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Description
By 1970 Woonsocket was being referred to as a lost city (Providence Journal). In response the city entered a resurgence phase. The biggest change was the creation of a new downtown in the area known as the Social Flatlands. The black high rise in the center of this photo is the Marquette Building which was designed by Charles Seavor and Associates. Completed in 1975, this was the first new major office building constructed in the city in over forty years. It’s modern aesthetic and size served as the visual focus for urban renewal in Woonsocket during the 1970s.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
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
urban renewal, Marquette Building, Woonsocket, Social flatlands, landscape, cityscape
Notes
Fortin, Marcel P. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: A Centennial History 1888-1988. (Woonsocket Centennial Committee, 1988). pp. 183-4