In late August 1999, Providence Place opened and created a new indoor way to cross downtown Providence. People entered from the street and found long hallways and the Winter Garden, a large glass-covered space above the Woonasquatucket River.
Below the floors, trains continued running on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor because the mall is built over rail lines and water.
The project was built on a 13-acre site between the historic downtown core and the State House district…