InThePete is an attempt to highlight some of the amazingness of St Pete and its surrounding areas with curated photography and original stories. We celebrate the people, businesses, neighborhoods and history of our burgeoning city.
The St Pete Pier, Waterfront
The James Museum, Downtown.
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Saint Petersburg, Florida, known by locals as St Pete, is an amazing peninsula town on the West Coast of Florida, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Tampa Bay.
It was founded in 1888 by two men who hardly knew each other – a Russian immigrant, who named it after the famous Russian city he was from, and a man from Detroit named Williams.
Today St Pete is a diverse, thriving, growing, economically strong city. It’s going through a renaissance, attracting new money and a new population of young professionals while clinging to its unique history.
At The Beach…
There are dozens of beaches and waterways in and around St Pete.
Central Avenue 2014
Here are some images from 2014 on Central Avenue. Back then Central was a fairly dismal retail experience, with boarded up shops and many dying storefront businesses. Not many slick, upscale shops or high end restaurants were to be found. Tourists stayed away, sticking to the beaches and waterfront. The old pier was closed, a hulking metal updie-down pyramid ghost town.
Today almost all the businesses from that time are gone, some have been replaced more than once as St Pete evolved over the past decade and Central became the hub of downtown activity again and now is a roaring live-work-eat party place for young professionals and tourists.
And the new pier is a beautiful. thriving place with great restaurants, beautiful views of the city, places to sit and relax, vendors and live music everywhere. Several brewpubs have popped up, and there are still many classic St Pete joints like Ferg’s and The Emerald Bar.
What an amazing renaissance in one decade, with more improvements to come.
Saint Pete Trivia
Population 260,000 (2020)
Once home of Babe Ruth, Al Capone, Jack Kerouac
Averages 361 days of sunshine each year, and a Guinness World Record for logging the most consecutive days of sunshine (768 days between 1967 and 1969)
TOP COFFEE SHOPS in STP.
KAHWA on @nd Ave South.
BLACK CROW on 2nd Street North.
SCOTT at The Cordova Inn.
AGING / AGEISM
TURNING 60 … PREP FOR SOC SEC … MEDICARE … SELLING YOUR HOME … IS AARP WORTH IT? …
BEACHES
Fort Desoto … Honeymoon Island … St Pete Beach … Pass_A_Grille … Vinoy Park (for volleyball)
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SCOTT at The Cordova Inn.
NOTES
4 Photos per Month Showcase – once we have traffic
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SCOTT at The Cordova Inn.