Architect William Bloxham Harvard’s distinctive designs, blending dramatic curves and stark angles, can be found all over St. Petersburg past and present: The Williams Park bandshell, Pasadena Community Church, the beloved “inverted pyramid” iteration of the St. Pete Pier (1973-2015), Derby Lane, the Federal Building, Redington Beach’s iconic Tides Hotel and even the St. Petersburg Public Library’s Main Branch, which has been closed for renovations since 2021.
And now, another of Harvard’s one-of-a-kind St. Petersburg designs has fallen to history.
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