La Rizzoloca
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From artinruins.com:
"Built by the New York / New Haven / Hartford railroads in 1915. A two-level, state-of-the-art facility that was used by about 70,000 people per month in the late 1940s until 1959 when the station was closed. In the 1980s, the Depot Flea Market operated in the building. The northern wing of the building is presently used by a Pentecostal church.
The train station looks like it has been abandoned for a very long time. All the stairs that lead down to the tracks have rusted away, and the entrances to the station have been cemented shut. If you peek in through the front door and windows, you can make out a huge skylight, but not much else. It looks like part of the building is being used by a small business or a community church.
The City of Pawtucket was trying to lure RIPTA into using the building for a bus terminal, but RIPTA shyed away from the location and the cost of fixing the building in favor of the downtown Visitor’s Center and terminal.
There is a new plan being floated to turn it back into a working station. Some government officials are working on that idea, perhaps as soon as 2005, adding that much groundwork has been completed toward reaching that goal."
Currently it does not appear much progress has been made in the revitalization of this building.
019_006
From artinruins.com:
"Built by the New York / New Haven / Hartford railroads in 1915. A two-level, state-of-the-art facility that was used by about 70,000 people per month in the late 1940s until 1959 when the station was closed. In the 1980s, the Depot Flea Market operated in the building. The northern wing of the building is presently used by a Pentecostal church.
The train station looks like it has been abandoned for a very long time. All the stairs that lead down to the tracks have rusted away, and the entrances to the station have been cemented shut. If you peek in through the front door and windows, you can make out a huge skylight, but not much else. It looks like part of the building is being used by a small business or a community church.
The City of Pawtucket was trying to lure RIPTA into using the building for a bus terminal, but RIPTA shyed away from the location and the cost of fixing the building in favor of the downtown Visitor’s Center and terminal.
There is a new plan being floated to turn it back into a working station. Some government officials are working on that idea, perhaps as soon as 2005, adding that much groundwork has been completed toward reaching that goal."
Currently it does not appear much progress has been made in the revitalization of this building.