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St. Petersburg Sunshine Skyway Bridge: St. Petersburg, FL
The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 21,877 feet long (4.1 miles) and is considered part of I-275 and US 19. The bridge spans across Tamp Bay and connects St. Petersburg to Pinellas County in Manatee County Florida. Some parts of this bridge are…
Florida: View from St. Petersburg to Tampa
This picture shows the skyline of Tampa from St. Petersburg. The body of water separating the two cities is the Tampa Bay. The large dark colored building in the center of the photo is the Lykes Building, now called Park Tower. The two cities can be…
Florida: “Finger" Island Housing Developments
These housing developments, built on various water-ways through dredging & filling, can be found all over the coasts of St. Petersburg. Much of these neighborhoods were developed in the early 1950’s during a period of dredging and filling along…
Florida: Finger Islands in St. Petersburg
These housing developments, built on various water ways through a process of dredging & filling, can be found all over the coasts of St. Petersburg. Many of these neighborhoods were developed in the early 1950s along the Gulf Beaches and western…
Florida: World War Heroes Memorial in Williams Park St. Petersburg, FL
Pictured across the street on the corner of 1st and 4th Avenues (North) in St. Petersburg is the World War Heroes Memorial in Williams Park. Engrave with the word “loyalty” located at the top, this memorial was erected by the St. Petersburg chapter…
Florida: St. Petersburg’s Central Business District
The downtown area of St. Petersburg is known as the Central Business District of the city. Some buildings of significance in this area include: the Bank of America Tower, the headquarters of the Tampa Bay Times newspaper, and the Mahaffey Theater…
Florida: Downtown St. Petersburg
The first building seen here is the S. H. Kress & Co. building located in downtown St. Petersburg. This four-story building was built in 1927 as part of the S. H. Kress & Co. department store chain. The Kress company went out of business in…
Florida: St. Petersburg Housing
Seen here is a densely packed neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida. The settlement of retired folks has been observed to be in abundance for this area. Along with many declines in housing during Workd War 1, the Great Depression, and World War 2,…
Florida: Howard Frankland Bridge (Causeway #275)
This is an aerial shot of the Howard Frankland Bridge connecting St. Petersburg to Tampa showing Causeway 275 on the Tampa side. The body of water it rests atop is the Old Tampa Bay. It was initially completed in the 1960s, and comprised of four…