ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The city of St. Petersburg unveiled a 175 foot long walkable mosaic aimed at drawing visitors to Sunset Park on Wednesday, which depicts the sunrise over Tampa Bay in the east and ends with a sunset on the Gulf beaches in the west.

What You Need To Know • The Sunshine City Mosaic was unveiled on Wednesday in Sunset Park in St. Petersburg • The artwork is made up of 15,000 pieces of porcelain tile and glass, which creates nine vignettes of Florida’s wildlife • It took three local and emerging artists two and a half years to complete the project • The 175 foot long walkable mosaic aimed at drawing visitors to Sunset Park

“The goal when we originally started was to make kind of an iconic piece for the city,” said artist Alex Kaufman. “Something that everyone w

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