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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.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, commonly known as Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, is an American multinational hospitality company headquartered in the Riverside Plaza area of Chicago that manages and franchises luxury and business hotels, resorts, and vacation properties. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is one of the businesses managed by the Pritzker family. Hyatt ...
It was originally built in 1886 to house the offices for Vicente Martinez Ybor's companies as he planned Ybor City and then ran his cigar factory and other businesses. El Pasaje has been home to many establishments since: a hotel, several restaurants, several bars and speakeasies, a military recruiting station, and newspaper offices, among ...
The Ybor City Story: 1885–1954. translated by E. Fernandez and H. Beltran (1976). University of Tampa. Pacheco, Ferdie (1994). Ybor City Chronicles. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1296-1. Patrick, Maureen (March–April 2007). "How We Got There: Immigration and Ybor City, 1886 - 1921". Cigar City Magazine. 2 (9): 26 ...
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American businessman and member of the Pritzker family.He was a founder of the Hyatt Corporation, having purchased the first Hyatt Hotel in 1957, and was responsible for the corporation's evolution into a multinational hospitality conglomerate.
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.
The Ritz Ybor (originally the Rivoli Theatre) is an events venue located in the historic Ybor City, within Tampa, Florida. Opening in 1917, the theatre catered to the Afro-Cuban community in the emerging neighborhood. Throughout the years, the venue was served as a cinema, adult movie theater, nightclub and concert venue. The theatre was ...
Hyatt House or The Hyatt House may refer to: . Hyatt House, the name of a chain of extended stay hotels from Hyatt (formerly Hyatt Summerfield Suites and Hotel Sierra); Hyatt House, the world's first fly-in (airport) hotel, in Los Angeles, California, conceptualized and built by Jack D. Crouch, basis for the Hyatt hotel chain.