Artists envision mills as an oasis
CENTRAL FALLS - From the top of the former American Broadloom mill at 404 Roosevelt Ave, you can look down the street and spot Slater Mill, the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.
Now, the three men who have purchased American Broadloom are planning a revolution of their own.
Benjamin Burbank, Damon B. Carter and Nicolas Radecki, all of Providence, want to convert the mill into 15 studio-loft apartments, a cafe, a gallery, a glass art studio and innovative garden rooftops that would help keep a part of the building cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

February 26, 2004
BY TATIANA PINA
Journal Staff Writer

Artists get zoning at mill site
CENTRAL FALLS - Three men proposing a $1.2-million project to convert the former American Broad Loom mill to a space for studio loft-apartments, a cafe and gallery, cleared a major hurdle last week when the Board of Zoning Review granted the special permits and variance they need to proceed with plans.

March 1, 2004
BY TATIANA PINA
Journal Staff Writer

March 18, 2006
BY TATIANA PINA
Journal Staff Writer

Condos find Central Falls (full story)
It seems like every New Englander with an upper-middle class income has thought about buying a condominium in a restored -- or renovated -- mill building, but you almost never hear about Central Falls.

February 7, 2007
BY DAVID CASEY
Times staff writer