Signs of Ybor City

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited August 11, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Ybor City is the part of Tampa, Florida where the Cubans settled
when they came to Florida in the 1880s. Some Spaniards and Italians
also settled in Ybor City. For years it was where millions of
hand-rolled cigars came from.

I took a few shots there today, but these two are just for laughs.

I guess this cab company would take you to the right house.

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I don't blame them for discouraging this type of photography:

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/

Comments

  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    Hi Tony,

    Interesting shots. I'd like to know the the story behind the second one. I don't go anywhere near Tampa without making sure I get to Ybor City. As you probably know, some of the finest dining in Florida is there.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    black mamba wrote: »
    Hi Tony,

    Interesting shots. I'd like to know the the story behind the second one. I don't go anywhere near Tampa without making sure I get to Ybor City. As you probably know, some of the finest dining in Florida is there.

    Tom

    The sign was on the window of one of the many tattoo parlors on 7th. Most of the bars and restaurants have signs saying restrooms are for customers only. Most of the tattoo parlors have signs forbidding photography.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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