By Dalia Colon I’m a journalist, a wife, a mom, a runner and a chocolate fiend. And just as people have different sides, so do neighborhoods. Case in point: Ybor City, a historic district northeast of downtown Tampa. Ybor (pronounced “EE-bore”) is one of Tampa’s most celebrated neighborhoods, and…
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Tom Scherberger Want to explore the cultural, historical, and architectural treasures of Tampa’s Ybor City? There’s an app for that. Just go to Florida Stories Walking Tours, and download the app created by the Florida Humanities Council. With this app you can learn, at your own pace and on your…
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Step off a 1920s streetcar, designed for 21st century travel, into Ybor City, where brick-paved streets and wrought iron balconies frame historic buildings that reflect another place in time. In the early 1900s Ybor City (pronounced EE-bore) was the “Cigar Capital of the World” and Tampa’s ethnic…
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By VISIT FLORIDA staff A touch of Russia, a bit of Scotland, and a dose of Latin America in this tour of St. Petersburg, Dunedin and Ybor City. St. Petersburg, also known as the "Sunshine City," is a city that boomed while the big bands played. Hollywood stars, baseball greats and real estate…
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