East Providence
The East Side of Providence is home to Ivy League Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and the thriving artistic and intellectual community they attract. Many stately, refurbished Colonial and Federalist mansions can be found in and around Brown and College Hill. The drive down Benefit Street is a visual treat of New England architectural beauty, complete with 19th Century-style streetlights; here you will also find historic churches (Baptist and Unitarian) and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Comfortably fitting into the picturesque East Side neighborhood are a range of small to medium-sized eateries and cafes to suit many tastes. From the elegant riverside Gatehouse Restaurant in the east, and the cosmopolitan Rue de L'espoir, to Louis' Restaurant's diner-style meals on Brook Street, you can find a surprising range of foods and prices in this one very small area. There are handsome green trolleys regularly conveying passengers between these parts of the city, traveling down Brook Street and Wickenden Street to pick up people heading for downtown and other neighborhoods, like Smith Hill, home of Rhode Island's commanding State House, next to the train station and Federal Hill.Nightlife
Attractions
Rhode Island Aquarium & Pet Center
Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church
Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
Restaurants
Geoff's Superlative Sandwiches on Thayer
Hotels
