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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 most exclusive social clubs are in the oldest cities – Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Others, which are well respected, have developed in such major cities as Pittsburgh, Chicago, and San Francisco. The most exclusive social clubs are two in New York City – the Links and the Knickerbocker (Allen 1987, 25). [2]
The city of Tampa, Florida is officially divided into six geographical regions: New Tampa, West Tampa, Brooklyn Village, Downtown Tampa, Ybor City, and Channel District each coinciding with a respective Tampa City Council district. [1]
American Social Bar & Kitchen is now open at Mizner Park in Boca Raton. It is the fifth location in the state after Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando and Tampa.
Ybor City's social clubs were founded by immigrants for the benefit of immigrants. The funds to build the large and often opulent clubhouses and to operate the organizations came from dues collected from members, usually about 5% of a member's salary. The German-American (Deutscher-Americaner) Club El Centro Asturiano
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Those passing through downtown Tampa this week may have noticed something different about Tampa’s famous “Beer Can” building. On top of the building, officially known ...
The Jackson Rooming House, also known as Jackson House, is a historic building constructed in 1901 as a boarding house in the city of Tampa, in the U.S. state of Florida.It provided accommodations to African-Americans and other travelers of African descent during the era of racial segregation.
The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns -- and the community was still devastated.