They claim that his will encourage development. Let us look at the history of that claim. I have seen a lot of demolition over the years but not much development.
1. They closed and basically demolished Narragansett Race Track. That is a site that is still waiting for development.
2,The Apex is not closed but it is seriously diminished. What has developed on that site?
3.What about the River frontage along Division Street that makes the corner with School Street? What development is happening there?
AND now onto the sorest spot of all. There will soon be no more Paw Sox at the McCoy Stadium.
4.What will happen after McCoy is empty and neglected for a few years. More demolition and no development.
5. What about Hasbro? Who will develop that large chunk of land on Newport Avenue. Who will develop what there?
Why is Memorial still standing?
Listen to the concerns expressed recently:"Iannoni said the "biggest hurdle" to redeveloping Memorial is a restriction in the property deed from when the land was donated a century ago that limits its use. He said Care New England is starting to work with the city and the attorney general's office, which monitors charitable assets, to get that changed.
"The lawyers think it's doable," Iannoni said"
Isn't that SPECIAL?
Their lawyers are working on undoing the philanthropy of the Sayles, Dunnell and Slater families who donated the land and funding to build the Memorial Hospital and its lovely School of Nursing.
The hospital continuously expanded to meet the needs of the community and to house various new departments and clinics. In 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression, Memorial opened a pediatrics/maternity unit using a $200,000 donation from Mr. and Mrs. James R. MacColl in memory of their daughter, Margaret. The unit, named after the family, added 44 beds for children and 25 for maternity.
Two decades later, in 1951, workers completed a two-story named the Richardson Building after an original trustee,
E. Russel Richardson, who left a trust fund of $285,000 when he died in 1931.The building added 56 beds, bringing the hospital's total bed count to 214.
Their lawyers are working on undoing the philanthropy of the Sayles, Dunnell and Slater families who donated the land and funding to build the Memorial Hospital and its lovely School of Nursing.
The hospital continuously expanded to meet the needs of the community and to house various new departments and clinics. In 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression, Memorial opened a pediatrics/maternity unit using a $200,000 donation from Mr. and Mrs. James R. MacColl in memory of their daughter, Margaret. The unit, named after the family, added 44 beds for children and 25 for maternity.
Two decades later, in 1951, workers completed a two-story named the Richardson Building after an original trustee,
E. Russel Richardson, who left a trust fund of $285,000 when he died in 1931.The building added 56 beds, bringing the hospital's total bed count to 214.
The wily lawyers of 2019 are working overtime and probably for huge fees to overturn the generosity of the great founding families of the City of Pawtucket and the generous expansion financed by the MacColls and the Richardsons.
I know that I cannot be the only person who feels that this constant demolition is a warning and an insult to all future wealthy donors--your gifts are vulnerable and all your trusts can be revoked. There is nothing sacred. They will all become empty PARKING LOTS.
Just drive down Main Street and pass the former Shartenbergs site and see the empty, gaping, forlorn and probably dangerous parking garage. They build garages, but there is no one who comes there to park anymore. There is no there there.
Pawtucket is a gaping hole.
Just drive down Main Street and pass the former Shartenbergs site and see the empty, gaping, forlorn and probably dangerous parking garage. They build garages, but there is no one who comes there to park anymore. There is no there there.
Pawtucket is a gaping hole.
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