Preservation group puts entire city of Providence on most-endangered list
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
The 2021 list has a surprise the entire city.
The reason is that global issues threaten Rhode Island’s capital.
“We are a river city in the Ocean State, and the impacts of climate change and sea level rise will affect Providence’s built and cultural heritage in both incremental and profound ways,” the nonprofit society said in a statement on its website Wednesday.
The list is designed to get people talking about and to support historic preservation, the society said.
“Incremental sea level rise threatens our many architectural, archeological, and cultural resources along the Providence River and working waterfront,” the society noted. “But we can expect increased and more severe storm activity, too.”
“We are a river city in the Ocean State, and the impacts of climate change and sea level rise will affect Providence’s built and cultural heritage in both incremental and profound ways,” the nonprofit society said in a statement on its website Wednesday.
The list is designed to get people talking about and to support historic preservation, the society said.
“Incremental sea level rise threatens our many architectural, archeological, and cultural resources along the Providence River and working waterfront,” the society noted. “But we can expect increased and more severe storm activity, too.”
Other structures on this year’s list include the Industrial Trust Building, commonly known as the Superman Building; Broad Street Synagogue; Prince Hall Masonic Temple; and the Crook Point Bascule Bridge.
Contest to repurpose Crook Point Bascule Bridge draws 78 entries
Updated at 1:03 p.m.
THE CROOK POINT Bascule Bridge, shown in this photo from the bike trail, was built in 1908 and has been abandoned since 1976. PBN PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD PROVIDENCE – The city has received 78 responses from individuals and entities with ideas for finding a new purpose for the Crook Point Bascule Bridge. The steel drawbridge, affixed in the upright position over the Seekonk River since 1976, was once part of a rail line that carried passengers, then freight, across the river from…
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