FUN in the SUNSHINE CITY Tour 1 • April 10, 2014
FUN IN THE SUNSHINE CITY Tour 1 • April 10, 2014 The beginning porTion OF THIS TOUR follows Central Avenue from downtown through western St.Petersburg and Pasadena to the barrier island communities of Treasure Island and St. Pete Beach. From St. Pete Beach, we will cross the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Bradenton and the ultimate destination for the trip, Sarasota. St. Petersburg to Sarasota Tour 1 • April 10, 2014 • 9 Am – 6 pm Presented by the Society for Commercial Archeology with generous support from the Historic Preservation Division of the City of St. Petersburg, Kilby Creative, and Archaeological Consultants, Inc St. Petersburg We will start this tour in downtown The current BANDSHELL, designed St. Petersburg at the PENNSYLVANIA by architect William “Bill” Harvard in HOTEL, now a Courtyard Marriott 1952, won an Award for Excellence in Hotel which is serving as the confer- Architecture from the national American ence hotel. Situated on the corner of Institute of Architects. He later designed 4th Street North and 3rd Avenue, the the inverted pyramid pier. In the early Pennsylvania was built by Harry C. years, shuffleboard, roque, chess, and Case in 1925. In the next few blocks, dominoes attracted tourists to the park. we will pass the MIRROR LAKE When clubs formed and attempted to CARNEGIE LIBRARY, completed in limit the park’s use to their members, 1915 and situated on MIRROR LAKE, the heirs of John Williams sued as it was the source of the City’s early water dedicated as a public park for all citizens. supply and St. Petersburg’s WPA funded This led to the creation of the Mirror 1937 CITY HALL, the location for the Lake Recreation Complex.
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