886
Exchange Place, ca. 1890. City Hall at center; to its right is the First Union Station, where Burnside park currently exists.
Exchange Place c. 1910, facing the then-new Federal Building
Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island
Downtown is the central economic, political, and cultural district of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is bounded on the east by Canal Street and the Providence River, to the north by Smith Street, to the west by Interstate 95, and to the south by Henderson Street. The highway serves as a physical barrier between the city's commercial core and neighborhoods of Federal Hill, West End, and Upper South Providence. Most of the downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Downtown Providence Historic District.
Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island
The Michael S. Van Leesten Memorial Bridge opened in summer 2019
Providence City Hall
The Shepard Company Building is a historic former department store which is now used by the University of Rhode Island