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the st. pete piers

updated: 02.27.22
from train tracks and timbers, to classic florida architecture,
to an inverted pyramid, to the new one.
 

1889: the railroad pier










not much to st. pete yet.






people dressed with polite style and taste, even when fishing from a pier.




railings? we don't need no stinkin' railings.




 
1906: the electric pier
















 
1913: the first municipal pier





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1926-1967: st. pete municipal recreation pier.


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1965 postcard


the beginning of the end. bringing down the pier building.




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1973-2013: the 'inverted pyramid'.


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under construction.


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bringing it down in 2015 • full size


st. pete pier demolition, time lapse 08.19.15 - 11.13.15
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the new pier is open and ready to visit

st pete pier history: newstpetepier.comfamilybeautiful.com
the 'future pier' debate
 
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