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Demolition Alert 6 in Demolition Alerts
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Updated 4 February, 2024: Added a snippet of a news story about the owner’s planning to move forward with demolition
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Added 14 March, 2024: A more than century old ornate schoolhouse has been converted to fourteen apartments as part of the nearby Slater Cotton development
Added 8 March, 2024: An art deco jewel along the Blackstone River is decaying from water infiltration and exorbitant repair costs
Added 3 March, 2024: A very early fire station was repurposed as commercial space and a twin building was built next door
Added 25 February, 2024: A charming flat-iron style building on Charles Street, built circa 1874, changed drastically in the past 50 years
Added 24 February, 2024: The evolution of Downtown Providence and Capital Center from a brand-name retail point of view
Added 18 February, 2024: This four hundred foot long mill had a big part to play in the industrial revolution as home to the inventor James Brown
Added 12 February, 2024: A corner of great change, from prominant residential neighborhood to gritty industrial center and back again
Added 10 February, 2024: A non-descript one story building in the jewelry district was once a job training program for impoverished women
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The Art of Ruins — This week’s artful image
The nation’s first diner to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places
Added 10 February, 2024: An almost 200 year old brick house has seen many changes, from home of a three term Providence Mayor to an industrial business
Updated 4 February, 2024: Added a recent news story about potential redevelopment
Updated 4 February, 2024: Added aerial drone images provided by David Lawlor
Updated 4 February, 2024: Added photos of the demolition sent by John Wardyga
Updated 3 February, 2024: Added more photos of the demolition
Added 24 January, 2024: A recent spate of demolition and development has people questioning what the City is doing to preserve its historic assets.
Added 20 January, 2024: An almost two-century old building which has been in constant use for military-related purposes
#WhatAreTheyBuilding: Under Construction
Added 8 February, 2024: A new four-story apartment building with commercial space replaces a century-old 2 1/2 story gable roof house
Added 1 February, 2024: A state-of-the-art grenhouse, specializing in leafy greens and basil, opened in 2019 on the site of a former industrial plant
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