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| Building | Location | Date Updated |
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| McCoy Stadium | Pawtucket, RI Built: 1938-1940 |
Updated 20 April, 2025: Added new photos of the demolition underway |
| Waterman Street, #230 | East Side Built: 1892 |
Updated 6 January, 2025: Added two recent photos of the building as it still stands, two years after a decision to raze it |
| Rufus Waterman House, Waterman Street | College Hill Built: 1877 |
Added 28 August, 2024: A beautifully detailed late 19th-century double house will succumb to the wrecking ball in favor of more of the same modern apartment building design |
| Mount Pleasant High School | North Providence Built: 1938 |
Added 30 December, 2023: A rare âCollegiate Gothicâ-style high school faces potential demolition as educators and the public struggle with the complex emotions surrounding a quality public education |
| Building | Location | Date Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Raymondâs Rectory | East Side Built: 1952 |
Added 27 April, 2025: A mid-century building in an older style is converted from a former rectory to residential apartments |
| Saint Raymondâs Convent & Dominican Sisters | East Side Built: 1925 |
Added 26 April, 2025: A large stately building has been converted to 11 apartments as a mix of modern finishes with historic details |
| Pilgrim Congregational Church | West Side Built: 1873 |
Updated 13 April, 2025: Added a photo found in the PPS Architectural Slide Collection |
| Engine Company 8 (Annex) | West Side Built: circa 1866 |
Added 13 April, 2025: A 150-year-old firehouse annex gets a third life as an expanded residence and art studio after a residential conversion in the 1990s |
| Beneficent House | Downtown Providence Built: 1966-67 |
Added 30 March, 2025: Designed by star-chitect Paul Rudolph, this âmodernâ building by some standards shows the softer, human side of the Brutalist style of the 1960s |
| Apex Department Store | Pawtucket, RI Built: 1969 |
Updated 23 March, 2025: Added photos of the damage to the top of the ziggurat and its recent deconstruction. |
| Colonial Knife | Olneyville/Valley Built: before 1908 Demolition: 2023 Decade: 1900-1909 |
 This weekâs artful image |
| Pawtucket West High School | Pawtucket, RI Built: 1938â1939 |
Added 10 March, 2025: A highly decorative example of Art Deco municipal buildings constructed at the height of publically-funded Depression-era projects |
| Ashburton Fire Station | North End,Charles Built: 1900 |
Updated 23 February, 2025: Added two recent photos from last fall as the building slowly decays |
| Dari Bee Ice Cream | East Providence, RI Built: Between 1962 and 1972 |
Added 1 February, 2025: A small summer-time location offering shakes, cold drinks. and ice cream along the East Bay Bike Path |
| American Screw Company | College Hill Built: 1840â1873 Demolition: 1971 |
Updated 20 January, 2025: Added an image of the Rusty Scupper restaurant sign taken in 1977 |
| Wayland Bakery & Opt Eyewear | East Side Built: 1960â1961 Demolition: 2025 |
Added 10 January, 2025: A two-unit commercial strip once home to a 100-year-old bakery business is razed in Wayland Square |
How is Providenceâs Historic Aesthetic Maintained?
Essay: Added 8 January, 2025:
Providence has 8 historic districts covering over 2,600 documented properties. Staff and volunteers at the Providence Historic Districts Commission review and weigh in on any and all exterior changes in order to determine if they are consistent with the character of the historic district. And we think this semi-public has been working well.
#WhatAreTheyBuilding: Under Construction
| Building | Location | Date Updated |
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| Eighth Street, #24 | East Side Built: 2023â2025 |
Added 29 April, 2025: New apartment construction on a previously vacant lot as part of a larger block of residential renovations |
| Broadway, #545 | West Side Built: 2023â2024 |
Added 25 January, 2025: A new infill home thoughtfully designed to fit the neighborhood while adhering to modern building practices |
| Broadway, #189 | West Side Built: Circa 1968 |
Added 5 January, 2025: An unassuming commercial building gets a makeover in 2025 as a community gathering space and offices for a new non-profit |
Also! The list of new building proposals we are keeping an eye on.
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The building in the back (the substation, I think?) was being demolished a couple weeks ago (April 18). I havenât been by there since.
Ken Zirkelon Alexander Duncan Warehouse 30 April, 2025 |
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I first moved into the top floor of 5/7 Steeple Street in 1993. My father and my friends and I put in all of the stud and wall board and electrical and plumbing - including a shower we made with plywood and epoxy. I lived there with many great roommates for 12 full years - all...
Matt Cottamon Congdon & Carpenter Building and the George & Smith Owen Building 29 April, 2025 |
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I work there in 1990 through 2001 Iâm looking to find out who owned it in the later part of that time because I am due a pension and Iâm trying to find out from here thank you
Ronald Towsendon Howard & Bullough American Machine Co. 18 April, 2025 |
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50+ years ago my father took me for my first roller coaster ride here. Scared to death but kept riding till I enjoyed it. I miss these old smaller parks such as this place and others. Jolly Chollyâs Attleboro, Rocky Point, Warwick. Good memories. Better than these giant places...
Pete Fioreon Lincoln Amusement Park 17 April, 2025 |
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Saw Elvis in 1977 there, Bowie, Neil young, Sinatra, Steve Martin, Neil diamond
Donon Providence Civic Center 17 April, 2025 |
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I remember going there with my cousins in the 70âs. Then weâd hit the China Royal if it wasnât too late. ah, the chow mein in those metal covered pans. My parents met at the ballroom at Lincoln Park. My dad had just finished high school yet he was a WW2 veteran.
Danny âKnucklesâ Ferrieraon Lincoln Amusement Park 16 April, 2025 |
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THE MILLION DOLLAR BALLROOM featured the majority of the famous Big Bands over the years from ARTIE SHAW, COUNT BASIE, DUKE ELLINGTON, GLENN MILLER, TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY AND MORE. All of the Presidential bands from Washington DC performed also, The UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, ...
Pete Rosaon Lincoln Amusement Park 15 April, 2025 |
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I spent the best years of my childhood (ages 6-13) on Bluff Ave. It was awesome! Spent many days playing at âThe Temple.â My sister and I learned how to twirl a baton there from the girls who practiced in the front yard. The bushes that were on the right side on the hillside ...
Diane Knope Throweron Possner Castle 13 April, 2025 |
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