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| 5/1/2015

"That's just wrong. I don't want a smelly nail salon in here."

-- Evan Whittle, a financial adviser at Raymond James, who works near Pedro's Tonsorial Parlor

A downtown St. Petersburg institution has been handed its walking papers — under the door.

After 25 years in the office tower One Progress Plaza at 200 Central Ave., Pedro's Tonsorial Parlor is moving out because the building's owners aren't renewing its lease.

The management company slipped a letter under the shop's door on April 10, notifying owner Clyde "Pedro" Holladay that he would have to move out in August when his lease is up.

Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.

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