Tampa, Florida

==== Architecture ====
Tampa displays a wide variety of architectural designs and styles. Most of Tampa's high rises demonstrate [[post-modern architecture]]. The design for the renovated [[Tampa Museum of Art]] displays post-modern architecture, while the city hall and the [[Tampa Theatre]] belong to [[Art Deco]] architecture.

The Tampa mayor [[Pam Iorio]] made the redevelopment of [[Downtown Tampa|Tampa's downtown]], especially residential development, a priority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Floridian: Urban culture clash |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/Floridian/Urban_culture_clash.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523003715/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/Floridian/Urban_culture_clash.shtml |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |work=St Petersburg Times}}</ref> Several residential and mixed-development high-rises have been constructed. Another of Mayor Iorio's initiatives was the [[Tampa Riverwalk]], a mixed-use path along the Hillsborough River in downtown. Channelside was recently approved to undergo major renovations by [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] owner [[Jeff Vinik]] along with [[Bill Gates]] and other investors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thalji |first1=James |title=Channelside deal approved; now it's up to Jeff Vinik to make it work |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/channelside-settlement-approved-ending-legal-battle-for-tampa-mall/2189355 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721220151/http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/channelside-settlement-approved-ending-legal-battle-for-tampa-mall/2189355 |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |access-date=July 21, 2014 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> Several museums have already opened, including new homes for the [[Tampa Bay History Center]], the [[Glazer Children's Museum]], and the [[Tampa Museum of Art]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 7, 2006 |title=Downtowns on the Verge |url=http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A52700 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423004825/http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A52700 |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=September 3, 2010 |publisher=[[Creative Loafing]]}}</ref> The breakdown of development for the rest of the plan is as follows: 39% residential units, 29% office space, 15% hotels, 8% retail, 7% other, and 2% cultural uses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Complete Guide to Water Street Tampa |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2018/04/27/overwhelmed-by-water-street-tampa-heres-your-guide.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814004856/https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2018/04/27/overwhelmed-by-water-street-tampa-heres-your-guide.html |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2018 |website=Tampa Bay Business Journal}}</ref> Mayor [[Bob Buckhorn]] continued these developments which are bearing fruit during the term of Mayor [[Jane Castor]].

Tampa is the site of several [[skyscraper]]s. Overall, there are 30&nbsp;completed buildings that rise over {{cvt|250|ft|m|0}} high. The city also has 147&nbsp;high-rises,<ref name="highrises">{{cite web |title=High-rise Buildings of Tampa |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/?id=102589 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155417/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/?id=102589 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=June 17, 2008 |publisher=Emporis.com}}</ref> second only to [[Miami]] in the state of Florida. The [[List of tallest buildings in Tampa|tallest building in the city]] is [[100 North Tampa]], formerly the AmSouth Building, which rises 42 [[storey|floors]] and {{cvt|579|ft|m|0}} in Downtown Tampa.<ref name="100NT emp">{{cite web |title=Regions Building |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=amsouthbuilding-tampa-fl-usa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135935/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=amsouthbuilding-tampa-fl-usa |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=June 16, 2008 |publisher=Emporis.com}}</ref> The structure was completed in 1992, and is the tallest building in Florida outside of Miami and [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]].<ref name="100NT emp" />
<gallery>
File:RegionsTampa.jpg|[[100 North Tampa]] (1992)
File:Bank of America Plaza Tampa.jpg|[[Bank of America Plaza (Tampa)|Bank of America Plaza]] (1986)
File:Onetampacitycenter downtown.jpg|[[One Tampa City Center]] (1981)
File:Tampa architectural photos 268.jpg|[[SunTrust Financial Centre]] (1992)
File:ParkTowerTampa.jpg|[[Park Tower (Tampa)|Park Tower]] (1972)
File:RivergateTower.jpg|[[Rivergate Tower]] (1988)
File:Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Detail.jpg|The [[Sunshine Skyway Bridge]] (1987)
</gallery>

===== Landmarks =====
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Tampa}}
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File:Tampatheater.jpg|[[Tampa Theatre]]
File:Tampa Bayshore Blvd skyline02.jpg|[[Downtown Tampa]] as seen from [[Bayshore Boulevard]]
File:Tampa architectural photos 256.jpg|Part of the [[Tampa Riverwalk]]
File:Glazer Children's Museum Tampa, FL 2.jpg|Fountains at [[Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park]]
File:Tampa FL Sulphur Springs Tower tall pano02.jpg|[[Sulphur Springs Water Tower]]
</gallery>

The [[Sulphur Springs Water Tower]], a landmark in the [[Sulphur Springs (Tampa)|Sulphur Springs]] section of the city, stands 214 feet tall and was built by Grover Poole in the late 1920s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McMorrow-Hernandez |first=Joshua |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DorBwAAQBAJ&q=sulphur+springs+water+tower+josiah+richardson&pg=PA84 |title=Tampa Bay Landmarks and Destinations |date=2015 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781467113663 |language=en |access-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205235951/https://books.google.com/books?id=7DorBwAAQBAJ&q=sulphur+springs+water+tower+josiah+richardson&pg=PA84 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> This [[Florida land boom of the 1920s|boom period for Florida]] also saw the construction of an ornate [[movie palace]], the [[Tampa Theatre]], a [[List of Mediterranean Revival Style Buildings of Davis Islands|Mediterranean revival on Davis Islands]], and [[Bayshore Boulevard]], which borders Hillsborough Bay from [[downtown Tampa]] to areas in South Tampa. The road has a {{cvt|6|mi|km|adj=on|0}} continuous sidewalk on the eastern end, the longest in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Florida |url=http://www.filmflorida.com/liaisons.cfm?officeid=13&vendorid=3209& |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219042630/http://www.filmflorida.com/liaisons.cfm?officeid=13&vendorid=3209& |archive-date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |publisher=Film Florida}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bayshore Boulevard Linear Park |url=http://www.tampagov.net/dept_parks_and_recreation/park_search/parkdetail.asp?nbr=8 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218094528/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_parks_and_recreation/park_search/parkdetail.asp?nbr=8 |archivedate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>

The [[Ybor City]] District is home to several buildings on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and has been declared a [[Ybor City Historic District|National Historic Landmark]]. Notable structures include [[El Centro Español de Tampa]], [[Centro Asturiano de Tampa]] and other [[History of Ybor City|social clubs built in the early 1900s]]. Including L'Unione Italiana or the Italian Club, at 1731 East 7th Avenue in Ybor City. The Italian Club mission "is to preserve and honor the culture, traditions and heritage of the Italian Community and to maintain the historical facility as a functioning memorial to the working class immigrants."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Home |url=http://italian-club.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603075021/http://italian-club.org/ |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
[[Babe Zaharias Golf Course]] in the [[Forest Hills (Tampa)|Forest Hills]] area of Tampa has been designated a Historical Landmark by the National Register of Historic Places. It was bought in 1949 by the famous [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias|"Babe" Didrikson Zaharias]], who had a residence nearby, and closed upon her death. In 1974, the city of Tampa opened the golf course to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Babe Zaharias Golf Course |url=http://www.babezahariasgc.com/content.php?link=course_history.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422075926/http://www.babezahariasgc.com/content.php?link=course_history.php |archivedate=April 22, 2009}}</ref>

''The Story of Tampa'', a public painting by Lynn Ash, is a {{cvt|4|x|8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} oil on masonite mural that weaves together many of the notable aspects of Tampa's unique character and identity. It was commissioned in 2003 by the city's Public Art Program and can be found in the lobby of the Tampa Municipal Office Building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''The Story of Tampa'' |url=http://www.tampagov.net/dept_public_art/files/Ash%20%20Story%20of%20Tampa.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628211545/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_public_art/files/Ash%20%20Story%20of%20Tampa.pdf |archivedate=June 28, 2007}}</ref>

[[Park Tower (Tampa)|Park Tower]] (originally the First Financial Bank of Florida) is the first substantial skyscraper in downtown Tampa. Completed in 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in Tampa until the completion of One Tampa City Center in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |author=Emporis GmbH |title=Park Tower |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=128610 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132122/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=128610 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |publisher=Emporis.com}}</ref> The Rivergate building, a cylindrical structure known as the "Beer Can building", was featured in the movie [[The Punisher (2004 film)|''The Punisher'']].

Spanning the southern part of Tampa Bay is the massive steel-span [[Sunshine Skyway Bridge]].

Tampa is home to the [[Bro Bowl]], one of the last remaining [[skatepark]]s built during skateboarding's "Golden Era" in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bruffert |first1=Shannon |last2=Mattick |first2=Barbara E. |date=August 2013 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Perry Harvey Sr. Park Skateboard Bowl |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000811.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128131655/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000811.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |publisher=[[National Park Service]]}} Includes nine photos from 1980, 2007, c.1983, and 2013.</ref> It opened in 1979 and was constructed by Tampa Parks and Recreation in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000811.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128131655/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000811.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |publisher=nps.gov}}</ref> It was the first public skatepark to be constructed in Florida and the third on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Mark |date=March 19, 2020 |title=Discover the Oldest Skate Parks on the East Coast {{!}} WhiteSands Treatment |url=https://whitesandstreatment.com/2020/03/19/oldest-skate-parks-on-the-east-coast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205234705/https://whitesandstreatment.com/2020/03/19/oldest-skate-parks-on-the-east-coast/ |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=whitesandstreatment.com}}</ref>

Other Tampa landmarks include the [[Tampa Riverwalk]], which is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2&nbsp;km) open space and pedestrian trail development along the Hillsborough River, and [[Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park]].