Delores Jackson: Mother, sister, community activist, and Laurel Park hero
The Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion is scheduled this Sunday, Dec. 12, from noon until 3…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion: Making it happen
The Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods were filled with homes, churches, businesses,…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion, part 2
Although living conditions in the complex had deteriorated by the time the city broke…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion aims to honor past residents
Former residents of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods and their descendants…
The Grim History Hidden Under a Baltimore Parking Lot
BY SARAH LASKOW, Atlas Obscura hen Laurel Cemetery opened on the outskirts of Baltimore…
Memories provided by Russell Cato
‘It’s a sad feeling to know that this property removed a lot of culture,’…
Memories provided by Shirley Smith-Hayes
Shirley Smith-Hayes and her daughter, Stephanie Perry, remembered the distress people…
Memories provided by Sheron Potts
Sheron Potts grew up in the Gas Plant area. She shared that her parents started the Potts…
Memories provided by Carlos Lovett
At 14 years old, Carlos Lovett and his family were one of the last people to leave the…
Gas Plant memories provided by Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker has fond memories of growing up in the historic Gas Plant neighborhood. By…
A grave situation: Part 4
A headstone from Glen Oaks cemetery. Photo by James Schnur BY JAMES A. SCHNUR, The Gabber…
Netflix star headlines the 2022 Collard Green Festival
Chef Gabrielle E. W. Carter will share her knowledge of African diasporic cooking,…
Will a Black mayor deliver reparations to the Black community?
The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement wants to know if a Black mayor…
A day of memories; a day of celebration
Mayor-elect Ken Welch regaled the crowd with stories of growing up in the Gas Plant…
I AM: The story of the Gas Plant Neighborhood
The area known as the Gas Plant neighborhood was the second African-American neighborhood…
No good news from Affordable Housing Round Table
Twenty-three-year-old Diguel Atkins stumped the panel when he asked why affordable…
Will there be job openings at the SPHA?
Council Chair Lisa Wheeler-Bowman supports the removal of SPHA Board of Commissioners…
Lecture unearths the history of Pinellas cemeteries
PINELLAS COUNTY – Long before the establishment of Lincoln Cemetery on 58th Street…