List: North Main Street Commercial Corridor

8 properties

A commercial strip of real estate on the East Side that has been home to box stores, smaller retail, convenience stores, gas stations, and the like through the years.

  • A former clothing store built off the north side of Sears that stayed empty for years and years before being razed in 2009.

    East Side | Built: circa 1950 | Demolition: 2009

  • A local-chain tire and automotive parts outlet with four car-wide drive-through bays on a local retail corridor.

    East Side | Built: circa 1965

  • Brilliant — park your car on top, bowl below. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t hip enough to survive waning interest before bowling made a resurgence

    Pawtucket, RI | Built: circa 1955 | Demolition: 2014

  • This cinder block building with a residential looking store facade slapped on it stood vacant for many years before demolition. Part of the way commercial retail comes and goes.

    East Side | Demolition: 2012

  • A rather small commercial storefront that was a branch bank for some time but abandoned for many years before eventual demolition.

    East Side | Demolition: 2009

  • A big hulking 5300-person capacity civic auditorium that hosted sports and entertainment for close to 50 years.

    East Side | Built: 1925 | Demolition: 1989

  • A boarded-up retail space along a retail corridor in need of rethinking

    East Side | Built: Between 1962 & 1972 | Demolition: 2007

  • 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.

    East Side | Built: circa 1948 | Demolition: 2014