Preview

image preview

Date

Spring 3-1978

Description

Know as the “Inverted Pyramid Pier” by local St. Petersburg residents, this famous pier was constructed in 1973 as a landmark of the city’s downtown waterfront area. This pier replaced the 1926 Million Dollar Pier which was torn down to make way for a stronger and more modern building. The pier has been a destination for shopping and dinning since the early 1970’s.

Since August of 2010 the city of St. Petersburg have been debating whether or not to demolish the pier and build a new one from scratch. As of April 2012, this plan is being met with opposition by people on the city council as well as local residents.

Notes

http://www.stpete-pier.com/history.asp

(Accessed on 14 May 2012)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/article1115988.ece

(Accessed on 14 May 2012)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/safety-harbor-resident-leading-drive-to-save-st-petersburgs-inverted/1222556

(Accessed on 14 May 2012)

Rights

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

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

Download Medium Thumbnail

Keywords

Inverted Pyramid Pier, St. Petersburg Piers, historic piers, shops, downtown landmark, architecture American

Share

COinS