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Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
The Ybor City Historic District (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [3] is a U.S. National Historic Landmark District (designated as such on December 14, 1990) located in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. The district is bounded by 6th Avenue, 13th Street, 10th Avenue and 22nd Street, East Broadway between 13th and 22nd Streets.
Established in 1896 by the Sicilian-born Francisco Ferlita, of Cuban-Spanish-Italian descent, bread sold for 3 to 5 cents a loaf, mainly to the Ybor City market. [3] Historic display at the museum. The bakery was destroyed by a fire in 1922, leaving only the brick bread oven standing.
The founding of the cigar-centered neighborhood of Ybor City by Vicente Martinez-Ybor in 1885 brought an influx of thousands of Cubans, Spaniards, Italians, and other immigrants. Tampa's population jumped from less than 800 residents in 1880 to over 15,000 in 1900, making it one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Florida.
Titanic Anatomy, Inc. splintered off into a new group with a different mission called Experimental Skeleton, Inc. Experimental Skeleton was to have many small venues finally landing proper in Seminole Heights where Florida Ave. was quickly becoming the breeding ground for galleries, artist studios, and transplants from the old Ybor City days ...
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Ybor City: The Making of a Landmark Town. University of Tampa Press. ISBN 1-59732-003-X. Leto, Emanuel (2001). Fraternidad: The Mutual Aid Societies of Ybor City. Tampa, FL: Ybor City Museum Society. Leto, Emanuel (2002). Hecho a Mano: Cigar Making in Tampa and Ybor City. Tampa, FL: Ybor City Museum Society. Mormino, Gary (1998).
Guavaween was a party that acted as the primary fundraiser for the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce. Guavaween served to preserve Tampa's oldest city. It was quite common for both adults and children to attend Guavaween in costume. Things tended to become more risqué during the evening hours. Parking could be extremely difficult in Ybor during ...