{"id":101262,"date":"2025-12-31T15:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101262\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:25:06","slug":"st-pete-risings-top-stories-of-2025-captured-a-changing-city-navigating-growth-and-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101262\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete Rising\u2019s top stories of 2025 captured a changing city navigating growth and nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In 2025, St. Petersburg gave us plenty to talk about and, judging by the clicks, you were paying close attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">From splashy redevelopment proposals and high-stakes Rays drama to beloved dive bars, beachfront icons, and even a dinosaur perched above downtown, readers gravitated toward stories that captured a city changing in real time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The most-read articles of the year were not just about shiny renderings or breaking news. They focused on the follow-up questions, the fine print, and how big ideas actually play out on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Whether tracking the future of the Tropicana Field site, examining housing policy shifts, or following the next chapter of long-standing local institutions, these stories reflected the curiosity and healthy skepticism of St. Pete Rising readers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Below are the 10 most-read St. Pete Rising articles of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2025, St. Petersburg gave us plenty to talk about and, judging by the clicks, you were paying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-101262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}