Built in 1928, Providence's most iconic piece of skyline, the Industrial Trust building, is currently vacant. This is a history of that important piece of Art D´co architecture.
My favorite building in the world! As a life long Providence resident it’s nice to find some videos that talk about the history of the building. I’m so excited to see that a full restoration has been planned for the building in the next couple of years.
We have all called all of those buildings lots of things over the decades. But when new, this beauty was the Industrial Trust Building. The Providence Journal offered an entire section about it on September 30, 1928. Well worth reading!
In the early 90s I and few of my chums would play hookie and escaped the cold in this building. We would go to the top floor and hangout until we got chased out of the building by workers running down all those stairs.
may I ask u about which locomotive/ diesel hydraulic locomotive ? was in the line of duty in Providence between the years 1890 - 1937 an do you have any information about, if I am looking for old pictures of the skyline/cityscape of providence in the 1920´s . would be great to hear from you...best regards
The Hindenburg crash was filmed and seen by many, so we assume it is the most gruesome final chapter in dirigible history. In fact, it was far from the most deadly (or even the last!). 36 died, but other airship crashes killed more (R101@48 in 1930, Akron@73 in 1933). It wasn't the Hindenburg crash that ended lighter-than-air travel, it was the realization of feasible heavier-than-air travel during WW2. Hindenburg crashed in 1937. Futurama film shown in 1939. The dream was still alive...
You mention that this is the 3rd tallest building in New England.. Have you never been to Boston? There are at least a dozen buildings taller than 500' in Bean Town.
I’m not sure if you’ll see this, but this is an excellent video. Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of that Architectural Forum essay? I think it would be a very helpful resource for a piece of writing I’m working on regarding the INBB.
..after the WorldwideCataclysmicMudflood of 1810-12 or so..Encountering MANY Leftover Empty Cities and Magnificent Buildings MudFlooded of That SecondCivilization..Pictures' I Needed to See! Mankind Has Recovered! SAE! Oh. but "Providence" hmmm..(Mankind Having Then Did 'Recover' For Sure!)
Rubbish. From the height of the Industrial Trust Company Building, which was 420 feet, not 428 feet, to your postulations about airship mooring masts, to your glaring omissions and your Wikipedia research. Rubbish. There was only ONE British dirigible that used the high mast? Really? Which one? The Los Angeles wasn't tied down at the tail when it did its handstand? Really? The Hindenburg used the high mast? Really? When? Funny how you use an airship not built until twelve years after the building was designed, and the fact that the Hindenburg would never ever have moored to a high mast. There was only ONE German built Zeppelin that ever used a high mast. YOU tell ME which one. Blimps that tried to moor at the top of the Empire State Building used water ballast? I have news for you. NO blimp ever used water ballast. Only rigid airships used water ballast. And there were techniques to slip from the mast that didn't require dropping water ballast. SO just because you're so smart, doesn't mean that you know what you're talking about without doing the research. The Industrial Trust Company Building was INDEED designed as a British high mooring mast, and I tried to explain that to you when I asked you why you plagiarized my image of the Industrial Trust Company Building with a dirigible at the top, which I did in 2001. That's why folks in Rhode Island think an airship really moored at the top of the Industrial Trust Company Building, not because of your style over substance copy. Other than that, brilliant job!
@@rhymeswithmaroon snot nose, are we? Just whom do you think you're talking to? I saw your videos, you're a dancer or some such. Yeah. Okay.' If you'd like to see a more substantive video, Have a look at this one. I'd hope you learn something from it, but you wont.. Debate me, I dare you. But you wont. Are you a chicken? Here's my video: th-cam.com/video/Wt0Nr2p0ya4/w-d-xo.html
My favorite building in the world! As a life long Providence resident it’s nice to find some videos that talk about the history of the building. I’m so excited to see that a full restoration has been planned for the building in the next couple of years.
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Mathew! Such a great video! Exceptional! Thank you so very much for this! What a ride!
Love you work! I went to Grad School at RISD and walked past this building every day! Keep making informative videos!!!!
These buildings were actually called the Industrial National Bank Building and the Hospital Trust Building.
We have all called all of those buildings lots of things over the decades. But when new, this beauty was the Industrial Trust Building. The Providence Journal offered an entire section about it on September 30, 1928. Well worth reading!
Hospital Trust is actually 2 connected buildings . I ran security there for years
Just wanted to let you know we just had the industrial trust building approval for reconstruction. Starts this year!
Another excellent presentation. Thank you so much.
In the early 90s I and few of my chums would play hookie and escaped the cold in this building. We would go to the top floor and hangout until we got chased out of the building by workers running down all those stairs.
Fabulous love letter to your city's icon. I'm headed to PVD this week and was looking up history and architecture and really enjoyed this piece.
I think about this video on the reg. As a rhode island native who now lives in Providence, thanks!!!
Very informative. Thank you!
Great talk!!
Awesome video working on a paper on this building
Thank You very much :D
fantastic
may I ask u about which locomotive/ diesel hydraulic locomotive ? was in the line of duty in Providence between the years 1890 - 1937 an do you have any information about, if I am looking for old pictures of the skyline/cityscape of providence in the 1920´s .
would be great to hear from you...best regards
Don't know about the trains, but I suggest the Providence Public Library for images; they have a remarkable collection available on line.
Why does the GM Futurama video mention dirigibles? It was made after the Hindenburg disaster.
The Hindenburg crash was filmed and seen by many, so we assume it is the most gruesome final chapter in dirigible history. In fact, it was far from the most deadly (or even the last!). 36 died, but other airship crashes killed more (R101@48 in 1930, Akron@73 in 1933). It wasn't the Hindenburg crash that ended lighter-than-air travel, it was the realization of feasible heavier-than-air travel during WW2. Hindenburg crashed in 1937. Futurama film shown in 1939. The dream was still alive...
You mention that this is the 3rd tallest building in New England.. Have you never been to Boston? There are at least a dozen buildings taller than 500' in Bean Town.
Sure, today! But kind of amazingly in 1928, not so many.
Clean the wax out of your ears... He said that when it was built it WAS the third tallest building... not that it IS the 3rd tallest building.
the building is vacant eh? we all called it the superman or clark kent building
I’m not sure if you’ll see this, but this is an excellent video. Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of that Architectural Forum essay? I think it would be a very helpful resource for a piece of writing I’m working on regarding the INBB.
You can see it online now! archive.org/details/sim_architectural-forum_1929-05_50_5/mode/thumb
..after the WorldwideCataclysmicMudflood of 1810-12 or so..Encountering MANY Leftover Empty Cities and Magnificent Buildings MudFlooded of That SecondCivilization..Pictures' I Needed to See! Mankind Has Recovered! SAE! Oh. but "Providence" hmmm..(Mankind Having Then Did 'Recover' For Sure!)
☆Old World building that was repourposed...
They don't build them like that anymore...literally.
"A really ugly story of imperialism"... That was enough for me.
Rubbish. From the height of the Industrial Trust Company Building, which was 420 feet, not 428 feet, to your postulations about airship mooring masts, to your glaring omissions and your Wikipedia research. Rubbish. There was only ONE British dirigible that used the high mast? Really? Which one? The Los Angeles wasn't tied down at the tail when it did its handstand? Really? The Hindenburg used the high mast? Really? When? Funny how you use an airship not built until twelve years after the building was designed, and the fact that the Hindenburg would never ever have moored to a high mast. There was only ONE German built Zeppelin that ever used a high mast. YOU tell ME which one. Blimps that tried to moor at the top of the Empire State Building used water ballast? I have news for you. NO blimp ever used water ballast. Only rigid airships used water ballast. And there were techniques to slip from the mast that didn't require dropping water ballast. SO just because you're so smart, doesn't mean that you know what you're talking about without doing the research. The Industrial Trust Company Building was INDEED designed as a British high mooring mast, and I tried to explain that to you when I asked you why you plagiarized my image of the Industrial Trust Company Building with a dirigible at the top, which I did in 2001. That's why folks in Rhode Island think an airship really moored at the top of the Industrial Trust Company Building, not because of your style over substance copy. Other than that, brilliant job!
you should go outside some time. would do you a world of good.
@@rhymeswithmaroon snot nose, are we? Just whom do you think you're talking to? I saw your videos, you're a dancer or some such. Yeah. Okay.'
If you'd like to see a more substantive video, Have a look at this one. I'd hope you learn something from it, but you wont..
Debate me, I dare you. But you wont. Are you a chicken?
Here's my video:
th-cam.com/video/Wt0Nr2p0ya4/w-d-xo.html
Maybe the change to the tower which Mathew so eloquently explained, might be the reason for this discrepancy… the removal of the falling birds perhaps