Let's Discuss Capital Cities -- and recreate the PFB

[pagenotfound 53]

Beijing is Chinas capitol

[Kevin 101]

After being one of the first cities in the country to industrialize, Providence became noted for its jewelry and silverware industry.

[Kevin 101]

Today, Providence city proper alone is home to eight hospitals and seven institutions of higher learning, which has shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains significant manufacturing work.

[patfirefghtr 160]

Springfield is the capitol of IL and Abe's home is not the real home there in the historic park they have... It actually if I remember right had a fire so they actually recreated it...

[Explodingsims 3]

Athens was a city-state for a while, and consequently its own capital.

[Kevin 101]

The city of Providence is geographically very compact, characteristic of eastern seaboard cities which developed prior to use of the automobile.

[kj3400 178]

Denver and DC have I-70 or a spur running through or around it....

[Kevin 101]

Providence has the eighth-highest percentage of pedestrian commuters.

[Kevin 101]

Downtown Providence has numerous 19th century mercantile buildings in the Federal and Victorian architectural styles, as well as several post-modern and modernist buildings, are located throughout this area.

[Kevin 101]

Providence's climate is between humid continental climate and humid subtropical climate, with warm summers, cold winters, and high humidity year-round.

[pagenotfound 53]

Vatican City is the capitol of Vatican City (go figure)

[Duke87 1,070]

Five state capitals are not directly on the interstate system:

Dover, DE

Pierre, SD

Carson City, NV

Juneau, AK

Jefferson City, MO

If I-580 ever gets finished, however, Carson City will drop off that list.

[belfastuniguy 18]

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and was the first ever city in the world to have a building that used Air Conditioning. The Royal Victoria Hospital, developed by the Sirocco Works

[Kevin 101]

Providence serves as Rhode Island's capital, housing the Rhode Island General Assembly as well as the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor in the Rhode Island State House.

[kj3400 178]

US 50 runs from Sacremento, CA, and Annapolis, MD....

[Kevin 101]

Providence's city government has a mayor-council form of government.

[Kevin 101]

Much of Providence culture is synonymous with Rhode Island culture.

[pagenotfound 53]

Jakarta is the capitol of Indonesia

[Kevin 101]

Providence is home to eight hospitals, most prominently Rhode Island Hospital, the largest general acute care hospital in the state.

[IDS2 3,429]

The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku.

[kj3400 178]

Denver is known as D-town....

[Kevin 101]

Providence is served by air primarily by the commercial airfield T. F. Green Airport in nearby Warwick.

[VonBecklar 1]

In the Simpson's universe, their capital city is called Capital City. haza!

[Kevin 101]

Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine.

[Duke87 1,070]

There's a bridge connecting Trenton, NJ, to Pennsylvania that has large letters on it reading "Trenton Makes, The World Takes"

[patfirefghtr 160]

More fun facts on Springfield, IL Did You Know? Did you know that President Lincoln initiated both the federal income tax system and the draft, in 1861? He also proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday, in the year 1864. Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant began his Civil War career as the head of a troop of militia that marched from Springfield on July 3, 1861. Mason-Dixon Line This traditional boundary between North and South passes less than five miles south of the Old State Capitol. Susan Lawrence Springfield's most eccentric citizen retained Frank Lloyd Wright to build her home at a cost of $60,000 in 1904. While inventorying her estate, appraisers found safety deposit boxes all over the country containing feathers from her favorite parrot. Chilli The peculiar spelling of chilli in Springfield originated with the founder of the Dew Chilli Parlor in 1909. His sign in the parlor was misspelled! Other folks believe the spelling matches the first four letters in Illinois. Joe DeFrates, of Springfield, has won the world championship Chilli Cook-off twice. He claims Springfieldians eat more chilli per person than any other community. Colonel Elmer Ellsworth Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, from Springfield, was the first casualty of the Civil War. Historical Puzzle Imagine a building, the outside of which consists of 3,300 stones, weighing from 500-2,000 pounds each. Now imagine taking that building apart, numbering all of those stones, moving them to a safe storage place, reconstructing the inside of a magnificent, historically significant building. Then imagine putting all of those stones back in their original places, like a giant upright puzzle. Well, that's what architects did to restore the beautiful Old State Capitol to its original splendor.

[kj3400 178]

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County.

[Kevin 101]

Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

[Meg 368]

I was born in Washington, DC. I don't live there anymore so I have a voting representative in Congress.

[Duke87 1,070]

Trenton was also the site of a famous Revolutionary war battle.