Town: Pawtucket, RI

An almost 100,000 square foot mill in an industrial section of Pawtucket that has been used as studio space for 30 years

An iconic department store visible from interstate 95 in Pawtucket with an uncertain future

A handsome, if not crumbling, three story brick and granite five-sided commercial building at the gateway to Pawtucket’s Downtown

A fine example of turn-of-the-19th-century hydroelectric power generation situated below Pawtucket Falls along the Blackstone River

A late 19th-century mill building used originally as a machine shop but largely as a cording manufacturer that converted to residential in 2004

A more than century old ornate schoolhouse has been converted to fourteen apartments as part of the nearby Slater Cotton development

A very large, wood shingle mansion in Quality Hill with attached carriage house that was used as a senior care facility for 105 years

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

Likely a former Phillips 66 Gas Station, this building went from tire shop to restaurant to convenience store

A low-slung, 2-story mill with numerous large windows sat vacant for years before it succumbed to a fire

A very early fire station was repurposed as commercial space and a twin building was built next door

This 3-story flatiron 1920s commercial building was vacant for more than 20 years

A tan, brick, two-story commercial building on its own island of land between Main and Broadway in Downtown Pawtucket

An early conversion from industrial mill to residential and commercial space visible from the highway as visitors enter from Massachusetts

An irregulary shaped former horse stable turned furniture showroom turned apartments

This huge 7-acre complex is a mixed-use, active-24/7 collection of 165 flexible business spaces and 149 mill lofts

The iconic “HOPE” sign rose off the roof of a mill building as you drove north on 95 until a fire devastated it in 2004.

A 100+ year old former fire house was demolished in order to command a high price for redevelopment on a busy street

A decaying former banking hall with high cielings and an interior stained-glass lit dome shrouded in copper

This four hundred foot long mill had a big part to play in the industrial revolution as home to the inventor James Brown

One of the first condominium mill conversions in Pawtucket, taking full advantage of the picturesque Blackstone river

An irregulary shaped two-story former jewelry mill turned into a small-business studio and residence

A large two- and three-story mill complex bordered by Conant, Pine, Barton, and Weeden Streets

This once ornate building was simplified in the 1920s and once again in the 2000s but has always been commercial space

A campus of eight builidngs constructed over the course of 80 years and encompassing styles from Romanesque to Spanish Colonial to Brutalism

A complex of one- and two-story buildings used for upholstery fabric distribution and manufacture for over 90 years

One of two remaining Sterling Streamliner diners manufactured in the late 1930s by the J.B. Judkins Company left in the country

A family-owned party supply, costume, and novelty store operating since the early 1980s. Closed in 2005 and burned in 2011.

One of the most profitable race tracks in American history had a 44 year run

A beaux-arts beauty of a train station decays twenty-one feet over the tracks on the city line between Pawtucket and Central Falls

A massive, Romanesque-revival style, granite and brick masonry building with an interior Drill Hall clearspan space of 80 by 140 feet

An art deco jewel along the Blackstone River is decaying from water infiltration and exorbitant repair costs

An early 1900s fire station converted to a senior center in the 1980s and in constant use ever since

An empty and derelict 150 year old mansion lost a fight to find a savior and new purpose

A former catholic school has been vacant since 2009 while plans to create new residences have yet to happen

A 60-year history slinging good, hearty diner food evaporated into a cyclone of legal battles. The diner itself is still unrestored.

A tall, handsome mill which was a cottom weaving company for about 35 years before becomming a realty company that rented space to other businesses — now residential lofts

An early-19th-century mill complex remained industrial for 100 years now has an uncertain future as industry continues to leave the state (and country)

A comparison of the iconic sawtooth weave shed of the Slater Dye Works over 35 years

A modest turn-of-the-century three story mill in a dense mill area of Pawtucket

A drive-up news stand on the “Pawtucket Downtown Loop” that survived for almost 40 years

A small single-story brick commercial-industrial storefront with subtle art-deco details

A former businessman’s club that could no longer operate is turned into the offices for an archoeological and historic preservation non-profit

A 400,000+ sq. ft. series of mill buildings dating from 1870 and converted to residential units after suffering a devastating fire that leveled half the complex

A mini-arcade type of commercial building in a once bustling retail district turned small business and destination retail space

A former screw and fastener manufacturer that has been revitalized as a cooperative craft brewing collective