Swampy's Florida

Downtown St. Petersburg during another Boom, post WW II. The area was thriving and would well into the ’60s.
The strip of trees jutting off shore and into the water is what is better known today as the pier area. Hard to imagine all of those trees there today.

In the foreground is The Vinoy Hotel, built during an earlier Boom of the 1920s. Opened in ’26 and still open today.
You can plan a visit, stay or just learn more of The Vinoy here:
https://thevinoy.com/

That’s Beach Drive to the left of The Vinoy. Just about all of that area left of Beach Drive has multi-story structures slong it today.

This postcard of Downtown St. Petersburg was mailed on January 19th, 1948 to Miss Elva Ulrich, 175 Clinton North, Rochester, New York. The card states that the sender had been in the hospital and hopes to see the card receiver soon. It’s signed “your first friend 552”. Have no idea what that means and that’s likely the intent. 🙂

The Vinoy Hotel is prominent in the foreground and the roadway to the pier in the mid-ground. In the background is Albert Whitted Field.
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