Not to mention the old standbys like the Providence Performing Arts Center, Trinity Repertory Company, the Civic Center. Much to do, many restaurants to visit, beaucoup dollars to spend.
Street parking is limited.
Garage and off-street parking is expensive and can be confusing to find. And everybody hates parking tickets. To make things worse, Cianci must fight a near-primal sense of entitlement on the part of car owners. In the suburbs, malls and movie theaters are surrounded by vast asphalt moats of free parking. Even in the city, you could still find cheap or free spaces until fairly recently.