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Providence -✨ VOLUME Up! 1 Min Video "Hello Design Week RI (Sept 12–19)! ~ We’re Proud To Celebrate The Creative Capital ~ LOOK! 5 Spectacular Design Projects: Explore Them All FREE!!! from Gracie Media ~ https://t.co/bcFCgqmsXW ~ https://t.co/Nurkh7jGGL | https://t.co/xZuoL64Ofl | https://t.co/7sbRpbhzYB | https://t.co/MLEnT2Ts5I #DesignWeekRI #CreativeCapital

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Providence -✨ Welcome to Design Week RI (Sept 12–19)! ~ We’re Proud To Celebrate The Creative Capital ~ LOOK! 5 Spectacular Design Projects: Explore Them All FREE!!! from Gracie Media ~ https://t.co/WTzwrWcwhD ~ https://t.co/Nurkh7jGGL | https://t.co/xZuoL64Ofl | https://t.co/7sbRpbhzYB | https://t.co/MLEnT2Ts5I #DesignWeekRI #CreativeCapital

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Providence RI - "Made In PVD!" Let's Make This Official! 2,000 Restaurants, Art, Design, Crafts All Made In PVD! - https://t.co/owTpAIs9Cw
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Providence RI - LOOK! Eight Incredible All NEW PVD 2025 Design Projects Coming Soon to Stages & Screens Near You! - https://t.co/5Z0H7AIMUf @PVDMayor @PVDFest @PVDMonthly

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Providence RI - "What is Happening??! 'Greyscale World' ~ Design, Creativity & Innovation in The Creative Capital Of New England ~ Providence Rhode Island ~ Your 1-Min Explaner Video... https://t.co/jsCm1VKl6y

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Providence RI - Did You Know? Somewhere in DownCity Providence, $50 bills appear in odd places. Each finder turns their luck into more. But one designer’s fifty comes back… with a twist. LISTEN Up! 2-min Narrated Design Adventure Story → https://t.co/bAYkBWeZBI

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Providence RI - From RISD to the World Stage, Seth MacFarlane brings Charm, Wit, & a Golden voice. Picture him singing "Good Morning Providence" ~ our city’s Anthem to Design, Creativity & Innovation ~ In The Creative Capital of New England ~ Providence RI!🎶✨https://t.co/BUUy5K2O4c

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Providence RI - RISD gave him roots, the World gave him Applause ~ now Seth MacFarlane could give Providence a Glorious Hello in "Good Morning Providence" the Opening Song & Ode to Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oh What A Beautiful Morning!!!"🎭💡https://t.co/jsCm1VKl6y

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WOW! Design! ALL New! Design "Spin-spiration" ~ Take a spin! Design Styles, Themes & Ideas to Keep You Inspired! ~ https://t.co/ZQ4CtMnY3g

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Providence RI - ALL New! Design "Spin-spiration" ~ Take a spin! Design Styles, Themes & Ideas to Keep You Inspired! ~ https://t.co/ZQ4CtMovSO

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Fine Feathers On A Wire ~ Our Winged Watchers
By AB Marcus
Have you ever noticed those birds? They perch. They gather. They congregate.
On lamp poles, lines and signs, wherever highways cross
Have you noticed?
Those tiny witnesses watching the rivers of bejeweled colored cars below.
They watch the motion,
sliding east and west, north and south,
while they perch above it all,
surveying the great highway crossroads of our land.
Next time you drive beneath, look up
you'll see your flock of fine feathered friends of the sky,
watching us as we rush by.
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RT @PVDesignDist: Providence RI - "Made in PVD" ~ The Creative Capital of New England is a citywide movement & celebration of everything cr…

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Providence RI - VOLUME Up! ~ 2 Min Story: "Roger Williams' Curse & The Unfinished Temple!" By AB Marcus - https://t.co/fcuqRS8h8z

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Providence RI - "What is 'Greyscale World' All About?? Your 1-Min Explanation... ~ https://t.co/5Z0H7AIMUf

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Providence RI - Our State Motto is One Word: "Hope" - Listen Up! NEW Hope Song ~ Sing-Along-Karaoke Version Style!! - https://t.co/jsCm1VKSW6

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Providence RI - "The Prodigal Sun Also Rises” ~ 2 Min - Narrated Tale ~ All New Design Adventure Story ~ A new world. A new stage design. This Time with Eugene Lee Broadway & PVD's Stage Designer ~ https://t.co/7Z0cwcTXoe

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Providence RI - 2 Min - Narrated ~ All New Design Adventure Story ~ "The Prodigal Sun Also Rises” ~ A new world. A new stage design. This Time with Eugene Lee Broadways Stage Designer ~ https://t.co/0iWSnUchHY

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Remember "A Tip" is often like the "Tip of An Iceberg!" ~ An Ocean of Gratitude Lies Just Below The Service!

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Providence RI - Westminster Street Blight Turned Right! - https://t.co/uCcVhrwcl7

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🍫 “A Tale of Two Chocolate Shops” – A NEW Vision for Reviving Westminster Street PVD

By Anthony Mark Ruspantini
I’ve been walking Westminster Street with my three dogs for years now--watching it evolve, struggle, reinvent itself, and stretch toward the promise of what it could be.

With its incredible history, architecture, and proximity to RISD and Johnson & Wales, it should already be one of the most vibrant walking streets in the Northeast. And yet, something is missing--something simple, universal, and irresistible.

Chocolate.

I’ve come to believe that one of the most powerful tools we have to spark a revival here--especially one rooted in joy, community, and curiosity--is to open two distinct chocolate emporiums on Westminster Street. One at the historic Arcade, and the other at 328 Westminster, an open property currently just waiting for a reason to shine again.

Picture this: you step into the Arcade, that iconic architectural jewelbox, and are immediately greeted by the scent of hand-crafted truffles, hot chocolate, and the sound of laughter. Maybe it’s a modern, sleek chocolate café there--where students, visitors, and downtown workers come for an indulgent break.

Then you stroll the block, winding your way past murals, shops, galleries, and hidden gems of Providence. At the far end, 328 Westminster welcomes you with a completely different flavor--a cozy, whimsical “old-world” chocolate parlor, with warm wood, chandeliers, and glass cases full of treasures.
These two shops would become anchors--emotional waypoints on what I’m calling The Westminster Walk. Not just a shopping trip, but an experience. The chocolate shops invite people in, but they also invite people through--from one end of the street to the other.

And it’s not just about the sweets. It’s about what happens in between: increased foot traffic, new customer energy, better business for neighboring shops, more outdoor seating, more discovery, more photos, more life. Chocolate is a gateway. It’s timeless, cross-cultural, emotionally charged. People don’t have to eat chocolate--but they love to. That love turns into movement, movement into momentum, and momentum into downtown revival.

So yes, I propose a tale of two chocolate shops--one at each end of Westminster Street. Because if you want to revive a city street, start with something people crave. Then give them a reason to walk, linger, and fall in love with Providence all over again.

Next Time: A plan to solve the 20% Blight of Empty Storefronts on Westminster!