Ybor City

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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Masthead gallery: Tampa Bay Sun FC first match


Development News Work is underway to return Ybor City's Seventh Avenue to a brick road.

Back to brick for Ybor's Seventh Avenue


Innovation News The Ybor City Food Tour is the latest offering from Max Herman and The Official Tampa Bay Tour Co., the family-owned company behind the popular history and ghost tours of the Ybor historic district.

Take a taste of Ybor on new food tour


Feature Story The improv act Camera performs during the 2023 Countdown Improv Festival. This year's festival returns to the HCC Ybor campus Performing Arts Building from August 7th through 11th.

August arts roundup: Countdown Improv returns


Innovation News Visit Tampa Bay President and CEO Santiago C. Corrada at the event unveiling the Monopoly: Tampa edition board game.

A busy, banner year for Visit Tampa Bay


Development News The section of the Green Spine across the Cass Street Bridge in January 2023. Construction starts soon to extend the urban bicycle trail through Ybor City.

Tampa extending Green Spine through Ybor City