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Smolski Texts

1980

Business development; business growth; community interests; community investment; downtown improvement; marketplace development; shops; street scene; urban development; urban growth; urban youth; vandalism

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Improving Commercial Streets Is Possible, Chester Smolski Apr 1980

Improving Commercial Streets Is Possible, Chester Smolski

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"It was only a small gesture, but a nice one. The two park benches were placed on the sidewalk in front of a small shop on the busy Thayer Street in Providence. Somewhat of a harbinger of Spring, the brightly painted, red benches added a little color to a street coming out of the throes of a long, dreary and colorless winter season."