Council greenlights ‘historic’ gas station’s transformation

A 97-year-old Standard Oil service station, one of St. Petersburg's first (if not the very first) auto facilities, received Local Landmark designation and will now become a coffee shop.

The city council unanimously approved the project and the code amendments needed to see it to fruition at Thursday's meeting. Former council member and mayoral candidate Robert Blackmon is restoring the boxy little building on the corner of 4th Street and 24th Avenue South to its former glory.

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Arts Alive! podcast: Jeremy Douglass, ‘Jobsite’s Alice’

As Jobsite’s Alice plays out, night after night (and Sunday matinees too) on the small Shimberg Playhouse stage, assorted singers, actors, puppets and props create a veritable whirling dervish of activity.

Since it’s all adapted from the writings of iconic 19th century word-wrangler Lewis Carroll, not a whit of it makes sense. But that doesn’t matter at all – who needs a plot when the whimsy is so winning?

What's New in '23 in St Petersburg FL

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	Mayor reaffirms his commitment to community safety
	Construction services company downsizes Tampa workforce
	Help name Tampa Bay’s new women’s soccer team
	South Pasadena to get the mural treatment