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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.
The Castle is a nightclub in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, United States, associated largely with the goth subculture. [2] Located in the Ybor City Historic District, the building previously served as the second site of the Cooperative El Primero Progresso (officially the Agrupacion Benefica y Cultural del Centro Obrero), [3] or the Labor Temple, a place for Ybor City's cigar and restaurant ...
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 ...
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 ...
Blanco, however, denied that the residence is the backdrop for all-out ragers, insisting, “It’s refined: This is a ‘dinner party house.’” Blanco bought the 1989-constructed house in 2019.
The El Pasaje (also known as the Cherokee Club) is a historic site in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida.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.
Many in Florida politics were bothered by the fluid and peaceful race-relations in Ybor City so the Florida state government pressured the city to enforce the Jim Crow laws. [12] On October 26, 1900, twenty-four Afro-Cubans who were members of the club announced the formation of another organization, Los Libres Pensadores de Martí y Maceo .