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Live/work: How the housing shortage threatens Providence’s identity as the ‘creative capital’

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2024-09-12 07:57:00
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The old mill buildings of the Olneyville and Valley neighborhoods in Providence were once the home to hundreds of artists. Back in the 1990s, space was cheap in the old mills and many artists were happy to live and work in these run-down post-industrial spaces. But starting in the early aughts, artists faced evictions as many of those buildings were torn down or converted to luxury loft apartments or condos. So what’s available now?

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