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Oral history interviews
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A collection of excerpts from oral history interviews conducted by Brown University students in the class Oral History and Community Memory during the fall of 2011. We interviewed past and present residents of the Reservoir Triangle neighborhood and others with connections to Mashapaug Pond and the Gorham Manufacturing Company site.
Please check back often, since we will continue to add new clips to the site.
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Julie Pittman
Interviewee
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Greg Simpson
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357 Benefit Street, Providence, RI
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Greg Simpson: I would say the relationship has changed, you know like many relationships. There's ups and downs. I think you know, when I first got involved, when I first joined Textron, the site was very quiet.
But when the school went in that's when, you know, at least we sensed that there was this perception out there that Textron and the city, we had to do a better job. And you know, I think you know, those first few meetings that we went to was, I wouldn't say confrontational, but it was, you know, it was a, a little stressful I think for all parties involved because people weren't happy. They were upset. And I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that they didn't understand you know, a lot of the history.
Individuals are not, you know, I would say, you know, ecstatic about Textron, but I think that they can see that you know, when we’re out there, when we say we're gonna do something that you know, we are gonna do it and you know, if they have concerns or if they have questions or suggestions, we’ll listen.
So, I think, you know, there's been you know, a little bit of trust that's been built up over our years of involvement, such that I would say you know, again you know, do these folks love Textron? Probably not. You know, do they hate us? Absolutely not. But you know, we, we work together.
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Interview with Greg Simpson
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Greg Simpson, the project manager for Textron Corp. in charge of the cleanup of the former Gorham Manufacturing Company site, discusses the relationship between Textron and the community.
Alvarez High School
Gorham site
neighbors
Textron
working together
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Research papers
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Students researched and wrote assignments on various topics related to Mashapaug Pond, the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and the Reservoir Triangle neighborhood.
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Lucy Boltz
Ora Star Boncore
Hannah Burn
Ria Fulton
Adriana Isaza
Lizzy Landau
Jen Lawrence
Chang Lu
Katharine Mead
Araceli Mendez
Aditi Pinto
Julie Pittman
Maria Quintero
Anya Ventura
Anna Wada
Nate Weisenberg
Sarah Yahm
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Senate Bill June 2011
Approved and amended to Industrial Property Remediation and Reuse Act. RI. Senator Juan M. Pichardo sponsored legislation to make it more difficult for contaminated sites to be used for the construction of school buildings.
Requires a public hearing when a school is proposed to be built on a former industrial, manufacturing or landfill site.
Quick Facts
Built: 2007
Site: Soil contaminated & industrial pollutants
Architects: Edward Rowse
Sq. Footage: 82,000
Accommodation: 450 students
Cost: $14,500,000
Background
City needed to find a space for 550 high school students immediately. Construction was delayed by court hearings involving Department of Environmental Management approval and by strong opposition from community members. Residents cite traffic, noise, that the entrance is planned for a residential street and contamination as their concerns. Initially, construction was fast-tracked due to immediate need. Tried to approve construction without DEM approval; it was quickly thwarted when DEM issued a cease-and-desist order until a remediation plan was approved.
[see attached file for further research and bibliography]
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Alvarez High School
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When and why was Alvarez High School built on the site? How did local residents respond to the City’s decision to build on this site and what is the response now?
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Hannah Burn
Alvarez High School
City of Providence
Gorham site
neighbors
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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Research papers
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An account of the resource
Students researched and wrote assignments on various topics related to Mashapaug Pond, the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and the Reservoir Triangle neighborhood.
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Lucy Boltz
Ora Star Boncore
Hannah Burn
Ria Fulton
Adriana Isaza
Lizzy Landau
Jen Lawrence
Chang Lu
Katharine Mead
Araceli Mendez
Aditi Pinto
Julie Pittman
Maria Quintero
Anya Ventura
Anna Wada
Nate Weisenberg
Sarah Yahm
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The Ocean State Job Lots Plaza, as we know it, came into existence in 1989. However, the original building that now houses Ocean State Job Lot was built in 1959. The adjoining building was built in 1960. The parking lot itself was built in 1980 and the remaining buildings were all built in 1989. [1]
To understand why the Plaza was built on Reservoir Avenue, the question arises: Why do the businesses in this plaza belong in this neighborhood? To break it down into its component parts: Why would they represent a profitable opportunity for real estate developers and merchants? At the same time, why are these businesses suitable for the Reservoir Avenue neighborhood?
[See attached file for more details and further research]
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Ocean State Job Lot Plaza
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When and why was the Ocean State Job Lot plaza built? What did it replace?
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Julie Pittman
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Students researched and wrote assignments on various topics related to Mashapaug Pond, the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and the Reservoir Triangle neighborhood.
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Lucy Boltz
Ora Star Boncore
Hannah Burn
Ria Fulton
Adriana Isaza
Lizzy Landau
Jen Lawrence
Chang Lu
Katharine Mead
Araceli Mendez
Aditi Pinto
Julie Pittman
Maria Quintero
Anya Ventura
Anna Wada
Nate Weisenberg
Sarah Yahm
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The Church of the Nazarene First is a tiny, red brick building structure on 170 Reservoir Avenue. It is only slightly bigger than most buildings in the area and does not stand out as many churches tend to do. You could walk right by it, distracted by the other structures outside: the new Unisex salon and Reservoir Avenue School with a bold caption by Allen Shawn Feinstein gracing its wall. On a Sunday afternoon, the board outside the Church informs me of the Sunday school at 10 am, morning service at 10:45 am, Fellowship meeting at 4 pm and that the Spanish Service in the evening was cancelled. It was 10:20 am when I arrived and after a friendly introduction to an elderly woman, the pastor led me straight to the basement, where his wife was leading a bible session with four girls around my age.
[See attached file for more information, bibliography, and appendix].
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The Church of the Nazarene First
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What is the history of the Church of the Nazarene First (170 Reservoir Ave)? Is it the only church to occupy this site? What is its role in the neighborhood?
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Aditi Pinto
Church of the Nazarene First
community
neighbors
Reservoir Avenue
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Oral history interviews
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An account of the resource
A collection of excerpts from oral history interviews conducted by Brown University students in the class Oral History and Community Memory during the fall of 2011. We interviewed past and present residents of the Reservoir Triangle neighborhood and others with connections to Mashapaug Pond and the Gorham Manufacturing Company site.
Please check back often, since we will continue to add new clips to the site.
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Lucy Boltz
Interviewee
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Wilbur Jennings
Location
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Brown and Waterman Street, J. Walter Wilson Building, 3rd floor, Providence, RI
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Wilbur Jennings: And I've lived in the Triangle for approximately 20 years. I know the neighborhood pretty well. I know every street.
And my mother and father used to tell me that the churches, predominantly minority churches and back then back in the 40s when I was born, they used to baptize people there in Mashapaug Pond.
All us kids used to bunk school sometimes when the summer time come, when the weather was getting warm, we would bunk school, we'd go down there, take our clothes off and go into the water and swim. And that was Mashapaug Pond....
They had a pipe, water coming from the Gorham's going into that water and kind of polluting that water, so we couldn't go swimming in there no more.
We had a Stop and Shop located right in that Gorham site where they were, they closed up and it's still vacant there. But we're trying to find somebody to go in there. I don't know if it's going to be another supermarket or not, but maybe somebody can open a business there which is what we're working on as we speak. We can put people to work. Neighborhood people, by the way, that's what I'm really looking for.
Mainly I try to emphasize that kids go to school because that's the key right now, to go to school and get an education. I was very not fortunate enough to go to school as much as I really wanted to. I come from a family of fourteen kids. I'm the oldest and I didn't go to school too much because I was poor. I wanted to go and work so I could make some money and buy some food to eat.
You can't make it like I made it. The way I made it. I didn't come up with a real good education. I came up, I went to public college, by the way, I don't know if you're familiar with public college. Public college is people--people taught me my education.
I was lucky enough to be able to stick it out and run for office. I ran 12 times in 24 years. I never gave up. And now I serve as an elected official, as a councilman.
I would like to see a YMCA in Providence open up again too. Maybe that's in the future. There was plans for that in the Gorham's site. What we're talking about. Maybe we could still talk about the YMCA in the future. Who knows. That's a possibility. It's right located central in the heart of the area, in the community. And we won't have to go over to Cranston.
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Interview with Wilbur Jennings
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Wilbur Jennings, the Councilman for Ward 8 (Elmwood, Reservoir, West End) on the Providence City Council, is a long-time resident of the neighborhoods near Mashapaug Pond. In this excerpt, he shares some of his childhood memories, his thoughts about education, and his hopes for the future of the Gorham site.
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December 3, 2011
City of Providence
education
Gorham
Gorham site
Mashapaug Pond
neighbors
swimming
YMCA