Category: #NotInRuins
82 properties
Properties that have been redeveloped or have never slipped into decay — success stories, diligent owners, and “good bones.”
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A handsome two-story former wharf warehouse along Dyer street, backing up to the Providence River, used as a electric substation for about 100 years
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A square, seven story commercial building converted to apartments in the early aughts — a frontrunner to the downtown residential boom
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A large mill built in stages with an iconic square, open-top stair tower visible from Interstate 95.
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An almost 100,000 square foot mill in an industrial section of Pawtucket that has been used as studio space for 30 years
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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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An 1860s gasometer with unheroic uses for a century before being reborn as small business and community space
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A nice, simple early 20th century building on a busy commercial corridor with some subtle Art Deco details
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Slow and steady wins this race — vacated in 1964, some of the buildings were in use as early as 1988, but only 30 years later has the entire complex been redeveloped
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Two distinctive buildings joined together as downtown residential lofts — both with unique features, design, and spaces
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A former department store turned rock club venue turned loft apartments whose conversion contributed to making Downtown Providence bustle again
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A late 19th-century mill building used originally as a machine shop but largely as a cording manufacturer that converted to residential in 2004
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One of the oldest industrial buildings in the state with a rich history that continues to this day
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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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A low slung jewelry manufacturing building on the edge of the Jewelry District is now the main Student Services Center for Johnson & Wales University
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An over 180-year-old mill structure with the Woonasquatucket river at its back and a former office building fronting Manton Avenue
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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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Likely a former Phillips 66 Gas Station, this building went from tire shop to restaurant to convenience store
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A small, unassuming but nicely detailed brick firehouse from the mid-19th century on Providence’s West Side
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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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Falling into disrepair since the 1970s, this once important community center found new use and continues to support the neighborhood and Providence schoolchildren
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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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This 3-story flatiron 1920s commercial building was vacant for more than 20 years
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An early-addition to Capital Center, built next to the new train station after Waterplace Park was created
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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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At only 12 1/2 feet deep, the George Arnold building is an anomoly in the Downtown Historic District
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A small but mighty former firefighter training facility turned art space and music venue and most recently, a hostel concept
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A mid-sized 4-story mill of red brick and stucco in the middle of a residential neighborhood became apartments in 2009
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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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This huge 7-acre complex is a mixed-use, active-24/7 collection of 165 flexible business spaces and 149 mill lofts
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A former high-art-style consumer banking lobby and offices becomes a 56,000 sf art library and housing for 500 students
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A turn-of-the-century hotel with intact, 100-year old wood panelled bar enhanced by stained-glass windows and decorative terra cotta
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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 three-story former lumber yard and wood working business has over a hundred years of history
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A nine-story commercial building turned residential and joined the ranks of its neightbors in the collective called “Westminster Lofts”
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One of the first condominium mill conversions in Pawtucket, taking full advantage of the picturesque Blackstone river
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Two 19th-century commercial buildings come together to create a unique hotel with historic character
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A striking black and cerulean blue Art Deco first floor facade adorns this commercial building along a historically significant portion of upper Westminster Street
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A cute, manageable, three-story mill building on the outskirts of Smith Hill surrounded by car yards
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An irregulary shaped two-story former jewelry mill turned into a small-business studio and residence
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While only a small 2,600 sf portion of the original complex remains, it’s great that it was saved
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A large two- and three-story mill complex bordered by Conant, Pine, Barton, and Weeden Streets
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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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One of two remaining Sterling Streamliner diners manufactured in the late 1930s by the J.B. Judkins Company left in the country
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One of the first artist-led redevelopment projects post-Eagle Square, these 21 units have remained in artist’s hands, some with afforability restrictions
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This ornate former single-family home was built in stages and owned by two prominent business people that almost succumbed to the wrecking ball
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A large mill complex of 13 buildings on 2 acres was converted to apartments and commercial space in 2005
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A classically-inspired former bank with soaring vaulted ceiling finds new life as a performing arts center
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A handsome yellow brick, seven story building with ornate white brickwork designs has become a dozen luxury residences with ground-floor retail
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A massive, Romanesque-revival style, granite and brick masonry building with an interior Drill Hall clearspan space of 80 by 140 feet
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A six-story early Moderne former bank lobby and upper-floor offices was redeveloped in fits and starts into residential apartments
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A group of turn-of-the-century mills get converted into affordable residential units and commercial/office space
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A stone mill formerly used as a machine parts manufacturer and now commercial office space
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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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This 70-year-old diner car sat on blocks for 10 years before being restored and reopened as a classic breakfast and lunch diner
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A small but charming red square building in various states of repair and neglect over the years
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A mill redevelopment that tried to be different than the typical luxury condos and one that change residential zoning to help make units more affordable
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A 100-year-old ornamental steel and iron manufacturer gets a new life as a center for vocational training and art creation
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By the time we took photos, most of the main mill building had crumbled. The main building, though, is still standing and has been converted to a restaurant.
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A sprawling pre-Civil-War-era complex with a proud history of metal manufacturing of many kinds, including armaments
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A huge, castle-looking 400 foot long stone rubble mill with two impressive towers joined to a more modern red brick mill on either side of a historically hard-working river
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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 tall, handsome mill which was a cottom weaving company for about 35 years before becomming a realty company that rented space to other businesses — now residential lofts
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A modest turn-of-the-century three story mill in a dense mill area of Pawtucket
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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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A massive 58,000 sf former electricity generating station went through three different redevelopment projects over 20 years before finally being completed
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A small flatiron-style 19th century mill building right on the bank of the Moshassuck River in a formerly dense industrial area
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This reinforced concrete frame building was the first modern-style, large windowed design in the City
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This unassuming golden brick, pier and spandrel commercial building has been part of the Johnson & Wales campus since the mid-1960s
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A present-day example of early car service culture — white enamelled panels with bright green and red accents and an utilitarian design
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A small single-story brick commercial-industrial storefront with subtle art-deco details
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A late 19th-century investment building used as commercial space for over 100 years recently turned into residential upper floors.
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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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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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A 400,000+ sq. ft. series of mill buildings dating from 1870 and converted to residential units after suffering a devastating fire that leveled half the complex
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An ornate mill-company-built community space subdivided into offices during the last century
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A recently underutilized mill building with distinctive central octoganol tower to become 225 apartments and commercial space
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The Fletcher building marks the first foray into downtown Providence for RISD and its graduate students
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A small, five-story commercial building that underwent a modern renovation into 12 apartments on a busy downtown street
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Smaller than its neighbors, this 2-story commercial building joined the ranks of its neightbors in the collective called “Westminster Lofts”