Just have to say again, Superb Job. Your detailed information and historical references were surprising to hear. Most tours ive seen give very vague information. New Sub!
Lots of gentrification happening in west tampa. It’s going to be all new homes in 50 years. My parents lived on Leroy Street near Armenia. They bought their house for $55,000 in the 1980s. Many of the houses in their neighborhood are now over 100 years old, and being torn down for new construction
Thank you for your video. I enjoyed it very much. But, I am going to say something that may piss off a lot of people. West Tampa prior to incorporating into the City of Tampa was mainly settled my Spanish, Cuban and Italian immigrates in the late 19th century. This included my great, great grand parents on my mother's side who came from Spain and Cuba. These are the people who worked hard in the cigar factories that lined West Tampa. They also opened small business, including restaurants and grocery stores for the community They didn't ask for government hand outs and didn't get any. They even created their own medical service that they paid dues each month for. Yet, today, with this far left woke agenda there is very recognition for these people who made West Tampa great in it's hey day. Not only that, A. L. Cuesta Elementary School, named after a prominent Cuban who founded Cuesta-Rey Cigars was torn down and rebuilt with the name West Tampa Elementary. It is disgusting how the woke left is doing everything it can to wipe out the pass history of immigrants who settled in West Tampa and what it was once.
