Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Spring 3-1978

Description

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 complex. Also key to this area is the University of South Florida St. Petersburg as well as a number of waterfront parks and houses. Two well known streets of the area are Central Avenue and Beach Drive. Central Avenue is home to many dining locations as well as bars, lounges, and clubs. Beach drive is located adjacent to the waterfront and is mainly noted for its restaurants.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida#Downtown

(accessed 30 Apr 2012)

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

St. Petersburg, Fla. -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Cities and towns -- Florida -- St. Petersburg; Cities and towns -- City blocks -- Florida -- St. Petersburg;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

Florida

City Name

Saint Petersburg

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Keywords

downtown, St. Petersburg, Florida, buildings, central business district

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