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Pawtucket’s industrial-chic urban core
Downtown Pawtucket is the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, thanks to Samuel Slater opening the country’s first water-powered cotton spinning mill here in 1793. Pawtucket was a quiet village of craftspeople for 122 years before the mill opened, but the city and its center quickly became a humming industrial hub afterward. Slater Mill stopped spinning in 1920, ending Downtown’s mill neighborhood era. Today, Pawtucket’s urban core is a walkable business district known for its locally owned restaurants and retailers, sports stadiums and artsy-historic atmosphere. Re/Max Innovations Realtor Samuel Alba, a Rhode Island local with more than 14 years of real estate experience, says Downtown Pawtucket is the center of the city's growth at the moment, with a new professional soccer stadium under construction and an increasing number of mom-and-pop shops and restaurants. "Pawtucket is less of a suburb and more of an extension of Providence," Alba says, referring to Rhode Island's capital city, immediately south. "But Downtown Pawtucket is developing its own, distinct, atmosphere."
Main Street offers Downtown Pawtucket resents a wide variety of opportunites.
Downtown Pawtucket is home to the Old Slater Mill National Historic Site.
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City center multifamily and condo living
Downtown Pawtucket’s housing stock is mostly made up of large Colonial Revivals built as single-family homes between the 1880s and 1920s, then converted into multifamily homes in the late 1900s and early 2000s. Sales prices tend to run anywhere from $229,900 to nearly $800,000. Realtor Robert Rutley of Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, who has nearly 10 years of experience in the local market, says there are also some “attractive loft buildings” downtown, including condos in converted factory buildings. Condo units sell for between $185,000 and $435,000, while whole buildings can range between $685,000 and $1.1 million. Rutley observes that prices in Pawtucket are lower than in surrounding cities like Providence. “As people merge out to neighborhoods that are adjacent to Providence because of the price differential, I think Pawtucket has great value and great opportunities, even for people in the Boston market,” he says.
Many Colonial inspired Multi-Families line the streets of Downtown Pawtucket.
Many large industrial buildings in Downtown Pawtucket have been converted to housing.
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Arts, history and stadiums for rec and pro sports teams
The Providence Hockey Club Capitals, both youth and adult teams, play at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Downtown Pawtucket. The arena is also open to the public periodically for hockey and skating. Participants in the open hockey times must be at least 14 years old. The United Soccer League’s Rhode Island FC will soon play home games at the Stadium at Tidewater Landing, a 10,000-seat soccer pitch under construction on the riverfront south of Downtown. Alba notes that Pawtucketers are excited about the new pro-soccer stadium, especially after losing the PawSox, the city’s former minor league baseball team now based in Worcester, Massachusetts. “They’re ready for a pro team again,” he says. The Blackstone Valley Visitor Center is also on the river. Beyond housing the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council offices, the visitor center has local business brochures, history exhibits, a gallery and a gift shop. The Old Slater Mill still stands nearby; today, it’s a National Historic Landmark, open for tours. The visitor center and mill are on Roosevelt Avenue, where the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place each March. Empanada Fest is a block party-type food festival on Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street in late August every year. It’s part of the days-long Pawtucket Arts Festival, an annual celebration of theatre, film, visual, folk-traditional, dance and music. Arts Fest events are spread all over the city, but Downtown often hosts gallery tours, street performances and art installations.
Catch an exciting game at Dennis M. Lynch Areana in Downtown Pawtucket.
Machines With Magnets offer Downtown Pawtucket incredible spaces to book for events.
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Retailers, restaurants and more between Barton Street and the river
Downtown businesses are concentrated between the railroad tracks running parallel to Barton Street and the Blackstone River. Still on Main is an arcade-style shopping center in a renovated 20th-century brick department store, with beauty salons, lounges, an indoor playground, shops and eateries. Syroya’s Sweetsations does custom cakes and confections; Caribbean Delights is a bar and Jamaican restaurant; The Vine is a quick service juicery and health food restaurant. Around the corner from Still on Main, Machines with Magnets is a contemporary art gallery with a vibey experimental music and performance venue, and the queer/women/veteran-owned Rhode Island Spirits Distillery & Tasting Room serves liquor crafted from locally foraged botanicals. Nearby, The Main Oasis and Don Armando Meat Market sell grocery staples.
Still on Main is located in the Black Block Cultural District in Downtown Pawtucket, RI.
Grab a snack at Seed Cafe inside Still on Main in Pawtucket, RI.
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Historic Tolman High School offers Career & Technical Education programs
The Pawtucket School District offers open enrollment, so parents and their children can apply to attend any school in the system, regardless of their address. However, Downtown is zoned for Agnes E. Little Elementary, Joseph Jenks Middle and William E. Tolman High. Jenks Middle earns a C from Niche. Little and Tolman get C-plus grades. The riverfront Tolman High is within 2 miles of most homes. Built in 1926 and last renovated in the ‘80s, Tolman is home to the oldest still-in-use school gym in Rhode Island. The high school’s Career & Technical Education program offers courses in subjects like engineering, finance, forensics and marketing.
Tolman High School educates students in grades 9-12.
The Mission of Agnes E. Little Elementary is to enable learners to become high achievers.
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Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center offers bus and train services
On the northwest side of Downtown, the Pawtucket-Central Falls Transit Center is a central transportation hub for bus and train travel. Commuter rail lines connect Pawtucket with Providence and several stations in Massachusetts, while bus lines web throughout Pawtucket and the greater Blackstone Valley. Interstate 95 curves around the neighborhood’s southeast side. The 5.6-mile drive southeast to downtown Providence takes about 11 minutes via the interstate, with no traffic. Boston is nearly 46 miles in the opposite direction, about an hour-long drive with no traffic on I-95. Providence and Boston are home to major regional employers. Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, a big local employer, is a mile from Downtown Pawtucket, southeast across the river and the interstate.
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Crime and Safety
1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime
Downtown Pawtucket
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Homicide
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4
Sexual Assault
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4
Assault with Weapon
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4
Robbery
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Burglary
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4
Motor Vehicle Theft
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Larceny
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Crime Score
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Downtown Pawtucket Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Downtown Pawtucket, Pawtucket sell after 59 days on the market compared to the national average of 56 days. The median sale price for homes in Downtown Pawtucket, Pawtucket over the last 12 months is $315,000, down 7% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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3 family with finished basement. 1st fl has 2 bedrooms, 2nd fl has 3 bedrooms and 3rd floor has 2 bedrooms. Hardwood floors, ample parking. TENANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LONG TIME. RENTS ARE LOW
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Spacious 2 Bedroom. Features a bright and open layout, eat-in kitchen, off-street parking. Convenient location! Short Drive to Downtown Providence, 1 minute drive to Train Station which will get you to Boston within the hour.. Easy access to highway I-95 and many College's (RISD, Providence College, Brown University, Rhode Island College). First and Security Deposit Required. No Smoking.
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