Town: East Providence, RI

The Red Bridge name has been used with four different bridges connecting Providence and East Providence, but this is the one that “Used To Be There”

During this park’s 90-year run, it entertained millions of New Englanders as well as people from all over the world.

A small summer-time location offering shakes, cold drinks. and ice cream along the East Bay Bike Path

An aging 70-year-old municipal structure outlived its usefullness and could not keep up with the educational needs of a new generation

A former schoolhouse that has been constantly in use by the Girl Scouts of America, East Providence Troops

A purpose-built nursing home that closed within six years due to mismanagement, croneyism, and nepitisim

A mid-century industrial facility designed by famous architects for a little company that went national. Sadly, closed in 1998 and razed in 2020.

A shingle-style public building sat underused for 20 years before being rejuvenated recently

An adorably symmetrical former fire station turned into a private residence in the early 2000s

A 30-year-vacant 19th-century schoolhouse gets a new life as residential apartments

America’s first designed and purpose-built amusement park was open for only 5 years.

A former steel and wire manufacturing facilty along the waterfront in East Providence shut down in 1994 and was razed 10 years later

The former home of three different radio stations left to rot for almost 20 years.