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Ybor City. / 27.96139°N 82.44500°W / 27.96139; -82.44500. Ybor City ( / ˈiːbɔːr / EE-bor) [1] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and ...
Ybor City ( / ˈiːbɔːr / EE-bor) is a historic neighborhood that includes the Ybor City Historic District in Tampa, Florida. It is located just northeast of downtown Tampa and north of Port Tampa Bay. The neighborhood has distinct architectural, culinary, cultural, and historical legacy that reflects its multi-ethnic composition.
Trafficante crime family. The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida. The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante Jr. who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist. [1] Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr ...
Victor Licata (c. 1912 – December 4, 1950) was an American mass murderer who used an axe to kill his family in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, on October 16, 1933.The killings, which were reported by the media as the work of an "axe-murdering marijuana addict", were adduced as prima facie evidence that there was a link between recreational drugs, such as cannabis, and crime.
Charlie Wall. Charlie Wall was the son of John P. Wall. He was Tampa's first well known crime boss, and rivaled the Trafficante Family. He was bludgeoned to death in his Ybor City, Tampa, home and had his throat slit as a result. Known as "The White Shadow". Charles McKay Wall (March 10, 1880 – April 18, 1955) [1] was an American businessman ...
Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family from 1954 to 1987 and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante Sr.
Gangland (TV series) Gangland. (TV series) Gangland is a television series that aired on the History Channel. Gangland explored the history of some of America's more notorious gangs. It premiered on November 1, 2007, with an episode about the Aryan Brotherhood. The theme song was performed by rapper Buckshot of the Boot Camp Clik .
L'Unione Italiana. Coordinates: 27.9601°N 82.4394°W. L'Unione Italiana (The Italian Club) in Ybor. L'Unione Italiana, (also known as The Italian Club), is a historic social society in Tampa 's Ybor City neighborhood. [1] The group's building was designed by Tampa architect M. Leo Elliott. It is located at 1731 East Seventh Avenue.