Welcome to ArtInRuins
ArtInRuins is undergoing a makeover. For over 190 properties, photographs have been re-cropped, enhanced, and enlarged. Histories have been researched and expanded and current events have been updated. Enjoy!
Recently updated Properties
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Updated 10 May, 2021: This chalet-style 19th century Stone & Carpenter design was reivigorated in 2002 with new foundation and additional connecting buildings to expand Brown’s Hillel Center
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Updated 8 May, 2021: This reinforced concrete frame building was the first modern-style, large windowed design in the City
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Updated 6 May, 2021: This 120-year old station has see fires and rehabilitation, but the remarkably handsome structure is still standing and useful and full of tenants
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Updated 3 May, 2021: A masterpiece of the Italian Romanesque style designed by a young newcomer who would later become an architecture star in his relatively short life
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Updated 30 April, 2021: Once the largest manufacturer of costume jewelry, this building was vacant in the 80s but then revived by Lifespan as their corporate headquarters
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Updated 26 April, 2021: A modest turn-of-the-century three story mill in a dense mill area of Pawtucket
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Updated 25 April, 2021: A large mill built in stages with an iconic square, open-top stair tower visible from Interstate 95.
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Updated 24 April, 2021: This stone mill off of a main road has many modern additions, like vinyl siding and brick warehouses, but its roots go back to 1775
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Updated 20 April, 2021: A striking 3-story mansard former office building for a larger manufacturing complex of woven goods turned into various small office spaces
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Updated 17 April, 2021: This three-story former lumber yard and wood working business has over a hundred years of history
190 properties and 3,510 images.
Anecdotes
1,536 anecdotes from people just like you.
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The building that 21 east nightclub was knocked down in 1987 to build Shooters nightclub and restaurant
Pat Cortellessa on Shooter’s Waterfront Cafe -
I am Liz Vaughn’s older brother and the son of Richard Vaughn. I worked in the Warwick building for years, every summer sweeping floors and school holiday. I went to college and joined the Army (service to country was/is a family tradition) and when i left active duty I worked...
Mark Kennedy Vaughn on L. Vaughn & Company -
“Accidental”, if you will, discovery in 1992; A place ON the beach was the only requirement for a simple honeymoon stay. Oh what a jewel!! Orange velour bedspreads, a foam padded headboard, indoor/outdoor carpeting, mismatched flea market furniture, itty bitty bath towels, two...
Anne Malone-Laraby on Ocean House -
My grandfather was Primo. My father, Enrico, would take me there as a child. “Poppy” would give me a pail of water and a paint brush. I would brush all the beautiful statues he had on display in front of the building while my father helped him work.
Joyce Landi on Primo Art Company -
My 3rd grade went there on a class trip in 1956, we were given a loaf of bread and a cardboard put together bread truck. Even for a 3rd grader it was very interesting.
Marshall Martin on Ward Baking Company -
I had a client up on the fifth floor, FirstWorks, that I would visit once a year when we kicked off a new season. The building had a great old vibe to it, with glass transoms over the doors, an old elevator, iron railings, and a cool skylight over the stairwell.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows the date that the Three Stooges performed at the park? I am talking about around 1968 I believe. I believe it was around Memorial Day. My Mom and Dad brought me for my birthday. Over 50 years ago and I still remember the day. I met Moe after...
Barry Belotti on Crescent Park -
My Dad, Charles Koch, worked as warehouse manager in the Atlas building for 20 years. The warehouse storage company was owned by Charles Sherman. As a young boy of 16 years old I worked there in 1968. I would clean the offices in the morning and then move out to the warehouse ...
Steve Koch on Atlas and Terminal Warehouses
