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Date
4-1-1971
Description
Although now considered a dead mall, the construction of the Midland Mall (renamed the Rhode island Mall in 1985), completed in 1968, was a milestone in the states economic history as it initiated the shift of retail trade from Providence into the suburban neighborhoods of Warwick. The Warwick Mall, also visible here, as completed in 1972 (under construction in this photograph). Also completed in 1972 was the Knight Campus of Rhode Island Junior College (later renamed the Community College of Rhode Island). Overlooking the nearby highways from a hilltop, the structure has earned international recognition for it’s innovative modernist architectural form.
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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
aerial, Warwick Mall, Rhode Island Mall, Knight Campus, CCRI
Notes
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission. Warwick, Rhode Island: Statewide Historical Preservation Report K-W-1. (Warwick, 1981). pp. 49-50