Documenting the places that matter since 2002
Sep 22 Added an anecdote from Ann
Built ??, photos from October 2007 until it’s demolition in January 2008.
Sep 22 Added an anecdote from Richard Barker Grant
Built 1890, demolition began on January 3, 1998. Photos by Erik Gould, 1997-98. National Historic Register designation. Replaced with a sort-lived Stop and Shop.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Andrea
Built ??, photos starting June 2003. Vacant since 1990s. Demolished April 2005.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Sharlene Boulay
Built 1867, photos starting March 2010. Private club that is up for sale.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Kevin
A circa 1975 image hanging in one of the conference rooms of an accounting firm in the Turks Head building.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from John Tardif
Built 1931, photos starting December 2005. HABS/HAER photos taken 1983. Previously located on Rt 146, Lincoln, at the junction of 146 and 295; now located further down on the other side of the highway. National Register status 1979.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Marc Berman
Built ??, photos starting 2008. Future very uncertain, esp. since the former Shaw’s Plaza down the hill is vacant, and that whole northern section of the Providence/Pawtucket line is ripe for redevelopment.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Christina Holden-Shea
Built in 1894 on the South Attleboro side of the Pawtucket line. 300 feet long with half a million square feet of floor space. Fred M. Roddy was the inventor who revolutionized the plastics industry and later founded Cumberland Engineering.
Jun 13 Added an anecdote from Ramona Reis
Built 1926, photos from the RI Reds web site, the artist Rittman, and Tucker Terzian.
Apr 14 Added an anecdote from Sherri Q
Built 1937, photos starting March 2002. Moved from Harris Ave, Providence, in 2001 to Blake and Middle Streets in Pawtucket. Not yet reopened. Part of the Provisions Warehouse Historic District (National Register).
Apr 14 Added an anecdote from Nancy Tourjee Mauro
Built 1908-1918, photos starting June 2008. 17,000 square feet, and despite its age, not mentioned on the 1981 industrial survey, State Register, or the National Register.
Apr 14 Added an anecdote from Thom Ring
Built ??, photos starting January 2007. Vacant for a long time, finally demolished for a Walgreens in 2007.
Apr 14 Added an anecdote from Thom Ring
Built circa 1976, photos starting Dec 2003.
Apr 14 Added an anecdote from Jo
Built 1951, upgraded to three screens in 1988. 550 car capacity and the only open Drive-In Theatre left in RI.
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Providence has a lot to do if you know where to look. Here are some good places to start:
VisitRhodeIsland.com :: For more events than you can shake a stick at, try this Arts Calendar.
AS220 :: Live music and art venue with a great bar and restaurant. Live music every night, art openings every other week. Silkscreen and letterpress print shop for rent, as well as a community photo darkroom and more.
Providence Daily Dose :: Great event blog that covers what goes on where and what to expect.
LotsOfNoise :: Music blog for the underground scene. Listings by night for venues and bands that don’t make the local papers.
Providence’s Events Page :: Another great place to check for an extensive list of cultural events from the PPAC to the VMA to local galleries and stores.
Experience Pawtucket’s Events Page :: Try this events calendar for all things Pawtucket. Gallery openings, live music and Arts Festival listings.