TARPON SPRINGS — Over the past several years, Tarpon Springs officials, organizations and civic leaders have developed several projects designed to highlight the city’s history, including signage, building markers and murals as well as June’s inaugural Hope Day celebration commemorating the sponge diving industry.
On Tuesday, June 29, two additions to the city’s historical tapestry were unveiled at the Cultural Center on South Pinellas Avenue — a state marker detailing the history of the 106-year-old building, and a vibrant, wall-length mural by Elizabeth Indianos titled This Blessed Plot, This Earth. The mural just inside the doors of the facility depicts scenes and characters from decades of Tarpon’s history.
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