Category: #NotInRuins
13 properties
Properties that have been redeveloped or have never slipped into decay — success stories, diligent owners, and “good bones.”
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A long-standing and intact example of mill architecture from the late 1800s, available as studio and commercial space
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A relatively simple carriage house down the hill from Benefit Street featuring unique architectural details and construction
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A mid-century modern complex built in the late 60s/early 70s for Bulova Watch and then occupied by General Electric for about 20 years.
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A turn-of-the-century 6-story downtown commercial building that is now part of the RISD campus
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This handsome trapezoidal mill building with chamfered corner in the Jewelry District was converted to lofts in 2004.
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This Neo—Classical Revival structure stood unfinished for 80 years before finally getting a new life as a hotel in 2004.
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A late 90s/early 2000s conversion of a small mill with new addition on North Main Street into luxury condos
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An unassuming rehabilitation of a simple mid-century industrial space into a modern office
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Lucky for all of us, the Rustic has so far outlasted 13 other drive-ins that operated in Rhode Island since the 1960s
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A 60-year history slinging good, hearty diner food evaporated into a cyclone of legal battles. The diner itself is still unrestored.
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A collection of Victorian Gothic cottages and a stone chapel turned into a shopping center with character.
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4-story new construction marries a 2-story Greek Revival 150 years younger at the base of College Hill
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The Fletcher building marks the first foray into downtown Providence for RISD and its graduate students