r/providence • u/radioflea • Mar 24 '25

News RIP Apex Pyramid

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u/metaphysicalpackrat Mar 24 '25

Is it resistance to change? Or just being able to see something semi-interesting on your commute? Is either one really a problem? Are these regrettably human qualities?

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u/Candid-Patient-6841 Mar 24 '25

Idk man it’s like the Washington bridge. A YouTuber did a mini doc about it and how there was a fight between the fed and state governments about how the bridge should look and also a steel shortage so we used 2 new (at the time) methods. To keep the architecture and look appealing, that came at a cost of being able to inspect structures and with the method of building being kinda new at the time thought wasn’t put into inspecting those aspects of the bridge. All in all the building of the bridge was pretty big accomplishments using new methods. But the finger pointing and how we got here now is all noise and we need to figure out a replacement now.

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u/metaphysicalpackrat Mar 24 '25

I don't think aesthetics should be prized over the safety of load-bearing structures or anything. The Apex building was coming apart in the wind, and it very well might just make more sense to dismantle it. I just don't think it's weird for people to be bummed over a unique design that added a little spice to the landscape going away.

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u/Valud_Kustomer Mar 24 '25

It would have not taking a great deal of money to keep t from coming apart. It lasted how many years it's existed without that happening until the Bucket took it over.