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Providence Travel Guide

New England's second-largest city (with a population of 175,000, behind Boston) comes into the 21st century as a renaissance city. Once regarded, even by its own residents, as an awkward stepchild of greater Boston (50 mi to the north), Providence has metamorphosed from an area that empties out at the end of a workday to a clean, modern, cultural and gastronomical hub. In the past decade, stretches of river downtown that had been paved over in the mid-1900s were uncovered and rerouted, and parks were built along the banks. Railroad tracks moved underground, and money was spent on transportation improvements. Dilapidated neighborhoods began to perk up, and luxury apartments and artists' lofts started sprouting downtown. More »

Photo: Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau

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