St. Petersburg

In the early 1900s, St. Petersburg, located on Florida�s sunny Gulf Coast, was a place where dreams came true, where fortunes were won, and where thousands came to bask in the city�s golden glow. �The Sunshine City� became its nickname and the advertising mantra that helped catapult St. Petersburg from a sleepy backwater of Tampa and a struggling rail stop to one of the nation�s most popular tourist destinations. By the 1920s�often referred to as Florida�s boom era�St. Petersburg saw fast and fu