Jutting out onto Lake Roosevelt in Roger Williams Park sits this beautiful bandstand, a popular location for weddings and other religious or cultural events. While often photographed, there is, unfortunately, a lot of misinformation about this structure found online. To set the record straight, this is the third bandstand on this site behind the 1897 Casino. The original bandstand was a wooden pavilion built in 1901. Weather took its toll, however, and it was replaced just 14 years later. The bandstand built in 1915 was designed by John Hutchins Cady, a local architect, and it is that building that is typically mistakenly attributed to the bandstand that sits on this location today. Unfortunately, Cady's bandstand also fell into disrepair and it was demolished in 1974. The bandstand shown in today's photo was built in the late 1970s, although the design closely matched the Cady bandstand it replaced. The details of the three bandstands may be found in the Registry of Deeds at Providence City Hall in the document that establishes the Roger Williams Park Historic District.
Post processing started with a warm tone filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders followed by adaptive exposure, boost black, boost white, regions, contrast, and protect highlights. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.
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