College Hill is a neighborhood on the east side of Providence. The neighborhood is home to Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. The neighborhood was known as "Prospect Hill" until the schools became more prominent in the city. Before Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design began to grow, the neighborhood was one of Providence's first populated areas, growing up the hill from Main Street.
A business on Thayer Street.
A building on Thayer Street at Angell Street.
The Avon Cinema, on Thayer Street. The theater was built in 1915 as the Toy Theatre, and was converted into a garage in the late 1910s until it was re-opened as the Avon Cinema in 1938.
Restaurants on Thayer Street at Meeting Street.
Houses converted for business use on Meeting Street.
A building on Thayer Street.
A restaurant on Thayer Street at Meeting Street. In the background is the Sidney E. Frank Life Sciences Building of Brown University.
Houses on Euclid Avenue.
The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, from Olive Street. The Brown University building will be completed in 2011.
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