in search of kerouac - View this location on map  a quick auto tour of st. petersburg's northern neighborhoods becomes a visit to the premakeover city as you pass the quiet, shaded courts of the st. petersburg shuffleboard club ( 727-822-2083), and the sunken gardens (1825 fourth street north, 727-551-3100), a green sanctuary filled with tropical trees and plants that flourish below street level in what legend has made into a sinkhole, but more likely was a small lake. a few blocks away is the flamingo sports bar (1230 ninth street north, 727-894-9191), a cinder-block pool hall where the beat avatar jack kerouac drank his last days away. New York Times 559 mirror lake drive north, St. Petersburg, FL Active, Kids |