Athens of the North

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1. R.J. O'Hara on 18 May 2008 — 10:11 pm

   Who stands atop the dome?

2. Andrew Cusack on 18 May 2008 — 10:17 pm

   The statue atop the Edinburgh University dome is “Youth bearing a Torch of Knowledge” by John Hutchison.

3. R.J. O'Hara on 19 May 2008 — 12:33 pm

   That would be an interesting little study, wouldn’t it: “people on top of domes.”

   The fellow on top of the Rhode Island State House in Providence is “The Independent Man”:

   http://www.film.ri.gov/indeman.html

4. Oliver McCarthy on 28 May 2008 — 6:50 pm

   I’m afraid I can’t read that line without thinking of Tom Stoppard’s rejoinder - ‘the Reykjavik of the South’