Document Type
Article
Themes
Urban Redevelopment
Identifier
HF084
Rights Management
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Abstract
"It is sickening and it is sad. A building that has withstood the ravages of time throughout its 103 years of life deserves a better fate; yet there it stands, disembowled and broken by the wrecking ball. The Hoppin Homestead Building on the Westminster Mall will soon be only a memory, and its site will be marked by that ubiquitous asphalt reminder of our automobile addicted age--the parking lot. Is this the cure for old buildings in a downtown that is moving on the road to regeneration?"
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester, "Downtown Buildings that Link Us to Our Past" (1979). Smolski Texts. 71.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_text/71
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, Other Sociology Commons, Place and Environment Commons, Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons
Comments
Historic Hoppin Building lost to parking lot.