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Named for Congressman Fernand J St. Germain, the elderly high rise was one of two new high rise structures to be built during the 1970s in Woonsocket. It was part of a greater city revitalization that developed the Social Flatlands into the new…

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…

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…