PTB Road Trip: Ybor City

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

THE MEET-UP LOCATION IS THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING (FORMERLY THE YBOR CIGAR FACTORY). THE ADDRESS IS 1300 E. 8TH AVENUE, BUT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FACTORY IS ON 14TH STREET IN BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH AVENUES.

PARKING in the Fernando Noriega Parking Garage, located at 2010 N 13th St, Tampa, FL 33605 is the closest garage near the tour start. On-street, metered parking is available throughout the District.

CALL US AT 727-824-7802 if you need directions. 

BRING comfortable walking shoes, bottled water, a hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothing. This tour will be mostly outside and will cover about 1 mile of walking. Please plan accordingly.

Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

In what has become a Preservation Month tradition, please join Preserve the 'Burg Executive Director, Manny Leto, for a special road trip to Tampa's Ybor City. 

Founded in 1886, Ybor City is one of the oldest urban neighborhoods on Florida's Gulf Coast. Once home to thousands of immigrant cigar workers who created a "city within a city," Ybor was a multi-lingual, multi-ethnic enclave that defined Tampa's urban development, economy, and politics in the early 20th century. 

Today, Ybor City is both a Local and National Historic District, home to some of the bay area's most most iconic architecture, from cigar factories and ornately-designed immigrant social clubs to "shotgun" cottages and updated commercial storefronts.

A 3rd-generation Tampa native, Manny has been involved in the Ybor City community for more than 20 years as a preservation advocate, museum professional and resident. Don't miss this "insider's" look at a truly one-of-a-kind historic neighborhood with Preserve the 'Burg!