Slide Title
Preview
Date
1-1-1978
Description
Rhode Island Mall (Midland Mall, 1967) was a once popular shopping center that now contains only a half-dozen open businesses. Warwick Mall opened five years after Midland Mall and a mile to its north. Composed of more than 1,000,000-square-foot (100,000 m2) of retail space, it features more than 70 stores and a food court. The mall opened for business in 1972.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Building Type
Mall
Building Style
Modern vernacular
Themes
Malls
Subject Headings
Aerial photography in land use - Rhode Island -- Providence; Shopping malls -- Rhode Island -- Warwick; Warwick Mall (Warwick, R.I.); Rhode Island Mall (Warwick, R.I.)
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
RI Route 113 and RI Route 2
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Aerial view of Warwick and Rhode Island Malls" (1978). Smolski Images. 97.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/97
Keywords
Warwick Mall, Rhode Island Mall, shopping malls, aerials
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Mall *Flooded in storm of 3/29-3/31/2010 when the President declared a State of Emergency for Rhode Island. There are plans for its reconstruction.