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City of Tampa Public Art Program [68] I-4 Medallions: William Culbertson Overpass of Interstate 4 at 22nd Street City of Tampa Public Art Program [1] Immigrant Statue: Steven Dickey: 1991 Ybor Centennial Park Bronze: Approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. City of Tampa Public Art Program [1] [69] José Martí: Unknown 1949
It was coined in the 1970s by Steve Otto, long-time newspaper columnist for the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Times. The moniker derives from a combination of New York's "Big Apple" nickname and a reference to businessman Gavino Gutierrez's unsuccessful quest for wild guava trees, which turned out to be vital to Tampa's growth and development. [1] [2]
Dick Greco was born in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, where his Italian-American father owned a hardware store. He graduated from Hillsborough High School and the University of Tampa [2] where he earned a degree in Education in 1956. After college, Greco took over his father's hardware store and became increasingly active in many civic ...
Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the county seat of Hillsborough County. With an estimated population of 403,364 in 2023, Tampa is the 49th-most populous city in the country and the third-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville ...
1 Following the lapse of the city charter in October 1869, Hillsborough County took over responsibility for providing principal services. However, Tampa needed some form of municipal government to monitor the services being provided by the county and the state. As a result, a municipal election was held on July 6, 1870, in which Henderson was ...
Roughly bounded by Florida Avenue and East Fortune, Tampa, Franklin, and East Harrison Streets 27°57′15″N 82°27′37″W / 27.954167°N 82.460278°W / 27.954167; -82.460278 ( North Franklin Street Historic
The Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System has a collection of more than 20,000 of their photos at the John F. Germany Library in downtown Tampa. [2] The University of South Florida also has a digital collection of their photographs and has made 859 available online. [3]
In 1891, Henry B. Plant built a lavish 500+ room, 1 ⁄ 4-mile-long (400 m), US$2.5 million eclectic/Moorish Revival-style luxury resort hotel called the Tampa Bay Hotel among 150 acres (60 ha) of manicured gardens along the banks of the Hillsborough River.