Tampa’s Ybor City holds history and treasure

In 1886, Don Vicente Martinez-Ybor moved his cigar factory from Key West to Tampa and founded Ybor City. Other cigar manufacturers soon followed. Many Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants worked in ...
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Ybor City: Cuban heritage still shapes Tampa’s historic neighborhood

In Tampa’s Ybor City, visitors can sample Cuban culture without ever pulling out a passport. The neighborhood, built by Cuban cigar workers beginning in the late 1800s, still reflects the food, ...
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Tampa Ideal Church of Scientology Marks 15 Years of Preserving History and Serving the Community

Dedicated on L. Ron Hubbard’s centennial birthday, the Church restored Tampa’s first cigar factory into a vibrant spiritual ...
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Gasworx development to have three buildings named in honor of Ybor City history

Three new buildings in Ybor City will be named in honor of those who helped make Ybor City and Tampa into what it is today. The developers of the Gasworx project announced that three of their ...