PHOTO: Gene Valicenti tracks down Providence’s Columbus Statue

Posted on October 8, 2021

WPRO’s Gene Valicenti has tracked down Providence’s Christopher Columbus statue, in a city-controlled storage facility not far from Atwells Avenue.

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