Taking a cue from big cities, St. Petersburg will open a Central Avenue shop with new logo items and dusted-off relics. In a narrow storefront on Central Avenue, the city is about to start selling items that residents and tourists alike never knew they wanted or needed. Street banners from the 1996 vice presidential debate. Custom-made street signs. They're unique salvage items.
People seem to be interested.
Next month the city will open City Gear, as the stop will be called, with limited stock. A grand opening is planned for November, in time for the holiday shopping season. The shop will be brimming with St. Petersburg logo items, such as umbrellas, denim shirts and mugs. Anything else that someone might want will get a price tag, too, including old posters, signs, T-shirts, hats and pens. The city has about 60 left to sell.