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How St. Pete’s 600 Block blight brigade made art happen on Central Ave.

Late last year, artist Johnny Vitale was driving down Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on his way home from a job, when he noticed something going on around the Crislip Arcade. Workers were renovating the historic building, which was constructed around 1926 as a shopping center in pre-air-conditioning days, and the adjacent storefronts. Despite its […]

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