Sunday, June 8, 2008

Changes to Downtown Tampa



In the 4 years that I have been out of cab driving there have been lots of changes to the downtown area.

The photo on the bottom (from Google Maps Street View) was taken from the Harbor Island Bridge, in the near right is the Marriott Waterside Hotel and just to its left is a new hotel, I don't know its name.

I live in the wilds of New Port Richey and don't get to Tampa much but thanks to Google Maps Street View I can see what's going on.

The photo on the top is of a condo across from channelside and the port is 1 of 2 and new since I last worked as is the entire port area. Gone are most of the old buildings that looked they where ready to fall down.

As I go up and down the streets of downtown there are lots of new buildings under construction everywhere. There is 1 new building at Ashley and Polk
and another a half block away at Ashley and Zack, and 1 more at Tampa and Cass.

I have a question, does anyone know if the Floridian Hotel is still under construction?

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