PROVIDENCE PLACE

Providence Place is the ideal venue for family outings, intimate rendezvous and tour de force shopping excursions. With over 160 stores, seven restaurants and entertainment venues, you'll find something for every age, taste and style. This shopping, dining and entertainment destination is the centerpiece of downtown Providence renaissance and is nestled between the State House and Waterplace Park. With its stunning architecture, a downtown location, a lively streetscape and carpeted floors, Providence Place provides a one-of-a-kind shopping experience.

SHOPPING

Providence Place is anchored by a 200,000 square foot Macy’s Flagship store, a 197, 000 square foot Nordstrom and a 116,691 square foot JCPenney. The line-up of over 160 retailers features:

• Apple Store
• Sephora
• Ann Taylor
• J. Crew
• Williams-Sonoma
• Tiffany & Co.
• Brighton Collectibles
• Victoria's Secret
• Pottery Barn
• Coach
• Brooks Brothers
• White House/Black Market
• Crate & Barrel
• Vera Bradley

DINING

Providence Place offers a mix of restaurants to satisfy everyone's taste including:

• The Cheesecake Factory
• The Melting Pot
• Uno Chicago Grill
• Panera Bread
• Joe's American Bar & Grill
• Dave & Buster's
• Fire + Ice
• PF Chang's China Bistro (opening Fall 2011)

If you're looking for a quick, informal meal, try the variety of food options in The Food Court or at Nordstrom Cafe.

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Providence Place also features an entertainment level with something for everyone; a 16-screen cinema, Feinstein IMAX Theatre and Dave & Buster's.

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS

Providence is famous for its beautifully preserved historic architecture throughout the city, with more buildings on the National Historic Register than anywhere else. Historic sites, wonderful museums and theatres compliment the current Renaissance Providence in experience. Providence Place is just footsteps away from a variety of restaurants, the State House, Waterplace Park, the Duck Boat Tours and the Fleet Skating Center.

• Roger Williams Park Zoo
  1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence
  Ph: 401-785-3510
  Adults and kids of all ages fall in love with Roger Williams Park Zoo! The zoo is the third oldest zoo in the country (since 1872) and has been cited as "one of the outstanding reasons to visit New England"(Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England). Providence's award-winning zoo is home to a diverse collection, including the tallest, largest, fastest and rarest. With over 40 acres of wildlife exhibits, the zoo's population numbers over 1,000 animals. There are over 140 species on display at any given time, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects all within a 10 minute drive from Providence Place.
• WaterFire Providence
  101 Regent Avenue, Providence
  Ph: 401-273-1155
  WaterFire Providence is a non-profit organization which provides approximately 20 unique events per year, bringing over 50,000 people to downtown Providence per event. Nationally renowned WaterFire centers on a series of 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence. The string of fires illuminates nearly two-thirds of a mile of urban public spaces and parks, and residents and visitors gather to stroll along the river while listening to a memorable and eclectic selection of classical and world music that serves as a melodic accompaniment to the normal sounds of urban life. The fires are tended from sunset to past midnight by black-clad performers in boats who pass quietly before the flames. There are no admission charges to WaterFire. Truly something you have to experience – an event like no other! Just steps from Providence Place.
• Heritage Harbor Museum
  222 Richmond Street, Suite 206, Providence
  Ph: 401-751-7979
  Heritage Harbor Museum is a statewide history museum and cultural center for Rhode Island. As the only New England affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, Heritage Harbor Museum will borrow artifacts on a long term basis from the Smithsonian, and will also host Smithsonian traveling exhibitions and benefit from access to their curators, scholars, catalog and educational programs.
• Providence Performing Arts Center
  220 Weybosset Street, Providence
  Ph: 401-421-ARTS
  A historic Loew's theatre built in 1928, it was nearly turned into a parking lot in the 1970's, but saved to become a world-class facility hosting touring Broadway shows, plays and concerts.

SAMPLE ITINERARIES

Start your day in Providence by taking a stroll along the river, glide gently in a gondola or sightsee from a kayak. Be sure to also take in the rich history of colonial Benefit Street which features the most impressive concentration of original Colonial homes in America.

Then, prepare yourself for a tour de force shopping excursion at Providence Place which includes the area's only Nordstrom, not to mention the multitude of other specialty shops such as Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers, Coach, Crate & Barrel, Tiffany & Co., Vera Bradley and Pottery Barn just to name a few. Be sure to re-energize yourself by having lunch at one of Providence Place's many food options including seven sit-down restaurants as well as The Food Court.

Next, grab the trolley that picks up right in front of Providence Place and head downtown to sample Providence's art scene by seeing an award-winning play at the Trinity Repertory Theatre or a Broadway show at Providence Performing Arts Center.

If you're looking for more activity, The Fleet Skating Center offers year round fun with ice skating in the winter and roller skating in the spring/summer. The Fleet Skating Center is almost twice the size of New York City's Rockefeller Center rink.

End the evening by dining at one of the many Providence Place restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory, Joe's American Bar & Grill, Uno Chicago Grill and more. While dining, enjoy the sites, sounds and smells of WaterFire, a unique event, which blends fire, sculpture and music, and has become symbolic of the city's vibrant renaissance.

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