Editing Fall River, Massachusetts (section)

====Modern era====
[[File:Fall River Old City Hall color image.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Old City Hall, demolished in 1962 for construction of Interstate 195]]
In the 1960s, the city's landscape was drastically transformed with the construction of the [[Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge|Braga Bridge]] and Interstate 195, which cut directly through the heart of the city. In the wake of the highway building boom, the city lost many of its longtime landmarks. The [[Quequechan River]] was filled in and re-routed for much of its length. The historic falls were diverted into underground culverts. A series of elevated steel viaducts was constructed to allow access the new bridge. Many historic buildings were demolished, including the Old City Hall, the Troy Mills, the Second Granite Block (built after the 1928 fire), as well as other 19th-century brick-and-mortar buildings near Old City Hall.

Constructed directly over Interstate 195 in the place of it predecessor, the new city hall (known as Government Center) was opened in 1976 after years of construction delays and quality control problems. Built in the [[Brutalist]] style popular in the 1960s and 1970s, the new city hall drew complaints from city workers and residents almost immediately.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In 1970, [[Valle's Steak House]] opened one of its landmark restaurants on William S. Canning Boulevard in the city's South End. The steak house was popular with Fall River residents, but economic challenges caused the chain to close all of its restaurants in the 1980s.<ref>"Valle's Steak House, opened in 1970 and demolished in 1984" (August 6, 2012) ''The Herald News'' (Fall River, Mass.)[http://www.heraldnews.com/photos/timeframes/x1225369819/Valles-Steak-House-opened-in-1970-and-demolished-in-1984]</ref>

Also during the 1970s, several modern apartment high-rise towers were built throughout the city, many part of the Fall River Housing Authority. There were two built near Milliken Boulevard, two on Pleasant Street in Flint Village, another on South Main Street, and in the north end off Robeson Street. Today, these high-rises mostly house the elderly.

In 1978, the city opened the new B.M.C. Durfee High School in the North End, replacing the historic Rock Street building that had become overcrowded and outdated for use as a high school. The "new" Durfee is one of the largest high schools in [[Massachusetts]].

Since approximately 1980, there has been a considerable amount of new development in the North End of the city. A significant number of new single- and multi-family housing developments have been constructed, particularly along North Main Street.

In 2017, Fall River was ranked the 51st most dangerous city in the United States. It was also the third most dangerous city in Massachusetts and fourth most dangerous city in New England.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schiller |first1=Andrew |title=NeighborhoodScout's Most Dangerous Cities - 2021 |url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous |website=Neighborhoodscout.com |date=January 2, 2021 |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308110815/https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 20, 2019, a cannabis dispensary opened in Fall River, becoming only the sixth dispensary in Massachusetts and the first in Southeastern Massachusetts to open to anyone 21 years or older.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Northeast Alternatives Story |url=https://nealternatives.com/history-northeast-alternatives/ |website=Northeast Alternatives |access-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531152542/https://nealternatives.com/history-northeast-alternatives/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>