This weekend I have traveled to Providence, Rhode Island for business, but I am pleased that I will have time to see my family. When I arrived in Providence I took a few moments to soak up the sights- many are still familiar to me even after all these years living 3,000 miles away. The Rhode Island State Capital building (pictured here) is perhaps the single most identifying structure in Providence. Perched atop a hill overlooking downtown, it is a magnificent building that I had the pleasure of working in a million years ago when I worked for the Governor of Rhode Island. But I digress. Seeing the State House made me start thinking what a good idea it would be to incorporate this trip into a blog post. This was the inspiration for another scintillating edition of The Saturday Seven: Nifty Sights of Providence
above: #1 Statue of Roger Williams, an English theologian who established the settlement of Providence, back in 1636
above: #2 The Temple of Music, at Roger Williams Park
above: #3 Skyline of downtown Providence
above: #4 The gates to Ivy League Brown University
#5 Providence Country Courthouse
above: #6 The Westminster Arcade, the oldest enclosed shopping mall in America, built in 1828
above: #7 The Providence River with WaterFires and gondola rides at night.
-Rick Rockhill
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