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The 1925 casita home in Ybor was built in the early 1900's for immigrant cigar workers. YBOR CITY, Fla. - After restoring a ...
In 1937, 5,000 women marched through Tampa's Ybor City to confront fascism in what would become one of the largest political ...
Tampa’s Columbia Restaurant serves a Cuban sandwich so authentic, it’s history, culture, and flavor pressed into every bite.
Where did those Ybor chickens come from? Historians believe the avian tradition took off in the 1880s, when the first cigar workers came to the area from Cuba, Italy and Spain. As factory workers ...
TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to history, specifically Ybor City history, Arminda Mata can talk all day long. Recently, she had a captive audience at the Colonnade at Northdale, an assisted living ...
YBOR CITY — For more than a century, the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City has been a landmark of Spanish-Cuban heritage, blending history, cuisine and artistry. One of the restaurant’s most ...
The successful revitalization and preservation of Ybor City in Tampa could serve as a model for Jacksonville's historic LaVilla neighborhood.
YBOR CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — A new development is underway that will substantially change the future of Ybor City. The development, called Gasworx, will bring retail and office space and up to 5,000 ...