ArtInRuins Properties Tracking demolition and redevelopment in the City of Providence, RI, and surrounding areas. weekly 1 https://artinruins.com Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Clason Architectural Metal Works ArtInRuins.com Extensive architectural description in the History section.A medium-size two-story mill building moves from a life as an industrial manufacturing company to an evangelical Baptist church

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/clason-architectural-metal-works/ https://artinruins.com/property/clason-architectural-metal-works/ American Emery Wheel Works ArtInRuins.com A complex of several one, two, and three story red brick buildings built at the corners of Waterman, East River, and Pitman streets. Most are flat roofs with a few gables as well. Portions were builkt up over about two decades, with the oldest built in 1898.If it weren’t for high interest rates, this complex of more than eight structures could have been condominiums instead of mixed-use commercial space

]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/american-emery-wheel-works/ https://artinruins.com/property/american-emery-wheel-works/ Tempo & Tandem ArtInRuins.com A five story, multi-faceted building on a trapezoidal lot. One side is curved as it meets a highway off ramp and the other side has six faces. The roof is flat and the windows are modern rectangles that have sections that open awning-style.Added new images of the construction of phase 2

]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/tempo-tandem-pvd/ https://artinruins.com/property/tempo-tandem-pvd/ Elizabeth Building ArtInRuins.com A five-story building five bays wide and twelve bays deep. The façade has paired windows on the outside flanks and single windows in the remaining thre bays. The five bay ground floor storefront has a central entrance and an offset entrance on the north side. The painted cast iron wraps around one bay on the southern and northern walls. The building is otherwise red brick with rectangular window openings and a flat roof.A five-story late 19th-century commercial building with one of the few cast iron façades in the city

]]> Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/elizabeth-building-n-main-pvd/ https://artinruins.com/property/elizabeth-building-n-main-pvd/ City Machine and Providence Wholesale Drug Company ArtInRuins.com A large multi-building complex of two-and-three-story red brick mill buildings, most with windows featuring granite sills and arched lintels. Some buildings have decorative brick corbelling at the rooflines while others are plainer.A large complex of several structures built over the course of about 50 years that remains industrial and commericial in its tenant mix

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/city-machine-prov-wholesale-drug/ https://artinruins.com/property/city-machine-prov-wholesale-drug/ Fountain Street, #471 ArtInRuins.com A small, one-story, gable roof, wood-clad shack, for lack of a better word, with an awning over the façade and a commercial sign post and sign.Three-generations of neighborhood short-order cooks made this tiny place a home for regulars over the course of 50 years

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/471-fountain-st-pvd/ https://artinruins.com/property/471-fountain-st-pvd/ Fountain Street, #132, Downtown Providence ArtInRuins.com Added a photo from the PPS Slide Collection which partially shows the building and it s McDonald’s branding

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/132-fountain-st/ https://artinruins.com/property/132-fountain-st/ Smith Webbing Company Weave Shed ArtInRuins.com A more than 100-year old building has been home to one owner and one set of businesses for over 50 years.

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/smith-webbing-weave-shed-pwt/ https://artinruins.com/property/smith-webbing-weave-shed-pwt/ John W. Keefe Surgical Hospital ArtInRuins.com A three bay deep by seven bay wide three story red brick building on a raised basement with copper dentil cornice and central first floor raised entrance. The long side is split into three section, with two window bays on either side of a central grouping of three. Fenestration is rectangular with splayed stone lintels and flat stone sills.Added two new photos with the recently added replacement windows

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/john-w-keefe-surgical-hospital/ https://artinruins.com/property/john-w-keefe-surgical-hospital/ Richmond Residences ArtInRuins.com A narrow five-story contemporary building put up between two existing buildings and on top of a neighboring one.Added two images of the finished construction

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/richmond-residences/ https://artinruins.com/property/richmond-residences/ Rhode Island State Laboratories ArtInRuins.com A seven-story, rectaingular modern office building with windows that stretch from the second to third floors, and from the 4th to the fifth, with single story windows on the first and sixth floors. The seventh floor is actually a covered utility floor for heating/cooling and air-scrubbers.Added two new images of the finalized construction

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/state-health-laboratory/ https://artinruins.com/property/state-health-laboratory/ William A. and Ami Kuan Danoff Life Sciences Laboratories ArtInRuins.com Construction has not been completed. Photos are of the construction site and progress. A steel reinforced, seven story, modern facility with a design that relies heavily on a gridden window system.Added more images of the construction in progress

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/brown-life-sciences-jewelry-district/ https://artinruins.com/property/brown-life-sciences-jewelry-district/ Captain George Benson House ArtInRuins.com An over 225 year old mansion on a large lot is about to get new neighbors through an arduous historic review process

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/george-benson-house/ https://artinruins.com/property/george-benson-house/ Jewish Orphanage / Miriam Hospital ArtInRuins.com A two story light tan or yellow brick building on a raised basement with very few ornamental details. Windows are rectangular and the facades are mostly flat.Added new photos of the recent demolition to the western wing of the forner Hospital

]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://artinruins.com/property/jewish-orphanage-miriam-hospital/ https://artinruins.com/property/jewish-orphanage-miriam-hospital/ Edmund Place ArtInRuins.com Added three new photos of the building under renovation into apartments

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/edmund-place-east-providence/ https://artinruins.com/property/edmund-place-east-providence/ Engine Company No. 21 ArtInRuins.com A two story, light grey stone and light grey brick fire house in two symmetrical wings around a central base of two garage door openings. An elaborate copper cornice wraps the roof and featues a few winged details and filagrees.Added a recent photo of the property now that it has been purchased.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/humboldt-fire-station/ https://artinruins.com/property/humboldt-fire-station/ Saint John’s Rectory ArtInRuins.com A three story red brick square plan building with rectangular fenestration and a hipped roof. The facade is three bays across with central single-door entrance. Small details in browstone exist around the basement level and in the window sills and doorway trim.A former rectory and apartment building turned bed and breakfast needs investment to prevent deterioration of this 150+ year old structure

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/st-johns-rectory-pvd/ https://artinruins.com/property/st-johns-rectory-pvd/ Louis Family Restaurant ArtInRuins.com A vibrantly decorated commercial storefront with central entrance, flat roof, and large commercial windows. Sculptures and mosiacs adorn the façade and roofline.A family-run diner serving homemade classics to residents and students on the East Side for just about 80 years

]]> Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/louis-family-restaurant/ https://artinruins.com/property/louis-family-restaurant/ Atlas Music/Standard Rim and Wheel of Rhode Island ArtInRuins.com A two story building with a red brick facade and cement block construction on the other faces. The front is four bays across while the building has much more depth to it and is partially one story on the rear level. Subtle brick details adorn the facade, but one has to look for them. The building seems very plain at a quick glance.A simple two-story brick-faced commercial building with a long history as a vending machine operation

]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/atlas-vending/ https://artinruins.com/property/atlas-vending/ North Main Street, #905 ArtInRuins.com A two and a half story house with most windows covered over by vinyl siding. The entire second floor is without windows. The first floor has an extension with commercial-grade plate glass windows that meets the street at an angle away from the house. In the recent renovation, the house is regaining its original window openings. At the time of RI Aquarium, the main commercial entrance was central on the North Main Street facade. Since then, the former main entrance has been closed up and a corner entrance has been added to the southern side of the first floor retail space.An unassuming house along a busy commercial corrider has been retail-first for 100+ years, and now undergoes a move towards housing

]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://artinruins.com/property/905-north-main-st-pvd/ https://artinruins.com/property/905-north-main-st-pvd/