Tampa: city scenes

[bobliocatt]

Tampa is Florida's 3rd largest city with a population of 315,000. The "Cigar City" was the cigar manufacturing capitol of the world during before the 1930's.

The vacant Floridian Hotel was Tampa's tallest building for over 50 years.

Tampa Street

The Tampa Bay Hotel (now the University of Tampa)

Florida Avenue

Lykes Square

Franklin Street was once the main street in the city. In the 1970's it was converted into a pedestrian mall, then all the businesses closed up. Now the city is in the process of reopening the street to automobile traffic to encourage redevelopment in the largely decayed, but historic area. Here are a couple of pics along Franklin.

looking south along Franklin

Phase two of the streetcar system will go down Franklin

Unforunately the vacant Maas Brothers Department Store is now scheduled for demolition, as soon as the money becomes available

The restored Tampa Theater on Franklin

7th Street in Ybor City, the epicenter of the early cigar industry

Harbor Island was an industrial wasteland, 10 years ago

shotgun homes in West Tampa

SoHo, or South Howard Avenue, is the home to many new urban developments

The downtown skyline from Davis Island

The skyline from the Channel Warehouse District

[M. Brown]

I love Tampa. I wanna visit it someday

[Allan]

Great pics!

[Raleigh-NC]

Excellent photos!!! Ybor City and SoHo seem to be very impressive places. I heard a lot about them, especially Ybor City.

[Urban_Legend]

I would love to visit Tampa! I see alot of potential for those old decayed buildings along Franklin St. Nice photos!