EXPLORE PROVIDENCE S HISTORIC JEWELRY DISTRICT Fun, Food, Wellness and More
THE HISTORIC JEWELRY DISTRICT Fascinating Past, Promising Future Residences once lined our streets, and sailing ships docked at the end of Ship Street. One of the last houses still standing in the District (137 Chestnut) belonged to Providence Mayor Thomas A. Doyle and his sister Sarah (a founder of RISD and Pembroke College), built in 1824. Industry began moving in during the early 1800s. The earliest remaining factory, the 1848 Phenix Iron Foundry, a maker of machinery for the textile industry remains, handsomely restored, at the corner of Elm and Hospital. When the Civil War ended, small jewelry manufacturers began moving in, and as they prospered, built ever-larger factories. Today, their buildings trace the history of industrial architecture in America. The jewelry industry vanished, but its factories found productive new lives: Imperial Knife is loft apartments and offices. Speidel Co., famous for Twist-o-Flex watchbands, is the Brown s Dept. of Molecular Biology. Little Nemo Manufacturing Co. houses Brown s Warren Alpert Medical School. Coro Co., once the leading U.S. maker of costume jewelry, is now a Lifespan health center. A defunct power plant just reopened as a joint RI College/URI nursing school and Brown University administrative offices. Where once an interstate sliced through Providence, construction has begun on a planned million sq. ft. complex with offices, labs, a conference center and a hotel. A large residential complex is slated for Friendship St. Johnson & Johnson has opened a research unit and a medical innovation center is renovating adjoining space. The future is here today in the historic Jewelry District.
YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE JEWELRY DISTRICT For current District news and events and to explore its rich history, go to www.jewelrydistrict.org 1 ALIBI CAFE 18 Bassett Street (401) 273-2233 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ART BAR 171 Chestnut Street www.artbarri.com (401) 272-0177 ARTPROV GALLERY 150 Chestnut Street www.artprovgallery.com (401) 641-5182 ASKEW 150 Chestnut Street www.askewprov.com (401) 270-4040 BAGEL GOURMET CAFE 222 Richmond Street www.bagelgourmetcafe.com (401) 454-8800 CAV RESTAURANT 14 Imperial Place www.cavrestaurant.com (401) 751-9164 DOMAINE DESIGNS 18 Imperial Place domainedesignsltd@gmail.com (401) 351-0253 EMERGING ENERGY ACUPUNCTURE 14 Imperial Place, Unit 203 www.emergingenergy.net (401) 228-8160 FREE PLAY BAR-ARCADE 182 Pine Street freeplayri.com (401) 316-4299 JR S 371 Richmond Street jrsdelivers.com (401) 421-4577 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 LOTUS SALON 14 Imperial Place, Unit 102 lotussalonpvd.com (401) 421-8439 MIRABAR 15 Elbow Street www.mirabar.com (401) 331-6761 NICK-A-NEES 75 South Street (401) 861-7290 OLGA S CUP + SAUCER 103 Point Street www.olgascupandsaucer.blogspot.com (401) 831-6666 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (2018) POINT STREET DUELING PIANOS 3 Davol Square www.pointstreetpianos.com (401) 270-7828 PROVIDENCE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE 34 Elbow Street www.parl.org (401) 421-1399 PROVIDENCE CHILDREN S MUSEUM 100 South Street www.childrenmuseum.org (401) 273-5437 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROVIDENCE POWER YOGA 51 Bassett Street www.providencepoweryoga.com (401) 273-3500 PROVIDENCE RIVER ANIMAL HOSPITAL 131 Point Street providenceriveranimalhospital.com (401) 274-7724 RUE BIS 95 South Street ruebis.com (401) 490-9966 SPEEDWAY GAS 83 Point Street (401) 453-9931 SPRING FORWARD 14 Bassett Street www.springforthdog.com (781) 510-1898 STARBUCKS 59 Chestnut Street www.starbucks.com (401) 598-2195 THE DISTRICT 54 South Street thedistrictri.com (401) 421-0050 THE SHACK 239 Dyer Street UPS STORE 22 Parsonage Street store6708@theupsstore.com (401) 369-7029 XACO TACO 370 Richmond Street www.xacotaco.ca (401) 272-7675
www.jewelrydistrict.org More than ever, a great place to live and work. New loft-style apartments have opened, and more are on the way. The nursing school is in session, an innovation center is under construction and a hotel is in planning stages. Soon, the District will have a new riverside park and a pedestrian bridge to the East Side. CHESTNUT ST. Johnson & Wales 24 PINE ST. FRIENDSHIP ST. 19 9 CLIFFORD ST. 11 IMPERIAL ST. 8 7 BASSETT ST. 6 1 SHIP ST. 23 SOUTH ST. Ship Street Square 4 17 Lifespan Corporation 3 ELBOW ST. HOSPITAL ST. RICHMOND ST. 12 CHESTNUT ST. 18 2 (Future) ELM ST. Wexford Innovation Center (2019) 26 21 5 RICHMOND ST. 27 Brown Medical School 20 DYER ST. 13 POINT ST. 195 Brown School of Professional Studies 10 EDDY ST. SOUTH ST. 25 14 New Park (2019) 28 Entrances in either direction South Street Landing 22 Davol Square 1A 1 Pedestrian Bridge (2018) 15 PROVIDENCE RIVER 16 95
THE JEWELRY DISTRICT ASSOCIATION The JDA is a dedicated group of volunteers with a common goal: as the District moves into an exciting era of new development, maintain a respect for the past and encourage a mixed-use future that blends new and old. Today s District offers unique qualities as a place to live, work and play; we envision a rich future in a walkable, bikeable, livable environment that s welcoming for business and residents alike. JDA committees work actively together with the city, developers, the 195 Redevelopment Commission, businesses and colleges on everything from long-range planning, zoning and design review to nightlife, tree-planting and other quality of life issues. Want to get involved in the next phase in our neighborhood s development? Come to a JDA monthly meeting they re open to the public. For more information and upcoming meeting schedule, visit our website: JewelryDistrict.org Photo Courtesy CV Properties LLC 2017 Jewelry District Association Designed by Mad Creative, a graphic design studio operating in the Jewelry District for over 17 years.