When Ybor City's nightclubs empty out on the weekends, the party moves to dozens of dimly lit surface parking lots scattered across the historical neighborhood. ...more

December 12, 2009

Have a story to tell? StoryCorps wants to listen. The group, which is traveling the nation to document everyday history and the stories of average Americans, will spend the next month in Tampa's historic Ybor City, collecting interviews and recordings for broadcast on public radio and for the Library of Congress. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA Got a story to tell? National Public Radio wants to listen. StoryCorps, a nationwide initiative to document everyday history and the stories of average Americans, will spend the next month in Tampa's historic Ybor City, collecting interviews and recordings for broadcast on public radio and for the Library of Congress. ...more

December 8, 2008

The city needs volunteers to fill several vacancies on boards and commissions dealing with everything from nuisance properties to tax breaks for commercial developers. The Public Nuisance Abatement Board, a quasi-judicial body that deals with properties with a pattern of criminal activity, needs to fill one vacancy. ...more

December 5, 2008

The old building on the corner of Seventh Avenue and North 17th Street has sat vacant for more than three years since the former tenant, Club Shine, was evicted. ...more

November 21, 2008

Civic leaders in Ybor City are drawing a line in the asphalt on Seventh Avenue. They've had enough of the nightclubs and are gearing up to fight the most recent request from a property owner to open up a new hot spot along the entertainment thoroughfare. ...more

November 17, 2008

A historic Ybor City building that was the focus of a preservation fight after it caught fire 20 months ago looks much the same as it did in the days immediately following the blaze. ...more

July 27, 2008

Recent polls show high gas prices are forcing people to change summer vacation plans. But that trip doesn't have to break the bank - and you may actually get some of your gas for free. ...more

May 9, 2008