Last week in Florida, the St. Petersburg City Council approved co-naming part of 1st Street as Florida Orchestra Way. The measure means that signs between 5th Avenue N and 5th Avenue S will include 1st Street in larger type at the top, with a smaller Florida Orchestra Way underneath. The street runs past the Mahaffey Theater, one of the orchestra’s performance venues. The orchestra is working with the city to determine when the signs will go up, probably in the fall. The Florida Orchestra launches its 50th season in September, under the leadership of Music Director Michael Francis. “Today we recognized the tenure of one of our longest arts anchors, and that’s really what this co-naming is all about,” said council member Karl Nurse. “Sometimes you just get used to something always being there and you forget to say thank you.”
Posted May 9, 2017
