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The TECO line streetcar operates free of charge for passengers from Ybor City Historic District to the Channel District in Tampa.
Photos by Carole Devillers
Built at the turn of the last century, the style of Ybor City structures is reminiscent of New Orleans, with wrought iron balconies.
Photos by Carole Devillers.
Ybor City is named after Vicente Martinez-Ybor, who immigrated from Spain in the 19th century. His arrival in Tampa by way of Cuba and Key West to relocate his cigar business transformed the small hamlet into the cigar capital of the world.
Photos by Carole Devillers.
The Tampa Baseball Museum is housed in an Ybor City casita where baseball legend Al Lopez grew up.
Courtesy of Tampa Baseball Museum
A&C (Aroma and Color), a family-owned company in Tampa, sells hand-made soaps in the midst of a sea of vendors and visitors to the Saturday Market.
Photos by Diane Egner
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Perhaps Tampa’s best-known neighborhood, Ybor City chronicles the history of Tampa’s (and arguable Florida’s) immigrant experience and the local journey along the country’s economic roller coaster ride.
“Founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City became ‘the cigar capital of the world’ by 1900,’’ boasts the City of Tampa’s website. A thriving hub of tobacco manufacturing, it soon became home to a growing working class of immigrants from Spain and Cuba and Italy, as well as from Germany, Eastern Europe and China as entrepreneurs, restauranteurs and shopkeepers arrived to meet a growing community’s needs.
That thriving pool of diverse talent created a living environment rich with an abundance of talent and innovation in architecture, dining, entertainment, social and civic organizations, housing and health care.
It’s that image of American success and not the ups and downs in between that developers see today in their vision for the future of Ybor City as an attractive hub of live, work, play and stay spaces for creatives, artists, techies, foodies, designers, educators and innovators connecting Tampa’s Downtown, Port Tampa Bay and neighborhoods to the north and east.
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Christopher Curry
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Masthead gallery: Tampa Bay Sun FC first match
Carole Devillers
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Creative Pinellas, Gobioff Foundation, City of Clearwater artist grant opportunities
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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Author Paul Wilborn talks 5 years of “Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto”
Marty Clear
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Tampa Bay Sun FC prepares for historic season as Bay Area’s first professional women’s sports team
Tashie Tierney
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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Back to brick for Ybor's Seventh Avenue
Philip Morgan
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Take a taste of Ybor on new food tour
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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August arts roundup: Countdown Improv returns
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Preserving Ybor's Centro Asturiano, Tampa's Spanish immigrant legacy
Tashie Tierney
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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A busy, banner year for Visit Tampa Bay
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Archives Awareness Week celebrates Tampa’s 137th birthday
Friday, July 12, 2024
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City of Tampa
Development News
Tampa extending Green Spine through Ybor City
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Feature Story
July arts: "Photo Ybor: Then and Now" at FMoPA, new exhibits on both sides of the Bay
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Feature Story
Sky Puppy Brewing takes flight in Ybor this summer
Christopher Curry
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Feature Story
Darryl Shaw talks Ybor revitalization, looks to future
Christopher Curry
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Development News
Enter projects in the 42nd annual Planning & Design Awards
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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Plan Hillsborough
Development News
Hillsborough TPO board votes on transportation project priority list Wednesday evening
Christopher Curry
Monday, June 10, 2024
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June arts: Tampa Fringe, Juneteenth and Pride Month events, new exhibits, and much more
Christopher Curry
Thursday, May 30, 2024
For Good
The Cuban Sandwich Festival: A Memorial Day weekend mainstay in Ybor City
Christopher Curry
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
For Good
Scenes from J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'s Founder's Day celebration
Kimberly DeFalco
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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People lined up for a cool drink at at the Coconut Bar.
Photos by Jay Nolan.
The new archway lighting along East Seventh Avenue is among the recent improvements in the Ybor City Community Redevelopment Area.
Provided by City of Tampa
Takeo Faison shares a conversation during the opening reception for his exhibit "What Does the Cowboy Dream About?"
Photos by Jay Nolan
The busy arts hub at the Ybor City Kress Building will continue to grow with an annex adding a print-making studio, wet-dry photography dark room, living space for short-term artists and kitchen space for culinary arts.
Photos by Jay Nolan
Housing stabilization and affordability are among the top issues expressed by East Tampa residents.
Photo by Janine Quarles-Adkins
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