Neighborhood Partnership	Modified: Feb 22, 2008 06:10 PM

Lake Maggiore Shores

Amenities/character/etc

Stately trees stand guard over the Lake Maggiore Shores Neighborhood. Homes range vastly in size and styles. The area was one of the first developed in St. Petersburg with homes dating to 1910. Egrets quietly stroll across Pallanza Drive for a cool dip in Lake Maggiore. Other wildlife along the shore is abundant. Most of the home have well-tended lawns, trees and plants. Lakeview Park is a neighborhood park with frontage along Lake Maggiore. This beautiful park is adorned with a variety of trees which frame the lake and offer shade for a perfect picnic outing. The new playground equipment and large pavilion, with seating capacity for approximately 70 people, are recent additions to this beautiful park.

The Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center, which is located at 1310 22nd Avenue South, provides excellent health care for the City's residents. Immaculate Conception Early Childhood Center (2100 26th Avenue South)continues to set high standards in child care.

Architecture

Each street has a different architecture style and square footage size. Homes were built in three stages: the early 1920s, the 1950s, and 1990s. Most are one story masonry ranch style homes with open front porches and well-manicured lawns. There are brick homes, fireplaces, white tile roofs and sidewalks depending on the block. Single-car garages are prevalent. Some residents have a lovely view of Lake Maggiore while others look upon the newly planted landscaped median along 22nd Street.

Trelain Drive is a little unusual; most of the homes were built in 1920 and are large two-story structures with more than 2,000 square feet of floor area. Some of the homes have more than 3,000 square feet of floor area.

Neighborhood grant projects

Lake Maggiore Shores Neighborhood Association received grants from the City of St. Petersburg: one for park improvements and the second for neighborhood identification signs.

Organizations/programs

Lake Maggiore was once called Salt Lake and appears on the turn-of-the-century maps. The first neighborhood association on its northern shore formed in November 1994, with Bernice Darling as president.

One of the neighborhood's first and most successful projects was the adoption of Lakeview Park, behind 2100 26th Avenue South. Covered picnic tables, brightly colored playground equipment and a volleyball net have been added to the shady waterfront park. Recently, the association added a pavilion to the park with the award of a neighborhood grant in 1997.

Boundaries

Dr. M.L. King to 22nd Streets South from 22nd Avenue South to Lake Maggiore
(30th Avenue South extended).