Slide Title

Pawtucket: Blackstone River, Downtown

Photographer/Creator

Chester Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Spring 4-1971

Description

Looking north from I-95, this vantage point shows the Blackstone River and downtown Pawtucket in 1971. At this time the city was in the midst of an urban renewal project that added, among other developments, the iconic Apex department store (right). The “Apex Mall,” as it is sometimes referred, was built in downtown Pawtucket in 1969. The design of a stepped, white stucco surface, literally an apex, illustrates a problem tackled by designers to communicate with fast moving automobiles through illustrative architecture. The skyline is dominated by the Art Deco Pawtucket City Hall, which is a strong example of a modernized Neo-Federal style, and the cupola of the Slater Mill Complex

Notes

Bibliography: Jordy, William H. "Buildings of Rhode Island" Oxford University Press, 2004. p. 142, 146-147

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

Cities and towns – Growth -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket; Urban renewal -- Rhode Island -- Pawtucket;

Country Name

United States

Region Name

Rhode Island

City Name

Pawtucket

Street Address

Taft St.

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chester, "Pawtucket: Blackstone River, Downtown" (1971). Smolski Images. 149.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/149