Cigar City
by Hanny Heim
Title
Cigar City
Artist
Hanny Heim
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
Ybor City Historic District
Tampa, Florida
At the turn of the 20th century, nowhere in the United States was as famous for its cigars as Tampa's Ybor City, which was once known as the "Cigar Capital of the World." The Ybor City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark located northeast of Tampa's downtown. The district contains more than 950 historic buildings and structures built during its peak industrial years between 1886 and World War I.
Ybor City's vibrant character, preserved best in the 7th Avenue Commercial Strip, is defined by the community's blend of cultures from European, Asian, and Cuban immigrants who settled there to support the region's once-booming hand-rolled cigar industry brought to Tampa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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March 19th, 2016
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