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One of the best parks in downtown Tampa because of its location and amenities, Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park lies between the St. Pete Times Forum and the Hillsborough River. It includes a memorial to those lost in the Seminole Wars of Florida. Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park also is the site for major events, such as the dragon boat races and the duck race, as well as weddings and ceremonies.

Park includes a pier, playground, canoe launch, and jogging and walking trails.

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Curtis Hixon Park is a six acre park that overlooks the scenic Hillsborough River and the University of Tampa, with its minuets, and is adjacent to the Museum of Art in downtown Tampa.

This park may soon undergo an extreme makeover. See http://tampamuseum.com/dept_contract_administration/programs_and_services/Featured_Projects/ for details

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Our community centers, parks and playgrounds provide a safe, structured and fun environment.

Includes Ball Fields, Jogging, Picnic, Play Courts, Playground, Restrooms, Shelters, Tennis/Racquetball, Trails

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November 6, 2008 - Tampa's first downtown park, Herman Massey Park, has recently been renovated and the City of Tampa is holding a brief grand re-opening on Monday, November 10 at 2 p.m. with Mayor Iorio. The park is located at 1002 N. Franklin Street.

The park is located on the corner of Tyler and Franklin Streets and measures 150 feet and 250 feet. The basic design of the park was kept, but repairs were made to the brick walkways, lighting fixtures and granite seating caps. A rose garden was planted thanks to the Tampa Rose Society who prepped the planting area and installed the 40 rose bushes. An ornamental black fence and water fountain were also installed.

The cost of the improvements and repairs was $83,700 and was paid for with Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds.

Herman Massey Park originally opened in 1988 and is named after a former Parks Department director.

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Our community centers and playgrounds provide a safe, structured and fun environment. The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department offers activities and classes for all ages: tots, youth, adults and seniors.

The Kid Mason Community Center offers our After School Activity Program (ASAP). Call 813-274-8366 for a current schedule and hours of operation.

Includes a computer lab and restrooms.

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In the heart of downtown Tampa, and near the police station and city hall, Lykes Gaslight Square Park hosts some of the Florida Orchestra's Pops in the Park concerts, Latin Fest, the Tampa Police Department Memorial Run, as well as other special events.

At Lykes Park Gaslight Park, you'll also find a quiet place to sit, relax and enjoy a peaceful respite from your busy work day.

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MacDill Park on the Riverwalk is 3/4 of an acre park along the Hillsborough River in the heart of downtown Tampa that honors the contribution MacDill AFB has made to the community. The park includes 225 linear feet of riverwalk and is one of four parks along Tampa's Riverwalk.

This park would not have been possible if not for the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) Grant Program. The City was able to purchase the land through this state land acquisition grant program that provides funding to local governments for acquisition of community-based parks, open space and greenways.

MacDill Park on the Riverwalk has been adopted by its neighbor, the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel. The Adopt-a-Park Program is administered by the Mayor’s Beautification Program. For more information on adopting a park or right of way, please visit www.mbptree.org or call 813-221-8733.

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Located in front of the Museum of Art, Nations Bank Plaza features a courtyard lined with palm trees, a fountain, a small amphitheater, and an elevator. The Plaza, which is 2.5 acres, also provides excellent views of the Hillsborough River.

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Perry Harvey Park offers our After School Activity Program (ASAP). For a listing of classes and schedules or the hours of operation, please call .

Perry Harvey Park is the site of one of two skate parks located in Tampa, too.

Our community centers and playgrounds provide a safe, structured and fun environment. The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department offers activities and classes for all ages: tots, youth, adults and seniors. For more information about programs and services available through your Parks and Recreation Department, please call 819-274-8615 or visit on the web at www.tampagov.net/parksandrec.

Park includes Ball Fields, Community Center, Grills, Picnic area, Play Courts, Playground, Restrooms, and Tennis/Racquetball courts.

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US Park is located on the beautifully emerging Tampa Riverwalk and near the Tampa Convention Center.

Our community centers, parks and playgrounds provide a safe, structured and fun environment. The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department offers activities and classes for all ages: tots, youth, adults and seniors.

For more information about programs and services available through your Parks and Recreation Department, please call 819-274-8615 or visit on the web at www.tampagov.net/parksandrec.

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This round, three-acre park is located adjacent to the Tampa Convention Center and offers relaxing views of the Hillsborough River. Benches are available.

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Beautiful Plant Park is adjacent to the picturesque University of Tampa, with its minuets, and the Hillsborough River. Other area attractions include the Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, Curtis Hixon Park, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, restaurants and downtown Tampa. Established in 1891, this historic 7.5-acre park features sculptures, cannons and benches.

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Currently, 4.5 miles of the world's longest continuous sidewalk exists along Bayshore Boulevard and Hillsborough Bay in South Tampa. This 10-foot-wide sidewalk starts on the north at Columbus Statue Park and ends at Gandy Boulevard. A 3-mile, on-road bike lane extends along the north-bound lane of Bayshore Boulevard between Rome Avenue and Gandy Boulevard. This linear park, and Bayshore Greenway Trail, has some of the most scenic views in urban Tampa. Trail amenities include benches, a water fountain, bicycle parking, a city marina and fitness stations.

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Joe Chillura Courthouse Square was dedicated in January 2000 by the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners.

The park is one city block, 245 feet by 242 feet, and features a circular park design, public art (Freedom Sculpture), a covered gazebo, and a history walking trail. The "dome" of the gazebo resembles the dome of the 1892 County Courthouse and the image on the County Seal.

Shade trees at the park are live oaks and the palms are the Florida state tree, the cabbage palm. The ground cover is a native plant called coontie. Ten times around the square is approximately one mile.

Joe Chillura Courthouse Square (map) is located on the block surrounded by Kennedy Blvd. on the south and Morgan, Madison, and Pierce Streets in the Government Center district of downtown Tampa.

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Oaklawn Cemetery was Tampa’s first public burial ground. The Alachua County Commissioners deeded the location in the mid 1800s. It was named as the final resting-place for "White and Slave, Rich and Poor". In 1889 the Committee on Cemetery & Hospitals recommended that the name be changed to Park Cemetery. Many prominent citizens objected loudly and the name was never changed.

The First Mayor of the City of Tampa Judge Joseph B. Lancaster rests here at Oaklawn.

The Sexton house originally known as the Pavilion or Gazebo was built in 1910 at a cost of $410.00. In 1976 Oaklawn was declared a Historic Cemetery.

Historian Jeff Gordon has written a 2-volume book on Oaklawn that is available through the Public library.

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The Marion Transit Center serves as a pickup, drop-off and transfer location for 15 local HART routes, 11 Commuter Express routes, the In-Town Trolley and the inter-county Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Routes 100X and 300X.

The Center is located at 1211 N. Marion Street in downtown Tampa and sits on 1.23 acres just west of Tampa’s historic Oaklawn Cemetery. The facility consists of two structures: a larger main building housing a patron lobby, customer service area, drivers’ lounge, and office space; and a clock tower with a ground floor concession area. A pedestrian-friendly courtyard, decorated with tile mosaics and lined with cast iron lampposts, connects the two structures.

Service and convenience for transit users is a high priority for HART, therefore many patron amenities were built into the Marion Transit Center. The site’s hourglass shape, along with its trellis-covered walkways, allow for shorter walks between buses, and shelter from sun and rain. The canopy was designed like a garden arbor. Planter walls throughout the site provide ample seating.

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Southern Transportation Plaza
Franklin Street & Ice Palace Drive
(Downtown’s Central Business District)

Connect to the In-Town Trolley- Downtown (#96) & Hyde Park (#98) for travel to downtown Tampa destinations, the Marion Transit Center for connections to other HARTline bus routes, and Hyde Park destinations including Old Hyde Park Village.

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The Florida Aquarium, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution astounds visitors with the beauty and fragility of our eco-system. The facility is home to more than 20,000 aquatic plants and animals from Florida and all over the world. The cornerstone of The Channel District, The Florida Aquarium’s mission since opening in 1995 is to entertain, educate and inspire stewardship about our natural environment. It serves as a significant example of Florida’s commitment to preserving native landscapes, ecosystems, historical and archaeological sites, and ethnic and cultural traditions representative of the diverse geography and cultural life unique to our state. Opening in March 1995, the Aquarium has provided cultural enrichment experiences to more than seven million visitors, including 100,000 school students and 1,000 teachers annually.

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Visit the Library, Curtis Hixon Park, Tampa Theatre, or the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

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Building is being demolished and is being worked on.

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Underground parking.

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Demolished to make way for condos. Condos have not been started. This entire block is surrounded by a fence.

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Retail on street level

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retail on street level

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fenced off, no work being done.

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retail on west side street level.

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retail on west side street level

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A BOMA award-winner for building and management excellence, Tampa City Center delivers unparalleled comfort, convenience and service in the heart of downtown Tampa. It features 38 floors of Class A office space with the latest Verizon SmartCenter telecommunications capabilities, concierge services, the prestigious University Club, on-site banking, brokerage, shops and restaurants.

Tampa City Center is linked by covered walkways to parking, the Hyatt Regency, and a retail esplanade. The courthouses and all other downtown amenities are just minutes away.

Find out more at http://mydowntowntampa.com/2008/11/26/one-tampa-city-center/

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Bi-monthly juried exhibitions by Southwest Florida artists and Tampa organizations in this public atrium of a corporation interested in the arts of this community. No commissions taken.

Monday-Friday 8-5

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If you’re railroad magnate Henry Bradley Plant, in the midst of the sand swamps that would be Tampa, you construct the most astonishingly magnificent hotel of its day, then fill it with treasures from around the world. With its splendid Moorish architecture, opulent furnishings, and spectacular tropical gardens, Plant’s Tampa Bay Hotel attracted a host of celebrated guests, from Teddy Roosevelt to Sarah Bernhardt to Babe Ruth. A visit to the Henry B. Plant Museum and the authentically restored rooms of the Tampa Bay Hotel will transport you back to a time of indulgent ten-course meals, waltzing on the veranda and alligator hunting by moonlight... The journey is still worthwhile.

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Empty lot used for daytime and event parking.

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http://www.clubundergroundtampa.com/

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In late January 2009, Developers Intown Group and Crosland plan to ask Tampa City Council to rezone property at Tampa and Tyler streets (see proposed apartment tower map).

The art deco style project would have 404 apartments, 16,000 square feet of shops and a parking garage, and will be similar to New York City’s Chrysler Building and Empire State Building.