City Hall - Providence, Rhode Island - 1906 and today [OC]Submitted by laterbacon t3_11k3h19 in providence
laterbacon OP t1_jb5ndhd wrote
The original is from the city archive's Flickr page which is a goldmine of old Providence photos.
Jack__Squat t1_jb5qf1j wrote
Wow, I recognized Sen. John Pastore from the Mr. Rogers video. I did not know he was from RI.
laterbacon OP t1_jb5rjq0 wrote
The federal building on the opposite side of this plaza is named for him!
https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/john-o-pastore-federal-building-providence-ri
Jack__Squat t1_jb5tqwv wrote
I just went down the rabbit hole on his Wikipedia page. He also has a building named for him at URI
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