Episode 2: What Is This Place?

To get to the Met from downtown, you'll probably end up driving down Broad Street, right through Providence's south side.

It's a working class neighborhood, mostly immigrants.

Lots of people live here.

It's always busy.

You'll also drive by Providence's two biggest public high schools, Classical and Central.

You can't miss them.

They're huge.

They're like a lot of high schools, brick and concrete.

There's a football field and some parking lots.

They take up a whole city block.

Eventually, you'll turn left onto Public Street.

You'll see a stretch of triple deckers, as we say in New England, three-story, multifamily, wood frame homes.

And then, you're at the Met, right in the middle of the neighborhood.

Just like Alberto, lots of people come here and ask, "What is this place?" The answer's a little complicated, so we'll start with a short tour.

I like being here.

It's a good energy compared to other high schools.

Daniela Miralles is currently in 11th grade at the Met.

She and I will show you around.

We have sort of a large amount of, like, land, and I thought, "Wow, this is really beautiful."

There's a big field out front, lots of trees, a walking track, and then there are the buildings.

When you first come to the Met, you see these beautiful brick buildings.

They catch your attention.

There are about 600 students on this campus.

Instead of one big school building, the students are spread out in four smaller ones.

There's the Unity Building, the Justice Building, the Liberty Building, and the Quality Building.

To get to the Met from downtown, you'll probably end up driving down Broad Street, right through Providence's south side.

It's a working class neighborhood, mostly immigrants.

Lots of people live here.

It's always busy.

You'll also drive by Providence's two biggest public high schools, Classical and Central.

You can't miss them.

They're huge.

They're like a lot of high schools, brick and concrete.

There's a football field and some parking lots.

They take up a whole city block.

Eventually, you'll turn left onto Public Street.

You'll see a stretch of triple deckers, as we say in New England, three-story, multifamily, wood frame homes.

And then, you're at the Met, right in the middle of the neighborhood.

Just like Alberto, lots of people come here and ask, "What is this place?" The answer's a little complicated, so we'll start with a short tour.

I like being here.

It's a good energy compared to other high schools.

Daniela Miralles is currently in 11th grade at the Met.

She and I will show you around.

We have sort of a large amount of, like, land, and I thought, "Wow, this is really beautiful."

There's a big field out front, lots of trees, a walking track, and then there are the buildings.

When you first come to the Met, you see these beautiful brick buildings.

They catch your attention.

There are about 600 students on this campus.

Instead of one big school building, the students are spread out in four smaller ones.

There's the Unity Building, the Justice Building, the Liberty Building, and the Quality Building.