Neighborhood: Downtown Providence
37 properties
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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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Originally located along N. Main & Canal Sts., across from Roger Williams Park, Providence, the last meat-packing plant survived until the 1980s
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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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The story of two central fire stations located on the perimeter of Exchange Place, now Kennedy Plaza.
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A wonderful meeting of Brutalist and roadside architecture in a striking circular floor plan that fit the location at the apex of Broadway and Atwells Avenue quite well.
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A mapping project to trace the origins and evolution of the Cove Basin north of Downtown and south of Smith Hill, from 1823 to present day
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A low-slung, semi-circular mid-century modern transportation hub in downtown Providence.
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A non-descript downtown commercial building probably faced with enamel and steel details in the 1950s. Razed in 2005 for a condomuium tower that was never built.
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A simple building located next to the former Sportsman’s Inn (now the Dean Hotel) that was razed for a never-built hotel.
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The littlest building in downtown (not including parking lot shelters) that was once home to small coffee shops.
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A modern, 13-story glass box reflecting the mall, the Westin, Union Station, and Waterplace park.
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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 conglomeration of possibly six 1-3 story structures bounded by Westminster, Union, and Weybosset Streets razed in 2005 for a proposed parking garage.
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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 love it or hate it concrete structure in the Brutalist style — its knobby elbows sticking out as decoration.
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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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A nine-story commercial building turned residential and joined the ranks of its neightbors in the collective called “Westminster Lofts”
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Two 19th-century commercial buildings come together to create a unique hotel with historic character
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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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The OneTen tower would have been the tallest building in Providence, and the tallest residential tower in New England at the time.
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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 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 plethora of pithy postcard images from the turn of the century.
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A neo-Georgian building that was home to the original home to the Providence National Bank Company. Razed for a proposed hotel that was never built.
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This 60 year-old Art Deco structure was vacated in 2000 for new digs across the highway. It say vacant for 6 years until a proposed condo structure took it down.
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A sliver of an 1829 structure survives under this turn-of-the-20th-century vaudeville theatre turned movie house turned commercial storefronts
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This mid-1800s structure was one the few examples of Providence’s eminent architect Thomas Tefft but burned in 2006.
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A three-quarters of a billion dollar investment in Downtown Providence, 2005, that was too good to be true
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A photo recreation series of a RISD student portfolio taken in 1975 and 1976 — recreated in 2008
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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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A small mercantile-style building razed for a never-built Sierra Suites Hotel in 2008. This building housed a few well-loved storefronts — New Japan, Cuban Revolution, and the Talk of the Town bar.
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A pair of residential towers built during the mid-2000s post 9-11 boom — condos selling at the time for $300k to $1m.
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A mix of retail, parking, hotel rooms, and upscale condominiums. At 31 stories and 358 feet tall, it is currently the 3rd tallest structure in Rhode Island.
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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”