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Gas Plant memories provided by Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker has fond memories of growing up in the historic Gas Plant neighborhood. By Frank Drouzas ST. PETERSBURG - Hundreds of Black families, businesses, churches, and community spaces were displaced or destroyed by the construction of Tropicana Field. Former residents of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods and their descendants share memories of […]

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The future has arrived

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