Located at 2184 9th Avenue South, the Urban Drinkery Wine Bar is a new location for coffee, wine and community events.
The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum was established in 2006.
Heavy’s Restaurant and Take Out is the brick and mortar location of a popular Tampa Bay area food truck business.
922 22nd Street South.
Lorene’s Fish & Crab House is located at 927 22nd Street South.
The Center For Achievement at 1022 22nd Street South.
The Royal Theatre operated as a 700-seat movie theater for the local African American community from 1948 to 1966. One of the few remaining Quonset huts in the city, the building is now occupied by the Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast.
The Custom Dezign Loc Studio.
THe First Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 1121 22nd Street South.
St. Petersburg College Midtown Center was completed in 2015 at 1300 22nd Street South. The 49,000-square-foot building is known as the Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Midtown Center.
Located at 1344 22nd Street South, the Mercy Hospital operated as the only primary care facility for African Americans in St. Petersburg from 1923 to 1966. Today, the building is leased by the City of St. Petersburg to Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc., which runs the Johnnie Ruth Clarke Medical Center.
The Jordan Park Elementary School was originally completed in 1925. Today it operates as a Head Start program.
A part of the $93 million redevelopment of Jordan Park by the St. Petersburg Housing Authority. The project involves the demolition of 31 senior housing units, the reconstruction of 206 existing multifamily units and new construction of 60 additional multifamily units.
Article by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com