Growth is often the enemy of history, underscoring the importance of honoring those who spend their time and money safeguarding elements of St. Petersburg’s past.
Preserve the ‘Burg celebrated dozens of diverse preservation projects during the nonprofit’s biannual Preservation Awards ceremony Wednesday night. Sunken Gardens, an iconic local roadside attraction for nearly a century, won twice.
The 96-year-old Unitarian Universalist Church hosted the event in St. Petersburg’s historic Mirror Lake neighborhood. Manny Leto, executive director of Preserve the ‘Burg, noted preservation extends far beyond restoring an old home…