Part of:

People:

Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

Title:

Hasbro Headquarters Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1989-1991)

Date:

1989-1992

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

302 drawings (including reprographic copies)

Scope and content:
This project series documents interior design for Main Street of Hasbro Headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island from 1989-1991. The office identified the project number as 8902.
This project consisted of the interiors of the company's headquarters for an area of the building known as Main Street. This was the first in a series of projects that the firm would complete for the headquarters. The 300,000 square foot building was predominantly one-storey and located on the block between Saratoga, Grand, London and Newport Avenues. The three projects were known as Main Street, Phase 2A and Phase 2B. Phase 1 was completed in 1986 by Barton Myers Associates with Shirley Blumberg as partner-in-charge. These subsequent projects by KPMB were also headed by Shirley Blumberg and continued the initial style she had established in Phase 1. These projects saw the conversion of a historic brick and masonry mill into the company's new offices. The office structure was inspired by the layout of a Greek town, with a main street running through it. Main Street was a wide corridor which spanned the length of the building, acting as a central artery for activity. The corridor was flooded with natural light from the original saw tooth skylights on the ceiling and lantern-like offices lined the sides. Small rooms were positioned in the corridor, including the main conference room with a large curved wall, a reception area and two smaller conference rooms. Maple screens, translucent glass and steel were the prominent materials used for Main Street.
The project is recorded through drawings dating from 1987-1988. These are mostly original drawings and include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, details, and furniture drawings. Many of the plans focus on the design of the executive bathroom.

Reference number:

AP056.S1.1989.PR02

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series have been compiled from multiple accessions and some have been arranged by material type.

Location:

Pawtucket Rhode Island United States

Related units of description:

In this fonds, file AP056.S1.1991.PR05.002 also contains drawings for this project. Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP056.S1.1991.PR04, Hasbro Headquarters, Phase 2A, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; AP056.S1.1991.PR05, Hasbro Headquarters, Phase 2B, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.