St Petersburg Florida 1930s

[Clemburke1111]

Fashion wise this looks 1920's instead of the 1930's

[redringneck907]

i live in st.petersburg florida

[ug5151]

@redringneck907 so do i :)

[travorisnobody]

I love st.pete

[tgreen3048]

down town is full of scum bags

[TheKerryzzz]

its good to see that there were some rich folks back during the depression and that not everyone was depressed.

[backupboy777]

yes and the belleview biltmore in largo is in danger of being torn down

[boilerbob7]

I lived in St. Pete in the late 40s as a kid. I remember watching the pool being built there. The passenger train came to downtown in the middle of the street, not far from the hotel. The best stores were Maas Brothers and Webb City.

[jrusso7660]

Wow, man has the pier changed

[jrusso7660]

Wow, they've kept this hotel historically accurate. I was just there about a month ago and it doesn't look like it changed much.

[foxolita]

my dear, it is $50 well spent!!

[michaelwright999]

Do all those things while you can, I did I may end up with nothing least Ive been there.

[sunshinecitylassie]

It is quite a gorgeous hotel. I hear they have a spectacular brunch on Sundays, but it costs $50 a person.

[foxolita]

the vinoy is actually a 'sister' hotel to the don cesar. i must say i 'm very happy to have participated in saving the vinoy. i have tons of photos that i wish i could put on here as it was inside before the restoration. to bad the soreno, which was close to the vinoy, was not saved, too. i still miss the old pier. an upside down pyramid was not my first choice.

[macNjulia]

Hello Foxolita ... Congrats to your contribution to save the Vinoy! ... How about you use a program like 'Movie Maker' to put your photos into a slide show, maybe even with a nice background music? ... It's rather easy to scan or even take pictures of old photos with a digital camera ... I am sure I am not the only one who would love to see your treasures! ... Cheers, Julia from Orlando

[tampatek]

I remember when the vinoy was derelict, it was FULL of bums, whinos and the homeless. I was born and raised here (1964) and have seen alot of changes. Thankfully the city is coming back. The thugs and wanna be gansta's must be eradicated. They have caused the close Baywalk. I tried to take my son there to see Transformers. We had to leave 10 minutes into the movie because the audience (80% black teenage thugs) made it un-watchable with their licentious behaver.

[FloridaGator96]

You aint kiddin!

[feelitmotherfucker]

on the other hand

this hotel is amazing

i dont know if you have seen it in person

(the poster)

but its gigantic

and very classy

[feelitmotherfucker]

screw gibbs

-St.

[india726]

omg Gibbs High School just had their homecoming at the Vinoy.

[foxolita]

this hotel was almost dimolished in the early 90s late 80s ,it was saved by the historic sosiety , the soreno on the other hand was dimolished.

[travelfilmarchive]

Can you tell me the name of this hotel and where it was located?

[mediaphotographer]

@travelfilmarchive It is the Vinoy Hotel 501 5th ave ne

[0BleuFever0]

@travelfilmarchive

Vinoy Hotel.. It's near downtown St.Petersburg,Florida. It's pink

[dave98503]

The idea of people being poor in

the 1930s is over exaggerated. There

were still a lot of rich people living

during that time. The liberal historians

like to distort this fact.

[Clemburke1111]

@dave98503 Sir,,,,this film is mis dated, it is the roaring 1920's and My father lived through the depression and it was very bad...its neither Liberal or Conservative . It was what it was...I am a republican and Historcially the 30's were a nightmare.