Recent content by New England Born & Raised

The biggest mistake FR ever made was covering up its namesake falls. The stream ran along the present path of Rte 195 and dropped just to the west of City Hall

The $99M renovation and enlargement of the Fine Arts Center has been completed. The original Brutalist design exterior was clad in brick and a new wing was added in several phases over the last several years. Curtain rises on new era for URI’s Fine Arts Center...

It is incredible to think that Pawtucket, a city of just 8.9 square miles with little undeveloped open space, is possibly poised to add some 2,500 new units of housing within a few years. By my count, these projects (some already open, some in construction, and others proposed) could include...

This 25 acre site is a block over from the train station. On Sept. 4, the office of Gov. Dan McKee announced that it has awarded $4.875 million to the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency and Central Falls Redevelopment Agency to purchase the former Conant Thread–Coats & Clark Mill Complex District...

There is active excavation work happening at the 258 Pine Street Rise project that borders the train station parking lot. Unfortunately the original design was replaced by a cheaper looking suburban type multi building design. This is the last of the six proposed TOD projects from the table...

A 09-08-2026 photo of the nearing completion 125 Goff project. This residential building next to the train station at the corner of Goff and Pine will contain 140 new build housing units.

Photos from 9-8-2026 of the now open Dexter Street Commons Rear

The Tidewater and Apex site developments are poised to add up to 1,100 new residential units in close proximity to one another in downtown Pawtucket. These are on top of the 500 units either recently opened or presently in construction (with another 175 units proposed but not yet started) by...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/pawtucket-affordable-housing-project-receives-161914918.html

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/pawtucket-picks-top-3-proposals-for-apex-redevelopment/

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/new-high-rise-apartment-building-opens-on-former-i-195-land-in-providence/amp/

I understand the need to put it close to the train station but I am not a fan of losing existing park space. Station Park was a great spot for the World Cup attracting large crowds. I myself took in several games there.

Some photos

https://turnto10.com/news/local/new-transit-oriented-housing-development-opens-in-pawtucket-dexter-street-commons-july-23-2026

Its about time. Unacceptable that this did not open by mid May. Most of the summer and multiple large events in the park have passed without it.