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Description
Woonsocket under went a revitalization process in the 1970s, specifically in an area known as the Social Flatlands. This photograph shows Woonsocket Village, a housing development that replaced neighborhoods that had formerly been multiple family mill homes. On the horizon is the Marquette Building. Completed in 1975, it is a 10 story steel and glass tower that came to symbolize the rebirth of Woonsocket.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Subject Headings
Urban Renewal -- Rhode Island -- Woonsocket; Housing -- Low-income Housing -- Rhode Island -- Woonsocket; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century;
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Woonsocket
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Seavor, Charles, "Woonsocket Village & Marquette Building" (2013). Browse All. 946.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/946
Keywords
urban renewal, housing, architecture, modern, Social Flatlands, low-income housing, urban growth
Notes
Fortin, Marcel P. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: A Centennial History 1888-1988. (Woonsocket Centennial Committee, 1988). pp. 181-3