The stately Westminster Arcade was built in 1828, and this landmark building has been a part of Providence ever since. Now known as the Arcade Providence, it is the oldest surviving shopping mall in the United States, and it was recognized from the beginn
Janet Mansfield Soares, a native Rhode Islander, has always been interested in the relationship of buildings and the people within them. She holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary arts from Columbia University and is the author of
Louis Horst: Musician in a Dancer's World (Duke University Press, 1994) and
Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance (Wesleyan University Press, 2009). Throughout her career, she has published many articles on the creative and visual arts while serving on the faculties of the Juilliard School and Barnard College, Columbia University, from which she is now Professor Emerita.