St. Petersburg’s Tangerine Plaza has mostly remained empty since a Walmart Neighborhood Market vacated the city-owned site – in a federally designated food desert – in...
Robert Blackmon compared restoring a historic Standard Oil service station to nurturing a baby; he and his mother, Carolee, recently found “loving parents” who will “raise...
With the Hillside Center near St. Petersburg’s Northeast High School now a success, developer Robert Blackmon has set his sights on another derelict strip mall –...
A 96-year-old, 30 by 20-inch bronze plaque commemorating local leaders who made St. Petersburg’s “Million Dollar Pier” possible is now for sale to the highest bidder...
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...
Robert Blackmon immediately noticed that Harder Hall, Sebring’s historic Mediterranean-style pink hotel, bore a striking resemblance to St. Petersburg’s Vinoy Resort and Golf Club. The former...
Former St. Petersburg city council member and mayoral candidate Robert Blackmon’s dreams of converting a 97-year-old Standard Oil service station into a coffee shop are one...
The boxy little building situated at the corner of 4th Street South and 24th Avenue is nothing much. It’s next door to the Harbordale YMCA, and...
The numbers don’t lie: With more than 60 percent of the votes, former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch was elected the next mayor of St. Petersburg...
The wait is over, and the unofficial results are in – minus provisional ballots – for the 2021 St. Petersburg municipal election; here are the reactions...
