Post all of your Tampa metro photos here!!

Talk to Jasonhouse.

Why not make this a Tampa photo thread i mean the other states/cities sub forums have them we should make one too for Tampa, St.Pete/Clearwater, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, and then the rest of florida. This way nobody needs to create threads to show pictures we just have one or a few official ones.

Why not make this a Tampa photo thread i mean the other states/cities sub forums have them we should make one too for Tampa, St.Pete/Clearwater, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, and then the rest of florida. This way nobody needs to create threads to show pictures we just have one or a few official ones.

I think that's a great idea! :yes:

Well, ok, I took these yesterday flying in ... (heavily shrunk from the originals)

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Awesome photos zimna! Where were you flying into? TIA? Vanderberg?

Zimna those are the best aerial shots ive seen of Tampa nice job!

Nice pictures! Does anyone know what the second picture is?

I believe it is in Apollo Beach.

Why not make this a Tampa photo thread i mean the other states/cities sub forums have them we should make one too for Tampa, St.Pete/Clearwater, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, and then the rest of florida. This way nobody needs to create threads to show pictures we just have one or a few official ones.

Yeah,thats a great idea.I'll just edit what I wrote for the topic.

The second pic looks like Westshore Blvd south of Gandy

Its not Apollo Beach....its the Port Tampa development south of Gandy..West of Westshore....

Great shots. That Port Tampa project has some nice density.

Its not Apollo Beach....its the Port Tampa development south of Gandy..West of Westshore....

Ya.... Apollo Beach is... different. Not a bad guess though. Lots of projects similar to that one are going up and I've posted similar-looking shots...

Westshore Yacht Club, right? And down the street is the eerily similar New Port....

Nice pictures! Does anyone know what the second picture is?

Cool, good lighting I guess - flying from LAX to TPA ... it's Westshore south of Gandy :)

^^That tower in the 2nd picture above is the Westshore Yacht Club I believe. From the Howard Frankling Bridge its clearly visible and looks like part of the Bayshore skyline.

Really nice job.I especially like the first pic looking down jfk towards downtown.

I am really happy to see such a good density in that area of south tampa although it will add to the traffic to south tampa but thats okay.

Nice pics Zimna - well done!

I love your pics. Well photographed. I am wondering, on the first pic of Tampa at top, what is the building under construction with the 98ROCK banner under it?

I love your pics. Well photographed. I am wondering, on the first pic of Tampa at top, what is the building under construction with the 98ROCK banner under it?

Its building one of a couple of midrise (4-6 stories) office towers. I really don't know anything else on it.

I saw the picture of the building and I think that it will look nice.

Is it just me or is Tampa in serious need for some infill.

You're doing it again, Mobster....

What? Reverting? I am aware.

Disregard

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Absolutely FANTASTIC City!!! What un-nerves me about those pictures is just the lack of people on the street. I'm guessing you took these yesterday, so it being Sunday might be an excuse but it really isn't an excuse -- any city core should have pedestrians mingling and walking around. Tampa's downtown core is DOA sadly.

Absolutely FANTASTIC City!!! What un-nerves me about those pictures is just the lack of people on the street. I'm guessing you took these yesterday, so it being Sunday might be an excuse but it really isn't an excuse -- any city core should have pedestrians mingling and walking around. Tampa's downtown core is DOA sadly.
I must agree. What happen to the core?. I think we need mnore businesses in the area. renovate the buildings and get some coffee shops and ice cream palors in there and should see some interest in the Core. Also, landscaping sucks in that area.

The coffee shop thing, specifically, I have heard before. For the few that do live in / close to downtown, they complain about no local Starbucks or small Coffee shops in the area.

Even with the eventual completition of Skypoint and the Channelside developments, it may be a while before you see the cityscape transform to cater to the influx in pedestrians.

Youre right, I took these on a sunday about a month ago.I havent been able to post them because Ive had problems with my computer.It was really weird with no people on the streets,and nothing open.I COULDNT BELIEVE THERE WAS NO STARBUCKS! DT St. pete has two,and Tampa is a more well known city and more of a center of business than St. pete. Downtown needs attract people to the office space which is something like 13% vacant but that should be filled up when the condos go up.

Remember, even with the office vacancies being in the teens, the office space square footage is huge to begin with downtown.

If I could own a business right now, it'd be in downtown Tampa. Maybe a coffee shop (not a Starbucks franchise), maybe some other type of cafe... They already have the young people downtown (at the U of T) to begin with. They're building up from there. See the Novare-Intown thread for more on that.

Youre right, I took these on a sunday about a month ago.I havent been able to post them because Ive had problems with my computer.It was really weird with no people on the streets,and nothing open.I COULDNT BELIEVE THERE WAS NO STARBUCKS! DT St. pete has two,and Tampa is a more well known city and more of a center of business than St. pete. Downtown needs attract people to the office space which is something like 13% vacant but that should be filled up when the condos go up.
Starbucks is coming in several of the new towers in downtown and channelside. There should be a lot when all are done

Actaully a Starbucks is supposidly oppening up with the Embassy suites in a week or two, and there is a Joffery's in Channelside.

Remember, even with the office vacancies being in the teens, the office space square footage is huge to begin with downtown.

If I could own a business right now, it'd be in downtown Tampa. Maybe a coffee shop (not a Starbucks franchise), maybe some other type of cafe... They already have the young people downtown (at the U of T) to begin with. They're building up from there. See the Novare-Intown thread for more on that.

You are completly right.I think DT tampa is the single best investment opportunity out there.Right now,with tampa growing so much,the conditions are ripe to start a business.A coffee shop is a great idea like you said with university students.Tampa has so much office and retail space to offer,you got to get in now before its too late.Tampa has no where to go but up.

Embassy Suites - Channelside - the problem is the connections between the parts of downtown - they need to fill the blanks

That or extend the trolly north into the core.

Nice pics, crappy weather :lol:

I went to the shriners convention last week and walked out of the conv. center and had a good close up of the embassy suites construction...it literally looks looks like you could pass a beer from one window to the next building (using my imagination). It was so frickin close.

Absolutely FANTASTIC City!!! What un-nerves me about those pictures is just the lack of people on the street. I'm guessing you took these yesterday, so it being Sunday might be an excuse but it really isn't an excuse -- any city core should have pedestrians mingling and walking around. Tampa's downtown core is DOA sadly.

I agree. What a difference between Tampa & St Pete's downtown on the weekends.

ive been to tampa a few times and the centre always reminds me of english cities and some of the photos on the page before this just reinforced it especially some of the snaps of the mid rises and back alleys!

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City, can you do me a favor and next time you are out and about -- make a concious effort to grab shots of people doing their thing -- be it office workers lunching, bums hanging around or what not?

Yeah,I need to go on a weekday.I wanted to get more people pics but there werent alot around.Next time,Ill try my hardest to get those shots.

When you do go, try to go between 11 and 1 pm. That is when all of the people are out.

Found this photo at the following website:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Tampa

http://commons.wikimedia.org/upload/0/05/TampaFranklinStreetNorth.jpg

Interesting historical factoids from NationMaster.com's encyclopedia:

Spanish conquistador Panfilo de Narvaez was the first European known to have visited the Tampa area, on April 8, 1528.

England acquired Florida in 1763 and the bay was named Hillsborough Bay, after Lord Hillsborough, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Tampa was incorporated in 1849 with only 185 residents.

Wandering Friday night around 9:30 I snapped a few shots from the busteling riverwalk.

Riverwalk
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U.T.
http://SCL.smugmug.com/photos/81728447-L.jpg

Skyline
http://SCL.smugmug.com/photos/81728637-L.jpg

And my personal favorite-for you John F
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make a concious effort to grab shots of people doing their thing -- be it office workers lunching, bums hanging around or what not?

What amazing pictures! Gdad what kind of camera do you have?

Nice photos Gdad, especially the one of U.T. That particular one seems like it was taken somewhere in the far east, like India. The one of the skyline, makes Tampa seem quite large. I always thought that Tampa looks more impressive from ground level rather than from the air.

Hey the third picture got me thinking. What is to become of the cube light? Is it going to be kept on because of the art museum moving in?

Three of the lights were going to be permanent, 1. TBPAC 2. Lights on Municipal building and 3. Pavilion of the Rivergate Tower.

Outstanding... Both for the classiness of the shots and the fact you answered my cries, thanks gdad!

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From the Tampa Tribune http://media.tbo.com/photos/trib/2006/jul/0717crs2.jpg

Thats from the elevated part of the crosstown?

Yup, the waste of ROW itself.

Shoulda' been an elevated rail line.

^Not really go to the Tampa Bay Transportation thread smiley explained it well why its good that it isnt rail.

You know, I'm not going to do that because me and everyone else seem to have this oen huge point of conflict of mass transit:

No one thinks there should be any type of commute from the suburbs to the city on this site. I'm trying to understand why commuting via rail from outside of the population centers works so well elsewhere and the development junkies (and NIMBY's) here in Tampa Bay say "forget that idea -- it should be urban to urban or nothing at all."

Honestly do you think if they built commuter rail along that if would be worth the money spent? Also this is my opinion i think its good to start transit in tampa bay in urban areas because more people will use it and the idea might catch on with people visiting one of the downtowns or something and maybe people might want commuter rail to the burbs.

You know, I'm not going to do that because me and everyone else seem to have this oen huge point of conflict of mass transit:

No one thinks there should be any type of commute from the suburbs to the city on this site. I'm trying to understand why commuting via rail from outside of the population centers works so well elsewhere and the development junkies (and NIMBY's) here in Tampa Bay say "forget that idea -- it should be urban to urban or nothing at all."

I happen to agree with you. Those lanes would make a great rail line. But, that's a discussion for the other thread.

There is already a thread for transportation discussions...

I recently stayed at the Marriott Downtown for July 4th. Here are a few pictures that I took of Downtown from the Marriott:

Embassy Suites
http://www.gost.biz/tampaurban/images/pictures/july04_01.jpg

Trump Tower Cranes w/UT in background.
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Grand Central
http://www.gost.biz/tampaurban/images/pictures/july04_03.jpg

Trolley near Marriott
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University of South Florida and Busch Gardens
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Bayshore and Westshore in background
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Harbour Island
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nice job! What floor did you take those from?

Nice pics... My guess is the 22nd-23rd floor...

Jasonhouse got it - 23rd.

nice pics youngkg

I like the density Grand Central gives to that area.

Nice pics Youngkg, was the rate for the room you stayed in fairly reasonable??

I like the density Grand Central gives to that area.

It's going to be sweet to see the Martin and maybe Seaport U/C there soon too.

Awesome pics!

I wanted to see how wide the skyline will be once some of the channelside projects are complete so I merged a few photos together.

http://www.gost.biz/tampaurban/images/pictures/tampa_pano.jpg

Nice shot youngkg.

Thats's sweet youngkg. :)

You know, I just want to point this out because it is a pet peeve of mine - though I know pointing it out could be construed by some as being less than nice (and everyone has type o's on the forum, which is perfectly understandable):

pan·o·ram·a ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pn-rm, -räm)
n.
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
A mental vision of a series of events.


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[pan- + Greek horma, sight (from horn, to see. See wer-3 in Indo-European Roots).]
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pano·ramic (-rmk) adj.
pano·rami·cal·ly adv.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/panoramic

The picture is a panorama. Panoramic is an adjective. I think a non-native English speaker started the improper usage a few years ago and it has spread.

Everyone's entitled to their pet peeves, Smiley. :)

OK, I've taken a good number of JPEG photos updating projects in the Channel District. I've asked before how to post, but got no response. I may be a blockhead for not being able to figure this out, but so be it.

Anyone able to give me step-by-step directions? If yes, then I can periodically update these projects w/ photos since I live smack-dab in the middle of all the chaos. If not, I'll just forget about it and quit asking.

Taken this morning...

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^Is that for the Plaza?

Photo posting - first you need to get them on a webhosting system, like photobucket. Those puppies have their own instructions for each process (really easy).

Once you have them on a hosting system, you go to the "post reply" button on a thread and click it.
You are now in the reply page (not hte quick reply, the full reply)
Copy the url of the photo from the hosting service.
click on the reply page icon with the mountain and sun. You get a popup with a space for a url. Paste the photo url into that line and click ok.
You can do a "preview" to see if the link works.
Once it does, repeat.

The Place http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/mbrechwald/DSCN0645.jpg

Victory Lofts
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The Meridian
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Cruise Terminal 2
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The Aquarium
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Towers of CS
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Towers of CS
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Towers of CS
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Ventana
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Grand Central
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The Place
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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l313/mbrechwald/DSCN0646.jpg Notsure exactly what happened there but here we go

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Looks like Tower at CS is moving pretty well. I believe I counted 17 and 14 stories so far, maybe I counted wrong. Everything else is going great. Can't wait to see Channelside when everything is done.

Nice pics!

I really like the color scheme at 1000 Channelside. I think when The Place and Grand Central are completed, it's going to be a very welcoming and colorful neighborhood.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Place tower get underway. That's going to look awesome in the neighborhood.

Thanks again, FLHawk...

b.t.w. if anyone gets a chance to snap a few (front) shots of the Embassy Suites or even new pics of Skypoint, please post them, post haste. :)

Bueatiful pics! All of the projects look good so far. Does anybody have a picture of the Model T building's exterior? That one doesn't get a whole lot of play on these boards.The Meridian looks especially awesome. :)

Bueatiful pics! All of the projects look good so far. Does anybody have a picture of the Model T building's exterior? That one doesn't get a whole lot of play on these boards.The Meridian looks especially awesome. :)

If no-one else snags a picture, I can take one on my (crappy) camera tomorrow if I head towards work.. if not, Tuesday. It's very similar to Victory Lofts, though a bit more stylized.

I am a big fan of what Tampa is doing. I never lived there, so I can't pretend to know anything about Tampa, but everything I read about your city seems to be very positive. You guys are getting some outstanding projects and your skyline will be off the hook in a few years. Love to see photos of Tampa, but I must admit, I have not found enough time to spend in the Florida section of SSC :( I will keep visiting as frequently as I can though. Keep posting photos ;)

Channelside is really coming together quite nicely :applause: we can only imagine how it will look in Jan. 2009 when the superbowl showcases our beautiful sunny city! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: The new crosstown overpass is Great and the views are amazing of the downtown core! :cheers1: However, The smog on the way towards downtown can be overwhelming at points! :bleep: We need mass transit! Tomorrow is my last day in Tampa after 21 years off to UF in Gainesville :cheers1: ...I sure will miss this place :fiddle: and can't wait to see Grand Central, Skypoint, The Place, Ventanna :lovethem: and among othrers completed once I move back after college. Keep the pictures coming and Go Cranes!!! :banana2: :rock: :dance2: :banana2: :rock: :dance2:

^And with Seaport Channelside breaking ground soon, the momentum will continue...

The Martin should be next after that, followed by the Place phase 2.

Good luck at UF ChannelsideTitle!

Good luck at UF ChannelsideTitle!

Ha, tomorrow is my last day here in Sarasota before I leave for FSU. But since your a fellow member of SSC, I'll let the rivalry slide. :)

Ha, tomorrow is my last day here in Sarasota before I leave for FSU. But since your a fellow member of SSC, I'll let the rivalry slide. :)
Welcome to Tallahassee SDK4. It's a beautiful place - you'll love it here.

Here is a picture of the Towers @ Channelside taken on 10/23/2006

http://www.gost.biz/kayla/images/towers_cs_aq.jpg

10/25/2006

http://www.gost.biz/kayla/images/tampa_panorama_10_25_2006.JPG

Thanks for the nice pictures. Looks like the near TOC, in the picture, which would be the East tower, is at about 25 stories. Five more to go. :yes:

Youngkg :::: That is what I've been looking for a nicw wide view od DT..

You the man..

Only can imagine what it's going to look like in 2 years..

Nice work Youngkg...

cannot remember if i ever posted this link on this topic and i dont feeling like looking to see if i did so if i did oh well:

http://www.interactivedesigndecisions.com/tampa.html

Hey Jahdish, thanks for posting! :)

That's a pretrty cool link, thanks for posting, jahdish.

thanks, I m hoping to get back out sometime soon and get some better quality shots as well as from several more locations

I think for a great shot of all of downtown go to the Tampa Club on the top of the Amsouth Building and take a shot. The views from there are absolutely amazing.

I think for a great shot of all of downtown go to the Tampa Club on the top of the Amsouth Building and take a shot. The views from there are absolutely amazing.

Isn't it the Bank of America building?

^^^Yep.

Isn't it the Bank of America building?

I don't think so.

I don't think so.

The Tampa Club is on the 41st floor of the Bank of America Building

Ohh shit your all right. I am sorry for disagreeing with all of you. I remember now because I could look next door and see the top of the Rivergate tower. Sorry once again!

Here are pics i took of Tampa before and after the car show today.

Gettin off of the Courtney Campbell Causeway.

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Ashley Drive

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U/C towers in Channelside

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3647-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3648-1.jpg

On the riverfront

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3663-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3664-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3665-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3666-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3670-1.jpg

Embassy Suites last time i was in downtown tampa it was topped out

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3672-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3673-1.jpg

Me about to get run over by the Street Car :lol: jk the driver was parked chillin in there

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3675-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3676-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3677-1.jpg

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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3679-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3680-1.jpg

Tampa City Center

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3681.jpg

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http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3683.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3684.jpg

You can barely see the building to the left but this is where the Punisher lived at in the movie

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3685.jpg

Ybor City

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3688.jpg

The brick overpasses some of you have been talking about, i really like it its really wide in the middle easily fit another 3 lanes in there, we need something like this in St.Petersburg. Notice the cop next the I-4 sign and i was driving so i couldnt get a better shot.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3689.jpg

Tampa Skyline

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3690.jpg

Friend took this one and it was better than mine haha

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/100_3691.jpg

Wow, very nice pics! You're a natural photographer. lol

Excellent shots, man. That's the best pic I've seen to date of the Embassy Suites.

Gotta say - the addition of Skypoint to the skyline certainly makes an impression. :)

b.t.w. you should really consider photography as a career field!

thanks for the comments some of the pics could have been better but as you can tell i was in my car driving on a few of them. Also i agree after looking at the skyline pics skypoint really makes an impact on the skyline.

thanks for the comments some of the pics could have been better but as you can tell i was in my car driving on a few of them. Also i agree after looking at the skyline pics skypoint really makes an impact on the skyline.


Tampa is certainly going to be dense in a few years if all these get built. I hope the rumor about 610 franklin is just that. It's a large number of tall/narrow buildings too. They'll be some canyons. From the distance because of the way the buildings are spread, the skyline has always looked bigger than it is. Hopefully it will fill in nicely.

http://my.execpc.com/3B/36/heleads/p5-7_tampaclose.jpg
Doesn't this shot of Tampa look dense and impressive? Look at what Marriot did to the skyline. I love it!

That's a pretty good shot, even if its old. Embassy and Skypoint aren;t in that pic which would improve that shot more, along with some other stuff. If anyone ever wants to see great views of the skyline, go on the Yacht Starship. It gives you every angle from the South some of which you don't normally see in pictures.

A wonderfully vantage is from the 22nd Street bridge... looks really dense from the top.

some pics from the office of the suntrust building, 31st floor

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2019/1095/1600/work2.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2019/1095/1600/work1.jpg

I can't see the pics, all I see is a red 'x'.

^^right click/properties/ copy n paste/ enter

The pics are kind of blurry but thats cool u work in that building.

I love the view of downtown from the new Crosstown.

A wonderfully vantage is from the 22nd Street bridge... looks really dense from the top.

^ I was thinking the same thing. The Towers at Channelside add to the view from the 22nd street bridge. I think the only reason we don't see pictures from that angle is because of the fuel storage tanks and port industry are there.

Tampa pics from Thanksgiving trip:

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5207/img3341ht5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/12/img3343tm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1682/img3346wc1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/7980/img3347ta0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Air Force or military base:
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6527/img3350wx0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Downtown Tampa:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8011/img3372ur9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2782/img3377hg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Aerials of the city:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6403/img3362qf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/1769/img3363vk6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nice shots. Thanks, Jayayess1190.

yeah nice pics... I haven't seen some of those angles before.

Truly nice photos!!! Great angles, too.

The red sign on the Sykes building is starting to grow on me from these pictures but also seeing the building a lot yesterday and the fact that it lights up the building a little bit at night.

It just dawned on me how little our new projects look comapred to many of the older skyscrapers. The older ones are way more bulker than most going up. Skypoint looks like a shrimp when compared to the Bank of America building.

hey, could someone post some pics from inside some of the buildings?

It just dawned on me how little our new projects look comapred to many of the older skyscrapers. The older ones are way more bulker than most going up. Skypoint looks like a shrimp when compared to the Bank of America building.

Well, the older towers are business towers, not condos and that does tend to make a difference.

I"ll be totally shocked if even four of the two dozen or so proposed/approved towers get built. I guess we'll just have to take what we can get. ;)

I believe that we'll see Trump Tower Tampa, Element, The Place Phase II and maybe another project or two rise, but that will be the end of the boom here in Tampa.

I don't think that Tampa really had a highrise "condo boom". We had a serious housing boom yes, but not much of a highrise boom... In that regard, we've basically had what we've had all along... Spurts of condos going up every few years, which over the long haul represent a fairly steady growth in Tampa's condo market... The difference this time around was that instead of a handful of proposals turning into a handful of real buildings, we've had dozens of proposals turn into a handful of real buildings... I think that the difference for the condo market now is that it should become large enough that once current inventories are absorbed, the market should be able to absorb several hundred new units, if not more, every year. Perhaps 500-750 units a year doesn't sound like much, but that's easily 2-4 projects opening every year, and adds up to thousands of new residents moving in over the course of 5 or 10 years.


And I think that more urban projects will be built in the Tampa area in the next few years than most people realize... The hotel and commercial markets are fine, as is the rental market. And with interest rates flat or possibly even falling some in the coming months, the housing market is only going to stall for so long before getting back to its regular pace again...

I still can't wait to see what happens with Blu Channelside. That site is too good not to develop.

^I hope that whole project gets scaled up considerably... The road to HI is 4 lanes, so I don't see what the problem is from the folks living there either.

^I hope that whole project gets scaled up considerably... The road to HI is 4 lanes, so I don't see what the problem is from the folks living there either.


I agree - it is a real shame they nixed the supermarket. That type of instense retail would really fit in with the area well - and be a great anchor on one side of the riverwalk.

Shame on you Harbor Islanders!!!
:)

Sorry - I know we are off topic here, but they even had the supermarket signed!!!! And people from HI could have walked to the supermarket!!!

^I hope that whole project gets scaled up considerably... The road to HI is 4 lanes, so I don't see what the problem is from the folks living there either.

The problem is that the Harbor island people complained about traffic because the project's traffic would block one of their two exit bridges. I have little doubt that a scaled up version with more units would just make it worse. What they should do is put a big tower (40+ stories) on the East side of the lot with the project's exit on the road betweeen the Channelside shops and the current parking lot. And on the other half put a small park.

if harbour island people do not like traffic than move away from the city if they think Tampa is bad try NYC, than bitch about a supermarket.

I am baffled by how nimbys in Tampa always bitch about stuff getting built that most people would want in their neighborhoods...

I've heard people in Tampa bitch about things getting built nearby like... schools, parks, hospitals, grocery stores, restaurants, post office, library, etc...

It begs the question, what exactly is wrong with these people, and why do they live here?

Appearantly, the people on HI do not need to eat or get educated (maybe that is thier problem).

^^Well we know they don't need to get educated, anyone that lives on Harbor Island is well off anyway.

Yeah. I know, but I would think that since they have the money, why would they not want to have any conveniences nearby? Any large volume project will have a great deal of traffic (obviously).

Yeah. I know, but I would think that since they have the money, why would they not want to have any conveniences nearby? Any large volume project will have a great deal of traffic (obviously).

For whatever reason, a lot of people who live in Tampa like to have to drive a good ways to get anywhere... and sadly that's not a joke. To some, it's part of what defines living in Tampa.

It's the suburban disconnect. People think they are living in the suburbs no matter where they live. Hyde Park? South Tampa? Clearwater? St. Petersburg? Doesn't matter -- they live in the suburbs with a 2 car garage and all the trimmings on their spread and they expect the whole shabang of suburban living - including the drive.

It's been said before that people on HI will drive to Channelside(!!!). There was an uproar about Channelside traffic on New Years and these assholes were DRIVING from the island into the fray and complaining about it. They live YARDS from the location they were going and they were DRIVING there. In the summer, it's sort of understandable but now? Give me a damn break!

They complain about the Trolley obstructing traffic, they complain about the pedestrians. You'd think they'd be smart enough to WALK or take a bike, buy a golf cart, use a Segway or some other crap that gets them where they are going downtown without the stupidity of wasting gas and wasting time searching for a parking spot. It boggles the mind....

Meanwhile, they clamor for those precious parking spaces at the Bayshore Publix, no doubt bitching as they try to fit their Mercedes (the model that costs more than any house in South Tampa south of Gandy, of course...) into a compact space. God, what an inconvenience having a grocery within walking distance to the Island would be - imagine!

They probably complained saying they couldn't get to their "rich people" supermarket.

Here's some pictures from about 3 weeks ago...

Skypoint
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings025.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings019.jpg

BeerCan

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings020.jpg

Suntrust and Verizon towers
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings021.jpg

Verizon
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings022.jpg

Suntrust
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings023.jpg

Floridian and Courthouse (my desktop)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings024.jpg

Skyline
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings018.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings017.jpg

They probably complained saying they couldn't get to their "rich people" supermarket.
What supermarket would that be?


FloridaFuture:
Those are some good pics.

Thanks for the feedback Mobster and here's my last pics I have taken from the University of Tampa last weekend.....no more spamming the board with more pictures. ;)

Skyline

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings037.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings038.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings042.jpg

University of Tampa

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings041.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings039.jpg

Skypoint

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings043.jpg

I love this one, maybe because it has one of Tampa's last historic skyscrapers that is actually occupied in the foreground, with the new UT dorms in the background

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings040.jpg

BeerCan

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings044.jpg

Hey what do you know my 1000th post.:banana::cheers:

Well, here goes. I'm going to throw my photos of Tampa into the mix. These photos were all taken over the course of the past three years and while presented in no particular order you can probably discern the most recent through the development of my shooting style and presentation. If any one has an interest here is also a inventory of my cameras and equipment.

1 - Nikon D70S Body
1 - D200 Body
1 - Fuji FinePix S7000
1 - Nikon SB-600 Speedlight Flash
1 - Nikon AF-S 18-70 G ED DX f/3.5-4.5
1 - Tamron AF 75-300/4-5.6 LD
1 - Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1 - Nikon AF 50mm f/1.4 D
1 - D70/D70S Vertical Grip

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ehem --

Schwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

I love the mix of old and new downtown. I particularly like the U. of Tampa shots, the Sacred Heart Church downtown and the various skyline pics.

Thanks so much for posting. :okay:

Great pictures Robert.Maddrey.

The pictures taken of and from that park make me want to go to that park to see views I haven't seen. Those shots from the park were impressive along with all the others.:cheers:

Amazing pics :cheers:

Wow.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSCF2556E.jpg

This should be cropped and used as a SSC banner. Wow. Could that be done, Jason?

I just love how the mix of old and modern along with the industrial swagger of Tampa was captured in your photos, Robert.

I just wanted to give a little trivia about this building
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0303E.jpg
This is in Ybor near the interstate - it was also the location of the first new bar in Ybor in the 1980's - the Impact which had an under 21 club on the bottom floor and a real bar on the top floor.

Very interesting to know. I've been writing a book about Tampa history off and on for the past several years so I will be sure to have to look more into the history of this building as well.

Robert, Thanks for the wonderful photography!

Hey, what tropical island is this... St. Maarten? Aruba? or is that just plain old Harbour Island...

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0029E.jpg

...And some people think the livability is better in downtown Orlando. :ohno:

Good point. Too bad the monorail connecting HI to DT is long gone, that was an idea who's day would have come.

Tampa Photos of a somewhat different sort, had some fun with the Z down in Ybor for a calendar shoot we did last year.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_2652E.jpg
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The infamous "Skyryan" a Limited Edition Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R shot against the backdrop of Tampa's skyline. This was an 18x24 poster we did in 2005 that was a huge hit in Atlanta that year...go figure. :)

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/Poster%20Promo%20-%20Issue0201.jpg

As a native Tampan, and an enthusiast of the community one of the things I have tried to do is promote the city as much as possible in both photo shoots and commercial materials. This area has so much to offer that it really is an untapped resource. If anyone is interested feel free to click on the photo below to check out some of the modeling photography we have done in and around down town. Its been a blast finding locations that work with both a model and the city. Hopefully, this one thumbnail does not offend anyone. If it does I will gladly remove it.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_Kristina2-1280x1024.jpg (http://www.downshiftonline.com/gallery/index.php?cat=9)

Good point. Too bad the monorail connecting HI to DT is long gone, that was an idea who's day would have come.

That was part of an entire planned people mover system.

^Well, at least we have the trolley... Now if we can just get the damn thing extended a good bit, so that it is doubly useful, and starts to make a real impact on downtown traffic.

^Well, at least we have the trolley... Now if we can just get the damn thing extended a good bit, so that it is doubly useful, and starts to make a real impact on downtown traffic.

I think/hope the trolley will eventually be extended up into the Novare cluster and if we get lucky we'll get it up to the Floridan and Courthouse area going up Franklin. That would help relieve Channelside Drive somewhat when more project are completed. Also i wonder if a track down Kennedy would work?

Great shots Robert. I personally like the black and whites of downtown. Good job!

^I'm pretty sure that the black and whites are in Ybor.

^Well, at least we have the trolley... Now if we can just get the damn thing extended a good bit, so that it is doubly useful, and starts to make a real impact on downtown traffic.

Does anyone think a rail on that line that moves faster, and loops the DT makes more sense in the end..

^of couse... And the trolleys we have can literally run 2x as fast as HARTline has been allowing them to run.

^of couse... And the trolleys we have can literally run 2x as fast as HARTline has been allowing them to run.

Merry Christmas JASON:) !!!, and Yes I like the Tampa Trolleys around Tampa :banana: , I've been on them last year, Nice tours of the City , too.


P.S.. JASON :) I wanted to wish you also a Happy 5,000 Post:cheers: the past week , But I've been on vacation, I hope to be around when you make that 10,000th Post in another 5 years from now !!!:cheers:

Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you too...

My actual post count is well above 5,000, as it has been reset several times over the years.

Alright just one picture this time. I was at International Plaza spending some gift cards I got for Christmas and I took this shot of the relatively new Renasaince Hotel.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/JordanA_015/Buildings.jpg

A few random older shots I didn't post previously.
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0118.jpghttp://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0117.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0130.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2410ed_%28Medium%29.jpghttp://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2470ed_%28Medium%29.jpg

A newer one I grabbed
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2437ed2_%28Medium%29.jpg

-- Lights on Tampa Celebration:

Outside the Tampa Museum of Art
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2534ed_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2538ed_%28Medium%29.jpg

Skypoint Construction
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2487ed_%28Medium%29.jpg

The Parking Garage Illuminations
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2480ed_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2525ed_%28Medium%29.jpg

Annex Illuminations
http://www.downshiftonline.com/LRS/albums/userpics/DSC_2546ed_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/dmpeek77/1228061043a.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/dmpeek77/1228061043.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/dmpeek77/1228061042a.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i309/dmpeek77/1228061042.jpg

Great photos!

I posted these in the Channelside dev thread, but to keep this thread up to date I'll post them here too.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7860E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7864E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7866.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7868E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7877E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7888E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7892.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7896E.JPG
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7911E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7920E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7933E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7891E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7872E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7883E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7902E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7915E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7929E.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_7938E.jpg

Pictures from various sources....


Hyatt Regency Tampa

http://tamparegency.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/tpart/gallery_1.jpg

Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Tampa

http://cache.marriott.com/propertyimages/t/tpadt/phototour/tpadt_phototour01.jpg

Tampa Marriott Waterside

http://filelibrary.myaasite.com/Content/4/4430/956843.jpg

Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel

http://images.travelnow.com/hotelimages/s/040000/040137A.jpg

Marriott Residence Inn Tampa

http://cache.marriott.com/propertyimages/t/tpatd/phototour/tpatd_phototour01.jpg

Hilton Garden Inn Historic Ybor City

http://www.hiltongardeninn.com/en/hotels/content/TPAYCGI/media/images/photo_gallery/TPAYCGI_Hilton_Garden_Inn_Tampa_Ybor_Historic_District_gallery_welcome.jpg

The Don Vicente de Ybor

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/18/images/xlarge/Travel_donvice_579236.jpg

Embassy Suites Hotel Tampa

http://www.hayneswhaley.com/project_images/TampaEmbassySuites2.jpg

Ashley Plaza Hotel

http://www.travelhero.com/graphics/propimages/98/98182-01.jpg

The Westin Tampa Harbour Island

http://specialoffers.starwoodhotels.com/uploadedfiles/sop/westin_harbor_island/1764_exterior_night.jpg

Hampton Inn and Suites - Ybor City

http://www.centroybor.com/images/assets/Hampton%20Inn%20and%20Suites%20Tampa%20Ybor%20City%20.JPG

That Embassy Suites image looks like the rendering to me, and not an actual photo. The bridge pictured looks nothing like the actual bridge to the Conv Ctr that was built.

Nice pictures. And yes FL Hawk, the Embassy Suites picture does appear to be a rendering.

I like the shot across the channel to HI, with Knight's Point, Jacksons and the Westin visible. May have to go out and replicate that.

The Embassy Suites picture IS the rendering. We have photos of the hotel from the same vantage point (forget who took them) as the rendering and though they look uncannily similar, one is clearly real life

The bridge pictured looks nothing like the actual bridge to the Conv Ctr that was built.

Oh man... That bridge actually turned out lamer than I thought it would. :ohno:

I snapped this one on my phone today from Parkside at One Bayshore. Great view from up there. There's a bigger version available from Flickr (image is linked).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/348408600_6728639abf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jongales/348408600/)

Nice picture. That is high quality picture for a phone camera. It's also really the first picture I've seen Skypoint in the skyline from the south.

What kind of phone do you have to have clarity you do.

Hmm, odd no exif data is embedded in that image. Even camera phones should write this data into the picture...did you nuke the exif data in PS?

An example of the EXIF data from my Motorolla Q.
http://www.downshiftonline.com/Temp/Pics/Rob/exif_screenshot.JPG

Some random pictures...

DT
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/349777335_fe39aac4bb_b.jpg

DT from Hillsborough River, including Franklin Street stuff
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/349755402_c5ab33c386_b.jpg

DT from Hillsborough River, focused on CBD
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/349755388_cdb1f7b6f1_b.jpg

University of Tampa @ 30 mph on Kennedy
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/349773013_346e6c2400_b.jpg

West Tampa's Centro Espanol
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/349773010_81e8a574aa_b.jpg

Great! I like the vantage point of DT from the river. Reminds me that I would like to travel from the dam out to the bay sometime.

That picture from upstream from I-275 is one of the best downtown angles I have seen. That would look good on a postcard or promotional ad when Skypoint is finished.

You'll have to thank my friend who took the River shot. She is much better at finding out great vantages than I am. Those two are the only shots of hers I have, and I love them so much I thought I would share. Everything else I'll be sharing will be mine... :-)

That picture is essentially the view from the dock slips at the Heights project when it is complete. . . though it may be a bend or two upstream from there

I snapped this one on my phone today from Parkside at One Bayshore. Great view from up there. There's a bigger version available from Flickr (image is linked).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/348408600_6728639abf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jongales/348408600/)

I haven't been to downtown Tampa in about a year(what a shame) but, is that location on the right-hand side behind the bridge with the red crane sticking up, the current site of TTT??? Also, where would the Venu condo tower be located in a relation to TTT in this photo.

I thought some historical photos may be of interest in this thread as well.

A few collages
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20799.jpg
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20800.jpg
Title: Photocollage of office buildings : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 6 x 8 in.

Check out that desnity
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20786.jpg
Title: Bird's-eye view of the Hillsborough County Courthouse : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Peninsular Telephone Company Building
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20939.jpg
Title: Peninsular Telephone Company headquarters building : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: Not before 1915.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "This is the original headquarters building of Peninsular Telephone Company (now General Telephone Company of Florida) soon after it was placed in service in 1915. The offices were moved from the first home at Zack Street and Florida Avenue that year, and the Tampa office was changed to dial operations at the same time, becoming one of the first exchanges of its size to be dial operated."

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20807.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: Florida Citrus Exchange Building : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 1924.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20937.jpg
Title: General Telephone Company of Florida headquarters building : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 1960.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 10 x 8 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "Site of the headquarters of General Telephone Company of Florida is located at the corner of Zack and Morgan streets in Tampa. The 12-story building has been there since 1926, when the company added on to the original four-story building constructed in 1915."
Date/place captured: Photographed in April 1960.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n043472.jpg
Title: Maas Bros. buildings : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 192-.
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

A great vantage point with a complete view of the city is from the Ballast Point Park. I don't even own a good camera but maybe someone would like to get a few pictures from there someday. I drive out there at least every other week just to get a good idea of how our city has grown and WILL grow!

I haven't been to downtown Tampa in about a year(what a shame) but, is that location on the right-hand side behind the bridge with the red crane sticking up, the current site of TTT??? Also, where would the Venu condo tower be located in a relation to TTT in this photo.

Yes the site with the red crane is the TTT site. No movement on the site for many months.

The Venu Site currently has a buiding on it. In the picture it is the small brown building just to the right of the round building. It is a very small piece of land but the site is on the river. Hope this makes sense.

Just to clarify, this building was integrated into the Maas Brothers complex, was filled in and was the part facing Tampa Street (the right side of this photo). The left side (the 4 story part - had 2 strories added to it
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20807.jpg

What a great reminder of what was downtown. This picture makes me sick. HOW the hell......? I cannot beleive it. It is criminal.


http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20786.jpg
Title: Bird's-eye view of the Hillsborough County Courthouse : Tampa, Fl
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Yes the site with the red crane is the TTT site. No movement on the site for many months.

The Venu Site currently has a buiding on it. In the picture it is the small brown building just to the right of the round building. It is a very small piece of land but the site is on the river. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks cwat212 for the clarification. Hopefully, if everything goes as planned with these 2 projects, that area of downtown close to the riverfront will have a nice little cluster of 500'+ towers, I'm guessing around 4 or 5!!!

I've seen other shots of the old Courthouse downtown with the minarets, and I agree with cwat212. What an interesting and unique building that was, as well as a compliment to Plant Hall at UT!

I'm curious as to why and when it was torn down. May do some research on that when I get a chance.

I am shocked at how Downtown used to look. I don't understand why they would have destroyed all of that history ):

I am shocked at how Downtown used to look. I don't understand why they would have destroyed all of that history ):


That right there is the million dollar question. Imagine how much more alive and livable down town would be had the current sky scrapers been intermixed with these older substantial structures, rather than empty parking lots and forgotten streets.

^It would be like Jax, but better.

Speaking of destruction in the name of progress, I thought that I would post some photos I took while they were demolishing the Maas Brothers building. A sad sight for me, this was a department store where my great great grand parents, great grand parents, grand parents and even parents had shopped. I was lucky enough to be able to walk away with several of the bricks from the building which I have here in the office at home. What is really a shame is that the tower it was demolished to usher in, is now without funding.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0018_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0016_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0015_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0011_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0071_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0065_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0054_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0035_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0024_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0092_%28Medium%29.jpg
http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0012_%28Medium%29.jpg

THe courthouse was torn down in the 50s or early 60 because they needed a bigger, more modern courthouse. At the time it was 40 or so years old and obsolete, so like many cities, they tore it down.

Of course, now it is the symbol of Hillsborough County - chosen after they got rid of the old shield because it had the confederate battle flag - among other things

For those who did not know it (on the left in b/w):
http://www.floridaconservation.org/fishing/images/hillsbor.gif

And this is the new(ish) one:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/bd/Hillsborough_County_Fl_Seal.jpg

I am not advocating the confederate flag and they should have replaced that portion of the seal (maybe with a florida flag, for instance) - but why didn't they leave the rest - the basic design was great.

Makes me sick to think that history can be erased and discarded in an area with so much homogeneous growth. We had such an amazing history and it was obliterated for nothing. In my lifetime I hope they acknowledge the industrial past of Tampa and we can only look forward to the future. I think the developers of "six ten Franklin" should be charged a fee per day for the lack of investment in our city. It it not our problem they could not find funding, they literally destroyed Tampa history for a vacant parking lot

I live and work downtown and watched those buildings come down, bitter sweet. I want progress, but when promises are not kept, what is there??? The developer is not at fault, CITY COUNCIL IS TO BLAME. They pick and choose what they think is best, while historic buildings are bulldozed. An entire block of downtown history was destroyed and we have an empty parking lot to show for it. In DC if nothing can be salvaged, they protect the facade of the building that was the least we could have done here!!

SICK

Tampa has been a city with an identity crisis since its earliest foundations. The ironic thing being that it has one of the most unique, diverse and broad histories of any major city in this state, if not the most. At one time they wanted to model Tampa after New Orleans, then it favored Atlanta and now in more recent times one cannot help but get the feeling they are favoring South Florida which if this indeed the case in my most humble opinion is a huge mistake. Commercial, is not always the best path to take, we are not a tourist mecca we are an industrial and commercial hub anchoring the gulf coast. Tampa has a rich history and style to build from. As a historian (complete with useless USF history degree, lol) I am thrilled at the prospect of the new historical center and hope that community awareness will grow with its success.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20690.jpg

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr09881.jpg
Title: Submarines in Tampa harbor
Publication info: 1915.

The whole Maas thing pisses me off every time I see pictures of the demo.

Yep, it sure was one hell of a waste of the building. Despite, neglect and structural degradation the size and history of the building alone should have allowed it to be renovated and redeveloped into unique commercial, resedential or retail space. Imagine if they had developed the main structure as tie in to the rest of the block for a small urban mall... I could have seen retailers like Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie, American Eagle, Anne Taylor, etc, flourishing down town with all of the new urban residences being developed.

Speaking as someone who is not from Tampa or from Florida, it doesn't matter to me that the buildings were torn down. When my wife and I saw the buildings come down, we thought it was a good thing. I'm sure many others felt the same way.

Some more shots of Maas Brothers
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n043473.jpg
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20698.jpg
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c035524.jpg

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06505.jpg
Title: [U.S. Army transport "Saratoga" at Port Tampa ready for the Spanish-American war
Publication info: 1898.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n039304.jpg
Publication info: ca. 1935.
Location: Port Tampa

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n040593.jpg
Publication info: 1925.
General Note: The Neptune was possibly known also as the "Smokie Joe".
Biographical note: The Neptune was built at Palatka in 1902, and was registered number 130991. It had a gas-powered screw propulsion system. It hada gross tonnage of 19, and a net of 8. It was 53' long, 12' wide, with a depth of 3.5'.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n040558.jpg
Publication info: 1925.
General Note: Photonegative of a photograph by the Burgert Brothers, no.14419.
Biographical note: Seddon Island is now known as Harbour Island.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20073.jpg
Publication info: 1920.
Location: Port Tampa

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4515.jpg
Publication info: [Detroit] : Detroit Photographic Co., 1902.
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Location: Port Tampa

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06659.jpg
Title: [10th U.S. Cavalry embarking for Cuba aboard transport "23" : Port Tampa, Florida
Publication info: 1898.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n043495.jpg
Title: [Bird's eye view of Tampa harbor : Port Tampa, Florida
Publication info: [19--]
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc01705.jpg
Title: Tugging a phophate bark into Port Tampa Dock
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 6 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20940.jpg
Publication info: ca. 1915.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "The intersection shown at upper left (behind three-story frame building with chimneys on either end) is the corner of Morgan and Zack streets, site of the present headquarters building of General Telephone Company of Florida, as it looked about 1915. Scene looks southward along Morgan Street from Polk Street tracks of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. At right center is old DeSoto Hotel. Immediately behind DeSoto may be seen the balustrade atop Tampa's Post Office. Behind Post Office, top floor and penthouse of Hillsboro Hotel are visible. Sacred Heart Church is in center background."

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc11510.jpg
Title: [Bird's eye view of the downtown area : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1913.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06678.jpg
Title: [Peninsular Telephone Company employees by company wagon : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1906.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 5 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "A Peninsular Telephone Company (now General Telephone Company of Florida) crew poses for photographer before stringing telephone lines in downtown Tampa in 1906. Demand for telephone service was booming in Tampa, following Peninsular's purchase of the Bell Telephone Company's Tampa exchange, one of the few cases on record of Bell's selling to an independent telephone company."

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc02247.jpg
Publication info: 189-.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: This is possibly the first run of the Tampa Street Railway from downtown Tampa to Ybor City.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20936.jpg
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "First home of Peninsular Telephone Company (now General Telephone Company of Florida) was two-room office in the Roberts Building, at the corner of Zack Street and Florida Avenue, in downtown Tampa. Office is now occupied by a retail shop. The telephone company moved into this building in 1901, soon after its organization by W.G. Brorein. Shown standing in the telephone company doorway is Mr. Brorein. Part of Tampa's Post Office may be at the extreme left of this photograph."

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20938.jpg
Title: [Peninsular Telephone Company headquarters building : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: ca. 1915.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Accompanying note: "Original Tampa headquarters building of Peninsular Telephone Company (now General Telephone Company of Florida), soon after it was occupied in 1915. When the company moved into these quarters, Tampa became the first city of its size to have 100 per cent dial-operated telephones in 1915. Located at the corner of Zack and Morgan streets in downtown Tampa, the building is part of the company's present Tampa headquarters. Tampa's post office is in the background of this picture. A 12-story addition to this building (on site of frame house at lower left) was occupied in 1927. This building was remodeled extensively in 1952, when a fifth floor and penthouse were added."

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/photos/pics_03/0362.jpg
A black and white photo of people in the Rent quarters in the India Street School section of Tampa taken for the Raper Report, " A study of Negro life in Tampa", 1920.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr20722.jpg
Personal Author: Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908.
Title: Balast Point, Pavilion. [graphic]
260: Tampa, Fla. : Morast's Photo-Studio, [18--?]
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 5 x 8 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc07633.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Bathing costume contestants at Ballast Point : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1922.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 10 x 8 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc13556.jpg
Title: [Streetcar at Ballast Point park : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1910.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/mosaic/ms25903.jpg
Title: [Max Argintar and two other men at Ballast Point] [picture]
Publication info: 1907.
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 5 x 4 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4454.jpg
Title: Ballast point water view : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: New York : Tanner Souvenir Co., [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4455.jpg
Title: Pavilion, Ballast Point : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: New York : Tanner Souvenir Co., [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4460.jpg
Title: The Shore Road, view from casino : Ballast Point, Florida [picture]
Publication info: Portland, Me. : Hugh C. Leighton Co., [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4428.jpg
Title: [Pavilion at Ballast Point : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: [19--]
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4456.jpg
Title: Ballast Point water view : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: [S.l.] : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4457.jpg
Title: Ballast Point land view : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: [S.l.] : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4459.jpg
Title: Ballast Point : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: New York : International Post Card, [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/photos/pics_04/0404.jpg
Genre Black-and-white photographs
Location Depicted Florida--Hillsborough County--Ballast Point;
Date of Original 1911;
Publisher Burgert Brothers
Place of Publication Tampa (Fla.)
Medium of Original Photograph
Material of Original Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 21 x 26 cm.
Summary The Ballast Point Pavilion.;
Contributor Burgert Brothers -- Photographer
Resource Type Still image
Digital Format jpeg

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06790.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car with advertisement : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1931.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06789.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car carrying advertisement : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1931.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06791.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car carrying advertisement : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1931.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06808.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car advertising safety : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1927.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc03676.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car carrying passengers : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1925.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06800.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car carrying passengers : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1925.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc06807.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Street car carrying passengers : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1925.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc03674.jpg
Title: [Tampa Electric Company street car being rebuilt : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc03675.jpg
Title: [Open street car : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc03677.jpg
Corporate Author: Burgert Bros.
Title: [Interior of a Birney one-man street car : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4557.jpg
Title: Hillsborough County High School : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: New York : Valenitine & Sons, [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Series Title: (Postcard collection)

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n043675.jpg
Title: [Tennis courts under construction at the Hillsborough High School] [picture]
Publication info: 1935.
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Series Title: (General collection)

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr12458.jpg

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4506.jpg
Title: Hotel Tampa Terrace, cocktail lounge and restaurant : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: Dayton, Ohio : Orcajo Photo Art, Not before 1924.
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc00-148.jpg
Title: [Tampa Terrace Hotel : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: Not before 1924.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 5 x 4 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4416i.jpg
Title: Tampa Terrace Hotel. [picture]
Publication info: Asheville, N.C. : Asheville Post Card Co., Not before 1924. C. T. & Co., [19--?])
Physical descrip: 1 souvenir viewbook : col. ; 11 x 15 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4507.jpg
Title: Hotel Tampa Terrace : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: Clearwater, Fla. : Ward Beckett & Co., Not before 1924.
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc24270.jpg
Title: [Hillsborough County Courthouse between buildings : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20751.jpg
Title: [Five Tampa hotels : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 6 x 8 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc11050.jpg
Title: [Advertisement for Davis Island : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 192-.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc08852.jpg
Title: [Steamboat "H.H. Colle" in harbor by Davis Island : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 10 x 8 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4416m.jpg
Title: Spanish Apartments, Davis Island. [picture]
Publication info: Asheville, N.C. : Asheville Post Card Co., [19--?] C. T. & Co., [19--?])
Physical descrip: 1 souvenir viewbook : col. ; 11 x 15 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr12461.jpg
Title: [The Coliseum at Davis Island : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 192-.
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc10782.jpg
Title: [Davis Island Airport administration building : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 1940.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc5405.jpg
Title: Davis Island Country Club, Tampa, Florida. [graphic]
Publication info: Tampa : Hartman Card Co., [19--]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20662.jpg
Title: [Aerial view of Tampa business section] [graphic]
Publication info: 1960.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Photographed above Hillsborough River (part of Davis Island is at the upper right corner).
Date/place captured: Photographed on June 15, 1960.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc11071.jpg
Title: [Aerial view of Davis Island from the north] [graphic]
Publication info: 1927.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c007454.jpg
Title: [Tampa skyline from Davis Island : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 1947.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc08629.jpg
Title: [Photocollage of airline related materials : Saint Petersburg, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Located in the upper left: the airliner of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line returning from the first flight to Tampa, January 1, 1914, carrying ex-Mayor Pheil of St. Petersburg; upper right: Mrs. L.E. Whitney, wife of the secretary of the St. petersburg Board of Trade, first woman passenger on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, just before the start to Tampa with Tony Jannus, pilot; lower left: Arrival at Tampa, no dock or hangar was provided for the airliner there; lower right: the schedule of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc00228.jpg
Title: [Men sitting in the flying boat "Benoist" : Saint Petersburg, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
General Note: Tony Jannus, the pilot, is in the plane.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc00229.jpg
Title: [Tony Jannus in flying boat : Saint Petersburg, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc04751.jpg
Title: [Seaplane landing in Tampa] [graphic]
Publication info: 1914.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 8 x 10 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc0-374.jpg
Title: [Crowd gathered around pool at the Temple Terrace Country Club : Tampa, Florida] [graphic]
Publication info: 19--.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 7 x 9 in.
Series Title: (Reference collection)
Corporate subject: Temple Terrace Country Club (Tampa, Fla.)

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc4505.jpg
Title: Temple Terrace Country Club : Tampa, Florida [picture]
Publication info: Asheville, N.C. : Asheville Post Card Co., [19--?]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col. ; 9 x 14 cm.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c682614.jpg
Title: [View of Curtis Hixon Hall across a Tampa waterway] [picture]
Publication info: 1975.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c678955.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Hall : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 1971.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c678949.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Hall : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 1971.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 3 x 3 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c650044.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Hall : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 1965.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c650043.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Hall : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 1965.
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/general/n043655.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Hall : Tampa, Florida] [picture]
Publication info: 196-.
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc5712.jpg
Title: [Curtis Hixon Convention Hall and downtown Tampa : Tampa, Florida ] [graphic]
260: Saint Augustine, Fla. : Florida Souvenir Co., [19--]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col ; 4 x 6 in.
Series Title: (Postcard collection.)
General Note: Accompanying note "Curtis Hixon Convention Hall as seen from the beautiful campus of the University of Tampa across the Hillsborogh River. The Gasparilla pirate ship is moored in front of the Convention Hall. Downtown Tampa, Florida forms the background."

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/postcard/pc5723.jpg
Title: [Gardens at Curtis Hixon Convention Center : Tampa, Florida ] [graphic]
260: Clearwater, Fla. : Ward Beckett & Co., [19--]
Physical descrip: 1 postcard : col ; 4 x 6 in.
Series Title: (Postcard collection.)
General Note: Accompanying note "Part of the downtown skyline photographed from a quiet and peaceful corner of the gardens at Curtis Hixon Convention Center located between Hillsboro River and Ashley Street."

And finally the man the convention center was named after, and for that matter the park that now exists where it once stood.
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c010959.jpg

Some old postcards as well.

http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/birds%20eye%20view%20hyde%20park.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/birds%20eye%20view%20of%20courthouse.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/hillsborough%20county%20courthouse%201905.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/hyde%20park%20avenue%20looking%20north.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/hyde%20park%20avenue%20looking%20south%201909.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/hyde%20park%20trade%20school.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/memorial%20hwy%20at%20howard.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/old%20u%20s%20garrison%20at%20tampa.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/peter%20o%20knight%20home%20hyde%20park%20avenue.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/port%20tampa%20and%20tampa%20inn.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/roberts%20cigar%20factory.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/sanatorio%20del%20centro%20espanol%20built%201905.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/seventh%20avenue%20looking%20west%20in%20ybor.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20bay%20hotel%20and%20casino.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20bay%20hotel.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20birds%20eye%20view.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20water%20front%201906.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20water%20front%201907.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/tampa%20yacht%20and%20country%20club.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards/convent%20of%20the%20holy%20name.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards2/cigar%20factory%201906.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards2/palmetto%20walk%20tampa%20bay%20hotel%201907.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards2/sulphur%20springs%201906.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards2/sulphur%20springs%202.jpg
http://www.lamartin.com/images/hp_postcards2/tampa%20yacht%20and%20country%20club%202.jpg

What a great reminder of what was downtown. This picture makes me sick. HOW the hell......? I cannot beleive it. It is criminal.


http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20786.jpg
I agree what the hell happened!! :bash:

Wow! Awesome collection of historic pics. Thanks for the posts. The images of the Tampa Terrace Hotel really capture my imagination. What a grand building. I don't know the circumstances surrounding its destruction, but that hurts.

That's a nice history lesson of photos there. I'm glad the UT area has remained a good bit intact historically. Obviously Plant Hall but also the buildings across of Kennedy. That part of town has great character and is really the last historic slice of Tampa, arcitecthually.

Thanks guys, I'm glad you enjoyed some of the historical photos. Its my belief that by understanding and acknowledging our city's rich history and style we can be more well equipped to shape its future. Then again that could just me needing to find some practical use to my BA in history, lol. At any rate I'm glad the photo collection is appreciated.

Speaking as someone who is not from Tampa or from Florida, it doesn't matter to me that the buildings were torn down. When my wife and I saw the buildings come down, we thought it was a good thing. I'm sure many others felt the same way.

That's a real shame.

How can one have a direction for the future without having an understanding of the past? With each demolished historic building, Tampa loses its way towards a better future.

That might be cliche, but I've always respected history for a reason... it dictates who we were.

That's a real shame.

How can one have a direction for the future without having an understanding of the past? With each demolished historic building, Tampa loses its way towards a better future.

That might be cliche, but I've always respected history for a reason... it dictates who we were.

Very well stated.

Also, it can shape who we will be. By the way, I loved the photos of Tampa (past).

Hmm, odd no exif data is embedded in that image. Even camera phones should write this data into the picture...did you nuke the exif data in PS?

Sorry for the late reply, I'm in Las Vegas to attend CES and have been backlogged. I didn't nuke the EXIF, that was Flickr. If you click through it kept the info, I took the image with a Nokia N73. A really great phone actually, I have been loving it for the past few weeks. My day job is to write about cell phones online so I go through a ton of phones, I'm keeping this sucker for a while. Having a phone (that is actually a good phone too) that doubles as a good digital camera is great. You can snap shots all over town!

For any phone dorks like me out there, the Nokia N73 isn't technically sold here but works fine on GSM networks like T-Mobile (what I use) and Cingular. It even looks cool. A little more info:

http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/04/25/nokia-n73

That's a real shame.

How can one have a direction for the future without having an understanding of the past? With each demolished historic building, Tampa loses its way towards a better future.

That might be cliche, but I've always respected history for a reason... it dictates who we were.

You can respect history, but there is a point where you are just living in the past. A building is only a building. Anyone who can remember the importance of any building will do so whether the building is standing or not.

You can respect history, but there is a point where you are just living in the past. A building is only a building. Anyone who can remember the importance of any building will do so whether the building is standing or not.

I respectfully will agree to disagree with you on that one. In my mind there is no reason to destroy culturally significant landmarks, instead they should be integrated into the evolving urban environment. These are the sorts of buildings that create the soul of a city, silent sentinels to centuries of change. Take a look at Europe, where buildings are still in everyday use 500+ years into their lifetimes. Destroying these has been the folly of our city and many others in the last 50 years. Savannah, GA comes to mind, there the restoration movement fought and won against developers preserving the style and culture of the community.

Speaking of destruction in the name of progress, I thought that I would post some photos I took while they were demolishing the Maas Brothers building. A sad sight for me, this was a department store where my great great grand parents, great grand parents, grand parents and even parents had shopped. I was lucky enough to be able to walk away with several of the bricks from the building which I have here in the office at home. What is really a shame is that the tower it was demolished to usher in, is now without funding.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0018_%28Medium%29.jpg



Damn that is sad. Was there no opposition to this?

I respectfully will agree to disagree with you on that one. In my mind there is no reason to destroy culturally significant landmarks, instead they should be integrated into the evolving urban environment. These are the sorts of buildings that create the soul of a city, silent sentinels to centuries of change. Take a look at Europe, where buildings are still in everyday use 500+ years into their lifetimes. Destroying these has been the folly of our city and many others in the last 50 years. Savannah, GA comes to mind, there the restoration movement fought and won against developers preserving the style and culture of the community.

Perhaps I would agree with you if I were from Tampa and knew more about the buildings.

You can respect history, but there is a point where you are just living in the past. A building is only a building. Anyone who can remember the importance of any building will do so whether the building is standing or not.



Couldn't disagree with you more. There is a huge difference in living in the past and heritage. Anyone driving on Kennedy can see the importance of the UT building's history and identity. The main UT building is very expensive to keep up. why not just knock it down and build a new building?

A great number of the old buildings that were torn down are still vacant lots and have been for decades.

But the difference is that UT's building has been kept up and inhabited. Many of the buildings torn down were abandoned and falling apart.

It's very difficult to go back and revisit decisions made in the past. The context in which the decision was made, such as demolition of a building, no longer exists and few people can recall the circumstances. In light of the renovation of the Floridan, it pains me to think of the others that were recklessly torn down. However just as the Floridan was vacant for the better part of two decades and it was difficult to find someone willing to take on a renovation project, most of them were also likely in disrepair and created a poor image of the city, and the land they occupied had promise of newer improvements with greater economic benefits. At the time, nobody wanted to make the investment to renovate them. The Maas Building is a good example, and that was literally just months ago. Years ago, when buildings such as the Tampa Terrace Hotel were demolished, they were not as old or treasured as such buildings are now. So I think that while some buildings were recklessly destroyed with little regard for history, some demolitions were also the right thing to do at the time given the circumstances. I would surely love to have most of them back now though, renovated and in excellent condition.

Maxim you should summit that picture from the Hillsborough River to the chamber of commerce, that is such a beautiful shot of the city.. Well done my friend..

I think Element is going to be 33 stories, so I don't think it will block Verizon's view..

^^Element will be about 70 feet sorter (to spire) the Verizon plus it is sbout 4 blocks away so it is far away enough that people working in Verizon shouldn't be blocked much by Element. Hopefully element will be nice enough to look at that they won't mind. :)

Now a view of the Verizon building, in Maxim98's river views, Eelemnt will block about the left third of Verizon and a good bit of the Suntrust Tower. Remember Element is being built one block to the North (in front) of the TECO building, which is visble in the pictures in front of the Verizon and Suntrust towers. But of course it depends on the angle your looking from.

But the difference is that UT's building has been kept up and inhabited. Many of the buildings torn down were abandoned and falling apart.

At this point, it doesn't matter much considering the tax benefits to restoring old spaces. It's actually worthwhile to save buildings, but tedious.

The city should be adamant about saving the HANDFULL of old buildings left, no question.

At this point I think they should keep the old courthouse...I think that could be turned into something fairly decent if anyone wanted to give it a shot.

At this point I think they should keep the old courthouse...I think that could be turned into something fairly decent if anyone wanted to give it a shot.

Where is the old courthouse?

Dont even say that it was a good thing that that building got torn down, because there are plenty of other places to build. If you always tear down the buidlings that make a city special than someday you are gonna end up with a bland city that is made only for sleeping in, you sure as hell wont want to LIVE in a bland city. The truth is its the special buildings that give a city charachter, its the ones that we look at and say wow, im glad thats in my downtown, its the buidlings that make us PROUD of our city. When all the proud buildings are gone tell me how you like it, cause its what your supporting, a total loss of beautiful property all so that the money grubing mega companies can build their carbon copy buildings in a no longer special city. If West Palm Beach destroyed the breakers, than why would anyone visit there anymore, if New York destroyed all of its historic buildings, it wouldnt really be so great. What is it that makes a city great? Exactly what they destroyed, art.

It's very difficult to go back and revisit decisions made in the past. The context in which the decision was made, such as demolition of a building, no longer exists and few people can recall the circumstances. In light of the renovation of the Floridan, it pains me to think of the others that were recklessly torn down. However just as the Floridan was vacant for the better part of two decades and it was difficult to find someone willing to take on a renovation project, most of them were also likely in disrepair and created a poor image of the city, and the land they occupied had promise of newer improvements with greater economic benefits. At the time, nobody wanted to make the investment to renovate them. The Maas Building is a good example, and that was literally just months ago. Years ago, when buildings such as the Tampa Terrace Hotel were demolished, they were not as old or treasured as such buildings are now. So I think that while some buildings were recklessly destroyed with little regard for history, some demolitions were also the right thing to do at the time given the circumstances. I would surely love to have most of them back now though, renovated and in excellent condition.

Very well put, Tallaman. :)

It's very difficult to go back and revisit decisions made in the past. The context in which the decision was made, such as demolition of a building, no longer exists and few people can recall the circumstances. In light of the renovation of the Floridan, it pains me to think of the others that were recklessly torn down. However just as the Floridan was vacant for the better part of two decades and it was difficult to find someone willing to take on a renovation project, most of them were also likely in disrepair and created a poor image of the city, and the land they occupied had promise of newer improvements with greater economic benefits. At the time, nobody wanted to make the investment to renovate them. The Maas Building is a good example, and that was literally just months ago. Years ago, when buildings such as the Tampa Terrace Hotel were demolished, they were not as old or treasured as such buildings are now. So I think that while some buildings were recklessly destroyed with little regard for history, some demolitions were also the right thing to do at the time given the circumstances. I would surely love to have most of them back now though, renovated and in excellent condition.

I totally agree w/ you Tallaman! The Floridian is oonly go to be renovated because it is the last one (historic hotel/high rise) still standing! I doubt very many people would be disappointed or whine if someone bought and wanted to demolish the old Lykes building (the one on the NE corner of Kennedy and Ashley) to build a newer, i.e. more modern structure. But that is just my opinion.

Actually, I would be upset and so would 90 percent of the forum. The Lykes building is a historical icon and an asset to the skyline, imo. Destroying it for a new building would be inane especially when there are so many lots. I would have my arms in the air.

^^ Agreed Maxim, I'd be pissed. I mean, why demolish a fine building and our fifth tallest when there are so many empty lots or abandoned buildings in Downtown?

I hope everyone knows I'm not talking about the "Beercan" building, I can never keep up w/ who owns what building and the names of each building.

What defines classic or valuable architecture? To me, most of the stuff built in the 60s and 70s is strange and unappealing. I don't think anyone is sad that the old curtis hixon arena was demolished after landing where it did from Mars or somewhere. The Park Tower is one of the ugliest towers in Tampa, to me. Hopefully, other towers will surround it so that future postcards don't show it. That aside how does a city approve timeless designs and should they try? I think they should consider how outlandish a building may look in 20 years. Other examples of the fabulous 60s look can be seen on the USF campus. The Admin building deserves a rebuild. The library got some new paint, which helped. If you look at UCF I think they went with a neo traditional look using mainly orange brick for their buildings. Good Choice!

Since I am rambling...Can I put in a request for our current downtown Library to be knocked down and rebuilt into a "real, major" library. I'm thinking at least six floors. By the way, what is that coral looking dome behind the main library building. That needs to be an artificial reef in the gulf, already.

I apologize for any offensive sarcasm...:)

Taste is ephemeral. Things shouldn't be dismissed at the whim of the populist.

... but Germany library really does need to be demolished. :-O

The USF Administration building is classic, in my opinion. I actually walked through the court yesterday (I'm not a student, thankfully) and really enjoyed it. The murals are fantastic. It could be expanded or reconstructed, but I think it's an interesting structure in fine shape.

The Library, on the other hand.... jesus...

The USF Library was not initially intended to be a library it was to be administrative offices, hence some of its quirks. Growing up with my mom teaching out there I can say that it has come a long, long way since the 80's and early 90's to when I attended from '99-'04. Cooper Hall used to be awesome, but they closed in the terraces to make more office space. The library on the other hand until recent years had sleep inducing colors throughout.

http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc20690.jpg


Publication info: 1915.

that's a great shot, trolley cars and all.

"I don't think anyone is sad that the old curtis hixon arena was demolished after landing where it did from Mars or somewhere"

That is funny!!! Maybe it came from the same place as the 2001 strip club

David P. over at TampaRail.org did a story about the "railside community" that is going up in Channelside and near completion.

He has a LOT of great photos of Channelside and some channelside views of Downtown to boot.

http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/chsid1.asp

The Ventana
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_008.jpg

...from one of the trolley stations
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_005.jpg

Grand Central at Kennedy
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_012.jpg

http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_014.jpg

Towers at Channelside
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_035.jpg

http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_031.jpg

Embassy Suites
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_062.jpg

At dusk, this looks great
http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_053.jpg

http://www.battleblog.com/user/tamparail/upload/image/chside011407/chside011407_063.jpg

I ddin't read the article close enough to see wen he took these. The disappointing thing was the lack of pedestrian action (and there are more photos in th ecollection, I just grabbed a few for the thread). Plenty of cars and empty/not open stroefronts... That will change, but how soon?

I thought this pic was worth posting too

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/MK275/chside011407_036.jpg