Pike Street (Note: renamed Alves Way in 1998, in honor of the Alves family, long-time residents of Fox Point), 1962 - 1963

Series 4, Providence Redevelopment Agency, is arranged into 2 subseries: Photographs (4.1) and Printed materials (4.2). The Providence Redevelopment Agency, working from a mandate provided for by the Federal Housing Act of 1949 and the RI State Redevelopment Act of 1956, documented the Fox Point area as part of the East Side Renewal Project from 1962-1965, culminating in the Official Redevelopment Plan of 1966. This urban renewal era project resulted in the destruction or removal of many homes and businesses in the area in order to expand highway development. Many Portuguese and Cape Verdean families were forced out of the neighborhood, forever altering the character and community of Fox Point.