St Petersburg, Florida (1962)

[SixFive175]

I expect to hear "The Weather Chick" on WLCY, plus an ad for Eckerd's "Real Veal Meal", and then an ad for Fremac's ("Crazy bunch of tailors"). On Great Tampa Bay.

[0BleuFever0]

Thanks so much for posting! I was born and still live here now!

[johnnyvitale]

Would it be possible to use any of this footage in a short film I am doing for school in St. Petersburg?

[Tomsouthrock]

THE VERY GOOD OLD DAYS  WHAT HAPPEN

[NamasteSuz]

VERY cool. I Googled Webb's City and this vid popped up. I live south of St. Pete in Sarasota and get up to the 'Burg fairly often. St,.Pete beach hasn't changed all that much since then... very retro and kinda cheesy in a cool way. Thanks for posting this and stirring up some memories from my childhood...

[robertgift]

Great job holding that camer steadily!

I visited Webb's City as small child.

The mermaids were mechanical, correct?

I recall that I found a woman behind and above who could hear us and answer questions wither voice coming from a loudspeaker at mermaid as though the mermaid were speaking.

In downtown St. Pete. not far from the Pier, I also turned on the railroad crossing signals (when no traffic was approaching). There was a wooden knob on or near the grade crossing signal.

[PinkPosey126]

I was born in St. Pete in 1942. Thank you so much for this video; it was wonderful remembering how the city looked when I was going to SPJC (now St. Petersburg College).

[briarpatch18]

This was great and brought back a lot of memories from my childhood, having been born and raised in St. Pete. Thanks for posting it.

[angelaMarie1968]

HI i AM FROM sT.pETE,i REMEMBER THE TALKING MERMAIDS VEY WELL,i SPENT MANY A DAY AT WEBBS,JUST HAVING FUN.tHANKS FOR LOADING THIS.

[raymel1]

Thanks for the Video, especially nice was seeing Webbs City light up again. I grew up in St Pete in the late 60's and early 70's. I remember the Talking Mermaids, the dancing chickens, the chicken that played Tic Tac Toe, the Bunny that played the piano, I seem to remember a tight rope walking chicken or something like that, also at Webbs City. I even remember the Reindeer in the Palm tree's in Webbs City Parking lot. Going to the beach on Christmas Morning was great. hope to find more vids

[Deepwatersecret]

Fantastic! Suddenly all the good memories come flooding back. I am going to copy this to look at it when ever I need a lift. Thank you, thank you , thank you. I wish you luck and happiness.

[phucketification]

born and raised in the burg

[Trickypeng2]

woah the don cesar is olddd

[Beirbies]

I was born in St. Petersburg (Mound Park Hospital) and I still live here....hahahahahah...oh and I found out about the Mermaids at Webb City when I caught my mother talking to the lady behind the curtain.....

[Beirbies]

I was born in St. Petersburg (Mound Park Hospital) and I still live here....hahahahahah

[MrPj74]

"word" , I love da' Burg . I saw the footage of the State theater which I just drove by less then a hour ago and the Thunderbird sign which is where me and my daughter parked next to while we where playing out on Treasure Island beach . Cool old stuff .

[MrPj74]

"word" , I love da' Burg 

[urntwrthyZ]

Really well done. Thank you.

[koupe88]

i remember goin to webbs city i was born and raised in the burg heck im gonna die here to by choice

[8354me]

Surely this will earn you a dispensation in heaven. I grew up in St. Petersburg. My family moved there from Pittsburgh in 1959 (I was 3) and sweltered until we moved into our new house in 1962 with A/C. I remember the duck & cover drills at Rio Vista elementary that year. BTW I remember the dancing chickens too. They danced because the grating they stood on was electrified.

[vitamingiant]

I remember!! How about the Sun Art theatre. Live burlesque right there on Central avenue.

[travorisnobody]

Thank you for this video!,,ive lived in st.petersburg all my life. nice to see how it was!..its still the best city out there

[frank234you]

George and Cliffs was at 30th Avenue North and 34th Street. Towers was at the same location. Dutch Pantry was on 34th Street North and 14th Avenue. A lot has been done to damage St.Petersburg, including very weak leadership and management in city hall. Much money is being wasted on mid-town where nothing is ever going to prosper.People are right, there was a very small black population in a section of town called "Methodist Town". Now there are quite a few "low income projects".

[earthmoveover]

Wow..too cool..I moved here in '74 from OR...remember Webbs City and some of the spots in this vid. Only wish some one had used the YouTube Annoataions editor to add some text that would point out what some of the points of interest are for those of us who don't have TOTAL RECALL LOL! Enjoyed the view !

As for some of the other PARANOID comments ...I go downtown all the time, walk the streets, enjoy the parks, the music, the street parties...never seen or had a problem since 1974 !!!

[vacinestoxic]

I was back in St. Petersburg Dec. 6-16 for the first time in two years.

Returned to England Dec. 17 and it has been snowing!

[NomadRip]

Thanks for the video. I have only been coming out to St. Pete for about 5 years now, and I love it. It's neat to see the history of places, and this city is a great place to be.

[Unleashed2k]

I saw where I live in this video! wow it changed so much lol

[KKD1247]

The Moonmaids sound a bit familiar but not the chickens. I was living up North from mid-60s to the mid-70s, so I may have missed them.

[ramlinman2004]

I remember the dancing chicken! i mentioned them in a earlier post

[airRail76]

wow some really wacked out comments! cool to see what it looked like back before my time! lol! I live off of park street- the thunderbird is still there just drove by it the other day!

[puckpeoria]

salt petersburg fla.

[RickinFLA07]

parts of st pete are shitholes........south of Central ave i never go,to many people killen each other as he said.......the truth hurts man.

KKD,thanks for the film,wish i had lived here then...

[vfromthaburg]

St. Petersburg was such a lovely place. Especially before all the blacks came, such a pitty.....

[eeektavius]

dumb cracker

[PvPCritHead]

Well, there is some truth to that! I was born in St.pete in "86". I lived on Burlington Ave (AKA south side). It was not a bad place to live... at the time. Now I dont go to that part of town with out being armed. There are Shootings, stabings, home invasion, firebombing, drug deals and police chases on a daily bases in that area. Tho it is called the South side, it is morveing more and more faster and faster every year. and for thos who say St.pete is a nice place, it is... in a condo!

[tampatek]

Thats a fact. The blacks have destroyed St. Petersburg. They caused baywalk to be shut down, its nothing but thugs and ghetto rats. Don't go to St. Pete without your S&W.

[Clemburke1111]

Loved it!

[percysinclairpilcher]

I was born in St. Pete and it was a fun place in the 50s-60s. Wolfie's had the best Kosher Dills ever served with their Corn Beef on Rye. Webbs was quite a place; it included a cafeteria as well as a barber shop where you could get a 75 cent haircut. Anyone remember the "I got'um" man with silk top hat that sold boiled peanuts near Webbs?. It's a shame they destroyed the original "Million Dollar Pier" I have many fond memories of the old St. Pete but it's now overpopulated and pretty much sucks

[ramlinman2004]

My fondest memories growing up in Pinellas park/st pete in the 60s have to be shock theatre hosted by shock Armstrong on channel 13.. Does anyone else remember theatre? And my parents taking me to Webb city for a mile high ice cream cone! St pete was a great place to grow up in (then) If only somehow magically I could go back if only for a day .

Loved your video

[tampatek]

Ya I remember shock theater, came on fri nights if I remember correctly. I was born and raised in PP, 1964.

I remember as a child driving down Gulf Blvd and seeing NOTHING but beach and the Gulf. The Thunderbird WAS the biggest thing on the Gulf. NOW it's ALL condos for the fucks with money, and us natives get tiny slivers of the Gulf anymore. Good luck finding a beach access parking on the weekends.Thanks alot you greedy filthy bastards for taking MY beautiful view of the Gulf.

[foulmowf]

WELL, ILL FOREVER LOVE THE BURG....

[BoomerNavy70]

I am glad I lived in Florida when I did back in the 70's and 80's. It is sad to go back now to my town of Tampa-St. Pete and see how tired she looks.

Florida is going to hell in a hand basket.

You people missed it when it was really a beautiful place. Now if they want to find any fleeing criminals in the United States all they have to do is look in Florida.

[stremybrandy]

my city my county my state,and lever left.

[brokendancer28]

wow St Pete has changed, this looks like such a nice place to live with the footage shot here, but now the city has gone to ruins.

[dallaskeffer]

Oh yeah? Visit Detroit.

[Clacci34]

This is nice...that is my home!!!

born and raised...

The Webb City's talking mermaid..do you remember her??

[KKD1247]

Yes, I sure do remember the talking mermaids at Webb's City. I was expecting the type like Weechi Wachi...but no. Only fake mermaids with some ladies hidden from view talking to the crowds thru a microphone. To me, a rip-off but it was all in fun back then.

[ramlinman2004]

Hey dont forget the dancing chicken!

[southernstarinc]

Yes, i remember the talking mermaid!!!

[FloridaGator96]

Thanks for sharing that. I grew up here in St. Pete in the 70s and 80s. I must say, some of my distant memories of the town were when it still kind of looked like it did in your video. I will never forget going to Webb's City for a haircut (although as a grade-school kid I hated getting it cut but my mom made me). I think only the Vinoy and the Thunderbird's sign still remain the same to this day.

[8ipk]

who did the soundtrack? very nice

[KKD1247]

A great Mac program called Sonic Pro. You can arrange different types of generic songs to fit your needs. I took out the melody line and used the backup track only. Then typed in 8:03-mins and it created it so it would fit perfectly. Didnt have to Fade Out at the end.

[linoleumcarving]

wow....as someone who lived there in the early 90's how mellow it was back then...where is all those cars/traffic and people ? I was in dipers when this was filmed..up in Clearwater. I lived in south St. Pete in in early 90's and it had turned into a crack-den. The fishing must have been sooo nice back then !

[crankerny]

Beautiful city in such a beautiful state & country !!. Thank's for the awsome memories !!

P.S. I love the neon from the 60's...

[dobiedwa]

Thanks !

Those were the days !

[pianodon]

OK, I have to ask...what did you use for the transfer to video? I have several choice vintage super8 films to transfer. And I want to do it without the ole video-roll on the picture.

[KKD1247]

Thanks for asking. A very simple setup. An 8mm projector throwing the image onto an 8x11" white cardboard. And I used a Canon GL1 camera.

Most projectors work - I used a Kodak. Keep your image relatively small so the light remains bright. On the camera, I take it Off Auto and set shutter manually...no higher than 1/60th sec. Thats the secret to no flicker! Take camera off Auto Focus too. The projected image was put on DV tape & edited with iMovie6 on my iMac.

[BipolarPics]

seriously, if you go back to where I grew up in New Orleans, the McDonalds IS the only place that is still there. DAMN! I wish my family had saved the old films. gone forever, Kerry

what a tragedy. keep posting!

[BipolarPics]

beautiful! I love the look of 8mm. not to mention the 15cents burgers. I bet you if you go back there today the McDonalds is the only thing thats still standing.

[whizbang47]

Here's an interesting place I've never been, and the past in 8 mm is always spookily attractive. Glad you shared this with us, Kerry.

[iPodGenious]

God i love seeing these old movies anything from 1980 and older is just amazing to me.

[KKD1247]

...and I have quite a pile of them! I'm trying to pick & choose only what I think are somewhat interesting.

[iPodGenious]

Well keep um coming please