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Read MoreGetting a tattoo can be scary for first-timers, but getting inked while surrounded by items of the occult is on another level.
Ben Harris, a longtime local bartender, is marrying the macabre and curated art collection at his new business concept, Culture Shock, an oddity shop and tattoo studio that quietly opened earlier this week at 244 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North in downtown St. Petersburg.
With its ominous allure, black shelves line the tall walls inside the 3,600-square-foot space, displaying religious iconography, funeral and burial photos, creepy dolls, foreign weaponry, and taxidermy.
There are also items from Harris' procured personal collection, including a hatchet belonging to the notorious Butcher of Plainfield serial killer Ed Gein, eerie paintings of clowns, tribal spears, Ouija boards, and crosses.
Read MoreThe Castille Urbana condominium building, which is under construction at 600 3rd Avenue South, is beginning to take shape.
After completing the building’s podium and parking deck in 2023, vertical construction resumed in mid-January with crews starting on second-floor exterior block work.
When complete, the five-story building in downtown St. Petersburg will feature 40 condominiums with two- and three-bedroom floor plans, ranging from 1,158 to 1,650 square feet.
Read MoreSt. Petersburg is proving to be a popular destination for women’s clothing boutiques. After a handful of new boutiques opened last year, another, Bay Club, recently debuted at 4401 4th Street North. Melinda Kulpa of KW Commercial represented Bay Club in the lease transaction.
Owner Rachel Rawles, a veteran of the fashion industry, said she’s hoping to bring something new and exciting to the Sunshine City.
“I was at Spanx for the past 10 years designing women's wear,” Rawles said. “So, this is new for me, opening up a store, but I've always been in fashion and design, and I’m super excited to share a different style — something that's not here yet.”
Read MoreFirst announced in January 2022, Sweetgreen’s arrival in St. Petersburg is back on track.
The Los Angeles-based, fast-casual restaurant, which serves made-to-order salads, leased space at 1114 Central Avenue in the EDGE District of downtown St. Pete, with a goal of opening in late 2022.
A huge ‘coming soon’ banner was erected and the site became a hive of construction activity. However, shortly thereafter, the banner was removed and workers were nowhere to be seen.
But recently, a construction crew was spotted on-site again.
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