Monday, April 07, 2008

The one in Rhode Island

I found this online today.

An artist, along with several other artists built a secret apartment in the parking garage of Providence Place Mall, in Providence, RI. They built the apartment in 2003 and were undiscovered for four years! News article

They have a website even: Trummerkind
It's a confusing web page, but there's a ton of stuff on there about the apartment, you just have to explore. Under "The Secret Apartment in the Mall" they have a description of what was behind this plan. And there's a blog with a few posts. Then under "The One" is a real estate ad for the apartment, complete with a list of the "amenities". :p

Maybe they read "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" when they were kids? :)

Obviously the apartment is illegal, but it sounds pretty awesome! They had a china cabinet in there even...

The art this guy and other artists do is interesting too: Tape Art

And does anyone know where my post title is from? Not you, Mom...I know you know it. :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is pretty cool. Even if it is illegal.

I read that book a long time ago and wanted to do something like that so bad! Did these guys get to go into the mall once it was closed?

N said...

I'm not sure when they were actually in there...it wasn't real clear. They weren't even living in the apartment all the time. It sounds like fun though! :D