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  SMOKE 09/98 - Ybor City
Ybor City stands in the sun, swarming with Buccaneers and saturated by the scent of cigars.
Ybor City was founded in 1886 by cigar manufacturers Vincent-Martinez Ybor and Don Ignacio Haya, who were drawn to Tampa Bay by the climate, offers of land, and $4,000 in cash.
Ybor City was the "Cigar Capital of the World" for over 50 years and, in some ways, still is. It is an historic district haunted by ghosts of anarchists, revolutionaries, and industrialists who laid the groundwork for the modern cigar industry.
www.smokemag.com /0998/city.htm   (652 words)

  
 Ybor City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor (then 68) wished to move his operations to Florida's west coast from Key West to escape labor unrest and limitations on space for expansion of the industry.
Vicente Martinez Ybor was born in Valencia, Spain in 1818.
Ybor began manufacturing cigars in Havana, Cuba in 1856, and his brand "El Principe de Gales" ("Prince of Wales") was at one time the most popular cigar label in the world.
www.ybormuseum.org /ybor.html   (1432 words)

  
 Ybor City: History in Ybor
One of the city's renovated cigar factories is home to Ybor Square, a mall filled with dining and retail establishments at 1901 N 13th St. The 113-year-old building retains its original brick walls and wood beams and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Ybor City Brewing Co. is located in another renovated cigar building, a 104-year-old brick structure at 2205 N 20th St. Its Ybor Gold has become a favorite beer among locals.
Ybor City is a National Historic Landmark District, one of only three in Florida.
www.ybortimes.com /history.cfm   (510 words)

  
 Main Page - Ybor City Museum State Park » Florida State Parks
The Ybor City Museum State Park is the preferred starting point for your exploration of the historic cigar industry, and the multi-cultural community which helped build the city of Tampa.
The Ybor City Museum State Park provides visitors a glimpse into the lives of the immigrants who settled, lived in, and built the thriving community of Ybor City.
Don Vicente Martinez Ybor came to the frontier near Tampa and built a city that became the "Cigar Capital of the World." From the opening of the first cigar factory in 1886 until the 1930s, Ybor City flourished.
www.floridastateparks.org /Yborcity/default.cfm   (701 words)

  
 Floridian: Ybor City: He wrote the book
Fluent in the culture and flavor that was Ybor City, this student and product of the Cigar City recalls its glory as a man who will never forget his first love.
Ybor City was like a lovely woman who had been raped and abandoned.
As I conclude this history, the Ybor City story I have told is in danger of being overwhelmed by new wet venues, clubs and concepts foreign to the historical fabric of the area.
www.sptimes.com /2006/07/22/Floridian/Ybor_City__He_wrote_t.shtml   (1400 words)

  
 Ybor City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor City and Tampa were separated by thick palmetto scrub.
Ybor City was alive and kicking with Latin culture and language.
Ybor City is one of three historic Landmark Districts in the state of Florida.
fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/yborcity/yborcity.htm   (835 words)

  
 Florida Tourist - Relocation Information - Heron Publishing - About Ybor City
The Ybor City Guided Walking Tour takes you back into the life of a typical Ybor citizen starting with Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, founder of the city, through the “Casitas” homes of the local cigar workers and into the city streets.
Ybor Square Complex is 98,000 square feet of office space housed in what was once the V. Martinez Ybor and Co. Cigar Factory.
Because Ybor City is a sector of Tampa, businesses here are at the center of the action, minutes from the downtown district.
www.heronfla.com /communityPage.cfm?var=ybor   (674 words)

  
 Florida State Parks - YBOR CITY STATE MUSEUM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor City State Museum is located at the corner of 9th Avenue and 19th Street in Tampa.
The Ybor Cigar Factory was the largest in the world, employing more than 4,000 of the 20,000 workers in Ybor City.
Ybor City's Latin community flourished for many years, but technology began to eat away at its very core.
www.abfla.com /parks/YborCity/yborcity.html   (547 words)

  
 Ybor City, Tampa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor City is one of only three National Historic Landmark Districts located in the State of Florida.
Founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City became "the cigar capital of the world" by 1900.
Ybor was revitalized in the late 1990's and now attracts large numbers of visitors due to the wide variety of shops, restaurants, clubs, and galleries.
www.tampagov.net /about_Tampa/attractions/Ybor_City/index.asp   (119 words)

  
 Ybor City (Tampa), FL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor City (Tampa), FL One or more pages on this site was updated on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006.
Ybor City (Tampa), Florida -- 3/09/04 -- Ybor City is the Latin quarter of Tampa and was once the "Cigar Capital of the World".
Ybor City is much livelier at night than it was during the day.
www.ontheroadwithmax.com /photos/ybor_city,_fl.htm   (468 words)

  
 St. Petersburg, Dunedin and Ybor City
Dunedin (pronounced "done-EE-din") is an old-fashioned town steeped in Scottish heritage, with a sister city, Stirling, in Scotland.
Visitors ride between Ybor City and Channelside in these electric streetcars, replicas of the Birney Safety Cars*, (813) 254-4278, that were an essential part of Tampa’s daily life from the 1890’s through 1946.
The pride of Ybor City’s fine culinary delights is the Columbia Restaurant(1), (813) 248-4961, which is the oldest Spanish restaurant in the USA.
www.visitflorida.com /cms/d/st_petersburg_dunedin_and_ybor_city.php   (1465 words)

  
 Park Summary for Print - Ybor City Museum State Park » Florida State Parks
Answer: The Museum tells the history of Ybor City from its founding in 1886 to the beginning of the decline in the 1930s.
This is a.97 acre urban park dedicated to the preservation of Ybor City’s unique cultural heritage.
It is run by the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce and the address is 1600 8th Avenue Suite B104.
www.floridastateparks.org /Yborcity/ParkSummary.cfm   (1381 words)

  
 Ybor City State Museum in Tampa Bay, FL - AOL City Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1886 he bought 40 acres of land from various landowners and began to build "his city." With the factories at the center, Ybor constructed "shotgun houses" for his workers, leading to the creation of the culturally rich and thriving city center.
Ybor's company town survived the influx of yellow fever, as well as fluctuations in the cigar market.
The mark left by Ybor and his industry still effects the patterns of development and growth in the Tampa area.
search.cityguide.aol.com /tampabay/entertainment/ybor-city-state-museum/v-103229232   (425 words)

  
 Ybor City, Tampa, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ybor City (IPA: [ˈi.bɔɹ]) is a historic district in Tampa, Florida.
Other manufacturers of hand-rolled cigars soon followed, and by the end of the 19th century Ybor City and Tampa was the largest such manufacturer in the world, and a major source of revenue for the federal government due to high import duties on tobacco and excise taxes on cigars.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Ybor City was home to many Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants, most of whom were brought there (or to West Tampa) to work in the area's many cigar factories.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ybor_City   (522 words)

  
 Ybor City
Ybor City owes its existence to its founder and namesake, Vincente Martinez-Ybor, a Spainiard who immigrated to Cuba in 1832, at the age of 14.
Ybor (pronouced "ee-bore") worked first as a clerk in a grocery store, then improved his economic status by becoming a cigar salesman.
Ybor saw that the new port would make possible easy importation of Cuban tobacco, while the railroad's connection to East Coast ports and railroads would provide ecconomical transportation of finished cigars to the populous cities of the northeast.
www.yborfilmfestival.com /2006/ybor_city.html   (336 words)

  
 Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World-Supplementary Resources
Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World examines how immigrant cigar makers adapted to life in the United States while maintaining their ethnic identity.
The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce web page details the history of the historic clubs of Ybor City as the "cradle of mutual aid." The web page also provides details on the Ybor City State Museum which features cigar workers' houses as well as other related historic sites.
Included on the site is the history of this society that was formed in 1900 in Ybor City, Florida, by Cuban cigar makers who emigrated to Tampa during the war for cuban independence.
www.cr.nps.gov /NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/51ybor/51lrnmore.htm   (334 words)

  
 Ybor City
Ybor City is Tampa's National Historic Landmark District.
Some of the small, plain workers' cottages, once home to Ybor City's cigar workers, have been preserved.
The park is a reminder of Martí's efforts to gain support for the cause of Cuban freedom in the 1890s.
www.glensplace.com /YborCity.html   (169 words)

  
 Ybor City: What is Ybor?
Ybor City comes alive with funseekers after the sun sets.
For good or bad, Ybor City has made a name for itself as party central in the Tampa Bay area.
Don't forget, Ybor City was once the "Cigar Capital of the World." Tampa Rico, a store inside Ybor Square, still sells locally made hand-rolled cigars.
www.ybortimes.com /what-is-ybor.cfm   (443 words)

  
 Ybor City Hotel- Ybor City Tampa FL Info- Centro Ybor in Ybor City
In Ybor City, wrought iron balconies, globe streetlights, brick-lined walkways and the majestic architecture of cigar factories and other unique buildings, provide a glimpse into an era rich with culture and history.
Centro Ybor's anchor is the Muvico Centro Ybor 20 Theater and features such names as GameWorks, The Improv and Urban Outfitters.
The Ybor City State Museum Park tells the story of the development of Ybor City, the Ybor City cigar industry, and the various immigrant groups that settled there.
www.hisuitestampa.com /business/ybor_city_tampa.php   (779 words)

  
 Tampabay: Ybor City's flavors for every taste
These are some of the images slated to appear in a $350,000 advertising campaign for Ybor City.
Cleaning up Ybor, which has earned a reputation as a sometimes dangerous party district, is one of Mayor Pam Iorio's top priorities.
In the past 18 months, she has approved a teen curfew, ordered sweeps on businesses that violate rules regarding signs and crowd control, opened Seventh Avenue to vehicles on weekend nights to curb the street party atmosphere and strengthened a noise ordinance that could mean jail time for repeat offenders.
www.sptimes.com /2006/03/17/Tampabay/Ybor_City_s_flavors_f.shtml   (316 words)

  
 HISTORIC YBOR CITY GUIDED TOUR
Across the street is Ybor City's most famous structure, the massive (20) YBOR FACTORY (YBOR SQUARE) (1886), the city's oldest brick building and once the largest cigar factory in the United States.
To the south of Ybor Square is (21) JOSE MARTI PARK, 1303 8th Avenue, containing a life-size statue of Jose Marti, is located on the site of the home of famous Afro-Cuban patriot Paulina Pedrosa, Marti's residence in Ybor City.
Appropriately at nearby 1226 7th Avenue, is the (22) UNION MARTI-MACEO, the club formed in the 1890's to serve Ybor City's Afro-Cuban population.
www.floridahistory.org /westcoastfla/yborcity.htm   (1482 words)

  
 Tampa & Ybor City St. Ry. Society
The Tampa and Ybor City Street Railway Society is registered as a 501 C.3 non-profit organization, “Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of a colorful part of Tampa’s transportation history – the electric Streetcar”.
As the War ended, and diesel buses took precedence on the streets across the cities of America, Tampa too found itself succumbing to the guise of modernization.
The Tampa and Ybor City Street Railway Society is fortunate to have acquired two original Tampa streetcar bodies, and one St. Petersburg work car body, and since 1991 an all-volunteer effort has been underway to restore the first car, Single Truck Birney No. 163.
www.heritagetrolley.org /planTampaAndYbor.htm   (751 words)

  
 Cigar City Investment Company - Ybor City and South Tampa
All are minutes or even yards from downtown Tampa, Ybor City, the Channelside District, Harbour Island, Hyde Park, Davis Islands, and Tampa Heights.
Cigar City is always interested in purchasing properties in the South Tampa area for cash.
Cigar City investment Company was organized in 1988 for the purpose of saving and restoring antique homes and business structures with historical value, which are located within Old Tampa Bay.
www.cigarcity.net /index.html   (219 words)

  
 Ybor City Campus
The Ybor City Campus is situated in the heart of Tampa’s Historic Latin Quarter.
Interspersed with the existing historic structures in Ybor City, the campus buildings were architecturally designed to blend with the surroundings.
The Ybor City Campus specializes in the program areas of child care, business management, computer programming, office education, fire science, art, drama, music and criminal justice training.
yborweb.hccfl.edu /cgi-bin/Departments/ChooseDepartment.pl   (133 words)

  
 Ybor City Accident Lawyer: Free Legal Services in Florida (FL)
Accident victims in Ybor City can get financial compensation for their injuries, pain, and suffering with the assistance of an accident lawyer.
People who have been injured in car accidents, construction accidents, slip and falls, work accidents, and other types of accidents resulting in injuries may be helped by Weitz and Luxenberg's legal help.
If you have a friend who has been injured in an accident in Ybor City, you can refer them to Weitz and Luxenberg by clicking here.
www.weitzlux.com /florida/yborcityaccidentlawyer_154559.html   (414 words)

  
 Ybor City Environmental Toxic Tort Lawyer: Free Legal Services in Florida (FL)
Industries in Ybor City are required by law to control and contain their toxic waste and byproducts.
If you have a loved one in Ybor City who needs the help of a lawyer, click here to let them know about Weitz and Luxenberg.
Please be aware that Weitz and Luxenberg may not be able to represent all lawsuits in all areas of Florida due to state and government statutes.
www.weitzlux.com /florida/yborcitytoxictortlawyer_154563.html   (442 words)

  
 Ybor City Guide - from TBO.com
Traduccion, El Cubano, La Bohemia and El Diario de Tampa were among the roughly 90 small newspapers published in Ybor City from the late 19th century to the 1960s.
The Subject line on the email should say "Ybor photos." Your telephone and email address will not be published.
Missy Ventre serves drinks at the Green Iguana located along 7th Avenue in Ybor City.
ybor.tbo.com   (427 words)

  
 Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World
Walk down Seventh Avenue in Ybor City (now a section of Tampa, Florida) and feel yourself transported to a place in another time.
Mutual aid society clubhouses indicate the importance of benevolent organizations to Ybor City's immigrant population.
This lesson is based on Ybor City, a National Historic Landmark District, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/51ybor/51ybor.htm   (161 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ybor City Chronicles: A Memoir: Books: Ferdie Pacheco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ybor City's inhabitants were mostly Spanish, Cuban, and Italian, and most of them seemed to be involved in the cigar and restaurant businesses.
The term is an understatement when applied to the endless grandparents, aunts and uncles, and more-or-less cousins that keep popping up as movie ushers, waiters, and general supporters for those in need.
Ybor City Tampa Fl - Hotel — Book the Travelodge Saint Pete Beach on your next trip to Florida.
www.amazon.com /Ybor-City-Chronicles-Ferdie-Pacheco/dp/0813012961   (1092 words)

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