Local artist Filipe Bergson wants to sell enough t-shirts to bring back Haslam’s Bookstore in St. Petersburg.
The iconic indie bookstore closed its doors back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and since then the 30,000-square-foot building has sat vacant at 2025 Central Ave.—along with the nearly 300,000 new and used books still sitting inside.
Some estimates value the property at close to $3.7 million, but that doesn’t discourage Bergson, who can be seen posted up every Saturday in front of the building selling his custom-made $25 shirts…