The History of 31-35 Aborn Street
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1920
31-35 Aborn Street is built. Early tenants include Joseph Dolce barber shop.
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1945
Young’s Chinese American Restaurant advertises renovations at 35 Aborn Street, one of many Chinese restaurants downtown Providence at the time.
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1993
Then owner, J & R Associates leases the property to the adult entertainment lounge, The Satin Doll, who operate out of the building through 2014
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2015
AS220, downtown Providence’s leading cultural non-profit organization, purchased the property with plans to renovate for future performance space, but those plans were never actualized.
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2018
Cornish Associates purchases the property from AS220 with plans to redevelop for retail/restaurant use.
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2019
Led by Steve Durkee, the Cornish team made much needed structural improvements to the property and interior renovations to prepare a new restaurant.
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2020
Opening of Durk’s Bar-B-Q.