Many residents and visitors to Providence are familiar with the Old Stone Bank building, تقع في 86 South Main Street, in Providence’s historic East Side, but few have had the chance to see the inside of this wonderful piece of mid 19th century bank architecture. Designed in 1854 by C. J. and J. R. Hall the imposing granite edifice and wonderfully ornate golden dome make the Old Stone Bank the perfect setting for this weekend’s Red Fork Empire Embassy to Steampunk, almost…
Since the Old Stone Bank Corporation’s collapse in the 1980s the building has been mostly vacant and is slowly slipping into decay. By special arrangement with Barrett Bready, the building’s current owner and WaterFire board member, the Embassy to Steampunk will be the second large scale event that WaterFire has hosted in the building. Before the installation of more than 150 works by Steampunk inspired artists from the across the country could begin there was a lot of work to do. Working tirelessly for the past two weeks WaterFire volunteers and production team members, under the guide of executive artistic director Barnaby Evans have transformed the drab, dilapidated interior into a colorful backdrop fir for a steampunk emperor.
Check out our photo gallery of the transformation in progress. And be sure to visit our إشعال بروفيدنس website for more details about the Red Fork Empire Embassy to Steampunk gallery show opening on السبت, August 24th at 2:00pm.
