Town: Providence, RI
129 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 handsome two-story former wharf warehouse along Dyer street, backing up to the Providence River, used as a electric substation for about 100 years
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A lovely split-square dual residence at the beginning of Atwells Avenue, razed in 2014 for a speculative development that has not yet come to pass
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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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An amazingly dense complex of mill structures dating from the mid-1800s and in use for over 100 years before succumbing to two large fires in the midst of plans to redevelop
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A small, square remnant of a much larger Riverside Mills complex remained as City property for almost 30 years before being torn down.
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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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Built circa 1915, these concrete coal storage towers were demolished in late 2002 by oversight — a permit was granted despite their protection by inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
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A long-standing and intact example of mill architecture from the late 1800s, available as studio and commercial space
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Two massive five-story, brick, pier-and-spandrel warehouses along the waterfront once used for storing cargo. Vacant for 15+ years before demolition from 2013-2015.
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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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A new 13-story office tower headquarters for BCBS Rhode Island built in 2008
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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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The first building in Rhode Island made from recycled shipping containers is available for lease as office space
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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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Slow and steady wins this race — vacated in 1964, some of the buildings were in use as early as 1988, but only 30 years later has the entire complex been redeveloped
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The existing BioMed center bounded by Brown, Meeting, Thayer, and Olive Streets got a $95m addition for a new Biomedical Research center
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A large former gymnasium with a large enough indoor space to support a suspended indoor quarter mile track. Demolished in 2001.
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A part of the Provisions District met the wrecking ball in 2011. Owner of this and nearby buildings, The Providence Journal Company, used deferred maintenance as an excuse.
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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 hub of student and museum activity for RISD named after the late Happy Chase, an ardent preservationist of properties along Benefit Street
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These three restaurants are a gateway to memories of mid-century immigrant restaurants and their impact on our taste buds.
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Closed in 1981, this William R. Walker and Son-designed church was vacant for over 20 years before neglect contributed to its demise.
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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 neighborhood battle and a prolonged redevelopment took down Clark’s to replace it with mixed-use residential and commercial space
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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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The “Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge” at Crook Point was abandoned in 1976 but once carried Providence, East Providence, Warren, & Bristol train lines
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A low-slung, semi-circular mid-century modern transportation hub in downtown Providence.
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An over 180-year-old mill structure with the Woonasquatucket river at its back and a former office building fronting Manton Avenue
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A relatively simple carriage house down the hill from Benefit Street featuring unique architectural details and construction
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In use for almost 70 years, the East Side Train tunnel burrows beneath College Hill and once connected Union Station to East Providence
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A small, unassuming but nicely detailed brick firehouse from the mid-19th century on Providence’s West Side
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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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An almost 100 year old apartment building turned dormitory became too downtrodden to be useful.
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A historic home that was not officially verified as “historic”, therefore it was unprotected from demolition by neglect
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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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Falling into disrepair since the 1970s, this once important community center found new use and continues to support the neighborhood and Providence schoolchildren
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An unconventional home (for Providence) in a conventioanl working class neighborhood
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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 small but mighty former firefighter training facility turned art space and music venue and most recently, a hostel concept
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A sprawling complex and a leading designer of silver goods for 100 years or more. Still in business (not in RI) as part of the Lenox Corporation.
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A mid-sized 4-story mill of red brick and stucco in the middle of a residential neighborhood became apartments in 2009
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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 long fight over the demolition of a former neighborhood school — and a contributing structure to the Broadway-Armory Historic District.
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What was left of the former lumber yard along Harris Ave. was replaced with new office space in 2009
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A mid-century housing complex that survived the blast intended to take it down.
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A mystery! How long did this slender building along Charles Street and the Moshassuck river stand?
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A sweet little post-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 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 two-story brick L-shaped mill along Eddy Street south of the corner of Eddy and Public Streets. In decay for 10 years or more before being razed in 2005.
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A lovely little pub that we never had to pleasure of visiting. Construction on a 3 mile sewer project damaged the foundations beyond repair.
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A local scooter sales and repair shop with a side of delicious expresso drinks
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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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This handsome trapezoidal mill building with chamfered corner in the Jewelry District was converted to lofts in 2004.
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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 cute, manageable, three-story mill building on the outskirts of Smith Hill surrounded by car yards
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Vacant since 1987, this building stood on the West Side across from Central High School for over 20 years before being completely razed to the ground.
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A neglected little brick Greek-revival building vacant and boarded up since a fire in the 1990s succumbed to extensive roof damage in 2020
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This Neo—Classical Revival structure stood unfinished for 80 years before finally getting a new life as a hotel in 2004.
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This imposing, 6-story cold storage facility ran continuously for 98 years. It fell to the wrecking ball before converting these buildings becamethe cool thing to do.
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A large mill complex of 13 buildings on 2 acres was converted to apartments and commercial space in 2005
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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 classically-inspired former bank with soaring vaulted ceiling finds new life as a performing arts center
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A seven story low rise condominium complex along the Blackstone River with 255 units — the first phase of a larger residential 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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The first LEED-certified college residence hall in the state, part of the Rhode Island College campus
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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 group of turn-of-the-century mills get converted into affordable residential units and commercial/office space
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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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An unassuming rehabilitation of a simple mid-century industrial space into a modern office
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This 70-year-old diner car sat on blocks for 10 years before being restored and reopened as a classic breakfast and lunch diner
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A plethora of pithy postcard images from the turn of the century.
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A fire on Christmas morning gutted the building, but the Masonic Lodge members plan to rebuild, and you can help.
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This property is actually a tale of three things — competitive cycling, a football stadium, and the Providence Steamroller
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A mill redevelopment that tried to be different than the typical luxury condos and one that change residential zoning to help make units more affordable
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A long, low slung industrial building west of the highway and in the shadow of the Providence Place Mall. Neglect over ten years as well as some nefarious local dealings took the building down.
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Demolished as part of the relocation of I-195 in the early 2000s, this large mill complex was home 45 small businesses, art studios, and a bar.
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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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Two simple, turn-of-the- and mid-century industrial buildings used for jewelry industry purposes over the past 50 years razed in 2011 for speculative purposes.
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A big hulking 5300-person capacity civic auditorium that hosted sports and entertainment for close to 50 years.
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A new bank construction done in a classical form on Smith Hill steps away from the State House.
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A sprawling pre-Civil-War-era complex with a proud history of metal manufacturing of many kinds, including armaments
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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 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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A small commercial building surrounded by parking lots razed for an 800 car parking garage for Johnson & Wales University
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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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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 former waterfront nightclub overlooking Narragansett Bay that operated under many different names in its 10 year lifespan
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An early demolition of a large mill complex that flew under the radar in the early 2000s. Replaced by a Home Depot shopping center.
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A 60-year history slinging good, hearty diner food evaporated into a cyclone of legal battles. The diner itself is still unrestored.
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An innovative early 70s hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure design that allowed a 130' x 325' uninterrupted interior space for the Brown University pool
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A massive 58,000 sf former electricity generating station went through three different redevelopment projects over 20 years before finally being completed
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A narrow 3-story building built as infill when rail lines were removed in the Provisions Warehouse District. Most recently a set of nightclubs.
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A present-day example of early car service culture — white enamelled panels with bright green and red accents and an utilitarian design
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An early entry into the luxury apartment market built in 2003. By 2005 it was purchased and redeveloped as 330 condominiums.
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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 large, late 19th-century mill complex razed for the relocation of I-195 in the mid-2000s. The complex was eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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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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4-story new construction marries a 2-story Greek Revival 150 years younger at the base of College Hill
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The one that started a revolution. A 13 acre site, bounded by Atwells Ave, Eagle Street, and Valley Street, housing cheap artist studio space and the famous Fort Thunder arts collective.
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An new addition to a old home along historic Angell Street brings new character and larger space for those that want to practice their zen
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An older building made way for a new patient care and operating room facility in the middle of a dense residental neighborhood
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Old aerials of Providence taken from different vantage points and at different times in its development.
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An ornate mill-company-built community space subdivided into offices during the last century
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A recently underutilized mill building with distinctive central octoganol tower to become 225 apartments and commercial space
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A large parcel of land on the edge of the jewelry district whose 1- and 2-story buildings were razed by speculation but nothing yet occupies the site.
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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 56,000 square foot center for Brown University’s international studies students
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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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Four residential units plus retail in a industrial chic box added density to the West Side in 2007.
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A WBNA project house built on the site of a former auto body business along bustling Westminster Street
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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”
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A sweet and spare little gas and service station formerly on Eddy Street. Love the painted transom sign.
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An 80' high, 400' long steel bridge spanning the Providence River, preassembled and floated into place on August 27, 2006