Midtown Moments: The Chattaway

By Brittany Cravatta Enjoy Your Meal Next to a Beautiful Garden The Chattaway’s is a privately owned restaurant on the corner of 22nd Ave and 4th St. South. Built in the 1920s, people stopped by to buy snacks while traveling to other cities. Owner Jillian Frers claimed that she had been running the business since… Continue reading Midtown Moments: The Chattaway

Midtown Moments: Morean Center for Clay

By Lee Britain Midtown History Revived, Renewed, Rejuvenated Built in 1926, this historic Midtown St. Petersburg building was once the Seaboard Freight Depot. According to General Manager Valerie Scott Knaust, “everything that came into St. Pete once came in through this space.” The historic building has been turned into the Morean Center for Clay which… Continue reading Midtown Moments: Morean Center for Clay

Midtown Moments: Lorene’s Fish and Crab House

By Alyssa Fedorovich One of the oldest restaurants on the Deuces Situated at 929 22nd Street S. adjacent to a mural showcasing Ella Fitzgerald, Lorene’s Fish and Crab House offers a wide variety of foods such as burgers, jumbo shrimp, and even chicken strips. Owners Lorene and Arthur Office opened the restaurant over 25 years ago,… Continue reading Midtown Moments: Lorene’s Fish and Crab House

Community Grant Program to Up Its Funding In 2017

CRA Grant Distribution

The city of St. Petersburg approved the CRA, a community redevelopment financing grant. Find out more about what this means for the Midtown community in the link below. Read the full article in The Weekly Challenger: http://theweeklychallenger.com/community-grant-program-to-up-its-funding-in-2017/

Midtown Plaza struggles to stay in business

Changing. The future of Tangerine Plaza hangs in the balance.

“Going grocery shopping for the week is a chore within itself. Without any means of transportation, that errand often becomes an all-day affair. This situation is the reality for many Midtown residents, and as it stands, their fate rests in the hands of the City of St. Petersburg, and what will become of Tangerine Plaza,… Continue reading Midtown Plaza struggles to stay in business