Weird Island

8. ONE PROVIDENCE PLACE: The Secret Apartment in the Mall

Wouldn’t it be great if you could live in the mall? Well, in the early 2000s, a group of Providence artists secretly did. To Visit: Providence Place Mall | 1 Providence Place, Providence, RI 02903 | Don’t go expecting to find the apartment, though.

Broadcast on:: 06 Apr 2021

Episode Source Material:

History of the Providence Place Mall:

Providence Architecture | Locations | Providence Place Mall
What's in store for Providence Place's next 20 years?
Assessing the Providence Place Mall
The Death of the Providence Renaissance
Nordstrom to close at Providence Place
Providence Place - Wikipedia.
Arcade Providence Micro Lofts - Living in America's Oldest Mall

History of American Malls:

The Death And Rebirth of the American Mall
The Origins and Influence of the American Shopping Mall
A Brief History of the Mall | ACR
When Malls Saved the Suburbs From Despair
The Terrazzo Jungle
The strange, surprisingly radical roots of the shopping mall |

The People Living in Providence Place:

Artist sentenced for secret apartment in mall
Where Are They Now: Artist wishes he could go 'home' again to Providence Place mall
Where Are They Now? Providence Place apartment artist
Trummerkind
Gimme Shelter
Columbia Chronicles
The couple who lived in a mall
Artists' hideaway in Providence mall exposed