Jack Spinrad

Jack was born many years ago Brooklyn, NY. Hopping from coast to coast, he finally settled in St Petersburg in the Magnolia Heights Neighborhood in 1991. He is happily married to his wife Cookie and father to three kids. Now retired, he spends most of his time as President of the Magnolia Heights Neighborhood, repairing their mid-century house, and writing for Green Bench Monthly.

History

Webb’s City: World’s Most Unusual Drug Store

For the first issue of this magazine (Vol. 1, Issue 1, September 2016) I wrote about a visit to St. Petersburg in the mid...

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Exploring Snell Isle—Perry Snell’s Pearl of Pinellas

It’s the Sunday before Christmas, and my wife is getting the house ready for company. When you consider how long we’ve been married, you...

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Pinellas Point: Pink Streets

A good friend and I were discussing the many named neighborhoods that exist within the boundaries of St. Petersburg. When The Greater Pinellas Point...

Historic Old Northeast

Taking In Historic Old Northeast

It was one of St. Petersburg’s beautiful breezy evenings. We had finished an early dinner at The Birchwood on Beach Drive and as we...

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Speakeasy: Mob Stories from St. Petersburg

As a teenager I lived with my family in an apartment in the Baldwin Hills section of Los Angeles. Our next door neighbor was...

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Sunken Gardens: Now and Then

In 1989, I began a job as a manufacturer’s representative. Actually, I represented 25 different manufacturers, all of which sold products related to the...

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