Westminster Heights Neighborhood Plan - City of St. Petersburg

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WESTMINSTER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN Royal Palm Cemetery The western boundary of Westminster Heights is dominated by the Royal Palm Cemetery, running south from 1st Avenue South along the east side of 58 th Street to the Pinellas Trail. The Woodlawn Cemetery on the westside of 58th Street mirrors the first third of the cemetery. From October 14, 2000 to March 10, 2001, the Pinellas Genealogy Society completed a survey of the cemetery that recorded 22,069 individuals buried there. The survey also found monuments written in English, Jewish, Russian and Dutch. According to the USGenWeb Archives, the cemetery began in 1921. Royal Palm is on 55 acres of the 80 acres Reginald H. Sumner bought from George S. Gandy. The cemetery offices once served as a chapel. With the cemetery owner’s encouragement, the grounds also serve as an ad hoc park with the asphalt drive around its circumference being regularly used as a walking trail by neighborhood residents. The cemetery has over one mile of roads through its grounds. The cemetery was sold in 2002 to Work & Son. December 2008 16
WESTMINSTER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN Pinellas Trail The Pinellas Trail is Westminster Heights southern boundary and also the boundary between St. Petersburg and Gulfport. It is a major amenity for the neighborhood providing exercise opportunities. The trail is made up of abandoned railroad lines that were once part of the Orange Belt Railroad and its successors: the Seaboard Air Line; Atlantic Coast Line; and finally CSX. The photos below show east and west views of the trail as it passes through Westminster Heights. The trail stretches 34 miles from Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg, providing scenic opportunities for walking, jogging and skating. Plans are in the implementation stage to extend the trail to downtown St. Petersburg and to develop a spur from Childs Park through TwinBrooks and Clam Bayou. The first leg of the trail opened in 1990 covering five miles south from the trailhead at Tarpon Springs. The trail currently runs to 8 th Avenue South and 34 th Street in St. Petersburg near Gibbs High School. Photos above show the eastern and western views of the trail as it passes the neighborhood. Trail Security The Pinellas Trail website lists the organizations responsible for security: “Pinellas County Security Task Force which represents law enforcement officers from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and various municipal law enforcement agencies. Pinellas County Park Rangers also regularly patrol the Trail, just as they do any county park, and the Auxiliary Rangers, a legion of volunteers, function as extra eyes and ears for the regular Park Rangers.” December 2008 17
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Westminster Heights Neighborhood Plan - City of St. Petersburg

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