Decade built: 1940-1949
18 properties
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The façade of this simple commercial building was left open for years before finally being finished off in an unattractive manner
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A converted industrial office building became the State Traffic Tribunal but closed for better digs
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Worcester Lunch Car #806 has had a long life and many names but continues to attract new entrepreneurs who want to make a go of the restaurant business
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A former industrial building converted to a Benny’s department store and then converted to a strip mall
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A mid-century brick indistrial building on the edge of the Jewelry District is given new life as part of Johnson & Wales University
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A large, sprawling glass manufacture complex and large employer in Central Falls, closed its doors in 2014
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A sweet little simple Art Deco brick gas station in the middle of the Hope Street commercial district. Probably contaminated and hard to subdivide, so it came down.
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A 60 year old, 6000-foot long steel cantilevered truss bridge that struck fear and awe in the passengers that rode over it.
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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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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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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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This 60 year-old Art Deco structure was vacated in 2000 for new digs across the highway. It stayed vacant for 6 years until a proposed condo structure took it down.
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A previous naval repair facility employing about 12,000 military personnel eventually turned into an industrial park once the Navy left
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One of the last big box stores on North Main Street, closed since the mid-to-late 90s. Demolished in 2014 to become infill for a parking lot.
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Abandoned and for sale for almost 20 years, this drive-in theatre has rot away to almost nothing
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A former downtown bar forced to move after the building was razed for a hotel that was never built
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A classic mid-century brick and limestone commercial building transformed into a highly visible commercial, residential, and rooftop restaurant space
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A sweet and spare little gas and service station formerly on Eddy Street. Love the painted transom sign.