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The Davis Causeway was later named the Courtney Campbell Causeway in honor of the man who worked diligently to improve the causeway and develop its roadside parks.
To commemorate the work of Captain Davis, the Ben T. Davis Municipal Beach on the Tampa side of the causeway was dedicated.
In downtown Clearwater, new construction was also under way.
The old downtown Post Office had been located in the Scranton Arcade, near the offices of the St. Petersburg Times and the Ray Green Drugstore. A new building was erected at the intersection of Cleveland Street and North East Street. The Postmaster General himself, James A. Farley, a confidant of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, traveled to Clearwater in 1933 to attend the gala opening of the new downtown Post Office.
The Mediterranean Revival-style Post Office building, representative of the federal public works programs of the day, remains one of the most striking Clearwater landmarks.
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