Providence Modern: The Work of Ira Rakatansky
Between the colonial cottages and 19th-century Federalist revival homes on Edgewood Avenue near Roger Williams Park, one particular house sticks out: streamlined, angular, geometric. The Wax House, built in 1950, is one of over 70 designs by mid-20th century architect Ira Rakatansky — arguably Providence’s preeminent modernist. Though the clean lines of modern architecture were…
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