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Location of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tampa, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tampa, Florida. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the ...
City of Tampa Public Art Program [1] Tony Pizzo: Steven Dickey: 1994 Ybor Centennial Park Bronze: Approx. 68 x 40 x 32 in. City of Tampa Public Art Program [1] [72] Untitled: Dean James ca. 1986 Courtyard at 1320 E. 9th Ave Approx. 10 x 10 x 10 ft. [73] Vicente Martinez Ybor: Steven Dickey: 2001 Ybor Centennial Park Bronze: City of Tampa Public ...
Another major business district is the Westshore Business District, located east of Tampa Bay and south of Tampa International Airport. Currently, Westshore has more than 11 million square feet (1,000,000 m 2 ) of commercial office space, 4,000 businesses with nearly 100,000 employees, 32 hotels, 2 major shopping malls ( International Plaza and ...
Putt the Pier: For a third year, the St. Pete Pier has set up an 18-hole mini-golf green, running daily through Sunday, Jan. 5. The green with 360-degree views of Tampa Bay has holiday-themed ...
Tampa Bay formed approximately 6,000 years ago as a brackish drowned river valley type [4] estuary with a wide mouth connecting it to the Gulf of Mexico.Prior to that time, it was a large fresh water lake, possibly fed by the Floridan Aquifer through natural springs. [5]
A 1748 British map had "B. del Spirito Santo" for Tampa Bay and "Carlos Bay" to the south. A Spanish map of 1757 renamed Tampa Bay as "San Fernando". As late as 1774, Bernard Romans called Tampa Bay "Bay of Espiritu Santo", with "Tampa Bay" restricted to the Northwest arm, what is now Old Tampa Bay, and the northeast arm named "Hillsborough Bay".
The Tampa Bay Hotel was built by railroad magnate Henry B. Plant between 1888 and 1891. The construction cost was over $3 million. [6] The Tampa Bay Hotel was considered the premier hotel of the eight that Plant built to anchor his rail line. The hotel covers 6 acres (24,000 m 2) and is a quarter-mile long.
Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images 8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-7), in the hunt: Sunday night, they couldn't handle a Dallas team eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the day.