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The Jewelry District is a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island located just south of Downtown between Interstate 195 and Henderson Street. Interstate 95 lies at the western edge of the neighborhood, which includes Davol Square and the waterfront along the west bank of the Providence River.〔(Providence Neighborhood Profiles )〕〔(The Jewelry District )〕 The neighborhood was home to a large number of jewelry manufacturing companies beginning in the 19th century. The area was detached from the rest of downtown with the construction of Interstate 195 in the 1960s. However, a major construction project, known as the "Iway" is currently under way to relocate Interstate 195 further south, thereby reconnecting the district with Downtown.〔(RIDOT's Iway - Relocating I-195 in Providence )〕 Contained within the Jewelry District neighborhood is the Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ==Landmarks== The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is the most prominent feature of this area . The barrier protects Providence from storm surge flooding like that it had endured in the 1938 New England Hurricane and again in 1954 from Hurricane Carol. In both storms, downtown flooded to a depth of over eight feet at some locations.〔(Providence Emergency Management Agency )〕 Downtown has not suffered substantial flooding since the construction of the barrier. A segment of Interstate 195 that spans the Jewelry District and Fox Point was relocated south, in what the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has dubbed the "Iway" project. The relocation has resulted in a new Providence River bridge crossing. This recent addition spans the Providence River just south of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier. Originally constructed in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, the Iway bridge had been floated north up Narragansett Bay for the project.〔(RIDOT News- Carcieri Christens Iway Bridge )〕 India point park, located at the confluence of the Providence and Seekonk rivers, is the only broad expanse of bay shoreline in Providence accessible by the public. There are plans to redevelop a former power plant north of Davol Square that is now called the Dynamo House. The new building would be a joint venture between Brown University, Rhode Island College, and University of Rhode Island.〔(U. plans potential Dynamo House renovation )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewelry District (Providence)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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