The Lamb House, a three-story mansion transplanted from a perch overlooking the Manatee River to a waterfront spot on the Little Manatee River, has received a 10-year property tax exemption after a public hearing last month in Tampa. ...more

May 21, 2008

After being rejected by the Florida Department of Transportation, state Rep. Michael Scionti and the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce are campaigning to bring historical markers to Interstate 275 exits at Howard and Armenia avenues. ...more

May 7, 2008

Young, working-class and black, Henry Bolden Jr. was not the kind of person who bought a new house in 1946, even in the North. ...more

February 16, 2008

In the 1950s, Tampa Theatre provided Tampa native Jim Ferman plenty of good times. ...more

February 12, 2008

A community group wants to make sure the nearly 700 black victims piled into an unmarked, mass grave after the hurricane of 1928 are remembered. ...more

February 10, 2008

Kay Morse began a campaign in 1993 to save the former Jefferson High School building on Highland Avenue. ...more

February 9, 2008

The tiny service station on Wheeler Street has seen war, peace and nearly a century of change. Only time will tell if the sturdy structure, which occupies a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, can weather the storm brewing over its new incarnation as a drive-through grooming and pet supply store called Pet City Center. ...more

January 24, 2008

SEBRING — What do the Highlands County Courthouse and NASA Kennedy Space Center have in common? Both buildings are now cooler, thanks to Winsulators. The clear, acrylic interior window attachment uses magnets to fasten to the inside of windows and keeps the heat trapped outside, much like a double-pane window. Winsulators have been added to all 94 windows in the historic courthouse, with hopes of reducing the electricity bill. "Installing new windows would have been cost prohibitive," said Edward VerVane, inventor of the Winsulator. "The change also would have taken away from the historic look of the building. The Winsulator creates a 'green' facility that is friendlier for the environment." ...more

January 19, 2008

Our city has its share of movie houses, concert halls and auditoriums, but it covets one above all, a magical place where history drifts like a ghost and a starlit sky twinkles above our heads. ...more

December 21, 2007

Once every century or so, a community marks the passing of someone whose influence has been so profound it defies description. ...more

November 24, 2007