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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – Cynthia Nelson and her husband own a home in Downtown St. Petersburg that was built in the early 1900’s. “This entire neighborhood was built by Al Lang, the mayor of the city and the one who brought baseball to the city,” Nelson said.The garage behind her home now has an apartment above it, but it didn’t start out that way. “Well, our garage was originally a horse stable,” Nelson explained.The house is just a couple of blocks from the interstate on-ramp and not far from the heart of downtown, but she’s now concerned her historic home is in danger. A new multi-story building is going up next door for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, and the 10-foot alley behind he..>> view original100 journalists visit St
ST. PETERSBURG —About 100 journalists from more than 80 countries are here this week to experience United States culture and learn about the role of the nation’s media. The Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and journalists who attend are selected by U.S. embassies in their own countries. Veteran journalist Namini Wijedasa, a program participant who is an assistant editor at Sri Lanka’s “The Sunday Times,” said reporters have no access to official information or documents in her country. “We face a lot of difficulties in Sri Lanka,” she said. From 1983 to 2009, the country was e..>> view originalLast of St
Grayson Kamm, WTSP1:27 p.m. EST November 6, 2015Last of St. Pete Pier's pyramid coming down(Photo: WTSP)In the next few days, the final pieces of the St. Pete Pier's iconic inverted pyramid building will come down.By Tuesday, the last of the steel and concrete towers will be torn down and hauled away -- making way for a new era.ThePier Park, the design chosen to replace the old pier, should open about three years from today. Even though that's a long way off, there has been some pretty remarkable progress so far.What's next - timeline for new pierThe last of the central stairwells are all that's still standing. They're the final pieces that held up the inverted pyramid building for more than..>> view originalGulfport Councilman Dan Liedtke inites St
GULFPORT, Fla -Update: According to Robert Clydesdale with the St. Pete Water Department, the city has hired an outside consultant to conduct additional testing as to the source of fecal coliforms found in the waters of Clam Bayous. The report is due back in the next couple weeks.Just days after St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman tweeted the city is no longer sampling water in Boca Ciega Bay or Clam Bayou because samples consistently tested at a safe level, Gulfport Beach and Municipal Marina were once again closed down over Halloween weekend due to unsafe levels of fecal coliform.As a result, Gulfport City Councilman Dan Liedtke is calling Kriseman out on Twitter, daring him to take a dip..>> view originalThree women on St
Put down the party horn, Darden Rice. Don't pop that champagne, Amy Foster. And Lisa Wheeler-Brown, you said it was great making history as one of three women to sit at the same time on St. Petersburg's City Council.Turns out, no history is being made.But a good lesson in short memories, slapdash research and the necessity for newspaper reporters to double check official records---even custodians of records---has been embarassingly delivered.Here's a relatively concise version of how the history-making moment -that- wasn't went down.After Wheeler-Brown's election, Rice asked City Clerk Chan Srinivasa to determine if three women had ever served together on city council.He responded Thursday t..>> view originalSt
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A pilot program launching Friday night in St. Pete could be the end of the city's parking problems.The Park Once shuttle is designed to make locating parking easier downtown and in the central arts district on Friday and Saturday nights. Two free shuttles will take people to and from some of the city's trendiest destinations from 5pm to midnight.The city wants more people to pay and park in its garages than on the streets, but for some that makes for a longer walk to a restaurant, museum or park.Now visitors can park and ride from the following locations:Sundial garage on First Avenue NorthSouth Core garage on Central AvenueCentral Avenue & Fourth StreetBayshore Dr..>> view originalRenovated Twin Brooks golf course opens in St
ST. PETERSBURG –After six months and $1.5 million in makeover work, the city’s oldest public golf course is back in business. Twin Brooks Golf Course, a 12-hole, par 3 course at 3800 22nd Ave. S., reopened Friday with bigger greens, fairway mounds to make it more like a regulation course, an expanded driving range, practice holes, golf cart paths and 12 new electric carts. The course also features a manmade lake adjacent to three holes, and views of Clam Bayou and the Pinellas Trail. “We are very excited. I think it’s a dramatic change,” said Jeff Hollis, St. Petersburg’s golf courses director. “It turned out beautiful.” Mayor Ri..>> view originalOnline film director helps launch free studio in St
Director Freddie Wong worked his way into multimillionaire status by age 30. If he hasn’t yet achieved the fame of others in his income bracket, it’s because of his platform — a YouTube channel that boasts 7.6 million subscribers, viewership of more than a billion, and a web series called “Video Game High School” that’s worthy of Hollywood studios. The online auteur visits town tomorrow to help launch what he hopes is an incubator for the next Freddie Wong — free use of a 33,000-square-foot production studio through partners the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Commission and Clearwater’s Bluewater Media. “We want to find the most deserving ..>> view originalPardon Our Interruption
Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article. To request an unblock, please fill out the form below and we will review it as soon as possible. You reached this page wh..>> view originalTonight in live music: Leftover Salmon, Surfer Blood, Public Image...
A rather diverse night of music is happening and different genres represented on this Fri., Nov. 6. Check out the concert breakdown below, then take a peek at all the exciting shows coming up this weekend. click to enlarge ..>> view original
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