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Tour du Jour: Old Northeast Candlelight TourBy Times staff
WHEN: 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 16. Advance tickets ($12) available at Marketplace Express, the Mission Shop, A Green and Yellow Basket, Dylon's and Something Different, all in St. Petersburg, and Steve's Haircuts in Tampa. On tour day, tickets are $15 and will be sold starting at noon at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 126 11th Ave. NE, and at the Colonnade Guest House, 825 Beach Drive NE. Tickets will also be sold starting at 3 p.m. at the Palladium Theater, Fifth Avenue N and Third Street. Information: (727) 823-0753. WHAT ELSE: There will be music from 6 p.m. on at the Palladium. Refreshments will be available at the Palladium, at the Colonnade and at the La Veranda bed and breakfast at 155 Fifth Ave. NE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD: North Shore, developed beginning in 1911 by St. Petersburg pioneers C. Perry Snell and J.C. Hamlett, has long been among the city's premiere residential neighborhoods. The neighborhood stretches from Fifth to 30th avenues and from Tampa Bay to Fourth Street N. Architectural styles include Mediterranean Revival, Craftsman, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Italianate along with Florida ranches and contemporary homes. City parks border the neighborhood along Tampa Bay. Homes on the tour include Mediterranean Revival, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and bungalows. "Typically we've had about 1,200 people on this tour," said Rick Carson, one of the organizers. "I've had a call from somebody in Orlando who ordered tickets," but most tourgoers come from Pinellas County and from Tampa -- and, of course, from the neighborhood. "People want to know what the neighbors' house is like," Carson said.
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THE TOUR: Fourth annual Old Northeast Candlelight Tour of Homes in the Old Northeast section of St. Petersburg, sponsored by the North Shore Neighborhood Association.
