Construction started in 1964 on the pedestrian mall. It went back to being a normal street in 1989. The pedestrian mall was supposed to help downtown compete against Warwick's new malls.
The conversation around pedestrianizing public streets isn’t new — think Times Square. Could one of America’s oldest streets ...
PROVIDENCE – For 25 years, part of Westminster Street in downtown Providence was closed to cars and made into a "pedestrian mall," as the street was lined with department stores. But by the late ...