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  2. History of Ybor City - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ybor City - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Ybor City Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Ybor City Museum State Park is located in the former Ferlita Bakery building (originally La Joven Francesca) building on 9th Avenue. Tours of the gardens and the "casitas" (small homes of cigar company workers) are provided by a ranger. Exhibits, period photos and a video cover the founding of Ybor City and the cigar making industry.

  5. Ybor City architect explores history of race and ... - AOL

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    Board of Education ruling was made in 1954, but our schools in Hillsborough County were still, for the most part, segregated until 1971," said Tampa Bay History Center historian Rodney Kite-Powell.

  6. Trafficante crime family - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Ybor City Museum State Park - Wikipedia

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    Ybor City Museum State Park is a Florida State Park in Tampa, Florida 's Ybor City. The museum occupies the former Ferlita Bakery (originally La Joven Francesca) building at 1818 9th Avenue in the Ybor City Historic District. The bakery was known for producing cuban bread and its ovens are part of the museum displays covering the history of the ...

  8. Victor Licata - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Tampa author leads walking tour that details city's ... - AOL

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    The city's notorious past is on full display with the Tampa Mafia Tours, which is led by acclaimed author Scott M. Deitche. Tampa author leads walking tour that details city's past with the mafia ...