Tag: Needs History
37 properties
Are you good at sleuthing out the history of a place? Get in touch with us about any of these properties.
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A simple art-deco-inspired mid-century storefront in Federal Hill demolished for the promise of a new hotel.
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A former clothing store built off the north side of Sears that stayed empty for years and years before being razed in 2009.
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A local-chain tire and automotive parts outlet with four car-wide drive-through bays on a local retail corridor.
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Originally located along N. Main & Canal Sts., across from Roger Williams Park, Providence, the last meat-packing plant survived for about 50 years
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A pair of turn-of-the-20th century buildings in use for commercial and automobile-related businesses with one being converted into apartments
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A neighborhood battle and a prolonged redevelopment took down Clark’s to replace it with mixed-use residential and commercial space
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Brilliant — park your car on top, bowl below. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t hip enough to survive waning interest before bowling made a resurgence
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A low-slung, semi-circular mid-century modern transportation hub in downtown Providence.
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A set of builings to support beachgoers deemed unfit and unsafe due to repeated ocean storms that have been increasing in intensity
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A pair of auto-centric businesses constructed as the “new” highway was carved through Providence in the 50s/60s.
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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.
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A very early fire station was repurposed as commercial space and a twin building was built next door
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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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The littlest building in downtown (not including parking lot shelters) that was once home to small coffee shops.
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A group of three unexciting buildings have been razed to make way for an undetermined future development
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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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A conglomeration of possibly six 1 to 3 story structures bounded by Westminster, Union, and Weybosset Streets razed in 2005 for a proposed parking garage
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A mid-century housing complex that survived the blast intended to take it down.
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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 local scooter sales and repair shop with a side of delicious expresso drinks
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A complex of one- and two-story buildings used for upholstery fabric distribution and manufacture for over 90 years
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A family-owned party supply, costume, and novelty store operating since the early 1980s. Closed in 2005 and burned in 2011.
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A rather small commercial storefront that was a branch bank for some time but abandoned for many years before eventual demolition.
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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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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 stayed vacant for 6 years until a proposed condo structure took it down.
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A simple mid-century industrial building used for jewelry industry purposes over the past 50 years razed in 2011 for speculative purposes
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An unassuming single story commercial property razed for the Walgreens and condos at 333 Atwells Ave.
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A boarded-up retail space along a retail corridor in need of rethinking
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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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A modest turn-of-the-century three story mill in a dense mill area of Pawtucket
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A low set of one-story buildings built into a hill along Valley Street have been razed for… something, we’re not sure
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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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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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Demolition Alert
A turn-of-the-20th-century former funeral home will be demolished for a new apartment building on the edge of Wayland Square
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The former home of three different radio stations left to rot for almost 20 years.
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A sweet and spare little gas and service station formerly on Eddy Street. Love the painted transom sign.