Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood News - June 2010

UPCOMING MEETINGS Mark your calendar!
June 21st HONNA Neighborhood

Meetings are held the third
Neighborhood Potluck Dinner Monday of each month
(except August and December)
July 19th at Westminster Presbyterian
To Be Announced Church, 126 11th Avenue NE
August: No Meeting in August Social: 6:45pm--Business: 7pm
St. Pete’s Jewel

on Tampa Bay
Volume 38 Issue 2 / June 2010 / www.honna.org Published Quarterly
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Bunnies and Squirrels and Eggs…Oh, My!
The
Power
of
This article is the first in a new series entitled “The

Power of One.” Featured will be residents of The Historic
Old Northeast who are making a difference – be it major
or modest, creating change, defining a vision, saying “we
can” when others say “it can’t be done,” planting a seed
-- in the community. Know someone we should consider
profiling? Send us an e-mail at NSNAeditor@aol.com.
“Who is Your Neighbor?”
N
Tracey Locke -- Creator, The Paris Project eighborhood families enjoyed another successful Easter Egg
by Barbara Marshall Hunt sponsored by Old NE residents Cynthia Serra and Connie
Lancaster of Smith & Associates Real Estate. Over 100 tod-
Tracey Locke is a former TV reporter and more recently a
dlers and kids dressed in their best Easter outfits participated in the annual
publicist. Running a summer program for middle school stu-
tradition held at Coffee Pot Park on April 3rd, the Saturday before Easter.
dents is not something she ever imagined her-
Elementary-age children and tots, competing with the resident squirrels,
self doing. It was the senseless death of a child
hunted and found over 2,000 candy-filled plastic eggs that were hidden
that changed her course. Now she spends
in the park. Those who found the “golden” and “silver” eggs received
her time recruiting volunteers, developing
special gifts. The event ended with a special visit from the Easter Bunny
community partnerships and organizing
who presented small stuffed bunnies to several lucky children.
events for “The Paris Project” (www.
theparisproject.org). Special thanks are in order for all the volunteers who helped stuff and
hide the eggs – with extra special thanks to Cathy Leonard for sponsoring
The Paris Project is
the egg-stuffing party at her home. And thanks, of course, to Bob Glaser
continued on page 8 from Smith & Associates -- this year’s Easter Bunny.
in this issue Enjoy HONNA’s favorite “new” tradition
Our June Monthly Neighborhood Meeting is a
Sundial Project......... 3
POTLUCK
4th July Parade.......... 7 ...an Informal Opportunity to Enjoy Good Food and the
Company of Neighbors and Friends, Both Old and New
The Answer Lady . . 18
Come to the second of this year’s Potluck Dinners in
Porch Parties ......... 20 lieu of the usual monthly ”business-oriented” neighbor-
hood meeting. The date is Monday, June 21st, at our regu-
Replacing Your Roof lar gathering place, Westminster Presbyterian Church at
............................... 22 126 11th Avenue NE.
HONNA will provide the main entrée (meat and
Pots Of Pleasure ... 26 meatless), beverages and you can bring a favorite dish
to pamper our palates.
Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood
continued on page 2 News Page 1
Potluck from page 1
Here’s our request of you. Depend- The President’s Perspective
ing on where you reside, here’s what
you can bring: Mary Alice Lange
Between 5th-9th: bread or appe- Association President
tizer
10th-14th: a salad of some sort (ex- Our neighborhood has been honored with two most prestigious
amples: greens, pasta or Jell-O) awards for our updated Neighborhood Plan and the user-friendly
15th-22nd: a dessert format that was inspired by the consultants at My Town Team. The
first award comes from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
23rd-30th: vegetable dish (hot or
in the field of Preservation Education/Media, which was presented
cold)
on May 14th in Sanibel. The Historic Old Northeast is a finalist
Make enough to serve 6-8, depend- for the second award from Neighborhoods USA, acknowledging
ing on what it is you’re bringing (of our contributions to neighborhood planning, although we must
course, you get to take home any complete a final presentation at the conference in Little Rock,
leftovers – unlikely!). Arkansas, at the end of May (after this newsletter has gone to
If you are kitchen-challenged – or press). That evening, former President Bill Clinton will present
even if you’re not – we encourage you the awards at the dinner.
to bring a can or package of non- There are many wonderful neighborhood events and programs
perishable food which we’ll donate to coming up including the June Pot Luck dinner, 4th of July Chil-
the church’s food pantry to pass along to those in need. dren’s Parade, Crime Watch meetings and much more. Check this
Plan to arrive between 6:45-7pm so we can lay out all the food newsletter and our website, www.honna.org, and watch for broadcast
and begin dining by 7 or so. There will be no formal program – just e-mails containing updated information about what is happening.
neighborly conversation at tables over dinner. If you can’t arrive by HONNA and our neighborhood have been blessed with the spe-
7, come when you can as the food should hold out until we start to cial commitment and contributions of many individuals in recent
close down around 8pm. Not a HONNA member? You’re definitely months, including — but certainly not limited to — past president
invited anyway. And if you decide to join, we won’t stop you. Bob Watts (who orchestrated the very successful Candlelight
Home Tour), Jonni Watts (who has created extremely effective
broadcast e-mail notices), former Board member Tracey Locke
The Newsletter of the Historic Old (who has put together a wonderful schedule of monthly speakers
Northeast Neighborhood Association and very successful special events, like Halloween), our Historic
Preservation chair Robin Reed (who spearheaded the award-
Published quarterly – March, June, September and December winning Neighborhood Plan effort and the Views from the Vinoy
and mailed to all households in The Old Northeast book), Cynthia Serra (who organized the recent Easter Egg Hunt)
P.O. Box 76324, St. Petersburg, FL 33734 and Karen Reese (who coordinated the popular neighborhood-
e-mail NSNAeditor@aol.com wide yard sale). These neighbors and others have done much to
Editor Rick Carson improve our association’s management and communications and
Columnists and Reporters
to provide entertaining and diverse programs for our residents to
Mike Dailey Mike Panetta Jill McGrath
Yvonne Swanson John Gee Sue Strott enjoy. Thank you for the hard work and passion that you give to
the neighborhood!
Circulation Joe O’Connor
Contributors All our Old Northeast neighbors
Newsletter Layout & Design Sharon Bond: SharonBond@gmail.com Happy faces
Advertising Information Rachel Sartain: RTSartain@yahoo.com at this year’s
Easter Egg Hunt
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Northeast (boundaries are 5th Ave N to 30th Ave N, and 4th St N to North Shore Dr/Coffee
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Association News & Activities
The usual monthly neighbor- completed. The site, including the retaining walls, will then be
hood meeting in March was the painted. The Parks Department is sharing the cost of the painting
first informal Pot Luck of the and restoration work with HONNA.
year, attended by about 60 local National Register Update
residents who enjoyed a delectable HONNA’s resident historic preservation professional, Emily
variety of homemade desserts, Elwyn, is close to completing her review of our National Regis-
salads and appetizers along with ter Historic District. Now that many more of our homes are 50
the meat and vegetarian pasta or more years old, a number of them qualify for inclusion in the
main dishes. district as “contributing properties.” The revised list of properties
Police Chief Chuck Harmon and continued on page 4
several members of the force were Sundial Project
on hand at the April meeting to dis-
cuss crime in the City and The Old Those of you who walk along the waterfront may have noticed
Northeast in particular. After Chief an old concrete pad located near the intersection of North Shore
Harmon presented an overview of Drive and Coffee Pot Boulevard. After much research, it was
how his department is addressing discovered that this area was called “Vista Point” and until the
the matter of crime and safety, 1970s was the location of a sundial and planting beds.
he and his officers took questions It seems that in the first half of the 20th century, the ladies of
from the audience on subjects ranging from substations and pros- the North Shore Garden Circle took great interest in the planning
titution on 4th Street to panhandlers, the homeless and Dumpster the landscape for North Shore Park, actually doing much of the
d i v i n g . We planting themselves. Over the years, they donated two different
learned that sundials for that location. Today, the Parks Department has the
one arrested original design plans for both sundial planting areas.
b u rg l a r o n Armed with so much historical information, it seemed that an
Snell Isle was opportunity was presenting itself to restore a sundial to what is now
asked why a rather unattractive section of the park. Sculptor Eric Higgs, who
he operated lives near the site, was contacted about creating a new sundial. He
in that neigh- came up with a somewhat unique and unusual idea -- a “human”
borhood sundial. A semi-circle of markers, each with an hour denoted on
and replied, it, is placed at ground level. When a person stands facing north in
“They are front of the half circle, his or her shadow is cast upon the correct
stupid – they hour marker. A design of this type has much to recommend it: it is
don’t call educational, interactive, does not obstruct views of the water and
the police.” would, of course, be appealing to children!
Police had a As St. Petersburg is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the
JohnSamaha (L) and Jay Marshall (R) with presence in waterfront parks this year, it seemed appropriate to propose restor-
Chief Harmon our neigh- ing the concept of a sundial to the park in honor of the occasion. It
borhood 465 will remain for years to come as a permanent memorial not only
times during one recent four-week period, responding to 911 and to the founders of the park but to residents who have cared about
non-emergency calls, ticketing cars and otherwise cruising our and enjoyed our waterfront park system. Not surprisingly, the idea
streets. has received a very positive response.
In two Board changes, Bob Watts resigned as president of the Eric estimates that the project will cost about $17,000. He is
Association and Tracey Locke stepped down as a Board member. donating his design work and providing the materials at a discount.
Mary Alice Lange was elected by the Board to fill the remainder of HONNA has pledged $1,000 and will be working with the Centennial
Bob’s term. Both Bob and Tracey are to be thanked for the energy Committee to raise the remaining money. We hope that you will con-
and commitment they gave to the Association and the neighbor- sider making a personal tax deductible donation to HONNA toward
hood during their time on the Board. this project. Please contact me at 825-0480 or rlreed@tampabay.
Committee Reports rr.com for more information and how you can contribute to this
exciting interactive and educational project. You will be continuing
Historic Preservation a longstanding Old Northeast tradition of beautifying “our” park!
Robin Reed, Chair
Dolphin Restoration
As part of the COA process for local landmarks, letters have
been sent to adjoining property owners notifying them of the res-
toration work proposed for the dolphins and the Venetian steps at
Granada Terrace. Once the work is approved by City preservation
staff, work will begin. To avoid confusion, a sign will be placed
at the site notifying residents that the dolphin on the right has
been removed for restoration and will be returned once work is
Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood News Page 3
will go to the State Preservation Office for approval before being
Like our neighborhood? sent to Washington. You will remember that being listed on the
National Register of Historic Places is an honor but does not offer
Want to make it even better? protection for properties.
Volunteer with one of our committees! HONNA Exhibit
Your volunteer involvement in one of our committees will We are currently scheduled to have an exhibit about our neigh-
help enhance your neighborhood and our association. borhood at the Tampa Bay History Center in December and Janu-
ary. The museum has a “community display case” that they offer
Please contact any committee chair for information. to organizations on a rotating basis. HONNA is the first group
Candlelight Tour of Homes: Chair, open outside of Tampa selected to participate. We hope to have the
exhibit move to the St. Petersburg Museum of History following
C.O.N.A. Rep: Open its showing in Tampa.
Crime & Safety: Jay Marshall Florida Neighborhoods Conference
Historic Preservation: Robin Reed HONNA will participate in the state conference this year by
once again sponsoring supper and a tour of our neighborhood.
Membership: Barbara Marshall Last year our tour was a favorite of participants and garnered rave
Planning/Neighborhood Design Review: Mary Alice Lange reviews from many of those attending! If you would like to attend
Newsletter: Rick Carson the conference (July 8th-10th), please contact: Susie Ajoc at the
Neighborhood Partnership office, 893-7356.
Porch Parties: Larry Smith Awards
Programs: Open Mary Alice Lange and I attended the Florida Trust Conference
Traffic: Mark Lawson in April to accept an award for our new Neighborhood Plan in the
category of Preservation Education/Media. This is the second year
Website: Joe O’Connor (interim) in a row that we have received an award from the Trust. Larry
Smith, Mary Alice Lange and I will also be attending the Neigh-
To contact a chair via e-mail, go to borhood, USA (NUSA) Conference in Little Rock May 26th-29th
www.honna.org/board-and-committees.html (as this newsletter goes to press) and making a presentation about
where you can click on the name of the person you our plan. We are one of four finalists for their “Neighborhood of
wish to contact and send him/her a message. the Year” award which carries a $500 first prize. Former President
Bill Clinton will be presenting the awards!
Walking Tour
JOIN OUR COMMITTEES HONNA’s re-scheduled Spring Walking Tour was a great suc-
cess. The focus of the tour was the 4th Street Business District,
Interested in working on publicity for the Association? former home to car dealerships and buildings in the Art Deco style
Getting involved in upcoming special events like the of architecture. Many thanks to Rob Wertz and Mike Dailey for
Easter Egg Hunt or the 4th of July Children’s Parade? planning and leading a most informative and interesting tour.
Contact Mary Alice Lange at president@honna.org .
Crime & Safety Committee
Jay Marshall, Chair
Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association We were blessed with cold weather in the first three months
OFFICERS and BOARD of the year. This sounds a little unsympathetic to all of us who
shivered through a period when Florida could be at its best. But
President: Mary Alice Lange 251-2034 the weather did have a “chilling” effect on crime: we recorded
Vice President: Maureen Stafford — fewer crimes. Adding to the weather, our community was active
Secretary: Larry Smith — in reporting suspicious activities, denying the opportunity of
Treasurer: Douglas Haan, 488-5514 criminals from carrying out their plans. This is especially true for
Directors day-time burglaries.
Rick Carson 898-7834 Bob Hunter 898-7987 However, the crime tempo picked up in March and has con-
Rick Kantner — Robin Reed 825-0480 tinued to increase through May. And we can expect the trend to
Mark Lawson 365-3155 Barbara Marshall 385-4746 continue for the rest of the summer. High on the list of offenses
Ron Magray 502-9065 Jay Marshall — is no surprise: burglaries, vehicle thefts, and thefts from vehicles,
followed by general theft of property.
To contact an officer or Board member via e-mail, go to www. Here’s what we know about how these offenses are committed
honna.org/board-and-committees.html where you can click on and why. Groups of juveniles and adults target a neighborhood over
the name of the person you wish to contact and send him/her a a short period of time and then move on to another neighborhood
message. in City. Those groups committing burglaries, most often during the
HONNA Board meetings are held the second Monday of each
work hours of 9am-4pm, use a tried and proven technique. They
month at 6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church and are assess particular blocks to target and watch how residents go about
open to the public. Check beforehand with the Board president in their lives. When they believe a resident is not home, they knock
case the meeting day has been re-scheduled. on the resident’s door to confirm, and if there is no answer they
go through either the front or back door depending on how well
screened they are from observation and easiest point of access, Don’t open your door to strangers but make noise in the house
like an unlocked door. Once inside, it takes them no more than so that it appears occupied.
five-seven minutes to leave with your computers, television sets, To reinforce these principles, Chief of Police Chuck Harmon
iPods, and other valuable items. This is about the time it takes and our community policing team assigned to The Old Northeast
you to go next door to your neighbor’s house to borrow a cup of visited with us at the April HONNA general meeting. The St. Pe-
sugar or to a hand tool. The perpetrators plan, watch and strike. tersburg Police Department is responding to reports of suspicious
The method of operation is quick and successful. activity and wants us to step up
Thefts from vehicles and vehicle theft generally take place the pace. It takes the Police De-
during the hours of darkness. Again, the groups target a neighbor- partment less time to follow up
hood for a few days and move on. Their easiest prey are unlocked on a call involving a suspicious
vehicles, especially those with valuables left inside (computers, person or activity than it does to
cell phones, GPS units, iPods, even money left in the coin tray). investigate a crime. Chief Har-
If the vehicle is locked, a simple screwdriver is the tool of pref- mon and his department greatly
erence. It takes less than 10 seconds to defeat the lock, grab the appreciate the crime prevention
contents in the vehicle and move on to the next target. Vehicles work ongoing in our community
without steering wheel locking devices or audible alarm systems and wants to build on our exist-
are the best targets for juveniles wanting your car for a joyride, ing partnership to make it better.
adults wanting the vehicle for commission of other crimes or for By our exercising our personal
those wanting car parts. responsibility, we can make a
Our summer is approaching and this is what we can expect: huge difference.
School is out and our youth will have time on their hands. As You may have noticed four
the City struggles with its budget, summer youth programs will brand new Neighborhood Watch
undoubtedly be trimmed, giving them more time on their hand s. signs in the neighborhood. They
are located at: 30th Avenue N at 1st
Residents are going on vacation, long weekend trips or leaving Street, 22nd Avenue N at 4th Street,
the area to return to the north, resulting in unoccupied homes. 5th Avenue N at Beach Drive and
Garage and residential doors are left open when we go about 5th Avenue N at 2nd Street.
fixing our property, spending more time visiting neighbors or As mentioned in the last
simply taking a short walk. newsletter, we have several residents of The Historic Old
Vehicle windows are left open to mitigate the heat. Northeast giving of their time and resources voluntarily serve
The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Crime Watch is
ramping up to meet these challenges and we need your help in Clip and mail
three ways.
Join our Crime Watch Program and help us with our Citizens
on Patrol effort. Whether you drive, bike or walk, get out into
Crime Watch Fact Sheet
the neighborhood and actively watch for suspicious persons and Name______________________________________
activities. We have five patrol sectors throughout the community.
Those of us who are out patrolling need your time and talents to Address____________________________________
make a difference. The Crime Watch meetings are held on the
second Thursday of each month; upcoming dates are June 10th, City/State: St. Petersburg, FL Zip:______________
July 8th and August 12th at Westminster Palms, 830 North Shore
Drive NE beginning at 7pm. Home Phone:________________________________
Our Crime Watch Program will be distributing yard signs that Office Phone:________________________________
say: We Notice and Report Suspicious Activities. This is another
tool in our kit to warn perpetrators that we are serious about crimes Cell Phone:_ ________________________________
in our neighborhood and that we watching. Put a sign in your yard
and let them know. In addition, the members of our Citizens on E-mail:_____________________________________
Patrol will be sending out contact cards that will let residents know
how they can improve their crime prevention measures, like closing Emergency Contact Person_____________________
garage doors, closing back fence gates and repairing inoperable
motion or dusk to dawn lights. Contact’s Phone #____________________________
Another way you can help is to take personal responsibility in HONNA Member: Yes____ No____
protecting your property and be watchful for your neighbors.
LOCK UP your property, even if you will be gone for a short Would like more info on membership Yes___ No___
period.
Look out and report suspicious persons or activities by call-
ing 727/893-7700. Signed:_ ___________________________________
Get a steering wheel locking device or an alarm package for
your vehicle. HONNA
PO Box 76324, St. Petersburg, FL 33734
Take all valuables from your vehicle at the end of the day.

our neighborhood. We thank them for everything they have done neighborhood who’d like further information about HONNA and what
and continue to do. Please consider joining our Crime Watch we do, please don’t hesitate to contact Larry Smith (Meet and Greet
Program in this effort to make our neighborhood safer for us, chair) at secretary@honna.org. Look for the membership application
our children and our neighbors. It is our responsibility and the form in this newsletter where any new residents/members can also
right thing to do. Please contact me by e-mail at JayMarshall@ indicate areas of interest in which to become involved.
HONNA.org or by phone 703/609-2139 if you are interested in
joining or want more information.
Newsletter
Rick Carson, Editor
Membership As always, we welcome residents who’d like to share their tal-
Barbara Marshall, Chair ents -- no matter at what level – in any of the tasks involved with
Our membership continues to increase — we are now just a few the newsletter. This includes writing, securing new advertisers and
shy of 350! Thanks for your continued support and interest. New working with the layout. Feel free to contact me at nsnaeditor@
members and those who have renewed their membership, please aol.com. And we appreciate receiving feedback from you, whether
come to HONNA’s monthly meetings so we can acknowledge in response to a particular article or ideas you may have on issue,
you. To those neighbors who have not renewed membership, how concerns or subjects you feel we should address.
can we get you back? We welcome suggestions on how HONNA can Check out the ever-evolving website (honna.org) as it works
encourage neighbors to join as new members and former members to to become even more user-friendly and information-providing. If
re-join. Even if you haven’t joined or renewed, please be sure to pro- you haven’t been there recently you’ve missed the new calendar,
vide your e-mail address so that you receive various announcements which is going to make it easier to find upcoming events. Anyone
about neighborhood events and activities. Any new residents to the with some interest in helping with the website, let us know at vp@
honna.org.

In Case You Missed It:
Updates and Follow Ups
New
Keeping You Current on Some Neighborhood Members
Stories That Have Been in the News
Shari Barnhart, Lee Dickson........................... 19th Avenue NE
 A fire at the Westminster Palms retirement complex at 830 Kim Cromwell, Kathleen Kote.......................... 16th Avenue NE
North Shore Drive NE required a woman with second and third-
Pete & Charlene Gunn.................................... 16th Avenue NE
degree burns to be helicoptered to Tampa General Hospital. The
Trevor Capone, David Nixon........................... 12th Avenue NE
incident, which occurred about 9:15pm on April 17th, appeared
Rosemary Romero.......................................... 21st Avenue NE
to have been caused by a burning mattress and was extinguished
Alicia (Rhodes) & Scott Greer............................ 9th Avenue N
within 20 minutes. More than 30 units responded to the alarm and
Gretta Paige Bellas........................................... 21st Avenue N
30 people had to be evacuated from the 14-story building. [source:
Nancy Beck, James Parker......................... Brevard Road NE
St. Petersburg Times, 4/18]
Frank & Laura Fage.......................................... 20th Avenue N
 The on-going saga of “packs” of bicyclists “hogging the Harry Favre.......................................................... 9th Avenue N
roads and disregarding traffic rules” was once again the focus Cynthia Beaulieu ............................................20th Avenue NE
of Dr. Delay in a recent newspaper column. Readers wrote in to Kristopher Isler.................................................. 14th Avenue N
complain about cyclists who do not stop for stop signs or traffic Simone Tieber Wemple .................................. 14th Avenue NE
signals, do not use bicycle lanes when they exist and spread out Marilyn Garateix................................................ 21st Avenue N
three-four abreast. Dr. Delay admitted she “cannot account for Anne Glover....................................................16th Avenue NE
why some folks choose to follow the traffic laws and others do Bret Lee....................................................................Tuttle Ave
not…All we can hope for is that common sense will prevail, since Melissa Clark....................................................8th Avenue NE
I have yet to see a pack of riders pulled over by law enforcement.” Ronald Hiemann........................................ West Newbury, MA
[source: St. Petersburg Times, 4/11] Question: Do the organizers Peter McGahan.................................................. 112th Street N
who dispatch groups of cyclists from the North Shore Pool parking Kathleen Whittington......................................... 27th Avenue N
area on Saturday mornings remind their riders about following the Sandra Johnson..............................................18th Avenue NE
traffic rules before they send them off up and down North Shore Sharon Boulter..................................................8th Avenue NE
and Beach drives? Gary & Julie Kliner............................................ Oak Street NE
Elena Cano, Andrew Coundouriotis............. Cherry Street NE
Please Support
Ann & Dan Vickstrom...................................... 20th Avenue NE
Brigitte & Jim Williams..................................... 20th Avenue NE
Steve Grande, Cori Hunsaker...........................22nd Avenue N
Our Advertisers Pauline Chan...................................................17th Avenue NE
Janice Herbert................................................14th Avenue NE
Children’s Parade
Tentatively scheduled
for Sunday, July 4th* at 10am
Coffee Pot Park
(1 Street NE at 30th Avenue)
st
* May be rescheduled to Saturday, July 3rd

if feedback from residents suggest
this is preferable:
Contact us at president@honna.org
Check honna.org for updates

Power of One from page 1 sponsored seven-week
named after eight-year old Paris White- pilot program at Wildwood
head Hamilton, who was killed in a drive- Recreation Center working
by shooting in her Bartlett Park home a with 100 middle school age
year ago this past April. The tragedy not teens. She recruited volun-
only brought outrage over ongoing gun teers who donated more
violence, it spotlighted a serious problem than 200 hours to help
with attitudes about snitching. Many with lesson plans and art
wondered if Paris would be alive today if activities and to help run
someone had reported the illegal guns or the program. The students
the escalating feud between rival gangs. studied the Holocaust in
the context of human be-
Inspiration for The Paris Project came havior. They explored ev-
from Tracey’s training as a docent at the erything from self identity
Florida Holocaust Museum and a film to who they feel obligated
called “Freedom Writers.” The movie is toward beyond their fam-
based on a true story where a first year ily. Guest speakers ranged
teacher had great success using lessons from a Holocaust survivor
of the Holocaust to relate to teens at a to a mother whose son was
failing school in California. Her students recently murdered.
(150 teens) became known as the Freedom
Writers who chronicled their collective Paris Project students
journey dealing with gangs, drugs, and crime in diaries similar to took a pledge to speak up for
the young Holocaust victim, Anne Frank. justice. As part of that pledge, they produced artwork for a public
awareness campaign called “Break the Silence.” Student artists
The 25,000 students who tour the Florida Holocaust Museum appeared on several news stations over the summer to kick off the
annually learn firsthand the devastating effects of intolerance and campaign. The art exhibit was displayed for several months at the
silence. At the museum, they use terms like “silent bystander.” Florida Holocaust Museum where it attracted other families who
Docents, like Tracey, encourage kids to be “upstanders” or some- have lost loved ones where snitching played a role.
one willing to speak out on behalf of themselves and others in the
face of injustice. On the streets, teens call that snitching. On the April 2010 one-year anniversary of Paris’ death, the
exhibit was displayed at the Frank Pierce Recreation Center for
Last summer, Tracey organized a Florida Holocaust Museum-
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a celebration of Paris’ life. A community-wide celebratory
event on April 5th highlighted several new programs like the
NAACP’s book drive and reading program in Paris’ name.
Green Florida planted several front-yard gardens called
“Paris Gardens” meant to beautify and bring together the
Bartlett Park community. The city renamed Preston Avenue
to Paris Avenue. Neighbors are hopeful that the changes
go beyond a new street sign. Rebuild Together Tampa Bay
is fixing up Paris’ home and nine others on the block -- a
block that has been the crime scene of four murders in just
18 months.
As Tracey expresses, “I think these events illustrate what can
be accomplished when people work together. We are doing our
small part with The Paris Project. Someone recently expressed
surprise in my interest because it does not affect the neighbor-
hood where I live. I think that goes right back to what we talk to
the kids about. Who is in your universe of obligation? For me,
neighbors do not have to live next door.”
Tracey is now leading a committee of 15 volunteers as they
grow The Paris Project into a permanent outreach program of
the Florida Holocaust Museum. They are expanding the summer
program this year to reach up to 300 young people. The “Break
the Silence” exhibit will become a year-round traveling exhibit. Tracey Locke (above left) lives in The Historic Old Northeast
There is even a video about snitching in production that will be with her husband, Kenny, and two young children. She was re-
made available to thousands of students. cently awarded the 2010 Florida Holocaust Museum’s annual
Loebenberg Humanitarian Award, named after the Museum’s
founders to recognize individuals who have made significant
A version of this article appeared in the May issue of The
contributions to the museum and furthering its mission. Barbara
Northeast Journal.
Marshall serves on The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood
Association (HONNA) Board of Directors and is chair of its
Membership Committee.
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If you enjoy reading this newsletter….
If you appreciate learning about upcoming
events happening in the neighborhood
and nearby…
If you value neighborhood events like

the Easter Egg Hunt, 4th of July Parade,
Garden Stroll, Candlelight Tour of Homes,
walking tours and the neighborhood-wide
Yard Sale….
If it matters to you that the neighborhood

association is involved on your behalf
regarding code, preservation, crime/safety
and quality-of-our-surroundings issues….
If you can say “Yes” to any of these and

you are NOT a member of The Historic
Old Northeast Neighborhood Association
(and maybe feeling just a little bit guilty)…
Then it’s easy to join. Clip and mail the

membership form in this newsletter along
with a check for $30 (tax deductible!) or Wishing Well Finds a New Home
go to honna.org/membership-information. The Wishing Well which had been tucked away next to the parking lot on the
html and sign up via PayPal or with a north side of 22nd Avenue and 4th Street was finally moved to its new location
credit card. on the south side of 22nd Avenue alongside the new Rally gas station. It is a lot
more visible and also can now be seen by drivers entering the neighborhood.
Bob Watts knows The Old Northeast
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As a “thank you,” participating homeowners were encour-
aged to contribute a small portion of their proceeds to HONNA
toward the restoration of the dolphin sculptures at the Venetian
Steps in Granada Terrace, and as a result over $500 was donated
to that end.
I would like to thank everyone for being so generous. I was
very worried that I wouldn’t get all the flyers out, but so many
people graciously donated their time to place these flyers on
every door. I especially appreciate Maureen Stafford for
contacting volunteers and businesses for me. She was great
at encouraging me when I thought the task was too daunting.
Tracey Locke was great in offering experienced advice and
keeping me on task as was Robin Reed. My walkers are prob-
ably too numerous to mention but included Jim and Cathy
Leonard, Helen Torres, Larry Smith, Bob Watts, Bob and
Jean Hunter, Anne-Marie Stephenson, Kimberly Wolfe,
Barbara and Jay Marshall, Ellen Burkhart, Ron Magray,
Jeanine Clark-Dunlap, Sarah Marston, Dawn Goddard,
A Bargain Hunters’ Bonanza Susan Lewis, Julie Lawson, Sharon Kantner, Donna Guil-
by Karen Reese
laume, Janet Avallone, Gayle Musseau, Douglas Haan,
T
Lynne Mormino and Nancy Tait. And thanks to Westminster
he Old Northeast neighborhood-wide yard sale on Satur- Presbyterian Church for generously allowing HONNA to use
day, March 13th, was a great social activity that seemed it facilities as “Yard Sale Central.”
to coalesce many of the neighbors. In some ways it was All of the homeowners I met at the end of the yard sale seemed
invigorating. Conversations among neighbors stemmed from the to have genuinely had a good time meeting neighbors while ridding
topic of the yard sale. There seemed to be a buzz in the neigh- their clutter. It seemed that many were surprised of how enjoyable
borhood of things people wanted to sell. Once the list came out, and easy it turned out to be. So watch for next year’s yard sale
conversations shifted to items they wanted to purchase (I heard extravaganza, likely to be held again in March.
about a kayak that got a lot of attention). People I spoke with
outside of The Old Northeast were excited about the prospect of
finding antiques and furnishings.
Creating the flyers and organizing the distribution while running
my chiropractor practice was a chore, I won’t lie. But it was so
pleasant to walk along our beautiful streets. It was great exercise
and frankly very relaxing. It was a reminder of why I bought here
in The Old Northeast. It was nice to see the different architecture
and how the homes were enhanced with creative colors, shut-
ters, siding and plants. Many had little sitting areas that looked
so inviting. In fact some people were out enjoying their friends
around the pool and other outdoor nooks. Much of the landscap-
ing was inspiring.
Neighbors and those from outside the neighborhood who
responded to the HONNA yard sale signs and advance publicity
were directed to Westminster Presbyterian Church where they were
able to pick up “locator maps” listing the 62 homeowners who
had signed up in advance to be included on the maps. A Goodwill
Special thanks to Karen, an Old NE resident and chiropractor,
truck was on site at the church after the sale concluded to receive
for organizing this year’s project.
donations from homeowners who had items which didn’t sell.

Over The Back Fence by  S
and  S
…is a collection of what we’ve heard exchanged in the aisles of the supermarkets,
shared waiting in line to pick up the kids from school, read in the papers, overheard in the
pew behind us in church and, yes, even passed over the back fence. If you have something
you’d like to share about a special recognition, award received, birth, graduation, good-
deed-done or observation around the neighborhood please pass it along to the Editor. “Over
the Back Fence” is only going to be interesting if we hear from you!
Fun Times at Westminster Church….”Family Fun Fiesta” is at them to “stop,” she learned the branches had been cut to allow
name the children of Westminster Presbyterian Church have given for better visibility of the stop sign. She thought the cutting had
to its newest fellowship event. The next two fiestas are scheduled been excessive and had the foreman of the crew put her in touch
for Saturday, June 19th, from 4-8pm, and Saturday, August 21st, with the City department. She was told that it is the homeowner’s
4-8pm. There will be board and card games, ping pong and Wii, responsibility to maintain street-side trees according to code and
snacks and a meal, toddlers and senior citizens and there will be a that, in this case, the City had been providing her a service. Sounds
lot of laughter and conversation. The church, at 126 11th Avenue like something for “The Answer Lady” (see page 18) to check into
NE, invites all its Old NE neighbors to join for the September issue.
them for these events. If you would like further Walking for Your Health…The May 9th
information, please call the church office at Over The Back Fence is a
“Neighborhood Times” section of the St.
821-5259. Petersburg Times contained a really nice
Strobel Recognized….Old NE neighbor Soapbox... piece on resident Karen Reese, about the
Don Strobel (Strobel Design Build) has walking club she started a few months ago.
received the 2010 “Spirit of Education” Step on up
As a chiropractor, she’s keenly aware of
achievement award from the National Asso- and the value of exercise, which inspired her
ciation of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) to launch this venture. The group meets on
for excellence in training and education in the let’s hear Mondays at 5:30pm in Coffee Pot Park at
construction industry. Don has spent the last from you 1st Street NE and 30th Avenue (on Friday
13 years dedicating himself to the training and evenings there’s a group at Upham Beach
certification of other remodeling contractor in St. Pete Beach). The walk is about two
members of NARI both locally and nation- e-mail: nsnaeditor@aol.com
miles in length and takes about an hour,
ally, personally mentoring and helping over everyone at his or her own pace. Motiva-
90 member contractors attain their NARI- tion, safety in numbers, socializing – all
recognized certifications. Another job well done, Don! these good things. To learn more, phone 821-7400.
Gulf Oil Spill….As we went to press and now as you are reading Neighborhood Homes in Spotlight….A new coffee-table book,
this, the huge oil spill in the Gulf is threatening our coastline and Casas to Castles: Florida’s Historic Mediterranean Revival Ar-
our beaches. The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary is asking for the com- chitecture by photographer Justin Nylander, features four St. Pete
munity’s help to prepare for injured birds and coastal cleanup as homes and two are in The Old NE. They are the homes at 1730
the disastrous spill moves toward Florida. The sanctuary is asking Beach Drive NE (owned by Dr. and Mrs. Vinay Badhwar) and
for volunteers and items to be donated. Staff and volunteers were “The Gargoyle House” at 1400 Beach Drive NE (currently on the
a significant workforce in the disastrous Tampa Bay 1993 oil spill market by owners Greg Hill and his mother, Helen). More can be
and has experienced avian care staff on standby to assist Tri-State seen at casastocastles.com. [source: St. Petersburg Times, 2/17].
Bird Rescue and Research. The sanctuary is a local drop-off center Old NE -- Party Cen-
for the needed donations of linens, kennels, towels, sheets, Dawn tral?...It seems as though
detergent, Pepto-Bismol and toothbrushes. Please bring the items Vinoy Park (and Straub
to the sanctuary at 18328 Gulf Boulevard, Indian Shores; see sea- Park) are increasingly
birdsanctuary.com or call 391-6211 for more information. Ground-Zero when it
Saturday Morning Market Hiatus….If you’re a frequenter of comes to hosting popular
the Saturday Morning Market, you’ve undoubtedly discovered by weekend events. What
now that it has closed shop for the summer. Here’s what the SMM this means for the southern
operators reported in an e-mail message: “We had a somewhat and eastern portions of the
successful experiment last summer running a market in the Ma- neighborhood, particular-
haffey Theater parking garage. Unfortunately we didn’t succeed ly, are parking headaches
in getting a sufficiently high customer turnout to make it viable – and the accompanying
for many vendors. We’ve decided for a number of reasons to not noise and litter -- way
run the market this summer. We will be carefully evaluating how beyond the normal. After
to potentially develop the Summer Market as an annual event the Honda Grand Prix
going forward.” at the end of March into
Tree Trimming Travesties?....A neighbor recently reported that mid-May we experienced
she arrived home one day to find two City trucks loading branches Blues Fest, Mainsail, St.
that had obviously just been cut from her oak trees. After screaming Anthony’s Triathlon, Funk
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
No, they’re not one-way streets
In the top two photos we’re looking north on the
1200 block of Cherry Street NE and all the cars on
the right side of the street are parked illegally. The
law states that on two-way streets it’s “passenger
wheels to the curb.”
In the top left photo the car is not only parked
on the wrong side of the street but it’s parked too
close to the intersection and stop sign. Residents
and visitors parking on this particular block can
always be found parking illegally. In the right photo,
these three illegally parked cars on 2 nd Street N each
received a ticket.
Fest and a couple of charity walks and swim meets and water
polo tournaments at North Shore Pool. While we are proud of our
neighborhood and are glad others are able to enjoy it, the spring
and fall months when so many events are scheduled here can test
our patience and hospitality. If only our guests would tone it down
with the loudspeakers and be more considerate when it comes to
parking and safety (our intersections are dangerous enough as it is
without cars blatantly ignoring the law: see photo below left).
The GREEN PAGE

will return in September
Neighborhood Book Group hopes things will change but they don’t.
Williams does not disappoint with this dark portrayal of this
American family.
As The Pages Turn... Barri being the actor she is had each of us take turns being a
by Susan Coffey
character and reading excerpts from the play. The group gave this
O
play a thumbs up.
NE Great Book club met again in March at the home of Our next meet-
Barri Boudreaux on North Shore Drive. Barri chose the ing was held at the
play by Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie.The home of Patricia
play also has his essay, The Catastrophe of Success, poignant words Calvert of Almeida
from Williams regarding his depression surrounding his success. Way NE. The book
Those of you familiar with his work will understand why he finds she choose was
success to be a useless existence: people waiting on him hand and Eat, Pray, Love by
foot, being upgraded to premier suites and people wanting his Elizabeth Gilbert,
presence every minute was too overwhelming for Williams. a memoir of one
The Glass Menagerie was Williams’ first successful play, eventful year of
catapulting him to become one of America’s most highly regard- her life. The book
ing playwrights. The play consists of four characters. Amanda starts with Gilbert
Wingfield, the mother, once a Southern belle who was abandoned being in a marriage
by her husband 16 years that she no longer
earlier; she is still cling- wants to be in lead-
ing desperately to that ing to a very dif-
past even though it’s no- ficult divorce. She
where near the reality then finds herself
of her life. Laura Wing- in a tumultuous
field, her daughter who relationship with
has a crippled foot and her lover, David.
crippling shyness. Tom All this being too
Wingfield, her son, who much for Gilbert,
works in a warehouse but she decides to take
dreams of being a writer. a year off from her
And Jim O’Connor, a job as a journalist
co-worker of Tom’s, who and “find herself.”
Laura has been in love What makes it fascinating is that she chooses to do so in three
with from high school. Of different countries -- Italy, India and Indonesia.
course, Jim has no idea Each country is fascinating to Gilbert and the readers as she first
and no romantic interest takes us through Italy, taking Italian lessons and eating the best
in Laura. pizza in the world in Naples. She begins to let go of her “baggage”
The play is set in the that she brought with her through the people she meets and the
1940s and is about this wonderful food of Italy. She leaves Italy healthier, happier and 24
unfortunate family, being pounds heavier.
abandoned by the father In India she eventually finds self actualization through her guru,
which seems to be the underlying reason for all their frustrations prayer and meditation. At first she finds this an impossible task,
and underachieving lives. Amanda with her desperate attempt to but with hard work and listening what her mind, body and spirit
have her daughter “married off,” Tom’s frustration with working are saying she leaves India actually finding what she was looking
in a factory rather than living his dream of being a writer. And for -- herself.
finally Laura, so socially inept that she is unable to live anything
close to a normal life for a young women. It all comes to a head In Indonesia she returns to a healer she had met two years prior
one night when Jim is invited over for dinner and to Amanda‘s who helps her see that she is capable of loving again without los-
surprise he is not a “gentleman caller” for Laura. He in fact has ing herself. Gilbert does just that and falls in love with a Brazilian
a fiancé. That night is a metaphor for their lives, and the reader man 18 years her senior. His feelings for her are the same, and
we are left with Gilbert accomplishing everything she set out to
do, hence the title.
The group gave this book a thumbs up.
Check out the ONE Great Book Club meets every other month, the
second Thursday of that month in the evening. There
HONNA website continues to be a waiting list; I can be reached at cof-
flash@aol.com. Our sister/brother book club meets
www.honna.org the last Wednesday of each month in the afternoon.
Contact Colleen Grant at JAMESGRANT1140@
msn.com for more information.

Coming Soon!
Plaques for Our Historic Landmarks
W
hat do you think when you’re on vacation and you see
a home with a beautiful bronze plaque on it? Perhaps
you wonder if someone famous lived there? Or if
there is something special about the architecture of the building?
Or if something important happened there years ago? Any or all
of these things could be the reason a house has been “landmarked”
or specially designated as “historic.”
For the past several years, HONNA’s Historic Preservation
Committee has been considering a plaque (or marker) program
for our local historic landmarks. If you have been following Jill
McGrath’s series of articles on our landmark homes in recent is-
sues of this newsletter, you will know that there are currently five
in our neighborhood.
The City has approved our proposed design of a 5”x7” solid
bronze plaque [see sample in photo] which will have the name
of the property, the date it was built and the date that it was of-
ficially designated a landmark by the City. The HONNA Board
of Directors feels that recognition of these unique properties is so
important that the Association will be offering the plaques — and The City currently has no plaque program in place for historic
assistance with their installation — for these landmark homes at landmarks in neighborhoods (although St. Petersburg Preservation
no cost to the owners: has created a plaque program for the Downtown Local Historic
Boyce Guest House, 635 Bay Street NE (HPC# 96-03) District). We can be proud of being the first to honor our historic
landmarks in this time-honored way.
Monticello Apartments, 750 3rd Street N (HPC# 05-01)
For more information on the individual landmarks, please see
Ridgely Residence, 600 Beach Drive (HPC# 09-03) the City’s staff reports at: www.stpete.org/historic_preservation/
Thomas Whitted House, 656 1st Street N (HPC# 95-01) historic_landmarks/designation_staff_reports_2000_thru_pres-
ent.asp.
Robert West House, 101 6th Avenue NE (HPC# 95-02).
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Property Transfers
Following is a listing of recent property transfers in
our North Shore neighborhood. The individuals listed
are new owners of the properties cited but not neces-
sarily the residents of those properties. The properties
are listed in chronological avenue and chronological and
alphabetical street order.
If any of these folks live near you, make sure you wel-
come them to the neighborhood.
125 5th Avenue NE #320......................................Renee Buchanan
204 7th Avenue N #204........................ Richard and Joanne Cattell
308 11th Avenue N ........................Anthony and Patrice Redington
230 12th Avenue NE........................... Jonathan and Morgan Smith
535 12th Avenue NE.................................................Leslie Wharton
248 14th Avenue NE.................................................. Mark Wemple
Truck Mount Steam Cleaning Services 110 15th Avenue N.......................................David and Rita Cathey
216 15th Avenue NE........................... Matthew and Tammy Zybura
Carpets, Tile, Upholstery 236 15th Avenue NE....................................... Bridgette Vanderlaan
Bricks & Pavers 446 15th Avenue NE............................................. Joseph Redinger
136 16th Avenue NE.............................Bernard and Karen Whalen
203 20th Avenue N ..................................Frank and Laura Fage
Serving The Historic Old NorthEast since 2009 235 20th Avenue N ................................ James and Daryl Turner
125 22nd Avenue Ne . ...................................... Marilyn Donahoe
106 26th Avenue NE . ...................... Margaret and Thomas Imler
Serving Humanity Since 1954! 320 27th Avenue N .................................................Bryan Smith
807 1st Street NE .............................................D. David Morris
727-466-5547 2121 1st Street NE ............................... John and Rebecca Barie
1917 Bay Street NE . .........................Peter and Marlene Mazer
Call Today- You’ll Be Glad You Did! 1048 North Shore Drive NE #2 . ......... Alice and Dennis Crowley
833 Oak Street NE ....................................... Julie and Gary Kliner
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by Sue Strott
Are you one of those people who goes about your day-to-
day life noticing things happening around you (or not hap-
pening) in the neighborhood and our City and you wonder
why (or why not) but never get around to discovering the
answer? We’ve decided to ask one of our neighbors, Sue
Strott, who’s lived in The Old Northeast almost forever, to
track down the explanations for some of those puzzling
questions which bug, bedevil and frustrate us.
So here’s a start with some of those nagging, niggling
WHYs? and WHAT’s?. Let us know if you have a particu-
lar issue or query you’d like The Answer Lady to check
out and we’ll see what she can learn. Like FiOS…..will
we ever “hear them now”? Contact The Answer Lady at
nsnaeditor@aol.com.
A Augusta
few folks in The Old Northeast have been asking some
questions about various City supplies and they’ve been Block
wondering WHEN and IF some City services will be He ex-
open to us. Here is a brief overview of discussions we have pur- pressed
sued to date. a similar
negative
Hex Blocks (Hexagon Sidewalks) attitude on
Having spoken to Carl Blahut, Director of Traffic, Pavement any sale of
and Storm Water Operations for the City of St. Petersburg about City stock-
the stockpile of hexagon sidewalk blocks -- which he says is “not piles with
huge” – I was informed that the City is not considering selling respect to
any of these pieces. They are needed by City workers in order to Augusta
pursue repair and replacement of these historical items as they Blocks,
break and crumble. They are obligated to use their stockpile by which are
needed con-
tinually for the repair and replacement of the bricks for our streets
in The Old Northeast and elsewhere. They are considered historical
items, as well. Further, he explained that it takes a very specific
crew and extra Time to be able to do all of these repairs and, con-
sidering the loss of many employees due to the economy, speed in
some repairs will probably not be forthcoming for a while.
Reclaimed Water
Some parts of the City have access to reclaimed water (recycled
wastewater) that is used for lawn and garden watering (except for edi-
bles). To determine when and if reclaimed water will be available to Old
Northeast residents, we spoke with a City representative (892-
5111). She explained that the City is setting up a new website
(stpete.org/water_resources/reclaimed_water, which should be in
service when you read this) for anyone to register as a potential
user. She said that the City plans to extend this service after at least
51% of an area has expressed interest.
At present portions of Cherry and Locust Streets are among the
streets which have this service available. Other neighborhoods that
City ordinance. You may wish to check the local classifieds such
have it include Snell Isle and Coquina Key. Present cost to hook
as tampa.craigslist.org, where they have been spotted for sale.
up (if available in an area) is $15.84 per month plus a hookup fee
of $4.35 and up.

As a point of interest, St. Pete’s Water Reclama-
tion System is not only the first to be built in the U.S.
but it remains one of the largest in the world. Initial
reclaimed water distribution was constructed in the Pressure Washing
late ‘70s and served golf courses, parks, schools and
large commercial areas. In 1986, a $110 million Drywall Installations
system expansion serviced a limited number of Residential/Commercial
residential customers and commercial sites. Con-
tinued expansion has significantly contributed to Interior/Exterior Painting
reducing potable (drinking) water demands. (Info General Renovations
as per Southwest Water Management District Free Estimates
1/800/423-1476 or .Watermatters.org.)
The City presently provides more than 37 million
gallons a day to over 10,600 customers, primarily
for lawn irrigation. In St. Pete, a typical residential
lawn can require 30,000 gallons of irrigation water
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PHONE: 727 823 8020 EMAIL: FLACMS@YAHOO.COM
per month during the growing season. Average
residential customers discharge 5,000 gallons per
month. (Therefore, it takes six wastewater custom- MAR/APRIL/MAYSpecial
June/July/August SPECIAL:
ers to produce enough reclaimed water to supply
one residential customer with irrigation water. As “Exterior Facelift”
a result, it is not possible, at this time, to supply all
residences in St. Pete with reclaimed water.)The ad- Up to 2500 sq ft, minor repairs and 3 colors
vantage of using reclaimed water is, of course, that
there are only voluntary restrictions on its use but
still no more than three times a week. However, if
$1795.00
the system experiences an increase in low pressure
due to demand exceeding supply, the Mayor may Have you been to a
Porch Party
enact mandatory restrictions on reclaimed water.
For additional info, call 892-5111 or stpete.
org/water/reclaimed_water/index.asp.
Sue was born in Chicago and lived in Canada
before moving to The Old NE in 1973 where she
continues to run an apartment rental business.
lately?
She lives with her dog, Foxy Lady, and is one of
those people who enjoys being busy!
See page 20 for the upcoming schedule
Want to Hear
About
Neighborhood
Events of
Interest?
If you’re a
HONNA member
and have given us
your e-mail address, you’re already on the list to
receive e-mail “blasts” of HONNA events in the
neighborhood which might be of interest.
Not a member now but still want to know
what’s going on? Send us your e-mail address
and we’ll place you on the e-mail blast list, even
though you’re not a HONNA member. Send
your address to barbaramarshall@honna.org.

PORCH PARTIES
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Porch Parties are held the third Friday of the
Y o u ’r month from 7:30-10pm (except December).

Porch Parties are strictly social and provide and
informal and fun way to mix and mingle with your
I n v ite d neighbors. Bring your own beverage. Cups, ice

and light snacks are provided. Ask a neighbor to ride
or walk over with you. For more info, contact Larry Smith,
smithlb@earthlink.net.
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Ponderings that got lost in the recession, leaving the area a sleeping ground for
the homeless. I don’t know the full story about this reincarnation,
but sometime over the few years that it was left to rot, some people
had the notion to reinvent the area and the results are wonderful.
My wife has an office in that area so I have been watching what the
local entrepreneurial spirit can do when out-of-town developers fall
flat. Go to the galleries and stores and buy something or sign up for
an art class. There is much more to St. Pete than Beach Drive.
 An actual crosswalk has been built on 4th Street. The
best part about it is that it is a crosswalk that has to be obeyed.
Once you push the button, the signs start flashing and drivers are
Stuff demanded to stop and obey the laws that are in effect anyway. Not
only does it demand cars to stop, it also has a calm and reassur-
by John Gee
ing recorded voice that explains quite clearly what is expected of
the pedestrian during this crass interruption of a driver’s need to
never stop forward motion. It’s great -- and now is it too much to
ask for some more?
John and his wife Kathy moved to St. Pete from
New Mexico six years ago, and he currently teaches
history at a Sarasota high school. He has served on
the HONNA Board where he co-chaired its Historic
Preservation Committee. You can also read more from
John in the Northeast Journal.
F
our times a week I commute over the Skyway
Bridge. This has been going on now for ten
years and every day the bridge offers me a dif-
ferent view. Of course the bridge, the bay, the toll booth
and the highway have changed little over the years, but
life on the big, wide and beautiful bay is in a constant
state of flux that always grabs my attention. Two times
a day, morning and afternoon, I have the privilege of
watching the life of this natural phenomenon coexisting with us  A Rally Gas Station has arrived as we all knew it would.
mere humans in what appears to be a happy relationship. There were talks at the neighborhood meetings where many people
Depending on the day, I see big and small boats, birds, schools expressed displeasure of having this station in our neighborhood
of fish, dolphins, fishermen, sailors, windsurfers, kiters, swimmers, but, nevertheless, there it, is-car wash and all. Our house is three
sunrise gazers and kayakers. Also, depending on the time and the blocks away and time will tell if we will hear the blowers and
season, I see predawn, suffer the increase of traffic we anticipated. But since it doesn’t
dawn and afternoon make any difference anyway, there it is looking every bit as out
suns that never look of place in our historic neighborhood as an episode of “American
the same and at times Idol” on a PBS station.
are jaw-dropping gor- So there you are, in spite of the relentless onslaught of progress,
geous. Sometimes the our town and little neighborhood continue to defy the odds and
sunrise is so beautiful remain the place we try to hold together.
that you just have to
stop and savor. On
foggy days, the bridge
sometimes disappears
from view and at times
you can only see the
tall spires sticking out from the gloom. Our bay is a beautiful thing
and we are now at risk at losing it all to an oil spill. Did anyone
really think that this type of catastrophe was something that could
be avoided forever? Losing our bay is bad enough, but the worst
feeling is that I am driving a gasoline powered car 100 miles every
four days all by myself so I am a part of the problem. There has to
be a better way of running this planet.
 If you haven’t gone over to see the new shops in the Crislip
Arcade on the 600 block of Central, you have to go and look. This
was the block that was handed over to some development group
Preserving the Character by Mike Daily
of Old Northeast Houses

The new building code required us to “harden” our roof to
If You’re Going to Do It, Do It Right better withstand hurricane-force winds. Basically this requires
W
installing metal straps at each rafter to fasten them to the top of
hat started out as a simple roof replacement for our the wall and bracing the gables (the triangular walls at each end
house turned into a much larger project last year as of the roof) to keep them from blowing out in high winds and
we encountered new code requirements, new ways collapsing the roof. In addition, the roof must be protected by
to solve old siding problems and new options for keeping our what’s known as a “secondary water barrier” by using a sticky
cooling bills low. self-sealing membrane under the shingles to protect the structure
We’d had occasional leaks in our roof and brown spots on our in case the shingles blow off. As a consolation prize for all this
ceiling almost from the day we
bought the house. They would
start, then stop, change locations,
then stop permanently and move
to other locations. Finding the
source of the leaks was difficult,
even for the professionals. In
1999, when our house was on
the Candlelight Tour of Homes,
heavy rain and wind the night
of the preview tour flooded our
downstairs bedroom so much
that we had to close it for the
tour. Still, since the roof was
fairly new when we bought the
house, we just repaired the leaks
as best we could, repainted the
ceiling and postponed reroofing
the house for a later date. Last
summer’s rains left puddles on
our dining room table and water
running down the wall in a bed-
room closet. The granules were
coming off the shingles and end-
ing up in piles in the gutters, and the edges of the shingles were extra expense, Citizens and other property insurers are required
ragged with pieces missing. It was time for a new roof. to give you a discount on your premium.
Since we were replacing our roof, we decided to also
replace our second floor siding with HardiePlank, a
cement-fiber siding that almost exactly matched the siding
we had on the house in size and style. The second floor is
a pop-up in the middle of the first floor roof and the joint
where the roof and wall intersect has leaked since we’ve
lived here. Replacing the siding would allow us to get at
the joint to flash it right. Cement fiber siding like Hardie
is resistant to rot, termites and impact and they come with
long warranties. They also hold paint beautifully -- we
installed some as a test on the back of the house about
eight years ago and the paint finish still looks perfect. The
original cypress siding was nearing 100 years old and
was badly cracked in places and letting rain (and humid-
ity) into the walls. There was no felt paper or any other
weather barrier under the siding so we also specified a
layer of Tyvek housewrap over the wood sheathing. Tyvek
sheds any water that does get behind the siding.
With all the construction work it seemed to be a good time
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to spray foam insulate the attic. Our attic was previously insulated
with blown cellulose on the attic floor and we had large gable vents
at each end of the roof. Even with those gable vents there was very
little air circulation, and with a cloud of hot humid air in the attic we
had an ongoing problem with mold in our closets and on our ceiling
registers where the hot and cool air mixed. I’d been reading about 1545 4th Street N
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on the sloped underside of the roof instead of the attic floor, creating an
unvented (sealed) attic. The R-value is 3.6 per inch, but the real value
for us was that by sealing the attic our air conditioner and ductwork
would be within the conditioned space and operate more efficiently.
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The installers first vacuumed out the old cellulose insulation and then
sprayed 5” of new foam on the underside of the roof and onto the gable
walls. Already the moisture and mold problem in the closets is gone,
and I’m looking forward to seeing how the insulation performs in is proud to be the printers for the
keeping our house cool and dry once summer comes. Our first electric Old Northeast Neighborhood News
bill with the A/C on was dramatically lower than the same one last
year, but of course you need more than one month to really compare
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The project was a lot more complicated and cost us more than copies give us a call and check our pricing.
what we originally budgeted for just a roof replacement, but we’re
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of Architecture degree from the University of South Florida.
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ON THE DOCKET: Some Upcoming Events In
and Nearby Our Neighborhood
June 4-6 Tampa Bay Home Show, The Trop; 893-8523 July 23 Vans Warped Tour Vinoy Park
Taste of Pinellas (benefits All Children’s Hospital) Vinoy
Park; 767-2308 AUGUST 12 HONNA CRIME WATCH MEETING
June 5-6 Living Green Expo, Coliseum/Sunshine Cen- (see page 5)
ter AUGUST 20 PORCH PARTY (see page 20)
June 5 Beginning Bonsai, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102 August 21 Family Fun Fiesta, Westminster Presbyterian
JUNE 10 Church; 821-5259
HONNA CRIME WATCH MEETING (see page 5)
Recurring Events
June 10-August 23 Summer Camp, Great Explora-
tions; 821-8992 Monday
June 12 Hibiscus Fest Sunken Gardens; 551-3102 Celebrity Critter of the Week, The Pier Aquarium; 895-7437
June 12 Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival, Vinoy Park; AMO: Art, Music, Poetry (last Mon of the month), Studio@620;
327-1277 895-6620
June 12 Discover Our Classroom Weedon Island Pilates, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
Preserve; 453-6500 Great ART Explorations, Great Explorations Museum, 821-8992
June 14-August 20 Summer Art Camp, Morean Arts Lunchtime Yoga, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
Center; 822-7872 x21 Tuesday
June 15 American Stage Summer Camp, American Awaken Yoga, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
Stage; 823-1600 Hoop Dancing fitness, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
JUNE 18 PORCH PARTY (see page 20) Wednesday
Coffee with a Curator (first Wed of the month), Dali Museum;
June 19 Family Fun Fiesta, Westminster Presbyterian 823-3767
Church; 821-5259 Oldies but Goodies Dance (2nd and 4th Wed of the month), The
June 20 Father’s Day, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102 Pier; 821-6443
JUNE 21 Tea Dance (1st and 3rd Wed of the month), Coliseum; 892-5202
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING – POTLUCK Coffee Talks (2nd Wed of the month), Museum of Fine Arts; 896-2667
(see page 1) Hoop Dancing fitness, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
Lunchtime Yoga, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
June 23 City Budget Forum, City Hall Terrific Tots, Great Explorations Museum; 821-8992
June 25 Dancers 4 Cancer (benefits Gulfcoast Oncol- Great ART Explorations, Great Explorations Museum, 821-8992
ogy Foundation), Coliseum; 424-6945 Thursday
June 26 St. Pete Pride Parade and Street Festival, Artist’s Table (3rd Thur of the month), Morean Arts Center; 822-7872
Grand Central district; 388-1382 Awaken Yoga, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
June 26 Repotting and Mounting Orchids, Sunken Dali & Beyond Film Series, Dali Museum; 823-3767
Gardens; 551-3102 Artist Exhibition (thru 7/31), Weedon Island Preserve; 453-6500
Poster Exhibit: Earth from Space, Weedon Island Preserve;
July 4 453-6500
HONNA 4th of JULY CHILDREN’S PARADE Friday
(see page 7) Get Downtown Music Series (1st Fri of the month), Central b/w
2nd-3rd; 393-3597
July 4 Opening Event: The Chihuly Collection, 400
St. Pete Shuffle, St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Courts; 822-2083
Beach Drive NE
Grand Central Hop (3rd Fri of the month) Grand Central busi-
June 26 Extravaganza and Fireworks, Pier and Spa
ness district; 643-7512
Beach Park; 893-7441
Friday Night Wine & Music Series (3rd Fri of the month), Bay-
JULY 8 Walk; 824-8888
HONNA CRIME WATCH MEETING S’Real Fridays (Jul & Aug), Dali Museum; 823-3767
(see page 5) Terrific Tots, Great Explorations Museum; 821-8992
Great Weedon Bird Quest (2nd Fri of the month), Weedon Island
July 8-10 14th Annual Florida Neighborhoods Confer-
Preserve; 463-6500
ence Bayfront Hilton
Artist Exhibition (thru 7/31), Weedon Island Preserve; 453-6500
July 10 Mid-Summer Coastal Clean Up Fort DeSoto
Park; 533-0402
453-6500
JULY 16 Saturday
PORCH PARTY (See page 20) Dali Family Fun Saturdays, Dali Museum; 823-3767
FISH-ful Saturdays (1st Sat of the month), Pier Aquarium; 895-7437
July 17-18 Cool Art Show Coliseum; 892-5202 Face Painting by Joanne Cone, The Pier; 821-6443
JULY 19 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING Saturday Afternoon Fun (2nd and 4th Sat of the month), The
Pier; 821-6443

Guided Hikes, Weedon Island Preserve; 463-6500
Saturday Antiques and Green Market, Central at 13th; 895-0368
Walking & Trolley Tour “Westward Ho to the Waterfront” (last
Sat of the month), starts at Central at 2nd; 824-7802
Family Flicks! Movies on the Waterfront 93rd Sat of the month),
The Pier; 821-6443
Gallery Walks (2nd Sat of the month), various downtown loca-
tions; 323-ARTS
Saturdays at the Morean (1st Sat of the month), Morean Arts
Center; 822-7872
Walking Tour “North by Old Northeast” (3rd Sat of the month),
Central at 2nd; 824-7802
Walking Tour of Historic Downtown (2nd Sat of the month),
Central at 2nd; 824-7802
Pancake Breakfast (1st Sat of the month), Albert Whitted Field;
821-1532
Horticulture workshop, Sunken Gardens; 551-3102
Artist Exhibition (thru 7/31), Weedon Island Preserve; 453-6500
453-6500
Super Special Saturday Family Day (3rd Sat of the month);
Museum of Fine Arts; 896-2667
Sunday
Music Fest on the Water, The Pier; 821-6443
Sunday Afternoon Family Fun (1st and 3rd Sun of the month),
The Pier, 821-6443
Photography Hike (1st Sun of the month), Weedon Island Pre-
serve; 463-6500
For a current and more detailed listing
visit the City’s website at www.stpete.org

How Does Your Garden Grow? by Laura Fage
Most ready-made containers have one or more holes in the bottom to

provide good drainage. Drill holes, if possible, in containers you’ve
made or found. Layer shards of terra-cotta pots or pebbles on the
bottom so roots won’t clog drainage holes and instead of garden soil
Pots
use soilless potting mixes, which are lighter, absorb more water, drain
better and many of which include a slow-release fertilizer. To be more
of
economical with the potting mix, you may want to use a “false bottom”
for pots larger than 18” (a small disposable plant pot from the nursery
Pleasure
works well). While plants in containers are generally less susceptible
to pests and diseases, be mindful that containers need to be watered
regularly and fertilized at least once during the season.
The WOW Factor
I
t was a tough winter for all of us when it comes to our Flowers, color, texture and varying heights are the most impor-
landscaping…you can stroll through the neighborhood and tant elements of a great-looking container. The wrong combination
see the toll the unseasonable weather took on our beloved can be boring, but the right combination will instantly create the
plants. Many of us have spent the last several months trimming, WOW factor for your garden. The best plants for a container garden
fertilizing, replacing and cajoling our little bit of nature back to will be a variety of upright, mounding and trailing plants – or the
life – hopefully with some success. thrill, fill and spill as they are sometimes referred to.
Now that the heat of the summer is upon us, the best and quick- The upright plant will be the focal point, so choose one with
est impact we can make in our yards is with container gardening. a pleasing flower, color or texture. The mounding plant will fill
It’s easy, mobile, there’s less weeding and in the dead spaces. The trailing plant
stooping and it provides instant gratification spills over the edge of your container
– and the WOW factor if done correctly. for added dimension and interest. A
While there are many types of container mistake often made when planting
gardening, here are a few tips on creating containers with a mix of flowers is the
lush, full and colorful pots of pleasure. gardener doesn’t use enough plants;
a trade secret is to pack the container
with plants from the get-go for that
So Many Choices “magazine-cover” look.
Consider the traditional container choic-
If you think of containers as simply
es: stone urns, half whiskey barrels, troughs,
seasonal accessories to your land-
hanging baskets and containers made of
scape, you’ll find your choices of
concrete, terra-cotta, clay or lightweight
plants are limitless. You can use all
synthetic materials. Your choices are lim-
annuals for high-impact color or use
ited only by your imagination and some of
an evergreen perennial as the upright
the most beautiful “portable gardens” are
focus and then change the surrounding
found in the most unique containers from
plants with the season. Make sure you
vintage and flea market finds – including a
choose plants that have the same light
water garden in an old claw foot bathtub to
and moisture requirements, and from
a coco fiber liner inside a bicycle basket.
there choose the ones you think look
When choosing containers, make sure they
great together. Keep in mind where
will be the right size for the plants, have
you’re going to be putting your con-
excellent drainage and coordinate with your
tainer garden, and buy plants that will
home and surrounding landscape.
thrive in that amount of lighting. Once
Scale is very important to overall suc- you have the right plants, in the right
cess in any landscape. Vary your levels of pot, in the right place, ENJOY!
containers by placing plants on a sturdy
pedestal, benches or stairs. Suspend hanging baskets at chest
level where people can see them or more than six feet high where A resident of the Old Northeast, Laura Fage is the proprietor of
there is no danger of bumping into them. Plants at waist level or Casa Terra Design which specializes in curb appeal, outdoor rooms,
lower should be located off beaten paths and out of the way of interior redesign, staging for sale and inspiring home owners to live a
rambunctious pets and children. As a practical matter, you may more beautiful life. She has owned a home and garden boutique, hosted
want to group and locate containers to ease watering. a garden TV show and conducted workshops on all aspects of home
decor. www.casaterradesign.com or laura@casaterradesign.com.
First Steps First Author’s Personal Note: My husband Frank and I recently
Virtually any form of flowering or foliage plant and compact veg- moved into our dream home in The Old Northeast and have been
etables or edible herbs will feel at home in a container if you provide revitalizing our landscape – complete with interesting and colorful
the proper conditions for growth. First of all, there must be drainage. containers. We look forward to seeing you in the neighborhood!
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• Yard Sale Recap
• Parking NO NOs
• “Stuff”
• Easter Egg Hunt
• Summer Fun Things
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