VINTAGE ST. PETE is a series focused on our city’s illustrious (and occasionally notorious) past. Many of these features have appeared in the Catalyst over the...
A photograph in the Oct. 2, 1953 edition of the St. Petersburg Times shows five men standing on a dock, a dead bottlenose dolphin stretched out...
This story appears in the book Vintage St. Pete: The Golden Age of Tourism – and More (St. Petersburg Press). GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Trumpet player...
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,...
VINTAGE ST. PETE is a series focused on our city’s illustrious (and occasionally notorious) past. Many of these features have appeared in the Catalyst over the...
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....
The Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater has been part of the downtown St. Petersburg landscape since 1965, although it’s changed considerably in appearance...
This story appears in the book Vintage St. Pete – The Golden Age of Tourism – and More (St. Petersburg Press). When professional musical theater made...
VINTAGE ST. PETE is a series focused on our city’s illustrious (and occasionally notorious) past. Many of these features have appeared in the Catalyst over the past two...
