Slide Title

Hartford: Public Housing

Photographer/Creator

Preview

Date

1-1-1985

Description

The working class housing of the Hartford neighborhood was destroyed when the Route 6 connector was built to alleviate traffic in Olneyville Square. Low-income housing (Hartoford Park Public Housing Project seen here) was built on Corbusian principles of the Radiant City (1935). The mills behind the Atlantic Furniture Mills were demolished and the land is currently Woonasquatucket River Greenway which includes a bike path. Merino park is to the north west (lefthand corner). Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School appears in the center-left.

Notes

http://www.providenceri.com/Neighborhoods/hartford.html

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Subject Headings

Hartford Ave.Urban development-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Aerial photography in city planning-- Rhode Island-- Providence; City planning-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Land use, Urban-- Rhode Island-- Providence; Low income housing -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Urban parks -- Rhode Island -- Providence

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Providence

Recommended Citation

"Hartford: Public Housing" (1985). Browse All. 102.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/102