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Jimmy Ciaccio and his beautiful former garage were mentioned in the paper.
Owner hopes building cleanup starts a trendSt. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA Jimmy Ciaccio isn't going out on a limb when he says much of Florida Avenue through South Seminole Heights is "ugly." So he moved his business there and did ...
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David Scott Banghart
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4/28/2006 07:52:00 AM
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It looks BEAUTIFUL!
Mr. Ciaccio ought to be commended. His office should be used as a model.
Nice job, let the investment in Florida Avenue continue!
Thank you Mr. Ciaccio for taking pride in your building! I hope others will follow your lead. We need more buisnesses like you to preserve the historic structures in our nieghborhood.
He did a nice job with the building but do you really think it's a contributing historic structure?
I don't know the specific history of that building, but it appears to be one of the old service stations. Several of those are seen in the old Burgert Brothers photos of the area. Looking at the fire insurance maps of the 20's and 30's Seminole Heights had quite a bit of auto service related businesses.
It is not a new building. Is it "contributing."Who cares? Anything from the old era is worth preserving. He took an eyesore and made it fabulous! I hope others take note.
It is a 1930's service station.
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