St. Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman, via official proclamation, declared Nov. 19, 2016 Coney Island Day. The occasion was the 90th anniversary of Coney Island Sandwich Shop,...
This story appears in the book Vintage St. Pete: Th Golden Age of Tourism – and More (St. Petersburg Press) A photograph in the Oct. 2,...
From the corner of Rui Farias’ office, Doc Webb is always watching. Farias, director of the St. Petersburg Museum of History, considers Webb – the founder,...
On a narrow stretch of sand in the town of Indian Shores, the earth has reclaimed Tiki Gardens. The tidy footpaths that meandered past neatly-manicured palm...
When filmmaker Robert Altman and a cast of A-list stars set up camp at the Don CeSar Hotel in 1979, everyone went – briefly – berserk....
When professional musical theater made its grand entrance in St. Petersburg, it wasn’t with major-league stars, first class sound and lights and Broadway-style creature comforts like...
“All skate, all skate!” When Elynor Gould’s voice came over the public address system at Gay Blades Roller Rink, the skaters on the floor – sometimes...
When Rob Stambaugh was a boy, his job was to sweep up the family business every night, once the last customer had departed and the buzzing,...
No one in all Florida rejoices more than I in the development of your great city, with its splendid schools and churches … You have added...
St. Pete wasn’t exactly a one-horse town in 1939, when its aging City Hall (at the current site of the First Central Tower, on 4th Street...
